Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube796kThe critically-acclaimed horror game Mouthwashing will be making its way to the Nintendo Switch later this year after publisher Critical Reflex celebrated 500K+ sales on Steam.Physical editions will be available via Fangamer, and while pre-orders aren't available just yet, you can sign up for notifications so you don't miss out.Mouthwashing gained significant attention following its initial release and has become somewhat of an instant cult hit with players, winning Best Narrative and Players Choice at the Horror Game Awards. It looks like it'll be a perfect fit for the Switch, and we're in love with the awesome PS1-inspired visuals.Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube796kWatch on YouTube Let's check out the official description:- Descend into Madness - Follow the lives of the crew as they weather starvation, isolation, and each other. People were never your strong suit anyway.- Zero Chance of Rescue - The ship will run out of power within six months. Food rations long before that.- Immersive Storytelling- Psychological Scares- Unforgiving NarrativeImages: Critical ReflexWe'll have more on Mouthwashing, including its release date, as soon as we're able.For now, let us know with a comment if you plan on picking this one up on th Switch. Did you play it on Steam too?

How does it hold up?We've been lucky enough to go hands-on with the upcoming Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition on Switch, and as part of that, we thought it might be useful to see just how the new release stacks up next to the Wii U original.In short, the Switch remaster represents a significant step up in overall visual quality. We've got big improvements on character models, lighting, resolution, and even a slightly fancier main menu. We'd expected a nice little upgrade, but some of the enhancements here are perhaps closer to something like Metroid Prime Remastered than, say, Luigi's Mansion 2 HD.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Mollitiam Industries, a small and little-known Spanish spyware maker, is shutting down.The startups demise was first reported by the intelligence and surveillance trade new website Intelligence Online, which blamed the companys downfall on financial issues. Public business records confirm that the company filed for bankruptcy on January 23.Unlike Hacking Team, NSO Group, and now Paragon Solutions, Mollitiam Industries, which is based in Toledo, a town outside of Madrid, Spain, has mostly operated out of public view. In part, secrecy is just a consequence of the nature of the spyware industry: There are a lot of vendors all over the world, and a significant amount of them dont want any publicity.Another reason why Mollitiam Industries eschews publicity may have less to do with the spyware industry itself, and more to do with the fact that the spyware startup was based in Spain, which doesnt get a lot of attention from international English-language media outlets, and also because Mollitiam Industries was only ever known to be involved in one scandal in Colombia, another place that can be be underreported in the English-speaking world.At the time of writing, Mollitiam Industries official website is still online. The company did not respond to a request for comment sent to an email address listed on the site. When TechCrunch called a phone number listed on the companys Google Maps listing, the line was busy. According to its official LinkedIn account, Mollitiam Industries had between 11 and 50 employees.In 2021, Mollitiam Industries first caught the attention of English-speaking media. Wired reported at the time that a brochure unintentionally left online by a third party showed the startup developed spyware products called Invisible Man and Night Crawler, which were designed to surreptitiously extract data from target devices, including from messaging apps like Telegram and WhatsApp, activate the devices cameras and microphone, steal passwords, and log keystrokes.The year prior, in 2020, Colombian news magazine Semana reported that its journalists and its offices had been under physical and digital surveillance by the countrys military intelligence agency, whose agents reportedly intimidated the journalists with threats that included sending them tombstones. The surveillance and intimidation campaign came after the magazine had published investigations into alleged wrongdoing by officers in the military in 2019.A cyber-intelligence colonel offered me 50 million pesos [around $15,000 at the time] to introduce a malware (virus) in the computers of Semana journalists and thus be able to access the information, a source told the magazine.Contact UsDo you have more information about Mollitiam Industries, or other spyware makers? From a non-work device and network, you can contact Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai securely on Signal at +1 917 257 1382, or via Telegram and Keybase @lorenzofb, or email. You also can contact TechCrunch via SecureDrop.That malware was apparently developed by Mollitiam Industries, according to a photo of a contract between the National Army of Colombia (Ejrcito Nacional de Colombia) and Mollitiam Industries.The document showed the military agency made an offer of nearly 3 billion pesos (around $900,000 at the time) to acquire a system called Hombre Invisible (or Invisible Man). The software was allegedly capable of infecting macOS and Windows devices both remotely, by hiding inside Office documents, and via USB drive. The malware could also bypass antivirus software, and allow the military officers to infect an unlimited number of active targets.This tool allows us to do everything: get into any computer, access WhatsApp and Telegram Web calls and conversations, download archived or deleted chat conversations, photos and in general whatever is stored in the memory of the infected machine, an anonymous source told Semana.[A screenshot of the backend of Mollitiam Industries Android spyware Night Crawler (Image: screenshot from a reseller brochure/Courtesy of Omer Benjakob from Haaretz.)]The same year as the Colombia scandal, Mollitiam Industries gave an online talk through ISS World, a series of conferences for companies that want to sell products to law enforcement and intelligence agencies.The company wrote in the talks description that end-to-end encryption was making it more difficult to eavesdrop on intended individuals, and referred to the need to use malware to compromise the targets device in order to access their communications. According to the description, Mollitiam will explain the roots of this approach through software demonstrations, and will share innovative features such as the recordings of WhatsApp VoIP calls.Mollitiam Industries was active at least until the end of 2023, according to Meta. In early 2024, Meta said in a report that it had removed a network of fake accounts on Facebook and Instagram that was linked to Mollitiam Industries.Mollitiam Industries and its customers ran fake accounts which they used for testing malicious capabilities among their own accounts and scraping public information. Similar to other surveillance-for-hire firms, they used IP-logging links aimed at tracing their targets IP addresses, read the report. They also engaged in phishing and social engineering targeted primarily at people in Spain, Colombia and Peru, including the political opposition, journalists, anti-corruption activists and activists against police abuse.Spain, and in particular Barcelona, has recently become a hotbed for spyware startups, some of which were founded by foreigners recruiting security researchers from other countries, including Italy and Israel.While the company has received relatively little attention, its activities were being tracked by Amnesty International. Jurre van Bergen, a technologist at Amnesty Internationals Security Lab, told TechCrunch that he and his colleagues found Mollitiam Industries Windows samples and identified a command and control server that was indexed on Censys, an online search engine for internet-connected devices, as Invisible Man Login, a clear reference to one of the companies products.Extremely sloppy work of a spyware manufacturer to not put that behind a firewall, van Bergen told TechCrunch. I guess Im not surprised given their sloppy work they went bankrupt.

For decades, couples going through in vitro fertilization have had to spend tens of thousands of dollars on the procedures with no guarantee of success.Its not only an emotionally draining process, but a financially exhausting one as well.San Francisco-based startup Future Family wants to help ease some of that burden for couples with a new IVF insurance product in the United States. Built with one of its investors, global reinsurer MunichRe, the new offering essentially offers a money-back guarantee to those going through IVF.CEO and co-founder Claire Tomkins likens it to trip insurance. A couple pays 20% insurance upfront before starting an IVF cycle. If they dont have a baby after two cycles or lose the baby within two weeks of birth, they can file a claim to be reimbursed.The cost of two IVF cycles can reach $40,000, depending on location. With Orange Shield, Future Familys new product, the average cost of protection is $3,000 down and $999/month for five months. If treatment doesnt succeed after two rounds, families can get a refund under their IVF insurance policy.Orange Shield is available at participating clinics nationwide. Families can pay either via monthly installments or with lump sum payments. Overall, the policy covers all IVF-related expenses up to the selected coverage limit, with a maximum of $50,000. All eligible treatment costs can be included.Our goal is simple: to help build more families by making IVF successful, easy to afford, and less stressful, said Tomkins, herself a mother to three children born through IVF. IVF Insurance works like other types of insurancesimilar to auto insurance, where you purchase coverage hoping you wont need to file a claim.Eligibility criteria is based on a range of underwriting factors, including age and medical history, she said. And patients aged 38 years or older who plan to use their own eggs are not currently eligible for coverage. However, patients 38 and older can qualify for coverage if using donor eggs. Other eligibility factors include lifestyle habits such as tobacco use, intended egg/sperm sources, and infertility history.Since its 2016 inception, Future Family says it has worked with over 10,000 families to help them navigate the IVF process with a variety of offerings including fertility financing for IVF and egg freezing, and one-on-one coaching. It says it also has distributed $200 million in credit.In total over the years, Future Family a Startup Battlefield company has secured $150 million in total funding, including $100 million in a credit facility announced in 2018. Investors include Munich Re Ventures the venture capital arm of MunichRe, TriVentures, MS&AD Ventures, ORIX, Aspect Ventures, Mindset Ventures, at.inc/ and OurCrowd. Its last raise was a $25 million Series B announced in April of 2022.In vitro fertilization is an area long tackled by startups. More recently, a new fertility wellness company, Lushi, emerged with $5 million in funding.

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The A Design Awards & Competition is among the most prestigious international design accolades, celebrating innovation and excellence across diverse creative fields. The competition honors visionary designers, architects, and brands each year, offering them global recognition, career opportunities, and extensive media exposure. Winning an A Design Award is a mark of distinction, elevating projects and professionals to an esteemed position in the industry.About the A Design AwardsWinning an A Design Award provides laureates with numerous benefits. The A Design Prize is a comprehensive package encompassing international exhibitions, a yearbook publication, extensive PR and publicity, and inclusion in the World Design Rankings. Laureates gain exclusive invitations to the Gala Night & Award Ceremony, an opportunity to network with industry leaders. They also receive a coveted trophy and certificate of excellence, media exposure through major publications and design blogs, and an extensive PR campaign to promote their work internationally. Additional benefits include access to exclusive marketing and networking opportunities, invitations to the Winners Exhibition, a feature in the A Design Award Museum, and digital and physical winner badges to distinguish awarded works.Categories and Judging ProcessFor ArchEyes readers, the following award categories are particularly relevant. The Good Architecture Design Award honors groundbreaking architectural projects worldwide, while the Good Industrial Design Award recognizes innovative industrial and product designs. The Good Product Design Award celebrates aesthetically and functionally excellent product concepts and the Good Communication Design Award highlights excellence in visual, graphic, and branding design. The Good Service Design Award rewards designs that enhance service experiences and interactions, and the Good Fashion Design Award acknowledges exceptional works in apparel, textiles, and accessories.Entries are evaluated by an international jury panel comprising academics, design professionals, and press members. The jury follows a scientific methodology to ensure fair and transparent assessments, considering innovation, functionality, aesthetics, and sustainability.Celebrating Previous Award-Winning DesignsOne Line Studio Architectural Office byTim PolitisForming a figurative line between the ground and the sky, a canted, naturally rusted steel wall anchors one end of the structure while a thin roof edge ascends toward the sky beyond, framing an outward looking glazed expanse. The vitrified faade is interrupted by a series of vertical cedar fins that soften glare and appear to climb toward the sky from the native grasses below.Wooden Axis Large Roof Clinic and Pharmacy byYoshiaki TanakaThe site is located along an arterial road connecting the city center and the city center, with an urban planning road to the south that is scheduled to be widened, and future development is expected. In planning a new regional medical center, we were conscious of creating a space that is distinctly different from commercialistic road service architecture, with the warmth of wood and a gentle welcome for patients The three buildings are connected by a wooden sunoko design code.Infinite Bloom Public Art byKuo-Hsiang KuoInfinite Convertible Bag by Maryam HosseiniWheat Field Moonlight Sonata Mooncake Packaging byGao Gongxuan and Liu Qidongmoon and music, ingeniously combines the fluidity of music with the serenity of the moon. Simultaneously, it incorporates the vitality and hope of the wheat field, allowing taste, vision, and hearing to share in the feast.River Mall Embankment Renovation by Iurii BaigotDeadline & Final Call for EntriesThe final submission deadline is February 28, and winners will be publicly announced on May 1. Selected award-winning projects will also be featured on ArchEyes.Make an entry to the A Design Award now and upload your designs before February 28!For further details about the competition, visit What is A Design Award? or Design Award Info.This is your last chance to gain global recognition for your designs. Dont miss out on this prestigious opportunity!Nominate your designs now before February 28.

Well, it was nice while it lasted. A letter from U.S. transportation secretary Sean Duffy to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, indicates an end to congestion pricing in New York City. The system, 20 years in the making, went into effect on January 5. Passenger vehicles entering Manhattan below 60th Street are charged $9, with proceeds earmarked to fund transit projects for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The letter sent from the U.S. Department of Transportations Federal Highway Administration to Hochul on Wednesday, February 19 said the Central Business District Tolling Program (CBDTP), part of the Value Pricing Pilot Program (VPPP), will be terminated. Duffy called the program backwards and unfair. A timeline for when exactly when the program will be shuttered has not yet been determined.In the letter, Duffy outlines the administrations reasoning to shut down the program. These include the effects it has on working class individuals. Duffy also suggested that congestion pricings revenue should be pooled for making highway infrastructure improvements, rather than funding MTA projects. The letter mentions the Federal-Aid Act of 1916, legislation that requires that roads funded via federal money be free of tolls; Congress can approve an exception, but did not grant one for CBDTP. As for how its been going, in the days following the enactment of congestion pricing, traffic studies indicated gridlock lessened, with an average of 43,800 fewer vehicles per day, or 219,000 fewer vehicles per week.Theres so much evidence that people are experiencing a much less traffic-congested environment, said Janno Lieber, the chairman and chief executive of the MTA. Theyre seeing streets that are moving more efficiently, and theyre hearing less noise, and theyre feeling a less tense environment around tunnels and bridges.The move to red light the program doesnt come as a total shock. While there was pushback before it went into effect, its opposition continued to rally against congestion pricing even after January 5. On January 20, the day of Trumps inauguration, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy wrote a letter to Trump urging him to stop congestion pricing, calling it a disaster for working and middle-class New Jersey commuters and residents. He asked that it be examined again by the federal government. It appears he got his way.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has a total workforce of roughly 9,600 staffers. Last week, the new Trump-appointed HUD director, Scott Turner, was ordered to lay off about half of HUDs employees, or nearly 4,300 people. The move comes from a recommendation by Trumps Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, directed by Elon Musk. The downsizing could have serious ramifications for building projects that rely on HUD financing and also low-income households that depend on HUD to pay rent.Antonio Gaines, president of HUD Council 222 of the American Federation of Government Employees, told Bloomberg Law that employees tasked with enforcing civil rights laws, compiling housing market data, affordable housing construction, and post-disaster relief will bear the brunt of the firings.HUDs downsizing would likely make it harder for low-income families to pay housing costs, including those with Section 8 vouchers; to preserve and build affordable housing; and support homeless shelters. It will also limit access to data that researchers rely upon to identify and address inequities in the built environment.The mandate came around the same time the Trump administration ordered the GSA to sell off a wide array of the properties it owns and/or leases,creating an uncertain future for a number of remarkable buildings, including ones designed by Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, and Victor Lundy. Under New LeadershipHUDs new director, Scott Turner, is a former NFL player turned politician. He previously worked in Trumps first administration as the executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council after serving as a representative from Texas. He was confirmed to lead HUD in a 5544 vote on February 5.Turner has since created his own internal DOGE task force, modeled after the one Musk helms. HUD will be detailed and deliberate about every dollar spent to serve rural, tribal and urban communities, Turner said in a statement about the move.Thanks to President Trumps leadership, we are no longer in a business-as-usual posture and the DOGE task force will play a critical role in helping to identify and eliminate waste, fraud and abuse and ultimately better serve the American people, Turner continued. We have already identified over $260 millionin savings and we have more to accomplish. Later, Musks DOGE announced it had located $1.9 billion that was misplaced during the Biden administration due to a broken process. These funds were earmarked for the administration of financial services, but were no longer needed. Now the monies have been recovered.Following the PlaybookThe plan for downsizing HUD was outlined several months ago in the Heritage Foundations Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise,a922-page document otherwise known as Project 2025.InChapter 15 of the Project 2025 guidebook, former HUD director Ben Carson outlined major policy changes hed like to see: Carson suggested devolving many HUD functions to states and localities. So-called Indian housing, for instance, might be moved from HUD to the Department of the Interior.Project 2025 was said to be a Christian nationalist initiative.It appears many of the plans strategies are now being enacted, and some of its shapers have been elevated to government roles, like Russell Vought, who again directs the Office of Management and Budget. He is referred to as an architect of Project 2025.Many of Heritage Foundations backers are real estate developers. The think tank was founded in 1973 by Joseph Coors, the Coors beer magnate, to help cut taxes for the uber wealthy. Its other sponsors include ExxonMobil, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Shell, Dow Chemical, General Motors, Pfizer, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Altria (which produces Marlboro cigarettes), and hundreds of other corporations.Democrats Resist?In response to the anticipated HUD layoffs, on February 16, Democratic senators shared a letter to demand that Trump and Musk halt the HUD cuts. It was signed by Kirsten Gillibrand, Patty Murray, Chuck Schumer, Tina Smith, and Elizabeth Warren. The authors warned that reductions could jeopardize seniors, homeless veterans and HUDs capacity to address the nations housing crisis.The letter states that between 2012 and 2019, HUDs staffing levels fell by over 20 percent, and independent audits repeatedly pointed to capacity gaps across HUD. Its text reminds Turner that his own address to HUDs workforce on February 6 highlighted the many challenges facing HUD and communities: a housing affordability crisis, homelessness, and disaster recovery efforts and that President Trump, on his first day in office, signed an executive order to defeat the cost-of-living crisis. President Trumps reckless threats of blanket tariffs on friendly nations could drive up housing costs, deter new development, and slow rebuilding efforts in disaster-impacted communities. Freezing already obligated funds, cancelling necessary program contracts, and hastily gutting HUDs workforce will inevitably lead to costly delays, and many housing projects will fall apart completely, only making our current housing crisis worse, the senators wrote. They urge Turner to immediately stop any additional cuts to HUDs workforce and furnish ten questions that they want answered by February 21.Federal Housing Administration WoesAnother HUD component on the chopping block is the Federal Housing Administration. Created by Congress in 1934 and integrated into HUD in 1965, the entity provides mortgage insurance for individuals who might not otherwise qualify for coverage. The agency insures mortgages on single family homes, multifamily properties, residential care facilities, and hospitals throughout the United States and its territories.According to reporting on February 18, in Bloomberg, at least 40 percent of the operations staff are at risk of being laid off.The next morning, on February 19, HUD rebuked these claims when a spokesperson told CNN that suggestions FHA will cut about half its workforce are not accurate. According to CNN, the FHA is currently one of the largest mortgage insurers in the world and is actively insuring over 8 million single-family mortgages and thousands of mortgages for multifamily properties and health care facilities.The FHA generates income for the U.S. government through loans that generative a positive return. As reported in Bloomberg, the FHAs Mutual Mortgage Fund grew from $145 billion to $173 billion in capital over the last fiscal year, with a capital ratio of 11.47%. One staffer described the agency as the goose that laid the golden egg.Disaster ReliefThe downsizing could throw a wrench in climate resiliency and disaster relief efforts, too. The Green and Resilient Retrofit Program has been targeted for cancellation by Turners HUD administration.Created by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, it awarded more than $1 billion to private companies to help them upgrade apartment buildings for HUD-subsidized tenants, making them more energy efficient, according to NPR. The companies whove been awarded the upgrade money have not spent most of it yet, because real estate deals take years. The HUD staffer told of the cancellation said that means thousands of construction and other jobs the program generates might now be lost.Last October, Hurricane Helene decimated parts of North Carolina and Tennessee. Sarah Labowitz, aWashington Post contributor and nonresident scholar at Carnegie Endowment for International Peaces Sustainability, told AN that reconstruction funding for uninsured households will come from HUDs Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery money.With this latest round of proposed cuts, disaster relief in North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and other locales impacted by global warming hangs in a state of uncertainty.

All images Tng Nm, shared with permissionFelines Evoke A Floating World in Tng Nms Whimsical IllustrationsFebruary 19, 2025ArtIllustrationKate MothesAccompanied by delicate insects and social betta fish, the cats in Tng Nms illustrations (previously) alternate between curiosity, serenity, friskiness, and determination. The artist portrays a diversity of feline natures, merging their likenesses with flowers, waves, foliage, and clouds.Nms characters are playfully anthropomorphized, donning patterned kimonos and hair ornaments. The series emerged organically from practice sketches of flowers in the ukiyo-e style.I felt like it was missing something, so I tried to add a cat as the protagonist, Nm tells Colossal. Somehow it still doesnt feel right, so I think of adding a companionfishes, butterfly, dragonflylike they were encountering each other in a specific moment. Fittingly, he called the series An encounter.An accompanying collection, A Floating World, takes further inspiration from the genre, directly referencing the Japanese word ukiyo. The term describes a hedonistic lifestyle in Edonow called Tokyoin the 1600s, spawning a style of art that captured the mood and interests of the period. Famed artists like Hokusai or Hiroshige focused on woodblock printing and painting to represent scenes from history, folk tales, kabuki actors, flora and fauna, landscapes, and more.For Nm, ukiyo-e provides the starting point for exploring a range of subject matter. Hes currently exploring ideas for further illustrations that incorporate different animals and visual cultures.Find more on the artists Behance and Instagram.Next article

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