Ubisoft âends game developmentâ at Tom Clancy studio, Red Storm, resulting in 105 job losses | VGC
The historic Rainbow Six developer will continue in a tech support roleâŚ
Operation Sovereignty - Germany plans a breakthrough from M$
A cross-party parliamentary commission aims to end dependence on US tech giants and increasingly rely on European open-source solutions.
TIL drinking, smoking, games, etc are all "social lubricants" for making conversations easier.
A social lubricant is any food, beverage, drug, or activity that stimulates social interactions or helps people feel more comfortable in social occasions.[1] Different cultures use different social lubricants for this pâŚ
Subnautica 2 set for early access release in May as Krafton signals surrender: 'We look forward to working with Ted Gill to support a smootâŚ
A judge ruled yesterday that Krafton improperly fired Gill in 2025, and ordered that he be restored as CEO of Unknown Worlds.
Investigators wrangled video from Nancy Guthrieâs Google Nest camera out of âbackend systemsâ
Itâs not yet clear how the FBI collected the video. Experts said in some cases itâs possible to collect data from the complex infrastructure that has enabled cloud-based cameras.
EPA Advances Farmersâ Right to Repair Their Own Equipment, Saving Repair Costs and Productivity
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) advanced American farmers and equipment ownersâ lawful right to repair their farm and other nonroad diesel equipment.
Bethesda x Nintendo Switch⢠2 â Oblivion, Fallout 4, and Indiana Jones Coming to Switch 2
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
AI controls is coming to Firefox
AI is changing the web, and people want very different things from it. Weâve heard from many who want nothing to do with AI. Weâve also heard from
SciActive Human Contribution Policy
Version 1, 14 March 2026 <https://sciactive.com/human-contribution-policy/>
Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft
Microsoft is increasingly adopting Claude Code
AI Translations Are Adding âHallucinationsâ to Wikipedia Articles
AI translated articles swapped sources or added unsourced sentences with no explanation, while others added paragraphs sourced from completely unrelated material.
Major investor is 'shocked and sad' that the games industry is 'demonizing' generative AI
At GDC 2026, the rift between big tech and creative workers was easy to see.
Home Assistant waters my plants! - Finnian Anderson
My first foray into home automations, Zigbee and irrigation systems.
Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase Announced for February 5
Nintendo will broadcast a Partner Direct later this week, showing off more games coming to Switch and Switch 2.
Shenmue III Enhanced debut trailer, details, and screenshots
Publisher ININ Games and developer YS NET have released the debut trailer, screenshots, and information for Shenmue III Enhanced, as well as opened pre-orders for physical standard, Special, and CoâŚ
TIL that in uber in certain countries you can select a driver that does not talk for people who prefer silent drives
The ride-hailing firm is giving its customers the option to silence chatty drivers.
Horizon Hunters Gathering - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
GOG giveaway: Alone in the Dark trilogy
Download the best classic and new games on Windows, Mac & Linux. A vast selection of titles, DRM-free, with free goodies and 30-day money-back guarantee.
Ubisoft announces layoffs and the cease of game development at Red Storm Entertainment
The studio will remain open, but 105 people are being laid off as part of Ubisoft's cost reduction programme
'How Resident Evil 2 For The N64 Kept Its FMV Cutscenes' - Hackaday
Originally released for the Sony PlayStation in 1998, Resident Evil 2 came on two CDs and used 1.2 GB in total. Of this, full-motion video (FMV) cutscenes took up most of the space, as was rather câŚ
Composting Mobile Phones: Hosting server on obsolete mobile phonesâ Exposing the Cloud, its servers and their energy footprint through everâŚ
In this workshop we collectively examine the infrastructure behind the Internet by building a our own (prototype) server on an old smartphone.
Waymo raises massive $16 billion round at $126 billion valuation, plans expansion to 20+ cities
Waymo just closed a $16 billion funding round at a $126 billion valuation, the largest investment ever in an autonomous...
'Colony Ship is a Dark Christian Sci-fi RPG' - Warlockracy
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
ICE has spun a massive surveillance web. We talked to people caught in it
Text-Only Version Go To Full Site
The Nintendo Switch tops the DS to become the company's best-selling console of all time
It's still behind the PlayStation 2, though. While the Nintendo Switch 2 went on sale in mid-2025, some people are still buying the original â this gave it...
The Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Google Turn Over Information About Random Critics
DHS officials are able to issue "administrative subpoenas" to tech companies demanding data on users without aproval from a judge.
TIL: The UN Could Be Dissolved by July
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Take-Two CEO Responds to Stock Price Drop Following Google Genie Announcement: 'I Think People Are Confusing Tools With Hits' - IGN
Last week, Google announced Project Genie, an AI-powered virtual world creator still in its infancy that seemed to spook a number of video game investors. But at least one video game CEO isn't ruffled: Take-Two's StrausâŚ
AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it
You're using AI to be more productive. So why are you more exhausted than ever? The paradox every engineer needs to confront.
QuitGPT goes viral as users cancel ChatGPT in political protest
Users are walking away from ChatGPT and calling it a political statement
Tailscale Services GA: App-aware connectivity with more control
Now generally available, Tailscale Services adds tsnet integration, supports Kubernetes egress, and offers more visibility through logs.
Designer claims âmostâ of Highguardâs dev team have been laid off, weeks after launch | VGC
The shooter enjoyed a strong start, but player numbers appear to have droppedâŚ
Dutch authorities allegedly seize VPN server without a warrant â company claims that law enforcement will return it after analyzing the devâŚ
The authorities apparently got tired of asking and just went in themselves.
Google Translate is vulnerable to prompt injection
tl;dr Argumate on Tumblr found you can sometimes access the base model behind Google Translate via prompt injection. The result replicates for me, and specific responses indicate that (1) Google Translate is running an âŚ
Tunic, Night in the Woods Publisher Says TikTok Is Creating and Running Racist GenAI Ads for Its Games Without Permission
Publisher Finji says that TikTok has been using generative AI to modify its ads on the platform without permission and pushing those ads to its users without Finji's knowledge, including at least one ad that was modifieâŚ
Star rupture on sale. It's only $20 to begin with, heh
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your compâŚ
Digital Foundry found a significant performance boost for Jedi: Survivor's PC
respawn.InterpolatedRendering 1
Cyberpunk platformer Replaced catches another delay for "final tweaks" based on demo feedback
Replaced. Sad Cat Studios' dystopian platformer, has had its release pushed back to April so its developers can make some "final tweaks".
Ubisoft Toronto the Latest Ubisoft Branch to get hit With Layoffs, Work on the Splinter Cell Remake Continues
The Ubisoft Toronto team, which is currently leading the Splinter Cell Remake project has just been hit with layoffs.
Slay the Spire 2 - Early Access Trailer
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Giant stop killing games updates 2026
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Devil Daggers 2 is in development, as its creator confirms fewer than 1,500 people survived longer than 8 minutes in the original
Because it's as scary as it is hard.
TIL Dayglo fluorescent paint was discovered by two teenagers experimenting with chemicals in their basement.
In the 1930s, the Switzer brothers stumbled onto a way to mimic fluorescence. That led to Day-Glo, which has been making the world a brighter place ever since
Mewgenics becomes the most-played roguelite ever on Steam
The feline fighting game surpassed Hades 2's record
The Highguard Website Is Down As Players Brace For The Worst
The free-to-play raid shooter found itself at the center of endless online discourse the moment it was announced less than 70 days ago
Open-source game engine Godot is drowning in 'AI slop' code contributions: 'I don't know how long we can keep it up'
Projects like Godot are being swamped by contributors who may not even understand the code they're submitting.
Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS
Reports suggest that Microsoft may be gearing up to launch Windows 12 this year, which will be a modular and AI-focused OS.
TIL: Besides offering a free compromised email check, haveibeenpwned.com also offers a free password compromise checking service (It's alsoâŚ
Pwned Passwords is a huge corpus of previously breached passwords made freely available to help services block them from being used again.
Sony plans to minimize effect of rising PlayStation 5 memory costs by boosting software and network service revenue, according to CFO
Sony's recent financial results briefing reveals how the PlayStation company is going to handle the rising memory prices.
Heaper, new tools to organize docs, photos [YouTube]
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.