Month: July 2025
Hacker adds potentially catastrophic prompt to Amazon’s AI coding service to prove a point
A rogue prompt told Amazon’s AI to wipe disks and nuke AWS cloud profiles Hacker added malicious code through a pull request, exposing cracks in open source trust models AWS says customer data was safe, but the scare was real, and too close A recent breach involving Amazon’s AI coding…
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Sony’s DualSense Edge is $30 off for a limited time
If you spend a lot of time gaming on the PlayStation 5, you may want a controller that can offer more customization than the standard DualSense. The pro-style DualSense Edge is worth considering, especially now since it’s currently down to $170 ($29.99 off) on the PlayStation website with the code…
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The chaos and confusion of itch.io and Steam’s abrupt adult game ban
Two of the biggest digital games stores have stopped selling thousands of titles following pressure from a coalition of anti-porn advocates and the world’s biggest payment processing companies. It’s happened before, will likely happen again, and is suppressing art, free expression, and marginalized creators. Last week, the indie gaming storefront…
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Tesla just signed a $16.5 billion contract with Samsung to manufacture an AI chip used in humanoid robots, data centers and, oh yes, autonomous cars as well
Tesla signs $16.5 billion chip deal with Samsung for AI6 AI chip production New chip will power Tesla robots, self-driving cars, and cloud data centers Samsung’s Texas fab will manufacture the Tesla chips, which are described as a flexible platform Tesla has entered into a $16.5 billion agreement with Samsung…
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YouTube will identify and restrict minors’ accounts with AI
YouTube will soon begin using AI-powered age estimation technology to figure out which users are under the age of 18. Starting August 13th, YouTube will detect underage users in the US based on their activity and the age of their account, allowing the platform to automatically apply restrictions. These accounts…
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Meta revealed what makes a VR game perfect, and it could be hinting at big hardware changes
Meta revealed the ideal VR gaming session is 20 to 40 minutes Less than that and VR doesn’t feel worthwhile Longer and hardware issues can have a negative impact Meta has released new research it has conducted into the perfect length of VR games, and based on my experience testing…
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