A Reddit mod used AI to hack a Star Wars Galaxies emulator over a 14-year-old grudge
Players of Star Wars Galaxies’ Legends server were startled last night by an announcement that ripped the lid off some brewing – and ancient –...
California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt
California’s legislature has passed Assembly Bill 1856, exempting open-source operating systems from the State’s Digital Age Assurance Act months before the law is due to take effect on January 1, 2027.
Magnetic core memory USB drive transfers files in sneakernet first — text and image files get moved between PCs via hugely constrained archaic memory tech
A dinner plate-sized magnetic core memory homebrew USB device has been used to transfer a text file from one PC to another for the first time.
Project Ascension World of Warcraft emulator is shutting down following apparent Blizzard lawsuit settlement
Back in June, we learned that Blizzard was pursuing yet another World of Warcraft emulator in court, this time Project Ascension. The lawsuit accused Project...
Get a 32-inch Samsung Odyssey G55C curved gaming monitor for $199 — 1440p 165 Hz screen is 39% off at Amazon for a limited time
The Samsung Odyssey G55C is a 32-inch curved gaming monitor with a 1440p QHD resolution and 1ms response time. It’s currently on sale at just $199.99, saving you $130 off its $329.99 MSRP.
Startup raises $7 million to build backpack-portable 8.8-ounce drone interceptors — Mara claims 20x cost advantage over other interceptors, priced one-for-one against attack drones
San Francisco defense startup Mara has secured $7 million in a pre-seed round to produce what it calls Spike, a portable counter-drone system housed inside a backpack.
WRUP: Here are the items that you have gotten mustard stains on edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about our favorite fruit. That's...
2TB Samsung SSD 990 Falls To All-Time Low At Under 20 Cents Per Gigabyte
Loading up on storage is an uneasy proposition these days. The reality is, insatiable demand for AI has caused a shortage of key components, and in particular memory and storage chips, and it has impacted the consumer market in a not-so-fun way. That’s the bad news. The good news? There are still deals to be had, albeit relative to the current
The Daily Grind: Do you play MMOs exclusively, sporadically, or as part of a balanced gaming diet?
We may all be hanging out at Massively OP, but we’re not all in the same spot when it comes to the prominence (or lack...
Site provides instructions to get up to $175 back for your pre-installed Windows 11 license — new portal provides legal forms, but warns buyers not to wipe storage first
The Refund4Freedom site was put together by the Italian Linux Society and the Free Software Foundation Europe to help address the unfairness of unwanted OS bundling.