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‘Microsoft has become like an arsonist selling firefighting services to their victims’ says US senator, referring it to the FTC for a cybersecurity flaw, though Microsoft says it has a plan

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US senator Ron Wyden has written a letter to the FTC requesting that the organisation investigate Microsoft for what he calls “gross cybersecurity negligence.” His complaint is primarily related to a form of encryption still supported by the company’s Windows operating system, which the senator’s office believes is vulnerable to ransomware attacks. In the letter…

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Satellite snaps Starlink passing underneath while taking candid shots of Chinese airbase: ‘a very rare instance, but not impossible!’

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As Maxar Intelligence’s WorldView Legion satellite sped over China, it snapped a picture of the Dingxin airbase below. In that photo, a surprise. No, not a giant middle finger etched into the sandy ground by the Chinese military—though you could see why that might happen—rather, a SpaceX Starlink satellite speeding through the frame. WorldView Legion…

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Sonic-Inspired Indie ‘Star Garden’ To Potentially Feature New Music From Kirby Air Ride & Mother 3 Composer

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A new stretch goal has been added. Game Garage, the developer of the upcoming Kirby Air Ride and Sonic Adventure-inspired title Star Garden, may have smashed its Kickstarter goal of $35,000, raising over $158,000 on the crowdfunding site. But it isn’t through trying to generate further support for the project, continuing to add a number…

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How to reach Verdania in Silksong

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Finding a way to Verdania in Hollow Knight: Silksong is kinda confusing. It’s definitely one of the most complex regions to reach, especially as I’m pretty sure it’s entirely optional. First off, actually visiting it requires you to unlock Act 3, which is a whole elaborate process in itself. You’ll also have to complete some…

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Some Silksong players are clinging stubbornly to its release version as the ‘first major patch’ kills a secret technique and makes bosses a smidge easier

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Have you played Silksong? No no no, I don’t mean that rank imitation that passes for Silksong today. I mean original Silksong, purestrain Silksong, pre-patch Silksong. Everyone knows Silksong’s patch one—the game’s “first major patch”—which hit yesterday, really just fouled it all up. It made things too easy. It turned our beloved Silksong into, well,…

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‘Even with a 9800X3D and a 5090 it runs like absolute buttcheeks’: 2K Games posts Nvidia’s Borderlands 4 optimised settings guide, but the community is already in open revolt

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In case you missed it, Borderlands 4 was released yesterday. Actually, I’m pretty sure you didn’t miss it, because your newsfeeds are now likely full of positive reviews for the game itself, but a seemingly equal amount of backlash towards its poor performance. The game currently sits at a “Mixed” rating on Steam, with the…

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AI, take the wheel: Gigabyte’s latest motherboards will ‘intelligently dynamically’ improve performance of Ryzen chips by up to 25% in games through a built-in AI model

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Gigabyte has just released three new motherboards with on-board AI to tune your Ryzen processor for top performance in games, even promising up to a 25% improvement. Thanks, bot. Back at Computex, Taiwan’s biggest tech show, we heard about the latest version of Gigabyte’s X3D Turbo Mode, a technology that would squeeze the ever-loving heck…

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