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METRO Redux Next-Gen Update Out Now for XBOX Series X|S

The METRO Redux Next-Gen Update is out now on XBOX Series X|S consoles. Right now, you can experience both METRO 2033 & Last Light Redux with an…

Apple introduces the new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6

Apple today announced the new 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6, delivering more performance, powerful on-device AI capabilities, and faster connectivity.

Lenovo's 'encrypted' fingerprint USB drive is just an unencrypted SD card in a fancy case

Lenovo’s ThinkPlus FU100 fingerprint USB drive held an unencrypted SD card, and Codex found fixed keys in other ‘secure’ USB products.

Anthropic Bans AI Game Clones and Reverse Engineering With Claude

AI game cloning, reverse-engineering, and decompiling have all become increasingly popular of late, with a cottage industry of gaming projects…

Kernel prepatch 7.4-rc1

The 7.4-rc1 kernel prepatch is out, and the merge window is closed for this development cycle. This is a *BIG* merge window.

Modern Warfare 4 faces backlash after real footage of South Korean crowd crush tragedy was discovered in game's opening moments

Activision has come under fire due to the inclusion of real-world footage of the tragic Itaewon Disaster in Modern Warfare 4.

Games industry honours beloved actor Sir Patrick Stewart, as the legendary Star Trek and X-Men actor passes away

As I'm sure you're all now already aware, legendary British actor Sir Patrick Stewart has died, aged 86.

Linux 7.4-rc1 Released With Nice Performance Improvements, AMD Ryzen Zen 6 Preparations & AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 Default

Even with Linus Torvalds having been on holiday, Linux 7.4-rc1 is out today on-schedule for capping off the Linux 7.4 merge window...

Final release for the 7.2 stable series

Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 7.2.15 kernel, with a handful of updates. Note, this is the LAST 7.2.y kernel release.

Modded RTX 2080 Ti 22 GB Shows What Extra VRAM Can Still Do for Turing

PC Games Hardware has put a modded GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 22 GB through their test gauntlet, and the extra memory seemingly pays off once games run out…

NASA hopes the commercial space industry can help save Hubble

Gravity is a cruel mistress, slowly dragging the famed telescope ever closer to its ultimate demise with every day.

Flock keeps ignoring requests to cancel its contracts

While more cities are canceling their contracts with Flock Safety, just as many are discovering how difficult that can be in some instances.

Footage of what sure looks like a Persona 1 remake has leaked

Is that you, Boy With Earring?

Resizable BAR Comes to Haswell Motherboards Thanks to a Community UEFI Driver

Haswell owners finally have a way to get Resizable BAR running on Intel 8-series motherboards.

Obsidian's Josh Sawyer on RPG cities: 'Compared to a dungeon, generally speaking, a town is 4x the expense per square foot'

It's these freaking zoning laws, man.

Here's one bit of good news for Mass Effect: modders are bringing the multiplayer mode to Mass Effect Legendary Edition

"Enemies still active, stay alert."

Apple’s HomeView could add security camera features

Reddit user pdfu found hints hidden in the HomeView 27.2 code that Apple could be adding security camera features to its smart home hub.

A fully playable version of Portal prequel F-Stop leaked

Leakers have pieced together a playable version of the canceled Portal prequel F-Stop.

Walmart honors massive shelf price mistake, lucky buyer gets two $2,299 CyberPowerPC gaming rigs for $1,099 each

Redditor gets a gaming PC at more than 50% off in a physical Walmart retail store.

GIGABYTE AORUS and Capcom Team Up for Resident Evil-Themed PC Giveaway

GIGABYTE AORUS has teamed up with Capcom and custom PC modder Sarah Carlos for its "Evil Season Is Here" campaign, bringing a Resident Evil-inspired…

North Korea linked to massive Binance crypto heist

The FBI says North Korea was behind the massive $6.3 billion crypto heist that hit Binance on October 29th.

5 Classic Nintendo Games That Are So Good They Never Need a Remake

Remakes and remasters are all the rage, but five classics from Nintendo are good enough that no one ever needs to bother trying to improve them.

Open-source USB tool unlocks Nvidia's half-speed GPU AI limiter on Windows

An open-source UEFI tool, nv-uefi-unlocker, lifts Nvidia’s tensor rate cap on RTX 20, 30, and 40-series GPUs under Windows.

Police Chief physically unplugs Flock cameras after the company ignores contract cancellation

The Plymouth City Council was left with no choice but to physically disconnect the cameras after Flock failed to respond to its demands.

Dune: Awakening's free Blood and Ice expansion swaps sand for snow on 1st December

Funcom's survival MMO Dune: Awakening is heading north with a free expansion that trades the deserts of Arrakis for a frozen new map.

Kwi Being Developed As New KDE Terminal Emulator With 3x To 35x Performance

A new KDE terminal emulator is in development as a modern alternative to Konsole. Kwi is this new terminal app being built atop the Ghostty library...

Elon Musk says Neuralink's 'BlindSight' is ready to cure blindness

Neuralink's second product, Blindsight, aims to bring sight back for blind patients, with the company "just waiting on regulatory approval."

How to get the Pirate Shop Access Token in Fortnite Chapter 7 mini season

The Pirate Shop Access Token lets you get anything for free in Fortnite Chapter 7 mini season. Here's how to get it and what you can buy.

All map fragment locations in the Fortnite Chapter 7 mini season

Here's where to find all the currently available map fragments in Fortnite's Chapter 7 mini season.

Prop 45 in California could be hiding a loophole for data centers

A high-stakes California ballot measure pitched as a fast track for "essential" infrastructure could wind up giving data center developers a loophole…

The Linux 7.4 Merge Window Is Easily The Largest In Kernel History

After writing this morning with some stats about the size of the Linux 7.4 merge window and the kernel's source tree approaching 42 million lines, I…

California county deploys autonomous firefighting drones with 500-gallon foam payload to attack wildfires

These Seneca drones should help the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District achieve its goal of stopping 90% of fires before they grow larger…

Pokémon Go 'Halloween 2026 Part 2' event guide

Here's all the bonuses and perks for Pokémon Go's "Halloween 2026 Part 2" event, which includes the debut of shiny Greavard.

Jagex partnered with a RuneScape-inspired idle game to turn the sequel into an official spinoff

Melvor Idle 2 has gained a subtitle: A RuneScape Adventure.

USAF successfully tests dropping SpaceX Starfall cargo drop pods from space

The Rocket Cargo capability should allow U.S. forces to resupply quickly without risking aircrews and equipment, especially in contested areas.

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

College student unofficially breaks world record for fastest jet-powered drone with 491 mph aircraft built in his dorm

An undergraduate student from Georgia Tech is trying his hand at an $800k prize for the fastest jet-powered RC aircraft, achieving 790 km/h (491 mph)…

Fable Is Ditching the One Feature That Made Fable 3 An Instant Classic

Playground Games' Fable reboot will be a purely single-player game, ditching an important part of what made the originals so great.

Grand Theft Auto 6 teased a handful of its upcoming radio stations and its music curation is as strong as ever

I can already picture my late-night Leonida drives to these bangers.

Linux 7.4 Merge Window Saw Nearly 20k Commits, Source Tree Approaching 42 Million Lines

Linux 7.3 started out just under 41 million lines in total in the kernel source tree.

Pikmin 4 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition launches 12th November and a demo is out tomorrow

Pikmin 4 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition will launch on 12th November, bundled with a new mode called Dandori Academy.

The Best Deals Today: Gears of War: E-Day, Apple Watch Ultra 4, Star Wars Zero Company, and More

A new weekend has arrived, and today, you can save big on Gears of War: E-Day, Apple Watch Ultra 4, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Persona 3 Reload, Pikmin…

'An absolute behemoth': Wildly ambitious FPS Selaco is getting a massive update that doubles its size and adds 'a heavy machinegun that fires literal explosions'

Selaco: The Machines of War arrives later this month.

Chronicles: Medieval developer faces imminent closure after losing funding: 'What makes it hurt is how close we are. Early access is in reach'

But the studio says it is "not going down without a fight".

In Puckoff: Reloaded, Hockey Is About More Than Scoring Goals

What happens when five Finnish developers take the hockey they grew up playing on frozen ponds and turn it into a story about the greatest…

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game Enters the Avatar State

The Avatar State Patch is available today for Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game on XBOX Series X|S, and it’s the biggest update the game has seen.

OpenAI might rebrand its data centers as ‘AI compute campuses’

Data centers are deeply unpopular. But what if we called them something else?

Announcing new builds for 30 October 2026

Hello Windows Insiders, Today, we’re releasing new Windows 11 Insider Preview builds to the Beta and Experimental channels, as well as introducing a…

Curse of Resthaven: Tips and Tricks to Unravel the Island’s Secrets

Hi there! I’m Scott Christian, the studio director of Hilltop Studios here in Toronto, and the game director of Curse of Resthaven.

Official PlayStation Podcast Episode 552: Pumpkins and Pines

Email us at PSPodcast@sony.com! Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or download here Hey, y’all!

A massive pile of security updates for Saturday

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (.NET 10.0,.NET 11.0,.NET 8.0,.NET 9.0, aspell, bind, bind9.18, container-tools:1.0,…

Queen’s Domain Releases Today! Some Beginner’s Pro Tips for Success

Queen’s Domain is a retro-fantasy action RPG that strands you alone on the monster-infested isle of Neasied, available today on XBOX Series X|S.

Share of the Week: Costumes

Last week, we asked you dress up and share in-game costumes using #PSshare #PSBlog for a chance to be featured.

TechPowerUp x Chieftec Giveaway: Win Cases, Coolers, and PSUs!

TechPowerUp partners with Chieftec to bring our readers from the European Union a unique opportunity to bag one of six fine pieces of Chieftec…

AI can make tech CEOs’ lives easier. What about everyone else?

On Equity, we discuss why tech CEO statements can seem so tone deaf.

Terrible Lizards: Movement Is Your Weapon

Terrible Lizards, available now on XBOX Series X|S and Game Pass, is a first-person platforming game about escaping runaway dinosaur animatronics in…

Things That Go Beep in the Night: Agentic AI Joins the Search for Extraterrestrial Signals

While science fiction lore tells us that humans will meet extraterrestrial life in the form of little green men, the detail that should raise hairs…

Northflank security breach leads to abuse of customers' AI API keys

Cloud application hosting platform Northflank is warning customers to rotate all credentials and secrets stored on its platform after a security…

NVIDIA Updates Rubin GPU Specs as First Production Hardware Arrives

As production hardware starts shipping, NVIDIA has updated some of the specifications for its Rubin GPU platforms

Making it easier for websites to express AI training preferences

OpenAI will honor a shared robots.txt signal to help website operators communicate their AI training preferences to participating providers.