Daily Tech News 8 September 2025

• Silksong, sequel to successful indie game Hollow Knight, went on sale Friday after six years in development. (The Guardian)
  
  The pent-up demand crashed Steam. And the Microsoft Store. And the Playstation Store. And Nintendo's eShop. And Humble Bundle, for what that's worth.
  
  No official sales figures have been released, but half a million people were playing the game on Steam later that same day, so somewhere north of that.
  
  The game was developed by three guys from Adelaide, South Australia, who are now set for life.

• The EU has fined Google $3.5 billion because it preferred its ad network to other ad networks that may or may no exist. (Tech Crunch)
  
  Add it to their tariff bill and keep moving.
  
  
  
• Burger King was hacked - fortunately by ethical hackers who said they were "impressed by the commitment to terrible security practices". (Tom's Hardware)
  
  It was all there from passwords hard-coded into the HTML to signup workflows that allow anyone to join without so much as email verification.
  
  
  
• The SEA-ME-WE-4 and IMEWE cables joining Europe to the Middle East were both cut this weekend in the Red Sea. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Not clear how long repairs will take, not least because cable repair boats are sitting ducks for every kind of offensive measure common in the region.
  
  
  

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