Games
* Key Takeaways: * Rock Paper Shotgun hardware editor James Archer shared a short list of 2025 "bonus" picks that missed the main Advent Calendar votes. * It Has My Face (NightByte Games/Behaviour Interactive) gets singled out for its tense, player-vs-crowd stealth and oddball assassination hooks. * Other honorable mentions include
Gadgets
Key Takeaways: * LG unveiled the UltraGear evo line of high-end gaming monitors, all featuring 5K resolutions and built-in AI upscaling. * Three flagship models were announced: 39GX950B (39" ultrawide), 27GM950B (27" MiniLED), and 52G930B (52" curved panoramic). * Panels include a 21:9 5K2K dual-mode ultrawide, a new MiniLED
Games
* Key Takeaways: * Ubisoft shut down Rainbow Six Siege servers after a security incident that granted many players billions of R6 credits and ultra-rare skins. * The company is performing a full transaction rollback beginning at 6AM ET on the incident day and running extensive quality-control checks before restoring service. * All platforms
Software
* Key Takeaways: * Google is rolling out a way for users to change @gmail.com addresses while preserving emails and Google services. * The old address becomes an alias and will continue to receive mail; users can sign in with either address. * Limits include one change every 12 months, up to three
Games
• Hackers gained control of key Rainbow Six Siege systems, handed every player 2 billion R6 Credits and unlocked all items. • Ubisoft shut down the game's servers and in-game marketplace while it investigates; some transactions will be rolled back. • Ubisoft says players won't be punished for spending
AI
Key Takeaways: * Chinese vendors are selling modified NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 cards fitted with 32 GB of GDDR7 memory. * Modders use higher-density GDDR7 modules and blower-style ("turbo") coolers to support heavier AI workloads. * These cards prioritize memory capacity for training/inference but carry higher power draw and durability
Games
* Key takeaways: * Nemo's new Street Fighter 6 season‑3 tier list ranks Ed and Mai in SS tier; Blanka and Ryu sit in S tier. * Terry is close behind, while longtime pick M. Bison is viewed as weaker by Nemo. * Newcomer C. Viper is placed in the low
Security
* Key Takeaways: * MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847) is a high-severity, unauthenticated memory-disclosure bug in MongoDB’s zlib message decompression. * Censys identified more than 87,000 potentially vulnerable MongoDB instances exposed to the public internet. * A public PoC exploit by researcher Joe Desimone is available on GitHub; MongoDB has released patches — update immediately. What
Gadgets
* Samsung expands its 2026 audio lineup with new Q-Series soundbars and Music Studio Wi‑Fi speakers. * HW-Q990H flagship introduces Sound Elevation and Auto Volume; HW-QS90H is an All‑in‑One convertible soundbar. * Music Studio 7 (LS70H) and Music Studio 5 (LS50H) offer spatial audio, AI Dynamic Bass Control and Erwan
Gadgets
• Key Takeaways: * Samsung is launching Music Studio 5 and Music Studio 7 speakers at CES 2026, designed with Erwan Bouroullec. * The Studio 5 is compact with a 4-inch woofer and dual tweeters; the Studio 7 is a 3.1.1-channel high-res speaker. * Both models use AI Dynamic Bass Control and
Security
• Key takeaways: • Attackers abused internal Rainbow Six Siege systems to ban/unban players, show fake ban messages, and add roughly 2 billion R6 Credits and Renown. • All cosmetics — including developer-only skins — were unlocked; the credits are valued at about $13.3M based on Ubisoft pricing. • Ubisoft intentionally shut down Siege
Software
• Blender 5.0 released Nov 2025; Phoronix re-tested Blender 3.0 through 5.0 for CPU render performance. • Tests ran on a 96‑core AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX under Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Linux 6.18. • Overall CPU rendering performance was largely flat across releases; different scenes favored