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OpenAI won't make "Japanese anime sex bots" but Sam Altman says others definitely will — AI relationships are getting weird
Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t make “Japanese anime sex bots,” but he predicts other companies will “definitely” cross that line.
2025-08-20 11:34
Resident Evil '9' Requiem has some of the most incredible lighting I've seen in a game — and Capcom uses it as a weapon
I played Resident Evil Requiem, set to launch on February 27, 2026. AAA horror has had a bit of a renaissance recently, and Resident Evil looks ready to continue its position at the tip of the spear.
2025-08-20 11:23
Xbox Game Pass gets Gears of War: Reloaded, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and more — here's what is coming through the rest of August
More games are coming to Xbox Game Pass through the rest of August 2025, including Dragon Age: The Veilguard and Gears of War: Reloaded.
2025-08-20 11:21
Mudrunner studio goes after truck sim crown with 'next-gen' game Road Kings
The truck simulator space is getting a new contender, as Saber has announced Road Kings as a next-generation sim experience. Read more...
2025-08-20 11:18
LibreOffice 25.8 Released with PDF 2.0 Export, Faster Performance
LibreOffice 25.8 released with PDF 2.0 export, 30% faster file opening, new Calc functions, better performance, and various user-interface tweaks. You're reading LibreOffice 25.8 Released with PDF 2.0 Export, Faster Performance, a blog post from OMG! U...
2025-08-20 11:13
Microsoft Teams updated with a feature you probably thought already existed — "Can you hear me?" is now a thing of the past
No more guessing if your mic is live. Teams on Windows and Mac now shows audio activity during calls.
2025-08-20 11:13
Two Verizon plans are getting some upgrades at no extra cost
Two of Verizon’s mobile plans are getting some upgrades at no additional cost. The improvements are being made to the Simple Mobile and Total Wireless plans. All five of the Simple Mobile tiers are being upgraded, while the same is true of the top tw...
2025-08-20 11:11
Score an RTX 5070 for just £479 and get a free 1TB SSD in Amazon's Gaming Week sale — blowout includes up to 69% off Logitech, Razer, and more
The Amazon Gaming Week sale includes a free 1TB SSD with one of the cheapest RTX 5070s you can buy right now.
2025-08-20 11:06
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"I'm worried about China" — OpenAI's Sam Altman doesn't believe export controls will slow foreign progress in AI supremacy war
In an interview with CNBC, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that he doesn't believe export controls will work to curb China's AI progress, and that the US is underestimating its power.
2025-08-20 11:02
LibreOffice 25.8 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is What’s New
LibreOffice 25.8 open-source office suite is now available for download with numerous new features and improvements. Here's what's new! The post LibreOffice 25.8 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, This Is What’s New appeared first on 9to5...
2025-08-20 10:58
Microsoft explains every type of update Windows Insiders receive
If you are confused about the number of updates your PC receives, especially in the Insider program, Microsoft has a clear answer for you. Read more...
2025-08-20 10:56
Seven years later, people still haven’t changed how they use Siri
It’s proving a very long wait for the new Siri, but perhaps it doesn’t matter so much after all. A new survey shows that most people are using Siri and other voice assistants in exactly the same way they did way back in 2018. While some new capabil...
2025-08-20 10:54
Mesa 25.2.1 Released: Restores NVK On Kepler, Additional Intel Battlemage ID
Following the release of Mesa 25.2 from two weeks ago, Mesa 25.2.1 is out now as the first point release. Mesa 25.2.1 is quite heavy on bug fixes and some other notable back-ports from Mesa 25.3-devel...
2025-08-20 10:38
MoltenVK 1.4 Released For Bringing Vulkan 1.4 To macOS Atop Metal
MoltenVK 1.4 is available today for this Vulkan portability implementation that layers the Vulkan API atop Apple's Metal graphics drivers for allowing Vulkan games/apps to run across macOS, iOS, and tvOS devices...
2025-08-20 10:21
Asus' latest OLED gaming monitor can hit 720 Hz at HD resolution — dual refresh modes also allow 540 Hz at QHD
Asus has announced three high-speed OLED gaming monitors at Gamescom 2025.
2025-08-20 10:00
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Ubuntu 25.10 ARM64 Desktop ISO Aims For Better Hardware Experience With "Stubble"
With the Ubuntu 25.10 release in October they are aiming to have a better ARM64 experience with their generic desktop ISO thanks to a new improvement they have been working on called Stubble...
2025-08-20 09:51
DOJ Charges 22-Year-Old for Running RapperBot Botnet Behind 370,000 DDoS Attacks
A 22-year-old man from the U.S. state of Oregon has been charged with allegedly developing and overseeing a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)-for-hire botnet called RapperBot. Ethan Foltz of Eugene, Oregon, has been identified as the administrator o...
2025-08-20 09:49
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AWS blames bug for Kiro pricing glitch that drained developer limits
AWS has blamed a bug for all usage and pricing-related issues that developers have been facing on Kiro, its new agentic AI-driven integrated development environment (IDE), since it introduced a revised pricing structure last week. “As we have dug in...
2025-08-20 09:42
95% of generative AI implementations in enterprise 'have no measurable impact on P&L', says MIT — flawed integration cited as why AI projects underperform
A new study conducted by MIT purports to demonstrate that most generative AI implementations in business settings fail.
2025-08-20 09:34
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