New official 30th anniversary Quake mission pack adds new maps and mechanics
Bethesda marked Quake’s 30
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‘Humans will be a rounding error on the internet’ says Cloudflare exec
Cloudflare’s CFO Thomas Seifert warned that if current trends continue, machine‑generated traffic will outpace human traffic by up to a thousand‑fold in five years, driven largely by AI workloads and making humans a “rounding error” on the internet. The company’s Q2 results – $696 million in revenue (36 % YoY) and $205 million in losses – beat expectations,
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Ransom Cartel ransomware creator sentenced to 16 years in prison
Maksim Silnikau, a 40‑year‑old Belarusian and former member of Russian‑speaking cybercrime forums, was sentenced to 16 years in U.S. federal prison after orchestrating the Ransom Cartel ransomware‑as‑a‑service operation that launched in December 2021 and attacked at least 18 companies worldwide from 2021‑2023, demanding over $5.2 million in ransoms and causing an estimated $6.7 million in losses. Using aliases
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Smart glasses are only smart if we train them to be good. Then they'll be fantastic
The article argues that while AI’s human‑like façade is unsettling, the real concern is the way our minds increasingly mirror an outdated Windows system—crashing and losing compatibility without updates. It warns that augmented reality (AR) and smart glasses, though potentially life‑changing for
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Linus Torvalds says AI has made 'huge' Linux kernel updates the new normal
Linus Torvalds has announced that the seventh release candidate for Linux 7.2, the largest he’s seen in years, will still go ahead despite his unease about its size
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Mount Toba eruption doesn't seem like it could nearly kill our species
Mount Toba’s 74,000‑year‑old eruption, the largest in the last 2.6 million years, spewed thousands of cubic kilometres of magma—about a thousand times more than the 1991 Pinatubo blast—and was once feared to have caused a planet‑wide “volcanic winter” that could have threatened early human survival.
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