Winners & losers: Famed video game director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz has shared surprisingly contrarian views on the impact of delayed next-generation consoles on game developers and publishers, arguing that such delays could actually benefit indie studios and startups. Best known as the director of The Witcher 3, Tomaszkiewicz is currently leading development of the upcoming vampire-themed RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker.

Speaking to Eurogamer, Tomaszkiewicz said he believes the reported delays could

Wishful thinking: Microsoft is finally stripping the Windows search box down to what many users wanted from it all along: a simple way to quickly find apps, files, and settings without being distracted by additional content. In test builds now rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Experimental channel, the experience looks and behaves very differently from recent versions of Windows.

The change appears first on the search home screen. Instead of the

The Slop Rises: Despite his relatively short filmography, Christopher Nolan is now regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers of the "new" Hollywood era. Known for his outspoken views on technology and his complex storytelling, the British director, producer, and screenwriter also has some interesting thoughts on generative AI and other modern LLM-based AI systems.

Days before The Odyssey is set to debut in cinemas worldwide, director Christopher

Forward-looking: Intel is bringing its 18A process node to space with two Starfire chips designed for onboard AI processing and computing in harsh environments. Intel lists two SoC variants: one optimized for low-power applications and another focused on higher performance. If everything goes smoothly, the company expects to deliver samples in the third quarter.

Starfire features an eight-core CPU built on the 18A node,

What just happened? A court in China has ruled that online gaming accounts are inheritable assets, reshaping how digital property is treated in the country after a person's death. This is not the first time that Chinese courts have ruled in favor of a deceased gamer's next of kin in similar cases, allowing them to legally inherit their late relatives' virtual assets.

According to a post by Redditor Slawrfp on the

A hot potato: Following the disappointing Shadows, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has become a much-needed smash hit for Ubisoft. So, what does the company do to thank those who worked on the game? For those at Ubisoft Barcelona, it's a round of layoffs.

It was revealed last month that Ubisoft was laying off more than 380 people at offices in Winnipeg, Belgrade, and

What just happened? The University of Chicago Law School is tightening its rules on classroom technology in response to the way artificial intelligence is reshaping legal education. Starting this fall, first-year law students will be barred from using laptops, tablets, or phones in class under the new policy. The school is also strengthening its exam rules. All tests will be administered in person, with no access to the internet, electronic

TL;DR: Malicious programs designed to wipe hard disk drives clean are dangerous enough, but they become a systemic risk when that same capability gets built into a remote-controlled backdoor. Microsoft has now documented one such tool, a multi-faceted platform equipped with an unusually wide range of destruction capabilities.

Security analysts at Microsoft Threat Intelligence recently uncovered GigaWiper , a destructive backdoor assembled by combining several different malware families into one