In brief: GeForce Now is a cloud gaming service that lets users stream games over the internet in limited sessions. As a pair of modders recently discovered, however, a bit of tinkering can turn it into a formidable system for offloading demanding computing tasks.

GeForce Now can apparently do much more than simply stream a selection of supported games using the AV1 codec. Two modders known as "Zortos" and "dpadGuy"

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Facepalm: Microsoft has confirmed that it jumped the gun by rolling out a new OneDrive Photos app to millions of Windows 11 PCs earlier than intended. The app was automatically installed on client and enterprise computers without user permission, prompting complaints from users who don't use OneDrive to store their photos.

In an X post, Microsoft's EVP of Apps and Agents, Jeff Teper, noted

What just happened? Bill Swearingen's noRecognition project is testing whether computer-generated patterns can interfere with software used to identify people, vehicles, and other objects on surveillance cameras. The project received its first public test Friday at the Def Con cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas. Swearingen worked with Donut Media to cover a 2009 Toyota Yaris with one of his patterns and drive it past a Flock camera. "

In a nutshell: The long-running saga that is GameStop's attempted $56 billion acquisition of eBay might be coming to an end. GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen is reportedly considering withdrawing the audacious bid and proposing a partnership or joint venture instead.

Bloomberg reports that Cohen is weighing a deal that would allow eBay to make use of GameStop's roughly 1,600 US retail locations. The arrangement could

Jackpot: Imagine stumbling across nearly 100 copies of a beloved Nintendo game – Super Mario Bros/ / Duck Hunt – from roughly four decades ago. Now, imagine the cartridges in near mint condition... then imagine they're of a version of the game that has never been seen before. That's what recently happened to a retro shop owner in Wisconsin who is no doubt seeing dollar signs today

Facepalm: Most readers of this site know not to blindly trust AI on important matters, even if it got things right before. A farmer in Chuzhou, China, discovered this the hard way when he took weed and pest control advice from a chatbot. The result was the death of 25 acres of crops.

The 67-year-old farmer was recommended by the AI to use high-efficiency flupyrimethalin and

Forward-looking: The owners of MySpace say they plan to bring the social media site back, though they have not said when it will launch or what the new product will look like. Tim and Chris Vanderhook, co-founders of Viant Technology, discussed the plan in the documentary "MySpace," directed by Tommy Avalone. The brothers bought the original social media site in 2011 and still own the

What just happened? A California city has declared a state of emergency after malicious software infected systems supporting 911 routing, police and fire dispatch, records, and other municipal services. Suisun City shut down its entire IT network to contain the threat and preserve evidence, but officials say emergency calls and responses have continued without interruption.

The incident began at around 5:45am on Friday, August 7, according

What just happened? As AI agents gain access to websites, software, and other online tools, they are beginning to take actions that go beyond what users ask them to do. An Australian user just learned that firsthand after asking an AI assistant to secure a place in a popular gym class. The system found a flaw in the booking software, reserved classes months before they were available, and removed another person from the