Massive ID Leak Exposes 153 Million Licenses
The FBI is investigating a leak of 153 million US and Canadian driver’s licenses on a Russian cybercrime forum. The breach, which included the data of US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, is suspected to have come from IDScan, an authentication service provider.
GPT-6 Astra Beats Portal in Under 24 Hours
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra model successfully completed Valve’s Portal game in less than 24 hours, costing the user approximately $571.18 in API costs.
US Troops Tracked via Commercial Location Data
US lawmakers are demanding an investigation into why military personnel continue to be trackable through commercially purchased location data despite Department of Defense efforts to disable advertising IDs on government-issued devices.
GTA 6: Realism Over Gameplay Freedom
Rockstar Games is restricting the ability to walk around with weapons in GTA 6 to ensure NPCs react realistically. The studio claims GTA 5’s approach of ignoring weapons is no longer acceptable at current graphical resolutions and behavioral standards.
Farmer Rejects $16M AI Data Center Offer
A Pennsylvania farmer turned down a $15.7 million offer from AI data center developers, opting instead for a $1.9 million conservation easement to ensure his land remains agricultural.
CERN Migrates 2,200 Computers to Debian
CERN is moving over 2,200 specialized computers from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) to Debian to prevent older hardware from becoming obsolete due to RHEL’s updated compiler flags.
PS5 Emulator Progress May Fast-Track GTA 6 on PC
The KyTyPS5 emulator has successfully run the prologue of GTA 5 at 40-60 FPS, leading to speculation that the PS5 version of GTA 6 could be playable on PC via emulation before Rockstar’s official PC release.