‘We don’t have the capacity to support more than 2 colors right now’ is the bizarre excuse X is using to explain why its dimmed theme was just thrown in the bin

While change is inevitable in the world of tech and the Internet, there’s usually a good reason behind the moves. However, when X explained why it reduced the number of themes users could choose, the reactions appear to suggest that not only is it not a good idea, but one that doesn’t make any sense…

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‘This is probably what Task Manager would look like (and sound like) if I were still around,’ says ex-Microsoft dev Dave Plummer about his synthwave-pounding AI dashboard

Dave Plummer, the man known for his work with Task Manager and Windows Pinball, has recently taken to Twitter to share what a modern version of his Task Manager would look like, and it’s… interesting. Well, more accurately, he shared the dashboard for his Tempest AI, saying, “This is probably what Task Manager would look…

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TeamSpeak claims an ‘incredible surge of new users’ has maxed out its hosting capacity in multiple regions as many would-be voice chatters seek a Discord alternative

On the one hand, I don’t want kids to see everything I did in the early oughts thanks to unfettered internet access. On the other, I really do not want to give Discord my personal data just to prove I’m old enough to be talking to my favourite weirdos. There’s gotta be a better way—and…

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MMO Ashes of Creation spirals into a legal dumpster fire, as investor claims creative director Steven Sharif siphoned millions away from the company while it was drowning in debt

Ashes of Creation, a kickstarter MMO that recently imploded after it was cancelled and its dev team was laid off, has been revealed to be a hotbed of corporate drama and potential embezzling. First, some context: Back in 2017, Ashes of Creation became one of the most successful Kickstarter projects ever, accruing $3.2 million on…

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After Microsoft couldn’t keep its AI hands to itself, a notoriously complex Linux distro has started its long march away from GitHub

Gentoo Linux has kicked off its long transition away from Microsoft’s GitHub to Codeberg, an open-source git-hosting service run by the Berlin-based non-profit Codeberg e.V (via Phoronix). Which is quite an intimidating series of nouns, but here’s why the average Joe/Jane might find it interesting: Gentoo is specifically migrating away from GitHub because Microsoft just…

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Stardew Valley fan left their Switch running for ‘over 3 weeks straight’ to sleep for 1,000 years, waking up to immortal villagers, giant mushrooms and debris everywhere

It was only a matter of time until the cabin fever started setting in, I suppose, what with all the waiting for Stardew Valley‘s big 1.7 update and Haunted Chocolatier. It’s a similar phenomenon to GTA 6, where the eternal waiting inevitably leads fans to become untethered and start doing wacky things just for the…

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Styx: Blades of Greed review

Need to know What is it? Goblin stealth goes semi-open world and hugely vertical.Release date February 19, 2026Expect to pay $40Developer Cyanide StudioPublisher NaconReviewed on RTX 3060 (laptop), Ryzen 5 5600H, 16GB RAMSteam Deck TBCLink Steam I have a fractious relationship with the Styx series: I love its highly vertical and often punishing approach to…

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