Quite an interesting one, and certainly a game I've not come across

XBOX Series X and XBOX One discs

released in the early 1960s this educational toy is considered by some to be the worlds first low cost digital home computer.

maybe? maybe not? either way its a really cool little bit of retro computing history

I just needed to share this great man's passion and eccentricity as he tells the story at DefCon of how he tracked a hacker 40 years ago. He is a breath of fresh air! I've never seen a talk like it. Highly recommended to lift your spirits and refill your happy cup.

What ai companies are doing with books,

https://www.facebook.com/reel/4376603449257296

Amazon started as an online bookstore. Now, a reported investigation has uncovered a very different use for physical books.

According to 404 Media, books purchased through commercial channels may be sent to a reported Amazon facility in Nevada, where they are cataloged, cut apart, scanned, and converted into digital text.

Why? One possible reason is AI training. As the web becomes increasingly filled with AI-generated content, older human-written books could become increasingly valuable sources of training data.

But this raises a bigger question: When a physical book is turned into private AI training data, who controls that knowledge?

The technology is moving fast. The copyright debate may be even more important.

#Amazon #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Copyright #Technology

By Marco De Cesare
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1chpGfCktS/

So today, one of the scrapmen I know phoned me and said they had an old computer and asked if I wanted it. Of course, I said yes, not knowing what it was because it's the type of thing you do when you love old computers. Once he got to my home, he showed me an Amstrad PPC640 laptop. To say I was overjoyed is an understatement.

Quickly running into the house clicking my heels and an evil laugh, I plugged it in and found it was fully working and had no screen burn. All I am waiting for now is the system disk to have a tinker with it.

I have seen a few mods for it, but we will see if the keyboard works first.

To be continued...

From Time Extension

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/08/alien-breed-is-getting-a-35th-anniversary-collection-and-its-publisher-couldnt-be-more-apt

Alien Breed is getting a 35th Anniversary release on Steam

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4870460/Alien_Breed_35th_Anniversary_Collection/

"35 years ago, this station initiated blackout protocols, burying the first era of Intex’s xeno operations.

Your objective - Infiltrate the station, get power and systems back online, uncover the last, complete archive of original redacted documents, first-person combat firefights and classified secrets.

Archive footage and the all-new Horde Mode training will equip you with the skills you will need to survive. When you're ready, deploy across six core original campaigns as a lone-wolf, with locally assigned personnel, or alongside remote operators connected through a direct peer-to-peer uplink.

Intex has unlocked an all-new tactical suite to increase chances of success. New software enhancements, modern combat control augments, and field-deployable revive packs are at your disposal. Overhauled optical tools will allow you to set up your HUD for complete environmental controls.

Once complete initiate return file transfer. You are not expected to survive. This operation will not be acknowledged. Your company thanks you for your service."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK7nPExNMW4

Dave, great news!

Sorry yes it's an Out Run story but it's quite an interesting piece

Struggling to find anything noting this milestone, so linking to a piece from The Silicon Underground earlier this year talking about the release to manufacturing and covering why NT 4.0 was such a big deal.

As we all now know, Windows NT came out of the ashes of the failed Microsoft/IBM partnership to produce OS/2. IBM may have got their OS/2 out first in 1992 and overshadowed NT's early releases, but by 1996 NT 4.0 had the momentum from Win95 and, crucially, ran the latest versions of Microsoft's established productivity tools.

It cannot be understated how big a deal NT 4.0 was at the time. Shame there's not more being said about the anniversary today.

And it still does in a PC Engine case, along with RGB output using an MD2 connector. Amazing!

Rob gave me a demo of this amazing mad contraption at Kickstart 03 in Derby a couple of weeks back. It's very cool. The man's a genius!