Coder faces 10 years’ jailtime for creating a ‘kill switch’ that screwed-up his employers’ systems when he was laid off

A 55 year-old man from Texas has been convicted by a jury of “causing intentional damage to protected computers” owned by his former employer, Eaton Corp, after creating malicious code that sabotaged elements of the company’s network alongside a “kill switch” designed to shut down everything if he were laid off. The US Department of…

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New modder tool makes it easier than ever to swap AMD’s FSR 4 scaling for Nvidia’s DLSS or Intel’s XeSS and vice versa

Upscaling technologies like Nvidia’s DLSS and AMD’s FSR have rapidly become almost essential for playing modern games at decent frame rates with the eye candy turned on. Problem is, support for the various upscalers varies from game to game. But now there’s a new tool that makes it easier than every to inject your upscaler…

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It’s another day of Disco Elysium-related announcements trying to kneecap each other: Studio ZA/UM has put out a teaser for its first new game since 2019, and it’s not Disco Elysium 2

At literally the exact same time that Disco Elysium-like RPG Hopetown⁠—which has its own issues, believe me⁠—released a new trailer, embattled Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM came in with the steel chair: A first teaser for its own follow-up game, codenamed project C4. The teaser itself is pretty thin, but undeniably stylish and intriguing: It’s all…

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If you’ve ever wanted to trap your D&D character in dice like a fly in amber, 3,700+ people are paying Hero Forge close to $400,000 in Kickstarter funds for the pleasure

I’m about to poke a bit of fun at Hero Forge here, so in the interest of fairness I’d like to say that I’ve been downright impressed by the amount of customisation it’s offered recent years. In case you’re unfamiliar, Hero Forge is a custom mini site where you get to design your own figure…

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