The developer of upcoming Soulslike Valor Mortis says he might add an easy mode, but definitely won’t include dozens of difficulty settings. He believes what makes these games special is that everyone shares the same struggle.
IBM is planning to cut thousands of jobs in Q4 2025 as part of its strategic shift toward software. The company reported $16.3 billion in Q3 revenue but saw shares drop after missing cloud growth expectations.
BT’s Openreach is threatening to scrap its final push to bring full fibre to 30 million UK homes by 2030. The company says Ofcom’s proposed price controls make the business case unworkable for the last 5 million properties. This could leave millions without access to modern broadband infrastructure.
Daikin Applied Americas has acquired liquid cooling company Chilldyne, marking its second data center cooling acquisition this year. The deal strengthens Daikin’s position in the high-performance cooling market as AI workloads drive demand for advanced thermal management.
Adeia has filed a patent lawsuit against AMD over hybrid bonding methods used in 3D V-Cache processors. The case involves ten patents covering chip-stacking techniques that enable high-bandwidth cache connections. AMD has not yet commented on the allegations.
Cloud security giant Zscaler is acquiring AI security specialist SPLX to embed dedicated AI protection into its Zero Trust Exchange platform. The acquisition comes as companies are projected to spend $375 billion on AI infrastructure in 2025, a 67% jump from last year. SPLX brings automated red-team
Amazon is threatening legal action against AI startup Perplexity over its Comet browser, which allows AI agents to shop on Amazon for users. The dispute highlights growing tensions between dominant platforms and autonomous AI tools that act on users’ behalf.
OpenAI has expanded its Sora video generation app to Android devices across seven markets. The platform lets users create AI videos from text prompts and includes social features like remixing others’ content. It’s being positioned as OpenAI’s first major social app experiment.
Hundreds of malicious apps bypassed Google’s security to reach the official Play Store, where they were downloaded millions of times. The manufacturing and energy sectors saw the biggest increases in targeted attacks, with India and the US accounting for most malicious traffic.
EPC has launched the EPC91120, a high-performance 3-phase brushless DC motor drive inverter optimized for humanoid robot joints. The compact 32mm-diameter board integrates directly within robotic motor assemblies and delivers up to 21A peak current.
