Tag: software

Microsoft unveils AI-generated demo ‘inspired’ by Quake 2 that runs worse than Doom on a calculator, made me nauseous, and demanded untold dollars, energy, and research to make

Microsoft unveils AI-generated demo…

Before the disaster that was Stadia, Google demoed its game streaming tech via a free version of Assassin’s Creed:…
Five new Steam games you probably missed (April 7, 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:…
You won’t have to leave the Amazon app even when buying from other retailers thanks to the company’s new ‘Buy for Me’ agentic AI bot

You won’t have to…

If you’re an Amazon die-hard and want to see all your online shopping in one place, you will soon…
Thanks to Microsoft adding all those extra features to Notepad, it now unfortunately sports one more: An exploitation vulnerability with a high security rating

Thanks to Microsoft adding…

For over four decades, Windows Notepad has been the basic text editor of choice for many a discerning PC…
OpenAI finalises deal for $40 billion in investments, raising company value up to $300 billion, but there’s a catch to receive it all

OpenAI finalises deal for…

ChatGPT creator OpenAI has been made an offer it can’t refuse, otherwise known as a highly valued round of…
Anthropic AI’s safety lead quits with epic vaguepost claiming ‘the world is in peril’, and so he’s off to become ‘invisible’ and study poetry

Anthropic AI’s safety lead…

Mrinank Sharma, who was leading the Safeguards Research Team at Anthropic, has resigned from the company with one of…
‘When a widespread outage affects devices from starting properly, Microsoft can broadly deploy targeted remediation’: MS introduces ‘quick machine recovery’ for Windows 11

‘When a widespread outage…

As part of the latest Windows Insider Preview build, Microsoft has announced that it’s testing a feature called ‘quick…
Microsoft announces changes to the Blue Screen of Death as rumours of an ominous Black Screen of Death stalk the land

Microsoft announces changes to…

The infamous Blue Screen of Death feels like it’s always there, waiting. The scourge of PC gamers and IT…
Five new Steam games you probably missed (March 31, 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:…
Crypto scammer who reportedly stole at least $73 million through social media, calls, and dating services sentenced to a ‘statutory maximum of 20 years in prison’

Crypto scammer who reportedly…

A crypto scammer who is accused (alongside his co-conspirators) of stealing at least $73.6 million has been sentenced to…