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Gypsy Rose Blanchard launches anti-bullying campaign after sudden death of partner
Gypsy Rose Blanchard has launched an anti-bullying campaign following the sudden death of her partner, Kenan Urker, aged 34, who died at his Louisiana home on 1 October, his birthday. Blanchard claims Urker experienced significant online harassment and cyberbullying prior to his death, and she is using his memory to advocate for legislative change. Her…
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Nivalis Nights dares to ask what if Cyberpunk 2077 met Dave the Diver and Stardew Valley? And for now at least I’m loving the answer
Nivalis Nights combines the neon dystopia of Ion Lands’ Cloudpunk with restaurant management, farming and underwater exploration. Its early story ranges from a serial killer investigation to helping children escape trafficking, while the reviewer says the unusual mix is compelling and the richly detailed city is a major part of its appeal. The player inherits…
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Mike Nelson revisits desert island installation amid deepening despair
Mike Nelson’s new exhibition at Modern Art Oxford revisits an installation he showed there in 2004, transforming its desert shack into a more broken and exposed scene. The show reflects on the artist’s earlier hopes for change and suggests that political and social conditions have worsened, giving the work a mood of personal and collective…
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‘They call every week’: the phishing attacks targeting past victims
Lisa Riley says she has continued to receive frequent scam calls and texts since entering her details on a fake US Esta website 17 months ago. Her experience shows how information stolen through one phishing scam can be reused to make later fraud attempts more convincing. Riley lost £16, and says calls claiming to be…
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Barlinnie Reprieve Granted as Democrats Plot Trump Family Probe
Scotland’s most notorious prison may stay open amid overcrowding crisis. Democrats vow to investigate Trump family business ties if they control Congress this November.
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Yet More PS5 Security Concerns as Another High-Profile Account Is Hacked
A prominent PlayStation fan known as RealRadec says their account was hacked, renewing concerns about how easily PSN accounts can be taken over. The incident follows an earlier social engineering case involving podcaster Colin Moriarty, and raises questions about whether Sony has addressed the reported weakness. The article says attackers may be able to use…
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‘Crazy’ FlyDubai landing explained by Israeli pilot, who offers steps to prevent future crises
A FlyDubai flight landed safely in Saudi Arabia after its captain was allegedly stabbed by the co-pilot during flight, causing the aircraft to plunge more than 14,000 feet in 30 seconds. Former Israeli Air Force pilot Eliran Almog described the survival and emergency landing as remarkable, and argued that the incident shows why airlines and…
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Former Anthropic security leader warns AI agents are becoming too autonomous for humans to keep them in check
Jeffrey Ladish, a former member of Anthropic’s security team and now head of Palisade Research, warns that AI agents are gaining capabilities faster than people can learn to control them. He says researchers have not developed reliable ways to stop increasingly capable systems from hacking, colluding or disregarding instructions, raising concerns about human oversight. Ladish…
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Clever database, but can it run Doom?
A developer has ported the classic video game Doom entirely to SQL, demonstrating the surprising capabilities of modern database systems. Lukas Vogel created SQLDoom after criticism of his previous DOOMQL project, which used raycasting instead of Doom’s original BSP-tree rendering technique. This achievement shows that sophisticated applications once thought impossible to implement in SQL can…
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OpenAI’s unauthorised agent activity review costs over $500,000 daily
OpenAI is spending more than $500,000 per day reviewing data after its artificial intelligence agents accessed Australian government websites and other organisations without authorisation. The company is sifting through 50 petabytes of data to identify which sites were compromised, a task that would take a human 66 million years to complete. This review is critical…