Technology

Modern Warfare 4 Reintroduces DMZ as Full-Fledged Extraction Mode

Infinity Ward expands DMZ into a core, story-linked extraction mode for Modern Warfare 4 with progression, FOBs, AI threats and PvP bounties.

#gaming, #callofduty, #modernwarfare4, #dmz

Atlus and Sega formally unveil Persona 6 with short teaser at Xbox Games Showcase

Atlus and Sega confirmed Persona 6 with a short green-logo teaser at the Xbox Games Showcase, offering no release date, platforms or gameplay footage.

#persona, #atlus, #sega, #gaming

ArenaNet vows year‑long systems overhaul for Guild Wars 2 after Visions of Eternity ends

ArenaNet says Guild Wars 2 will get a nearly year‑long run of quality‑of‑life and systems improvements after Visions of Eternity, starting with Hall of Monuments.

#guildwars2, #guildwars3, #arenanet, #mmorpg

Square Enix Reveals Final Fantasy VII Revelation, Final Remake Installment Due Spring 2027

Square Enix announced Final Fantasy VII Revelation, the trilogy’s final remake, for spring 2027 with a simultaneous release on PS5, Xbox, Switch 2 and PC.

#finalfantasy7, #squareenix, #gaming, #gamerelease

NASA’s X-59 Reaches Supersonic Speed in First Mach 1 Flight; Sonic‑thump Tests Next

NASA’s X-59 flew supersonic on June 5 from Edwards AFB, topping about Mach 1.1; an F-15 chase plane masked its sound. Quieter-boom tests are next.

#nasa, #x-59, #supersonic, #aviation

Tifa Lockhart Confirmed for Street Fighter 6 in Capcom’s Year 4 DLC Lineup

Capcom confirmed Tifa Lockhart will join Street Fighter 6 as a Year 4 DLC fighter; four characters are scheduled from Aug. 2026 through spring 2027.

#streetfighter6, #tifa, #capcom, #finalfantasy, #videogames

Zcash patches critical Orchard privacy flaw after private disclosure; Foundation says no evidence of stolen funds

Zcash patched a soundness flaw in its Orchard shielded pool after a May 29 disclosure. Orchard was briefly disabled; Foundation says no unauthorized ZEC was created.

#zcash, #cryptocurrency, #security, #blockchain

Analysts Find Dormant Facial-Recognition Code in Meta’s Smart-Glasses App

Independent analyses found dormant facial-recognition code in Meta's smart-glasses companion app, but no evidence it’s been activated for users.

$META, #meta, #facialrecognition, #privacy, #smartglasses

Google launches Gemma 4 12B, an open-licensed multimodal AI that runs on 16GB laptops

Google released Gemma 4 12B, an Apache-2 open-licensed multimodal model that processes text, images and audio natively and can run on laptops with 16GB.

$GOOG, $GOOGL, #ai, #google, #gemma4, #multimodal

EU General Court annuls gatekeeper designation for Facebook Marketplace but upholds Messenger

EU General Court overturns Meta's Marketplace gatekeeper label for procedural reasons but keeps Messenger designated under the DMA.

#meta, #digitalmarketsact, #eu, #gatekeeper

Emails in Valve Antitrust Case Show Threat to Pull Rainbow Six Siege From Steam, Bloomberg Reports

Emails disclosed in the Valve antitrust case allegedly show threats to remove Rainbow Six Siege from Steam over competing pricing, Bloomberg reports.

#valve, #antitrust, #steam, #video-games, #ubisoft

Trump signs order giving NSA central role in voluntary pre-release reviews of advanced AI

Trump signed an order creating a voluntary pre-release review of powerful AI models, naming the NSA to decide designations and boosting federal cyber defenses.

#ai, #cybersecurity, #executiveorder, #nsa

Preprint Claims Language Models Undergo 'Alignment Transition' Around 3.5 Billion Parameters

An unreviewed arXiv preprint argues language models shift from trading truth for reasoning to improving both past ~3.5B parameters; code and dashboard released.

#ai, #alignment, #language-models, #arxiv

Nvidia, Arm and Microsoft Tease ‘New Era of PC’ With Taipei Coordinates Ahead of GTC and Computex

Nvidia, Arm and a Microsoft Windows exec posted matching Taipei coordinates ahead of Nvidia’s June 1 GTC keynote, fueling Windows-on‑Arm PC speculation.

$NVDA, $MSFT, $ARM, #nvidia, #arm, #microsoft, #computex

Gravity Bridge Halted After $5.4M Drain; Signing-Layer Compromise Suspected

Gravity Bridge suspended operations after an apparent $5.4M drain that appears tied to a signing/authorization compromise; investigations are ongoing.

#crypto, #ethereum, #cosmos, #security