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• Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is getting an online multiplayer mode called Fox Hunt
• Fox Hunt is a "completely original online battle mode"
• Director Yu Sahara said the mode is set in the same world as the main game, but "gameplay is completely different"

Konami has announced that Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater will have an online multiplayer mode called Fox Hunt.

Revealed during the Konami Press Start livestream today, the publisher said that Fox Hunt is a "completely original online battle mode" that will play differently from 2008's Metal Gear Online.

Fox Hunt, which is being directed by series veteran Yu Sahara, takes place in the same world as the main game and will offer "hide and seek" mechanics, mixed with stealth and survival elements.

Sahara explained that although the multiplayer shares the same world with the main campaign, "the gameplay is completely different".

"When we say Metal Gear multiplayer, many fans will probably think of Metal Gear Online, but Fox Hunt will be its own new type of mode. We very much appreciate all the long-time fans of MGO who have always wanted to see it make a comeback, but the landscape of multiplayer games has changed a lot since MGO.

"It took a lot of careful consideration to think about what a new online mode should look like. Based on the iconic stealth and survival elements of the Metal Gear series, we are taking camouflage and hide and seek to the next level.

"We challenged ourselves to make something unique that is more than just a shootout. We’ve used that back-and-forth tension of staying hidden or searching out the enemy to create an online experience unique to Metal Gear."

Sahara confirmed that more information about Fox Hunt will be revealed soon.

Alongside Fox Hunt's reveal, Konami also shared a new gameplay trailer for the main game, the PC and PS5-exclusive Ape Escape mode, as well as the first look at the Bomb Snake battle. This Snake vs Bomberman mode is exclusive to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.

Secret Theatre is also returning, but this version will task players with locating Secret Theatre videos as collectibles, which are carried by soldiers.

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater arrives on August 28 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

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• The first iOS 26 developer is out now ahead of its public beta launch in July
• One of its upgrades is a new option called 'Keep Audio in Headphones'
• This should reduce auto-switching problems for wireless headphones

If you're tired of your iPhone automatically switching to every other Bluetooth device other than your headphones, then iOS 26 has a treat for you – a new option to make the audio stay connected to your wireless headphones.

As spotted by MacRumors, the new iOS 26 developer beta has a long-awaited new option called "Keep Audio in Headphones" in the iPhone's Settings. The new option will seemingly live in the Settings > General > AirPlay & Continuity section and is specifically designed to stop headphones from making unwanted connections to nearby devices.

Apple's description of the feature says "when using AirPods or other connected headphones, keep audio in your headphones when other playback devices like cars and speakers connect to iPhone."

This happens to me all the time, whether it's my audio automatically switching to in-car speakers or to my iPad when it's being used by someone else. Clearly, I'm not alone in finding this annoyance frustrating, so Apple's thankfully including this new option in iOS 26, and it'll hopefully make it to the software's final release in September.

A bit old in the Bluetooth

There are currently workarounds (like the option above) for controlling AirPods auto-switching, but this new iOS 26 one should work across a broad range of Bluetooth devices. (Image credit: Apple / Future)

Bluetooth is now over 25 years old, so in some ways it's miraculous that the short-range wireless tech works as well as it does – yet it's also frequently frustrating.

Without the option of prioritizing the order of your preferred Bluetooth devices, it can often feel like auto-switching has a mind of its own. So, this setting, while not exactly one of the biggest iOS 26 features, it's definitely a welcome quality-of-life tweak.

Not that it's the only frustrating Bluetooth-related issue we have to grapple with. As our colleagues at What Hi Fi? recently noted, it's high time audio manufacturers started standardizing their Bluetooth pairing processes, too.

Of course, these are very much first-world problems, but at least Bluetooth 6.0 is now rolling out to bring more refinements to the now-ancient tech. These include improved filtering and efficiency, which should bring battery life benefits, along with a feature called Channel Sounding to help improve the accuracy of 'find my device' services from the likes of Apple, Google and Samsung.

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• Security researchers Aim Labs discovered an LLM Scope Violation flaw in Microsoft 365 Copilot
• The critical-severity bug allows threat actors to exfiltrate sensitive corporate data by sending an email
• Microsoft says it has fixed the issue server-side, but users should be on guard

Microsoft has fixed a dangerous zero-click attack in its Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) model which could have allowed threat actors to silently exfiltrate sensitive corporate data without (almost) any user interaction.

Cybersecurity researchers Aim Labs, who found the flaw, known as an “LLM Scope Violation”, and dubbed it EchoLeak.

Here is how it works: A threat actor sends a seemingly innocuous email message to the target, which contains a hidden prompt that instructs Copilot to exfiltrate sensitive data to an attacker-controlled server. Since Copilot is integrated into Microsoft 365, that data can include anything from intellectual property files, to business contracts and legal documents, or from internal communications, to financial data.

Critical vulnerability

The researchers note the prompt needs to be phrased like speaking to a human, so that it bypasses Microsoft’s XPIA (cross-prompt injection attack) defenses.

Later, when the victim interacts with Copilot and asks a business-related question, the LLM will pull all of the relevant data (including the attackers’ email message) and will end up executing it. The files are stored in a crafted link or an image.

The bug was assigned the CVE-2025-32711 identifier, and was given a severity score of 9.3/10 (critical). It was fixed server-side in May, meaning users don’t need to do anything. Microsoft also said that there is no evidence that the flaw had been exploited in the past, and none of its customers were impacted.

Microsoft 365 is one of the most popular cloud-based communications and online collaboration tools, combining office apps (Word, Excel, and others), cloud storage (OneDrive and SharePoint), email and calendar (Outlook, Exchange), and communications tools (Teams).

Recently, Microsoft integrated its Generative AI model, Copilot, into Microsoft 365, allowing users to draft and summarize emails, generate and edit documents, create data visualizations and analyze trends, and more.

Via BleepingComputer

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• Figma unveils new AI tools for developers and designers
• Figma Make finally rolls out to all users with Full Seat
• Code layers comes to Figma Sites

Over the past week, Figma has made good on its many promises revealed at its Config 2025 event.

After announcing the release of four new products - Figma Make, Figma Sites, Figma Buzz, and Figma Draw - the company has now launched a few new updates for developers and designers, alongside the full rollout of its big content ideation tool Figma Make.

According to Figma, these updates are all about “bridging the gap between design and code” with the help of new AI tools. So, what can users expect now?

What’s new in Figma?

For me, the most exciting new release is Figma Make. Finally out of beta, it’s available now to those with a Full Seat.

Figma Make is effectively an overarching design tool that spans the entire platform, and a massive leap for content ideation, where users can start with a blank canvas or copy and paste from Figma Designs, collaborate on new ideas, and then bring those designs over to other Figma tools like Sites to refine the concepts.

According to the company, Figma Make is fully capable of helping users create “an agentic AI interface, a business newsletter, and even games.”

When I attended a press briefing at Config London, I was struck by how Yuhki Yamashita, Figma’s Chief Product Officer, repeatedly mentioned how the premise here is being able to quickly conjure up ideas, throw them out if they don’t work, then start anew.

At the time, he said, “Our thought experiment was, how can we make it so easy for you to go from the idea into your head to something that is actually you can put in front of users and validate really quickly. And if it doesn't work, that's great. You can then move on to the next idea, or you can keep iterating from there.”

But it’s not the only big rollout users can now try. Figma has also released a new Dev Mode MCP Server, which is currently in beta.

Eagle-eyed Figma-watchers will have clocked an early demo of this during Microsoft Build’s opening keynote.

The company describes the MCP Server as a way to deliver design context from Figma - think variables and styles, that sort of thing - into their preferred LLM, IDE, or agentic coding tool, making sure that AI-generated code aligns with the users’ codebase.

And finally, code layers are now rolling out across Figma Sites, the AI-powered website builder. Here, users with pretty much any technical ability can customize websites and build site interactions and animations using AI prompts, presets, or raw code.

I was pretty impressed when I saw Figma Sites in action at Config, where AI prompts were used to transform static text into animated text that reacted to cursor movements. It’s designed in such a way that even a non-designer can easily edit content.

At Config, Yamashita promised bigger things were afoot, saying, “we wanted to make sure that we could support scaled use cases, too. With these kinds of content, it's much easier if we have a CMS, so that a non-designer can come in and comfortably edit that content in a way that's familiar to them. And this is something that's coming soon.” Looks like it’s finally arrived.

You can check out the newest tools from Figma by clicking here and navigating to the Products section.

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• Get ChatGPT Plus for 3 months at a discounted 50% off rate
• This easy trick is accessible via ChatGPT's official website
• ChatGPT Plus gives you access to OpenAI's best models and all the latest features such as Sora

ChatGPT is free to use, but if you want access to OpenAI's latest AI models and tools like the video generation platform Sora, you'll need a ChatGPT Plus account.

Normally, ChatGPT Plus costs $20 (£20 / AU$30 a month), but one Reddit user (u/PrettyRevolution1842) has shared an excellent and easy trick to get 3 months of the service for half price.

With this quick trick, you'll get ChatGPT Plus for $10 (£10 / AU$15 a month) for 3 months, although in order to be able to get this discounted rate, you'll need to be subscribed already to ChatGPT Plus.

That said, even if you subscribe to ChatGPT Plus at the full price rate for 1 month before following the steps below, you'd still be getting four months of Plus for $50 (£50 / AU$75) instead of $80 (£80 / AU$120).

How to get 3 months of ChatGPT Plus for half price

1. On desktop, go to ChatGPT Settings
2. Click Manage My Subscriptions
3. Select Cancel Plan
4. Accept the 50% off for the next 3 months offer

It's as easy as that, you'll now have a discounted rate of ChatGPT Plus for the next three months. Just remember to cancel auto-renewal so you aren't caught with some hefty fees after the promotional period ends.

ChatGPT Plus offers extended limits on messaging, access to OpenAI's best research and reasoning models like OpenAI o3, OpenAI o4-mini, and OpenAI o4-mini-high, access to new features before free users, and more.

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• The HiBy R3Pro II is certified for wired and wireless Hi-Res Audio
• The music player has double DACs and quad amplification
• Amazingly affordable at just $199

If like me you miss the days of cute portable music players like the iPod mini, HiBy has just the thing: a super-cute and very small double-DAC audio player called the R3Pro II.

The R3Pro II comes in a choice of orange, silver, black or green; the orange one really reminds me of my much-missed Sony Ericsson Walkman phone with its orange highlights, while the others conjure up memories of multiple iPods.

Don't let the cute design fool you, though: the specs here are serious. According to HiBy you're looking at a "quality pocket cannon, performance monster". And the specs back that up.

Inside there are dual Cirrus Logic CS43198 DACs and quad OPA1622 headphone amps capable of driving high-impedance headphones through either the 4.4mm balanced or 3.5mm stereo jacks.

The green and orange models come with an Ultrasuede fabric back; other colors have a matte finish (Image credit: HiBy)HiBy R3ProII: key features and pricing

Those amps and DACs are powered by a 4,000mAh battery with PD2.0 fast charging, and put out up to 480mW of power.

You're not limited to listening on the best wired headphones, though. The player is certified for both wired and wireless Hi-Res Audio and supports DSD256, PCM at up to 32-bit/384kHz and MQA 8X. Bluetooth is 5.1 and there's Wi-Fi too; you can have up to 2TB of storage via microSD.

You've got aptX and LDAC to beam high-quality sound to the best wireless headphones, and the R3Pro II also works with AirPlay and DLNA for Wi-Fi streaming. It has USB-C audio, USB to S/PDIF, and line outputs for connections to other audio equipment.

There are slightly different materials depending on your color choice: the green and orange ones have an Ultrasuede back, while silver and black are matte.

The specs suggest a fairly expensive device, but no: the R3Pro II is just $199. I'd expect it to cost around £199 or just under if it comes to the UK, and the US price converts to around AU$300 in Australia – though we don't have confirmation of an international release yet. Hopefully it'll come, because we could be looking at a new budget winner for our list of the best hi-res audio players.

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• A remake of Silent Hill has been announced at the Konami Press Start livestream
• The game is being made by Konami in partnership with Bloober Team, which made Silent Hill 2 Remake
• The broadcast also offered a new look at Silent Hill f

Konami has announced that a Silent Hill remake is in development in partnership with Bloober Team.

The publisher shared the news during today's Konami Press Start livestream as the final surprise announcement of the show, alongside a very short teaser trailer showing the game's title accompanied by the game's iconic theme music.

"We are currently working with Bloober Team on a remake of 'SILENT HILL', which was released for PlayStation in 1999," Konami said on X / Twitter.

Unfortunately, there's no release date just yet, but the game will likely be available on PC and PlayStation 5.

Bloober Team also worked on Silent Hill 2 Remake, which was released last year to critical acclaim.

『SILENT HILL』リメイク制作中1999年にPlayStationにて発売した『SILENT HILL 』のリメイクをBloober Teamと制作しています。ぜひ音声とともに動画をご覧ください。詳細は今後の続報をお待ちください。#SILENTHILL #サイレントヒル pic.twitter.com/qMeX67FyR5June 12, 2025

The reveal of the Silent Hill remake followed a behind-the-scenes look at Konami's upcoming game, Silent Hill f. Series producer Motoi Okamoto and several other developers made an appearance to showcase a series of new gameplay clips and cutscenes.

Konami also explained that the new entry was created with the idea of "Find the beauty in terror" and that the story will "tackle a type of theme that's never been explored in the Silent Hill series before". What that theme is, we'll have to wait and see.

Silent Hill f launches on September 25 for PS5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and PC.

It's confirmed that Silent Hill f is a standalone title in the Silent Hill timeline, and that newcomers will need no prior knowledge of the franchise to experience the horror game.

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• Report claims that DJI will launch all three products within July
• DJI Osmo 360 will be the first product officially announced
• DJI also rumored to be unveiling the DJI Mini 5 Pro drone imminently

July could be a busy month for DJI – at least if one report is correct. Serial leaker Jasper Ellens claims that the company will be launching the DJI Osmo 360, DJI Osmo Nano and DJI Mic 3 all in the same month (but not all at the same time, interestingly enough).

Writing at his website Drone XL, Ellens says he’s been informed by two separate sources that all three of these products will be released in July.

First up, according to Ellens, will be the DJI Osmo 360 on July 15 2025, just five weeks away. The Osmo 360 is DJI’s long-rumored answer to the GoPro Max or Insta360 X series, a 360-degree camera designed to capture everything happening around it through the use of two ultra-wide camera units and automatic image stitching. It’s already been glimpsed in leaked images, and is rumored to have similar performance and specs to the Insta360 X5.

Release dates leaked! We will first see the #Osmo360, the #nano one week later and last but not least the #Mic3. July will be a fun Osmo packed month! Cheers!https://t.co/AWVIpuZ8moJune 11, 2025

I rate the X5 as currently the best 360 camera around, so if DJI can match or surpass it with its first ever 360 camera, I’d be extremely impressed.

The second DJI camera apparently set for a July launch is the DJI Osmo Nano, which Ellens says is releasing on July 23 2025. This camera is rumored to be an ultra-compact action camera with a modular design. To date there have been no leaked images, but online rumors suggest it will be similar in many ways to the 2021-released DJI Action 2 rather than just a slimmed-down version of DJI’s more recent action cameras.

We could be seeing a successor to the superb DJI Mic 2 (pictured) much sooner than we would have guessed. (Image credit: Future)

Last but not least comes the DJI Mic 3 which, according to Ellens, will be launched on July 29 2025. There haven’t been many rumors about this follow-up to the excellent DJI Mic 2 (which only arrived last year and is in top spot of our best wireless mics guide), but an FCC filing document seemingly confirmed the Mic 3’s existence and hinted at a slight design refresh with a new display for the receiver unit. The DJI Mic 2 and Mic Mini are hugely popular with content creators and integrate closely with many of DJI’s camera and drone products, so I’d expect a Mic 3 to make small improvements rather than engage in a major overhaul.

And there could be even more DJI launches to come

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Prime Video has quietly doubled the amount of advertising it shows paying customers. According to AdWeek, the initial ad load of two to three and a half minutes of ads per hour is now sitting at four to six minutes.

I'm not surprised: Amazon told investors last year that it'd be ramping up the volume of ads, and introducing new ways to annoy you when you pause or browse. But as one of the subscribers who'll be seeing these ads, I'm really not sure if I'll stay and pay for a service that's getting worse, and that I expect will continue to get worse.

The fact I'm in the UK is worth noting here. I've seen lots of reports saying "hey, you know, it's not as bad as US broadcast TV, amirite!". But I'm from a place where TV advertising is a lot more civilized. Sure, US viewers have long been exposed to 13 to 16 minutes of ads per hour. But here in the UK, the regulator says that the main broadcasters – including the commercial broadcasters ITV, STV and UTV – can only average seven minutes per hour.

That means Amazon can still keep its promise to show fewer ads than the "linear TV" networks it competes with in the US while increasing the ad load to show vastly more advertising than UK broadcasters show. And those broadcasters don't charge me a monthly subscription to watch their ads.

This isn't just a Scot complaining about US-style ad stuffing, although I am absolutely doing that. It's also about the problem of tech firms trying to make more money by making their products worse.

Here's why streaming is broken

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I've been writing about digital media, file sharing and streaming for a very long time, and what made streaming successful was simple: it was less of a pain than piracy. Sure, you could poke around The Pirate Bay or use a peer to peer app, but why bother when you had Netflix right there? One flat fee, tons of great things to watch, no ads: a no-brainer.

But of course we don't just have Netflix now. What we have instead is endless streamers with stockholders who want growth, growth and more growth in a market that's oversaturated at a time where the cost of everything is soaring and people's incomes aren't.

If you can't win over new customers, you can squeeze the ones you've got harder. And again and again that appears to be the option that tech firms prefer: password crackdowns and ads and price hikes and ads and less choice and ads and reduced video quality and ads and no Atmos without an upgrade and ads and ads on the ads on the ads on the ads.

Here in the UK we have an airline people love to hate, Ryanair; the US equivalent is probably Spirit. But while the low-cost airlines are widely hated, we still use them because there's not really an alternative – so they can throw away the seats and make the baggage allowance the size of a Coke can and maybe start to fill the airplane with snakes and honey badgers and mustard gas mid-flight and we'll put up with it because there's no other option.

But that's not true of streaming.

There are lots of other options for viewers, albeit not with the exact same shows. But for the shows you can't get, there's piracy – often in full quality and HDR with Atmos and no ad breaks.

I'm not here to argue the legality (it's illegal in most places) or the morality (it's bad) of piracy. But as someone who's been covering online media since the 1990s, who lived through the file sharing wars, I can promise you that what made piracy effectively disappear wasn't Metallica suing high schoolers or ISPs banning the odd kid. It was Spotify, and then it was Netflix.

The best streaming services beat piracy because bingeing Breaking Bad on Netflix was less hassle and a much better experience than assembling the episodes via The Pirate Bay.

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• Academic researchers found a way to broadcast sensitive data from airgapped systems
• It involves having malware installed on the computer, and an accompanying smartwatch
• The attack is rather difficult to pull off

Security experts claim to have found a way to steal sensitive data from airgapped systems using smartwatches.

Airgapped computers are physically isolated from the wider internet, and cannot be accessed remotely. They are usually used in high-security environments and critical infrastructure, to protect sensitive data and various operations.

University researchers led by Mordechai Guri, a specialist in the field of covert attack channels, discovered a method that allows threat actors to exfiltrate login credentials, encryption keys, or keyboard strokes.

Listening to secrets

The method, which they named ‘SmartAttack’, does come with quite a few caveats, but in theory, it sees a threat actor finding a way to either access the target computer physically, or have someone (an unsuspecting, or disgruntled employee) access and deploy a piece of malware.

That malware will first act as an infostealer, gathering valuable information for exfiltration. Then, it will use the computer’s speakers to emit ultrasonic sounds, inaudible to the human ear, to the environment.

The sounds would be played in two frequencies - 18.5 kHz, and 19.5 kHz. These two form the binary system, with the former being the zero, and the latter - the one.

The final step is for the watch to pick the sounds up. It, too, needs to have a special app installed on it, so it either needs to be compromised itself, or it needs to be worn by the attacker.

If that didn’t sound difficult enough, the watch needs to be facing the speakers, and should be placed in a range between 6-9 meters from the speakers. The data transmission rate also ranges between 5bps and 50bps, depending on the distance.

There are different ways to prevent SmartAttacks on airgapped systems, from preventing people from wearing smartwatches, to removing speakers from the computers. Sound jammers could also work.

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As climate change continues to impact global ecosystems and disrupt supply chains, the responsibility to build resilient and sustainable operations becomes a key priority—particularly for IT manufacturers.

The growing adoption of AI and digital technologies demands ever-increasing infrastructure, yet this growth must be balanced with a commitment to environmental stewardship.

The IT sector, known for its innovation, now has an opportunity—and an obligation—to lead by example in prioritizing eco-friendly networks over outdated hardware and tools to boost energy efficiency, reduce emissions and promote green sourcing and production practices.

One of the most effective ways IT manufacturers can reduce their environmental impact is by working closely with their suppliers to decarbonise the supply chain, and the first step is transparency.

A positive approach for manufacturers is to encourage and, where possible, require suppliers to disclose their environmental impact data, including emissions output, material sourcing practices, and energy usage, which must, by now, be standard practice.

Collaborative data-sharing platforms and sustainability scorecards can help track progress and identify areas for improvement.

Joint sustainability initiatives can incentivize meaningful progress. These may include co-investments in renewable energy projects, pilot programs for low-emission transportation, and workshops on circular design and sustainable packaging.

By building shared goals for which lower emissions are the key target across the supply chain, manufacturers can extend their environmental impact beyond their own operations.

Against the backdrop of uncertain climate events, however, contingency plans need to be implemented that allow for, and anticipate, disruptions. Diversifying sourcing strategies, using more local suppliers, and implementing adaptive logistics frameworks can help mitigate the risks of supply chain instability while also lowering carbon footprints from long-distance transportation.

Embedding sustainability into sourcing practices

Eco-friendly sourcing is more than just a checkbox—it’s a philosophy that can guide supplier selection and purchasing decisions. Industry best practices for IT manufacturers include prioritizing materials with lower environmental impacts, such as recycled metals, biodegradable plastics, and conflict-free minerals. Wherever possible, sustainable certifications—like ISO 14001 for environmental management—should be a prerequisite for supplier partnerships.

Lifecycle thinking is fundamental to a sustainable approach. When sourcing components, manufacturers can think about not just the production impact but also the integration with systems, maintenance requirements and end-of-life recycling programs that will be needed throughout.

By ensuring that the choice of materials and products follows a circular design, easy recycling and safe disposal without hazardous waste--which also incorporates transportation costs for disposal--is easily managed. There are multiple benefits to using lean inventory strategies which can reduce excess and waste, aligning resource use more closely to actual demand.

Smarter tech, greener results

In addition to partner collaboration, IT manufacturers can also optimize their own production environments. One of the most effective ways to do this is through intelligent power management systems. These technologies allow for real-time monitoring and automated regulation of energy usage, significantly reducing waste during both active and idle production periods.

Centralizing power management means that rather than relying on multiple isolated power supplies for various systems and devices, manufacturers can adopt a centralized infrastructure that provides scalable, efficient energy delivery. This approach consolidates equipment, decreases heat generation, and simplifies energy audits—all of which reduce energy consumption and support greener operations.

Every segment of the network needs to keep pace with technical advancements. Wired and wireless technology, from multi-gig Ethernet to the new WiFi 7 standard, is changing rapidly and delivering transformation results, but there are also advantages to simplifying wiring architectures.

By streamlining cable configurations, manufacturers reduce not only the material requirements but also the potential for human error during setup, which leads to less repairs and fewer component replacements. These savings compound across large production facilities avoiding the complexity that can breed inefficiency.

Sustainability as a business imperative

IT companies that embrace sustainability as a core business principle stand to gain far more than just compliance with regulations. The environmental credibility that comes from green practices can significantly strengthen brand reputation, attract eco-conscious customers, and open doors to investment from sustainability-focused funds.

But it is the bottom line that always matters most to the Board and key stakeholders, and it is a fact that if businesses invest in energy efficiency and eco-friendly designs, often they will also enjoy long-term cost savings.

Reduced energy bills, fewer repairs, and lower maintenance requirements can quickly offset the initial investments in sustainable infrastructure, delivering a fast ROI, which coupled with reduced environmental risk exposure, create a compelling business case for change.

Organizations today are always looking at how they can future-proof operations, and prioritizing sustainability can help them in this regard.

Emissions standards for businesses are expected to tighten, with the European Union's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requiring larger companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions for the first time in 2025, and the UK ETS tightening limits on industrial, power, and aviation emissions, aiming for net-zero goals.

At the same time customers are becoming increasingly more discerning, which means early adopters will be better positioned to comply with evolving expectations. They’ll also be more agile in responding to climate-related disruptions, having already embedded resilience into their supply chains and operations.

Actionable activities

Being more sustainable can often start with the simplest activities. Here are a few suggestions:

• Ensure a good site survey to optimize predictability and prevent truck rolls, or a waste of time, energy, and resources.
• Turn devices completely off when not in use instead of sleep mode.
• Invest in quality equipment for scalability that is multipurpose and works efficiently so it can be controlled remotely and start up quickly.
• Use low voltage displays to save up to 70% of energy.
• Choose responsibly-sourced materials with reusable or recyclable options.
• Install PoE-based AV networks to reduce wiring and promote modular upgrades. Using PoE reduces the number of cables and outlets required, which can help to reduce clutter while improving the appearance of rooms/installations.
• Automate recording for ease in broadcasting and educational contexts.
• Promote cooperation over competition in finding complete manufacturing solutions to aid the end user.
• Provide carbon-reducing options for remote, in-person and hybrid working environments.
• Promote operations in buildings and with manufacturers who have sustainability certification schemes.
• Work in the digital world by bringing everything over the network for the possibility of having remote visibility for operations and management of physical spaces.

Responsible innovation

The IT sector is uniquely equipped to lead the shift toward a sustainable future. With its foundation in cutting-edge technology and a culture of innovation, the industry can pioneer the development of low-emission solutions, intelligent networks, and scalable green practices that can be replicated across other sectors.

This leadership must begin internally. IT manufacturers can adopt best practice by embedding environmental responsibility into corporate strategy, from R&D to customer support. Design choices—such as modularity, repairability, and energy efficiency—should reflect a commitment to sustainability at every level.

To drive industry-wide change, manufacturers can advocate for policies that support green innovation and collaborate with peers to establish open sustainability standards. Through knowledge sharing and coordinated action, IT companies can raise the bar for environmental performance across the board.

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A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Thursday, June 12 (game #1235).

Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,100 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today – or scroll down further for the answers.

Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles, while Marc's Wordle today column covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

Quordle today (game #1236) - hint #1 - VowelsHow many different vowels are in Quordle today?

• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 3*.

* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).

Quordle today (game #1236) - hint #2 - repeated lettersDo any of today's Quordle answers contain repeated letters?

• The number of Quordle answers containing a repeated letter today is 2.

Quordle today (game #1236) - hint #3 - uncommon lettersDo the letters Q, Z, X or J appear in Quordle today?

• No. None of Q, Z, X or J appears among today's Quordle answers.

Quordle today (game #1236) - hint #4 - starting letters (1)Do any of today's Quordle puzzles start with the same letter?

• The number of today's Quordle answers starting with the same letter is 0.

If you just want to know the answers at this stage, simply scroll down. If you're not ready yet then here's one more clue to make things a lot easier:

Quordle today (game #1236) - hint #5 - starting letters (2)What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• R

• L

• S

• C

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

Quordle today (game #1236) - the answers

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The answers to today's Quordle, game #1236, are…

• REPEL
• LARGE
• SNIDE
• CARRY

My three-starter words uncovered a good crop of correct and in-the-wrong place letters today, handing me two straightforward anagrams to put together for LARGE and SNIDE.

CARRY was my wildest guess today, taken without really considering the alternatives, while my final word was a choice between REVEL and REPEL and I got lucky.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.

Daily Sequence today (game #1236) - the answers

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The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #1236, are…

• FINAL
• MEDIA
• CROWD
• SWATH

Quordle answers: The past 20

• Quordle #1235, Thursday, 12 June: SCANT, BATCH, UNDER, PARSE
• Quordle #1234, Wednesday, 11 June: CRAVE, ROOST, ANGLE, FLOOD
• Quordle #1233, Tuesday, 10 June: DECRY, CHEEK, FILET, EASEL
• Quordle #1232, Monday, 9 June: DERBY, LEMON, WRITE, HOVEL
• Quordle #1231, Sunday, 8 June: REBAR, ALERT, PAYEE, FLUME
• Quordle #1230, Saturday, 7 June: FLUNK, ESTER, SPITE, CHEAP
• Quordle #1229, Friday, 6 June: ELUDE, KHAKI, VISTA, SMOKY
• Quordle #1228, Thursday, 5 June: CHIDE, RABBI, GUSTY, LANCE
• Quordle #1227, Wednesday, 4 June: BANAL, STOUT, SEDAN, HIPPO
• Quordle #1226, Tuesday, 3 June: FUGUE, SYRUP, FLACK, WORST
• Quordle #1225, Monday, 2 June: THINK, BELLE, CRONE, BOULE
• Quordle #1224, Sunday, 1 June: POINT, MERIT, WHOOP, APHID
• Quordle #1223, Saturday, 31 May: CRUMB, ELFIN, DRIER, QUITE
• Quordle #1222, Friday, 30 May: RAJAH, CAUSE, BLACK, ETUDE
• Quordle #1221, Thursday, 29 May: CRIER, DRAPE, STRUT, NEIGH
• Quordle #1220, Wednesday, 28 May: HELLO, BEADY, VIGIL, PURER
• Quordle #1219, Tuesday, 27 May: TWEET, RANGE, POPPY, RADAR
• Quordle #1218, Monday, 26 May: BLEAT, HOWDY, ASIDE, SCOOP
• Quordle #1217, Sunday, 25 May: OCEAN, AMBER, PIPER, GLEAN
• Quordle #1216, Saturday, 24 May: HUSKY, HEIST, FOGGY, POLAR