Tag: software

US Justice Dept announces $10 million bounty on at-large ‘hacker-for-hire’ cabal it says targeted China critics, religious missionaries, and the Treasury

US Justice Dept announces…

The US Department of Justice announced yesterday that it’s charging 12 alleged Chinese hackers over a string of cyber-attacks…
Steam users react ecstatically to update that lets them access their heaving game notes via the web, also it fixes Monster Hunter Wilds video recording

Steam users react ecstatically…

I gotta be honest, the sum total of my engagement with Steam’s Game Notes feature is that one time…
Google asks Trump’s DOJ to please, please, please reconsider parting it from Chrome

Google asks Trump’s DOJ…

Last year, the US Department of Justice proposed a number of remedies to address Google’s vice-like hold over search.…
Twitch streamer Hasan Piker suspended after saying Republicans would ‘kill Rick Scott’ if they really cared about Medicare fraud

Twitch streamer Hasan Piker…

Twitch streamer Hasan Piker has been banned, again, apparently for suggesting that if the Republican Party was serious about…
You might mock Microsoft’s new emoji button in Windows 11 but as someone that’s explained how to quickly access emojis and special characters too many times, I get it

You might mock Microsoft’s…

PC Gamer’s staff recently had an intense debate about whether a solitary thumbs up emoji was passive aggressive or…
Five new Steam games you probably missed (March 3, 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:…
Meta says sorry for turning Instagram into a horror show of violence, gore, dead bodies, and other graphic content that ‘should not have been recommended’

Meta says sorry for…

Have you seen the video of the guy who, as Reddit put it, “got folded by an elephant” that’s…
Skype is being shut down in favour of Microsoft Teams, and with it dies the best ring tone in the business

Skype is being shut…

After over 22 years of being in service, Skype will be finally closing down on May 5, this year.…
Have I Been Pwned adds over 284 million compromised passwords from latest breach

Have I Been Pwned…

Data breach news is reported with such regularity now that it’s easy to feel jaded by each new leak…
One educational company accuses Google’s AI summary of leading to a ‘hollowed-out information ecosystem of little use and unworthy of trust’ in latest lawsuit

One educational company accuses…

Chegg, an American educational company, has accused Google of disincentivising original content “in favor of low-quality, unverified AI summaries”—a…