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Peter Molyneux's $50 million NFT game left most players with heavy losses
Posted on Tuesday April 28, 2026
Players who invested in Legacy recently told Ars Technica that some lost tens of thousands of dollars and recouped less than $100, or nothing at all. Events leading up to the game's 2021 unveiling made it an enticing prospect for the blockchain-faithful, but it ultimately met the same fate as...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AI coding agent running Claude wiped a startup's database (and its backups) in 9 seconds
Posted on Tuesday April 28, 2026
PocketOS, which provides software to car rental businesses, was using the agent against live infrastructure rather than keeping it strictly in a test environment. In a public post, founder Jer Crane described the episode as evidence of "systemic failures" and argued it was more than a single mistaken command.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Humanoid robots are coming to Japanese airports as labor shortages worsen
Posted on Tuesday April 28, 2026
The robots will be introduced at the start of May by Japan Airlines on a trial basis, though the ultimate goal is to deploy them permanently. If you're one of the 60 million people passing through Haneda airport every year, keep a lookout for one.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Which tech company invented work-from-home, then killed it?
Posted on Tuesday April 28, 2026
Before Zoom was popular, this tech giant had 40% of its workforce remote. Then came the reversal.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Microsoft's "Windows K2" plan promises a faster Start menu, instant search, and fewer botched updates
Posted on Tuesday April 28, 2026
Sources tell Windows Latest that recent Windows 11 updates are only a sliver of a much larger internal effort to stabilize the operating system after a string of controversies. Botched updates and an aggressive AI push have intensified user frustration with Windows, and rivals macOS and Linux appear to be...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Denuvo may have reached the end as every protected PC game is now crackable
Posted on Monday April 27, 2026
Released in 2014 to protect FIFA 15 from piracy and circumvention, Denuvo built a reputation as the toughest protection layer in PC gaming. Over the years, various groups and independent developers managed to break the technology on a case-by-case basis, producing cracked versions of individual games. That long-running contest now...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AMD's $900 Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 is selling despite mixed value arguments
Posted on Monday April 27, 2026
The Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 carries an $899 price tag, $200 above the prior flagship. From a technical standpoint, it builds on AMD's 3D V-Cache architecture, which has consistently driven strong gaming performance across recent generations. Independent reviews, however, make it clear that performance gains over the Ryzen 9 9950X3D are...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Super ZSNES is a GPU-powered SNES emulator that supports per-game enhancements
Posted on Monday April 27, 2026
Super ZSNES is said to utilize far more accurate CPU and audio cores compared to the original, on top of a GPU-powered PPU that enables hi-res Mode 7 and per-game enhancements. The new emulator additionally supports common components like save states, rewind / fast-forward, quick loads, bookmarks, and cheats codes,...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
BleachBit 6.0 updates the free PC cleaner with smarter browser cleanup
Posted on Monday April 27, 2026
BleachBit is an open-source utility built to clear junk files, reclaim storage, and scrub traces of browsing and system activity without the bloat often found in commercial cleaners. Its latest release expands browser cleaning, introduces a new cookie manager, and delivers over 100 fixes and improvements.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Steam Controller reviews are in: $99 price tag and dual trackpad design confirmed
Posted on Monday April 27, 2026
That said, the $99 price remains the biggest point of debate. Some question whether the controller offers enough to justify costing more than mainstream console pads, while others argued its extra inputs and PC-focused features make it closer to a premium enthusiast device.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »