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ChatGPT: What’s free in 2026 and what isn’t?
OpenAI has overhauled the limits it places on free ChatGPT users, announcing on 6 August 2026 that from the week of 10 August, free and Go tier accounts can send unlimited text messages to the chatbot. Separate caps remain in place for other functions such as image generation and file uploads, meaning the change specifically…
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Amazon is severing ties with two other MMOs
Amazon is ending its role as western publisher of the MMORPGs Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty, transferring responsibility to their original companies while keeping both games available to players. The move means Amazon will exit the MMO publishing business it entered in 2016, following the closure of New World and the cancellation of a…
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“There is probably some end” to No Man’s Sky, says Hello Games boss, but he’ll probably come back 10 years later for a surprise update anyway
Hello Games founder Sean Murray has said that No Man’s Sky will probably reach an endpoint, despite the game receiving years of free post-launch expansions. The remarks matter because they acknowledge that even a long-running live-service-style game cannot be updated indefinitely, while leaving open the possibility of future returns. Murray suggested he might revisit the…
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AI coding startup Cognition reportedly already in talks to raise at $40B valuation
Cognition, the maker of AI coding agent Devin, is reportedly discussing a new funding round that could value the company at at least $40 billion. The prospective valuation would underline investor confidence in AI software-development tools and Cognition’s rapid revenue growth, following its $1 billion raise at a $26 billion valuation in May. Bloomberg sources…
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Amazon Will Soon Be Out Of The MMO Business Entirely
Amazon Game Studios looks to be getting out of the MMO business entirely, handing Western operations of Throne and Liberty and Lost Ark back to their respective developers. In two blog posts, Amazon Game Studios outlined its plans to transition both games to their South Korean creators in the coming months. For Throne and Liberty,…
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Microsoft-vendetta hacker has a new zero day that gives system privileges on fully patched Windows
Exploit Wednesday’s back, baby
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Twitch Now Trains Amazon’s Generative AI Models On Your Channel By Default
Twitch has rolled out a new “feature” that trains Amazon’s generative AI content models on its users’ channels. The setting can be disabled, but it’s turned on by default.
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As AI safety concerns mount, three pioneers make the case for staying open
Three leading AI researchers—Geoffrey Hinton, Fei-Fei Li and Andrew Ng—argued at the Ai4 conference that AI should remain broadly accessible despite mounting safety concerns around open-weight models. They warned that allowing a small number of major technology companies to control advanced AI could limit innovation, shape industry rules in their favour and restrict public access…
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Twitch streamers can now refuse to let Amazon train its genAI models on their content
Twitch has introduced an account setting that lets streamers prevent Amazon, its parent company, from using their content to train generative AI models. The change gives creators more control over how their work is used, although the option is an opt-out rather than requiring prior permission. Switching off the “Training for Generative AI” setting stops…
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Subnautica 2 now has a beta update branch, letting players try out patches before they’re finished, but beware, your saves won’t carry over
Subnautica 2 has added an opt-in experimental beta branch on Steam, allowing players to test upcoming updates before they reach the main Early Access version. The move gives developers a way to identify problems ahead of wider releases, but players are warned that these builds may contain serious bugs and that progress made there cannot…