Along with other optimizations to benefit the Steam Deck, AMD and Valve have been jointly working on CPU frequency/power scaling improvements to enhance the Steam Play gaming experience on modern AMD platforms running Linux. Phoronix reports: It’s no s…
The Push For a ‘PBS For the Internet’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Axios: The concept of a new media ecosystem that’s non-profit, publicly funded and tech-infused is drawing interest in policy circles as a way to shift the power dynamics in today’s information wars. Revamping t…
Google Play Gets Mandatory App Privacy Labels In April 2022
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In iOS 14, Apple added a “privacy” section to the app store, requiring app developers to list the data they collect and how they use it. Google — which was one of the biggest targets of Apple’s pr…
Someone Made a Playable Clone of Pokemon For the Pebble Smartwatch
Developer Harrison Allen has developed a playable clone of Pokemon for the Pebble smartwatch, which was officially discontinued in late 2016 after the company was sold to Fitbit. Gizmodo reports: According to the game’s developer, Harrison Allen, Pebbl…
Government Denies Blue Origin’s Challenge To NASA’s Lunar Lander Program
The U.S. Government Accountability Office on Friday denied protests from companies affiliated with Jeff Bezos that NASA wrongly awarded a lucrative astronaut lunar lander contract solely to Elon Musk’s SpaceX. CNBC reports: “NASA did not violate procur…
Virtual Contact Worse Than No Contact For Over-60s In Lockdown, Says Study
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Virtual contact during the pandemic made many over-60s feel lonelier and more depressed than no contact at all, new research has found. Many older people stayed in touch with family and friends dur…
New Android Malware Uses VNC To Spy and Steal Passwords From Victims
A previously undocumented Android-based remote access trojan (RAT) has been found to use screen recording features to steal sensitive information on the device, including banking credentials, and open the door for on-device fraud. The Hacker News repor…
Software Downloaded 30,000 Times From PyPI Ransacked Developers’ Machines
Open source packages downloaded an estimated 30,000 times from the PyPI open source repository contained malicious code that surreptitiously stole credit card data and login credentials and injected malicious code on infected machines, researchers said…
June Heatwave Was the ‘Most Extreme’ On Record For North America
The devastating heatwave that struck the Northwest US and southwest Canada in June was “the most extreme summer heatwave” ever recorded in North America, according to a new analysis from nonprofit research group Berkeley Earth. The Verge reports: Recor…
Report: Blizzard Once Slapped With ‘Misogyny Tax’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Kotaku: A cybersecurity company whose security researcher had once been harassed by Blizzard employees at a hacking conference charged the game developer a 50 percent “misogyny tax” when it sought a quote for se…