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Valve was founded 30 years ago — changed PC gaming forever with Half-Life, then Steam | Microsoft veterans Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington …
Microsoft veterans Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington founded the company on August 24, 1996.
Dozens of engineers laid off at Apple headquarters
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered Announced, Songs of the Past Gets First Look
CD PROJEKT RED is pleased to announce The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered is launching on September 29, 2026. A first look at the new expansion, Songs of the Past, was also shared at gamescom Opening Night Live.
AI/LLM Usage Becoming A "Denial of Service Attack" On Open-Source Project Maintainers
The latest criticism of the increased burden placed on open-source software project maintainers caused by AI / LLM agents is around too many bug reports effectively causing a 'denial of service' attack on project mainta…
World humanoid robot games show runners breaking records, bursting into flames
Record-breaking robot races are less substantial than household chore challenges.
ICE Wants the Country’s Voter Data | Voting data is public by design, but ICE is looking for a federal contractor to help it handle voter r…
Voting data is public by design, but ICE is looking for a federal contractor to help it handle voter registration and history files to find what it describes as fraud.
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt Remastered - Reveal Trailer | gamescom 2026
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Official 'Songs of the Past' Trailer | gamescom 2026
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TIL that almost every year since 2015, Idaho children have died of treatable conditions. Their parents refuse medical care. It's legal in I…
For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care. Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of treatable conditions.
Popular erectile dysfunction drug linked to eye disease that can cause irreversible vision loss
Tadalafil users were 22% more likely to develop glaucoma, a study found, raising new questions about long-term Cialis use and eye pressure risks.
Beware Of Zombie Credit Cards That Work After Expiration
Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have uncovered a critical security flaw in contactless payment processing that allows expired credit cards to be reanimated and used for fraudulent purchases.
Cult-classic horror point-and-click adventure Sanitarium returns as Sanitarium Enhanced
Sanitarium Enhanced is a modernized and improved edition of the cult-classic psychological horror adventure Sanitarium, originally released in 1998.
SEC reportedly subpoenas Wall Street banks over "AI" hedge fund Situational Awareness’s near collapse
The SEC is seeking information from major Wall Street banks about trades and financing tied to AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness.
Local officials face death threats and gunfire over AI data center projects — More than 500 towns restrict builds as councils shutter publi…
Monitoring shows threats have stayed elevated since April.
OpenAI is becoming a surveillance company
It’s not even really trying to hide it
Technology Is Over - by James Taylor Foreman
There are social clues, at least, that the exponential curve is going sigmoid.
First Android malware targeting automotive head units
Kaspersky expert has discovered new Android malware designed to serve ads and build a proxy botnet. It's delivered through legitimate software for DoFun head units.
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ESPN's streaming plans are getting more expensive: Here's what you'll pay
Prices for ESPN's streaming plans, and many bundles that include them, are increasing by $1 to $3 starting in September.
YouTube Premium is getting yet another price hike for users across the globe
YouTube Premium is getting more expensive for subscribers across Europe and Asia, with some plans increasing by nearly 17%.
Microsoft's latest move to pay people to use Edge looks desperate — and an odd new Bing app is worrying too
An app has been spotted that makes Bing your default search, and some users see it as another reason to leave Windows 11.
ArsTechnica: Ads and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they’re coming for monitors.
Monitor vendors are playing with fire.
'It's very counterintuitive': The quantum batteries that upend the rules of charging
The world's first quantum battery prototype is here and it has some bizarre properties. Could these devices one day power quantum computing – or even your phone?
Leaf Developers Geekstrada and Helaas: The Full Interview
I sat down with Geekstrada and Helaas, the developers behind Leaf, to talk about the project, its origins, development, and where it might go next.
Critical Keycloak Vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) - CVE-2026-18963
A flaw was found in the reset-credentials flow of the keycloak-services component, which is the core engine for identity and access management in Red Hat Build of Keycloak. The issue allows an unauthenticated attacker t…
Songs created by AI banned from Australia's music charts
How global principles set out by IFPI will apply to the ARIA Charts
The New Cold War Is an Alibi for Tech Elites’ Impunity
Silicon Valley is increasingly embracing the narrative that the US is in an existential battle for technological dominance with China. The story is a convenient shield against efforts to rein in the tech industry’s powe…
A touch of AI is all it takes to trigger backlash, as a promising new indie falls afoul of slop skeptics
All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending August 23
Porsche inks US$1.5 billion AI deal with India’s Tata Consultancy
[STUTTGART] Porsche partnered with Tata Consultancy Services for deploying artificial intelligence in a 1.25 billion euros (US$1.5 billion) deal, while agreeing to sell its consulting unit to the Indi... Read more at Th…
If your art trained the AI, MIT says you may never be able to prove it
A new study found that AI images often can’t be traced back to the art that trained them, making it harder for artists to win AI copyright lawsuits.
Reduced urban air pollution and mortality from the transition to new energy vehicles in China
Using satellite data and interpretable machine learning, the widespread adoption of new energy vehicles was shown to reduce particulate matter particles with a diameter of 2.5 μm or less and carbon monoxide in Chinese c…
LLMs could control their host machines by exploiting inference engines
| Read on LessWrong | Comment on HN | Large language models often take actions running on one computer (via an agentic harness such as Claude Code or Codex), however the LLMs’ responses to prompts are computed on a diff…
Dokimon Quest is free on Steam due to Aug, 26th.
A monster-taming RPG meets GBC-era nostalgia. Capture and train 140+ Dokimon across 15+ towns. "Whoa, watch out — Dokimon are dangerous!" Uncover the mystery behind your missing childhood friend in the Xelos region.
Petlibro cloud outage leaves smart pet feeders unable to dispense scheduled meals
A cloud outage at Petlibro on August 11, 2026 took its app offline; owners reported connected feeders missed scheduled meals while away from home.
You can't buy anything on these food delivery and shopping sites. Here's why that's the point | Simulated shopping sites offer the thrill o…
Mock shopping sites are giving people the thrill of browsing, filling a cart and checking out, without spending a cent. As the trend spreads worldwide, some are using it to rethink compulsive spending and the environmen…
Twitch and Amazon hit with lawsuit for training AI with streamers' content
The class action suit claims that Amazon never obtained consent from Twitch streamers to be used to train its AI models.
Andreessen Horowitz is investing billions into a bleak AI future
The firmâs investment portfolio is full of companies that have exploited legal loopholes, created disturbing products, and broken the law.
Spy device detectors fail users most reliant on them // This may potentially give a false sense of security to those most at risk such as d…
Consumer detectors sold to help people find hidden surveillance devices are often too difficult for typical users to interpret, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
Apple lays off staffers ahead of CEO change
Fortune Tech: Hugging Face, TikTok $400M settlement, Nvidia and Perplexity, drones.
Neo-Cyclostyle: Automatic Document Copying Devices In 1890
Document duplication has been a highly desirable feature, long before medieval monks slaved over yet another illuminated manuscript by flickering candle light. Fortunately one part of the Industria…
Microsoft Paint and Photos Embed Server-Issued GUIDs as Invisible Watermarks in Locally-Generated Images :: Xusheng Li
Reverse engineering reveals how Paint and Photos embed a server-issued GUID into the pixels of locally generated AI images.
AliExpress accused of fingerprinting shoppers with silent audio trick that also muted a dev's headphones
Sawtooth waves you can't hear still mess with your Bluetooth. Firefox and Brave say they've got you covered
TIL about Benner's Cycle - a predictive pattern created by an Ohian farmer in 1872 that tried to predict economic boom and bust cycles betw…
Benner's cycle describes a theorized economic phenomenon named after Ohioan farmer Samuel Benner, who in 1872 produced a chart that references historical market cycles between 1780–1872 and uses them to make predictions…
US datacenters tripled their water footprint in 10 years
... and those are figures from the start of the AI boom. It can only be worse now. Silo-ed reporting isn't helping
Perochialjoe Let's Play: Back to Saturn X E1 (Brutal Doom)
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The FTC is cracking down on companies that charge you a "personalized price"
The agency said it cannot ban personalized pricing under its current authority, but it will pursue enforcement action against companies that fail to meet its disclosure requirements.
GTA 6 leaks: Rockstar's nightmare or just a blip?
Clips appearing to show the highly anticipated game have appeared online, but will they really hurt it?
World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's …
As AI tech companies increasingly buy and destroy books to feed to their AI models, Anna's Archive is calling for volunteers to help preserve them for the public record.