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Utah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs
By Luke James Published
Utah's Online Age Verification Amendments, formally Senate Bill 73, take effect on May 6.

Microsoft now recommends 32GB of RAM as the future-proof 'no worries' config for gaming
By Hassam Nasir Published
32 GB is no longer being considered as overkill.

45 years later, earliest DOS source code transcribed from a stack of old printouts found in a garage
By Mark Tyson Published
Microsoft continues to make some of the earliest chapters of its operating system history open-source and freely available. Here's 86-DOS 1.00, released on its 45th anniversary, for example.

PS5 Linux loader goes public, turning ‘Phat’ consoles into full Linux PCs
By Luke James Published
Only PS5 Phat consoles on older firmware 3.00, 3.10, 3.20, 3.21, 4.00, 4.02, 4.03, 4.50, or 4.51 are supported.
Ubuntu's AI roadmap revealed, universal AI 'kill switch' and forced AI integration are not part of the plan
By Etiido Uko Published
AI is coming to Ubuntu

Decades-old pre-Stuxnet cyber sabotage tool breaks cover, NSA listed it as 'nothing to see here'
By Mark Tyson Published
Security researchers have uncovered a cyber-sabotage platform that targeted software used for major civil engineering projects and predates Stuxnet by at least half a decade.

Developer creates a basic first person shooter game using Gaussian splats, and you can play it for free in your browser
By Zak Killian Published
It's not much of a game, but it's an impressive proof of concept for the novel technology.

Linux kernel's ‘second-in-command’ uses local AI bot to hunt bugs, powered by 'clanker' system with AMD's Ryzen AI Max+
By Luke James Published
Greg Kroah-Hartman posted a photo to Mastodon this weekend showing the hardware behind his AI-assisted bug-finding tool.
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