Monthly Archives: November 2022

Step aside Netflix, Splinter Cell is getting a BBC Radio 4 adaptation

Look out Netflix, Amazon, HBO, and Paramount; the BBC wants in on that juicy video game adaptation action and is bringing Ubisoft’s beloved Splinter Cell series to life in a new Radio 4 drama, starting next Friday, 2nd December. Splinter Cell’s audio adaptation – officially titled Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Firewall – follows series protagonist…

An alleged crypto scam involving a bank called Polybius is headed to court

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Two Estonians have been arrested and are facing extradition to the US after being accused of defrauding thousands of people out of around $575 million with a crypto Ponzi scheme, according to the US Department of Justice. Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, along with four unnamed co-conspirators, were…

Windows Subsystem for Linux with GUI apps launches for Windows 10

Enlarge / The latest Microsoft Store version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux allows for graphical apps, systemd support, multiple distributions, and a lot of questions about whether you have three different options enabled on your Windows 10 system. (credit: Kevin Purdy) The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), one of the best reasons to run…