New PUBG spin-off game is a tactical extraction shooter, and you can try it next month
While the original PUBG helped ignite the battle royale craze nearly a decade ago, Black Budget is charting a different path. This time, Krafton is building a tactical extraction shooter centered on "exploration and discovery" instead of pure survival and combat. The game takes place on the mysterious island of...
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Microsoft finally admits File Explorer is slow, now it's testing a preload fix
Microsoft has finally acknowledged it has a major performance problem with one of the core components of the Windows 11 GUI. File Explorer is now a shell of its former self, with users lamenting its poor performance, frequent bugs, and inconsistent interface decisions imposed by the AI-and-cloud-obsessed corporation over the...
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Pornhub calls on Apple and Google to build device-based age verification APIs
Last week, Pornhub sent letters to Apple, Google, and Microsoft, urging them to adopt device-level age verification. As governments in the United States and the United Kingdom tighten rules on adult content, site-by-site identification checks push users toward workarounds instead of keeping minors off porn websites.
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UK's DragonFire laser proves combat readiness with high-speed drone kills
The UK Royal Navy recently confirmed that the DragonFire laser has achieved a significant new milestone, targeting and destroying high-speed drones. Compared to traditional weapons, the energy-based system can provide a truly impressive cost-cutting benefit. It is also highly accurate and doesn't leave any ammunition shells behind.
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Solo Bitcoin miner defies astronomical odds to claim block worth $270K
According to CoinDesk, the lowly miner had a one in 180 million chance of solving a Bitcoin block on any given day. At roughly 6 TH/s, the miner accounts for just 0.0000007 percent of the Bitcoin network's total hash power.
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Infosys co-founder hikes 70-hour workweek call to 72 hours, praises China's 996 model
Murthy has long been a controversial figure over his call for young Indians to work 70-hour weeks if they want to succeed and help the nation's economy. He doubled down his stance last year, saying he'd "take it to his grave." Murthy also said he didn't believe in work-life balance,...
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FCC rolls back plan to make cybersecurity a legal duty for telecom carriers
Chairman Brendan Carr said the earlier interpretation pushed CALEA beyond what Congress intended and would have led to cybersecurity rules that were too expansive on paper but weak in real-world impact. The January move, he argued, sought to turn a law intended to guarantee lawful intercept capabilities into a catch-all...
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AMD could increase graphics card prices by 10% due to memory shortage crisis
We've covered several aspects of the memory shortage, including this deep dive into how AI demand is causing the problem and the way it affects GPU pricing.
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UK announces world's first international esports competition for military personnel
The International Defence Esports Games (IDEG) was launched in London last week. Over 40 allied nations are taking part, including Canada and Poland – no mention of the US' involvement. The move follows the UK's decision to officially recognize eSports as a military sport in 2024.
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