Moss studio Polyarc shuts down, becoming the latest casualty of a brutal year for VR
Polyarc, the Seattle studio behind the acclaimed VR series Moss, has closed its doors after almost 12 years. Read more
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Intel Linux NPU Driver Only Now Officially Supports Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Releasing on Friday was the Intel Linux NPU Driver 1.38 as the user-space open-source driver components for leveraging the Core Ultra Neural Processing Unit (NPU) under...
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From Hacks to Bioweapons, Claude Misuse Is Now Everywhere
Plus: The US disrupts the internet’s biggest black market, a Conti ransomware hacker gets prison time, Meta fails to stop AI-generated videos of child abuse.
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Wiki documents at least 44 instances in which Sony says you own your games as digital games ownership lawsuit progresses — project is direct assault on Sony's claim in recent ownership lawsuit
The detailed sourcing directly attacks Sony's legal claim that a reasonable person wouldn't expect to own their digital purchases on the PlayStation Store.
Read moreUbuntu Developers Contemplate Linux Firmware HWE Package
A possible future enhancement being considered for Ubuntu Long Term Support "LTS" releases is the introduction of a linux-firmware-hwe package as part of their hardware enablement...
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When the Whole Company Adopts AI: What It Does to Your SOC
Over the past year, we watched a new class of alert appear in enterprise security operations centers and grow faster than anything else in the stream:...
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Lambda SnapStart Comes to Container Images, Ending a Packaging Tradeoff
AWS has extended Lambda SnapStart to container image functions, which hold up to 10 GB against 250 MB for zip archives. Teams previously chose between dependency...
Read moreKDE Plasma 6.8 Remote Desktop To Enjoy Lower Latency Performance
Along with KDE Plasma 6.8 beta releasing this week, there were some other interesting Plasma changes this week worthy of a shout-out...
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Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director confirms his studio is also making Kingdom Hearts 4
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation director Naoki Hamaguchi has confirmed that his own team, Creative Studio 1, is also the studio behind Kingdom Hearts 4. Read more
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‘I’m Really Terrified’: A Mathematician Grapples With AI’s Recent Breakthroughs
Steven Strogatz coauthored a book about how math is moving beyond human understanding. He spoke with WIRED about the seismic impact artificial intelligence has had on...
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Branch Ergonomic Chair Pro (Sega Edition) Review: Comfy, Not Boring
Turns out that the best office chair is also the best gaming chair, now with aesthetics to match.
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Engineer turns simulated fly brain into a crypto day trader, posts downloadable sim to GitHub — 166,700 virtual neurons read candlestick charts for dopamine hits
Coinbase engineer turns a fly brain into a crypto day trader — Stonkfly has 116,700 simulated neurons and hasn't lost its money yet
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