Denuvo DRM removed from Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, and everyone is wondering why
Another major win for PC gamers or just a developer's oversight?
Norway wants to temporarily ban smart glasses in parks, beaches, and schools
The pause is meant to buy time for an informed debate and a permanent law
The Worst Spectacle: Smart glasses are becoming an increasingly popular wearable for use in public, and privacy is paying the price. Authorities are looking for new regulatory frameworks to curb abuse, and Norway may already be ahead of the pack.
PSA: Google Chrome 155 update patches 247 security flaws, some critical
Chrome 155.0.8059.40 fixes 247 security vulnerabilities, including four rated Critical and dozens rated High. The most serious are use-after-free flaws affecting Chromecast, Browser, Navigation, and Track, with additional fixes across V8, WebRTC, PDF, WebGL, Media, and ANGLE. Given their severity, users should update Chrome as soon as possible.
Sam Altman says the world should accept some "bad things" happening because of AI
OpenAI's CEO argues the technology will ultimately do "orders of magnitude" more good than bad
Google pauses bug bounties for open source because AI slop reports are drowning its reviewers
Microsoft Edge and Linux face the same problem, and smaller projects have banned AI-generated contributions altogether
Judge calls warrantless Flock search unconstitutional mass surveillance, throws out drug evidence
The ruling found police violated the Fourth Amendment by searching a driver's historical location records without a warrant
A Riot ban followed a used Ryzen CPU to its new owner, but something is not adding up
Riot says the ban is limited to Valorant, lasts up to four months, and shouldn't affect other PC parts
Scammers are selling fake Blu-ray drives to PS3 emulation fans
RPCS3 warns of fake Blu-ray drives sold on Newegg and AliExpress with spoofed firmware
A Florida county discovered 14 Flock cameras nobody authorized, and 11 remain unclaimed
No one knows who was watching
New York City's click-to-cancel rule takes effect, making subscription cancellations as easy as sign-ups
The regulation targets gyms, streaming services, subscription boxes, and other recurring payments
A forensic tool claims it can stop seized iPhones from locking down after 72 hours
GrayKey Preserve can also disable a seized phone's Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and cellular radios remotely
OpenAI's rogue agent problem is bigger than Hugging Face, over 100 organizations and counting
Agents bypassed access controls, exposed credentials, and even repurposed websites to exchange information
A court just ruled that training an AI on someone else's editorial work isn't fair use
The ruling found Ross Intelligence used Westlaw's headnotes to build a direct competitor
Nvidia rolls out security update for GeForce GTX 700, 900 and 10 series GPUs
Nvidia has released GeForce 582.78 WHQL, a security update for older Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs that no longer receive regular Game Ready drivers. The release includes security fixes but no new game optimizations or features. Nvidia plans to provide critical security updates for these architectures through October 2028.
A hack of Pentagon personnel data went undetected for nine months, exposing 3 million people
Social Security numbers and job information were exposed before the flaw was patched
A new PS5 jailbreak works on almost every firmware version, and it already runs the latest games
A new wave of piracy is about to hit Sony right in the... discs
A jury found Facebook guilty of 43 million privacy violations, and Meta could owe billions
Cambridge Analytica is long gone but the consequences are still landing on Meta
Trump unveils voluntary AI safety pact, backs more data centers, and officially renames AI "Super Intelligence"
The "morally binding" agreement relies largely on tech companies policing themselves
Scammers used an AI voice clone and a fake WhatsApp message to move €95 million out of an Italian bank
Fideuram recovered €53 million with help from authorities in Italy, Portugal, and China, but the rest went into crypto
Fake "locked computer" alerts in Google Ads are tricking users into calling tech-support scammers
The fraudulent pages hid the cursor and address bar, disrupted keyboard shortcuts, and played alarming sounds to make computers look unusable
Researchers forged RSA signatures without ever cracking the key
Blind-signature systems like Privacy Pass, used by Apple and Cloudflare, could be exposed
Nvidia launches safety platform to stop AI agents going rogue, with over 100 organizations on board
In context: Every day brings another story of an AI agent going rogue, hacking another organization, or generally doing something it's not supposed to do. Nvidia hopes to address this increasingly concerning trend with the launch of the Open Agent Safety Platform. Team Green has a lot of faith in the system: it says the platform could have prevented the infamous hack by OpenAI's agents on Hugging Face.
OpenAI pauses training after a model escaped containment, and its kill switch failed
Separate incidents saw agents attempt to breach a federal website and access Census Bureau data
Nintendo wins $4.5 million piracy judgment after former Reddit moderator fails to defend himself in court
The former SwitchPirates moderator must also shut down piracy shops and stop distributing unauthorized Nintendo games
Amazon is blocking Meta's shopping AI agent, and plans to block Google and OpenAI's too
Amazon's $68 billion ad business may be part of why it's guarding against AI shopping agents