"They were totally game to play ball": how Zachtronics almost made a Star Trek engineering sim

May 8th, 2026 06:04 PM

This week the former Zachtronics folk of Coincidence released U.V.S. Nirmana, a new "Zach-like" puzzler that has fairly spaghettified my synapses, despite being billed as "medium-difficulty". It puts you in charge of a monastic spacecraft embarked on a pilgrimage through the galaxy, steeped in references to Dharmic religions. During your voyages, you'll help other civilisations with their philosophical dilemmas using a cosmic reactor that functions like a music sequencer. You'll join up...

Fiber Optic Cables Can Eavesdrop On Nearby Conversations

May 9th, 2026 07:00 AM

sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: Cold War spies planted bugs in walls, lamps, and telephones. Now, scientists warn, the cables themselves could listen in. A fiber optic technique used to detect earthquakes can also pick up the faint vibrations of nearby speech, researchers reported this week here at the general assembly of the European Geosciences Union. Freely available artificial intelligence (AI) software turned the fiber optic data into intelligible, real-time...

Drawing Penny Arcade

May 7th, 2026 09:48 PM

I've posted another time lapse of the comic drawing process. This one is for Tattooine, the Maul comic strip we posted yesterday. If you like seeing how the sausage gets made, check it out below! 

Warner Bros Adds Denuvo to LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Right Before Launch

May 9th, 2026 10:08 AM

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight will be released in almost two weeks. And, right before launch, Warner Bros has updated its Store page to add the Denuvo anti-tamper tech. Warner Bros has used Denuvo in a lot of its PC releases. So, its inclusion in this new LEGO game does not surprise me. … Continue reading Warner Bros Adds Denuvo to LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Right Before Launch The post Warner Bros Adds Denuvo to LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Right Before Launch...

The AWS MCP Server is now generally available

May 6th, 2026 03:36 PM

I have been building with AI agents and MCP tools for a while now, and one question kept coming up: how do you give an agent real, authenticated access to AWS without handing it the keys to the kingdom? Today, there is an answer. I’m happy to announce the general availability of the AWS MCP Server, a managed remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives AI agents and coding assistants secure, authenticated access to all AWS services through a small, fixed set of tools. The AWS MCP...

Humble's Heavenly Bullets Bundle Has 10 Great Steam Deck Games For Only $10

May 8th, 2026 06:32 PM

Humble's Heavenly Bullets bundle has 10 great Steam Deck games for only $10, and has some wonderful titles included like God of Weapons and Karate Survivor.

10 Hacks Every Google Meet User Should Know

May 8th, 2026 09:00 PM

Google Meet is an accessible and easy-to-use virtual meeting platform for casual users and Workspace customers, hosting everything from team check-ins to large presentations and town halls. It plays nice with everything else in the Google ecosystem, so if you or your employer are locked in, it's likely a top choice for video conferencing. Here are 10 hacks to get the most out of Google Meet. Use meet.new to quickly launch an unscheduled meetingIf you need to start a video call at a moment's...

Good Job Dell and Lenovo! Hope Others Follow You

May 9th, 2026 08:44 AM

Only last week, we were talking about how LVFS, the firmware update service for Linux, had turned up the heat on vendors who didn't contribute their fair share.To tackle that, the project has been going through a phased restrictions rollout that includes things like introducing fair-use download utilization graphs and removing detailed per-firmware analytics.But that obviously wouldn't solve their lack of funding.Luckily, two vendors have stepped up. Lenovo and Dell have both signed on as...

Laid-off Oracle workers tried to negotiate better severance. Oracle said no. 

May 8th, 2026 10:59 PM

Some found out they didn't qualify for WARN Act protections like two-months notice because the company had classified them as remote workers.

Path of Exile 2 should hopefully be Steam Deck Verified with the next major update

May 8th, 2026 05:34 PM

Path of Exile 2 is getting a major update "Return of the Ancients" on May 29th, and there's a lot coming with it - including various Steam Deck updates.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.