Atari Buys Rights to RPG Classic Wizardry
Atari announced the acquisition of the Wizardry franchise, a seminal 1981 RPG that helped shape the genre. The rights were purchased from a consortium that previously held the IP after multiple ownership changes. The deal follows Atari’s successful 2024 remake of the series’ first title, which topped indie charts on Steam and console stores. The purchase also includes rights to the series’ extensive library of assets and trademarks, giving Atari full creative control.
AI Graveyard: 142 AI Companies so Far Buried, Many More to Come
The AI Graveyard, a side‑project of ToolDirectory.ai, now tracks 142 artificial‑intelligence tools that have either shut down or been absorbed by larger products. The list highlights a rapid churn rate as the AI boom fuels a flood of startups, many...
Fantasy Book Community Tome Shuts Down
Tome, a niche social platform for romantasy and related fantasy genres, announced it is shutting down after struggling to attract a sustainable user base. The service cited high operating costs and limited network effects as primary reasons for closure. Its...
ReMarkable Paper Pure Claimed to Be 50% Faster than Last-Gen Model
ReMarkable announced its new Paper Pure tablet, which it says refreshes up to 50% faster than the previous generation. The device keeps the company’s signature E‑ink display and low‑latency stylus input while adding a higher‑speed refresh engine. The upgrade is intended...
France Summons Musk for X Criminal Charges
French prosecutors have summoned Elon Musk to Paris to face preliminary criminal charges tied to his social‑media platform X. The summons follows Musk’s refusal to attend a voluntary interview, deepening a standoff between the tech billionaire and French authorities. Prosecutors...
California Has Four to Six Weeks of Gasoline Left
The California Energy Commission reported that the state’s gasoline and diesel inventories are sufficient for four to six weeks of normal consumption. The data comes as the final tanker of crude oil from the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran shut...
Brain-Eating Amoeba Turns up in Five Western National Parks
Naegleria fowleri, the brain‑eating amoeba with a 98% fatality rate, has been confirmed in warm waters at five western U.S. national parks—Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Olympic, Lake Mead, and Newberry National Volcanic Monument. The organism thrives in heated freshwater, and exposure...
Richard Dawkins Renamed Claude “Claudia” And Decided She’s Conscious
Renowned evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins announced that he now considers Anthropic’s Claude chatbot to be conscious, renaming it "Claudia." The claim was highlighted in a recent Boing Boing post that cites a Telegraph article. Dawkins, previously a vocal skeptic of...
US Debt Hits $31.26 Trillion, Exceeds Annual GDP
U.S. Treasury debt held by the public climbed to roughly $31.26 trillion in March, nudging the nation’s total debt above its annual gross domestic product. The last two instances of debt outpacing GDP occurred during World War II and the COVID‑19 pandemic,...
Devils Hole Pupfish: Rarest Fish on Earth Lives in One Nevada Cavern
An Instagram video highlights the Devils Hole pupfish, one of the world’s rarest fish, confined to a single limestone fissure in Nevada’s Mojave Desert. The species, Cyprinodon diabolis, survives in the 22‑foot deep, water‑filled cavity known as Devils Hole, with...
The Man Who Discovered Microwaves Measured a Flower’s Heartbeat in 1926
In August 1926 Jagadish Chandra Bose entered an Oxford lecture hall with a snapdragon stem wired to a self‑built instrument, displaying a live tracing he described as the plant’s heartbeat. By immersing the stem in bromide and using a crystal...
Simple App to Make Images Look Like They’re on an Old CRT Display
CRT View is a lightweight cross‑platform app that instantly transforms any image into a convincing old‑school CRT display. Available for Windows, macOS and Linux, it adds scanlines, phosphor glow and curvature without the fiddling required in Photoshop or online filters....
Musk Defends Tweets that Allegedly Tanked Twitter Stock Before Buyout
Elon Musk took the stand in federal court to defend his conduct during the 2022 acquisition of Twitter, now X. Shareholders allege he deliberately depressed the stock price by inflating the platform’s bot count, violating securities laws. The lawsuit focuses...
Security Researcher Tears Apart White House App and Finds a Tracking and Security Nightmare
A security researcher decompiled the White House’s new mobile app and uncovered several serious flaws, including background GPS tracking, lack of SSL certificate pinning, and the loading of JavaScript from an external GitHub page. The app also injects custom JavaScript...
Bondi, DOJ Continue Procedural Chicanery over Epstein Questions
Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who previously refused a congressional subpoena, is now slated to speak about Jeffrey Epstein as a private citizen. The House committee arranged a “transcribed interview” that allows her to be represented by a current...