Month: September 2024
Project 2025 would ‘essentially eviscerate EPA,’ former staff warn
Implementing Project 2025, the conservative manifesto written by ex-Trump officials, could have serious repercussions on public health, former Environmental Protection Agency employees warn. Air quality protections issued over the past four years are supposed to cut down pollution and associated health risks, preventing premature deaths and hospital visits for years…
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Lockbit says it has hit eFile.com, again
American online tax filing platform, eFile.com, appears to have suffered (yet another) ransomware attack. Earlier this week, ransomware operators LockBit added the company to their extortion site, threatening to leak the files stolen during the raid, The Register reports. However, the company has not yet confirmed, nor denied, the attack.…
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Amazon Prime Day 2024: The best early deals we found ahead of the October Big Deal Days sale
Now that we know the Amazon Prime Big Deal Days event is coming up soon, it’s time to start thinking about what you may want to snag at a discount during the sale. Some may shudder at the thought of holiday shopping already, but if you pay the $139 annual…
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Ubisoft insists xDefiant is “not dying” but acknowledges it needs improvements
Ubisoft has declared that xDefiant is “absolutely not dying” as it shares the game’s development plan. In a new blog post, xDefiant executive producer Mark Rubin acknowledged that the online first-person shooter, which launched in May, does need improvements, but insisted that it’s not dying and is actually “doing well”.…
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Palworld developer has no idea why Nintendo’s suing over its Pokémon-like game
Pocketpair has responded to the lawsuit filed against it by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. The studio that developed Palworld, the game at the heart of the suit, issued a statement early this morning saying it doesn’t know what patents it violated. “At this moment, we are unaware of the…
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Mojang announces plans to drop Minecraft PSVR support next year
Mojang Studios has announced that Minecraft will no longer support PlayStation VR next year. Hidden within Minecraft‘s most recent patch notes, the developer confirmed that as of March 2025, updates will no longer apply to the PSVR version of the game (via VGC). “Our ability to support PlayStation VR has…
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