Looking for deals before Black Friday? Amazon has you covered with Big Deal Days. Basically, Prime Day in October, the sale runs the 7th and 8th this year, with Prime exclusive sales, hundreds (if not thousands) of products on sale, and companies vying for your attention (and wallet).

Unity is urging developers to take “immediate action” after it disclosed a major security vulnerability affecting games built using versions of its popular development tool dating back to 2017. While there is “no evidence of any exploitation of the vulnerability, nor has there been any impact on users or customers,” Unity already has fixes available to developers, according to a post from Larry Hryb, aka “Major Nelson.” Specifically, developers need to take action if “you have developed and released a game or application using Unity 2017.1 or later for Windows, Android, or macOS,” Hryb says. Unity’s “platform partners” have also “taken further steps to secure their platforms and protect end users.”Valve already released a new version of Steam that adds mitigations for the exploit, and “for Windows, Microsoft Defender has been updated and will detect and block the vulnerability,” Hryb says. Google and Meta have taken steps as well, according to Hyrb. There are “no findings to suggest” that the vulnerability can be exploited on iOS, visionOS, tvOS, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, UWP, Quest, and WebGL.Numerous developers have taken actions in response to the disclosure. Obsidian removed some of its games and products from digital storefronts, including Grounded 2 Founders Edition, Avowed Premium Edition, Pillars of Eternity: Hero Edition, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, and Pentiment, until it can “implement the necessary updates to address the issue.” Marvel Snap, No Rest for the Wicked, Ingress, and Fate/Grand Order have all received updates as well. And Atlus says Persona 5: The Phantom X will get an update.According to the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) record about the exploit, “if an application was built with a version of Unity Editor that had the vulnerable Unity Runtime code, then an adversary may be able to execute code on, and exfiltrate confidential information from, the machine on which that application is running.”Update, October 3rd: Added details about Obsidian removing games from storefronts and about games that have gotten updates.

Laptops don't need to be expensive to get the job done. We've seen plenty of great examples pop up over the past year, delivering some excellent specifications at a fair price. The Dell Inspiron 14 is one such example, featuring a compact design and lots of power thanks to Qualcomm's Snapdragon X chip. While it's usually priced at $800, you can score a stellar $350 discount, dropping the price to just $450 for a limited time.

One of Discord’s third-party customer service providers was compromised by an “unauthorized party,” the company says. The unauthorized party gained access to “information from a limited number of users who had contacted Discord through our Customer Support and/or Trust & Safety teams” and aimed to “extort a financial ransom from Discord.” The unauthorized party “did not gain access to Discord directly.”Data potentially accessed by the hack includes things like names, usernames, emails, and the last four digits of credit card numbers. The unauthorized party also accessed a “small number” of images of government IDs from “users who had appealed an age determination.” Full credit card numbers and passwords were not impacted by the breach, Discord says. The company is notifying impacted users now over email. If your ID might have been accessed, Discord will specify that. Discord also says it revoked the support provider’s access to Discord’s ticketing system, has notified data protection authorities, is working with law enforcement, and has reviewed “our threat detection systems and security controls for third-party support providers.”

This Anker docking station is a great way to keep all your cables and devices organized. Not only do you get 14 ports to connect, but it also comes with a small screen that can show you the status of devices that are plugged in. The best part is that this device is now $100 below its usual retail, coming in at its lowest price yet. It's a great time to pick one up, and we don't think you'll see a better price during Amazon's upcoming Prime Day event.

In many ways, looking at the TV market indicates exactly how far technology has progressed in a short time. Some of this progress is good — OLED is fantastic, while quantum dot film makes every panel look epic — while other aspects of the smart TV experience are less enjoyable, like having your viewing patterns analyzed and used for advertising. And that's to say nothing about the lackluster internal hardware that's barely capable of running the operating system, let alone running it smoothly and satisfactorily.

Applications make the operating system, at least for me. In terms of Linux, I not only need a proper suite of usable tools, but I also need them to be compatible with their Windows counterparts. I love the experience of using Linux when it works, and I'm no stranger to the terminal, so getting up and running with alternatives isn't an issue. In a lot of situations, these alternative apps are great, and in a lot of ways they exceed my expectations, but when push comes to shove, there are some apps that make it impossible for me to fully make the switch to Linux.

In the age of self-hosting and the home lab, the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to play a vital role in providing data from thermostats to security cameras. These products offer unparalleled convenience, but often come at the cost of security. Your home could become a potential entry point for malware, data breaches, and more, all thanks to those seemingly innocent smart home devices that are set up and connected to the network. Thankfully, there are a few ways you can safeguard your home network from potential attack.

This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week.The billboard didn't say "Listen Labs." It didn't say anything about hiring. It consisted of just a plain white background with "https://" and a single line of grouped numbers hanging over Nob Hill, San Francisco. Last month, Alfred Wahlforss, the startup's CEO, posted on X that whoever cracked the code and completed a subsequent challenge would win a trip to Berlin and get on the guest list for the ultra-exclusive nightclub Berghain.One of the more elaborate tech startup recruiting stunts in …Read the full story at The Verge.

Switching from the operating system you've used all your life can be scary. It's a whole new paradigm to get used to, and in the case of Linux compared to Windows, there are a ton of apps you may be used to that don't have Linux versions. That makes it hard to make the transition as you need to not only learn new things, but find out what you need to learn first, which can be a big barrier.

I’ve been hosting applications on local hardware for years and have come across numerous tools during this time. Media streaming platforms, photo managers, game servers, ebook organizers, and a host of other utilities are the more popular ones of the bunch and are extremely useful for data hoarders like myself. On the other hand, I’ve also run into some quirky services that, despite appearing somewhat weird at first glance, have their own niche utility in my home lab.

Although Borderlands 4 has suffered from technical issues during its launch, some people are still playing and enjoying the game. The next mainline entry in the Borderlands series takes players to a new planet, filled with many dangers to overcome and loot to discover. It's a guarantee that you'll get into a firefight with not one, but many different enemies while completing missions and searching for more rewards to gather. But some people will find themselves in battles that can be tougher than usual, especially if they're doing things that won't help them out in combat. Some bad habits can cost you more than you realize.