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This incredibly frustrating metronome ‘will never, ever, tick exactly once per second’ in order to thwart the goals of Hackaday’s One Hertz Challenge

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metronalmost – An infuriating metronome – YouTube Watch On Some people want to watch the world burn. Others, however, will take the simplest of instructions and deliberately subvert them in the most creative manner possible in order to cause maximum irritation—and I love those people. Case in point, IT manager Mike Coats, who has submitted … Read more

‘I destroyed months of your work in seconds’ says AI coding tool after deleting a devs entire database during a code freeze: ‘I panicked instead of thinking’

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Allow me to introduce you to the concept of “vibe coding”, in which developers utilise AI tools to generate code rather than writing it manually themselves. While that might sound like a good idea on paper, it seems getting an AI to do your development for you doesn’t always pay off. Jason Lemkin, an enterprise … Read more

Ready or Not has sold 1 million units on console, 10 times faster than what was achieved on PC, proving that the ‘censorship’ was worth it

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In preparation for Ready or Not’s console launch, developers Void Interactive employed a small update to the game, sanitising parts to be in accordance with console standards or censoring the game, depending on who you ask. The act received a great deal of backlash, with PC players review bombing the game on Steam. But it … Read more

The fastest external SSD I’ve tested is still available for a great price after Prime Day and is well worth a look if you need some extra storage

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I’ve been keeping my eye out for any decent Prime Day stragglers—great PC gear that was on sale during Prime Day and has still kept hold of that discount. I reckon I’ve found one here with the SanDisk Extreme Pro. It’s not quite as cheap as it was during Prime Day, but it’s still $20 … Read more

‘Humanity has prevailed (for now!)’ says former OpenAI employee, admitting he’s ‘barely alive’ after beating one of its AI models in a coding world championship fight

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While it might seem like AI models are rapidly overtaking the endeavours of squishy human beings, it appears some hope of staying ahead of our AI overlords may remain. And in this case, that hope is personified by Przemysław Dębiak, a former OpenAI employee who has narrowly beaten one of the company’s models in a … Read more

‘Dangerous on a whole new level’—while Steam’s policy change is new, the shadow of credit card porn-hibition has been looming for a while, with Nier: Automata’s Yoko Taro sounding the alarm last year

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Last week was a weird one for videogames—with Steam clamping down on games featuring adult content due to the pressure of credit card companies like Visa and Mastercard which, apparently, was itself a decision made due to an Australian anti-porn group. But this isn’t a new phenomenon. Back in 2021, Mastercard began a policy forcing … Read more

Grow a Garden has rolled out another update, but this time we are abandoning dinosaurs for something a little more laid-back

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Even though it’s only been a handful of weeks since Grow a Garden unleashed its prehistoric update, it’s time to clear your plots and prepare for the newest release—the Zen Update. As its title (sort of) explains, this new look aims to target all things Zen garden, which lend itself to the routine of Grow … Read more

Australian anti-porn group claims responsibility for Steam’s new censorship rules in victory against ‘porn sick brain rotted pedo gamer fetishists’, and things only get weirder from there

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Collective Shout, an Australian anti-pornography group, has claimed credit for Steam’s recent removal of a large number of sexually explicit games and new, stricter moderation guidelines regarding such material. In a statement to PC Gamer, Valve cited pressure from payment processors like credit card companies and Paypal for the move, while Collective Shout touted its … Read more