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Ubisoft pulled The Crew offline, and now it's facing a lawsuit
French consumer group UFC-Que Choisir recently announced a new lawsuit against Ubisoft after the French publisher pulled The Crew’s servers offline. This “unilateral decision” stripped consumers who purchased the game of their rights, the group said, as Ubisoft never mentioned the fact that the racing game had an expiration date.
NASA launches Artemis II, its first crewed mission toward the Moon in decades
Four astronauts – Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen – rode a 322-foot Space Launch System off Launch Complex 39B at 6:35 pm Eastern on Wednesday, beginning a roughly nine-day loop around the Moon.
USPTO rejects Nintendo's "summon and fight" Pokémon patent as Palworld battle continues
Nintendo can respond to the decision within two months, amend the claims, and appeal. But the fact that the examiner rejected all 26 claims is hardly a great look for a patent that IP lawyers were hammering long before this latest ruling arrived.
SpaceX quietly files for massive IPO that could value the company at over $1.75 trillion
The people, who asked not to be identified because the details are private, said SpaceX could seek a valuation above $1.75 trillion, eclipsing Saudi Aramco’s 2019 IPO as the biggest to date.
Memory spiked first, CPUs followed, now PCBs could be the next victim of the AI boom
TrendForce reports that DRAM and NAND costs will continue increasing in the second quarter of 2026 as demand from AI data centers remains strong. Meanwhile, sources from the tech industry supply chain have informed Nikkei Asia that shortages of basic materials will raise the prices of printed circuit boards and…
Hoax post claiming the world's oldest tortoise had died was a crypto scam
Several large media outlets, including the BBC, USA Today, and the Daily Mail, reported yesterday about an X post that purportedly belonged to Joe Hollins, a vet who has previously cared for Jonathan.
NYC hospital chief says AI could replace many radiologists if regulations change
“We could replace a great deal of radiologists with AI at this moment, if we are ready to do the regulatory challenge,” Katz told participants.
Quantum computers might crack today's encryption far sooner than we thought
According to a study by engineers at Caltech and the UC Department of Physics, quantum computers do not need to be nearly as powerful as previously believed to crack the most advanced cryptographic technologies. The research claims that Shor’s algorithm could break RSA public-key encryption using quantum computers with just…
March Steam survey: Intel Arc finally breaks into the charts as AMD and Linux reach record shares
February was one of those weird months where the Steam survey saw massive changes from the status quo: the RTX 5070 became the top GPU, AMD lost CPU share, Windows 11 was down 10%, and Chinese became the most common language among participants.
Apple turns 50 with a legacy of reinventing the personal computer
Across those five decades, Apple has repeatedly redefined what a personal computer looks like, from beige boxes and Bondi Blue CRTs to fanless ultraportables and super powerful handhelds.
Sony's upcoming handheld could outperform Xbox Series S with next-gen upscaling
Prominent leaker KeplerL2 recently claimed that Sony’s rumored handheld will feature a faster graphics chip than the Xbox Series S. The device, codenamed Canis, is expected to complement the PlayStation 6, which is not expected to arrive before late 2027.
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