Guy accidentally takes command of 7,000 robots in the homes of 7,000 strangers while trying to control his vacuum with a gamepad

Software engineer Sammy Azdoufal had a humble goal: He wanted to control his robot vacuum with a PS5 gamepad, because controlling things with a gamepad is cool. Shortly after pursuing that dream, however, Azdoufal found he had gained control of over 7,000 robots that were happy to provide him camera feeds and floor plans of…

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Discord delays its global age verification rollout and cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification vendor after upsetting almost everyone on Earth: ‘We’ve made mistakes’

After drawing widespread criticism with the announcement of a new global age assurance policy earlier this month, Discord is now delaying the rollout of its age verification changes until the second half of 2026. In a blog post acknowledging that the company had “missed the mark,” Discord co-creator and CEO Stanislav Vishnevskiy said it’s revising…

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Boy, this is awkward: Sony drops the first Horizon Hunters Gathering playtest directly on top of the Marathon server slam this weekend

The long-rumored co-op action game Horizon Hunters Gathering was finally made official earlier this month, along with a promise of a “small-scale closed playtest” set for the end of February. Today Sony announced that the test will run from February 27 to March 1, and if those dates feel oddly familiar to you, it might…

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GOG declares ‘The future of preservation is decided by players who give a sh*t’ after New Blood CEO expresses concern for the storefront’s lifespan

The newly-independent classic game slingers at GOG would like you to know something: the whole business of keeping old games going only works if you give a damn about it, so please do so. GOG was responding to comments made by New Blood CEO Dave Oshry, who told RPG Site that GOG’s up against the…

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