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Meta’s Big Reckoning Is Here
Meta is on trial in federal court in Oakland, California, facing a case brought by 29 state attorneys general who allege the company violated COPPA, the federal law protecting children’s online privacy, by collecting personal data from under-13s without parental consent. The AGs, led by California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey, also accuse Meta of…
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Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki has good news for anyone worried about PvP in The Duskbloods: he sucks at it too, and you don’t “have to be great at PvP in order to win”
Dark Souls and Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki has sought to reassure players nervous about the player-versus-player elements of FromSoftware’s upcoming multiplayer game, The Duskbloods, admitting that he himself is not particularly skilled at PvP. His comments aim to counter concerns from fans of the studio’s traditionally single-player-focused, story-driven titles, who worry that a shift…
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Hackers poison popular Rust crates to steal developers’ credentials
Hackers compromised several popular Rust software packages (“crates”) this week in a supply chain attack designed to steal developers’ credentials, turning routine software builds into a delivery mechanism for infostealer malware. The Rust Security Response Team disclosed the incident after being tipped off about a malicious package called proc-macro1, and found that attackers had also…
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Duskbloods Network Test on Switch 2 Is Already a Flop
FromSoftware’s first network test for its upcoming game The Duskbloods, running on Switch 2, was cut short after just under two hours due to server problems that prevented players from logging in at all. Players attempting to access the game from 6:00am EDT were repeatedly met with a login error message rather than being able…
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Oura faces lawsuit accusing it of misleading consumers about sleep-tracking accuracy
Smart ring maker Oura is facing a proposed class action lawsuit alleging it misled consumers about the accuracy of its sleep-tracking features. Filed on Thursday by Clarkson Law Firm in San Francisco, the complaint claims Oura rings cannot actually measure the physiological signals needed to assess sleep quality or stages, relying instead on AI-generated estimates…
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‘We let you down’: GitHub pledges to scale up before developers give up
GitHub’s chief technology officer, Vladimir Fedorov, has offered a fuller account of the outage that hit the platform on 17 August 2026, acknowledging that the company “let down” developers relying on it to ship software. The incident, which lasted almost eight hours, disrupted Actions, pull requests, issues, Copilot and various APIs after the platform failed…
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Live updates: Trump campaigns in South Carolina, Vance heads to Ohio
President Trump is set to hit the campaign trail on Friday in an attempt to give Republican Sen. Darline Graham (S.C.) one last boost before the special GOP primary runoff on Tuesday. Graham, a political newcomer who replaced her late brother Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), is going up against Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) for the…
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Sheffield United boss ‘digging in’ amid Blades off-the-field issues plus update on Barnsley FC linked player – Yorkshire Post
Sheffield United’s manager has said he is “digging in” as the club deals with off-the-field difficulties, signalling an intention to continue focusing on the team despite uncertainty away from matches. The situation matters because disruption behind the scenes can affect recruitment, planning and morale during a competitive season. The report also provides an update on…
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The Duskbloods Network Test Session Closed After Disastrous Server Issues
FromSoftware was forced to shut down the first network test session for its upcoming game The Duskbloods before players could even get started, after server issues left users stuck at the main menu unable to log in. The developer had acknowledged the problem while it was live but was unable to fix it in time,…