Tag: software

The emulator that lets you play NES games in 3D has left early access on Steam

The emulator that lets…

This is probably more impressive to those of you who grew up with a NES, but even I, a…
No, 16 billion passwords didn’t just get exposed in a mega-hack, but you should get with the program and stop reusing passwords anyways

No, 16 billion passwords…

Looks like hackers are trying to flog a fresh batch of user passwords on the web, again. Or are…
GOG says it won’t repeat its ill-fated Daggerfall GOG Cut with its new one-click modding program, not least because it can send more than one message a day to modders now

GOG says it won’t…

Remember the Daggerfall Unity GOG Cut? Odds are you don’t. It was, in essence, a pre-modded version of The…
A battle over air quality between Musk’s xAI and the citizens of Memphis now looks to be heading towards the courts

A battle over air…

It can be all too easy to think about the environmental impact of AI in the abstract—especially when OpenAI…
Calling AI a threat to ‘human dignity, justice and labor,’ Pope Leo XIV of all people takes on Big Tech

Calling AI a threat…

As a tech journalist, I’m far from heartened by the AI feeding frenzy we’re seeing. Besides the Trump administration…
GOG declares ‘The future of preservation is decided by players who give a sh*t’ after New Blood CEO expresses concern for the storefront’s lifespan

GOG declares ‘The future…

The newly-independent classic game slingers at GOG would like you to know something: the whole business of keeping old…
Discord delays its global age verification after upsetting almost everyone on Earth: ‘We’ve made mistakes’

Discord delays its global…

After drawing widespread criticism with the announcement of a new global age assurance policy earlier this month, Discord is…
Windows Recall gets an export feature to let non-Microsoft websites and apps use your Copilot PC’s snapshots

Windows Recall gets an…

It’s fair to say that Windows Recall has been one of Microsoft’s more controversial ideas in recent times. The…
‘We have a new major number purely because I’m easily confused and not good with big numbers’ says Linus Torvalds about Linux 7

‘We have a new…

I’ve never been particularly number-inclined, and apparently I’m in good company, as Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds has a…
‘225,000,000,000 attacks per day’: Computer users and gamers are significantly more at risk of cybercrime than at any other time in the past

‘225,000,000,000 attacks per day’:…

With the news always full of stories about massive data breaches, whether they’re genuinely huge or just a false…