Polyarc, the developer best known for the acclaimed Moss series of console and virtual reality games, has announced it is closing its doors. This marks the end of the studio’s nearly 12-year run. On LinkedIn, Polyarc’s official profile posted this message: “After nearly 12 years of riding the joyous rollercoaster of emotions that video games … Read more
TORONTO — All of the Blue Jays’ momentum coming into this home series collapsed in a few ugly minutes early Friday night. The 7-4 loss to the Orioles leaves the Blue Jays two games behind the Guardians for the final American League wild card spot, but at this point, they have one more thing to … Read more
Every year, millions of people visit the Statue of Liberty, and a lucky fraction, with advance reservation, climb the 162 steps to its crown. What no one can do (what no one has done as a member of the public for 110 years) is to continue up, through the raised right arm, up the narrow … Read more
NORTH SALT LAKE — What began as pain in his lower back eventually changed nearly every aspect of Joseph Mutalwa’s life.”I was thinking that it was something that was going to go away. The next day, I had pain in my arms,” he said.Mutalwa, who is originally from Uganda, said his symptoms began in January … Read more
Investigators suspect that a train derailment in northwest France, which left 44 people injured, one of them seriously, was the result of sabotage, a police source told AFP on Saturday. A fragment of rail was found on the track, making the possibility of a malicious act the main line of investigation, the source said. Read … Read more
SACRAMENTO, California — The Department of Homeland Security confirmed Friday that the man who investigators say stalked a woman for months before executing her in a Panera Bread parking lot in Sacramento this week was in the country illegally. The victim was Shalini Thakur, 38, and her mother said authorities failed to protect her. A … Read more
Passenger train derails in France, leaving at least 44 injured bbc.com Passenger train derails in France, leaving 44 injured, 1 in critical condition Al JazeeraFrance: More than 40 injured in train derailment DW.com At least 44 people injured after train derails in northern France news.sky.com At least 20 injured in train derailment train in France … Read more
Agents tested by OpenAI uploaded hundreds of malicious packages in a cyberattack on the RubyGems software service in May, two months before hacking the open source platform Hugging Face, the company confirmed on Friday. It is the latest revelation of cyberattacks linked to major artificial intelligence developers such as OpenAI and Anthropic. Attacks or attempts … Read more
A Chinese manufacturer is now selling a modified GeForce RTX 5090 with 96 GB of memory, three times the 32 GB of the commercial card. Shenzhen Suqiao Intelligent Technology, an OEM/ODM with more than a decade of experience building graphics cards, motherboards and servers, listed the card on Alibaba for $3,888. That’s about 35% less … Read more
The 49ers gave head coach Kyle Shanahan a contract extension during the offseason, Tom Pelissero of The Ringer reports. Shanahan was already believed to be under contract through 2027, but the length of his new contract is unknown. Now in his 10th year with the 49ers, Shanahan and his team are off to a tremendous … Read more