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Hideo Kojima, the visionary behind Metal Gear and Death Stranding, says he's genuinely frightened by Sony's decision to phase out physical discs. His concern lands harder alongside Sony's latest clarification that while some older titles may still get physical releases after two thousand twenty eight, anything released after that date will be digital only. For players who value ownership, lending, or simply keeping a shelf of games, that distinction matters enormously. The era of owning your media in any traditional sense appears to be closing.
Shifting to research, the National Science Foundation is drawing renewed alarm from the scientific community. A blog tracking NSF's institutional health describes conditions in June two thousand twenty six as going from bad to worse, with funding disruptions and administrative uncertainty threatening long-term research pipelines. The concern isn't abstract. Delayed grants mean delayed science, and that ripple effect touches fields from medicine to materials engineering.
And on the security front, Mac users have a new threat to watch. A piece of malware called PamStealer is disguising itself as Maccy, a well-regarded open-source clipboard manager. Once installed, it quietly harvests passwords and sensitive data. It's a reminder that even trusted, familiar software names can become a vector for attack.
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