Getting an emulator working for the first time on a piece of hardware is no small feat. The beginning may look quite rough, but despite how badly it performs, it's still a good proof of concept that at least something is possible. I say this because someone has gotten a PS5 emulator running on their Steam Deck, and while it never breaks 1 FPS, it's still amazing that it even runs at all.

For most of the 2010s, the thing Linux gamers wanted above all else were native ports. It was the key marker of a developer that was taking the platform seriously, and there were always forum threads created after every popular release talking about whether Linux support would be possible or not.

In a new filing in its long-running legal dispute with Epic Games, Apple has proposed a structure that would allow it to collect fees on digital purchases made via external links that don't use the company's in-app purchase system. Epic has already responded, saying that Apple's request is "far outside of the bounds" of the court's guidance.Right now, Apple cannot take a commission on external purchases after California district court judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled in April 2025 that found the company "willfully" didn't comply with her 2021 Epic Games v. Apple injunction. However, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel said that Apple …Read the full story at The Verge.

Enthusiasts in the self-hosted media community have been swearing by Plex for years. I was excited when it first debuted and promptly set up a server. I've had an off-and-on relationship with the media server ever since the Plex Pass price increased and premium features are behind the paywall.

It's no secret that Obsidian vaults can get pretty messy, and I'm especially prone to that. This is amplified even more by the fact that I have three separate vaults. And with every new one, I tell myself this is going to be the one I stay on top of, but somehow just end up in the same place. My attempts at trying to keep things organized show up with the little folders scattered here and there, but I just end up with a long list of unfiled notes at the root.

There are over 120,000 of Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras installed all over the US. Flock’s cameras, and others like them, use AI to identify and track vehicles based on their license plate number, make, model, color, and other info, networked together to track vehicles and people’s movements throughout the day and across the country.Dozens of communities have canceled contracts for the cameras or turned them off, including Los Angeles, as officials have pushed for more limits on the data they collect, who has access to it, and how it can be used in the future. Earlier this year, Amazon-owned Ring canceled a partnership with Flock after online backlash. Flock CEO: ‘We got this one wrong’ Flock cameras? Target practice. Another grim portent for our AI policing future. The LAPD has suspended its use of Flock’s license plate readers, for now. No, Flock isn’t threatening people for debating surveillance The all-too-predictable Flock stalking problem. Let’s talk about Ring, lost dogs, and the surveillance state Ring’s Flock breakup doesn’t fix its real problem Flock is “pausing further exploration of a potential partnership with Ring.” Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash Dozens of Flock AI camera feeds were just out there AI annotators overseas may be reviewing Flock license plate camera footage from the US. Amazon’s Ring now works with video surveillance company Flock Unprotected license plate surveillance cameras let anyone with a web browser tune in

The United States has already banned future foreign drones from entering the United States unless their companies kiss the ring - as well as routers, robots, and Roombas. Now, President Donald Trump is targeting existing drone imports and parts, too. He's going to try to make them cost a lot more.In a presidential action, he's declared a whopping 100 percent tariff on imports of drones with thermal cameras, drones weighing over 25kg (57 pounds), and any kind of part for any kind of unmanned aircraft weighing over 25kg - you can read the full list here. For all other drones, including tiny sub-250-gram "Mini" consumer drones, he's declared …Read the full story at The Verge.

It has been four years since large language models first became publicly accessible, and in that relatively short time, AI has found its way into more workflows than most of us could've anticipated. Few fields have embraced it quite as enthusiastically as software development, where it has become a fairly ordinary part of the development process.

One month after Epic Games and Google seemingly stopped fighting over the future of Android app distribution, they were back in a San Francisco courtroom today - where Judge James Donato just ordered Google to make it easier to install rival app stores on Android. It's been nearly three years since a jury unanimously decided that Google had an illegal monopoly over Android apps, and almost two years since Judge Donato decided the best way of undoing that monopoly would be to crack open Android app distribution. Donato ordered Google to carry rival Android app stores inside its own Google Play Store, and to provide rivals with complecte acc …Read the full story at The Verge.

You know, despite there being a ton of tinkerers out there making cool things, there's a surprising lack of villain-coded things. You'd think a community of gadget-making fanatics would dip into the classic Bond villain aesthetic every once in a while. Well, one person has brought their particularly sinister project to the internet, and I must say, it's very impressive.

As good as a self-hosted photo library is, it still doesn't solve the problem of discovery. When you've got a photo library spanning 200,000 images, you know you're not actively looking back at your memories unless you're seeking out a specific photo. I've previously dabbled in apps that surface Google Photos-style memories using Immich as the backend. But as good as it is, there's got to be a better way.

Mico is headed to Learn Live. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft Copilot will no longer show its emotive yellow blob, Mico, when you use the chatbot's voice mode. In a support page, Microsoft says it's going to move Mico to its Learn Live platform, where the avatar will have "more to react to," as reported earlier by GeekWire.Mico launched in Copilot's voice mode last October, with Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman pitching the avatar as a way to give the chatbot an "identity." The blob would react to what you say in real-time, complete with facial expressions and animations.Mico joins the long list of virtual helpers that Microsoft has retired over the years, like Clippy, Cortana, and Rover …Read the full story at The Verge.