FF14’s Yoshi-P reveals why he’s finally lifting glamour restrictions—he’s got his own preferences, but it’s ‘no longer the time to force them on players’

Final Fantasy 14‘s making a huge, revolutionary update this month with the release of patch 7.4—it’s removing all glamour restrictions. If that doesn’t sound revolutionary to you, you must not understand that the true endgame of every MMO is fashion. In all seriousness, it’s actually a pretty huge move. Previously, FF14’s glamour system, which allows…

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The source code for Asus’ phone cameras has been hacked, but it’s apparently ‘not impacted Asus products, internal company systems, or user privacy’

Asus was recently a claimed target of a ransomware group called Everest, which said it had managed to get hold of the hardware manufacturer’s phones’ “camera source code.” Asus, however, is saying the group has hacked one of its suppliers, not Asus itself. The company says: “An Asus supplier was hacked. This affected some of…

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Lexar NQ780 4 TB NVMe SSD review

SSD prices are not very stable right now. While not hit anywhere near as bad as memory, we’re seeing price increases on many SSDs on a pretty regular basis. So if the prices here don’t match up when you read this, that’s likely why. We recommend using a price checker tool, such as CamelCamelCamel, to…

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The 2025 Microsoft Excel World Championship went way, way harder than it needed to with its wrestling-style intros and I’m so here for it

I’ve found something you need to see. We’ve covered the Excel World Championship before, highlighting its excellent theme song, which starts off with the immortal line: “It’s the Excel World Championship—who’s going to win?” @msexcelesports ♬ original sound – Excel Esports But this year, the organisers have upped the ante. While the championship has experimented…

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‘This is a race towards who can get more and more of the world’s 7.5 billion people to become subscribers’: IBM’s CEO says the AI industry isn’t a bubble

It might just be the industry I’m in and the chatter I’m most surrounded by, but there does seem to be a lot of anti-AI sentiment of late. In particular, there are very reasonable concerns that the AI industry might be a bubble that’s getting ready to pop. One person who isn’t quite so pessimistic,…

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