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Elden Ring Tarnished Edition lands on Switch 2
Elden Ring Tarnished Edition arrived on Switch 2 on 28 August, the series' first Nintendo machine. The Tarnished Pack is €4.99 on the other platforms.
Christian
Pope Leo XIV gives Eastern synods a path to restore communion
On 29 August Pope Leo XIV’s Mutua Concordia gave Eastern synods an orderly way to restore communion. The Pope stays guarantor.
Tesla
Tesla sets its Cybercab launch in Austin for 3 September
Tesla set an invite-only Cybercab launch in Austin for 3 September, with RSVPs closing on 30 August. Its invite promised a livestream for everyone else.
Live · Computing
AWS is working to bring NVIDIA's 88-core Vera CPU to its cloud
AWS is bringing NVIDIA's Vera CPU to its cloud. The chip has 88 custom Olympus cores, up to 1.5 TB of memory and a 1.8 TB/s link to Rubin GPUs.
Tech
Samsung’s S26 FE is first in the family onto One UI 9
Samsung's Galaxy S26 FE is the first S26 phone on One UI 9 and Android 17. It goes on sale from 4 September, with no price on the newsroom pages.
Ciphers
First-night quiz
Five short questions on the 30 August edition. No trick items. Answers under the break.
Ciphers
Binary on the desk
Five ASCII bytes, a three-rail fence, and a one-line quiz about the first edition.
Hacking
Blue Water won DEF CON CTF at the West Hall
Blue Water won the DEF CON 34 capture-the-flag contest, ahead of 0x4B52 and SuperDiceCodeLovers. AUTOCRYPT Red Team swept the car-hacking board.
Hacking
DEF CON banned recording glasses. Prescription recorders are not exempt.
DEF CON 34 banned recording glasses, with no exemption for prescription pairs. Covert filming breaks its Code of Conduct, but visible cameras are fine.
Hacking
HD Moore releases OOBscan to audit server management chips
HD Moore released OOBscan, a free open-source tool that checks servers' remote management chips for exposure, at Black Hat USA on 5 August.
Ciphers
The keyword is stainless
A keyword cipher built on STAINLESS, plus hex that names the unglamorous miracle.