Heroes of Might and Magic rises from the ashes with upcoming Olden Era revival

Haste: Broken Worlds transforms the relaxing mechanics of sliding and jumping from Tiny Wings into a fast-paced 3D roguelike, featuring Zoe, a letter carrier who navigates vibrant, procedurally generated levels filled with obstacles. Players must maintain speed to achieve higher grades and bonuses while dodging hazards and facing challenging boss encounters that disrupt gameplay flow. Despite some pacing issues and lengthy dialogue affecting the experience, Haste remains an exhilarating ride, now available on PC. Full...

ASUS has revealed a serious security vulnerability affecting routers with AiCloud enabled, allowing remote attackers to execute unauthorized functions on affected devices. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-2492, has been assigned a high CVSS score of 9.2 out of 10. The issue stems from improper authentication control in specific ASUS router firmware series, highlighting the urgent need for users to address this security risk. Full Article

A research team at Fudan University in Shanghai has developed a groundbreaking nonvolatile flash memory, "PoX," capable of programming a single bit in 400 picoseconds, achieving around 25 billion operations per second. This innovation, led by Prof. Zhou Peng, utilizes two-dimensional Dirac graphene for its ballistic charge transport, potentially eliminating the need for separate high-speed SRAM caches and addressing memory bottlenecks in AI hardware. While the team is working on scaling the architecture and array-level...

Amazon's first launch of its Project Kuiper internet satellites, scheduled for April 9, was postponed due to adverse weather conditions. The mission team, along with United Launch Alliance (ULA), which operates the Atlas V rocket, had not provided any updates regarding the delay until Thursday. This setback marks a significant moment for Amazon as it seeks to implement its satellite internet initiative, aimed at expanding internet access. Full Article

With macOS reaching its 24th anniversary and Apple classifying all Intel-based Mac minis as "vintage" or "obsolete," The Register highlights tools that keep vintage Macs functional, notably through the efforts of Cameron Kaiser from Floodgap Systems. He has updated the MacLynx web browser for Classic Mac OS and maintains other browsers like TenFourFox and Classilla, while a new Classic Mac OS version of Mbed-TLS has been released for SSL library compatibility. Additionally, a preliminary version...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is challenging Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, but its market definition excludes significant competitors, giving Meta a misleading monopoly status with an 80% market share. While attempting to address antitrust issues, the FTC overlooks the broader competitive landscape and the core network effects that sustain Meta's dominance, as highlighted by Zuckerberg's strategies to leverage these effects across his platforms. The trial is ongoing, but the FTC's approach may be...