Tag: software

Steam Proton will no longer forget the entire reason it exists if you have a humungous library, as of the most recent client beta

Steam Proton will no…

The thing about Linux is: it’s cool, and very interesting and beautiful people use it. I’ve been running Fedora…
8 months into their strike, videogame voice actors say the industry’s latest proposal is ‘filled with alarming loopholes that will leave our members vulnerable to AI abuse’

8 months into their…

The SAG-AFTRA union says “progress has been made” in negotiations over the videogame voice and motion capture actors strike…
New ransomware spotted with a ‘coding mistake’ that means even the hackers can’t decrypt the files

New ransomware spotted with…

Ransomware is a nasty bit of malware. Effectively, it locks down your device, and the only way of potentially…
LocalThunk forbids AI-generated art on the Balatro subreddit: ‘I think it does real harm to artists of all kinds’

LocalThunk forbids AI-generated art…

A minor kerfuffle in the Balatro subreddit has led developer LocalThunk to weigh in on the topic of AI-generated…
EU regulators say that TikTok has ‘an addictive design’ in a preliminary report, and that it might receive a hefty fine if it doesn’t change its infinite-scrolling ways

EU regulators say that…

The European Commission has declared its preliminary findings in an investigation into everyone’s favourite infinite-scrolling app, TikTok. In a…
Did they hit a nerve? OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s crash out over Anthropic’s annihilation of ads-supported AI hasn’t made me trust it more

Did they hit a…

I’m not sure when this became a thing, but AI firm Anthropic has released the ads it intends to…
‘Creepy,’ ‘ghastly,’ ‘rancid’: Viewers react to leaked video of Sony’s AI-powered Aloy

‘Creepy,’ ‘ghastly,’ ‘rancid’: Viewers…

The Verge has shared a leaked Sony PlayStation video demonstrating an AI-powered version of Aloy from Horizon Forbidden West…
Five new Steam games you probably missed (March 10, 2025)

Five new Steam games…

Best of the best (Image credit: Xbox Game Studios) 2025 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games:…
Google is rolling out an even more AI-heavy search engine mode because ‘power users want AI responses for even more of their searches’

Google is rolling out…

If you’ve found yourself actually using Google’s AI Overview system, you may like the new AI Mode Google has…
Brace yourself for Discord to get worse: Reports swirl that the company is in talks with bankers about opening itself up to shareholders

Brace yourself for Discord…

I am not, on the whole, pro-Discord. I don’t like that it has supplanted easily searchable forums. I don’t…