A senate investigation in Poland has found the use of Pegasus spyware by members of the ruling party against political opponents during the 2019 elections amounted to a gross violation of constitutional standards. A report by a Senate of Poland special committee found that the 2019 election, which returned Poland’s right-wing Law and Justice (PiS)…
Epic Games chief creative officer Donald Mustard is retiring this month after seven years with the company. He announced this today on Twitter, stating that after working in the games industry for nearly 25 years, he is retiring to spend time with his wife and family. Most notably, Mustard served as the head of Fortnite,…
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The government yesterday attempted to quash industry concerns that the “spy clause” in the Online Safety Bill, which aims to crack down on child abuse and other harmful online content, would fundamentally weaken end-to-end encrypted services. Junior arts and heritage minister Stephen Parkinson told the House of Lords yesterday that regulators would not use controversial…
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This week on All Things Nintendo, Brian celebrates his 100th episode of the podcast. He invites Game Informer’s Marcus Stewart on to talk about the massive amount of news out of the world of Nintendo this week. They also chat about Brian’s recent trip to Seattle to visit PAX West, Nintendo Live, and The Pokémon…
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A nation-state threat actor backed by the North Korean government has begun a new phase of a nearly two-year-old campaign targeting legitimate cyber security researchers, leveraging an as-yet undisclosed zero-day to gain access to their victims. The zero-day in question was uncovered by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG). It has been reported to the supplier whose…
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Starfield is finally out for everyone after an early access launch on September 1 with a premium price tag (or Xbox Game Pass upgrade) and on September 6 for everyone else. Starfield has already become Bethesda Game Studios’ biggest launch ever, beating previous releases like Fallout 76, Fallout 4, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. That’s thanks…
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The French supreme court has dismissed a legal challenge over the lawfulness of evidence obtained by a police hacking operation into the EncroChat encrypted phone network. The Cour de Cassation in Paris yesterday (5 September 2023) rejected claims that French prosecutors failed in their duty to provide a certificate to verify the accuracy of EncroChat…
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Between great reviews – you can read Game Informer’s right here – and excellent sales that led to Nintendo having a record-breaking quarter, there’s no question The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a success for Nintendo. Despite that success, though, it seems the company is moving on from this Hyrule as Zelda…
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As of September 1, ASUS has officially taken over Intel’s NUC brand and product range. Per the companies’ previously announced agreement, ASUS has become the de facto heir to Intel’s NUC business, taking on the support obligations along with a non-exclusive license to build further NUCs. ASUS’s newly introduced NUC series, in turn, features a…
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The LockBit ransomware operation has leaked a tranche of data purloined from the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) after an attack on a company called Zaun, a West Midlands-based supplier of metal fencing products that has supplied some of the UK’s key installations, thought to include the Porton Down research unit in Wiltshire and the…
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