‘No platform gets a free pass’: UK government’s Online Safety Act rules extending to chatbots after Grok fallout

At the end of last month, the EU announced an investigation into Grok and X over whether it made citizens ‘collateral damage’ for its services. Now, weeks later, the UK government has announced a crackdown on AI chatbots, age restrictions, and infinite scroll content, which “will close loopholes that put children at risk, and lays…

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Old school hard drives are getting more reliable according to a new survey but good luck buying one later this year thanks to AI demand

Backblaze has published its latest HDD reliability report for 2025 (via Businesswire) and the good news is that old school hard drives are getting more reliable. The bad news? HDD maker WD has announced that it’s basically sold out for 2026, thanks to, oh yes, AI. Backblaze’s report analyses fully 344,196 hard drives across 30…

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YouTuber hosts battle royale between 4 wizards from 4 different TTRPG systems—and boy does it end almost immediately, despite the DM’s best efforts

Ever sat down with your TTRPG group and gone “alright, so what do we want to play for our next campaign?” What if the answer was “four systems at once?” Well, you’d have an excruciatingly bad time. Here’s where I’d usually say “unless you’re doing a wizard battle”, but a royale put together by YouTuber…

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Konami got the main thing right with Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2, but it could and should have offered so much more

Thursday’s PlayStation State of Play brought the announcement of Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2, and the headline news is undoubtedly the inclusion of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. There’s also the brilliant PSP game Peace Walker, a mainline entry in all but name, and then a surprising bonus: the excellent…

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