The ShadPS4 team has officially revealed ShadNet, a new online service for the PS4 emulator.
ShadNet lets ShadPS4 users connect and play online multiplayer games, similar to PlayStation Network. The project has been in development for several months and is now available for public testing.
Currently, the only working feature is score tracking, while online multiplayer and account support are still being developed. Users can already register an account, but logging in through the ShadPS4 launcher isn���t available yet.
The team also launched a community wiki where users can share game-specific settings, fixes, and tips to improve compatibility.
Stop Killing Games has joined a big coalition pushing back against new age verification laws that claim to be for our safety.
Big companies can afford the costly ID checks and rules, while small teams, fan fixes for private game servers, and community projects usually cannot.
These are exactly what keep old games alive after the makers stop supporting them. One example is the free browser game Urban Dead, which ran for nearly 20 years until its solo developer shut it down in 2025 because UK rules made it too hard to continue.
Stop Killing Games signed an open letter with groups like Mozilla and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
The letter says that while protecting kids online matters, these wide age checks create new gatekeepers, collect private data, and shrink the open web.
Some of that the rules could make private servers and even some Linux systems illegal in places like California.
Games we own should stay playable
🚨 U.S. Rewards Program Targets Iranian Cyber Actors
The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program is offering up to $10 million for information on individuals linked to Iranian cyber operations.
🎯 Named targets include:
• Handala
• Parsian Afzar Rayan Borna
• Associated groups and operators involved in malicious cyber activities against U.S. infrastructure
🔍 Details:
• Focus on identification, attribution, and location of actors
• Accepts tips via Signal and Tor-based channels
• Rewards may include financial compensation and relocation support
📊 Context:
This reflects increasing emphasis on human intelligence (HUMINT) alongside technical attribution in cyber operations.
⚠️ Strategic signal:
Escalation from cyber conflict → law enforcement + financial incentives, aiming to disrupt actor ecosystems.
#CyberThreatIntelligence #ThreatIntel #CyberSecurity #Iran #Hacktivism #Attribution #RewardsForJustice #DailyDarkWeb
So, Discord will soon force age verification for full access through a face scan for all users. Lovely 🤡 If you are wondering what else is out there, here are some of the most interesting open-source alternatives you might want to try out!
🚨 NEW: Discord will require MANDATORY Face ID biometric scanning and ID verification for ALL USERS starting next month.
It’s time to return to the beginning. To a better time when chat apps were just chat apps.
It’s time to return to IRC.
The Stop Killing Games European Citizens' Initiative has concluded verification with 1,294,188 valid signatures out of 1,448,270 submitted.
This exceeds the required 1 million threshold, qualifying it for European Commission review.
Handover is expected in Brussels around mid-to-late February 2026.
SSDs now cost 16x more than HDDs due to AI supply chain crisis
Enterprise 30TB TLC SSDs rose 257% in under a year while HDDs increased only 35%.
All-flash datacenters have become extremely expensive.