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Tech + Social M
Widely used Daemon Tools disk app backdoored in monthlong supply-chain attack
Daemon Tools users: It’s time to check your machines for stealthy infections stat. Daemon Tools, a widely used app for mounting disk images, has been backdoored in a monthlong compromise that has pushed malicious updates from the servers of its developer, researchers said Tuesday.
AMD is adding HDMI 2.1 support for Linux. That’s good news for the Steam Machine
Fixed Rate Link being added now; Display Stream Compression coming soon. Last year, we noted how the long-standing vagaries ofHDMI licensing and open source AMD driver developmentcombined to prevent the upcomingSteam Machine from receiving official support for the HDMI 2.1 display standard.
Culture
Brainrot Copyright: Could Tung Tung Tung Sahur Become the Next Mickey Mouse?
Mementum Lab co-founder Eben Jeda speaks to us about the thorny issue of creating corporate IP for generative AI characters.
Design + Arts + Music
Daily Horoscope: May 5, 2026
Mercury squaring Pluto means the conversations you’ve been postponing have a way of surfacing, whether you’re ready or not. Some days, the sky hands you a clear directive.
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