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A judge lets Denuvo subpoena Discord, Reddit, and Steam to unmask the cracker Voices38

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Denuvo's first attempt to uncover Voices38's real identity was unsuccessful because the company tried to obtain too much data at once. Now, a California federal judge has granted the Irdeto-owned DRM maker's revised subpoena requests. Several internet companies will soon have to respond to Denuvo's lawyers, but Voices38 could still... Read Entire Article from TechSpot https://ift.tt/hn6GR4X via

Why the internet says You Can See Everything must be seen in theaters

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You Can See Everything has the internet in a chokehold. Since that teaser first dropped, people have been fascinated by the very idea that comedian Nathan Fielder made a documentary about infamous Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. Then came a flood of praise from critics. Wild rumors about the movie's contents sprung up online. Finally, last weekend, the public had the chance to see if You Can See Everything lived up to the hype, and they came out in force. Making $15 million its opening weekend, You Can See Everything broke a record for the best opening of a documentary in a decade, according to Deadline . That record was briefly held by Melania, which made $7.1 million earlier this year. Making this achievement all the more remarkable, You Can See Everything is playing in fewer than 1,000 theaters across the U.S. and is nearly three hours long. SEE ALSO: Let's talk 'You Can See Everything' spoilers: An explainer for Nathan Fielder...

Nearly $1 million worth of PSA-graded trading cards stolen in FedEx heist

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On Monday, Mashable reported on the burglary of a FedEx truck carrying packages of valuable trading cards, which had recently left a Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) facility in Southern California. PSA is a leader in grading valuable trading cards. New details have since emerged about the theft, which indicate that this was a more sophisticated, targeted heist. We also now know just how valuable some of the stolen Pokémon and sports cards were. According to a new report from the New York Times and The Athletic, the FedEx truck was parked outside of PSA’s headquarters in Santa Ana, California on Oct. 13. The Santa Ana Police told The Athletic that the FedEx truck was left unattended for as long as 90 minutes. During that window of time, the truck's locks were broken, and three pallets of recently graded cards being sent back to their owners were stolen by the thieves, the police told the outlet. According to the report, two pallets held around 100 packages each, a...

GTA VI is on track to smash records as pre-orders exceed 6 million units

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As of October 20, Rockstar has pre-sold an estimated 6.45 million copies of the game – earning roughly $630 million in the process. According to Sensor Tower, most – 74% – are buying the game for PlayStation 5. Broken down another way, it works out to 4.8 million copies sold for PS5 and 1.66 million on Xbox. Read Entire Article from TechSpot https://ift.tt/29503cM via

Google says Gemini 4 Argon agents beat Minecraft without human help

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Google claims its newest AI model, Gemini 4 Argon, just beat Minecraft — no human help required. In a research paper posted Oct. 15, Google DeepMind researchers said a team of four Gemini 4 Argon agents defeated the Ender Dragon, the game’s final boss. The agents started in a freshly generated survival world on Easy difficulty and were given a single goal: kill the dragon. It took them 27 hours and 14 minutes. Along the way, the AI players died 605 times, mostly to monsters. SEE ALSO: Minecraft is getting its first-ever theme park land The researchers say this is the first time AI agents have beaten Minecraft from start to finish using only standard tools, with no game-specific help built by humans. Researchers watched the run on a live dashboard and could have stepped in at any point, but they say they never needed to. However, Google is upfront about the limits. The game ran on Easy, which meant that monster a...

Apple sets October Pro and Tell special event in Los Angeles: What we know so far

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Rumors have been swirling for weeks about a late-October Apple hardware launch event , and on Monday, the company made it official. Apple will be hosting a "Pro and Tell" event on Thursday, Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. PT in Los Angeles. Journalists and creators are sharing invitations to the upcoming Apple event, where the company is widely expected to unveil its first-ever touchscreen and OLED MacBook Pro devices . The event isn't listed on the company's  official events page , but it will likely be livestreamed. The company has been busy since new CEO John Ternus took over on Sept. 1. Following the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Duo launch event in September, the company hosted a "Welcome Home" event in early October to announce the Apple HomeView smart display, as well as an entire line of new smart home products . The new MacBook Pro is typically released during this time of year, but the company is also rumored to be working on an update to the iPad Mini. Want to lea...

Modern Warfare 4 has the best Steam rating for a Call of Duty game in 16 years

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The game currently has 4,068 total reviews on Steam, including 3,438 from verified buyers. Of those reviews, 94% are positive, earning it a "Very Positive" rating overall and making it the best-reviewed Call of Duty release on Steam since 2010's Black Ops. The SteamDB ratings were first reported by Insider... Read Entire Article from TechSpot https://ift.tt/WSBYvQO via

Edit, sign, and convert PDFs with this $79.99 lifetime Mac app

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TL;DR: Get lifetime access to PDF Expert for Mac for $79.99 (reg. $139.99), with tools for editing text, rearranging pages, signing forms, and working with scanned PDFs. Opens in a new window Credit: Readdle PDF Expert Premium Plan: Lifetime Subscription (Mac) ...

Anthropic is pitching Congress its own AI safety bill, report says

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Anthropic has been privately pitching lawmakers on a draft bill to regulate frontier AI safety and security, POLITICO reported Friday . The outlet cited three people familiar with the effort and obtained a copy of the confidential draft. An Anthropic spokesperson told POLITICO the bill reflects the company’s Advanced AI Framework, which it has promoted to lawmakers since June. The spokesperson called its proposals "sensible policies" for Congress. What the bill would do The draft sets a high bar for government action. According to POLITICO, federal officials could stop a model from launching or being used only if it poses "a foreseeable, imminent risk of more than $1 billion in damages, or of killing or seriously injuring more than 50 people." The danger would also have to come from one of three sources: a bioweapon, a model slipping out of its developer’s control, or a cyberattack. The language cl...

Watch Japan launch the first ever Mars-bound mission designed to come back

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Japan will launch the first spacecraft designed to travel to  Mars  and return to Earth on Monday, bringing back soil from one of the planet's potato-shaped moons . The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency , known as JAXA, leads the Martian Moons Exploration mission, or MMX, with NASA as a partner. The rocket lifts off from Tanegashima Space Center at 3:41 p.m. ET on Oct. 19, or 4:41 a.m. Tuesday in Japan.  MMX should reach Mars next August and survey the planet's two small moons, Phobos and Deimos . No earlier than December 2028, it will land on Phobos, scoop up a sample, and turn for home, reaching Earth in 2031.  "MMX will be the first spacecraft ever to return to Earth from the Mars system," said Tom Statler, NASA's program scientist for the mission. "That says a lot." Scientists hope that the sample will reveal how the Red Planet got its moons. Mars' gravity may have captured passing asteroids , or a large object may have slammed into Mars and ...

Wordle today: Answer, hints for October 18, 2026

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Today's Wordle answer should be easy to solve if you like to get dolled up. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable SEE ALSO: NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for October 18, 2026 Where did Wordle come from? Originally created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, Wordle rapidly spread to become an international phenomenon, with thousands of people around the globe playing every day. Alternate Wordle versions created by fans also sprang up, including battle royale Squabble , music identification game Heardle , and variations like Dordle and Quordle that make you gues...

TikTok suspends Musk documentary account over political content

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Elon Musk doesn't own TikTok , but the short-form video app is evidently sensitive to criticism of the Tesla CEO. The Hollywood Reporter reported that TikTok has "permanently suspended" the official promotional account for Musk , a new documentary that is critical of Musk's recent activities and is playing in nearly 500 theaters across the United States. The reason given was "political content" that violates TikTok's policies, but THR 's report didn't include any specifics as to what, exactly, the account was doing to warrant the ban. Bleecker Street, the film's distributor, is appealing the move, but the suspension remains in effect during a weekend when audiences are more likely to see the movie. That likely will not help Bleecker's attempts to market the movie; THR reported that the plan was to spend ad dollars to boost TikTok posts about the movie before the ban was enacted. As THR noted, Musk has no financial (or otherwi...

Eiliko robot maker Energize Lab left its entire fleet of 68,000 robots open to a remote takeover

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An investigation by The Verge found that researcher Sammy Azdoufal could access 13 million conversations across what appeared to be Energize Lab's entire active fleet of 68,000 Eiliko robots. The US accounted for the largest share of the data, which included more than 31,000 profiles belonging to children. Read Entire Article from TechSpot https://ift.tt/Trpdxmo via

This wheeled Yeti cooler is perfect for tailgating — get it on sale for a record-low price on Amazon

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SAVE $85: As of Oct. 16, the Yeti Roadie 48 Wheeled Cooler is on sale for $340 on Amazon in the color "venom." That's 20% off its usual sticker price of $425, which is its biggest discount ever. Opens in a new window Credit: Yeti Yeti Roadie 48 Wheeled Cooler ...

Researchers say an ad platform could identify targets and install spyware through online ads, no click needed

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A new investigation by Citizen Lab has uncovered a large-scale covert operation designed to install spyware through online advertising. Dubbed "AdFection" by the University of Toronto research unit, the technique was allegedly used by unidentified Israeli actors to infect computers belonging to Al Jazeera's news network. Read Entire Article from TechSpot https://ift.tt/E486PY1 via

TCL wants to build a 700Hz OLED gaming monitor, and it's betting on inkjet printing to do it

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According to market research firm Omdia, TCL's planned 700Hz panels will come in 32- and 34-inch sizes and be manufactured at the company's Gen 8.6 OLED factory in Guangzhou, China. Production is expected to begin in 2028, although the potential launch timeframe remains unclear. Other specifications, including pixel resolution and... Read Entire Article from TechSpot https://ift.tt/XblRqfg via

Gen Alpha has turned the French fries emoji into an insult

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If you've noticed people dropping the fries emoji in TikTok comments lately, they're probably not hungry. The French fries emoji (🍟), sometimes accompanied by a peace sign (✌️), has become a way for Gen Alpha to tell someone they're being corny, embarrassing, or simply talking too much. Think of it as the emoji equivalent of telling someone to wrap it up . And like so much of Gen Alpha's internet slang, the joke isn't entirely new. It's the latest evolution of a meme that's been circulating online for years. What does the fries emoji mean? Depending on the context, the fries emoji can have a few different meanings, none of which have much to do with fast food. On its own, 🍟 can be used to call someone or something "corny" or "cringe." It's a dismissive reaction to a joke that doesn't land, an embarrassing comment, or someone who's trying a little too hard. Paired with the peace sign , 🍟✌️ ...

Super Mario Galaxy's PC port arrives without Nintendo's blessing

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The PC port comes courtesy of keepvaibin, and is described as a work in progress. The game is fully playable on Windows 10 and newer machines, and requires just 8GB of RAM at minimum. Visually, it supports aspect ratios from 4:3 to 32:9, anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering, AMD FidelityFX FSR 1 upscaling, and per-pixel lighting. Read Entire Article from TechSpot https://ift.tt/mlHPOMN via

What The Social Reckoning misses about Meta

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Aaron Sorkin, famed writer of The West Wing and Academy Award-winning The Social Network, is notoriously verbose. He has a reputation for linguistic flairs that some find awkward, and many find deeply compelling.  But in The Social Reckoning , a follow-up to the 2010 tale of Facebook's founding, he is uncharacteristically sparing.  Yes, Sorkin — who wrote and directed the new movie — crams the script with one-liners and existential metaphors, random pop culture references, and cries for change, but it's what he leaves out that viewers should pay attention to.  SEE ALSO: 'The Social Reckoning' review: Aaron Sorkin's indulgences fail this Facebook follow-up What 'The Social Reckoning' omits Through The Wall Street Journal 's Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White) and Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison), The Social Reckoning recounts the two years of work that made up the publicat...