Dark Souls and Elden Ring studio FromSoftware was "worried" how its OG RPG King's Field would be received, but the studio wasn't going to b…
"We genuinely didn't know how people would react"
Meta's latest subscription move is an attempt to offset its AI bets
As some users have noticed, Meta is rolling out premium subscriptions that bundle AI tools with ad-free access, shifting advanced features behind a paywall while free users remain part of its advertising model.
Privacy-Focused Proton Mail Aids FBI in Uncovering ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester’s True Identity
Proton Mail gave FBI payment data from Swiss servers, proving encrypted email privacy has limits when governments use legal treaties to demand user information.
'Let it Die' servers shutting down, but offering players a onetime purchase to keep it alive offline
Grasshopper's weird tower-climbing roguelike is closing all online features in August.
Rockstar vs. Union: What Really Happened at Court? | People Make Games
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Mastodon.social is not a good way to join Mastodon. If you’re already on it, you might want to move your account to a different Mastodon se…
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse
Greece to ban anonymity on social media
"The major problem behind anonymity is toxicity," argues digital governance minister
The Battle of Sixth Grade: A Story of the Cuban Revolution
Could education secretary Charles Clarke learn a lesson or two from Cuba's handling of its illiteracy crisis in the 1960s?
After outages, Amazon to make senior engineers sign off on AI-assisted changes
AWS has suffered at least two incidents linked to the use of AI coding assistants.
Airbus moves critical apps off AWS to a French cloud
Airbus is moving 70 critical apps from AWS to France's Scaleway for digital sovereignty, keeping sensitive data shielded from US extraterritorial law.
Market slumps as OpenAI reportedly misses internal targets for active users and revenue — Nvidia, Oracle, AMD, and CoreWeave shares all tre…
OpenAI's apparent missed targets shake up investor confidence.
MidnightBSD Bans Users in Brazil and California, Warns More Regions Could Follow
Colorado, Illinois, and New York could join the list if their proposed age verification bills pass.
China unveils first humanoid robot for household chores, ready as early as 2027
Companies are still improving data required for robots to perform complex household tasks, some of which require embodied AI.
MAGAs Are Fuming After Email Confirms They Will Never Get Their $500 Trump Phones or Deposits Back
Nearly 600,000 Trump supporters paid deposits for a gold smartphone that remains undelivered, sparking outrage and calls for investigation into Trump Mobile's practices.
A sexual predator used online games and ChatGPT to groom young boys
A criminal case in Uruguay exposes how online games and AI chatbots are reshaping global online sexual exploitation
Debian decides not to decide on AI-generated contributions
Debian is the latest in an ever-growing list of projects to wrestle (again) with the question o [...]
YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable
VRC Non-Skip ads are now generally available globally in Google Ads and Display & Video 360.
OnePlus will allow downgrades (Edited to be less clickbaity)
OnePlus has issued a statement after reports that some phones were bricked when trying to downgrade the firmware or install a custom ROM.
Pornhub, YouPorn, Redtube, and other content sharing platforms will block new users in the UK starting next week(February 2)
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Modder releases PS5-Linux that turns the console into a fully functional Linux gaming PC
After months of testing and improvements, security engineer and modder Andy Nguyen has finally released PS5-Linux, allowing users to turn their console into a functional Linux gaming PC.
Vibe Coding Will Break Your Company
Vibe coding is collapsing the distance between idea and deployment. But the real risk is whether your company has the judgment system to govern what AI can now build.
PewDiePie Promoting Self-Hosting, Blocking Ads, Shorts and more
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AI Agent Lands PRs in Major OSS Projects, Targets Maintainers via Cold Outreach
An AI agent is merging PRs into major OSS projects and cold-emailing maintainers to drum up more work.
The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Game
2,000 ships stranded. 3 transit slots per day. You decide who eats. A journalistic newsgame built on verified reporting about the 2026 Hormuz crisis.
SK hynix to spend $13 billion on the world's largest HBM memory assembly plant amid the worst shortage on record — South Korea facility to …
Company prepares for next-gen HBM4E, HBM5, and HBM5E memory.
Hands-On With the TRIMUI Brick Pro: A Better Handheld, but Not a Faster One
TRIMUI's latest vertical handheld keeps the same processor but adds a larger display, Hall effect thumbsticks and a refined design.
Inside the fiery, deadly crashes involving the Tesla Cybertruck: Cybertrucks have locked passengers inside and burned so hot they’ve disint…
Cybertrucks have locked passengers inside and burned so hot they disintegrated drivers’ bones. Victims’ families blame what they say is faulty design
"AI-Driven SSD Prices Soar Another 50% in Q2... NAND Joins HBM in Steep Surge"
Driven by the expanding demand for artificial intelligence (AI) servers, the price of solid-state drives (SSD) has recently continued its steep upward ...
Data centers will consume 70 percent of memory chips made in 2026 - supply shortfall will cause the chip shortage to spread to other segmen…
Soon enough, you might not even be able to buy a calculator.
California governor Gavin Newsom accuses TikTok of suppressing content critical of the current US president Donald Trump
California Governor Gavin Newsom made the accusation as he launched a review of the platform's content moderation practices to determine if they violated state law.
Turns out llms also have “artificial hive mind”, top AI models all say very similar sounding things, do you think that we can use this to d…
Language models (LMs) often struggle to generate diverse, human-like creative content, raising concerns about the long-term homogenization of human thought through repeated exposure to similar outputs. Yet scalable meth…
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Demo Available Now | RPGFan
SEGA and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio have released a demo for Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties. It is currently available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo
Hytale can now be pre-ordered
Embark on a journey of adventure and creativity! Hytale combines the scope of a sandbox with the depth of a roleplaying game, immersing players in a procedurally generated world where teetering towers and deep dungeons …
Google pays $68M to settle claims its voice assistant spied on users
Google did not admit wrongdoing in the settlement of the class-action case, which accused the firm of "unlawful and intentional interception and recording of individuals’ confidential communications without their consen…
TIL that Tron: Ares is a movie made from the third act of the original, scrapped sequel
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A decade before Stalker, [Chasm: The Rift, an] obscure Ukrainian Quake clone was quietly breaking new ground for first-person shooters
Chasm: The Rift is an early European contender to American FPS supremacy.
Sam's Stuff - The State of Modern AI Text To Speech Systems for Screen Reader Users
If you're not a screen reader user yourself, you might be surprised to learn that the text to speech technology used by most blind people hasn't changed in the last 30 years. While text to speech has taken the sighted w…
Hunter: The Reckoning - Deathwish | Reveal Trailer
Vampires, Werewolves, Witches. What if I told you that the things that go bump in the night are real? What if I told you that you could see them?Awaken to th...
Arc Raiders was accidentally recording Discord conversations into an unencrypted local game file
Thankfully, the issue has since been hotfixed by Arc Raiders, but the fault still lies with Discord
TIL that men with disabilities, along with their caregivers, are generally permitted to use women-only train carriages in Japan.
Women-only passenger cars are railway or subway cars intended for women only. They are a result of sexual segregation in some societies, often resulting from attempts to reduce male-on-female sexual harassment and assau…
YouTube disabled SRV3 subtitle uploads and started deleting them on existing videos
YouTube appears to be cracking down on SRV3 subtitle files, disabling new uploads and deleting existing custom captions from major channels including Hololive, Dream.
Turns Out That Advertisers Not Wanting To Fund Neo-Nazi-Adjacent Content Isn’t An Antitrust Violation
Remember when Elon Musk told advertisers to “go fuck” themselves and then sued them for the crime of taking his advice? A federal judge has now dismissed that lawsuit — with prejudice —…
China’s new flexible fibre chip can survive being run over by a 15.6-ton truck
Chinese scientists have built a working computer chip inside a flexible fiber thinner than a human hair.
China reveals 200-strong AI drone swarm that can be controlled by a single soldier — ‘intelligent algorithm’ allows individual units to coo…
The PLA just introduced a new weapon in the drone arms race.
Blizzard reportedly partnering with Arc Raiders owner Nexon to revive StarCraft as a shooter
Is this another Diablo Immortal situation?
Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally
Discord is announcing enhanced teen safety features rolling out globally that reinforce its long-standing commitment to creating a safer and more inclusive experience for users over the age of 13.
A new PlayStation State of Play airs February 12.
A new State of Play airs February 12. Tune in for 60+ minutes of news, gameplay updates, and announcements from game studios across the globe: play.st/4aEMiwU
Australian government demands review of Roblox’s PG rating after reports of child grooming
Communications minister Anika Wells points to media reports alleging children can access spaces meant for adults which include explicit sexual content
What a great excuse to have complete access to all your pictures
Britain will become the first country in the world where it is impossible for children to take, share or view naked pictures on their devices.
ICE is using online influencers, geo-targeting to recruit deportation agents
Internal documents highlight the use of creators to grow ICE's ranks.