Neowin News Feed for: Weapons

Google no longer promises to refrain from using AI in military weaponry

David Uzondu — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 22:38:01 +0000

Google has updated its AI principles and removed its previous promise not to use AI in weapon development. Read more...

Microsoft employees protest company's HoloLens deal with U.S. military

Usama Jawad — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 14:40:01 +0000

50 employees have penned a letter urging Microsoft to cancel its HoloLens deal with the U.S. military, and to be "mindful about who we're empowering and what we're empowering them to do". Read more...

Hunt: Showdown is getting new weapons and a disgusting monster soon

Usama Jawad — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 06:12:01 +0000

At the PC Gaming Show during E3 2018, we got a glimpse at what's next for Crytek's popular Hunt: Showdown. Gamers can expect to see a range of new weapons as well as a tentacled monster soon. Read more...

@NeowinGaming: Revisiting Road Rash - the epitome of vehicular combat

Usama Jawad — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 13:48:01 +0000

This week, we're taking a look at Road Rash, the arcade bike combat/racing series developed by Electronic Arts back in the 1990s. Even today, the title is the epitome of vehicular combat. Read more...

Terbium Labs: Most of the dark web content, visible through Tor, is legal

Paul Hill — Sat, 05 Nov 2016 04:50:01 +0000

A new study by Terbium Labs has shown that the majority of the dark web, accessible through Tor, is in fact legal content. Drugs make up, by far, the largest section of illegal content. Read more...

The British army is allegedly training a group of 'Facebook Warriors'

Usama Jawad — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 17:42:01 +0000

The world stepped into the age of cyber warfare not too long ago, digital weapons have become much more destructive than physical ones. The British army intends to use this fact to their advantage. Read more...

Iranian nuclear program hit by virus, plays AC/DC

Paul Ferson — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:27:02 +0000

Iran's nuclear program has been infected with a new virus which seems to play excellent music at inopportune times, and has spread across two different Iranian facilities already. Read more...

Skype flaw turns videos into weapons

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:25:13 +0000

A programming error in eBay's Skype communications software could give cybercriminals a new way to sneak their malicious software onto a victim's PC. The flaw, which was reported Thursday by security researcher Aviv Raff, has... Read more...

FBI loses Laptops & Weapons at a Smaller Rate

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:37:57 +0000

The good news is that losses are dropping. The bad news is that they're still happening, and the FBI doesn't know if secure information is entering the wild. Completed in 2002, the Office of the... Read more...

Military readies directed-energy weapons

Mon, 02 Aug 2004 16:57:15 +0000

What could be cooler than zapping animals from a few dozens yards away? Apparently nothing overall important for Peter Anthony Schlesinger. While this experiment seems pretty odd it does have some uses according... Read more...

From Cisco, self-defense weapons for networks

Sat, 19 Jun 2004 23:56:22 +0000

On Monday Cisco is coming out with new features for its routers. These features will protect networks from viruses/worms. If you remember a while back Cisco started working with the top three anti-virus... Read more...

Pentagon buys weapons research supercomputer from Linux Netw

Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:18:19 +0000

Linux Networx is building a new, high-performance 2,132-CPU Linux cluster supercomputer for the U.S. Department of Defense as part of an IT modernization program being undertaken by the agency. In an announcement today,... Read more...

Even more Secret Weapons over Normandy

Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:26:58 +0000

LucasArts' fourth Xbox Live content package for Secret Weapons Over Normandy is now available to download. Less than a week since the last one, LucasArts has today released its fourth and final... Read more...

New Secret Weapons spotted over Normandy

Mon, 19 Jan 2004 21:49:08 +0000

LucasArts' third Xbox Live content package for Secret Weapons Over Normandy is now available to download. LucasArts has today released its third Secret Weapons Over Normandy content package via Xbox Live. The... Read more...

Navy SEALs: Weapons of Mass Destruction demo

Marcel Klum — Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:04:51 +0000

A playable demo of Navy SEALs: Weapons of Mass Destruction is now available, offering the opportunity to try out the Lithtech-powered first-person shooter that was released a few months ago by Jar Head Games and... Read more...

Secret Weapons of WWII Multiplayer Demo Released

Fri, 08 Aug 2003 19:48:25 +0000

Thanks goes to MadGuy from our forum's who noticed that the Demo had been released on EA's Battlefield:1942 website. Get ready for a World War II experience like you've never imagined. Weapons and... Read more...

Secret Weapons of WWII Multiplayer Demo

Tue, 05 Aug 2003 00:16:33 +0000

Get ready for a World War II experience like you've never imagined. Weapons and vehicles from the Allied and Axis laboratories are about to see combat for the first time in the stand alone multiplayer... Read more...

Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII screens

Marcel Klum — Wed, 07 May 2003 06:27:36 +0000

There will be seven new weapons including one-shot kill knives. Other weapons include the Bren light machine gun, Remington Auto 5 shotgun and the Mauser K98 grenade rifle. Players can put these weapons to use... Read more...

Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII

Marcel Klum — Wed, 02 Apr 2003 19:49:24 +0000

Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII, the second expansion pack to the highly acclaimed Battlefield 1942 title, significantly enhances the gaming experience by bringing the most bizarre and deadly weapons from the German and Allied... Read more...

Quake III mod Weapons Factory Arena v3.3!

Sun, 13 Jan 2002 12:24:02 +0000

Version 3.3 of Weapons Factory Arena has been released! The highlights of WFA version 3.3 are as follows: Upgraded in-game menus and visuals New effects using a particle generation... Read more...