Rock Paper Shotgun

How to install Hytale on the Steam Deck

Step 2: Once you own Hytale, it’s time to get Steam Decking. Hold down its power button to open the power menu, then select ...
XDA Developers on MSN

Someone recreated the Windows 8 start menu in Linux for some reason

Someone recreated Windows 8.1's tiled Start menu for Linux — a niche, open-source throwback. It's Python-based, supports ...
How-To Geek on MSN

6 things Windows users always get wrong about Linux (and what’s actually true)

Linux is foundational to the internet, so finding support is straightforward. Whether we're speaking of official or ...
Reuters

Exclusive: Google works to erode Nvidia's software advantage with Meta's help

Google's TorchTPU aims to enhance TPU compatibility with PyTorch Google seeks to help AI developers reduce reliance on Nvidia's CUDA ecosystem TorchTPU initiative is part of Google's plan to attract ...
Wired

This Startup Wants to Build Self-Driving Car Software—Super Fast

The autonomous vehicle industry is heating up thanks to advances in AI. But can those same innovations help startups like HyprLabs build safe tech? But using a small, agile, and cheap team to get from ...
MIT Technology Review

AI coding is now everywhere. But not everyone is convinced.

Developers are navigating confusing gaps between expectation and reality. So are the rest of us. Depending who you ask, AI-powered coding is either giving software developers an unprecedented ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft Scales Back AI Goals Because Almost Nobody Is Using Copilot

Microsoft has cut its sales targets for its agentic AI software after struggling to find buyers interested in using it. In some cases, targets have been slashed by up to 50%, suggesting Microsoft ...
TechCrunch

Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that’s a bigger deal than it sounds

Anthropic is launching Claude Code in Slack, allowing developers to delegate coding tasks directly from chat threads. The beta feature, available Monday as a research preview, builds on Anthropic’s ...
Futurism

Malware Is Now Using AI to Rewrite Its Own Code to Avoid Detection

Researchers at Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have discovered that hackers are creating malware that can harness the power of large language models (LLMs) to rewrite itself on the fly. An ...
Bleeping Computer

Python rejects $1.5M grant from U.S. govt. fearing ethical compromise

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has withdrawn its $1.5 million grant proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) due to funding terms forcing a compromise on its commitment to ...
The Verge

Python Software Foundation turns down $1.5 million NSF grant because of the anti-DEI strings attached.

A PSF proposal to address vulnerabilities in Python and PyPi was recommended for funding, but it was declined because the terms barred “any programs that advance or promote DEI, or discriminatory ...
Nature

Google AI aims to make best-in-class scientific software even better

Researchers at Google have unveiled a new workflow to improve scientific software using artificial intelligence 1. The company built evolutionary ‘trees’ of software tools for six tasks. The ‘nodes’ ...