The Download: reawakening frozen brains, and the AI Hype Index returns
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This scientist...
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Peter Molyneux’s Fable and Black & White mash-up Masters of Albion is getting a closed beta, but you’ll have to be quick if you want to get involved
Peter Molyneux’s latest – and supposedly final – game, Masters of Albion, is poised to enter Steam early access on 22nd April. First, though, developer 22Cans...
Read moreThis Slay The Spire 2 PvP mod lets you battle friends mid-run to see who’s made the better deck
Slay the Spire 2‘s multiplayer component is a lovely, sociable game of tactical chemistry and unity in the face of hideous door-based lifeforms, but inevitably, the...
Read moreAI-Native Security Is a Must to Counter AI-Based Attacks
Attacks by artificial intelligence agents are a reality. Experts at Nvidia’s GTC conference say defenders need to use the same tools to fight them off.
Read moreHalf-Life 2 writer Erik Wolpaw says some people at Valve are looking at AI tools, but he’s not “worried about AI taking over creative writing” anytime soon
So far, the headline story in 2026 has been AI. Whether it’s the furore around the whole DLSS 5 saga or Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss...
Read morePretend you own an undelayed Steam Machine with this fine Steam Deck dock, now 33% off in the Amazon Spring Sale
The new Steam Machine remains an almost tragically distant prospect, despite Valve’s attempts at reassurance. But y’ know what the next best thing is? Not caring...
Read moreFortnite producer says Epic’s mass layoffs will impact the game in ways the remaining teams “cannot even fully understand”
Following Epic Games’ mass layoffs, a Fortnite producer has said that the devs left behind “cannot even fully understand” the sort of impact the job cuts...
Read moreOne of my favourite gaming keyboards is back to its record low price for the US Amazon Spring Sale
The Asus ROG Strix Scope II 96 Wireless has been a long-time favourite mechanical keyboard of mine. That’s because of its highly functional, near-full-size layout, its...
Read moreOpenClaw’s biggest security flaw is why Jentic Mini exists
OpenClaw changed everything. The open-source AI agent, which went from zero to 247,000 GitHub stars in 60 days, finally delivered on the universal-agent promise that Google and...
Read moreQuiz: Using Data Classes in Python
Revisit how Python data classes work with Python Data Classes. You’ll review how to define data classes, add default values to fields, customize ordering and comparisons,...
Read moreThe Kill Chain Is Obsolete When Your AI Agent Is the Threat
In September 2025, Anthropic disclosed that a state-sponsored threat actor used an AI coding agent to execute an autonomous cyber espionage campaign against 30 global targets....
Read moreEx-NSA Directors Discuss ‘Red Line’ for Offensive Cyberattacks
Four former NSA chiefs representing a near-complete history of US Cyber Command debate the role of offensive cyber in the government at RSAC.
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