Borderlands 4 takes a shot at Embracer Group by naming a town filled with trash and an AI talking toilet after it

Borderlands 4 is finally here and the reaction is… well, mixed. Players mainly seem irked by a slew of performance issues on PC, though stuff like 2K’s overbearing terms of service haven’t helped either. But it’s easy to get too negative: the patches will flow, Gearbox will improve the performance, and we’ll be left with…

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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

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!’

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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How to reach Verdania in Silksong

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

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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