Neon revealed plans for its own SCP Foundation movie, set for theatrical release in 2027, after reaching out to the SCP Wiki team and pledging to release the film under a Creative Commons ShareAlike license. This follows backlash against A24, which had announced its own SCP project without contacting the wiki or committing to that licensing requirement. The SCP Foundation Wiki admin team issued a statement praising Neon's communication and adherence to the license's terms.
Amazon is selling Skullcandy's Crusher 540 Active wireless over-ear headphones for $119.99, down from a $209.99 list price, a 43% cut. The gym-focused model features sweat and water resistance, adjustable sensory bass, 40mm drivers, Bluetooth 5.2, and up to 40 hours of battery life with rapid charging.
Google introduced a new frontier AI model, Gemini 4 Argon, which DeepMind SVP Koray Kavukcuoglu says achieves strong results in software engineering, enterprise legal and finance tasks, and cybersecurity defense. The company is initially limiting access to select trusted cyber-defense partners while it engages with a U.S. government voluntary pre-release review process and strengthens safety measures against misuse and prompt injection before wider release.
Microsoft has made its Disc to Digital feature available to every Xbox Series X and Xbox One owner, letting them convert eligible physical game discs into digital licenses tied to their profile. Players can then install and run those games without inserting the disc, though not all titles qualify and eligibility can shift due to licensing or publishing changes. Microsoft says losing, selling, or giving away the qualifying disc can limit or revoke the digital license.
Microsoft researchers say the Russian state-linked group Star Blizzard is using a new technique called RedFlick to deploy its CosmicPulse backdoor. The chain starts with phishing emails leading victims to open a VHDX virtual disk containing a disguised LNK file, which triggers hidden commands, a decoy PDF, and an MSI installer that sets up three scheduled tasks to reconnoiter the system and fetch further payloads, including a downloader called NOROBOT/BAITSWITCH that ultimately installs CosmicPulse.
A leadership commentary argues that how employees interpret change—such as an AI tool announcement—depends heavily on framing rather than the facts themselves. It uses the example of a company memo about a new AI coding assistant, showing one engineer fears job loss while another sees relief from tedious work, to illustrate how identical information can produce opposite reactions. The piece then proposes five mindset shifts leaders can use to help teams reframe uncertainty more constructively.
Teardown of Google Play Store version 53.3.21-34 uncovered code strings referencing a new 'playlist' feature that would let users group at least three games into a custom collection. The strings suggest users could name, describe, and color-code these playlists, plus add, remove, or delete games from them later. Google has not confirmed the feature publicly.
Meta VP Andy Stone rejected a journalist's claim, reported by Inc.'s Jason Aten, that its Muse AI agent accessed a user's private Messages without permission. Stone said the Messages integration in Muse for Mac is opt-in, requiring users to separately enable Full Disk Access and a Messages connector. Meta Superintelligence Labs executive David Singleton added that three layers of app- and macOS-level permissions must be explicitly granted before Muse can read messages.
Tinder is rolling out group hangouts, letting users form trios or larger groups around a shared activity and match with other groups for meetups. The feature builds on double dates, launched last year, and starts in the US and select markets before wider release. Tinder says early Australian tests saw 40 percent of invites accepted.
A new jailbreak called Relapse has been released for PlayStation 5 consoles, covering firmware versions 7.00 through 13.60, including the PS5 Pro. It uses browser and kernel exploits to gain kernel read/write access and supports homebrew tools like etaHEN, enabling unauthorized software and emulators such as a Nintendo Switch emulator.
Researchers found that an ancient Greek harbor, carved into the coastline to serve trade and military purposes, sat directly on a network of active geological faults. The engineering project reshaped the shoreline but left the port vulnerable to the seismic activity beneath it.
Apple confirmed two upcoming watchOS 27 features for the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4: Siri Recap, which ambiently logs conversations and generates Apple Intelligence summaries that auto-delete after seven days unless saved, and Live Rewind, which lets users double-press the Digital Crown to see a text snippet of the last 15 seconds of speech. Both features are part of Apple's broader Audio Intelligence push and will arrive later this year, with Apple publishing separate privacy white papers for each.
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