Tech
- Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company – Ars Technica
- This is Android’s new ‘advanced flow’ for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period [Gallery]
- The Removed DOGE Deposition Videos Have Already Been Backed Up Across the Internet
- Meta is reportedly planning to cut up to 20 percent of its staff in upcoming layoffs
- Meta will move away from human content moderators in favor of more AI
- Trump administration will reportedly get $10 billion for brokering the TikTok deal
- Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoft’s Cloud Was “a Pile of Shit.” They Approved It Anyway.
- The FBI confirms it’s buying Americans’ location data
- Apple’s First Lightning iPhone is Now Obsolete – MacRumors
- Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild | WIRED
- DoorDash will start paying gig workers for creating content to train AI models
- Encyclopedia Britannica sues OpenAI for copyright and trademark infringement
- Texting a Random Stranger Better for Loneliness Than Talking to a Chatbot, Study Shows
Gaming
- NVIDIA claims DLSS 5 will deliver ‘photoreal’ image quality with AI this fall
- Arc Raiders CEO says studio has “re-recorded” AI lines: “A real professional actor is better than AI; that’s just how it is” | Eurogamer.net
- Fighting Game Pro Detained By ICE Has Been Released On Bond – GameSpot
- Saudi Arabia now owns just over 10% of Capcom, as another national investment company scoops up more shares in the Resident Evil and Street Fighter publisher | Eurogamer.net
- Warner Bros. Montréal devs report layoffs | Eurogamer.net
- Tomb Raider studio hit with fourth round of layoffs in 12 months, but remake and Catalyst development continues | Eurogamer.net
- Ubisoft Just Ceased Game Development At The Studio That Created Rainbow Six – Report – GameSpot
- In an industry beset by layoffs and crunch, Japanese publisher Atlus is raising salaries and working to reduce fixed overtime | Eurogamer.net
- Judge delivers bombshell order for Krafton to reinstate fired Subnautica 2 devs and CEO, putting $250m bonus package back on the table | Eurogamer.net
- Turns out all your Pokémon Go data will be used to train robots
Hardware/Software Updates
- The Nintendo Switch 2 just got a huge update that brings a surprise upgrade to loads of your old Switch games (with a few exceptions) | Eurogamer.net
- New PS5 Update Is Out Now, Actually Does A Lot For Once – GameSpot
