Fauci Is Far From the First Person to Plead the Fifth Before Congress

August 7th, 2026 02:24 AM

The constitutional right against self-incrimination has been invoked on several occasions during high-profile — and contentious — hearings.

My Dumb Little Brain Just Got Turned To Mush After Seeing These 21 Absolutely Mind-Bending Pictures

August 7th, 2026 03:16 AM

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PSA: Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Has Day-One Issues On PC

August 6th, 2026 08:55 PM

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is out today, but PC players are experiencing some problems with the game that their PlayStation 5 counterparts don't have have to deal with. Developer Arc System Works noted that the PC port had issues during the open beta last month and it pledged to fix them with a patch on day one. However, PC players are reporting that Marvel Tokon is still suffering from the same problems that made it nearly unplayable during the beta. As explained by a player on Reddit,...

Microsoft Links Hotel Wi-Fi Attacks Stealing Microsoft 365 Accounts to Russian Hackers

August 6th, 2026 07:59 AM

Microsoft has attributed a global campaign targeting hospitality Wi-Fi networks to the Russian threat actor Midnight Blizzard (APT29). The campaign, named CaptiveCrunch, manipulates DNS settings on hotel and conference Wi-Fi equipment to steal Microsoft 365 accounts.Microsoft links this activity to Storm-2945, a sub-cluster of Midnight Blizzard, and has identified two malware families, CornFlake and ChocoShell, used for persistent access, credential theft, surveillance, and data...

NVIDIA Adds 26 Games to GeForce NOW August 2026 Schedule

August 6th, 2026 03:00 PM

NVIDIA has announced that 26 games will be added to GeForce NOW during August, beginning with eight additions this week. The announcement coincides with NVIDIA’s presence at QuakeCon, where the company is demonstrating GeForce RTX 5080-powered cloud gaming at up to 5K and 120 frames per second on ultrawide displays.

OpenAI’s new AI smart speaker will reportedly sell for between $300 and $400

August 6th, 2026 10:43 PM

Additional details about OpenAI's mysterious new AI device make it sound like a pricey smart speaker.

Evening Reading - August 6, 2026 - Happy QuakeCon!

August 7th, 2026 10:35 AM

It's nighttime in America, which means it is time for Shacknews Evening Reading.

AMD Squeezes In A Few More Graphics Driver Updates For Linux 7.3

August 7th, 2026 12:44 AM

AMD today submitted their last planned feature updates ahead of the Linux 7.3 merge window opening later this month...

Octopath Traveler Dev Not Ready To Announce A Third Major Entry Yet, But Is Aware Of High Expectations

August 7th, 2026 03:30 AM

"If we're going to do it, we're going to push the limits".The Octopath Traveler series hit its 8th anniversary in July, and Team Asano recently addressed the future of these HD-2D role-playing games during a chat with Japanese website Dengeki Online.After releasing the prequel title Octopath Traveler 0 last year, the developer is well aware of the excitement for "Octopath Traveler III" (even though nothing has been officially announced at this point) and realises there are already incredibly...

Google open-sources an AI model it says can help with earlier hurricane warnings

August 6th, 2026 10:40 PM

WeatherNext can deliver a 15-day forecast predicting storms' track and intensity.

A Brush With Greatness - Finishing Kuri

August 5th, 2026 07:00 PM

keewa finishes up Kuri in the latest installment in A Brush with Greatness!