Month: September 2025

Google announces Gemini for Google TV

Google has announced Gemini for Google TV. You can interact with the AI to find what to watch. Google isn’t the first to bring its AI...

Chinese McDonald’s Black Myth: Wukong collaboration features black burgers and a ridiculous dressing gown with matching headband

Black Myth: Wukong continues to make a noise in China, this time through a nationwide McDonald’s collaboration designed to coincide with this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival. Read...

Arc Raiders is actually coming back for one last test before launch, and this time anyone can join

April feels like a lifetime ago, but that’s when Arc Raiders, the extraction shooter from ex-DICE developers at Embark, was last available to play. The game’s...

How European battery startups can thrive alongside Asian giants

The global battery market is experiencing unprecedented growth, with projections showing the sector will reach $400bn by 2030. Yet European entrepreneurs often feel locked out, watching...

Palworld farming spin-off revealed just 11 days after Nintendo announced Pokémon equivalent Pokopia

Palworld developer Pocketpair has revealed a new farming spin-off game, titled (of course) Palfarm. Read more

The EU’s €2T budget overlooks a key tech pillar: Open source

On July 16, the European Commission proposed a €2tn seven-year budget – the largest in the EU’s history – to boost autonomy, competitiveness, and resilience. The spending...

OBS Studio 32.0 Brings New Plugin Manager, NVIDIA RTX Effects

The new OBS Studio 32.0 release is out, with support for higher-quality recordings out-of-the-box, new filters and effects, a plugin manager and plenty of bug fixes....

The meaning behind the moniker: how to choose a science-company name that delights

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What’s the big deal about AI data centres?

Huge investment is going into data centres for AI, but why are they so expensive?

Ubuntu 25.10 Will Fix Update Manager’s Focus Stealing

Ubuntu 25.10 may include a fix for the Update Manager focus stealing by reverting to notifications and app indicators instead of auto-launching windows. You’re reading Ubuntu...

The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 910

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 910 for the week of September 14 – 20, 2025. The full version of this issue is available here....

OnePlus 15 Could Set New Android Performance Standard with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Apple’s A19 Pro impressed the world with its leaked Geekbench scores this month—but the OnePlus 15 appears to best it.

AMD Challenges Nvidia CUDA AI Software Stack With ROCm 7.0

The update promises better “end-to-end AI enablement.”

NVIDIA, OpenAI Announce ‘the Biggest AI Infrastructure Deployment in History’

OpenAI and NVIDIA just announced a landmark AI infrastructure partnership — an initiative that will scale OpenAI’s compute with multi-gigawatt data centers powered by millions of...

Starship May Miss 2027 Aretemis III Deadline by Years, Claim NASA Safety Advisors

The big problem is cryogenic fuel transfer in orbit, which SpaceX has yet to demonstrate effectively.

Sam Thursfield: Status update, 22/09/2025

For the first time in many years I can talk publicly about what I’m doing at work: a short engagement funded by Endless and Codethink to...

Microsoft Raises Xbox Console Prices Again

This is the brand’s second price bump since spring.

CNA is transforming its newsroom with AI

In this Executive Function series from OpenAI, discover how CNA is transforming its newsroom with AI. Editor-in-Chief Walter Fernandez shares insights on AI adoption, culture, and...

Raspberry Pi’s New M.2 HAT+ Compact is an SSD Space Saver

If you’re looking to add an SSD to your Raspberry Pi 5, the new $15 M.2 HAT+ Compact is a solid and smaller option to other...

Rapid ML experimentation for enterprises with Amazon SageMaker AI and Comet

This post was written with Sarah Ostermeier from Comet. As enterprise organizations scale their machine learning (ML) initiatives from proof of concept to production, the complexity...

Venus has lava tubes, and they’re weird

It has been suggested that lava tubes – underground tunnels carved out by molten rock – might be on Venus, and now we have direct evidence...

Gamers Get FSR4 Working on RDNA2 for an Image Quality Boost

Performance does take a dip, however.

Scale AI Launches ‘SEAL Showdown’ LLM Leaderboards – Can it Dethrone LMArena?

Reeling from its Meta partnership, Scale AI launches SEAL Showdown, a new AI leaderboard aimed at fixing flawed AI benchmarks with a diverse user base. The...

A deeper understanding of endometriosis is suggesting new treatments

The revelation that endometriosis is linked to autoimmune disorders is opening up a whole new way to treat this painful and poorly understood condition

Apple Boosts iPhone 17 Production as Entry-Level Model Sees Surge in Demand

The iPhone 17 has a 120Hz screen, a feature many have been demanding for years.

Zoomtopia 2025: Innovation, AI, and the Future of Work

The big question looming over the event was whether Zoom could innovate fast enough to remain central in a world shifting back to the office, while...

Google DeepMind Updates AI Safety Rules to Counter ‘Harmful Manipulation’ and Models That Resist Shutdown

Google DeepMind has updated its Frontier Safety Framework to address new AI risks, including harmful manipulation and models that could resist operator shutdown. The post Google...

Will We Know Artificial General Intelligence When We See It?

Buzzwords in the field of artificial intelligence can be technical: perceptron, convolution, transformer. These refer to specific computing approaches. A recent term sounds more mundane but...

Are You Smarter Than an AI?

The ARC Prize test is a deceptively simple challenge designed to measure a machine’s ability to reason, abstract, and generalize—core ingredients of artificial general intelligence (AGI)....

Windows 11 is getting a video wallpaper feature

Microsoft is testing a feature that will allow you to use a video as a wallpaper. Welcome to 2007! When iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS...

10 Machine Learning Newsletters to Stay Informed

Let’s face it: keeping up with new research, tools, and industry shifts in machine learning can be down-right overwhelming.

The PC’s Sharpened Edge: HP’s Singular Focus on Security and AI

In the escalating cyber battle for control of the PC, HP’s laser focus on endpoint security and AI integration is redefining what it means to protect...

Install Bcachefs Via Official APT Repository In Debian And Ubuntu

Bcachefs team released a APT repository to deliver necessary DKMS packages for users after the shift to “Externally maintained” status. The post Install Bcachefs Via Official...

How I Configure Polybar to Customize My Linux Desktop

Most major Linux desktop environments like GNOME, KDE Plasma, and Xfce come with their own built-in panels for launching apps, switching workspaces, and keeping track of...

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Google Releases Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 With Icon Shape Changes for Pixel Users

Health Connect now tracks steps directly on the phone.

Best Gaming Desktop PC Deals for September 2025

Planning on spending the rest of the year gaming and ignoring the world? Good choice. Save big with prebuilt desktop PCs from all the top brands.

Best TV Deals for September 2025

No matter what kind of screen you’re looking for, we’ve got the biggest discounts on TVs from all the top brands

Elden Ring Nightreign’s next update will make sure your Depth level actually goes up when you win, let you drop it down when it gets too hard

The ultra-chalenging Deep of Night mode has only been available in Elden Ring Nightreign for about ten days, but players have already identified a couple of...

Cutting down the Amazon will bring extreme rain, wind and heat

We used to think that deforestation in the Amazon would dry out the local climate, but the effects may be even more extreme and varied

Is reading always better for your brain than listening to audiobooks?

Reading books and listening to audiobooks tap into different elements of cognition, each with their own benefits. So which one should you choose, and when?

Creating a safe, observable AI infrastructure for 1 million classrooms

Discover how SchoolAI, built on OpenAI’s GPT-4.1, image generation, and TTS, powers safe, teacher-guided AI tools for 1 million classrooms worldwide—boosting engagement, oversight, and personalized learning.

Chrome for Android can now read web pages aloud like a podcast

Last week, Martin wrote about Chrome gaining AI features powered by Gemini. There’s a new AI feature rolling out to Chrome on Android, a read aloud...

OpenAI and NVIDIA announce strategic partnership to deploy 10 gigawatts of NVIDIA systems

OpenAI and NVIDIA announce a strategic partnership to deploy 10 gigawatts of AI datacenters powered by NVIDIA systems, with the first phase launching in 2026.

Opinion: Europe’s VCs must embrace risk — or resign the AI era to US control

Europe’s AI startups are losing ground to the US — and their own investors are to blame. Only 5% of global venture capital is raised in...

How to rebase to Fedora Silverblue 43 Beta

Silverblue is an operating system for your desktop built on Fedora Linux. It’s excellent for daily use, development, and container-based workflows. It offers numerous advantages such as being able...

Planet News Roundup

This is a roundup of articles from the openSUSE community listed on planet.opensuse.org. The below featured highlights listed on the community’s blog feed aggregator are from...

Microsoft increases Xbox prices in the U.S. again: Two price hikes in 5 months

Microsoft has increased the prices of the Xbox consoles in the U.S. Wait a minute, didn’t this happen a few months ago? Well, that’s exactly what...

Real-time molecular recorders expose the inner lives of cells

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Pinta 3.1 Beta Adds New Features, Effects & Options

A beta version of Pinta 3.1 is available for testing. The fee open source image editor adds axonometric grid, polygon selection, performance improvements and more. You’re...

Aaron Rainbolt: Setting up a weird dual-boot DOS workstation

I’ve been wanting to create some Bible study software for DOS for a while now. Why target DOS? Because it’s a cool platform, it’s still in...

Scientists just made atoms talk to each other inside silicon chips

Researchers at UNSW have found a way to make atomic nuclei communicate through electrons, allowing them to achieve entanglement at scales used in today’s computer chips....

Elon Musk Denies Report of $10B Raise at $200B Valuation

Elon Musk has refuted a CNBC report that his startup xAI is raising $10 billion at a $200 billion valuation, amid executive departures and Grok AI...

xAI Launches Grok-4-Fast, a Cheaper and More Efficient AI Model

xAI has launched Grok-4-Fast, a new AI model delivering top-tier performance with 98% less cost, featuring a 2M token window and unified reasoning architecture. The post...

NVIDIA’s $5B Lifeline to Intel Sparks Debate: Is a Full Company Split the Only Way Forward?

NVIDIA’s $5B investment in Intel provides a critical lifeline, but analysts argue a strategic split of its design and manufacturing is the only true path forward....

VLC’s First Update This Year Adds Qt6 Support, Dark Style + More

The next stable release of VLC is on the way with various improvements, including dark mode, support for Windows on ARM, and more – fancy testing...

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Alasdair Keane explores the tech highlights at IFA Berlin.

Beyond non-technical skills: training ophthalmologists to appraise and integrate emerging technologies

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The Video Games You Should Play This Weekend – September 19, 2025

What a week! We unveiled our next cover and it features The Outer Worlds 2, published a massive round-up of some cool looking indie games from...

Xbox Console Prices Will Increase Again Next Month

Microsoft has announced plans to increase the prices of its Xbox consoles in the United States for the second time this year, starting on October 5....

Microsoft Rolls Out Gaming Copilot for Windows 11

Xbox app support will arrive next month.

Unforgeable quantum money can be stored in an ultracold ‘debit card’

Using the quantum states of particles of light as currency could make for unforgeable transactions, and a new experiment has added a way to save some...

$1,800+ Samsung Refrigerators Start Displaying Ads

The ads are part of a new pilot program aimed at enhancing value for customers, Samsung says.

iPhone 17 Lineup Hits Shelves, With Pro Models Drawing Special Attention

Some stores even had customers queue outside overnight.

Microsoft Copilot is taking over Teams. Here’s how AI will shape your daily workflow

All the tasks Microsoft says Copilot can handle for you now, across your entire workday.

NASA Details Upgrades to Space Launch System Ahead of Next Year’s Artemis 2 Mission

It’s now rated for human flight following performance and reliability improvements.

YouTube Introduces New AI-Powered Creator Tools

Most help YouTubers make videos more efficiently, while another helps creators control how their likeness is used online.

Move your AI agents from proof of concept to production with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Building an AI agent that can handle a real-life use case in production is a complex undertaking. Although creating a proof of concept demonstrates the potential, moving...

One blood sample could reveal the age of 11 of your organs and systems

The rate that our heart or liver ages may differ from that of our immune or hormonal systems, and now it seems that a single blood...

Launchpad News: Update on Launchpad mailing lists shutdown

As announced earlier this year in our previous blog post: Sunsetting Launchpad’s mailing lists, Launchpad will retire its mailing list feature at the end of October...

Meta Scrambles to Explain Catastrophic AI Failures During ‘Display’ Smart Glasses Demo

It wasn’t the Wi-Fi, but the reasons are still pretty silly.

Atmospheric hydrogen is rising, which may be a problem for the climate

Ice core records of atmospheric hydrogen reveal a huge rise in concentration since the Industrial Revolution which has contributed to global warming – and could sway...

Characters – An Intro to Ubuntu Default Emoji/Unicode Application

Characters or GNOME Characters (not to be confused with Gucharmap) is Ubuntu default special character picker application. Speaking about its daily uses, you can use it...

AI On: How Onboarding Teams of AI Agents Drives Productivity and Revenue for Businesses

AI is no longer solely a back-office tool. It’s a strategic partner that can augment decision-making across every line of business. Whether users aim to reduce...

Where you store fat may influence the effect it has on your brain

Data from more than 18,000 people suggests that where excess fat is stored in the body influences its effects on brain structure, activity and health

Apple Sports app is now available in 8 European Countries

The Apple Sports app has been expanded to 8 more Countries. This time, it’s available for users in Europe. This isn’t a new app per se,...

Ransomware Wave Hits SMBs and Cities

Cyberattacks on SMBs have nearly doubled in the fist half of 2025. The St. Paul ransomware crisis shows why even small governments face big threats as...

Apple Reportedly Planning to Add Touch Screens to MacBook Pro

At the same time, Apple is said to be working on a less expensive MacBook that will use an iPhone processor.

MS Paint Users Can Save and Reopen Editable Projects for the First Time

Files now use a dedicated .paint format.

Best Security Camera Deals for September 2025

These versatile cameras let you keep an eye on the inside and outside of your home, stream alerts to your phone, detect motion and more at...

Best Gaming Chair Deals for September 2025

Feeling a little sore after gaming marathons? Pick up an ergonomic gaming chair at up to 50% off and heal your back.

Best CPU Deals for September 2025

Getting ready to build a new PC? We’ve got the best prices on processors from AMD and Intel for high-end battlestations, budget boxes, and everything in...

The Sims 4’s latest update adds playground venues to the base game ahead of October’s kid-friendly expansion pack

We’re very much on the road to the next The Sims 4 expansion, Adventure Awaits, and Maxis has rolled out a cool new update to hold...

Quantum computers have finally achieved unconditional supremacy

For the first time, researchers have mathematically proven that a quantum computer needs less computational power to solve a particular task than an ordinary computer, in...

Steam to end support for Windows 32-bit in 2026

Valve has announced that it will be ending support for Steam on 32-bit versions of Windows. This shouldn’t affect a lot of users. Okay, I have...

How This Cybersecurity Program Equips You for Today’s Hiring Landscape | Simplilearn webinar starts 17-09-2025 00:00

Cybersecurity isn’t just growing, it’s exploding. From ransomware attacks to data breaches, organizations desperately need skilled professionals who can protect their digital assets. The problem? There...

What You Need to Build a Career in Project Management | Simplilearn webinar starts 18-09-2025 15:30

Interactive Q&A Segment | Certificate Included  Trying to build a career in project management while piecing together the jigsaw puzzle of scattered blogs, endless tutorials, and...

How to build an awesome cloud gaming platform with Anbox Cloud

Why cloud gaming? Cloud gaming is changing the way we play. Instead of buying expensive hardware, players stream games from the cloud, like Netflix for games....

Integrating a uTrust FIDO2 Security Key for Full Disk Encryption, Login, and Sudo Access on Fedora 42

This guide provides a step-by-step walk-through for integrating a uTrust FIDO2 security key (Identiv uTrust) with Fedora 42 to secure: LUKS2 full disk encryption (FDE) Graphical...

Hyprland Made Easy: Preconfigured Beautiful Distros

Hyprland is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that has been gaining traction in the Linux community due to its modern aesthetics, smooth animations, and extensive configurability....

Linux Mint Debian Edition 7 beta released

The first beta of Linux Mint Debian Edition 7 has been released. LMDE 7 has the codename Gigi. (Image courtesy: Linux Mint) It is based on...

EU’s Biggest Rare-Earth Magnet Plant Draws EV Makers

Executives from Europe’s electric-vehicle industry are trekking to the continent’s sparsely populated northeastern parts to queue for something they struggle to find outside of China: rare-earths...

We have hybrid cars, now hybrid planes are coming

With batteries still too heavy, start-up plane makers are exploring hybrid options for new aircraft.

Google is turning Chrome into an AI browser and the rollout has already started

Artificial intelligence is becoming a central feature of many browsers. Some browsers, like Dia or Perplexity’s Comet web browser are created from the ground up with...

Ubuntu Studio: Ubuntu Studio 25.10 Beta Released

The Ubuntu Studio team is pleased to announce the beta release of Ubuntu Studio 25.10, codenamed “Questing Quokka”. While this beta is reasonably free of any...

Lubuntu Blog: Lubuntu Questing Beta Released!

Thanks to all the hard work from our contributors, Lubuntu 25.10 Beta has been released. With the codename Questing Quokka, Lubuntu 25.10 will be the 29th...

Scale visual production using Stability AI Image Services in Amazon Bedrock

This post was written with Alex Gnibus of Stability AI. Stability AI Image Services are now available in Amazon Bedrock, offering ready-to-use media editing capabilities delivered...

Prompting for precision with Stability AI Image Services in Amazon Bedrock

Amazon Bedrock now offers Stability AI Image Services: 9 tools that improve how businesses create and modify images. The technology extends Stable Diffusion and Stable Image...

The UK’s ‘Goldilocks Moment for AI’: NVIDIA, UK and US Leaders Highlight AI Infrastructure Investments

The U.K. was the center of the AI world this week as NVIDIA, U.K. and U.S. leaders announced new initiatives toward making the nation an AI...

Microsoft Fills Teams with AI ‘Agents’ to Act as Virtual Teammates

Microsoft is embedding specialized AI agents into Teams for Copilot users, transforming the platform with virtual teammates that manage meetings and workflows. The post Microsoft Fills...

Sebastian Wick: Integrating libdex with GDBus

Writing asynchronous code in C has always been a challenge. Traditional callback-based approaches, including GLib’s async/finish pattern, often lead to the so-called callback hell that’s difficult...

Starting HRT in early menopause may reduce women’s risk of Alzheimer’s

Hormone replacement therapy used within five years of the onset of menopause is associated with a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease, while starting it later in...

Meta Opens Smart Glasses to Developers With New Sensor Access Toolkit

Meta is launching the ‘Wearables Device Access Toolkit,’ giving third-party developers access to camera and sensor data on its smart glasses to build new hands-free apps....

iPhone Air Can Withstand 130 Pounds of Pressure, Test Reveals

Apple opted for titanium for the new model, rather than aluminum.

Meta Reveals the Smart Glasses You’ve Always Wanted

Not only did Meta reveal the first sci-fi-style smart glasses, but it’s got an incredible new input device as well.

The Best Game’s From Today’s Six One Indie Showcase

Ahhh, can you smell it? That’s the smell of fresh indies breaking through the noise of various upcoming triple-A games, and what a delightful smell it...

Northrop’s Cygnus XL Reaches ISS Despite Thrust Issues

It turns out the error was a non-critical software issue.

Stunning amber deposits hold insects from the time of the dinosaurs

A sand quarry in Ecuador has yielded South America’s first amber with bio-inclusions, including a spider’s web and a collection of mosquitoes, beetles, flies, wasps and...

Denmark’s Strategic Leap Replacing Microsoft Office 365 with LibreOffice for Digital Independence

by George Whittaker In the summer of 2025, Denmark’s government put forward a major policy change in its digital infrastructure: moving away from using Microsoft Office...

Incredible Breakthrough Supercharges Plant Growth

By adding a whole new biochemical pathway to a plant species, researchers were able to make a plant that grew much bigger, much faster.

Monitor Amazon Bedrock batch inference using Amazon CloudWatch metrics

As organizations scale their use of generative AI, many workloads require cost-efficient, bulk processing rather than real-time responses. Amazon Bedrock batch inference addresses this need by...

Use AWS Deep Learning Containers with Amazon SageMaker AI managed MLflow

Organizations building custom machine learning (ML) models often have specialized requirements that standard platforms can’t accommodate. For example, healthcare companies need specific environments to protect patient...

Nvidia and Intel to Develop AI Infrastructure, PC Products Together

I didn’t have this one on my 2025 bingo card.

Some viruses like to cheat – and that may be good for our health

Mutations can result in viruses that infect cells, but can’t copy themselves without help from other viruses – now it seems these cheats may outnumber normal...

NVIDIA Blackwell: Born for Extreme-Scale AI Inference

Windows Paint just got a major Photoshop-like upgrade you’ll want to try – what’s new

Microsoft has been steadily transforming Paint into a more robust and advanced image editor. Here’s how to try its latest features.

Inside the world’s most powerful AI datacenter

This week we have introduced a wave of purpose-built datacenters and infrastructure investments we are making around the world to support the global adoption of cutting-edge...

GeForce NOW Unleashes ‘Dying Light: The Beast’ in the Cloud

GeForce NOW is packing a monstrous punch this week. Dying Light: The Beast, the latest adrenaline‑fueled chapter in Techland’s parkour‑meets‑survival‑horror saga, is clawing its way into...

A Hands-On Introduction to cuML for GPU-Accelerated Machine Learning Workflows

This article offers a hands-on Python introduction to

Spotlight-Like Search Bar Comes to Windows

The app is currently available for US-based users with PCs running Windows 10 or 11.

Submit a Talk for Open Developers Summit in Prague

The openSUSE community will have an Open Developers Summit on April 23, 2026, in Prague, Czech Republic. The summit will be on the last day of...

Canonical achieves IEC 62443-4-1 compliance in Industrial Automation and Control Systems

Canonical is proud to announce it has achieved compliance with IEC 62443-4-1 for cybersecurity in Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS). Building on Canonical’s existing ISO/SAE 21434...

Google Brings Call Recording to Pixel in Select Regions

Some users with a Pixel 6 or newer can record their phone calls without enlisting help from a third-party app.

Best Gaming Monitor Deals for September 2025

Lots of great games are on their way, so snag a new monitor to enjoy them in 4K with fast framerates and killer color. We’ve got...

Best SSD and Hard Drive Deals for September 2025

No matter what you need to store, we’ve got the digital space, with deep discounts on internal and external drives.

LMDE 7 “Gigi” – BETA Release

This is the BETA release for LMDE 7 “Gigi”. LMDE 7 Gigi LMDE is a Linux Mint project which stands for “Linux Mint Debian Edition”. Its...

VCs are growing wary of ‘AI-washing’ – but real innovation is still winning investors

Venture capital investment surged to a 10-quarter high of €108.3bn in Q1 2025, fuelled by artificial intelligence, which accounted for over  €44.6bn raised. In recent years,...

Quantum computers are finally on the verge of being useful

Two experiments with different quantum computers showcase their growing ability to simulate materials and quantum matter that have so far proven elusive in the lab

Simple menu tweak can nudge people into choosing climate-friendly food

Rejigging the meal choices on offer in a canteen can prompt people to make healthier, climate-friendlier decisions

FOSS Weekly #25.38: GNOME 49 Release, KDE Drama, sudo vs sudo-rs, Local AI on Android and More Linux Stuff

We hit a major milestone on our Mastodon account. We crossed the 40,000 mark. It’s a pleasant surprise. We have a lot more people on Twitter,...

Vitamin D supplements may lower your level of one type of vitamin D

Taking vitamin D2 supplements seems to reduce levels of vitamin D3 in our body

The ‘near-telepathic’ device that puts AI in your head

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Microsoft to Build Copilot Into Microsoft 365 Subscriptions

Copilot will be available on multiple platforms, including a web app, desktop apps for both Windows and Mac, and mobile apps for Android and iOS.

Possible Intel Arc A750 Prototype Appears With 16GB of VRAM

If the card is real, it’s a rare find.

Vampire: The Masqurade – Bloodlines 2’s DLC Clans Are Now In The Base Game Following Fan Backlash

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 stirred up controversy among fans for its DLC strategy, particularly in how it was locking away two of the game’s...

Meet the Streamlabs Streaming Assistant, Accelerated by NVIDIA RTX

Today’s creators are equal parts entertainer, producer and gamer, juggling game commentary, scene changes, replay clips, chat moderation and technical troubleshooting — all while trying to...

Steven Pinker’s new book shows how he’s become a contradictory figure

Steven Pinker’s new book When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows makes a compelling case for common knowledge. Shame the politics muddies the waters

A radical idea to fix plastics recycling

Making all shampoo or detergent bottles look the same isn’t anti-capitalist, and it’s the only way to make a truly circular economy for plastics, says Saabira...

Where’s my jetpack got to? And other sci-fi tech queries

We are still waiting for the retro-futuristic tech and social revolutions envisioned in science fiction’s old gold, writes Annalee Newitz – not to mention advances in...

Ian McEwan’s new novel weaves climate change into literary mystery

Ian McEwan’s excellent What We Can Know is set in a UK largely swallowed up by rising seas. Emily H. Wilson explores the story of a...

Three simple rules for a great post-workout meal

Taking care of your body’s nutritional needs after training doesn’t have to be a headache. Grace Wade sums up three key pillars she uses to refuel...

Dramatic photos show bid to save the Javan slow loris

The photos tell an unusual rescue story – the release of the critically endangered Javan slow lorises into Ujung Kulon National Park on Java Island, Indonesia,...

Opinion: Ukraine is becoming a global defence tech powerhouse

The full-scale war has reshaped priorities for Ukraine’s tech sector. Innovative military technologies and advanced defence solutions are not only essential for the country’s security — they’re...

Review: Elecrow’s All-in-one Starter Kit for Pico 2

Raspberry Pi Pico 2 starter kit from Elecrow is an educational device that integrates multiple sensors and components onto a single board for learning electronics and...

Diablo 4’s Season 10 doesn’t look to be the one to solve its problems, but there’s some new content to see you to the end of 2025

The launch of Diablo 4 Season 10 is almost upon us. Ahead of the new season’s start on September 23, Blizzard hosted a Developer Update livestream,...

Introducing complyctl for Effortless Compliance in Fedora

complyctl is a powerful command-line utility implementing the principles of “ComplianceAsCode” (CaC) with high scalability and adaptability for security compliance. In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape,...

Startup wisdom: Why resilience is the most underrated metric in startup success

Startup wisdom is a new TNW series offering practical lessons from experts who’ve helped build great companies. This week, global traction strategist Nina Aziz Justin —...

Detecting and reducing scheming in AI models

Apollo Research and OpenAI developed evaluations for hidden misalignment (“scheming”) and found behaviors consistent with scheming in controlled tests across frontier models. The team shared concrete...

Jakub Steiner: HDR Wallpapers

GNOME 49 brought another round of changes to the default wallpaper set — some new additions, and a few removals too. Not just to keep the...

The AI Makers: NVIDIA Partners in UK Advance Physical and Agentic AI, Robotics, Life Sciences and More

The U.K. is driving investments in sovereign AI, using the technology to advance industries like manufacturing, life sciences and more. During NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen...

30,000-year-old toolkit shows what ancient hunter carried in a pouch

A set of 29 stone tools, including blades and points for hunting, butchering and cutting wood, were found neatly arranged as if carried in a leather...

The science revealing how the right diet can add a decade to your life

Evidence shows that eating a longevity diet can dramatically lengthen your lifespan – and the sooner you start, the more of a difference it makes

The exercises you need to do to reach 100 in great shape

To be truly fit in older age, you need to work on specific aspects of your fitness – and research shows that it’s never too late...

Why caring for your microbiome is crucial if you want to live to 100

Our friendly – and not so friendly – gut bacteria lie at the core of healthy ageing. Research is now revealing what it takes to maintain...

How to nurture the right mindset for living to 100

It’s not just diet and exercise that governs how well you age. Your mindset, social connections and sense of purpose make a big difference, and it’s...

What’s the secret to living well beyond the average life expectancy?

Many of us know people who live into their 90s, but hardly anyone makes it to 100. Studies are now revealing that factors that really make...

The real scientific insights from Bryan Johnson’s immortality quest

Tech millionaire turned longevity pioneer Bryan Johnson devotes more than 6 hours a day to trialling different methods to turn back the clock. Can the rest...

Valve Survey Reveals Slight Retreat in Steam-on-Linux Share

by George Whittaker Introduction Steam’s monthly Hardware & Software Survey, published by Valve, offers a window into what operating systems, hardware, and software choices its user...

Copilot Chat arrives free for Microsoft 365 users – check if you have it

Here’s what you’ll need to fully access Copilot Chat.

Palworld Launches Into 1.0 Next Year

Developer Pocketpair has announced that its hit creature-catching open-world survival game, Palworld, is finally launching out of Early Access and into version 1.0 in 2026. Palworld has been...

Narrative Superhero Game Dispatch Launches Next Month With First Two Playable Episodes

Dispatch, the narrative adventure game that puts you in charge of dispatching various superheroes and reformed villains to those in need in a city, launches next...

Introducing Stargate UK

OpenAI, NVIDIA, and Nscale launch Stargate UK, a sovereign AI infrastructure partnership delivering up to 50,000 GPUs and the UK’s largest supercomputer to power national AI...

Hit Viking Survival Game Valheim Is Finally Coming To PS5 Next Year

Valheim, the hit indie Viking survival game from developer Iron Gate AB and Coffee Stain Publishing, is finally coming to PlayStation 5 in 2026. It’s currently...

Announcing Fedora Linux 43 Beta

On Tuesday, 16 September 2025, it is our pleasure to announce the availability of Fedora Linux 43 Beta! This release comes packed with the latest version...

Europe’s AI boom is leaving femtech behind

Left unchecked, Europe’s narrow focus on AI investment will come at the health of half its population. As venture capital floods disproportionately into the AI sector,...

Microsoft leads shift beyond data unification to organization, delivering next-gen AI readiness with new Microsoft Fabric capabilities

We’re in a hinge moment for AI. The experiments are over and the real work has begun. Centralizing data, once the finish line, is now the...

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AI challenges the dominance of Google search

The popularity of ChatGPT has raised questions about the future of traditional Google searches.

Diving Into Spec-Driven Development With GitHub Spec Kit

Developers are increasingly relying on AI agents to both build new software as well as extend capabilities of existing projects that they support. One challenge with...

Canonical announces it will support and distribute NVIDIA CUDA in Ubuntu

Today Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, announced support for the NVIDIA CUDA toolkit and the distribution of CUDA within Ubuntu’s repositories.   CUDA is a parallel computing...

AlphaEarth Provides New Ways to See, and Understand, Earth

Google DeepMind has debuted AlphaEarth Foundations, an AI model that treats Earth like a living dataset, tracking crop cycles, coastlines, urban expansion, melting ice, and much,...

Gearbox tries to prove to Borderlands 4 players that the game is optimised, actually, but just shows it’s a load of Claptrap

Borderlands 4 is getting lambasted everywhere online for just how poorly it performs for many players on PC. It’s all anyone is talking about in the...

I Ran Local LLMs on My Android Phone

Like it or not, AI is here to stay. For those who are concerned about data privacy, there are several local AI options available. Tools like...

Introducing upgrades to Codex

Codex just got faster, more reliable, and better at real-time collaboration and tackling tasks independently anywhere you develop—whether via the terminal, IDE, web, or even your...

Gedit Technology blog: Mid-September News

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Cantillon Lessons Guide Shift to Open-Source

Communities, governments and businesses face a choice that carries real economic weight as Microsoft winds down support for its Windows 10 operating system. This choice relates...

How people are using ChatGPT

New research from the largest study of ChatGPT use shows how the tool creates economic value through both personal and professional use. Adoption is broadening beyond...

Addendum to GPT-5 system card: GPT-5-Codex

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Jonathan Riddell: Adios Chicos, 25 Years of KDE

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sudo vs sudo-rs: What You Need to Know About the Rust Takeover of Classic Sudo Command

The upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 release features a controversial move to replace the classic sudo command with its Rust-based implementation, sudo-rs. This move could bring numerous questions...

Reaching Across the Isles: UK-LLM Brings AI to UK Languages With NVIDIA Nemotron

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Alley Chaggar: Final Report

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Every Switch 2 Upgrade From The September 2025 Nintendo Direct, Including A Free Stardew Valley Update And Hades 2 At 120 FPS

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Here’s Every New Amiibo Nintendo Revealed During Today’s Direct

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Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake Announced

Many regard 2003’s Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly as the best – and scariest – entry in the cult favorite Fatal Frame series, and players new...

Nintendo Reveals Mario Tennis Fever, Launches On Switch 2 in February

Nintendo has revealed Mario Tennis Fever, the next entry in the long-running Mario-fronted tennis series, and it’s coming exclusively to Switch 2 in February. More specifically,...

Pokémon Pokopia Is A New Farming Sim Starring Ditto

Fans of farming sims and the Pokémon Ditto can finally combine their very specific passions in Pokémon Pokopia. This new spin-off entry stars a Ditto that...

Honkai: Star Rail Version 3.6 brings new forms for Dan Heng and March 7th, and you can earn one of them for free

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Working with US CAISI and UK AISI to build more secure AI systems

OpenAI shares progress on the partnership with the US CAISI and UK AISI to strengthen AI safety and security. The collaboration is setting new standards for...

Monthly News – August 2025

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Borderlands 4 is the series’ biggest launch ever on Steam, but it has earned the unfortunate nickname of Stutterlands 4

Borderlands 4 is officially out – almost a day early for some people, and players on Steam have shown up in droves to jump into the...

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Announcing OpenAI Grove

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Varun R Mallya: PythonBPF – Writing eBPF Programs in Pure Python

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