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Google rolled out its November update for Googlebook OS, announced via Reddit and its Help Center, bundling 30 fixes alongside the November 2026 security patch. The update reduces RAM usage from on-device AI, freeing 3GB to 6GB of memory, and addresses issues including USB microphones not working, DRM video showing a black screen on monitors, and bootloops triggered by interrupted updates.
GOG business development manager Marcin Paczynski told GamesRadar+ he wants to let customers order physical copies of games directly from their GOG library. He acknowledged the company would need to solve inventory and shipping logistics, plus secure additional approvals from publishers, before this could happen. No format or timeline has been announced, and Paczynski framed the idea as a goal rather than a confirmed product.
A California federal judge rejected Denuvo's original 46 subpoena requests seeking to unmask the game-cracking figure known as Voices38, ruling the requests exceeded what was needed for identification and raised privacy concerns. Denuvo revised the request down to nine subpoenas targeting Discord, Valve, and Reddit, which the judge has now approved. The move is part of Denuvo's DMCA lawsuit against Voices38 over alleged circumvention of its anti-tamper technology.
The Free Software Foundation's deputy director Sean O'Brien published a statement criticizing Raspberry Pi's bootloader firmware, which since 2024 has included checks that can prevent the board from recognizing or booting with replacement RAM soldered on by users, even when the new memory is electrically compatible and of equal capacity. O'Brien argues this goes beyond the organization's existing objection to Raspberry Pi's nonfree firmware, calling the RAM-detection mechanism a form of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM).
BioWare's 2002 RPG Neverwinter Nights, built around a multiplayer-focused design and an included modding toolset, continues to attract an active, tight-knit player base over 20 years after release. The game was critically acclaimed and sold well at launch but is less commonly cited among BioWare's most celebrated titles like Baldur's Gate and Mass Effect. GOG.com has made a DRM-free version available as part of a curated catalog partnership with Ars Technica.
Denuvo has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against an unidentified hacker known as 'voices38,' accusing them of circumventing its Anti-Tamper protection in at least 26 titles, including Hogwarts Legacy, Black Myth: Wukong, Resident Evil Requiem, and Doom: The Dark Ages. Since Denuvo doesn't hold copyrights to these games, the suit relies on the DMCA's anti-circumvention rules rather than copyright infringement claims, seeking damages and an injunction against further tampering.
In a 2011 talk at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, author and activist Cory Doctorow argued that future policy fights over copyright, security, and control would really be fights about restricting general-purpose computers themselves. He framed the debate as moving beyond copyright disputes into a broader struggle over who controls what computers are allowed to do.
A community poll of over 2,100 respondents found that more than 70% of Kindle users have either already moved to rivals like Kobo or Boox, or plan to switch on their next upgrade, following Amazon's August update that closed a Libby lending loophole and tightened DRM restrictions on the Kindle Oasis. About 33% said they've already switched, while 37.7% said they intend to leave Amazon's ecosystem for a future device.
An entrepreneur behind more than 22 companies at DRC Ventures argues that corporate values only matter when tested by hard trade-offs, not when displayed as slogans. He describes turning mission statements into operational filters that guide daily decisions on suppliers, partnerships and deals, even when a less principled option would be easier or more profitable.