Minecraft players demand deeper oceans and diving suits
Would you want oceans to actually matter in Minecraft? Most players today find them shallow and empty, so fans keep asking Mojang to expand the underwater biomes. A recent thread about oceans included a suggestion...
A Stellaris player found themselves locked in a small region with no access to the galaxy, but with one wormhole
Is this the perfect start? Maybe, if you're the kind of player who likes focusing on their own empire without competing against a dozen other space civilizations. That's exactly the kind of start one player...
Gamers are delighted with a graphical bug in Cyberpunk 2077 that lights up the entire city
A bug report on a forum sometimes produces something far more valuable than an actual fix. The owner of a build running an AMD 5800X3D CPU, a 6900XT GPU, and Nobara 44 complained about Cyberpunk...
GTA 6 gameplay leak revealed gameplay from two years ago
A couple days ago, gameplay clips claimed to be from internal Rockstar builds GTA 6 started spreading across social media. The footage shows characters walking along a beach, driving cars, getting into fights, and blowing...
SpaceX closed a $60 billion deal and officially acquired the AI startup Cursor
Cursor, the startup known for its AI coding tool, is now officially under SpaceX control. The companies announced the deal back in June, but the process of coming together actually started in April, when they...
Swiss engineers create ultrasonic engine for future silent microdrones
A research team from the Microbiorobotic Systems Laboratory (MICROBS) at Switzerland's École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) unveiled a "sound-powered engine" that turns acoustic waves into directional thrust. At its core is a 3D-printed cavity...
Four years later, Elden Ring players are still looking for a way to save Melina without consequences
The Elden Ring community has circled back to one of the game most uncomfortable choices, debating whether the Frenzied Flame workaround actually saves Melina or just makes things worse for her. The trick involves the...
Users consider those who put the taskbar on the left side of Windows to be crazy
Where to put the Start button is a question that can split any Windows community faster than a browser tab argument. Some people jump straight into settings after a fresh install and shove the menu...
Every sixth 3D model is created by AI, but almost no one buys them
3D asset marketplaces are dealing with a flood of AI-generated content that almost nobody wants to buy. The annual CGTrader report, one of the longest running marketplaces for 3D models, reveals a gap between how...
Carrier Pidge messenger delivers messages at a speed of 177 km/h, but with a 0.2% chance the pigeon will die en route
Developer Noah Iarrobino released an iOS app called Carrier Pidge that deliberately breaks the one thing modern messengers are supposed to get right – instant delivery. Instead, your text travels to its destination the way...
Power connector on the side of MSI gaming laptop makes no sense at all
Laptop design logic should be predictable: bulky cables run to the back of the case so they stay out of the way, and ports you reach for constantly sit far from your actual workspace. But...
Microsoft will finally remove from Windows a utility familiar to administrators since Windows XP
Microsoft has confirmed that WMIC will soon disappear completely from supported Windows editions. The news showed up in the changelog for a new Windows 11 Insider Preview build numbered 26100.9267/26200.9267. According to the changelog, WMIC...
Reddit user showed 16 years of his life through Red Dead Redemption photos
A Reddit user going by Rybowflavin shared a series of three photos on r/reddeadredemption, posted, showing himself holding boxed copies of Red Dead Redemption 1, 2, and the remaster of the first game over a...
Peak hours revealed DeepSeek's user geography
The past few weeks have seen plenty of discussion in the US about the spread of Chinese open-weight AI models, with worries that American businesses might switch to them en masse. But DeepSeek new peak-hour...
Old age in Crusader Kings 3 has become too harsh after recent patches – just like in real life
Reaching old age in Crusader Kings 3 is a questionable pleasure. One moment your character is winning tournaments, weaving plots, and building an empire, and the next you open the character sheet and spot the...
Sony showed a new PS5 ad with differences in GTA 6 frames
Sony launched a new ad campaign called "It Happens On PS5," and the minute-long spot found room for the most anticipated game of the next few years. There's no new Grand Theft Auto VI footage...
You can live for free in Hawaii if you take care of rescued pigs for 20 hours a week
If you've been dreaming of free accommodation in Hawaii, one pig sanctuary is looking for workers and will put you up for a few months. Seriously. Plenty of people across the globe toy with the...
Wire vs. air – experts continue to debate why wired internet is better than Wi-Fi
Renovating a new house can mean a lot of things, but running gigabit Ethernet to every single room before the furniture even shows up puts you in a different league entirely. One Redditor described spending...
Engineer in Taiwan hid a panoramic camera in a pack of snacks to steal DRAM technology, but he was given away by a Wi-Fi signal
Trying to smuggle trade secrets out of a locked-down factory zone using an action camera disguised as a bag of snacks failed for the most mundane reason imaginable – the employee forgot to turn off...
Rapper Post Malone used the "One Ring" for the first time – the rarest and most expensive Magic: The Gathering card
Post Malone did what collectors everywhere feared – he put a card worth more than two million dollars into an actual game. The card in question is his one-of-a-kind copy of The One Ring from...
