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Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis experience director Jeff Adams confirms “no old code exists” for the original 1996 game This meant Crystal Dynamics had to build the game from the ground up on Unreal Engine 5 Adams says the engine also allowed the studio to create its own custom tech for the “reimagining” of the…

SIXUNITED builds laptop packing 192GB of LPDDR5X-8533 memory total It has some gaming specs but also screams AI workstation Two M.2 2280 SSD bays run on PCIe Gen4 for storage upgrades Chinese manufacturer SIXUNITED has released what it calls the world’s first laptop built around AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495 “Gorgon Halo” processor. The…

Kioxia is pushing flash memory into DRAM territory AI workloads are forcing data centers to rethink memory expansion methods Kioxia XL1 could add capacity without requiring equivalent increases in DRAM Kioxia is developing flash memory products designed to help data centers reduce their dependence on costly DRAM as AI workloads demand increasing amounts of memory….

China shipped 46 tons of drone material to a sanctioned Russian firm The shipment was hidden on paper under a civilian customs code Alabuga-Volokno sends 89% of its output straight to Russian defense firms Internal shipping records reviewed by the US and UK governments revealed that a Chinese state-owned enterprise transferred 46 tons of carbon-fiber…

Researchers warn Skullcandy Dime 3 earbuds on older firmware accept Bluetooth pairing from unknown devices with no user interaction required When leveraged, it can be used to interrupt the owner’s connections, hijack playback, and even capture live microphone audio The vulnerability has been patched in a newer firmware update available only on newer units, does…

The computing industry owes a lot to the guiding vision of Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, whose prediction about the pace of advancement in the computing industry has been a fixture for more than 50 years. But how much room does this rule have left to run? “In the future, the integration level of semiconductors will…

Gartner predicts that around 33% of people laid off due to AI could be rehired by 2029 Those rehired employees, presumably filling similar roles, will command higher salaries Further predictions point to 75% of organizations making cost savings from AI productivity being overtaken by competing companies with a stronger modernizing philosophy People laid off from…

AI companies are now aligned: there is a non-zero chance that AI could somehow end humanity. It’s not a probable future, but there’s enough uncertainty that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, among others, agree that some slowdown and oversight in AI development is in order. Who vociferously doesn’t agree? US President…

Socket found Twitch extension JeeBot harvesting OAuth tokens via proxy servers Tokens excluded only for 10 Russian streamer channels, suggesting deliberate design Developer issued fixes, but users should revoke exposed tokens for safety A browser extension for Twitch was harvesting people’s OAuth tokens and sending them to a Russian-owned server. The move was deliberate, but…

The US Department of Justice has accused Huawei of conspiring to steal secrets from five US companies Huawei is accused of a prolonged campaign of theft, covering a 20 year period Admissions from Huawei’s chief financial officer, ⁠Meng Wanzhou, are set to be used as evidence in the trial Court proceedings have begun against Huawei…