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  • Microsoft is reportedly open-sourcing its in-database durable execution technology via pg_durable, signaling a potential shift in how developers handle data consistency in cloud-native applications.
  • The tech industry is grappling with the escalating costs associated with AI development and deployment, prompting significant scrambles to manage these runaway expenses, as highlighted by the 'token bill' coming due.
  • Google is set to pay SpaceX an astonishing $920 million per month for compute resources, underscoring the immense demand for advanced infrastructure to power AI and other data-intensive operations.
  • A new wave of startups is emerging with a focus on encouraging users to disconnect from their devices, indicating a growing societal awareness and demand for digital well-being solutions.
  • Cybersecurity threats are evolving, with Google and the FBI issuing warnings about ransomware groups employing deceptive tactics, such as impersonating IT workers, to gain physical access and perpetrate hacks.

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  • More than a decade later, the team behind N++ is back with a multiplayer sequel 12 hours ago by Andrew Webster
    Entertainment, Gaming, Interview, Report

    Back in 2015, the two-person studio Metanet released N++ , a brutally hard 2D platformer that was a decade in the making, building off of previous releases dating back to the freeware Flash title N . At the time, cofounder Raigan Burns issued some famous last words : "We hope it's not another 10 years before we come up with a game." But now here we are, more than a decade later, and N is getting another sequel. And this time the focus is on multiplayer. The new game is called, absurdly, N Plus Infinity Times Two . Whereas N++

  • Grand Theft Auto VI is warping the video game release calendar 12 hours ago by Andrew Webster
    Analysis, Entertainment, Gaming, Report

    Who's afraid of the next GTA ? Based on the last few days of Summer Game Fest, just about everyone. Grand Theft Auto VI hasn't been present at any of the keynote events, but its presence was felt every time a release date was announced. The month of November, when GTA VI launches, is virtually empty. The rest of the fall, meanwhile, is absolutely packed. It started at Sony's State of Play showcase on Tuesday. Even before that show, we knew that Wolverine , the next big PlayStation exclusive , would be launching on September 15th. But now it's joined

  • Final Fantasy VII’s remake trilogy will conclude with Revelation 12 hours ago by Jay Peters
    Entertainment, Gaming, News

    Square Enix has officially announced the third and final game in its Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy: Final Fantasy VII Revelation . It will release on multiple platforms simultaneously - PC, PS5, Xbox Series X / S, and Nintendo Switch 2 - in spring 2027 . In footage shown onstage at Summer Game Fest Live, there was a lot to take in: You'll get to fly the Highwind airship, jump off it to land in the game's open world, play as Vincent Valentine and Cid Highwind in battle (who weren't playable in Rebirth ), challenge the gigantic Weapons, and visit

  • Control Resonant is a sequel — and also a starting point 13 hours ago by Kallie Plagge
    Entertainment, Gaming, Report

    Chronologically, Control Resonant is a sequel to 2019's Control . But in most other ways, the games aren't directly connected. To developer Remedy, they're more like two sides of the same coin. When Resonant was first revealed last year, creative director Mikael Kasurinen said you can play the games in any order . The world of Control is reality-bending in lots of ways, but the general linear progression of time isn't really one of them - how would someone start with the sequel? It didn't click until I played Resonant myself. In a two-plus-hour preview earlier this week, I played

  • Congress still can’t decide what to do about warrantless surveillance 14 hours ago by Gaby Del Valle
    Policy, Politics, Privacy, Tech

    The deadline to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is coming up a week from now on June 12th, and legislators seem no closer to reaching a deal. If this sounds like deja vu, it's because we've been here before. Congress reauthorized Section 702 in late April - but only for 45 days, so lawmakers could negotiate reforms to the controversial wiretapping authority. "There were no reformers in any of the conversations that happened. Full stop," Sean Vitka, the executive director of Demand Progress, said on a press call Friday afternoon, hours after the Senate voted 52


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