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Finnish developer Remedy Entertainment has announced today that CONTROL Resonant is the fastest-selling game in its 31-plus-year history. CEO Jean-Charles Gaudechon called it a "defining milestone" for the company, as the first…
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Kurtzer unveiled the kernel, Ginux, on X last week. The code is on GitHub, too, under the Apache 2.0 license. As for the name, it blends Linux, GPT, and Greg. The README jokes that to keep its author's ego in check, the G officially stands…
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How often do you hear a developer admitting that they probably wouldn't have funded their own game if they were the publisher? Not very often, to say the least. And yet that's exactly what David Sears suggested in a brutally honest…
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'Weight-Space Programming' fiddles with nerd knobs to boost benchmark scores
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Nintendo has announced that its internal studio EPD Production Group No. 3, the team behind Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, developed the upcoming remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The Switch 2 exclusive is scheduled to go on sale on November 5, 2026. HokWai Ng makes his directorial debut on the title, working alongside series producer Eiji Aonuma and producer Hidemaro Fujibayashi.
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OpenVDDK is reportedly already being used in production, at scale
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Your industrial IoT gateway isn't exposed to the internet, right? RIGHT?!
via The RegisterChinese hackers used ARTEX, an open-source, multi-agent AI penetration-testing framework, in attacks against more than 200 organizations across 14 countries.
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Website building platform Squarespace is eliminating approximately 19% of its global workforce, cutting around 300 jobs out of its roughly 1,800 employees.
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Tachyum files for bankruptcy, the court in Bratislava initiates bankruptcy proceedings.
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The open-source browser’s newest feature lets you pop out a page – or part of a page – into its own mini window. See why this is incredibly cool.
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For as long as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's DMZ extraction mode has been available, there've been calls for PvE-only servers. Developer Infinity Ward, for its part, has maintained the mode is designed as a PvPvE experience, but it's…
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CloudCasa by Catalogic has added Dell PowerStore to the storage arrays CloudCasa Disaster Recovery can drive for Kubernetes failover, alongside HPE Alletra and SUSE Storage. The same feature update adds a read-only Model Context Protocol…
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Connie Bowen, the founding general partner of Farmhand Ventures, discusses the importance of return on investment for AgTech developers.
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'Modern tooling is already changing our daily workflows' says CEO at open source biz
via The RegisterThe maintainer of BTCPay Server, an open-source cryptocurrency payment processor, has urged users to install the latest version as hackers have been draining "hot wallets" on instances running older versions.
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Developers have begun emulating Nintendo Switch 2 software on PC roughly a year following the console's launch. The breakthrough comes after the platform was jailbroken last month, which paved the way for homebrew development, game dumping, and PC emulation.
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Distributed denial-of-service testing company MazeBolt Technologies Ltd. today launched a native deployment of its RADAR validation platform for customers of Akamai Technologies Inc. Enterprises using Akamai’s DDoS protection can have…
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Application development intelligence startup LinearB Inc. said today it’s trying to ease the growing congestion in organization’s software delivery pipelines that has arisen with the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence coding…
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Nintendo confirms its internal Zelda team built the upcoming Switch 2 Ocarina of Time remake
Nintendo has announced that its internal studio EPD Production Group No. 3, the team behind Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, developed the upcoming remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The Switch 2 exclusive is scheduled to go on sale on November 5, 2026. HokWai Ng makes his directorial debut on the title, working alongside series producer Eiji Aonuma and producer Hidemaro Fujibayashi.
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Squarespace cuts roughly 300 jobs in broad corporate restructuring
Website building platform Squarespace is eliminating approximately 19% of its global workforce, cutting around 300 jobs out of its roughly 1,800 employees.
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Chinese studio S-Game sells four million copies of Phantom Blade Zero in opening weekend
Chinese developer S-Game announced that its action role-playing game Phantom Blade Zero sold more than 4 million copies within its first 72 hours. Available on PlayStation 5 and PC through Steam and Tencent's WeGame launcher, the title achieved a peak of 833,921 concurrent players on Steam, marking the platform's largest launch of the year so far.
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Developers bring Nintendo Switch 2 games to PC through AI-assisted emulation
Developers have begun emulating Nintendo Switch 2 software on PC roughly a year following the console's launch. The breakthrough comes after the platform was jailbroken last month, which paved the way for homebrew development, game dumping, and PC emulation.
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Attackers target Cursor marketplace with tainted Claude Code extension
A malicious version of Anthropic's Claude Code extension appeared on the Cursor marketplace on October 29, exposing up to 5,000 developers to code designed to install a persistent SSH backdoor. The rogue package was live for roughly 11 hours, spanning versions 2.1.312 and 2.1.313 across Windows and macOS before administrators removed it. Anyone who downloaded the build or had automatic updates enabled received a modified installer containing a loader that ran immediately upon launch.
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Microsoft previews DirectX 12 tools that cut ray tracing memory demands
Microsoft released the Agility SDK 1.722 preview for DirectX 12 on October 28, 2026, delivering what it calls the most significant update to DirectX Raytracing since 2018. The preview introduces clustered geometry, partitioned top-level acceleration structures, and a GPU-driven API for building acceleration structures. In a test run on an AMD Radeon RX 9070, Microsoft reported that clustered geometry reduced acceleration structure memory from 7,519 MiB to 774 MiB—an 89.7% decrease—while lifting frame rates from 1.2 FPS to 79 FPS.
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Bend Studio targets a 2027 unveiling and launch for its new cooperative franchise
Sony Bend Studio plans to unveil and potentially release its next video game in 2027, according to a report from MP1st. The Oregon-based developer behind Days Gone is reportedly much further along in production than anticipated, pursuing an advanced stage of development on a project that only began around June 2025.
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Anthropic engineering manager drops traditional coding tests after finding Claude outperforms candidates
Felix Rieseberg, an engineering manager at Anthropic who has led work on Claude.ai and the Claude Code desktop app, has eliminated traditional coding interviews from his team's hiring loops. Rieseberg announced the move in a blog post, arguing that putting applicants through live technical tests no longer reveals anything meaningful about their capabilities because Claude now outperforms human candidates at those tasks.
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Yacht Club Games secures financial breathing room after Mina the Hollower tops 500,000 sales
Mina the Hollower has provided Yacht Club Games with much-needed financial stability after surpassing 500,000 sales in its opening weeks. During a Reddit AMA, co-founder Sean Velasco confirmed the release keeps the studio afloat "for now," following years of delays and pandemic-era setbacks that previously left the independent developer in a make-or-break position.
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Ubisoft shifts focus away from remakes to build new Assassin's Creed chapters
Ubisoft announced that it has no additional Assassin's Creed remakes actively in development, even after the successful debut of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced. The remake, which Eurogamer reports sold over 3.5 million copies and exceeded annual expectations within two weeks, will remain a standalone effort for the foreseeable future. The publisher stated that it is directing resources toward future releases featuring new settings and stories rather than revisiting older catalog entries.
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Apple prepares to test localized Apple Intelligence in China ahead of a December release
Apple will begin testing Apple Intelligence in China on November 4 through its next iOS developer beta, ahead of an official public debut scheduled for December alongside the release of iOS 27.3. The launch follows a prolonged regulatory review process in the country, during which Chief Executive Tim Cook confirmed that the platform had secured regulatory approval.
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Mistral releases open weights for its trillion-parameter Large 4 model
French artificial intelligence lab Mistral AI has published the open weights for Mistral Large 4, a trillion-parameter multimodal model nicknamed "Le Chonk." The release on October 29, 2026, follows a three-week preview rollout that began on October 6. Outlets report varying figures for its active parameters, with SiliconANGLE citing 52 billion and Hugging Face noting 49 billion. According to Mistral, the model was trained from scratch in its European data centers over two months using 4,000 Nvidia Grace Blackwell GPUs.
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Federal cyber agency warns attackers are exploiting critical GitLab code execution vulnerability
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned on Thursday that hackers have begun exploiting a maximum-severity flaw in GitLab, tracked as CVE-2026-97229. GitLab remediated the issue in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition versions 19.4.2, 19.3.5, and 19.2.8 earlier in the month, but unpatched deployments remain vulnerable to remote code execution.
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Polymarket pledges full reimbursements after third-party script breach compromises user balances
Prediction platform Polymarket briefly suspended trading on its international website on Thursday after malicious code compromised user funds. Attackers exploited an integration with DebugBear, a website performance monitoring service, distributing rogue JavaScript that hijacked active user sessions. Security researchers at Hudson Rock identified an attacker-controlled wallet, and blockchain analysis by BleepingComputer traced about 28.6 million POL, worth roughly $2.57 million, sent to secondary wallets. Hudson Rock reported the primary wallet held roughly $2.19 million when investigated, while SecurityWeek reported over $2 million drained.
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Amazon instructs developers to stop inflating artificial intelligence usage
Amazon told its software development engineers this week to curb "tokenmaxxing," warning that running up high artificial intelligence usage does not equate to productivity. In an internal memo from Amazon distinguished engineer Terk Terkowitz published on October 27, engineering leadership cautioned against treating token consumption, AI adoption rates, code changes, and code reviews as primary yardsticks of success. While Amazon affirmed that artificial intelligence will remain central to software engineering, leadership stressed that teams should evaluate performance by customer impact and long-term results rather than raw input volume.
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Google introduces Gemini 4 Carbon frontier model with enhanced security tools
Google has announced Gemini 4 Carbon, a new flagship artificial intelligence model arriving just two weeks after the launch of Gemini 4 Argon. The system targets complex programming and security analysis, with pricing set at $2 per million input tokens, $10 per million output tokens, and a 95% discount for cached inputs. Carbon is not yet open to the general public, launching first to a limited group of cybersecurity defenders.
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Cisco releases Project Quarry to spot rogue behaviors across AI agent sessions
Cisco has open sourced Project Quarry, a behavior detection engine and rule language designed to track AI agent activities across entire sessions. Announced in late October, the project aims to detect attacks that surface through sequences of seemingly benign actions rather than isolated commands. The tool's GitHub repository offers installation instructions, supported Python versions, a starter pack of rules, and plugins for Claude Code, Codex, and other Model Context Protocol-compatible agents.
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AMD extends machine learning upscaling to older hardware with FSR SDK 2.4
AMD has released its FSR "Redstone" SDK 2.4, providing developers with the tools to integrate machine-learning-powered FSR Upscaling 4.1.2 into their games. The update broadens support for the technology to Radeon RX 6000 Series graphics cards as well as select Ryzen APUs.
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Attackers disguise password-harvesting malware as popular PS5 emulators on GitHub
Cybercriminals are using fraudulent GitHub repositories to distribute password-stealing malware disguised as legitimate PlayStation 5 emulation projects, according to investigations by NordVPN's Threat Intelligence team. The malicious listings impersonate two well-known tools: AnyPS5, a portability layer designed to run PS5 games natively on Windows and Linux, and Kyttyps5, a PC emulator. Visitors downloading the software receive a zip archive containing a malicious Windows executable instead of the authentic tools.
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Creative Assembly details outdoor Xenomorph hunting and confirms boxed copies for Alien: Isolation 2
Creative Assembly has confirmed that Alien: Isolation 2 will receive a boxed physical edition alongside its digital release across PC, Nintendo Switch 2, and Xbox Series X/S. While the sequel to the 2014 survival horror game still lacks an official release date, developers revealed in a video Q&A that roughly a quarter to a third of the team working on the project also developed the original title.
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Bloober Team schedules prequel expansion for Cronos to arrive in December
Bloober Team has announced that Cronos: Lazarus, a prequel story expansion to Cronos: The New Dawn, will launch on December 3 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S|X. The add-on is priced at $9.99, while an edition for the Nintendo Switch 2 will follow in the first quarter of 2027.
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Rockstar Games staff schedule historic UK union recognition vote alongside Grand Theft Auto VI console launch
Rockstar Games employees in the UK will vote from November 12 to November 26 on whether to officially recognize the Rockstar Game Workers Union. The two-week ballot brackets the November 19 console launch of Grand Theft Auto VI. If approved, the union will become the largest recognized developer union across the UK video game industry, covering workers across all of Rockstar's UK offices.
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Embark Studios weighs permanent PvE mode for Arc Raiders following trial
Developer Embark Studios is assessing whether to introduce a permanent player-versus-environment mode to Arc Raiders following a recent limited-time matchmaking test. The studio confirmed players logged over 30 million PvE sessions during the trial week, but executive producer Aleksander Grøndal told MP1st that the team has not yet settled on a permanent strategy.
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S-Game readies Phantom Blade Zero for launch with demanding storage requirements and day-one enhancements
Chinese developer S-Game is releasing its martial arts action game Phantom Blade Zero worldwide on PC and PlayStation 5 across October 28 and October 29. PC Gamer notes the title follows a simultaneous global rollout, unlocking at 7 pm PDT on October 28 on the US West Coast and at 2 am GMT on October 29 in the UK. Ahead of the release, Fanatical discounted digital PC Steam editions by 8%, pricing the standard edition at $55.19 down from $59.99, and the Digital Deluxe Edition at $64.39 compared to its usual $69.99.
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OpenAI debuts mid-tier GPT-6.1 Terra model with slashed API pricing
OpenAI has introduced GPT-6.1 Terra, upgrading its mid-tier AI offering for ChatGPT Work, Codex, and standard developer APIs. The model costs $1 per million input tokens and $5 per million output tokens, representing a 50 percent drop in standard API pricing compared with GPT-5.6 Terra and the high-end GPT-6.1 Sol. The release features a knowledge cutoff date of June 1, 2026, placing its data recency ahead of siblings Astra and Sol.
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PlayStation studio Sucker Punch reduces staff despite commercial hit Ghost of Yōtei
Sony-owned Sucker Punch Productions has cut roughly two dozen positions, with outlets citing an internal memo that placed the losses between 24 and 26 workers. The Bellevue-based developer of Ghost of Yōtei carried out the layoffs a little over a week before Sony's upcoming quarterly financial update.
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Cisco expands partner AI tools and rolls out quantum-ready Wi-Fi 7 hardware
At its annual Partner Summit in Vancouver, Cisco announced the general availability of Cisco IQ for partners alongside a major expansion of its hardware and automation portfolio. The vendor rolled out the Cisco Wireless CW9176ISEC, described as the first Wi-Fi 7 access point with quantum-resilient protections aligned to CNSA 2.0 standards, with client support initially targeting Intel-based Windows devices in January.
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Former GitHub chief Thomas Dohmke introduces a software forge tailored for automated coding agents
Thomas Dohmke, who stepped down as GitHub's chief executive last year, has launched Entire, a code-hosting service designed directly for software generated by artificial intelligence. Available starting Monday, the platform lets developers host private repositories across the United States, Europe, India, and Australia. Entire is positioning the git forge as an alternative to GitHub, promising infrastructure capable of handling up to 89 times as many code pushes per second.
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Anthropic moves toward a public debut with an SEC filing for a Nasdaq listing
Artificial intelligence developer Anthropic PBC submitted its S-1 prospectus to the Securities and Exchange Commission, advancing plans for an initial public offering. The company behind Claude aims to list its shares on the Nasdaq exchange using the ticker symbol ANT.
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Danish ministry halts pilot program to switch from Microsoft Office to open-source software
A Danish government pilot aimed at breaking away from Microsoft Office has quietly ended without any plans to revive it. Initiated in June 2025 by then Digitization Minister Caroline Stage to lessen reliance on American technology, the test involved 38 staff volunteers who traded Microsoft applications for Collabora, an open-source office suite based on LibreOffice.
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