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A daily briefing for people who want to keep up with tech without scrolling all morning. Each episode covers the top stories in AI, gadgets, and the tech industry: new products, major company news, security incidents, and policy changes.

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    The Gaming Stack - Arkane’s Deadline, Switch 2 Hack, Phantom Blade Zero Smash, Capcom Confident, Elden Ring Goes Big

    This week the Gaming Stack dives into Arkane Lyon’s November deadline amid Xbox restructuring, a new Switch 2 jailbreak that lets fan games run, the meteoric rise of Phantom Blade Zero on Steam, Capcom’s data-backed confidence in Onimusha: Way of the Sword’s difficulty, and A24’s nearly two hundred million dollar Elden Ring film budget. Stories covered: As devastating Xbox "reset" continues, Dishonored studio Arkane Lyon reportedly only has until November to find a new buyer before it's closed (Eurogamer)Someone hacked the Switch 2 by using an old game and AI (The Verge Games)Phantom Blade Zero Reviews Just Beat Every Soulslike In 2026 (Polygon)Despite initial player concerns, Capcom feels good about Onimusha: Way of the Sword's difficulty, and says it has the data to prove it got it right (Eurogamer)Elden Ring movie has a budget of nearly $200 million (Eurogamer)Xbox’s Chief Operating Officer Out Three Months After Role’s Creation (Kotaku)The Atari VCS saga will come to an end next year when its software store closes (The Verge Games)Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto says even if gen-AI "were to eventually handle everything, there will always be a role left" for human designers (Eurogamer)Xbox reportedly mandate four days a week in office for staff close to Microsoft's Washington HQ, up from three day requirement brought in last year (Rock Paper Shotgun)Call of Duty movie will explore the "cost of war", says director (Eurogamer)Shenmue 3: Enhanced Edition has been delayed to "get everything right" (Eurogamer)Helldivers 3 isn’t in development because its biggest competitor would be Helldivers 2, Arrowhead CCO says (Video Games Chronicle)This Switch 2 sequel accessory was a few millimeters away from being good (The Verge Games)

  2. 15h ago

    Monday, October 26: iPhone Duo, Touch MacBooks, and IBM AI

    Today on The Daily Stack, we cover iFixit's teardown of the new Apple iPhone Duo, upcoming OLED touchscreen MacBooks, IBM's push for open-weight AI models, massive LLM price cuts, a surprising medical study on skin cancer diagnosis, and zero-cloud Rust PDF tools. Stories covered: iFixit and early buyers report widespread screen cracking issues with Apple's new iPhone Duo foldable (The Verge)Apple's major overhaul week brings touchscreen OLED MacBook Pros and redesigned iPad minis (9to5Mac)IBM CEO endorses open weight models, highlighting shift toward cheap on-premises AI deployment (Hacker News)OpenAI and Anthropic slash LLM prices by up to 80 percent, igniting developer discussions on market sustainability (Hacker News)Decade-old CNN outperforms frontier LLMs for skin cancer diagnosis, study reveals (Hacker News)PaperPilot launches as a zero-cloud, pure-Rust PDF engine featuring WebAssembly and MCP support (Hacker News)Moderna and Merck report mRNA cancer vaccine cuts death and recurrence rates by 42 percent (Hacker News)XCMG debuts fully autonomous electric terminal tractor for unmanned logistics operations (Electrek)France asks ISPs to prepare temporary DNS blocks for major social platforms (Hacker News)UC Berkeley math professor sees 'no point' in grading homework due to widespread student AI use (Hacker News)

  3. 1d ago

    Sunday, October 25: Capcom Breach, PHP Scare, and AI Bias

    Today on The Daily Stack, we cover a massive data breach at Capcom, critical open-source PHP vulnerabilities that nearly broke the internet, and studies highlighting deep partisan splits in conversational AI models. Stories covered: Capcom Confirms Data Breach Compromising 11.7 Million User Accounts (Engadget)Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Expose Web Infrastructure Fragility and Funding Shortfalls (TechCrunch)Study Finds Grok and OpenAI Consistently Split on Partisan Lines in Election Races (TechCrunch)Meta Faces Escalating Legal Showdown in Brazil Over Alleged Election Bias (Hacker News)Pennsylvania Enacts Law Requiring Disclosures on AI-Generated Advertisements (The Verge)NHTSA Proposes Cyan Lighting Standards to Identify Autonomous Robotaxis (Electrek)Cerebras Begins Deploying Trillion-Parameter AI Models on Wafer-Scale Silicon (Hacker News)

  4. 2d ago

    Saturday, October 24: OpenAI, Apple, Google, and Meta

    Today on The Daily Stack, we look at OpenAI's new offline sandbox training policy, Apple's iPhone Duo launch and valuation milestone, Google's updated privacy policy regarding AI and targeted ads, and Meta's delayed scraping terms. Stories covered: OpenAI cuts internet access for frontier model training following security concerns (TechCrunch)Apple launches iPhone Duo, reclaims world's top valuation despite early screen issue reports (9to5Mac)Google updates privacy terms to target ads using Gmail and Photos data via AI features (The Verge)Meta delays controversial AI scraping policy for business accounts after user pushback (Engadget)Tesla cancels Cybertruck releases in Australia and New Zealand, refunding deposits (Engadget)Block releases Dessa, a conversational AI model trained entirely on human speech (The Verge)Quest Diagnostics confirms patient records compromised in major data breach (TechCrunch)

  5. 3d ago

    Friday, October 23: OpenAI, Meta Fine, PC Slump

    Alex and Sam cover OpenAI's massive funding talks, Meta's historic twenty-five billion dollar fine in New Mexico, global PC shipments plunging, and the latest security and AI updates. Stories covered: OpenAI Prepares Record-Breaking $30B Raise at $1.25T Valuation Ahead of IPO (TechCrunch)Global PC Shipments Plunge Over 20 Percent in Q3 Due to RAM Price Hikes (The Verge)eMudhra Exits Global TLS Certificate Business After Catastrophic Key Signing Flub (Ars Technica)The Browser Company Sunsets Arc Browser on December 22 to Focus on AI-Driven Dia (TechCrunch)Canva Launches Canva Craft, an AI Image Model That Plans Designs Before Generating (The Verge)LLMs Are Rapidly Making Formal Software Verification Feasible at Scale (Hacker News)Spotify Crackdown Expands Globally With New QR Code Verification for Family Plans (The Verge)Startup Warhound Emerges With $200M to Genetically Engineer and Arm Military Dogs (The Verge)1Password Introduces Agentic Integration to Let AI Tools Log In Securely Without Exposing Credentials (TechCrunch)Meta Slapped With Record $25 Billion Fine Following New Mexico Antitrust and Consumer Ruling (Ars Technica)

  6. 4d ago

    Thursday, October 22: Claude Duet, Meta's $25B Fine, and BioWare Closes

    Alex and Sam break down Anthropic's new proactive Claude Duet assistant, Meta's massive twenty-five billion dollar penalty in New Mexico, the closure of BioWare, and critical developer tool supply chain attacks. Stories covered: Anthropic Launches Claude Duet AI Assistant to Compete in Agent Ecosystem (9to5Mac)Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion Penalty in New Mexico Cambridge Analytica Case (TechCrunch)EA Shuts Down BioWare Studio and Lays Off Hundreds (Ars Technica)OpenAI Models Coming to Google Cloud in Major Cross-Platform Partnership (Ars Technica)Jailbreakers Successfully Crack the Nintendo Switch 2 (Hacker News)Railway Urges Users to Rotate Secret Keys Following Platform Cyberattack (TechCrunch)Airbnb Bans Hosts from Requiring Guests to Complete Chores Like Stripping Beds (TechCrunch)DuckDB 2.0.0 LTS 'Cinnamon Teal' Released (Hacker News)WorldTUI Trains a 360M Model to Emulate Terminal Environments (Hacker News)Compromised LiteLLM Package on PyPI Drops Credential Stealer (Hacker News)

  7. 4d ago ·  Bonus

    The Gaming Stack - BioWare Shutdown, Xbox Cloud Pricing, Cyberpunk Update, Star Wars Shooter

    This week EA closed BioWare and cancelled the next Mass Effect, Xbox priced its pay-as-you-go cloud gaming, Cyberpunk 2077 got a big Edgerunners update, and DICE and Respawn are reportedly making Star Wars: Battlefront 3. Stories covered: BioWare's cancelled Mass Effect game would've learned from Baldur's Gate 3 and The Witcher to deliver "a level of autonomy and choice that no other game has" (Eurogamer)Xbox Officially Confirms Cloud Gaming’s New Pay-As-You-Go Prices (Polygon)Cyberpunk 2077's Edgerunners 2 update adds two new quests, handgun dual wielding and the ability to pimp your mantis blades (Rock Paper Shotgun)DICE and Respawn ‘are teaming up for Star Wars: Battlefront 3’ (Video Games Chronicle)BioWare’s Closure Reportedly Won’t Affect The Mass Effect TV Show (Kotaku)Subnautica 2 adding its "scariest" region ever in next major update, the developers say (Eurogamer)Microsoft reportedly plans Xbox handheld in 2027, next-gen console in 2028 (The Verge Games)EA Sports FC 27 gets a PEGI 16 rating in Europe because of loot boxes (PC Gamer)Resident Evil makers Capcom reveal data breach has affected over 11 million Capcom ID accounts, warn against potential phishing emails (Rock Paper Shotgun)

  8. 5d ago

    Wednesday, October 21: PHP Patches, Tesla-SpaceX, eMudhra CA

    Today on The Daily Stack, we cover emergency PHP patches, compromised eMudhra certificates, and explore the potential Tesla and SpaceX merger. Stories covered: Critical PHP RCE Vulnerabilities Prompt Emergency Patches and High Alert (Ars Technica)Compromised eMudhra Intermediate CA Certificates Spark Web Security Panic (Ars Technica)Tesla and SpaceX Form Special Committees to Explore Possible Merger (The Verge)Google Brings Personal Intelligence Features from Gemini to Cars (The Verge)OpenAI Acquires Orchestra Bio to Expand Its Life Sciences and AI Research Tools (TechCrunch)Meta Suspends Muse Conversation Sharing After Privacy Leak Exposes Sensitive Data (Ars Technica)OpenAI Introduces Chat Locking Feature to Protect Sensitive Conversations (TechCrunch)SpaceX Reports Massive Q3 Profitability Fueled by AI and Connectivity Surge (The Verge)Google Open-Sources TorchTPU to Give PyTorch Developers an Alternative to Nvidia (TechCrunch)Microsoft Reportedly Targets $1,200 to $1,800 Price Point for 2028 'Project Helix' Xbox (Ars Technica)

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A daily briefing for people who want to keep up with tech without scrolling all morning. Each episode covers the top stories in AI, gadgets, and the tech industry: new products, major company news, security incidents, and policy changes.

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