Software

Feds get 3 days to patch N-able God mode flaw under active exploit

• CISA gives US agencies three days to patch exploited N-able flaw
• Bug grants attackers full admin access to N-central consoles
• 28.6% of exposed self-hosted servers still unpatched as of 3 August

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added an actively exploited N-able vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, giving federal agencies just three days to patch it. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-18577, affects N-central, a platform widely used by managed service providers (MSPs) to administer…

Texas says data centers must pass an audit before connecting to the grid

• Texas now requires data centres to pass an audit before grid connection
• Move aims to protect grid stability amid surging AI-driven power demand
• Texas is the US's second-largest data centre market, after Virginia

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered state regulators to audit and verify new data centre proposals before they can connect to the power grid, in a move that could slow approvals for AI-driven facilities in the country's second-largest data centre market. The directive, issued to the Public Utility…

Prime Video’s upcoming action thriller with a Justice League star gets a disappointing update

• The Pirate, Jason Momoa's pirate-ship action thriller, is being rewritten
• Producer Kelly McCormick says it's "brewing" but delayed by Momoa's busy schedule
• No release timeline yet; Momoa has nine other projects lined up

Prime Video's action thriller The Pirate, planned as a star vehicle for Aquaman actor Jason Momoa, is being rewritten and remains without a firm production timeline. Producer Kelly McCormick, speaking to Polygon about the unrelated Violent Night 2, confirmed the project is "brewing" but stalled largely because Momoa's…

Sick of rage quitters? This indie dev has created a very funny answer to those inclined to tilt (and turn)

• Indie dev adds a funny window-jump animation for rage quitters
• Generic Fighter Maybe developer wanted a lighter alternative to punishments
• Contrasts with gorier examples like Mortal Kombat's exploding heads

An indie developer working on the fighting game Generic Fighter Maybe has come up with a comedic alternative to standard disconnect screens for players who rage quit mid-match. Rage quitting, where a losing player abruptly abandons an online match, is a persistent frustration in competitive gaming, and most…

Trump admin “aware” of deaths in explosive diarrhea outbreak, delays reporting

Federal officials will update the outbreak sometime "this week," a spokesperson said.

NVMe polishes its specs, brings virtualization to locally attached SSDs

Exposing virtualization built into the SSD will make VM migration simpler, consortium says

Hot Wheels: Infinite Rush Highlights Its Open World Islands in New PS5 Gameplay Trailer

Toy town. Developer Milestone is unveiling new gameplay and details for Hot Wheels: Infinite Rush in the run-up to the game's launch, just over a month from now on 10th September. Building on the Hot Wheels Unleashed series, Infinite Rush's big point of difference is its open world…

2027 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport X proves code is as important as hardware

• Chevrolet's Grand Sport X replaces the E-Ray hybrid Corvette for 2027
• New LS6 V8 adds power; suspension hardware is unchanged
• Software recalibration, not new parts, makes it feel sportier

Chevrolet has replaced the hybrid Corvette E-Ray with a new Grand Sport X for the 2027 model year, using largely the same hardware but a substantially revised approach to how that hardware is calibrated. Rather than positioning the car as a comfort-focused grand tourer, as the E-Ray was,…

As Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Looms, Falcom Boss Explains One of the Craziest Cliffhangers in Gaming

• Falcom's iconic Trails in the Sky cliffhanger was born from production necessity, not design.
• Founder Kato told the team to release half the story early rather than delay further.
• CEO Kondo says anxiety over sales shaped the deliberately gripping ending.

Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo has revealed that the famously abrupt cliffhanger ending of Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, in which protagonist Joshua abandons Estelle after a shocking revelation about his past, came about largely by accident rather than deliberate design. The disclosure, made ahead of the release…

Pokemon Pokopia Will Finally Add This Much-Needed Storage Feature

Pokemon Pokopia's new underwater expansion arrives on August 5, and the big update will allow the ability to dive and craft new items. This will also finally add one of the most-requested features in Pokopia with the introduction of a shared storage item.  A few teasers for Pokopia's…