Tag: software

I spent a full week testing different VPNs and I’m changing my no-VPNs-while-gaming advice

I spent a full…

I’ve always been an advocate of keeping your personal data as private as you can to stave off the…
Elon Musk considered calling OpenAI ‘Freeman’ because of the bonkers rationale that the Half-Life protagonist represented ‘what we are essentially trying to achieve’

Elon Musk considered calling…

The ongoing legal fight between OpenAI co-founders Elon Musk and Sam Altman has seen the release of a treasure-trove…
Microsoft’s new Gaming Copilot AI tool promises to be ‘your personal gaming sidekick’ but it mostly seems to do the work of a Google search, with the potential for ‘hallucinations’

Microsoft’s new Gaming Copilot…

Microsoft’s Copilot AI is officially coming to the Xbox Game Bar on PC starting this week. The new “Gaming…
No, China hasn’t made it illegal to fire humans and replace them with AI—but yes it’s made it much more expensive for companies to do so

No, China hasn’t made…

China’s State Council has published a state media report through its Information Office concerning a recent legal case about…
‘A single 732-byte Python script can be used to obtain root on essentially all Linux distributions shipped since 2017’: Time to update your kernel

‘A single 732-byte Python…

Gaming on Linux has never been better—but that doesn’t mean your distros are free from security threats. Case in…
Linux century marches on as Discord brings updater parity with Windows and easy installs for more distros

Linux century marches on…

If you hang around with cool enough people, you might have heard it’s the year of Linux on the…
Randy Pitchford says Gearbox has a firm no-AI policy after posting an AI-generated image of an AI working at Gearbox

Randy Pitchford says Gearbox…

Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford is making friends and influencing people on social media, which is to say that he’s…
Pope Leo refuses to authorise an AI Pope and declares the technology ‘an empty, cold shell that will do great damage to what humanity is about’

Pope Leo refuses to…

Pope Leo XIV has rejected the idea of an AI Pope, saying in an interview with biographer Eloise Allen…
6 months after Windows 10 was put to pasture, over a quarter of Steam users are still on the dying OS

6 months after Windows…

The latest Steam Hardware Survey shows Windows with a commanding 93.47% share of users on the platform, but below…
A Utah age verification law targeting VPN users goes into effect this week

A Utah age verification…

Age verification is an especially hot topic in the US right now. A California law will go into effect…