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The video game industry just told lawmakers Minecraft and Call of Duty private servers are illegal piracy
Posted on Wednesday July 01, 2026
California's Protect Our Games Act, which would have required publishers to provide remedies when ending support for paid online games, stalled in the state Senate after falling just three votes short of a majority. The bill's leading supporter, Stop Killing Games, quickly seized on an opposing lobbyist's claim that private...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
This retro enthusiast forced Windows 11 to run on a Core 2 Quad Q6600 and AGP graphics
Posted on Tuesday June 30, 2026
Can Windows 11 run on a 2003 motherboard, an AGP GPU (for those not old enough, that's the slot that predates PCI Express) with no official drivers, and a slightly newer CPU rocking four 65nm cores? A retro-hardware enthusiast named Omores recently proved that it can, even as Microsoft would...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Cargo thieves are now stealing millions in data center hardware, not just GPUs and consoles
Posted on Tuesday June 30, 2026
Law enforcement officials in Illinois recently recovered two trailers carrying an estimated $1.3 million worth of data center equipment at a truck yard in the Chicago metro area. Investigators with the Cook County Sheriff's Office opened their investigation after being tipped off on June 18 about a trailer holding roughly...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
License plate cameras are scanning 20 billion vehicles a month, cities are starting to push back
Posted on Tuesday June 30, 2026
Flock Safety is squarely at the center of that debate. The Atlanta-based company has rapidly expanded by selling automated license plate readers to police departments, neighborhood groups, and private organizations. Its cameras, often mounted inconspicuously on poles, capture images of passing vehicles and convert them into searchable data points. The...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Samsung's blazing-fast 9100 Pro 1TB SSD "drops" to $206
Posted on Tuesday June 30, 2026
With unusually high SSD prices, Samsung's flagship PCIe 5.0 9100 Pro 1TB stands out at $206 on Amazon – its lowest price in months. Delivering up to 14.7 GB/s read speeds, it's a rare chance to grab a cutting-edge Gen5 SSD at a meaningful discount.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Call of Duty's latest ad loudly reminds everyone it's not coming to Game Pass
Posted on Tuesday June 30, 2026
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 arrives on October 23 (October 16 for players who pre-ordered), and for the first time in two years, it won't be coming straight to Game Pass.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
WhatsApp finally gets usernames, letting users hide their phone numbers
Posted on Tuesday June 30, 2026
WhatsApp is rolling out unique usernames, letting users connect without sharing their phone number. To claim yours, update to the latestversion of WhatsApp, go to Settings > Account > Username, and pick an available handle. The feature is rolling out gradually, with broader availability expected later this year.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Microsoft's own Azure CTO is still annoyed by Windows' "file in use" error
Posted on Tuesday June 30, 2026
In a recent video published on the "Microsoft Developer" YouTube channel, Russinovich offered a concise explanation of what the "file is in use" error message means when Windows refuses to comply with a request. The creator of Sysmon, Process Explorer, and other popular Windows utilities discussed file handles and why...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
The Comcast-NBCUniversal split is about betting on data centers over cable, and gaming over TV
Posted on Tuesday June 30, 2026
Inside Comcast, executives are reassessing what to do with the cable and connectivity business. The company is looking at ways to use its network more directly in the boom in data centers and AI workloads. That would tilt Comcast's future more toward high-capacity data delivery and away from legacy pay-TV.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Fox apologizes after Mr. Wonderful accuses data center opponents of China ties
Posted on Tuesday June 30, 2026
The Stratos project is a new hyperscale AI data center set to be built across roughly 41,200 acres in an unincorporated area of western Box Elder County, Utah. The lead developer is O'Leary Digital, owned by the billionaire.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »