GPU and RAM prices have both risen ~19% across the EU over the past 1-2 months, verified with fixed-basket price tracking
EU-wide +19.2% over 30 days on a 176-model fixed basket. Germany +19.6%, France +18.1%. Data + methodology.
i built a price tracker for EU PC hardware because I was tired of overpaying
Track GPU, CPU, RAM and SSD prices across 27 European stores. Updated every 6 hours.
And then the men with guns tell you to do it anyway – Terence Eden’s Blog
In early February 2011 Egypt was in the middle of a political revolution. One morning, everyone's phones suddenly pinged with an alert. The Armed Forces asks Egypt's honest and loyal men to confront the traitors and cri…
How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots
The secret is humble UITextField.
More Renewables Lead To Lower Demand For Methane In Europe
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription, on Patreon, or on Stripe. Help us produce all of the high-quality, original content we publish week after week despite the challenges of content-scraping AI,…
YouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playing
The change comes a year after YouTube applied the same approach to counting views on Shorts videos.
I don't enjoy the Internet any more
I grew up on the Internet. I spent a significant proportion of my childhood, and later my adult life, on message boards, blogs, social networks, chatrooms, and other online communities. I made friends, found jobs, and w…
A solar powered website that goes offline when there's no power
This website runs on a solar powered server located in Barcelona, and will go off-line during longer periods of bad weather. This page shows live data relating to power supply, power demand, and energy storage.
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
Apple is working on camera-equipped AirPods that appear to be nearly ready to launch, based on a video MacRumors found in the macOS Tahoe 2…
Apple is working on camera-equipped AirPods that appear to be nearly ready to launch, based on a video MacRumors found in the macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate. In a short demo, a man holds a book up so the camera in t…
‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom
Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back?
New ChatGPT Feature Collects Every Keystroke You Make
OpenAI's new "Computer History" for ChatGPT on macOS will record "everything" you do on your PC to fine-tune the AI model.
Facebook Is Drowning In Islamophobic AI Slop Calling for Violence Against Muslim Americans
A viral phenomenon is sweeping Facebook, with AI-generated content boosting calls for Islamophobic violence in Dearborn, Michigan.
Before you buy a game on GoG, see this growing list of 1,140 titles missing updates, DLC, and more....
GOG is known for delivering DRM-free games and maintaining older titles, but an update to a user-created spreadsheet shows just how many issues there are with the games it offers. Next time you shop for a game, you'll w…
AI;DR (AI; Didn’t Read)
I'm about as pro-AI as you can be, but this is becoming a pet peeve of mine (and I'm not alone). That's why I love the AI;DR acronym as my new solution for ignoring the walls of slop.
AI slop is eating the world. Trust is the first casualty
AI content at volume is bankrupting professional trust
Israel creates fake think tank in likely attempt to dupe AI chatbots /// In just over a week, the Hanover Institute has published at least …
In just over a week, the Hanover Institute has published at least 100 articles that appear tailor-made to influence chatbots
Amazon Caught Destroying Rare Books to Train AI
An investigation by 404 Media found that Amazon bought a shipment of rare books so it could scan and destroy them to train AI.
GitHub Has an Availability Problem. Is It Time to Look Elsewhere?
GitHub has been having enough outages lately that people are starting to ask whether it makes sense to look elsewhere. Ever since Github got acquired by ...
Woman claims her stepfather used Grok to transform childhood photo into explicit imagery
The woman claimed that AI tools are "taking everyday life and turning it into child sexual abuse."
GitHub has been down for most of the morning - Engadget
If you hear lots of grumbling in coffee shops today, GitHub's outage may be why.
Regulate me, please...
An article about regulation of Big Tech AI and what we can do about it writen by Marek Tuszunski
Kansas Schools Now Collect Phones at the Door – Spends $180K On Smartphone Lockers
Kansas HB 2299 bans phones and smartwatches in K-12 schools starting fall 2026, leaving districts to cover storage costs up to $180,000.
DDR5 RAM Prices Explode To Nearly 5X July 2025 Levels In Germany As AI Boom Chokes Budget PC Builds
DDR5 RAM prices soar to nearly 5X July 2025 levels in Germany amid ongoing supply issues and high demand, severely impacting PC building costs
How the World’s Largest Electric Company Fell Quiet on Renewable Energy
For years, NextEra Energy boasted it was a “leading clean energy company.” Now, as renewable energy faces political opposition, it’s stopped emphasizing that.
Anthropic’s ‘Watermark’ Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of Writing
It’s unacceptable for a tool to sacrifice an iota of clarity, coherence, meaning, quality, etc. for the purpose of embedding hidden clues within the text to suggest its provenance. The idea that anything other than *my*…
Torvalds: AI Is the New Compiler, Not the New Programmer
Torvalds: "100% of Their Code Is Written by Compilers" Too. The Linux creator argued that AI-written code claims are misleading — and warned that a wave of low-quality, AI-generated bug reports is quietly burning out th…
New website lets drivers check whether their license plate has been searched on Flock database - Dexerto
A new website allows users to check if their license plate has been searched through the Flock system database.
The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensible
The extent of the pollution being put out by thousands of data centers is shocking. Some developers are exploiting regulatory loopholes.
Two Simple Steps Toward De-MAGAfication
A big reason why Trump II is so much worse than the first time is that the world’s richest man bought Twitter and turned it into a fascist cesspit.
What to do when tokens run out - by Alain Di Chiappari
If in the '80s we fought to squeeze a program into a few kilobytes, we now have to squeeze the most useful LLM work into the tokens we can afford. You ready?
State judge orders Kalshi to stop offering sports bets and other wagers
Kalshi ordered to stop offering bets in Washington, must implement geofencing.
Can public media build its own social network? Chicago Public Media teams up with New_ Public to try: chicago.com
"This is a community platform, not a news site — it's very much not a news site."
Open CAD Studio
Open CAD Studio: 2D + 3D CAD-applicatie in Rust met GPU-versnelde rendering. Native DWG/DXF lezen en schrijven, paper space, ACIS solids — een open source community-project door Hakan Seven, herkend door de OpenAEC Foun…
Twitch Adds Opt-Out for Amazon AI Training After Enrolling All Creators by Default
Twitch has added an opt-out for Amazon AI training, but the setting arrived switched on for every account by default.
California just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printers
Last-hour amendments aim to allay privacy concerns, but broad scepticism about feasibility remains
Here’s The Argument For Why A Disc-Free PlayStation Could Actually Drive Game Prices Down
Jacob Navok says that a world without physical media will put major publishers in constant competition with each other, though how that would drive costs down is just a theory
[AIP] IRI: backlog / game library manager with Steam, GOG, EGS, PSN and XBOX integrations
self-hosted backlog management game library exploring thingy - graynk/iri
‘We detected unusual activity’: the scam that uses AI to exploit your holiday photos
Fraudsters use pictures posted on Instagram or Facebook to create emails seeking bank account details
Survey-Study reveals future college grads’ answer to the AI ‘job apocalypse’; 22% are changing their major due to AI anxiety
A new survey of 2,000 U.S. students pursuing higher education revealed that just 45% of students surveyed are optimistic about the job market they’ll enter post-graduation.
The CEO who fired 900 people on Zoom just before Christmas wants his job back | CNN Business
Former Better Home & Finance CEO Vishal Garg says he was just about to deliver on the companyâs unlikely turnaround.
The AI boss at a San Francisco store just fired its first human
Andon Labs, which is experimenting with letting an AI have majority control over a retail store, said that it fired an employee with good reason.
Young people increasingly don't trust AI - or the billionaires that keep telling us we should all love AI, survey finds
Are we really surprised at that?
France’s nuclear fleet gives it one of the world’s lowest-carbon electricity grids
France generates two-thirds of its electricity from nuclear power, making it the country’s dominant power source.
Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power – even if they don’t have solar panels
Labor announces âsolar sharerâ program for households in NSW, south-east Queensland and South Australia
Steam’s Controversial Refund Decision Could Set a Dangerous Precedent
Could Steam refund policies change in the future?
Oblivion Remastered Switch 2 sold out on release date, showing appeal of physical games
Digital may be the only option for Switch 2 owners who haven’t purchased Oblivion Remastered. On its release date, The Elder Scrolls game is out of stock at popular retailers. Collectors rejoiced after learning that Bet…
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Sensing He's in Deep Trouble, Flock Safety CEO Says It's All Been a Big Misunderstanding
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley remains adamant that it's just one big misunderstanding, arguing that "we're not Big Brother."
Plaintiff busted trying to use AI prompt injection to win court case, hides text instruction in filing — demands AI model reviewing the tex…
They thought they could get away with it.