French spy service drops Palantir
Europe is seeking to wean off U.S. tech for sensitive services.
Bruce Schneier: We have opened the AI Pandora’s box. Now we have to make the best of it
We have opened the AI Pandoraâs box. Now we have to make the best of it
PSN Single-Letter Username Glitch: What Actually Broke
A PSN glitch let users claim single-letter usernames blocked since 2006. Here's the validation failure behind it and what Sony will likely do next
The rise of "dopamine sites": fake food delivery and shopping apps that satisfy cravings without spending a cent
Young people, particularly in South Korea, have begun visiting so-called "dopamine sites" for the same reason people doomscroll on phones. The trend might be the latest expression...
Fox to acquire Roku in $22 billion deal, its largest ever
Under the terms announced Monday morning, Fox Corporation will pay $160 per share, split as $96 in cash and the remainder in Fox Class A common stock....
TikTok Alternative "Loops" is now on Google Play
Loops is officially live on the Google Play Store. To everyone on Android who's been waiting, thank you for sticking around. You've been asking for this since day one, sideloading builds, poking me in replies, reminding…
Nearly a million passports and photo IDs were left unprotected on the public internet
Ever give your photo ID to a cannabis club in Spain?
Electronic Arts Announces Plans to Cram Far More Advertising Into Its Games / EA Advertising will serve up real-time dynamic ads inside EA …
EA Advertising will serve up real-time dynamic ads inside EA Sports titles
OpenAI Losses Increased Nearly 8X in 2025, With Spending Hitting $34 Billion
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Feds freaked over Fable 5 after simple 'fix this code' prompt, not jailbreak, says researcher
Restricting Fable and Mythos has the same unintended consequence of harming defense while doing nothing to impede attackers. We can't export control our way to cyber resilience.
Banning noise will be a disaster for statistical data products
Sadly, taking away valuable disclosure avoidance tools doesn't make fundamental trade-offs go away.
How deleting 80% of a bad movie magically makes it a masterpiece
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When The Internet Starts To Make Better Movies
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Soccer Arcade Games Through The Years
In this 100% human-made post, we take a look back at the history of soccer arcade & pinball games, just in time for World Cup 2026.
Every Empire Dies The Same Way
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ReactOS "Open-Source Windows" Reaches The Milestone Of Being Able To Run Half-Life
ReactOS, the open-source operating system working for binary compatibility with Microsoft Windows computer programs and drivers, has reached the milestone of being able to enjoy the classic game Half-Life running on thi…
Ashes 2063 - An extremely polished post apocalyptic Doom conversion complete with drivable motorcycle, trading towns, a John Carpenter-esqu…
Ashes is a Post-apocalypse themed total conversion for the GZDoom engine. It combines old school build style level design and Doom style action with a twist of Stalker and Fallout.
The decision is being made on Stop Killing Games! + The ESA can't stop lying.
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Stationbreak - Announcement Trailer
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Gears Of War: E-Day Reportedly Has A Staggering $400 Million Budget
Video game budgets are soaring, with Gears of War: E-Day reported to cost over $400 million. To break even, the game might need to sell around 5.7 million copies, a significant challenge.
TIL that every year, drivers in New York City spend, on average, 107 hours — or more than four days — looking for parking spaces.
There are about three million parking spaces in New York City, but drivers are always struggling to find one that’s open. Can the system be fixed?
‘You Will Not Speak on Flock Tonight’: County Commissioner Refuses to Let Residents Opposing Flock Speak at Meeting
"I’ve spoken. I’m not debating this."
Google director René Mayrhofer, for Android platform security resigned, citing the company's military deals: "management has lost its moral…
"Proactively harming people is not something that I can or will be involved with," a Google director wrote in his resignation letter.
United States According to Chinese Movies | Accented Cinema
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Arch Linux's AUR Sees More Than 400 Packages Compromised With Malware
The Arch Linux User Repository 'AUR' was hit by a large-scale malware campaign this week with more than 400 of these user-supplied packages being compromised.
Self-Host Weekly (12 June 2026)
An ode to what was, and what could have been
I read every day but rarely have my e-reader on me — so I built a self-hosted EPUB library that syncs my reading position between my Kobo a…
Open-source, self-hosted EPUB library. Sync reading progress across KOReader, Moon+ Reader, Kobo and any browser. Offline reading via PWA.
TIL that 75% of global tiger population lives in India.
Tigers in India constituted more than 75% of the global tiger population as of 2025.[1][2][3] India operates 58 tiger reserves. Tigers are the national animal there.[4][5]
Why do unannounced games keep “leaking” through Korea’s rating site? It turns out there’s a legal issue that makes it almost impossible to …
Why South Korea’s GRAC (Game Rating and Administration Committee) ends up prematurely releasing information about games so often.
Fluxer (Discord clone): "We are open-sourcing (AGPLv3) and going live with our mobile app beta on June 15th"
We are open-sourcing (AGPLv3) and going live with our mobile app beta on June 15th. This beta is locked to Android users and Plutonium iOS users. We plan a full rollout in 1 month to Google Play, Apple App Store, F-Droi…
Xenoblade Genesis Nintendo Direct Trailer
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DELTARUNE – Chapter 5 Trailer
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ntsc-rs - an accurate VHS video effect
ntsc-rs is a free, open-source VHS and analog TV video effect. Use it online in your browser, as a standalone application, or as a plugin for DaVinci Resolve, After Effects, and more.
YouTube hikes Premium subscription cost again while adding advanced video features
YouTube is raising the price of its Premium subscriptions by as much as $4, but the Google-owned platform is compensating with new video features.
Japanese card shop management sim "You’re a Scalper, Aren’t you?" lets you interrogate suspected scalpers and choose between profits and mo…
You're a Scalper, Aren't You? is a scalper-exposing card shop management sim in which your choices have a big impact on the story.
A Baldur's Gate 2 remake is apparently in development, with the original co-lead designer returning
The Bhaalspawn are back, baby!
Nvidia launches ‘superchip’ putting AI power into laptops and PCs
Firm says its RTX Spark PC chip for Microsoft Windows will let AI agents replace the mouse and keyboard
Native Apps Should Be Avoided Whenever Possible — No One's Happy
Why native apps have become privacy liabilities, and why the browser is almost always the better choice.
Samsung avoids strike as workers approve massive bonus deal
Amid booming demand for AI chips, the government-backed deal will make more than 60% of the South Korean tech giant's workforce eligible for bonuses of about $370,000 this year.
New Article - Whole Home Audio with SnapCast
A way to stream audio around your entire house using inexpensive RaspberryPi computers and SnapCast
Data centers raise nearby temperatures by up to 4 degrees in Phoenix
Heat pollution from data centers can boost air temperatures in downwind neighborhoods by as much as 4 degrees Fahrenheit, researchers at Arizona State University report in a new study conducted in the Phoenix metro area…
South Korea court orders Samsung union strike to not impact chip volume
Court orders union to maintain normal production during any strike; Samsung shares jump 6.7%. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The U.S. Still Doesn't Have an Answer to China's EV Dominance
President Trump's visit to China highlights a key tension for American decision makers: how to manage China’s growing prowess in sectors like the auto industry.
30% of Homeowners Choose Fake Vs Legit Insurance Coverage?
Discover why roughly 30% of homeowners fall for fake insurance coverage and learn three practical steps to verify legitimacy and protect your budget.
California vs Texas Tenant Screening: Is Yours Sufficient?
Learn if your tenant screening meets California and Texas rules, avoid $5,000 fines and data‑privacy penalties, and keep your rental business compliant.
Teen builds ‘Bionic Underwater Robotic Turtle’ to detect ecological threats
High schooler Evan Budz's award-winning invention can identify coral bleaching, invasive species, and microplastics without disturbing marine ecosystems.
U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100,000 users of popular car-tinkering app in emissions crackdown
The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking personal data on potentially hundreds of thousands of drivers who downloaded EZ Lynk’s Auto Agent…
I Work in Hollywood. Everyone Who Used to Make TV Is Now Secretly Training AI
For screenwriters like me—and job seekers all over—AI gig work is the new waiting tables. In eight months, I’ve done 20 of these soul-crushing contracts for five different platforms. It’s bad.
Anthropic’s bug-hunting Mythos was greatest marketing stunt ever, says cURL creator
After all that hype, AI scanner found one low-severity cURL flaw
Today I learned that, despite having a mainland measuring just 20 square kilometers, 80% of the island nation of Naoero is uninhabitable du…
Pacific island Nauru said it will hold a referendum to change its official name, described as a colonial relic from a time when “foreign tongues” mangled the native language.