Meta on Friday previewed its upcoming parental control features for teens’ conversations with AI characters on its platforms. The features, which will be rolled out next year, include the ability to block certain characters and monitor conversation topics. Starting in the coming months, parents will be able to turn off chats with AI characters entirely…
Pokémon is having a big week with Legends: Z-A out now for Switch and Switch 2, but before fans headed back to Kalos, they learned a whole lot about the future of the series after a second massive Game Freak Teraleak. The info dump included information about future games, including the Generation X games Pokémon…
Oct 09, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Website Security Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical security flaw impacting the Service Finder WordPress theme that makes it possible to gain unauthorized access to any account, including administrators, and take control of susceptible sites. The authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-5947 (CVSS score: 9.8), affects the Service Finder…
A new paper from a Samsung AI researcher explains how a small network can beat massive Large Language Models (LLMs) in complex reasoning. In the race for AI supremacy, the industry mantra has often been “bigger is better.” Tech giants have poured billions into creating ever-larger models, but according to Alexia Jolicoeur-Martineau of Samsung SAIL…
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Specialty Street Fighter sandwiches are coming to select McDonald’s restaurants in Japan. The collaboration was revealed earlier today with a slick SNES-looking promo that made me want to grab my old 16-bit console back out of the closet. But while the food is inspired by Street Fighter II, there’s also a burger voting contest in…
Three prominent ransomware groups DragonForce, LockBit, and Qilin have announced a new strategic ransomware alliance, once underscoring continued shifts in the cyber threat landscape. The coalition is seen as an attempt on the part of the financially motivated threat actors to conduct more effective ransomware attacks, ReliaQuest said in a report shared with The Hacker…
The acquisition underscores Tuned Global’s commitment to shaping the future of the music industry by empowering clients with innovative technology and unmatched execution, while continuing to support existing Figaro.ai customers. Wednesday, 8 October, 2025 — Tuned Global, the leading music and media technology platform, has today announced the acquisition of Figaro.ai (by FeedForward), a London-based…
Spotify on Wednesday upgraded its AI DJ feature — available to Premium subscribers — with a handful of new features, including the ability to send in your requests by typing, not just using voice commands. The feature works with both English and Spanish requests, as Spotify’s Spanish-language DJ, called DJ Livi, now accepts music requests. …
We’re getting more Halo games, but which ones? Can Battlefield really threaten Call of Duty for the military shooter crown? And is the future of OpenAI really a porn bot service? Welcome to the latest edition of Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku‘s daily roundup of gaming culture and news. I’m getting this one out extra early to…
