Why is gaming becoming so expensive? The answer is found in AI
We are paying more for a PlayStation so that idiots can use ChatGPT to mislead people on dating apps – something is rotten in the state of gaming
Three Decades Of ReactOS
Over the past couple of years with the Jenny’s Daily Drivers series, we’ve looked at a number of unusual or noteworthy operating systems. Among them has been ReactOS, an open source clo…
GOG giveaway: Alone in the Dark trilogy
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Borderlands 4's New $30 Expansion Pack Isn't Winning Over Fans
Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned includes a new playable character and region to explore, but is that enough to bring back lapsed players?
Downloadable Xbox Thumbstick Toppers Give Gamers Accessibility Options
Microsoft has a history of taking accessibility options seriously for gaming controllers, and that trend continues with downloadable thumbstick toppers for Xbox controllers. Being straight from the…
The AI Backlash Is Here: Why Backlash Against Gemini, Sora, ChatGPT Is Spreading in 2025 - Newsweek
Welcome to the slop era.
Peter Thiel is building a parallel justice system — Powered by AI
His investment in Objection.ai points to a new model: private investigations, AI verdicts, and accountability mechanisms that operate outside democratic institutions.
Sintopia, the management sim that smashes together Dungeon Keeper and Black & White, will stand before Steam's pearly gates for judgment in…
Team 17's Bullfrog-like strategy game releases next month.
Snack World: Reloaded announced for PS5, Switch 2, and PC
LEVEL-5 has announced Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl – Gold remake Snack World: Reloaded for PlayStation 5, Switch 2, and PC (Steam). A release date was not announced.
Researcher claims Claude Desktop installs “spyware” on macOS
A security researcher claims Claude Desktop installed spyware on his Mac. We examine the findings.
Some Unknown Group Is Reportedly Using Claude Mythos Without Permission
What's been pitched as the most dangerous AI model in the world allegedly has a giant security hole.
[Beta] Dorsal - an open source, iOS-native, album-focused music client for Jellyfin (Siri, CarPlay, Offline/Downloads, Gapless Playback, EQ)
An album-focused iOS/iPadOS music player for Jellyfin. Your digital record shelf and player. - jaredreich/dorsal
Rhythm Heaven Groove launches July 2
Rhythm Heaven Groove will launch for Switch on July 2, Nintendo announced.
DRAM pricing is killing the hobbyist SBC market - Jeff Geerling
Today Raspberry Pi announced more price increases for all Pis with LPDDR4 RAM, alongside a 'right-sized' 3GB RAM Pi 4 for $83.75. The price increases bring the 16GB Pi 5 up to $299.99. Despite today's date, this is not …
SpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the sky
As space junk accumulates, astronomer Sam Lawler explains why we should be concerned about the rapid proliferation of private satellites in low orbit
Despite now being seven years old, Devil May Cry 5 just had its best year of sales yet
Resident Evil and Street Fighter games also saw large year-on-year increases…
Ubuntu Linux raises minimum system memory requirements by 50% — requirements bumped to 6GB of RAM, previously raised from 1GB to 4GB in 2018
Not the best timing due to the RAMpocalypse, but there are leaner distros like Lubuntu available if you need them.
Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox
Anthony Enzor-DeMeo is taking charge of one of the internet’s most important — and most complicated — companies.
Stealth Games Are Flawed (And Hard To Fix)
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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...
Double Dragon And River City Creator Yoshihisa Kishimoto Has Passed Away
The mind behind two legendary beat 'em up franchises was 64.
Dad stuck in support nightmare after teen lied about age on Discord- Ars Technica
Data dump confirms dad's suspicions that Discord knew teen's age prior to hack.
South Korea: Mobile providers promise uniform minimum data rate of 400 kbit/s.
South Korea's largest mobile providers will no longer throttle mobile internet to unusable speeds after data allowances are exhausted.
Nintendo sued by players who say they should get any tariff refunds received by the US government
A messy situation gets messier
It's Official - TurtleWoW is Over
After 8 years of operation, the largest Classic+ private server, TurtleWoW, will be shutting down on May 15th, in compliance with Blizzard's cease & desist order.
How did Atari apply side art to Arcade Cabinets?
One of the most fascinating sequences in Atari’s arcade manufacturing process in the early 80s, was the application of the fabulous artwork that adorned all of its cabinets from the golden ag…
TIL that contraception is illegal in Afghanistan
Women across Afghanistan describe the traumatic impact of disappearing clinics and contraception
Canada’s music rights defender sues AI song generator Suno | BetaKit
SOCAN is accusing the platform of infringing on Canadian artists like Tom Cochrane, Avril Lavigne.
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg Put on 'Leave of Absence'
Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress, wrote in a company-wide Slack messages on Wednesday, viewed by 404 Media, that board members "conspired" behind his back to vote to put him on leave.
Upcoming Changes to XBOX Cloud Gaming [time limits]
Beginning in November, we’re changing how cloud gaming is included with XBOX Game Pass.
I remixed Claude's new buddy into "buddymon"
Claude Code plugin — collectible creatures discovered through coding - CircuitForgeLLC/buddymon
They Built a Legendary Privacy Tool. Now They’re Sworn Enemies
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Pragmata was so top secret, the man behind Hugh was too scared to talk about the moon
“My entire career has been around the moon,” David Menkin tells Polygon, and his latest moon project is Capcom's Pragmata.
Playnix: Boutique Linux PC released with better gaming performance than Valve Steam Machine
Valve has still not confirmed pricing or availability for the Steam Machine. In the meantime, the developer of EmuDeck is selling an alternative called Playnix, which should outperform the Steam Machine thanks to an AMD…
It Only Takes A Handful Of Samples To Poison Any Size LLM, Anthropic Finds
It stands to reason that if you have access to an LLM’s training data, you can influence what’s coming out the other end of the inscrutable AI’s network. The obvious guess is that…
China is going after fake expert influencers, and the FTC’s new five-year plan seems to lay the same groundwork
China issued new regulations banning people without proper credentials from offering any tips related to health, finance, or education online. The FTC just released a similar playbook.
No Rest for the Wicked Marks Its 2nd Anniversary With 1.7 Million Copies Sold
Wicked fans, It's been TWO YEARS since No Rest for the Wicked entered Early Access. Since then, this game has grown and evolved in ways we could only pull off because of you. 1.7 million copies sold, and counting. You’v…
‘I had to change where my kids sleep’: Man shares terrifying experience, says Amarillo officer tracked him 78 times
An Amarillo father is speaking anonymously after learning former APD Officer Christian Eder systematically tracked his vehicle 76 times through the city's FLOCK surveillance cameras and ran his background twice through …
"Top-down Zelda meets Bloodborne": action RPG Withering Realms is out now in early access, should you fancy riding the shoulders of a horri…
Withering Rooms was an unexpectedly devious and absorbing slice of dollhouse action-RPG horror. As such, I've been look…
DLSS 5 comes with a massive 50-60% performance hit, so I hope you like lower frame rates with your dose of AI image enhancement
You thought ray tracing was bad...
HelixNotes now on Android, same Rust + Tauri codebase
A local markdown note-taking app. Plain .md files on your disk. Sync them your way, or don't.
We Say You Want a Revolution: PRISONBREAK – An AI-Enabled Influence Operation Aimed at Overthrowing the Iranian Regime
The control and strategic manipulation of information has long played a role in the geopolitical and ideological competition between the Islamic Republic of Iran and its political adversaries, including Israel. Prior Ci…
Never doubt the commitment of horse-girl fans: Umamusume cosplayers are having actual races at tracks around the world
Real-life races have taken place in Malaysia, Thailand, Peru, and the US.
Meta staff protest surveillance software on work PCs
: Zuck reportedly needs to capture workers’ keystrokes to build AI
Jimmy Carr on Why Everyone Is Wrong About AI
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Looking for Playtesters - We're Building a Fast-Paced Pixel Strategy RPG
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Sony Implements New Customer Harassment Policy Following Backlash Toward Its Plans to Stop Making Physical Game Discs
Sony Japan has introduced a new customer harassment policy following widespread backlash toward its decision to stop producing physical game discs starting January 2028.
Meta Installing Software on Employee Computers to Track Everything They Do, Feed the Data to AI
Meta will use tracking software on all of its US-based employees' computers that can track mouse movements and keystrokes to train AI models.
GitHub - Dr-Blank/Vaani: Beautiful, Fast and Functional client for your Audiobookshelf server.
Beautiful, Fast and Functional client for your Audiobookshelf server. - Dr-Blank/Vaani
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