One Shots: Mainlining malaria
As someone who gets bitten way too often by insects — I blame my stupid O-negative blood — I can’t look at jungle and tropical...
Lenovo says the ‘RAMageddon’ is the new normal, outlines survival guide — at ISC 2026 an exec said ‘it will never be like it was last year’
At the International Supercomputing Conference this past week, Lenovo reportedly said the memory market ‘it will never be like it was last year.’
China’s Loongson launches homegrown 16-core server CPU built on LoongArch architecture — 40W chip with DDR4 ECC and 32 PCIe lanes targets cheap SMB file, database, and web servers
Loongson has announced the 3C3000, a 16-core LoongArch server CPU with DDR4 ECC, 32 PCIe lanes, 40W typical power, and performance claimed to match the earlier 3C5000.
DIY 3D-printed Steam Machine-a-like uses diagonal mobo mounting — parts include a Mini ITX motherboard, RTX 5060, and a flex ATX PSU
The Terk Box v1.1 looks like the closest DIY alternative to Valve’s Steam Machine yet. 3D print source files are available.
400 domains used for illegal 2026 World Cup streams seized by US Justice Department — operation is five times the scale of the previous crackdown
The US Department of Justice has announced that it has seized nearly 400 domains that were illegally streaming live matches from the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The Daily Grind: Which ability in an MMO do you find the most satisfying to use?
Oraxia in Warframe did not become one of my main frames simply because of her fourth ability, but that ability is immensely satisfying to hit. The animation...
AI coding agents can be tricked into installing malware via ‘clean’ GitHub repositories — Mozilla’s 0din team shows how Claude Code can be exploited by its own helpfulness
Claude and other AI agents fooled into running malware with just a minimal GitHub repository — ask the bot to initialize the project and you get hacked
PlayStation is removing over 500 movies from UK customers’ accounts with no refunds — Iconic films like Terminator 2, Apocalypse Now, and Mulholland Drive are getting deleted
Sony will delete 551 movies from PlayStation users’ accounts in the UK on September 1, 2026. These are films distributed by StudioCanal that no longer come under licensing agreements between the two companies.
Japanese firm launches hyper-realistic capsule toy PC parts ‘you can assemble and play with’ — tiny motherboards, cases, and CPUs are coming after Tarlin inks collab with the ‘big four’ PC parts makers
A Japanese capsule toy maker has announced an official collaboration with ASRock, Gigabyte, MSI, and Intel to make tiny PC components that buyers ‘can assemble and play with.’
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Fumes, Battle for Embolia, and Enarian Online
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of! In this roundup, we’ve got car combat, a visually pretty MUD, and a very...