Tag: software

McDonalds serves up super size AI botch with a ‘McHire’ platform that allowed admin access to 64 million candidate chats with the username and password ‘123456’

McDonalds serves up super…

Like many large corporations McDonalds now uses an AI hiring platform, McHire.com, to screen candidates for jobs. The process…
Elon Musk claims Grok was ‘manipulated’ into praising Hitler, then makes wild claims about it discovering ‘new technologies’ and ‘new physics’ within the next year: ‘Just let that sink in’

Elon Musk claims Grok…

Elon Musk has addressed the latest controversy around Grok, xAI’s public-facing chatbot, after the technology had a very normal…
Modder behind the ‘Swiss army knife of PC gaming’ deletes their 20 year-old Steam account with anti-Valve manifesto: ‘By the end of my bitter dealings with Valve… there was zero hope’

Modder behind the ‘Swiss…

If you have, at any point, attempted to wrestle the PC version of Nier: Automata into submission, odds are…
After conquering ChatGPT, Atari 2600 Video Chess destroys Microsoft Copilot: ‘The vintage silicon mastermind bested me fair and square’

After conquering ChatGPT, Atari…

Last month we reported on the somewhat-surprising news that an emulated Atari 2600 running the 1979 software Video Chess…
‘The transfer of user data by DeepSeek to China is unlawful’: Germany calls for Google and Apple to remove the AI app from their stores

‘The transfer of user…

ChatGPT rival DeepSeek may be in deep trouble in the European Union after the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection…
After nearly 4 years, Windows 11 is finally more popular than Windows 10

After nearly 4 years,…

Almost four years after its initial release, Windows 11 has finally overtaken Windows 10 as the most popular Microsoft…
Psych-rock band The Velvet Sundown racks up well over 400,000 Spotify listens within a month, but very quickly turns out to be AI-generated

Psych-rock band The Velvet…

A psych-rock musical project has racked up 400,000 listens since it started dropping music on Spotify a little under…
Five new Steam games you probably missed (June 30, 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:…
Developers of Linux distro Fedora propose dropping 32-bit support entirely, but it’s being claimed that the change ‘would kill off projects like Bazzite entirely’

Developers of Linux distro…

If you’re reading this on a PC running Windows, it’s almost certainly a 64-bit version of the operating system.…
Ring is using AI to generate video descriptions of what goes on outside your door—and to keep even more detailed tabs on ‘the routines of your residence’

Ring is using AI…

Whenever I disappear back into the wood from whence I came, I’m always greeted by the glower of a…