A few months after releasing the Altair BASIC source code, Microsoft has shared another cornerstone of its early software success. The company announced that 6502 BASIC is now open source, giving programmers and archivists access to the official product after decades of relying on "unofficial" copies and fragments. Read Entire...
The quantum computing race is moving beyond hardware to focus on software
One notable example is the $34 million secured by British quantum algorithms specialist Phasecraft from a group of investors, including an entity linked to Danish pharmaceutical leader Novo Nordisk. Read Entire Article
Evidence mounts for Half-Life 3 development in Counter-Strike 2 code update
Prominent Valve leaker Tyler has been tracking Valve's public codebase updates since 2017 and noted that August 2025 saw the most weekly activity from the company in around a decade. He recently extracted more data from Valve game patches, pointing to the possible development of a new Half-Life game, presumably......
BMW unveils Vision CE, a self-balancing electric scooter with protective cage
The Vision CE owes a lot of its design language to the old BMW C1, a scooter from 2000 that also featured an enclosure. The idea was to combine the convenience of a scooter with the safety of car, but it never sold well and was discontinued in 2002. Read...
Hollow Knight: Silksong’s launch crashed Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo stores
Customers looking to purchase Hollow Knight: Silksong, which launched on Thursday, encountered clogged servers on Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo digital storefronts. The long-awaited side-scrolling action game quickly topped sales charts and garnered positive early impressions. Read Entire Article
Scammer posing as stranded astronaut convinces woman to send him $6,750 to buy oxygen
Like so many romance scams, this one started when the man contacted the victim – a resident of Japan's northern Hokkaido island – on social media. Police said initial contact was made in July, and that the person claimed he was a male astronaut. Read Entire Article
New 3D printing method creates superconductors with unprecedented performance
The research work, published in Nature Communications, was developed by an interdisciplinary team led by Ulrich Wiesner, a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and includes an all-in-one fabrication process. Read Entire Article
Bankruptcy attorney Mark Zuckerberg sues Meta for repeatedly suspending him
Mark Steven Zuckerberg, who is not related to Facebook's founder Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, said the social media platform removed his law firm's business page five times over the past eight years, while his personal account faced four suspensions during the same period. Each action accused him of impersonating a celebrity,......
Ransomware hackers threaten to feed stolen art to AI companies
The Artists&Clients website was recently compromised by the LunaLock ransomware group, putting users at risk of a significant privacy breach if the company does not pay the ransom. Even more concerning, the criminals warned that the stolen content could be sold directly to "AI companies" for training large language models.......
Lego’s most expensive set ever is the $1,000 Death Star
Lego says the set (item number 75419) is loaded with details and Easter eggs for fans to discover. Highlights include the crushing trash compactor that trapped Rebel heroes, the hangar that Luke Skywalker and Han Solo infiltrated while dressed as Stormtroopers, Emperor Palpatine's throne room, Princess Leia's holding cell, and......