Here’s how long it would take 12 RTX 5090 GPUs to crack your password… and a reminder that just adding more characters still works

Cybersecurity company, Hive Systems, has just put out its 2025 Password Table as a continuation of its yearly analysis of how difficult passwords are to crack. The results are in, and while it’s not exactly pretty, the good news is that unless you’re against computing might of a multibillion global AI company, you’re probably safe…

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Helldivers 2 is finally adding a sword, and while I’m not soiling my breeches over it as Arrowhead’s CEO decreed, it does look very cool

Helldivers 2 players were very excited today over a Warbond that, per Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani, would allegedly make players “shit their pants”. That’s via an offhanded joke by way of Discord message that has spawned an entire swarm of memes. I’m about to link one of them, and then I’ll let you browse the…

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Diablo 4 players aren’t happy with the latest $150 Berserk collaboration, accusing it of being boring and overpriced

Diablo 4’s recent collab brings Kentaro Miura’s Berserk to the bloodied chaos of Estuar. While I’d love to say that anything Berserk is worth it, I think this crossover pushes the boundaries just a little too much, because altogether, it’s way too expensive. Redditor HilltopHood broke down all the prices for the Berserk sets: “Obtaining…

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Sennheiser and the company that now makes its audiophile headphones have just been fined €6 million over price fixing

The business relationship between audio brand Sennheiser and audio care conglomerate Sonova is a little confusing, but basically what you need to know is that Sonova finalised their purchase of Sennheiser’s consumer division for €200 million back in March 2022. Sennheiser still makes their own studio kit for professionals, but amateur audiophiles are served by…

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Peak Sekiro-like Nine Sols gets a 40% price cut ahead of its 1-year anniversary, and if you’ve ever liked parrying in a videogame, you need to play this thing

Nine Sols is a game I very nearly missed last year—it arrived in May 2024, but I didn’t play it until December of the same year. I spent the next 28 hours methodically kicking myself, because it’s one of my favourite Sekiro-likes of all time, and I’d recommend it to just about anybody. Especially now…

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