Newly Granted Nintendo Patents An ‘Embarrassing Failure’ By The USPTO, Says Patent Attorney Summary Timothy Geigner reports that Nintendo has been granted two recent US patents (US 12,409,387 and US 12,403,397) covering gameplay mechanics — one for riding/flying systems and another for summoning and battling with “sub-characters.” Patent lawyer Kirk Sigmon calls the approvals an […]
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt Summary This weekly roundup highlights the top insightful and funniest comments from Techdirt readers. Standouts include MrWilson’s observations on the risks of walling off the open internet and comments about attempts to hide booing of public figures at major events. The piece also showcases editor’s picks across […]
Schulman Properties secures approval for 21-story condo-hotel in downtown Las Vegas Summary Schulman Properties has won planning approval from the Las Vegas Planning Commission to build the 21-storey Eterno Hotel on a six-acre site at 1003 Iron Horse Court, near Charleston Boulevard and Grand Central Parkway. Groundbreaking is planned for January 2026 and completion is […]
Nominations now open for 16th edition of the BEGE Awards | Yogonet International Summary The BEGE Awards have opened nominations for their 16th edition. The ceremony will take place on 26 November at Megami Club in Sofia, followed by the BEGE Party. The awards — part of the Balkan Entertainment and Gaming Exhibition — celebrate […]
Aristocrat appoints former Light & Wonder executive Dylan Slaney as Interactive CEO Summary Aristocrat Leisure has named Dylan Slaney, formerly head of Light & Wonder’s iGaming business, as Chief Executive Officer of its Interactive division. Slaney will take up the role on 3 November 2025, subject to regulatory approvals, and succeeds Moti Malul who will […]
WhatsApp Bug Anchors Targeted Zero-Click iPhone Attacks Summary A WhatsApp vulnerability (CVE-2025-55177, CVSS 5.4) has been linked to a sophisticated zero-click campaign that also used a patched Apple OS flaw (CVE-2025-43300). Meta and CISA say the WhatsApp bug could allow processing of content from an arbitrary URL on a target device; WhatsApp has released fixes […]
Hacked Routers Linger on the Internet for Years, Data Shows Summary Researchers at Censys — led by principal security researcher Emily Austin — discovered several hundred Ubiquiti routers still displaying “hacked” banners when trawling Internet scan data. The evidence suggests these devices were compromised long ago rather than in a new campaign: the number of […]
The Download: Trump’s impact on science, and meet our climate and energy honourees Summary Today’s newsletter issue covers several linked themes: how the Trump administration’s policies are affecting early-career scientists in the US; profiles of climate and energy innovators on MIT Technology Review’s 2025 Innovators Under 35 list (including Ethiopian-born researcher Iwnetim Abate and his […]
Cloudflare Holds Back the Tide on 11.5Tbps DDoS Attack Summary Cloudflare reports it automatically mitigated hundreds of hyper-volumetric distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in recent weeks, including a UDP flood that peaked at about 11.5 terabits per second (Tbps). The 11.5Tbps event lasted roughly 35 seconds and originated from a mix of IoT devices and cloud […]
National Guard Accidentally Sends Evidence Of Troop Disillusionment To The Washington Post Summary The Washington Post obtained internal National Guard “media roll up” documents that show widespread unease and disillusionment among deployed troops. The reports — which analyse news and social media sentiment — note residents’ alarm at Guard deployments and include comments from people […]
