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May 15, 2026
Bill to block publishers from killing online games advances in California
Publishers would have to offer "independent" play patch or refunds after server shutdowns.
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May 14, 2026
Your doctor’s AI notetaker may be making things up, Ontario audit finds
Made-up therapy referrals, incorrect prescriptions among the common mistakes.
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May 13, 2026
Anthropic blames dystopian sci-fi for training AI models to act “evil”
But training on "synthetic stories" that model good AI behavior can help.
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May 11, 2026
Pirates are already playing Forza Horizon 6 days before its launch
Crackers take advantage of unencrypted files that briefly appeared on Steam.
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May 8, 2026
Sony says "efficient" AI tools will lead to even more games flooding the market
But human artists still "must remain at the center," PlayStation maker says.
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May 8, 2026
The Nintendo Switch 2 is getting more expensive later this year
"Changes in market conditions" lead to $50 price bump on Sept. 1.
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May 6, 2026
Google DeepMind partners with EVE Online for AI model testing
Move comes as CCP Games spends $120M to go independent, rebrands as Fenris Creations.
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May 4, 2026
AMD is adding HDMI 2.1 support for Linux. That's good news for the Steam Machine.
Fixed Rate Link being added now; Display Stream Compression coming soon.
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May 1, 2026
Study: AI models that consider user's feeling are more likely to make errors
Overtuning can cause models to "prioritize user satisfaction over truthfulness.”
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May 1, 2026
GPT-5.5 matches heavily hyped Mythos Preview in new cybersecurity tests
New results suggest Mythos' cyber threat isn't "a breakthrough specific to one model."
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April 29, 2026
OpenAI Codex system prompt includes explicit directive to "never talk about goblins"
Directions also include system instructions to act like "you have a vivid inner life."
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April 28, 2026
GitHub will start charging Copilot users based on their actual AI usage
GitHub says it can no longer absorb "escalating inference cost" from it heaviest AI users.
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April 27, 2026
OpenAI ends its exclusive partnership with Microsoft
Amended agreement clears the way for OpenAI models to run on Amazon Bedrock.
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April 27, 2026
Steam Controller: The Ars Technica review
Valve's new hardware is solid but might not justify its $99 price.
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April 27, 2026
Meet the players who lost big money on Peter Molyneux’s failed Legacy
After millions in NFT sales, the hyped “play to earn” game was effectively dead in weeks.
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April 21, 2026
Mozilla: Anthropic's Mythos found 271 zero-day vulnerabilities in Firefox 150
CTO says new AI model is "every bit as capable" as world's best security researchers.
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April 21, 2026
Report: Meta will train AI agents by tracking employees' mouse, keyboard use
Move highlights the difficulty of finding high-quality interactive training data.
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April 21, 2026
Microsoft removes Call of Duty from Game Pass, lowers subscription pricing
New Xbox CEO says subscription "has become too expensive for too many players."
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April 17, 2026
Meta's AI spending spree is helping make its Quest headsets more expensive
Prices for "critical components" are surging because of massive data center investments.
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April 16, 2026
Mozilla launches Thunderbolt AI client with focus on self-hosted infrastructure
New tool builds on deepset’s Haystack toward a “decentralized open source AI ecosystem.”
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April 16, 2026
The Ukraine war's deep impact on Metro 2039’s development, story
Upcoming sequel wants to capture a "uniquely Ukrainian perspective" on the post-apocalypse.
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April 15, 2026
Allbirds abandons clothes, pivots to "AI compute infrastructure"
Desperate stock-boosting move recalls 2017's "Long Island Blockchain" frenzy.
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April 14, 2026
UK gov's Mythos AI tests help separate cybersecurity threat from hype
New model is the first AI system to complete a difficult multi-step infiltration challenge.
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April 13, 2026
Retro Rewind re-creates the glorious drudgery of working a '90s video store
What the nostalgic throwback lacks in complexity it makes up for in repetitive charm.
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April 10, 2026
What leaked "SteamGPT" files could mean for the PC gaming platform's use of AI
AI tools could help moderators sift through mountains of suspicious incidents
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April 8, 2026
Meta's Superintelligence Lab unveils its first public model, Muse Spark
Meta touts strong benchmarks but admits "performance gaps" in agentic and coding systems.
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April 8, 2026
Steam client files point to "framerate estimator" feature in the works
JSON text strings suggest performance charts based on "framerates of other Steam users."
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April 7, 2026
Bluesky users are mastering the fine art of blaming everything on "vibe coding"
Use of AI coding tools has become a convenient boogeyman for any tech issues.
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April 6, 2026
From folding boxes to fixing vacuums, GEN-1 robotics model hits 99% reliability
New model can respond to disruptions and figure out moves it wasn't trained for.
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April 3, 2026
"Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds
Experiments show large majorities uncritically accepting "faulty" AI answers.
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