Tuesday, June 02
Daily News Stuff 2 June 2026
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- Anthropic has submitted a draft filing for its IPO. (Tech Crunch)
They are seeking a valuation close to $1 trillion.
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- Hackers have been stealing high-profile Instagram accounts via the cunning plan of asking Instagram for them. (404 Media)
Well, that and using a VPN so that they appear to be in the right general geographical region, but mostly because Instagram support is used to dealing with dumbasses who keep forgetting their passwords.
- Multiple laptop makers are preparing to launch models with Nvidia's new RTX Spark chip and eye-watering price tags. (The Verge)
Look at models with AMD's AI Max chips for a guideline, and add between 50% and 100% on top of that.
- Wizards of the Coast are reportedly in the process of remaking the classic computer games Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2. (WCCFTech)
Baldur's Gate 3, developed externally by Larian, was a massive hit, but Larian found Wizards of the Coast so toxic to work with that they want nothing to do with DLC or a sequel.
- AMD's Radeon 9070 GRE is a thing that exists. (Tom's Hardware)
Actually it has existed as a China-only product for a year now and the only change was the global release, so there are already plenty of reviews of its technical capabilities. What's new is the price, and the price is awful.
At $400 it would be interesting. Below $400, compelling. It costs $550 - as much as the faster and readily available Radeon 9070.
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I once stole an Instagram accout, if by "steal" you mean "resetting the password on an account that was created with my email address by someone who didn't realize she didn't have that address."
Posted by: Rick C at Tuesday, June 02 2026 11:17 PM (pyyG2)
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Good grief. Do we really need a remake of Baldur's Gate 1 and Baldur's Gate 2? I could not even stand much of the Enhanced Edition versions, and that at least had the original base game underneath the new exterior. Add to that the toxic brew that is WotC these days, and I view anything from them with suspicion.
If they would do isometric versions of the Gold Box games, then I might be very interested, but I rather stay with my copies of the original BG1 and BG2.
(I will admit to being one of the very few people who actually liked the Buck Rogers XXVc CRPGs, but those games are never coming back.)
Anyone have a recommendation for photo archives? I was looking at using one but since Shutterstock is owning everything and Getty main no longer cares for private users, I am a bit puzzled. At least iStock still seems to cater to private users.
If they would do isometric versions of the Gold Box games, then I might be very interested, but I rather stay with my copies of the original BG1 and BG2.
(I will admit to being one of the very few people who actually liked the Buck Rogers XXVc CRPGs, but those games are never coming back.)
Anyone have a recommendation for photo archives? I was looking at using one but since Shutterstock is owning everything and Getty main no longer cares for private users, I am a bit puzzled. At least iStock still seems to cater to private users.
Posted by: cxt217 at Wednesday, June 03 2026 02:26 PM (ZLF73)
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