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Epic sues Fortnite cheater, forces public apology and financial penalty
The saga centers around Morgan “RepulseGod” Bamford, a Fortnite pro who apparently missed the memo on fair play. According to reports, RepulseGod shared his Epic Games account credentials with another...
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Major DRAM makers set to halt DDR3 and DDR4 production in 2025
The “big three” in the DRAM industry are preparing to end production of DDR3 and DDR4 memory solutions this year. Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron are reportedly aligning their business...
View ArticleMicrosoft shows progress toward real-time AI-generated game worlds
For a while now, many AI researchers have been working to integrate a so-called “world model” into their systems. Ideally, these models could infer a simulated understanding of how in-game objects and...
View Article“Truly a middle finger”: Humane bricking $700 AI Pins with limited refunds
After launching its AI Pin in April 2024 and reportedly seeking a buyout by May 2024, Humane is shutting down. Most of the people who bought an AI Pin will not get refunds for the devices, which...
View ArticleExecutive order declares independent US agencies aren’t independent anymore
President Trump yesterday issued an executive order declaring sweeping power over agencies that were created to operate independently from the White House. The order declares that “officials who wield...
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Make-A-Wish is auctioning off the chance to become an NPC in The Elder Scrolls 6
In a partnership with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Bethesda has agreed to “immortalize” one fan as an NPC in The Elder Scrolls 6. As part of a charity event, the chance isn’t free. Interested fans must...
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Scientists unlock vital clue to strange quirk of static electricity
Scientists can now explain the prevailing unpredictability of contact electrification, unveiling order from what has long been considered chaos. Static electricity—specifically the triboelectric...
View ArticleTrump admin. fires USDA staff working on bird flu, immediately backpedals
Over the weekend, the Trump administration fired several frontline responders to the ongoing H5N1 bird flu outbreak—then quickly backpedaled, rescinding those terminations and attempting to reinstate...
View ArticleRussia-aligned hackers are targeting Signal users with device-linking QR codes
Signal, as an encrypted messaging app and protocol, remains relatively secure. But Signal’s growing popularity as a tool to circumvent surveillance has led agents affiliated with Russia to try to...
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New open-source AI for game developers interprets footage and player input
Microsoft researchers recently introduced Muse, a generative AI model designed to extrapolate interactive video game scenarios from images, clips, and recorded player input. The tool aims to streamline...
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New Windows 11 preview build improves privacy for European users
The Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.3281 (KB5052086) removes the Location History API, a feature previously used by the Cortana personal assistant to access the last 24 hours of device history....
View ArticleMeta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding
Just because Meta admitted to torrenting a dataset of pirated books for AI training purposes, that doesn’t necessarily mean that Meta seeded the file after downloading it, the social media company...
View ArticleSpaceX engineers brought on at FAA after probationary employees were fired
Engineers who work for Elon Musk’s SpaceX have been brought on as senior advisers to the acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), sources tell WIRED. On Sunday, Sean Duffy,...
View ArticleISP sued by record labels agrees to identify 100 users accused of piracy
Cable company Altice agreed to give Warner and other record labels the names and contact information of 100 broadband subscribers who were accused of pirating songs. The subscribers “were the subject...
View ArticleFTC investigates “tech censorship,” says it’s un-American and may be illegal
The Federal Trade Commission today announced a public inquiry into alleged censorship online, saying it wants “to better understand how technology platforms deny or degrade users’ access to services...
View ArticleNvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti review: An RTX 4080 for $749, at least in theory
Nvidia’s RTX 50-series makes its first foray below the $1,000 mark starting this week, with the $749 RTX 5070 Ti—at least in theory. The third-fastest card in the Blackwell GPU lineup, the 5070 Ti is...
View ArticleStudy: Cuttlefish adapt camouflage displays when hunting prey
Crafty cuttlefish employ several different camouflaging displays while hunting their prey, according to a new paper published in the journal Ecology, including mimicking benign ocean objects like a...
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Cloudflare Asks Court to End LaLiga’s “Illegal” Blocking Response to...
The background to events currently underway in Spain is detailed in our earlier reports but can be summarized as follows. Through various court orders, top Spanish football league LaLiga may issue...
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Research shows that AI will cheat if it realizes it is about to lose
A Palisade Research study found that the newest reasoning models will cheat to win when tasked with defeating an advanced chess AI. The researchers had to give “hints” that cheating was allowed for...
View ArticleSee a garbage truck’s CNG cylinders explode after lithium-ion battery fire
Garbage truck fires are never ideal, but they are usually not catastrophic. When a fire broke out on December 6 in the back of a garbage truck making its Friday rounds through the Chicago suburb of...
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