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Rockstar faces legal setback as UK tribunal allows its fired workers to bring every one of their union busting allegations to trial
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (349+ words) The trial date for Rockstar's firings dispute is now set for September. Rockstar has suffered a legal defeat as the ongoing dispute surrounding its October 2025 firing of 31 union members proceeds toward final trial. In a preliminary hearing, a UK employment…...
Kaspersky warns that wallpapers downloaded thousands of times via Steam are infected with malware
7+ hour, 38+ min ago (256+ words) Jess has been writing about games for over ten years, spending a significant chunk of that time working on print publications PLAY and Official Play Station Magazine. When she's not investigating all things hardware here, she's either constructing a passionate…...
Palworld 1. 0 won't wipe your data, 'but you should' says Pocketpair's publishing boss
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (300+ words) "We believe that starting a new character will give you the best experience of Palworld". As announced at this year's Summer Games Fest, Palworld 1. 0 arrives in less than a month. The launch version looks like it'll introduce a lot of…...
Open AI says it busted a shadowy Chinese operation that used Chat GPT to whip up data centre hate (and that achieved basically nothing)
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (534+ words) Hey, it's a living. Chat GPT developer Open AI has published a new security report alleging that, in essence, its own tools are being deployed against it. The company's June 2026 threat report is titled "PRC-linked influence operations are targeting AI…...
Return to the golden age of computing and take down evil corporations in Hack '95, which has a demo you can play now
1+ week, 3+ day ago (199+ words) Uncover a government conspiracy in this '90s pastiche. You can check out all the games from The PC Gaming Show on the show's Steam page, where you can wishlist your most-anticipated games and get more information on everything shown! All the…...
868-Back makes hacking as cool as '90s Hollywood thought it was
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (524+ words) I just had to hack my own brain to get Back. Talking about 868-Back, the latest puzzler roguelike from Michael Brough, makes me feel like a parody of what Hollywood used to think hackers are. It's a game defined by…...
This AI-coded malware apparently leaked its own Git Hub private token
2+ week, 6+ day ago (388+ words) We're continually warned about the prospect of AI-generated malware these days, but there is one important factor working in our favour: sometimes, it's kinda rubbish. Ox Security researchers have discovered an info-stealing malicious npm package called mouse5212-super-formatter, designed to target…...
Microsoft says public sharing of Windows 11 vulnerability violates 'best practices"
3+ week, 6+ day ago (326+ words) The king in yellow. A security researcher going by the Git Hub handle Nightmare-Eclipse disclosed a potentially nasty Bit Locker bypass in Windows 11 earlier this month. Dubbed Yellow Key, the exploit allows an attacker to read the contents of a…...
Open-source developer destination Git Hub has been compromised by a cyberattack
4+ week, 5+ hour ago (305+ words) A full incident report is on the way. Git Hub, arguably the place for developers to store and share code, has been the target of a cyberattack. The Microsoft-owned platform reported on Tuesday that its internal repositories experienced unauthorised access,…...
Major Interpol bust arrests 200 suspects for phishing, malware, and online fraud
4+ week, 1+ day ago (420+ words) Knock knock, it's the cyber police. International police organisation Interpol has announced the arrest of 201 individuals as part of "Operation Ramz", a multinational effort to target the internet ruffians behind phishing operations, malware threats, and "cyber scams" in the Middle…...