Software

OpenAI says it busted a shadowy Chinese operation that used ChatGPT to whip up data centre hate (and that achieved basically nothing)

Pokémon Go data was used to help train AI systems being developed for military drones

There's one AI machine that doesn't need a nuclear power station to run, and it points to a potential way forward in the memory crisis

Once again players are right to suspect AI was used in a game, once again a dev apologizes for using AI in their game

Google claims most users know 'information generated with AI should not be blindly trusted,' but a court ruled it's still liable for false claims made in AI Overview

Both lawyers in case use hallucinating AI, causing judge to throw up hands, bar them for 2 years, fine everybody, and call the whole thing off for 60 days

Donald Duck has five fingers in official art for Kingdom Hearts Collection, and that is definitely not right

Apple's virtual Siri-ball is a glowing reminder to Google and Microsoft that user interfaces really matter in software

After everyone hated his AI Prada ad, Hideo Kojima says he's 'not interested' in AI

Google is raising an army of 32 million mosquitoes like some kind of Metal Gear Solid villain

Chrome is installing a 4 GB local AI model on some of your PCs without asking for permission and will just download it again if you delete it

'Defenders finally have a chance to win, decisively': Firefox CTO raves about Claude Mythos' bug hunting capabilities after it finds 271 vulnerabilities

Mozilla says 'Microsoft goes too far' with Copilot, right before reassuring that you can turn off Firefox's 'AI enhancements'

'I have crawled through depths of hell': One coder's suffering is a potential joy to every web user, as their project could make sluggish browsers a thing of the past

Firefox is finally ending support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, and urges users to upgrade or switch to Linux

'This marks a significant step towards addressing anticompetitive behaviors': Following a complaint from Opera, antitrust regulator launches an investigation into Microsoft Edge

'We’ve heard from many who want nothing to do with AI' says Mozilla, as it introduces an AI blocking menu to upcoming Firefox builds

Mozilla says it's building a 'rebel alliance' to challenge Big Tech and what it's doing with AI, which is wild but I'm kind of here for it

Microsoft rolls out Windows Low Latency Profile, giving older PCs a bit more snap when opening the Start Menu and apps

It's only a little thing but with the latest Windows update, Microsoft has dragged its OS into the modern world of sharing audio streams

84% of you rightly practice good desktop icon hygiene, but it turns out 16% of PC Gamer readers are just plain monsters

Microsoft announces plans to give you more control over the Windows 11 taskbar and Start menu

'This game is extremely broken': The dev of VKD3D-Proton, software for running Direct3D 12 games on Linux, isn't enjoying Forza Horizon 6 very much

Germany cuts Steam Deck desktop devs a $1.5 million cheque, they declare an end to 'insecure spyware-riddled software imposed by the likes of Microsoft'

I've spent 30 years with Microsoft but Linux and Pop! OS might have converted me

A killswitch has been pitched for the Linux kernel that could shut down vulnerable functions while users wait for patches

'Apple does this and y’all love it': Microsoft defends new Low Latency feature in Windows 11

Microsoft doesn't know what to do about the memory pricing crisis Microsoft is causing

Poll: Do you like the new Steam store design, or is it 'hot garbage'?

Roblox promo codes for June 2025: Get free stuff with the latest active codes

Gabe Newell reportedly snapped 'What the f*** do I pay you for if that's your opinion?' at Valve lawyer pushing for more content moderation on Steam

Steam Workshop now looks like it was designed in this decade

Steam sale dates: When is the next Steam sale?

Steam killed its 'RPGMaker' user tag yesterday, and impacted devs are unexpectedly happy about it

Garry Newman acknowledges Gmod successor S&box had a bumpy launch, but is baffled by the number of people complaining about NFTs, which aren't in the game: 'I have no idea what this s**t is about'

Valve rolls out the red carpet for its new Steam controller with battery warnings, gamepad quick-chat and—bonus!—remote download controls

A malware dev has committed a magnificent self-own after an AI-coded malicious package leaked its own GitHub private token

Web infrastructure company Cloudflare says Claude Mythos reasoning 'looks like the work of a senior researcher'

Interpol's 'Operation Ramz' has arrested over 200 people for phishing scams, malware threats, and security breaches

There's a devious hacking scheme that involves a hijacked Microsoft Teams account, a fake IT helpdesk, and a covert infection tool

Hackers are using fake job interviews to load applicants' PCs with a password-stealing Trojan

Canonical, the company that makes Ubuntu Linux, says its web infrastructure is under a 'sustained, cross-border attack'

State cybersecurity agencies around the world are advising extra care over home routers as they could be used in 'China-nexus' covert networks

Security researchers hacked the demo version of the European Commission's new age verification app in less than two minutes

A 17-year-old Excel vulnerability is currently being exploited by threat actors, and it's been flagged by the US' cyber defence agency