PeaZip 11.4 Open-Source Archive Manager Released with Various Improvements
PeaZip 11.4 open-source archive manager is now available for download with improvements to sanitization of input file names in multiple stages of the scripting engine.
Saturday 17 October 2026
107 stories gathered from 23 outlets.
Across everything
- GNOME3
- Anthropic3
- OpenAI3
- bans Musk documentary2
- Bloodlines2
- Mercedes-AMG2
- Meta removes language2
- PeaZip 11.42
- Ubuntu Touch2
- Wine 11.202
The Blood of Dawnwalker Update 1.1 adds an easier Story mode, a respec potion and animal petting
Update 1.1 for The Blood of Dawnwalker will add a new Story mode with additional combat assist, a potion that lets you forget your abilities and master new ones, and the ability to pet dogs and cats.
GNOME 50.6 Desktop Environment Released with Fixes for Nautilus, GNOME Shell
GNOME 50.6 is now available as the sixth update to the latest GNOME 50 desktop environment series with various bug fixes, updated translations, and other changes.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines remaster rumoured, with leaker insisting it's not a remake
A remaster of cult 2004 RPG Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines may be in the works.
TikTok bans Musk documentary account
Just ahead of the wider release of Alex Gibney's Musk documentary, TikTok has banned the film's social media account from its platform. TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film's distributor…
Why BioWare's Neverwinter Nights still has thousands of active players
The single-player is just OK, but according to the players, that doesn't matter.
Science says your boss should talk less in meetings
Research suggests listening more while talking less. Killing aimless meetings can help, too.
What are we all playing this weekend?
Saturday's are for having your mind read. Or, at least, this Saturday is because I'm seeing Derren Brown's new show. I'm a little self-conscious about it, not because I'm worried the mentalist will hypnotise me and make me profess a false love for consoles…
Linux
- GNOME3
- PeaZip 11.42
- Ubuntu Touch2
- Wine 11.202
- OS2
PeaZip 11.4 Open-Source Archive Manager Released with Various Improvements
PeaZip 11.4 open-source archive manager is now available for download with improvements to sanitization of input file names in multiple stages of the scripting engine.
GNOME 50.6 Desktop Environment Released with Fixes for Nautilus, GNOME Shell
GNOME 50.6 is now available as the sixth update to the latest GNOME 50 desktop environment series with various bug fixes, updated translations, and other changes.
Wine 11.20 Released With CD-ROM Support Change
Wine 11.20 is out today as the newest bi-weekly development release of this software for enjoying Windows games and apps on Linux. We are quickly approaching the point where this development work will culminate into the Wine 12.0 stable release in early…
Ubuntu Touch OTA 2.1 Rolls Out with Support for Volla Tablet, Various Updates
Ubuntu Touch OTA 2.1 rolls out with support for Volla Tablet, updated Morph Browser, flashlight support for Volla Phone Plinius, a security fix, and other changes.
Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.1 Brings New Hardware Support & Important Security Fix
Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.1 was released on Friday as the latest update to this community-maintained tablet/smartphone Ubuntu Linux platform. Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.5 was also released as a maintenance update for the prior series...
KDE Plasma 6.9 To Debut New Weather Widget & On-Screen Keyboard
With KDE Plasma 6.8 released earlier this week, KDE developers have begun working on more feature activity toward Plasma 6.9...
Linux 7.3 Lands Last-Minute Fixes For Samsung 990 PRO & 990 EVO Plus SSDs
Ahead of the Linux 7.3 stable kernel expected to be released tomorrow, last minute workarounds were merged for the Samsung 990 PRO and Samsung 990 EVO Plus NVMe solid state drives...
Tech
- bans Musk documentary2
- Meta removes language2
- OpenAI2
TikTok bans Musk documentary account
Just ahead of the wider release of Alex Gibney's Musk documentary, TikTok has banned the film's social media account from its platform. TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film's distributor…
Why BioWare's Neverwinter Nights still has thousands of active players
The single-player is just OK, but according to the players, that doesn't matter.
Science says your boss should talk less in meetings
Research suggests listening more while talking less. Killing aimless meetings can help, too.
Mark Wahlberg wants to take on the longevity-startup crowd with an affordable gym concept
Mark Wahlberg, who once sank money into a gym chain that got kicked off the NYSE, is now building his own, and he promises you’ll get a cold plunge, a blood panel and a protein muffin without needing a trust fund.
Get in the bin! UK Space Agency wants public to name its debris removal mission
ClearSpace UK aims to be operational in 2029 with public's suggestion etched on the side of the spacecraft
Microplastics React With Water, a New Study Says. That’s a Problem for Biology
Though plastic is usually inert, tiny pieces of it have the potential to react with one of the most pervasive molecules in the environment and in our bodies.
Why AI Isn’t Ready to Tackle Our Convoluted Genomes
The DNA inside our cells isn’t just a series of instructions, but something far more dynamic. Like scientists, AI models don't yet have the data to properly decode it.
Emerging
- Anthropic Claude2
- AI model2
This Hidden Device Could Free Up Gigawatts of Grid Power
This article was originally published by Canary Media. America’s energy supply crunch is driving a surge of federal and private investment in new electricity generation — from polluting gas turbines to cleaner developments like solar farms and geothermal…
Guest Post: AI Infrastructure Investment and the Future of Quantum Computing
Guest Post By George Varghese, Head of Investment, 0G Labs We’re witnessing one of the largest infrastructure investment cycles in modern technology, and I believe we’re still early in understanding its economic potential. AI has already changed how companies…
Robert Wille (Munich Quantum Software Company): Quantum software needs design automation, not just algorithms
Yuval interviews Robert Wille, a computer scientist and co-founder focused on quantum computing software. They discuss the field’s transition from research to practical deployment, the need for heterogeneous and hardware-agnostic software stacks, and the…
Anthropic’s Claude Designs Leaner Quantum Circuits, Reducing Resources Needed for Key Calculations
Insider Brief A team of researchers from Anthropic and Harvard used an artificial intelligence (AI) system to design quantum circuits that require fewer operations and qubits, potentially lowering the hardware demands of useful quantum computing. The…
Mathematicians say OpenAI doesn't understand its own Navier-Stokes proof
OpenAI submitted a 166-page solution to the Navier-Stokes problem but apparently doesn't fully understand its own proof. Several groups of experts dispute the claimed methodology, saying the actual approach differs from what OpenAI described. And because…
AI models hide mistakes in their own work reports, but one sentence in your prompt can help
AI agents systematically skip errors in their own reports, even when they spot the problems. In a study by Google Research, MIT, and Harvard, GPT-5.5 left out negative results in 198 out of 200 paper abstracts. The article AI models hide mistakes in their own…
Deepseek V4.1 Flash 1017 beats larger rivals in agentic tasks while once again massively cutting per-task costs
Deepseek has released V4.1-Flash-1017 as an open-weight model that posts better benchmarks, finishes tasks faster, and produces shorter outputs than its predecessor. The company is also opening up its internal search engine through new Search and Fetch APIs…
Gaming
- Bloodlines2
- Dawnwalker2
The Blood of Dawnwalker Update 1.1 adds an easier Story mode, a respec potion and animal petting
Update 1.1 for The Blood of Dawnwalker will add a new Story mode with additional combat assist, a potion that lets you forget your abilities and master new ones, and the ability to pet dogs and cats.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines remaster rumoured, with leaker insisting it's not a remake
A remaster of cult 2004 RPG Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines may be in the works.
What are we all playing this weekend?
Saturday's are for having your mind read. Or, at least, this Saturday is because I'm seeing Derren Brown's new show. I'm a little self-conscious about it, not because I'm worried the mentalist will hypnotise me and make me profess a false love for consoles…
Oh dear, half a year after launching Samson, Swedish developer Liquid Swords have filed for bankruptcy
Earlier this year, Swedish developer Liquid Swords released Samson, a GTA-ish, open world beat 'em up about dealing with debt, driving sturdy but battered cars, and saving your sister. It wasn't received all that well, including by us, notably because it was…
As too much of the industry embrace their own death through genAI, Konami say it's real people that are most important for making good games
I've taken a habit, recently, to proclaim my desire to explode in lieu of anything more realistically violent I could wish upon myself when I feel stressed. And, in what would likely be more concerning if I were a sentient bomb talking to a bomb diffusal…
RimWorld meets Moebius-esque roguelite colony sim Trailblazers: Into The March welcomes you aboard its hulking landships with a chonky-sounding demo
With the devs behind RimWorld gearing up for their next game with a recent engine switch, it'd be entirely fair if you were hankering for something new (if still familiar enough) yourself. Trailblazers: Into The March is one such game, having introduced…
Black & White 3 doesn't sound like it's ever going to happen, but good ole overpromising Peter Molyneux may have let slip about a remaster of the original
Peter Molyneux feels like a man who can never die. He's just sort of always been there, and seems like he always will be, making some kind of game where you can hypothetically do what you want, never quite living up to expectations. But hey, he's Peter…
