The Black Friday frenzy doesn't end when the turkey is gone – it stretches right through the weekend, serving up a multitude of holiday discounts from early in the week until Cyber Monday. If you're looking to upgrade your tech arsenal or check a few holiday gifts off your list,......
New leaks reveal successors for Valve’s Steam Controller 2 and Index VR controllers
Data miners have uncovered details on an in-development follow-up to the Steam Controller and a pair of controllers for Valve's previously leaked standalone headset. The products could enter mass production in the coming months. EOZ VR XR project manager Brad Lynch shared code and renders discovered in the SteamVR client,......
JetBrains Rider 2024.3 is a top cross-platform IDE for .NET development
JetBrains Rider is now free for non-commercial use, introduces support for .NET 9, advanced debugging features, AI-powered in-editor prompts, customizable chat models, and new tools designed for game and remote development. Read Entire Article
Italian-led international investigation takes down massive illegal IPTV operation
The Italian State Police just announced the dismantling of a pirate streaming service with over 22 million global users. Officials claim it was a business unlawfully making €250 million ($264 million US) monthly. The law enforcement agency worked with Europol, Eurojust, and other international authorities to investigate the alleged administrators......
Sony confirms PlayStation 2 sales top 160M, cementing legacy as best-selling console
Sony last shared PS2 sales figures in 2011, saying at the time that it had sold 150 million units since its debut in 2000. Read Entire Article
JavaScript community asks US officials to genericize Oracle’s trademark
Some prominent figures in the JavaScript community have formally asked the USPTO to cancel Oracle's ownership of the "JavaScript" trademark. Sun Microsystems applied for the original trademark after developing the language. Oracle came under ownership when it acquired Sun in 1997. However, Oracle has made no valuable contributions to JavaScript......
Nintendo adds ToeJam & Earl and Vectorman to growing Switch Online library
The latest Switch Online + Expansion Pack additions include Mercs, ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron, and Vectorman. Read Entire Article
Company takes pre-orders for AI workstations with eight RTX 5090 GPUs, priced over $52,000
Lithuanian system integrator Comino is jumping the gun when it comes to offering Nvidia's next consumer flagship card. German publication Hardwareluxx discovered that the company is offering up to eight of them in the Grando Server, an AI workstation that also comes with a 32-core AMD Epyc processor, 256GB of......
Windows 11 24H2 is now incompatible with USB scanning devices, too
Windows 11 24H2 doesn't work well with cache-less WD SSDs, Ubisoft games, Asus devices, fingerprint sensors, and much more. We can now add USB scanners and devices using the eSCL scan protocol to the troublesome issues. Microsoft recently confirmed the problem through its ever-growing list of known Windows 11 24H2...
Former Google CEO warns AI girlfriends could lead to obsession and loneliness
Speaking about the dangers of AI and regulation on The Prof G Show with Scott Galloway, Schmidt spoke about the ability for young men to create perfect AI romantic partners and fall in love with them. "This is a good example of an unexpected problem of existing technology," Schmidt said....