French AA gaming developer and accessory manufacturer Nacon has filed for insolvency after its majority shareholder Bigben failed to make a loan repayment, the company said in a press release. “To date, the company reports available assets do not allow it to meet its liabilities,” Nacon wrote. The objective with insolvency, it said, was to allow “continued operation, protect employees and maintain jobs while renegotiating with its creditors.”
Nacon is behind the games Styx: Blades of Greed and was set to publish Terminator: Survivors before that title was delayed. It published Hell is Us last year to some praise, but Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown was buggy on release and failed to find much of an audience. The company will stream its next Nacon Connect presentation on March 4, and will supposedly show off some new games and footage for previously revealed games like Endurance Motorsport Series and Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss.
The company also makes hardware like controllers and headsets and racing sim accessories via its Revosim brand. Those products never really caught on with mainstream gamers but did have some success with the pro gaming crowd.
With Nacon’s insolvency, the future of those games and accessories is now in question. A court will decide on the company’s insolvency request at a hearing in early March, but in the meantime, trading of its shares is suspended.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/gaming-accessory-maker-and-publisher-nacon-files-for-insolvency-104832702.html?src=rss
AlmaLinux as one of the leading, modern and community-minded alternatives to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) continues enjoying very nice growth. In their 2025 Year In Review they provided a look at their growth with now having more than two million systems per week checking in for software updates…
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British bikepacking specialist Restrap has been developing the Switch rack for more than two years and it’s finally out in the wild.
The thru-axle mounting rack system isn’t new, with brands such as Tailfin and Topeak offering similar solutions.
However, Restrap’s new rack has a generous 30kg capacity that incorporates the Switch mount system, a collaboration with UK bike security specialist Hiplok.
The Switch rack support struts offer multi-mount points with Switch-compatible brackets. Warren Rossiter / Ourmedia
That means a wide range of accessories and bags from Restrap is already available, with more to come. The range includes the new 10-litre Switch Panniers and a Switch rack cage.
As well as bikepacking trips, you can use the Switch-compatible panniers for commuting and one of the Switch mounts to secure a Switch-compatible Hiplok folding lock.
The rack cage can be mounted on the sides or the top bar. Sitting on the top of the rack, it provides flexibility for fitting a dry bag, extra water, camping mat, tent or other bikepacking gear.
The new rack cages click on and off in seconds and can be used horizontally or vertically on the rack. Warren Rossiter / Ourmedia
Alongside being compatible with any Switch multi-mount product, the rack can also be used with any 64mm-spaced mounting accessories, such as bottle cages.
The Restrap Switch rack has a quick-flip top bar that helps provide a wide range of fit options and wheel-size compatibility. Warren Rossiter / Ourmedia
Price: £124.99 / $189.99 / €149.99
64mm-spaced bolting on the rack legs for cages, Restrap Switch Panniers or other compatible accessories
Top bar compatible with new Restrap Switch products
Made from 7075-T6 aluminium
12mm-diameter axles in 1mm, 1.5mm and 1.75mm thread-pitch options
Spare axles available separately (High Grade 7075-T6 aluminium axles in 1mm, 1.5mm and 1.75mm thread pitch)
25mm Velcro strap to fit all seatpost sizes and shapes
Quick-flip system provides maximum wheel clearance across all bike sizes
ISO tested up to 30kg load
Weight 395g (without axle and bolts)
Fitting the rack simply requires replacing your existing thru-axle with a compatible thread-pitch Restrap option, then sliding the rack supports over the axle ends and securing with an M5 bolt. Finally, use the Velcro strap mount to attach the rack to your seatpost.
The Switch rack has a clever quick-flip system that enables you to flip the top bar to increase wheel clearance and provide a range of seatpost or frame-mounting points.
Lots more Switch-compatible products are on the way, including this unreleased top bag with a generous capacity. Warren Rossiter / Ourmedia
Restrap says that gives the rack a wide range of compatibility across road, gravel and mountain bike frames.
An adaptor is available for bikes with a SRAM Universal Derailleur Hanger, and an adaptor for SRAM Full-Mount derailleurs is coming in April according to Restrap.
Continental has announced the Terra Competition, an aero-optimised all-road tyre that “blurs the lines between road and gravel”.
Claimed to be the brand’s new fastest off-road tyre, the Terra Competition uses a design optimised for low weight, rolling resistance and aerodynamic drag.
Compared to the brand’s previous fastest gravel tyre, the Terra Speed, Continental claims the new Terra Competition is up to 16 per cent lighter and rolls up to 17 per cent faster (depending on size and pressure).
Available now with Continental’s Race or Trail casing, prices for the Terra Competition start from £59.30 / $76.26 / €68.95.
Going against current trends for ever wider gravel bike tyres, however, the Continental Terra Competition is available in 700×35, 40 and 45c sizes. This leaves a hole in the brand’s line-up for a ‘larger than 45c’ (but smaller than 2.2in) gravel race tyre, which suggests the brand may not believe wider is always faster when it comes to mixed surface riding.
Conti’s first aero off-road tyre
The Terra Competition bucks the ‘wider is faster’ trend that’s taken hold of gravel racing in recent years. Continental
According to Continental, however, the new Terra Competition uses a “light-knobbed” tread pattern designed to reduce drag, as well as to provide grip on rough roads and “light gravel”.
This isn’t the first time Continental has launched a tyre with an aero tread pattern, of course. Continental’s Aero 111 road tyre is claimed to significantly reduce drag compared to a standard GP5000 S TR.
The tread has a distinctive V-shape, with an semi-slick central portion transitioning to slightly taller knobs towards the tyre’s shoulders.
The V-shaped tread is said to be key to the tyre’s aero characteristics, but Continental declined to put any numbers on the potential gains. Continental
Although it also includes notches for “soil interaction” and “drainage”, Continental notes the tyre is best suited to “dry to moist conditions” – and the tyre’s looks appear to confirm this, as the tread is minimal compared to most gravel tyres.
At the time of writing, Continental hasn’t published any figures for how much energy you can expect to save thanks to this aero-optimisation, and it declined to do so when asked.
Nevertheless, it claims to have found “savings in aerodynamic drag for all tested velocities for yaw angles from -20 to +20 degrees [of yaw]”, compared to the Terra Speed.
Faster and lighter
As well as being more aerodynamic, Continental says the Terra Competition is lighter and rolls faster. Continental
We do have figures for the claimed reductions in weight and rolling resistance, though.
The new Terra Competitions are 16 per cent lighter compared to Terra Speeds – although this is highly dependent on which size you opt for:
Tyre size
Terra Competition (g)
Terra Speed (g)
Difference (g)
700x35c
345
413
-68
700x40c
420
445
-25
700x45c
470
516
-46
As for rolling resistance (Crr), the headline figure is a reduction of 17 per cent, for a 35c Terra Competition (Race casing) compared to an equivalent Terra Speed. According to Continental, that’s worth 4.52 watts.
This was tested on a smooth steel drum with a 50kg load.
It’s worth noting the 17 per cent improvement in Crr was measured at a relatively high tyre pressure of 5 bar / 72.5 psi, and that the improvement drops in line with tyre pressure:
Tyre pressure
Terra Competition (watts at 30kph)
Terra Speed (watts at 30kph)
Difference (watts at 30kph)
5 bar / 72.5 psi
21.89
26.41
-4.52
4 bar / 58 psi
23.68
27.73
-4.05
3 bar / 43.5 psi
27.37
30.17
-2.8
Casings and puncture protection
The Terra Competition is available in Race or Trail casings, and you can have tan sidewalls on the Trail casing. Continental
All models of the Terra Competition use a 3×330 TPI (Threads Per Inch) construction, but Continental is offering it in two casing types – Race and Trail.
As the names suggest, the Race casing is designed for low weight and rolling resistance, while the trail casing uses a slightly more robust, but slower, construction.
Both casings feature a puncture protection belt beneath the tread, although the one on the trail casing spans a greater width of the tyre.
Both types of casing are tubeless-ready and compatible with hookless rims.
Where does the Terra Competition fit with modern gravel trends?
XC mountain bike tyres have been one of gravel racing’s hottest trends in recent years. Sam Andrews / Our Media
When news of the new Terra Competition dropped into my inbox, and as a wannabe go-fast gravel rider, I was excited that Continental might finally be about to catch up with gravel’s hottest trend.
Thanks to influential riders like Dylan Johnson, average tyre sizes have ballooned at key races such as the Traka or Unbound, with many turning to cross-country mountain bike tyres in the vacuum created by a lack of gravel-specific options over 45mm wide.
I’d imagined an updated Terra Speed in 50 and 55c sizes, with the new and improved compound and casings, plus variants with more aggressive tread patterns to better suit different conditions.
The launch of the Terra Adventure last March, which comes in 45 to 55c sizes, only added fuel to that fire.
Instead, Continental seems not to have the same faith in the whole ‘wider is faster’ mantra as everyone else, at least for now.
The Terra Competition is marketed as all-road tyre, but it does leave a gap in Continental’s gravel racing line-up. Continental
Conceptually, the new Terra Competition – with its low profile, aero-optimised tread and limited size range – feels akin to Merida’s latest Mission gravel bike, which controversially tops out at ‘just’ 40mm of tyre clearance.
That didn’t stop former world champion, Matej Mohorič, from securing a podium aboard the Mission on the (mostly) dry and dusty UCI gravel world’s course in Limburg last October, of course, and those are likely the kinds of races and conditions Continental is targeting here.
In fairness to Continental, it does also pitch the Terra Competition as more of an all-road tyre, than a pure gravel tyre. And perhaps it’s simply happy to keep ‘gravel racing’ at 35 to 45c, and let anyone in search of something wider opt for XC tyres like its popular Race King.
But with that tyre is only available in a 2.2in / 55mm size with the fastest ‘ProTection’ casing, though, Continental is left with something of a hole in its range, and the appearance that it may have missed the boat on this trend.
Anthropic fixed the flaws – but the AI-enabled attack surfaces remainSecurity vulnerabilities in Claude Code could have allowed attackers to remotely execute code on users’ machines and steal API keys by injecting malicious configurations into repositories, and then waiting for a developer to clone and open an untrustworthy project.…
An anonymous reader shares a report: Some Uber employees have built an AI clone of CEO Dara Khosrowshahi — internally dubbed “Dara AI” — and have been using it to rehearse and fine-tune presentations before delivering them to the actual Khosrowshahi, he revealed on a recent podcast.
Khosrowshahi said a team member told him that some teams “make the presentation to the Dara AI as a prep for making a presentation to me,” and that the bot helps them adjust their slides and sharpen their delivery. Asked by the podcast host whether employees might eventually show Dara AI to the board, Khosrowshahi laughed but noted that AI models still can’t process and act on new information the way executives do. “When the models can learn in real-time, that is the point at which I’m going to think that, yeah, we are all replaceable,” he said.
Anthropic last week promoted Claude Code Security, a research preview capability that uses its Claude Opus 4.6 model to hunt for software vulnerabilities, claiming its red team had surfaced over 500 bugs in production open-source codebases — but security researchers say the real bottleneck was never discovery.
Guy Azari, a former security researcher at Microsoft and Palo Alto Networks, told The Register that only two to three of those 500 vulnerabilities have been fixed and none have received CVE assignments. The National Vulnerability Database already carried a backlog of roughly 30,000 CVE entries awaiting analysis in 2025, and nearly two-thirds of reported open-source vulnerabilities lacked an NVD severity score.
The curl project closed its bug bounty program because maintainers could no longer handle the flood of poorly crafted reports from AI tools and humans alike. Feross Aboukhadijeh, CEO of security firm Socket, said discovery is becoming dramatically cheaper but validating findings, coordinating with maintainers, and developing architecture-aligned patches remains slow, human-intensive work.
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Kalshi, the prediction market platform regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has for the first time publicly disclosed the results of an insider trading investigation, naming an editor for YouTube’s biggest creator as the offender.
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The b4 tool used for managing patch workflows to the Linux kernel has been seeing a lot of work recently on b4 review as the text user interface (TUI) to help expedite the patch review process for the Linux kernel. The b4 review TUI has been integrating AI agent code review helpers powered by the likes of Claude Code too for trying to help enhance the efficiency for Linux kernel patch reviews. That b4 review work is quickly approaching a pre-alpha state…
It’s always a fun day for the space nerds when a NASA team has new images to share from the James Webb Space Telescope. Today’s pair has brains on the brain, with a look at the fittingly named Exposed Cranium Nebula. More officially, this cloud of space dust and debris is known as Nebula PMR 1. The images shared today may capture a moment in the final stages of a star, as well as giving hints as to how the nebula got its brain-like shape.
“The nebula appears to have distinct regions that capture different phases of its evolution — an outer shell of gas that was blown off first and consists mostly of hydrogen, and an inner cloud with more structure that contains a mix of different gases,” NASA’s blog post reads. The dark line that runs vertically through the nebula, giving it the cranial appearance, could be the result of “an outburst or outflow from the central star, which typically occurs as twin jets burst out in opposite directions.” Both Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and its Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) were used to document the nebula.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/science/space/new-webb-telescope-photos-show-off-the-exposed-cranium-nebula-235609619.html?src=rss
Determined to beat the previous longest drone flight world record of 3 hours 12 minutes, this is a video of Luke Maximo Bell designing, building, and flying a carbon fiber massively propellered quadrocopter for 3 hours and 31 minutes. But did it deliver any drugs? You may previously recall Luke setting the world record for fastest quadrocopter drone, with this 363MPH electric missile. The man loves drones. Me? I love good food and fine wine. I’m kidding, I love fast food and Mad Dog 20/20s. *shrug* We all have our Achilles’ heel. Mine just happens to be in both heels, plus gout.
Telegram is among the most popular WhatsApp alternatives around. Telegram supports messaging individuals and groups, but it also has social media-like channels where you can post to thousands of subscribers at once. In this piece, I’ll be focusing more on Telegram as a messenger, since that’s how I use it the most. In my decade of using the app, I’ve learned quite a bit about it, and I’m here to share the best Telegram hacks that you should know.
You need to manually enable end-to-end encryption
Unlike Signal or WhatsApp, Telegram is not end-to-end encrypted by default. End-to-end encryption ensures that your messages cannot be read by anyone without accessing either your device or the recipient’s device, and at this point, it’s become an industry standard security protocol for messaging apps. You can enable end-to-end encryption in Telegram, but it requires a few extra steps, and even then, the implementation is not very user-friendly. Secret Chat is Telegram’s name for messages that have end-to-end encryption, and to access it, follow these steps:
Open Telegram and start a chat with a contact.
In the chat window, tap the name of the contact up top.
On the next page, tap more, and select Start Secret Chat.
You now need to wait for the recipient to come online and accept your request to start a Secret Chat. When they do, that conversation will become end-to-end encrypted.
Sadly, you’ll have to repeat this process with each of your contacts, which leaves you with two different chats per contact (a Secret Chat and a normal chat). The other limitation is that you can’t access Secret Chats on multiple devices. They’re limited to your phone and the recipient’s phone, and won’t show up on Telegram’s desktop app. It’s great for security, but not as good for convenience.
Don’t forget to delete your old profile photos
When you add a new profile picture to your Telegram account, it does not automatically delete the previous picture. That means your contacts can still go to your profile and see your older profile pictures. To fix this, open the Telegram app and go to the Settings page (which is within the bottom bar on iOS and hidden under the three-lines menu on other platforms). Tap your profile photo, select the Edit button, and delete the pictures you don’t want to keep.
Disable unwanted notifications
Credit: Pranay Parab
Telegram tends to be a bit spammy with its notifications. By default, you’ll get an alert whenever any of your contacts joins Telegram, which gets tiring very fast. You can disable these unwanted notifications by going to Telegram Settings > Notifications and Sounds and disabling New Contacts. While you’re on this page, you can take a moment to disable any other notification types you might not want to see, including Group Chats, Stories, Channels, Reactions, etc.
Change when Telegram auto-deletes your account
Telegram is a bit aggressive about deleting inactive accounts. It will automatically delete your account if you don’t use the app for six months. This isn’t going to bother regular users, but it’s a good idea to customize this duration based on your needs. Telegram lets you set the auto-delete timer for anywhere from 1 month to 24 months, so you can pick the option that’s best for you. Go to Telegram Settings > Privacy and Security > If Away For to make the change.
You can block Telegram calls
Telegram supports voice and video calls, which is pretty standard for messaging apps. Unlike most of its competitors, though, Telegram allows you to block voice and video calls entirely. Just head over to Telegram Settings > Privacy and Security > Calls and select Nobody.
Enhance your Telegram account’s security
It’s never a bad idea to add a few extra layers of security to your Telegram account. The app supports two-step verification and passkeys, and you can enable both by going to Telegram Settings > Privacy and Security. Both options are located near the top of this page.
Lower your data usage
One of Telegram’s best features is granular controls for its various settings, including how much data the app uses. This is great for people with metered internet connections. You can access these options under Telegram Settings > Data and Storage. Go to Using Cellular and Using Wi-Fi to customize how much data the app uses. If you set data usage to Low, Telegram will compress media to preserve bandwidth. On the same page, you can also disable all auto-downloads for photos, stories, videos, and files. Or, if you tap any of these options, you can individually disable auto-downloads based on the type of chat. For instance, Telegram lets you disable automatic downloads of photos, videos, files, and stories from only group chats or only channels. This way, it’ll still automatically download media sent in private chats, but not in group chats.
You can also go to the Data and Storage settings page, and enable Use Less Data for Calls. This will compress audio a little bit, but can be helpful for staying under data limits.
Automate the built-in power saving mode
Telegram has a built-in power saving mode that conserves battery by reducing animations or disabling autoplaying videos and other intensive processes. Set it up by going to Telegram Settings > Power Saving. The slider at the top lets you set a battery percentage, and power saving will automatically turn on if your phone dips below it. I’ve set it to 30%, but you can choose a different number if you like. On the same page, you can also manually disable resource intensive processes, which I’ve used it to turn off autoplaying videos and gifs entirely.
Telegram groups have useful granular controls
Credit: Pranay Parab
Group messaging is one area where Telegram allows you to do a lot more than its competition. After creating a group, tap the group’s name, select Group Settings, and you’ll see a plethora of options. Under Permissions, you’ll be able to decide if group members can send messages, voice notes, photos, videos, music, links, add members, pin messages, etc. On the same page, you can also enable Slow Mode, which enforces a minimum delay between two messages from the same member. If you set this to 1 minute, then members will have to wait a minute before sending their second message.
I would love to see other apps also implement a version of Slow Mode, as it stops people from spamming the group with multiple short messages in a row. Additional settings include enabling Topics, which lets you create different “channels” within a group to keep discussions from going astray (separate from the social media “channels” mentioned at the start of this guide). You can think of these like separate channels in Slack or IRC, so in larger groups, you can have separate topics to discuss sport or politics. This keeps the main feed free of unnecessary messages and assigns dedicated spots for different topics.
Telegram Premium adds features you probably don’t need
Telegram has a subscription service ($5/mo) that lets you access features such as unlimited cloud storage (with a maximum of 4GB per document), chat transcription, automatic translation of incoming messages, support for checklists in the app, the ability to see when someone was last seen online (bypassing their privacy settings), and more. These features are great for people who have channels with a large following, but for most people, none of these features are essential. Other than the generous cloud storage, you can get all of these features in other apps for free. And even cloud storage has strong alternatives, including small providers like Proton or larger ones like Google and Apple.
