Doom, one of the most influential videogames of all time, was famously distributed via the shareware model: The game's first chapter was completely free, and if you liked it, you sent id Software some money and they mailed you the remaining two episodes.

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Sen. John Husted, R-Ohio, joined the growing coalition of GOP lawmakers calling on Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, to resign from Congress amid abuse allegations made by his ex-wife, daughter of Ohio’s other GOP senator, Bernie Moreno.

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Jubilant Sykes was found with fatal stab wounds inside his Santa Monica, California, home after a 911 call last December

The adult son of Grammy-nominated opera singer Jubilant Sykes pleaded not guilty Thursday to the fatal stabbing of his 71-year-old father at the family’s Santa Monica, California, home last December.

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Green Day TV will also feature Tre Cool-hosted Transmission Unknown variety show, “unearthed VHS tapes, deep cuts, and probably some stuff that should’ve stayed in the archives”

When UC Berkeley postdoctoral researchers Maya Zomer and Lucia Layritz first drove through burned portions of Mojave National Preserve in Southern California, the sight stunned them. "It looks like a pretty dystopian landscape," Layritz said.

Golfer Charley Hull says she is looking to get back to her "ruthless" self after finishing joint sixth in The Open at Royal Lytham and St Annes last weekend.

Hull started the final day in contention, five shots behind Yealimi Noh, but shot a +1 round of 72 on Sunday as Shiho Kuwaki went on to pick up the trophy following a dramatic play-off with Esther Henseleit.

WordPress 7.1, scheduled for release on August 19, is scheduled to ship with a change that improves accessibility but will cause a breaking change to the admin page for a small number of users. While it’s not likely to impact most users, plugin and theme developers may want to take notice of the change.

It includes a new algorithm that optimizes content on a scene-by-scene basis.

We've been hearing about Dolby Vision 2 for a while now, and it's finally here. The company's next-generation image engine is available on select Hisense televisions, with more models Hisense models getting the new features via firmware updates. For now, Dolby Vision 2 is live on 2026 models like the UX, UR9, UR8 and U7.

Spoilers follow for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4, Episode 3, “Human Best Friend.”

Ortegas and Scotty (Melissa Navia and Martin Quinn, respectively) get the spotlight this week, as their long-simmering (well, two-episode long) dislike for one another comes to a head in an attempt at a comedy episode that’s not necessarily funny, but is at least kind of fun at times thanks to game performances from some of the cast.