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John Carmack is speaking out following layoffs at id Software, the studio he co-founded decades ago. In a post on X, Carmack offered his perspective on the cuts, and while the full details remain sparse, his voice carries weight in the industry. When the person who built Doom weighs in on his old house, people listen.
Shifting to hardware, Asus has released the ProArt GeForce RTX fifty ninety, a slimmer two-slot design targeting creators and AI users who need flagship performance in compact workstation builds. With thirty-two gigabytes of GDDR seven memory, it delivers full RTX fifty ninety capability without the bulk of larger coolers. It is expensive, it is niche, but for the right builder, it may be exactly the trade-off worth making.
And in Europe, a campaign called Exit Chat Control is pushing back against proposed EU legislation that would require platforms to scan private messages for illegal content. Advocates argue it amounts to mass surveillance dressed up as child protection, while supporters say the threat is real and urgent. It is one of the harder trade-offs in tech policy, and it is far from settled.
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