Month: October 2025

Gaming Hardware

Battlefield 6 Steam Record Shatters Call of Duty’s All-Time Peak

Battlefield 6 has demolished Call of Duty’s all-time Steam concurrent player record, peaking at 747,000 players during launch. The achievement marks EA’s biggest PC gaming launch in history and poses a significant threat to this fall’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 release.

Battlefield 6 has achieved a monumental milestone by shattering Call of Duty’s all-time Steam concurrent player record during its explosive launch weekend. The latest installment in EA’s flagship franchise peaked at an impressive 747,000 simultaneous players, easily surpassing Call of Duty’s previous record of 491,000 set in November 2022. This remarkable achievement represents the most successful PC launch in Electronic Arts history and positions the military shooter as a serious competitor in this year’s crowded gaming landscape.

Record-Breaking Steam Performance

by Megan Carter
Arts and EntertainmentCybersecurity

How Agentic AI Redefines Digital Trust and Accountability

Agentic AI systems that make independent decisions are forcing a fundamental rethinking of digital trust. As autonomous agents operate beyond human supervision, organizations must implement programmable, traceable trust models using proven cryptographic solutions.

Agentic AI is fundamentally redefining what digital trust means in enterprise environments. As artificial intelligence systems evolve from simple automation to genuine autonomy, organizations face unprecedented challenges in maintaining accountability, security, and control over systems that can make independent decisions and take actions without human prompting.

From Automation to Autonomous Agency

by Megan Carter
BusinessSemiconductors

How the CHIPS Act Semiconductor Funding Can Benefit Workers and Communities

The bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act represents America’s largest industrial policy effort in decades, pouring billions into domestic semiconductor manufacturing. While early results show significant corporate investment, concerns remain about whether workers and communities will share in the benefits of this historic government intervention.

The United States is undertaking its most ambitious industrial policy initiative since World War II through the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, a multibillion-dollar effort to reshore semiconductor manufacturing and secure America’s technological future. Recent assessments from an Arizona State University conference highlight both the promise of renewed industrial capacity and serious concerns about whether these unprecedented public investments will truly benefit workers and communities rather than simply enriching already profitable corporations.

CHIPS Act Implementation and Early Results

by Ethan Reynolds PhD