Google wants to store a selfie video of your face
A new selfie video verification feature could make recovering your Google Account easier. But it also creates new security and privacy concerns.
Our tech has made things worse...
Before you get your hopes up, this isn’t an essay criticizing the water consumption of data-centers, rising memory prices or capitalism itself. I leave those debates to others. This, dear reader, is an examination of wh…
Tomb Raider: Catalyst Delayed to 2028
Tomb Raider: Catalyst is indeed delayed to 2028, as many had suspected.
The Corporate Creep of Plex vs. The Jellyfin Dilemma
Why Plex corporate creep restricts system freedom, how Jellyfin restores control, and why Plexamp still saves money on Spotify and Amazon Music
New Jersey bans algorithmic rent pricing, targets software that pools nonpublic rent and occupancy data across landlords
Sherrill signed New Jersey’s FAIR Act restricting rent-setting algorithms that share nonpublic landlord data.
I Just Beat Peter Thiel at Chess [IG Video]
516K likes, 4,168 comments - tuckgesner on June 11, 2026: "I found Peter Thiel’s chess account".
Playstation is currently down 7/24 (orig title: Is PlayStation Network Down Right Now? Players Report PSN Issues)
Is PlayStation Network down right now? Players are reporting PSN connection issues despite Sony saying all services are online.
Self-Host Weekly (24 July 2026)
Jellyfin and Codeberg hurt themselves in their confusion
Meta launches new Facebook Verified badge for actual, real humans
Meta is trying to tackle scammers that are using generative AI by introducing a new kind of verification using user selfies.
Volkswagen profits drop 10% as embattled automaker considers massive job cuts
By Anna Cooban, Hanna Ziady, CNN
MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls appears to block SteamOS / Linux
MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls has an Open Beta available and sadly they seem to have blocked SteamOS / Linux from playing due to anti-cheat.
India Orders GitHub to Remove Jack Dorsey's Bitchat Repositories Under IT Act
India orders GitHub to remove Jack Dorsey's Bitchat repositories under the IT Act. Learn how the Bluetooth mesh messaging app works and why authorities acted
SpaceX Stock Slips Below IPO Price as Short Sellers Profit $15.5B
SpaceX stock falls below its $135 IPO price to $115.26, giving short sellers $15.5 billion in paper profits as traders double down on bearish market bets.
Leaked document shows the surveillance tech at ICE’s fingertips – from phone location data, to social media monitoring, to online undercove…
From phone location data, to social media monitoring, to online undercover tools, a document obtained by 404 Media lays out the surveillance tech available across ICE agency wide.
Tesla falls 10%, Alphabet sinks 5% as AI spending concerns spook investors
Both Tesla and Alphabet signaled higher spending as they invest in artificial intelligence.
Flock Safety CEO speaks out after LAPD suspends use of company's surveillance cameras
Flock bills itself as a public safety technology company, using license plate reading cameras to help law enforcement investigate crimes and locate missing people. But critics see something else.
What happens when the information runs out - Down the Road
When I asked AI to colorize old family photographs, it gave my brother eyebrows that aren't on the negative. That's when I started thinking less about color and more about information.
DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng Breaks His Silence: In a rare four-hour talk, the reclusive founder reveals an almost Daoist philosophy of AI—AGI …
In a rare four-hour talk, the reclusive founder reveals an almost Daoist philosophy of AI—AGI as a tide no company can own, he argues China's only real gap with America is compute.
Xbox's new VP of engineering quits just 2 months after taking the job
Jared Palmer, who was picked to work directly with CEO Asha Sharma on the division's "most complex" problems, has taken a role at AI company Cognition.
Steam Deck Sales Reportedly Plunge 80% After Price Hikes
$800 handhelds are clearly a step too far for most gamers.
Inside the Matrix: How models, influencers and engagement quotas power the Social Discovery Group’s dating machine and global profits
Women on four continents told ICIJ that global pay-per-action dating sites owned by a Russian businessman and self-styled philosopher left them financially broke and heartbroken.
DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16
Historic VENOM milestone demonstrates scalable AI development capabilities for the operational fleet.
Whose freedom is it anyway?
Artificial Intelligence and the old promise of the emancipatory machine, from the washing machine, the personal computer, the internet, and social media.
OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack
It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement.
Five Tech Giants Are Using Enron’s Accounting Strategy to Conceal $1.65 Trillion in AI Debt
Big Tech hides $1.65 trillion in AI debt off its balance sheets - more than its total reported debt - using legal structures regulators still allow.
Reddit stock drops 9% as Google AI content deal nears expiration
Reddit's $60 million-a-year deal with Google is ending soon, and the company is reassessing whether renewing it makes sense
Google burning through cash with spiralling AI costs
As major tech companies race to capitalize on a new wave of AI technology, investors wonder when financial benefits will appear.
Tech Workers Coalition Members Mixer - Jul 26th
If everybody at work is afraid of talking about layoffs, unions, surveillance cameras, strikes, enshittification, AI weapons, or the manager having another epi…
The 4th Circuit Says Border Agents Can Search Your Phone By Hand, No Suspicion Required
The court ruled that a lower standard applies to manual searches, allowing the government to conduct extraordinarily invasive electronic device searches without any suspicion of wrongdoing, simply because the border off…
Grim Dawn - Fangs of Asterkarn expansion is now available
Fangs of Asterkarn is our largest addition to the apocalyptic fantasy world of Grim Dawn, introducing players to the mighty Kurn tribes of Asterkarn as they contend with Ch'thonic corruption. Customize your potions, awa…
ISPs' long nightmare of having to list all the fees they charge is finally over
FCC lets ISPs stop listing all fees after companies complained it was too hard.
I Regret Migrating to Codeberg
A brief comment on Codeberg’s new terms, and why a free-software host deciding which projects are welcome worries me more than the bans themselves.
How OpenAI’s human mistake led to the AI-powered hack on Hugging Face
OpenAI made a mistake setting up what it called a “highly isolated” testing environment and sandbox. According to cybersecurity experts, that human mistake is what made the AI-powered attack on Hugging Face possible.
White House report says Trump can usher in a "new golden age" of science
The resulting report is a near-random mixture of grievances and real problems.
Short Sellers Are Going Hog Wild Against SpaceX as Its Stock Craters
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New Framework Desktop Option with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495 and 192GB Memory (Gorgon Halo)
Framework Desktop: A simple, quiet, mini PC with performance far beyond its size, powered by a highly-integrated processor from AMD.
Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game Delayed on Xbox Hours Before Launch
The Xbox version of Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game has been delayed to September 3, just hours before its planned July 23 release
EU slaps €890 million fine on Google
Firm told to treat third-party services that appear in its results in âfair and non-discriminatory mannerâ
OpenAI cyber models broke out of training environment to hack Hugging Face
The incident is unique because it was "driven, end to end, by an autonomous AI agent system," according to Hugging Face.
PSA WordPress Core had Critical Vulnerability. Patch released on Friday. Immediately update
Critical issue discovered in WordPress Core affecting the majority of WordPress-built sites. The zero-day is a pre-authentication Remote Code Execution (RCE) that can be used by attackers to run malicious code to steal …
Author Invited to Give Speech at OpenAI Headquarters, Uses Opportunity to Trash AI to Their Faces
OpenAI invited prominent author Dave Eggers to talk to its workers — and he relished the opportunity to set the record straight.
You Should Get to Own Your Media, Not Rent it Forever
From Playstation Games to ebooks and family photos, corporations are replacing ownership with temporary access. But we don’t have to accept that.
Nintendo says users voluntarily paid higher prices, have no right to tariff refunds | Nintendo says Switch buyers got what they paid for, u…
Nintendo says Switch buyers got what they paid for, urges court to dismiss lawsuit.
How does TikTok show China to Polish users? - Content "fully consistent with messages approved by bodies directly subordinate to the Chines…
Głównym pytaniem postawionym przez autorów publikacji jest: w jakim stopniu treści widoczne na platformie TikTok w Polsce są zgodne z oficjalną agendą Departamentu Propagandy Komitetu Centralnego Komunistycznej Partii C…
Author Invited to Give Speech at OpenAI Headquarters, Uses Opportunity to Trash AI to Their Faces
Little love has been lost between writers and the AI industry. Companies like OpenAI and Anthropic have ripped off their life's work without permission, incurring countless copyright infringement lawsuits in the process…
Meta Broke the Law by Firing Whistleblowers with Evidence of COPPA Violations
Bombshell Letter from Grassley Surfaces Two Whistleblower Firings in Recent Weeks WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project slammed Meta for likely violating federal whistleblower laws by firing two employees, …
What Happened When Flock Came to My Town
My small town in South Carolina will soon have more Flock cameras than police officers.
Fire departments are testing autonomous drones that fight wildfires before crews even arrive
A California company recently began demonstrating a system that allows firefighters to direct autonomous drones to combat wildfires. While departments already use observation drones, deploying them to...
LG’s changelog confirms its monitor app installs bloatware on Windows 11, exposing Microsoft’s long-standing problem
Windows Update silently installs LG's McAfee-pushing app when you connect certain monitors, and here's exactly how to block it for good.
OpenAI says its AI models went rogue and hacked another tech company during test
OpenAI said that an autonomous agent powered by its advanced artificial intelligence models went rogue during a security test and triggered a hack that compromised the infrastructure of AI startup Hugging Face. NBC News…