Linux kernel maintainer says AI has suddenly become useful for devs: ‘We can’t ignore this stuff. It’s coming up, and it’s getting better’

AI must have been doing push-ups in the dead of night lately, because a lead Linux kernel maintainer says it’s pretty recently started to come in very useful. Not necessarily for coding—although I’m sure that landscape is constantly evolving, too—but rather for generating security reports. Speaking to The Register, Linux Kernel dev Greg Kroah-Hartman explained…

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‘The industry’s in a really horrible place,’ Brenda Romero says: ‘We were there in the ’80s for the crash, and this is definitely crashier’

Things are not great in the videogame industry right now. It seems like no matter what you do—make a hit, make a flop, don’t make anything at all—there’s a good likelihood that you’re going to end up out of work. For people who’ve been around long enough, it brings back memories of the game industry…

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Asus ROG Kithara review

No, the ROG Kithara is not the gaming headset to solve the cost of living crisis. It is a joy to listen to your games and music with, though, and a genuine curiosity in a crowded market. You don’t need one, and neither do I, but let’s sit awhile anyway and enjoy what ROG and…

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There’s nothing ‘euro’ about ‘eurojank,’ says Stalker dev—after all, what are some of the 2000s’ best RPGs if not beautiful all-American jankfests?

A lot of my favourite games ever made fall under the expansive rubric of “eurojank.” Stalker, the first Witcher, Mount & Blade—the list goes on. But maybe it’s a little unfair to confine the jank phenomenon exclusively to Europe. After all, what is 2004 RPG Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, which is still getting fan…

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