Browsing: Firmware

Over the past few weeks, the hacking scene for current-generation gaming systems has made significant strides thanks to the advancement of AI models. While console jailbreaking is normally a significant issue that console manufacturers try to resolve as quickly as possible, Sony has an additional reason to act as quickly as possible, as it cannot…

Sony has released yet another PS5 firmware update as it battles to keep a lid on the homebrew community’s ongoing effort to jailbreak the console ahead of the release of GTA 6.

Sony’s latest PlayStation 5 firmware (14.10.00) appears to have been cracked, based on a video shared by a developer named “Gezine” on X. The video shows Gezine navigating through the PS5’s hidden Debug Settings, menus that are typically only available if you have kernel-level access to the console’s operating system.

Sony has issued a new PlayStation 5 firmware update amid the homebrew community’s ongoing effort to jailbreak the console.

Recently, there has been progress in finding a PS5 jailbreak for the latest 14.10 firmware. Homebrew developer Gezine has now shared a video showing access to the console’s debug settings. While dumping games still faces obstacles, the news reintroduces a piracy threat as the GTA 6 release date approaches.

A new PlayStation 5 firmware update has officially arrived for everyone, after about a month of testing. The change log for firmware version 26.06-14.00.00 has changed in one major way since the beta first went live in August.

RPCS3 crossed a real milestone in July 2026: more than 75% of the entire PlayStation 3 library is now rated playable on PC, according to The FPS Review. That number matters because RPCS3 has always been the slow, methodical emulator of the console world — it took over a decade to get PS3 hardware quirks…

Since the initial launch of the PlayStation 5 Pro, Sony’s high-end console has only gotten better with time, thanks largely to the improvements made to its PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) upscaler. While this ‘enhanced’ form of the upscaler could be toggled on manually by users in the past, a new system firmware update has…

Amazon has released Kindle firmware version 5.19.6 for its current-generation e-reader lineup, and community testing has confirmed what the company’s own release notes do not say: two rendering bugs that have broken sideloaded manga and fixed-layout comics for six months are finally fixed, according to Good e-Reader’s August 2026 testing. If you’ve been converting your…

Quest firmware that ships on every Meta headset today quietly contains the onboarding video for a headset Meta has not yet announced — and that footage is now public. On July 29, 2026, X user ToastConcern discovered screenshots of Meta’s unreleased Phoenix headset embedded inside Quest’s operating system firmware. Fellow researcher NoriDoesVR went further and…