The return of the iconic G4 TV network proves to be a short-lived venture, as Comcast’s Spectacor division decides to pull the plug. G4 TV could not seem to regain a foothold since its return, in a market that has seen a lot of changes since its inception in the early 2000’s.
Spectacor CEO Dave Scott sent all employees a memo sharing the
Source: Hot Hardware – Comcast Pulls The Plug On G4 TV Network For Gamers Less Than A Year After Relaunch
VESA today announced the publishing of the DisplayPort 2.1 specification. As a pleasant change, VESA has been working behind the scenes to see that all DisplayPort 2.0 certified products are actually forward-compatible with this more strict DisplayPort 2.1 specification…
Source: Phoronix – DisplayPort 2.1 Spec Published – All DP 2.0 Devices Compatible
Not everyone was happy with GameStop’s transition into a toy store, but there was at least some crossover between toys and gaming. Until now. New inventory just came in for GameStop employees, and some of the stock they’re getting aren’t even toys.
Source: Kotaku – GameStop Employees Say They Have To Sell All Sorts Of Random Weird Junk Now
Carving pumpkins is a quintessential Halloween act—but anyone who’s ever attempted it knows that once a pumpkin is carved, its lifespan is quickly accelerated. Squirrels can get after them (though there are ways to prevent that), and if you jump the gun too soon, your jack-o-lantern can be rotten before the big day. …
Source: LifeHacker – Do These Three Things to Prolong Your Jack-o-Lantern’s Life
Release candidate one for Linux 6.1 has appearedLinux kernel boss Linus Torvalds has released the first release candidate for version 6.1 of the project and added an appeal for developers to make his life easier by adding code earlier in the development cycle.…
Source: LXer – Linus Torvalds to kernel devs: grow up and stop pulling all-nighters just before deadline
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5.10.149 and
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stable kernel updates have been released. These small updates contain only a
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Source: LWN.net – Two more stable kernel updates
Taylor Swift is as much a force on TikTok as she is in music. The singer’s brand and relevance has only expanded across her nearly two-decade long career, and what sets her apart from many other artists (though certainly not all) is her uber-devoted fanbase—Swifties. Over the last few years, Swifties have been…
Source: Gizmodo – What is ‘SwiftTok’? Inside Taylor Swift’s Rabid TikTok Fanbase
Apple is preparing to refresh its iPad Pro tablets in “a matter of days,” according to reports. New 11-inch and 12.9-inch tablets are said to be on the way, packing Apple’s potent M2 SoC, delivering a performance uplift of approximately 20% from the previous generation. However, the larger (and costlier) model may be particularly attractive
Source: Hot Hardware – Why The 12.9-Inch iPad Pro Refresh Will Be The One To Buy Over The 11-Inch Model
The eternal mystery of why so many major gaming companies work so hard to not sell us their classic games remains as inexplicable as magnetism. But as the N64’s GoldenEye 007 finally reaches the official Nintendo Switch Online service next year, thanks to a successful decompiling, somewhat less official avenues will…
Source: Kotaku – Classic Shooter Perfect Dark Is Unofficially Coming To PC 20 Years Later
With nine Marvel movies set to release before the next Avengers film, The Kang Dynasty, there’s not much anyone can say about it. Two of the things we do know about it however are that Kang, played by Jonathan Majors, will be in it, and Shang-Chi’s Destin Daniel Cretton will be directing. And now we know those two…
Source: Gizmodo – Avengers: The Kang Dynasty’s Star and Director Have Begun Discussions
Mark Zuckerberg, writing in a Facebook post: WhatsApp is far more private and secure than iMessage, with end-to-end encryption that works across both iPhones and Android, including group chats. With WhatsApp you can also set all new chats to disappear with the tap of a button. And last year we introduced end-to-end encrypted backups too. All of which iMessage still doesn’t have.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – Mark Zuckerberg Says WhatsApp ‘Far More Private and Secure’ than iMessage
With millions of Americans eager to apply for Biden’s sweeping student loan forgiveness before the end of the year, the U.S. Department of Education has launched a beta version of the form for federal student loan debt relief. Here’s what to know about the current state of the application process, and whether it makes…
Source: LifeHacker – How to Apply for Student Loan Forgiveness Right Now
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Source: Gizmodo – UN Countries Adopt ‘Aspirational’ Net-Zero Goal for Aviation
A crackdown by authorities in Zimbabwe to support the local currency and fight inflation has increased the use of US dollars in the economy, according to the country’s oldest brokerage. From a report: “Ironically the authorities’ clampdown on Zimbabwe dollar payments created such a squeeze that it has had the unintended consequence of driving dollarization at a faster pace,” Imara Asset Management Chief Executive Officer John Legat said in the Harare-based company’s latest quarterly investment notes to clients. Banks are now offering US dollar loans and listed companies carry out more transactions in the greenback, as they reel from a shortage of Zimbabwe dollars.
“Even government is increasingly using US dollars for their own payments,” he said. Authorities adopted a series of measures since May including raising the benchmark interest rate to 200%, introducing gold coins, imposing taxes on capital markets and halting payments to government contractors and suppliers to try reduce money supply. Those actions dried up excess liquidity and succeeded in bringing the official local currency rate in line with the parallel rate. The government of the southern African nation has struggled to successfully reintroduce its own currency into the economy after abandoning its unit for more than a decade because of hyperinflation in the late 2010s.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – Zimbabwe’s Currency Crackdown Spurs Wider Use of US Dollars
Enlarge / Kanye West during Paris Fashion Week on October 02, 2022 in Paris, France. (credit: Getty Images | Edward Berthelot )
Kanye West has struck a deal to buy the “free speech” social network Parler, about a week after antisemitic posts got West locked out of his Twitter and Instagram accounts.
“Parlement Technologies announced today that it has entered into an agreement in principle to sell Parler, the world’s pioneering uncancelable free speech platform, to Ye (formerly known as Kanye West),” the company said in a press release. “Ye has become the richest Black man in history through music and apparel and is taking a bold stance against his recent censorship from Big Tech, using his far-reaching talents to further lead the fight to create a truly non-cancelable environment.”
“The proposed acquisition will assure Parler a future role in creating an uncancelable ecosystem where all voices are welcome,” the press release also said.
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Source: Ars Technica – Kanye West to buy Parler, promises to protect “conservative opinions”
CISA has released RedEye, an interactive open-source analytics tool to visualize and report Red Team command and control activities. Learn more here.
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Source: Linux Today – CISA Releases RedEye Open-Source Analytics Tool
Although the situation isn’t as dire as it was earlier this year, the unprecedented baby formula shortage has yet to be resolved. And if you have managed to get your hands on some, you’re going to want to check the label: Abbott Labs recently issued a voluntary recall for several of its Similac brand formula products,…
Source: LifeHacker – Don’t Give These Recalled Similac and Pedialyte Products to Your Kids
Pong became one of the first commercially successful video games when it was released in 1972. It’s a simple game with just one control input. It’s so simple, in fact, that scientists at a company called Cortical Labs have grown a “mini-brain” in the lab that can play it. The cluster of neurons didn’t need to be told how to play Pong—it just
Source: Hot Hardware – Lab-Grown Brain Cells Are Playing Pong But Scientists Have More Than Gaming In Mind
Almost a decade to the day since it released the last Silent Hill game (as long as you don’t include P.T.), Konami is finally ready to reveal what’s next for the franchise. The company will divulge the “latest updates” for the series during a stream that starts at 5PM ET on October 19th.
The publisher announced the showcase in a tweet that includes a link to a placeholder Silent Hill website. Presumably, you’ll be able to watch the stream there.
In your restless dreams, do you see that town?
The latest updates for the SILENT HILL series, will be revealed during the #SILENTHILL Transmission on Wednesday, October 19th, at 2:00 PM. PDThttps://t.co/18sulbhIaR
— Konami (@Konami) October 16, 2022
It seems there’s at least one new game in the pipeline. Composer Akira Yamaoka and Masahiro Ito, the art director on the first three games, shared news of the upcoming stream, as Video Game Chronicle notes. Both have previously hinted that they’re working on a new Silent Hill title. Yamaoka also handled the score for Bloober Team’s The Medium — according to reports, that studio is working on a remake of Silent Hill 2 after teaming up with Konami last year.
Other Silent Hill projects said to be in the works include an episodic, narrative-driven series and a playable teaser in the vein of P.T. for a new mainline game. P.T. was an interactive teaser for Silent Hills, a planned full game from Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro. However, Konami canceled Silent Hills in 2015 and Kojima left the publisher in contentious fashion. The Silent Hill series has been dormant ever since, other than crossovers such as Pyramid Head showing up in Dead by Daylight.
Meanwhile, a third Silent Hill movie may be on the horizon. Christophe Gans, who directed and co-wrote the first film in 2006, said this year that he’d completed a script for another movie. Gans also hinted this month that Konami was working on several Silent Hill games. It seems likely that we’ll find out more about those very soon. Here’s hoping Konami brings back P.T. as well.
Source: Engadget – Konami will reveal what’s next for the Silent Hill series on October 19th
