The Rolling Stones give blessing to Fatboy Slim’s Satisfaction sample after 25 years

December 11th, 2025 10:15 AM

The mashup Satisfaction Skank was unofficial for years but band allow Norman Cook to remake it using original stems of their 1965 hitA classic bootleg recording by Fatboy Slim which samples the Rolling Stones’ (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction has finally been released, as the band give it their blessing after 25 years.Satisfaction Skank was a familiar track on turn-of-the-century dancefloors, as Fatboy Slim mashed up his own 1999 hit The Rockafeller Skank with the Stones’ 1965 classic, hurling...

Monster Hunter Wilds finally gets PC optimisation roadmap to coincide with Title Update 4, but players still aren't really happy

December 11th, 2025 10:37 AM

Here we go: Capcom has finally released an official trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds 4 Title Update 4, which is due to launch for the game on 16th December. But, as exciting as the new content is - featuring returning Elder Dragon, Gogmazios - most players are more interested in another tease of information Capcom has given over the past 24 hours: an optimisation roadmap for the game's performance on PC. This was all revealed during a special showcase Capcom announced last week, which was...

Blood Bowl Season 3: Orc Team Guide

December 10th, 2025 06:00 PM

Today in Blood Bowl, Dan looks at how the Orcs fare in season three, and how to play them on the table!

Schema-Enforced JSON Access, Postgres Type Decoding, and more!

December 5th, 2025 10:29 PM

Hey! Emmanuel Hayford here. Here’s a look at the highlights from this week’s updates to the Rails codebase.Add schematized json for has_jsonProvides a schema-enforced access object for a JSON attribute. This allows you to assign valuesdirectly from the UI as strings, and still have them set with the correct JSON type in the database.Only the three basic JSON types are supported: boolean, integer, and string. No nesting either.These types can either be set by referring to them by their symbol...

Two Ubuntu Flavours Won’t Be LTS Releases Next Year

December 10th, 2025 04:18 PM

Not all of Ubuntu’s flavours have applied for long-term support status in next year’s 26.04 release. Per the outcome of a recent Ubuntu Technical Board meeting, only 7 of the 10 official offshoots are designated LTS releases: — Oh, and the ‘oh yeah, that’s a flavour’ flavour: (No shade; I just always forget about little ol’ Kylin). However, two Ubuntu flavours did not apply for LTS status for 26.04: No Ubuntu Unity LTS? Expected in light of challenges facing the distro (there was no Ubuntu...

With little fanfare, Helldivers 2's creative director shares that Arrowhead are prototyping a roguelite mode

December 10th, 2025 10:54 PM

I think there is a very compelling case for Twitter not being the place that information about, well, honestly anything, should be casually shared in a matter of fact manner. It is a site for, if we must use it, posting things like "just downloaded some MP3s to my iPod Touch," not sharing that Arrowhead are currently testing a roguelite mode in Helldivers 2, which is exactly what the game's creative director Johan Pilestedt did today. Read more

The Monster Hunter showcase will now happen on Thursday, December 11, at 12 AM PST / 3 AM EST

December 11th, 2025 03:37 AM

The showcase was supposed to happen on December 8; however, due to an earthquake in Japan, it has been delayed.The recently postponed Monster Hunter Showcase is now planned to release on Thursday, Dec 11 at 12am PT / 8am GMT. The Showcase will release only on YouTube as a full VOD with the pre-show included and will not be livestreamed.Thank you for your patience! We look forward to sharing the latest news on #MHStories3 and #MHWilds Free Title Update 4.You can watch on the Monster Hunter ...

Out of the Blue

December 10th, 2025 04:58 PM

Happy 32nd birthday to DOOM, as id Software first unleashed its now-classic first-person shooter on this date in 1993. I should take some time out to enjoy a little DOOMing, not just to celebrate the...

Users report chaos as Legal Aid Agency stumbles back online after cyberattack

December 11th, 2025 09:30 AM

Workers frustrated with security-first changes to workflows and teething issues Exclusive  Seven months after a landmark cyberattack, the UK's Legal Aid Agency (LAA) says it's returning to pre-breach operations, although law firms are still wrestling with buggy and more laborious systems.…