Source code for Quake II's 2023 rerelease is now available for all. The classic gameplay brings modern updates and is as modder friendly as Doom. The code is GPL-licensed and on Github now.
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OpenStreetMap (OSM) turned 19; founded in 2004, it's now the largest open-source map. Supporting 50+ languages, millions use its API. Its community-driven model promotes innovation & accessibility.
Jailbreak hacker @ronsoros found stolen, open-source code in voice.ai, a real-time voice synthesizer, but instead of complying with the opensource license, they are taking measures to shut him down.
That beer-chugging app you had on your iPhone 12 years ago might soon be re-added to your party-trick repertoire. touchHLE is a new emulator for those old 32-bit iPhone apps and games.
CatGPT is a simple tool that erases all the usefulness of ChatGPT and transports the user back to a simpler time when cats ruled the Internet and you sometimes had to change your pager batteries.
Remember the horror you felt the first time you saw Jurassic Park? Well, set those horrors aside because humanity has decided to bring back the dodo bird first and put it on display.
Intel just cut pay for corporate employees by five percent or more in surprise internal communication that has left employees of the firm shellshocked in the wake of a weak, inflationary economy.
SH1MMER, a dangerous new ChromeOS exploit that was released on Friday the 13th, has flown under the radar for two weeks, and there's nothing stopping you from having a little fun with it.
It's now possible to build The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past from source for Windows and other platforms. This effort opens up to possibility for more exotic ports as well, like Atari Jaguar.
Salesforce has developed their own AI that can create millions of proteins in a flash that can be used in all sorts of different types of applications from medicine to... eating trash?
DetectGPT is the latest tool on the frontlines to combat ChatGPT and other machine-generated text. If the tool works as advertised, educators will finally have something in their arsenal.
This new VS Code plugin gives you the power to develop the DOS game you've always dreamed of using entirely free tools. Ring in the new year by bringing your retro ideas to life with "dos-dev".
Laser Bear industries makes your dream of using an Xbox controller on GameCube a reality. Wait, you didn't dream that? Neither did we, but it's here and it supports a host of other controllers too!
Saint's Row players rejoice! Wine 7.16 has been released and ships with fixes for this, Metal Gear Solid and Star Citizen. Though Deck owners may have to wait for these changes to be merged upstream.
The first release, called ‘Ground Zero', was released today and allows users to install Steam OS on any machine. But there are some things you need to know before installing this for yourself.
Unihertz showed us a clone of the Key2, which arguably strikes the best compromise between the PKB and widescreen worlds. It pairs a 3:2 display with the same keyboard layout as the Pocket.
According to developer Peabee, an entire loaf of bread is too much. He says, “I love bread, but I don't want to be eating 20 slices in 3 days. It shouldn't be so hard to find half-loaves of bread.
It's an excellent memorial. The project currently lists a staggering 70 scrapped products including Silverlight, the Adobe Flash competitor that once powered Netflix in the browser.
The overwhelming response to this release has had much fanfare, and currently Forest of Illusion has been knocked offline due to interest despite protection from their CDN, Cloudflare.
Starting in KDE Plasma 5.25, users with touch screen devices will be able to enter their tasks and virtual desktops overview by simply swiping down from the top edge, but with a special twist.
Challenged accepted. Of course, Basic was not up to the task for this one and Josip shows in detail how he managed writing Tiny Pong in C, which is a language that performs more closely to assembly.
While many of Arch's contemporaries have joined the fray, one notable open-source giant has yet to make the leap. Rolling Rhino looks to change that by converting Ubuntu into a rolling release.
Arch Linux, the rolling Linux distribution that powers Valve's Steam Deck is now 20 years old. Announced on March 11th, 2002, and codenamed Homer, version 0.1 was released to minor fanfare.
There are eight Yakuza titles on Steam, and four of them are Steam Deck Verified. Three of those titles are the first in the series, so if you're new to it you will be able to start at the beginning.
The release notes on Github mention that Forza Horizon 5 has become ‘playable', however the game is still absent from the official Verified/Playable list at the time of this writing.
Users can now expect read speeds as low as 600 micro-seconds. I'm not a scientist, but online calculators seem to indicate light can travel roughly 113 miles every 600 microseconds.
Valve is absolutely executing on its marketing this time. When Steam OS, Steam Machine, and Steam Controller launched in 2015, the gaming public were confused. Not this time around.
Of the 136 verified titles, 64 of them were developed with Unity. That could be an indication of how popular the engine is, but in all of Steam there are 26,142 titles that use it, out of 110,014.
Valve has learned from its mistakes and is working to add proper controller support to its back catalog, and thanks to a report, we know the latest to get this treatment is Half-Life 2.
Ahead of next month's Steam Deck launch, DXVK gets a performance boost and support for DLSS in God of War. DXVK is the software that translates DirectX 9, 10, and 11 calls to the Vulkan API.
According to their objective, they are seeking to deploy a “European DNS resolver service infrastructure” that serves “public, corporate and residential internet end-users in the EU”.
While it's doubtful you'll see ads in KDE's core applications, it would be possible for distributions that wish to further monetize their work to fork these applications, placing ads in them.
It's a bittersweet day for gamers who participate in Humble Bundle's Humble Choice Program. The service will sunset Linux and Mac versions of all games on offer starting February 1st.
Since 2017, those not so savvy who still wanted the experience of Pi-hole, could turn to Adhole.org. That is, until now. Adhole.org is shutting down, citing issues with maintenance and stability.
Back in October, Valve introduced the Steam Deck Verified program, which aims to present useful glyphs on their store and in your library that indicate how well a game will run on Steam OS 3.0.
Of the many grievances listed, some really standout and they all revolve around tactics that make it hard, if not impossible, for a LastPass free user to export their personal data.
Jesse Natalie, Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft, is working on adding and improving D3D12 compute support in OpenGL through Mesa and hints that future enhancements are in the pipeline.
For only $25, Xbox owners are allowed to register as a developer and place the machine in developer mode. This fee allows them to effectively use the machines they own in any way they see fit
Open-source developer Simon Scheegans is working on a project called Burn My Windows that restores classic desktop effects like burning windows to Gnome 3x and Gnome 40x, respectively.
We are a full two months into the official release of Windows 11, but driver support for Microsoft's Surface line of devices listed on the official compatibility list is still incomplete.
As Windows 10 approaches end of life, Microsoft targets more users with full-screen ads
Windows 11 build 27754 is out with modernized Windows Hello, new taskbar features, more
Windows 11 audio bug blasts users with 100% volume, Microsoft confirms
Microsoft's free Bing Wallpaper app for Windows is borderline malware
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