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Silent Hill, one of gaming's most unsettling franchises, has crossed the Atlantic and landed in Scotland. The latest entry swaps Japan's foggy American towns for something distinctly British, and early impressions suggest the bleak Highland atmosphere might actually be a natural fit for survival horror. Whether it captures the soul of the original remains the real question.
Turning to the corporate world, Automattic, the company behind WordPress, is navigating serious internal turbulence. After a failed attempt by board members to place chief executive Matt Mullenweg on leave, the company now has an entirely new board in place. It is a significant reset for one of the web's most foundational platforms, and the fallout is still being watched closely across the open-source community.
And in the AI infrastructure space, Crusoe has walked away from a one point two five billion dollar plan to power its data centers using Boom Supersonic's stationary turbines. The company says those plants are simply no longer in its near-term roadmap, which is a notable blow for Boom as it tries to find footing beyond commercial aviation. Energy strategy for AI remains one of the messiest unsolved problems in the industry.
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