Google plans to exempt sanctioned nations from Android developer verification Someone in Cuba or Iran can keep installing APKs with no new restrictions, but devs will suffer. https://arstechnica.com/g…
Sony Heard Backlash Over Dropping PlayStation Discs, Plans to Press Ahead https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/2016250/sony-heard-backlash-over-dropping-playstation-discs-plans-to-press-ahead?utm…
AMD Publishes CDNA5 ISA Documentation For Instinct MI455X Following last week's launch of the AMD Instinct MI455X, AMD has now kept with tradition and provided ISA documentation concerning this latest…
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Rocket Report: Big deals for US launch firms, RFA One debut is delayed "America won the first Space Race, and we can do it again." https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/rocket-report-big-deals-for-us-…
Hackers Targeted Municipal Water Systems In 7 States This Week, FBI Says https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/209200/hackers-targeted-municipal-water-systems-in-7-states-this-week-fbi-says?utm_sou…
Sony acknowledges backlash, will “cautiously” move forward with end of discs Sony doesn't think the move will hurt it financially. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/07/sony-acknowledges-backlash-wil…
New Google Earth AI Tool Could Fuel Misinformation, Experts Say https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/1841253/new-google-earth-ai-tool-could-fuel-misinformation-experts-say?utm_source=rss1.0mainlin…
The First Open-Source Firmware Released For Modern AMD Ryzen AM5 Platform Last month 3mdeb released their open-source firmware for a modern AMD EPYC motherboard from Gigabyte that was built off the ne…
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One company's inventive campaign for an unreleased product has become a contest between Anthropic and OpenAI to see which can shout the loudest about its own failures. Readers who tuned in earlier tod…
Would you trust a ransomware extortionist to delete the data they stole? One bank certainly wants you to. Well over a month into a ransomware cleanup job, River Financial Corporation tells regulators …
A leading name in home and business physical security, Brinks Home, recently said it identified unauthorized access to a portion of its IT systems, an intrusion ShinyHunters claims it carried out to s…
Publishers Are Losing Google Traffic As AI Answers Replace Links https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/1639202/publishers-are-losing-google-traffic-as-ai-answers-replace-links?utm_source=rss1.0main…
See the heat: An infrared imaging system that outputs in color Wavelength and intensity in the infrared are translated into colors in the visible. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/see-the-heat-…
Shotcut 26.7 Video Editor Released With Stock Asset Library Shotcut 26.7 is out today as the newest feature release to this open-source, cross-platform video editing solution... https://www.phoronix.c…
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China could supply EV manufacturing boom with recycled EVs Look at chemistry of batteries and motors shows big opportunity for recycling. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/china-could-supply-ev-…
New York Sues Kalshi For Running 'Illegal Gambling Operation' https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/1628208/new-york-sues-kalshi-for-running-illegal-gambling-operation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Man invested $45M in a Nicolas Cage movie. It got stolen off Netflix’s desk. Filmmaker sues Netflix over stolen screener of unreleased Nicolas Cage movie. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/m…
Chrome Is Using AI To Fix Hundreds of Bugs, Eliminate Full Browser Restarts https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/31/0549203/chrome-is-using-ai-to-fix-hundreds-of-bugs-eliminate-full-browser-restarts?…
Nouveau Preparing To Finally Enable Atomic Mode-Setting By Default In addition to the Nouveau kernel driver unblocking Vulkan Video H.264 support for the Mesa NVK driver, another feature change on the…
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Teams mobile users now have even less time to update the app before older versions lose calendar access. Microsoft originally set a late-October deadline in its message, but we're guessing someone fam…
