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Rockstar Games hit with ransom demand after third-party data breach
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026
The group responsible, ShinyHunters, says it didn't breach Rockstar or its data-warehouse provider, Snowflake. Instead, it exploited access from Anodot, a SaaS analytics tool Rockstar uses to track cloud costs and performance. The attackers allegedly stole authentication tokens from Anodot's systems and used them to gain unauthorized access to Rockstar's...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Blu-ray lives on as Verbatim and I-O Data pledge support with new drives and discs
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026
In an official announcement translated by Automaton West, the two firms recently confirmed plans to strengthen their partnership to maintain the supply of Blu-ray discs and players in Japan. Verbatim and I-O Data acknowledged that, despite the rise of digital distribution, individuals and businesses still use optical discs for recording,...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
The software that landed Apollo 11 on the moon is now free online
Posted on Sunday April 12, 2026
The repository, posted by NASA's Chris Garry and designated as public domain, contains two distinct programs: Comanche055, used onboard Apollo's Command Module, and Luminary099, used in the Lunar Module.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Metal Gear Solid movie is back on track with new directors
Posted on Saturday April 11, 2026
Lipovsky and Stein, who helped relaunch the Final Destination franchise with last year's entry that made $317 million worldwide on a $50 million budget, have signed a first-look deal with Sony that goes beyond Metal Gear.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Anti-data center vote in Wisconsin puts future AI projects on notice
Posted on Saturday April 11, 2026
Residents of Port Washington, Wisconsin, have done something no other community in the country has done with data centers: They've voted to put the brakes on future development in the region by approving a referendum. From now on, city officials require voter approval before handing out tax incentives worth more...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Mozilla says Microsoft is using Copilot and Edge to tighten its grip on Windows
Posted on Saturday April 11, 2026
In a recent statement, Mozilla argued that Microsoft's design choices – particularly those that link the Windows experience tightly to Edge and Copilot – undermine genuine user control. When Microsoft embeds features that favor its own browser and AI tools, it removes opportunities for competing software to be used at...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Gmail encryption goes mobile, but email itself remains the weak link
Posted on Saturday April 11, 2026
A few months after introducing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to Gmail's web platform, Google is doing the same to mobile apps. The company recently confirmed that Android and iOS users can now safely encrypt their email-based conversations, although they will still need to be part of an organization paying for the...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
France starts moving government systems from Windows to Linux
Posted on Saturday April 11, 2026
Linuxiac reports that France's Inter-ministerial Digital Directorate (DINUM) has revealed a roadmap for shifting the country's government systems away from non-European software. This includes switching from Windows to Linux and adopting various European-developed apps.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
xAI sues Colorado over AI law, calling it a threat to free speech
Posted on Saturday April 11, 2026
The company frames the dispute not as a question of safety or bias mitigation, but as a First Amendment issue over who controls the information that large-scale AI systems generate.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Florida launches probe into OpenAI as company eyes massive IPO
Posted on Friday April 10, 2026
In a video posted to X, he said his office is examining whether OpenAI's data and artificial intelligence systems "could fall into the hands of America's enemies, such as the Chinese Communist Party."Read Entire Article Continue Reading »