Game developer survey: 50% work at a studio already using generative AI tools (arstechnica.com)
SSH protects the world’s most sensitive networks. It just got a lot weaker (arstechnica.com)
Infocom’s ingenious code-porting tools for Zork and other games have been found (arstechnica.com)
Apple fights EU gatekeeper status to avoid opening up services to rivals (arstechnica.com)
AI-powered drawing app stuns developers by turning sketches into functional games (arstechnica.com)
Designer: "I think I need to go lie down."
Space Wreck is a hardcore, combat-optional, break-the-game RPG that clicks (arstechnica.com)
Been playing this for a couple of hours now and enjoying it so far. Like the article says, it does remind me a lot of the old Fallout games.
DOJ finally posted that “embarrassing” court doc Google wanted to hide (arstechnica.com)
Judge issues legal permaban, $500K judgment against serial Destiny 2 cheater (arstechnica.com)
Restraining order also issued due to threats and harassment of Bungie employees.
SanDisk Extreme SSDs are “worthless,” multiple lawsuits against WD say (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: yiffit.net/post/1251788...
Denuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil” (arstechnica.com)
Kudos to Ars Technica to interviewing the Devil. The comments section of that post is *not *kind.
Decades later, John Romero looks back at the birth of the first-person shooter (arstechnica.com)
Larry Finger made Linux wireless work and brought others along to learn (arstechnica.com)
Decades later, John Romero looks back at the birth of the first-person shooter (arstechnica.com)
China state hackers infected 20,000 Fortinet VPNs, Dutch spy service says (arstechnica.com)
- Hackers working for the Chinese government gained access to more than 20,000 VPN appliances sold by Fortinet using a critical vulnerability that the company failed to disclose for two weeks after fixing it, Netherlands government officials said....
FDA’s review of MDMA for PTSD highlights study bias and safety concerns (arstechnica.com)
The comments section on this article is illuminating beyond the story itself (as is frequently the case on Ars) and worth a look....
Songs of Conquest is the Heroes of Might & Magic rebirth we all deserve (arstechnica.com)
Users shocked to find Instagram limits political content by default (arstechnica.com)
Unreleased preview of Microsoft’s OS/2 2.0 is a glimpse down a road not taken (arstechnica.com)
Urban Diets Lead to Decline in Gut Bacteria That Digest Plants (arstechnica.com)
This article discusses a new study on the link between gut bacteria and diet, particularly the ability to digest cellulose, a major component of plants....
Once “too scary” to release, GPT-2 gets squeezed into an Excel spreadsheet (arstechnica.com)
Ars provides this asterisk:...
Meta will start collecting “anonymized” data about Quest headset usage (arstechnica.com)
Steam Next Fest: Eight game demos that stood out from the crowd (arstechnica.com)
The life and times of Cozy Bear, the Russian hackers who just hit Microsoft and HPE (arstechnica.com)
Cozy Bear, classified by the United States federal government as advanced persistent threat APT29, is a Russian hacker group believed to be associated with one or more intelligence agencies of Russia. The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) deduced from security camera footage that it is led by the Russian...
Valve now allows the “vast majority” of AI-powered games on Steam (arstechnica.com)
New reporting system will enforce "guardrails" for "live-generated" AI content.
Google’s loss to Epic Games leads to $700M settlement with users, states (arstechnica.com)
