I get that half-century-old reference...

I was surprised they were making new James Bond-themed games. IGN's newer article says it's surpassed sales expectations, and it's getting unusually good reviews:

The James Bond adventure is also the highest rated IOI game ever, with an 87 on Metacritic. IGN’s 007 First Light review returned a 9/10. We said: “Demonstrably obsessed with bringing the Bond fantasy to life in a way no one has ever managed before, 007 First Light is the best Bond game I’ve ever played.”

With all the interest in the original Goldeneye: Open Source game (and the James Bond franchise in general), I thought it was worth a story on Slashdot about the new game. (Ironically, I left out any mention of all the positive reviews because I didn't want Slashdot's story to sound...too much like an ad.)

Good catch. I've added that context to the summary. ("Our first target was LibJS , Ladybird’s JavaScript engine...")

Obligatory XKCD (but about the Matrix...) :)

https://xkcd.com/566/

> I have the official developer documentation from NeXT...

This is why I love Slashdot comments. (Thank you Slashdot reader #73,720...)

I've corrected the spelling to NeXTSTEP.

TechRepublic suggested 2016's race just had an anomalously small cluster of a few elite racehorses that were obvious winners. All the oddsmakers picked them, so that year there was lots of "signal" suggesting the racehorses that actually did go on to win.

This article is two years old!

I wonder what the numbers are now in 2026?

I'm not sure this is true. I haven't found a major news source reporting this. Mexico's president does want to "encourage" digital payments -- but their web site (and their speech) didn't seem to specifically say it would be made mandatory.

I'm wondering if the sites reporting this are just tabloids, twisting "encourage" into "mandate" to make it sound more urgent than it really is...?

Thanks for thinking of Slashdot for that story!

It's interesting. But I think we covered this last week.

Nice to see you commenting, Jak! (I haven't seen the movie, so I'm glad someone did and weighed in on whether it's worth seeing.)

I've updated that sentence so it describes 40 Eridani A as "mentioned in Frank Herbert's Dune as the home of Ix and Richese ("noted for their machine culture and miniaturisation," according to the Stellar Australis site's "Project Dune" page). Hope that's more informative for you than the original version (which was taken straight from the original article). No AI involved -- and I wasn't dictating it [on] a phone while walking in the market either. :)

I've corrected the typo. (Thanks for spotting it!)

Shatner posted Friday "It is with great sorrow I hear about the passing of Chuck Norris. He was a long time acquaintance, a wonderful athlete and actor. He shall be missed."

I really appreciate it when readers keep on top of stories, and let us know when there's updates!

I think we already covered Amazon's blog post disputing the Financial Times report. But it feels good knowing our readers are out there watching for updates and sharing them with Slashdot!

Thanks for the comment. I'll update the story with the tag for "Your Rights Online"

I'm guessing you didn't read the article. 60-year-old footage from 1966 was finally discovered -- for the first time -- showing an incriminating "dress rehearsal" for the later-famous clip.

I'd just add that The Wall Street Journal isn't "indefensible native advertising". It's a major news outlet, reporting news -- defined as new information.