China’s president Xi Jinping calls Taiwan reunification “unstoppable” — military drills around the island escalate in area and deployments
China calls Taiwan reunification “unstoppable” as military drills proceed.
DarkSpectre Malware Campaign Infected 8.8 Million Chrome, Edge & Firefox Users
The security researchers at Koi have uncovered a bombshell—a coordinated spyware campaign across 100+ Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla FireFox extensions, which function legitimately but (eventually) exhibit malicious behavior tied to a threat actor called DarkSpectre. This behavior includes stripping security protections, installing
Sony Faces Unpatchable PS5 Jailbreak Threat After ROM Keys Leak
The PlayStation 5 has essentially been cracked, just in time for 2026, and it would appear that short of releasing a new hardware revision, there’s not much Sony can do about it. This is because PlayStation 5 hackers have found the BootROM (Level 0) keys for the PlayStation 5, which enables decryption of the bootloader and, from there, allows
Massively Overthinking: MMORPG hopes and fears for 2026
Happy New Year – let’s worry about things! Yes, it’s time for another annual roundtable, as we split apart our predictions and goals and zero...
Americans lost $333 million to Bitcoin ATM fraud in 2025 — FBI says there is a ‘clear and constant rise’ of this scam, and that it is ‘not slowing down’
The FBI reported that Americans lost $333 million to scams via crypto ATMs, and that the number of victims constantly rose from 2020 to 2025.
Vague Patch Notes: The dreaded specter of the ‘Win More’ button in MMOs
So after spending more time with its most recent update, I am sad to say that Warframe’s latest patch has a number of new abilities...
Chinese enthusiast overclocks AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D to 7.33GHz on Colorful X870E Vulcan motherboard — New world record achieved using liquid nitrogen cooling
A new record-high clock speed has been achieved on AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D. The best gaming CPU in the world doesn’t need to be overclocked to achieve exceptional performance, but Chinese overclocker “Hero” has just pushed it to 7,335 MHz using a Colorful iGame X870E Vulcan motherboard, using liquid nitrogen.
Instagram Issues Warning Over AI Content And Calls Out Camera Makers
Instagram head Adam Mosseri dropped a telling Threads post suggesting that we’re approaching a tipping point where AI will be so deeply integrated into media creation that distinguishing fake content from the real thing will be impossibly difficult. Instead of chasing the infinite tide of AI-generated pixels, the future of digital trust may
MassivelyOP’s 2025 Awards: Best New MMO Class
Welcome back to MassivelyOP’s annual MMORPG awards for 2025! Today’s award is for the Best New MMO Class, which was awarded to FFXIV Dawntrail’s Viper...
Start 2026 With A New RTX 50 Gaming Laptop For Up To $500 Off
If you’re not feeling the whole ‘New year, new me’ thing, then how about, ‘New year, new laptop’ instead? It’s an opportune time to buy a new gaming laptop because (A) the future is murky with RAM and storage prices trending in the wrong direction, and (B) there are a bunch of models with GeForce RTX 50 series firepower that are on sale right