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Voting for the Golden Joystick Awards Ultimate Game of the Year ends on November 7Nominees include the likes of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Blue Prince, Hades 2, and moreThe ceremony is scheduled to begin on November 20The Golden Joystick Awards 2025 is scheduled to kick off later this month, and the shortlist for the Ultimate Game of the Year award has been announced. There are only a few days left before voting officially closes, so here’s everything you need to know, including the nominees and where you can cast your ballot.The 43rd annual Golden Joystick Awards begin on November 20, and…

On Monday, OpenAI announced it has signed a seven-year, $38 billion deal to buy cloud services from Amazon Web Services to power products like ChatGPT and Sora. It’s the company’s first big computing deal after a fundamental restructuring last week that gave OpenAI more operational and financial freedom from Microsoft. The agreement gives OpenAI access to hundreds of thousands of Nvidia graphics processors to train and run its AI models. “Scaling frontier AI requires massive, reliable compute,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a statement. “Our partnership with AWS strengthens the broad compute ecosystem that will power this next era…

Logitech is hoping to attract all the keebheads out there with its latest Alto Keys K98M. While this keyboard has been available in Asian markets for a while, Logitech finally brought its customizable work keyboard to the US. It may appeal to a specific demographic, but it’s a welcome return to hot-swappable offerings from Logitech. The Alto Keys K98M is now available in US markets through its website for $119.According to Logitech, the Alto Keys K98M comes with hot-swappable Logi Marble linear switches. While Logitech sells several mechanical keyboards, the last notable one with a hot-swappable board was the Logitech…

Tim Cook turned 65 on Nov. 1, and talks have been growing around the question of who his successor as Apple CEO could be. Cook has made no announcement that he’ll be retiring, but according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the tech giant is working behind the scenes to ensure a seamless transition when the time does come.Cook replaced Steve Jobs in 2011, and after a period of uncertainty, Cook ushered Apple into its most profitable era. Stock-watching website Stocktwits reports that the company’s stock has increased by around 1,800% since Cook took over leading the company.Don’t miss any of our unbiased tech content…

Rhysida spoofed Microsoft Teams ads on Bing to deliver malware via fake download pagesVictims received OysterLoader and Latrodectus, which deploy ransomware, backdoors, and infostealersGroup operates on RaaS model; past targets include airports, libraries, and U.S. school districtsSecurity researchers have once again found poisoned ads on popular ad networks, spoofing major brands to deliver all sorts of nasties.Experts at Expel spotted a new malware distribution campaign conducted by the Rhysida ransomware group which apparently began in June 2025, and is still ongoing at press time.For the campaign, Rhysida’s operatives created landing pages to imitate download sites for Microsoft Teams, one of…

Partnerships and government contracts fuel optimism At the GTC conference on Tuesday, Nvidia’s CEO went out of his way to repeatedly praise Donald Trump and his policies for accelerating domestic tech investment while warning that excluding China from Nvidia’s ecosystem could limit US access to half the world’s AI developers. The overall event stressed Nvidia’s role as an American company, with Huang even nodding to Trump’s signature slogan in his sign-off by thanking the audience for “making America great again.” Trump’s cooperation is paramount for Nvidia because US export controls have effectively blocked Nvidia’s AI chips from China, costing the…

SpaceX will reportedly receive a $2 billion contract to develop satellites for the US government, according to the . The WSJ’s report detailed that SpaceX will be tasked with developing up to 600 satellites that can track missiles and aircraft and will be used for President Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” project. in May, the president introduced a project to build an anti-missile defense system that would intercept missile attacks before reaching their target. The Golden Dome is reminiscent of Israel’s system, but the Pentagon has yet to reveal concrete details about the project. Considering the scale of the project, it’s…

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.Today’s NYT Connections puzzle has some exceptionally long clues. All of them have at least two words. If you need help, you’re in the right place. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with…

Abbott Elementary’s spiritual cousin, this fellow mockumentary follows a group of equally overworked and underfunded public service professionals, swapping blackboards for bedpans. Keep reading as we explain how to watch St. Denis Medical season 2 online from anywhere and potentially for FREE. Watch St. Denis Medical season 2 onlineSwipe to scroll horizontally Set in a struggling Oregon hospital, the show follows the doctors and nurses trying to maintain their sanity and do the best for their patients while battling staff shortages, office conflicts and personal turmoil. In season 2, things start looking bright when the hospital receives a large private…

Lawsuits and safety concerns Character.AI was founded in 2021 by Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, two former Google engineers, and raised nearly $200 million from investors. Last year, Google agreed to pay about $3 billion to license Character.AI’s technology, and Shazeer and De Freitas returned to Google. But the company now faces multiple lawsuits alleging that its technology contributed to teen deaths. Last year, the family of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III sued Character.AI, accusing the company of being responsible for his death. Setzer died by suicide after frequently texting and conversing with one of the platform’s chatbots. The company…