Waymo pulls over, calls cops on juvenile riders who had 'ghost gun,' authorities say
Two young people riding in an autonomous vehicle were arrested in San Francisco after authorities allegedly found them in possession of an illegal 'ghost gun.'
Creative social engineering for supply-chain
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
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.
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…
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…
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.
Paperweight V1 - Your inbox knows where your data lives
Your inbox knows where your data lives. Paperweight uncovers old accounts, cleans up unwanted mailing lists, and helps you remove exposed personal data.
WebBrain: a GPL-3.0 browser extension that turns any LLM (including local ones) into a browser agent
Open-source AI browser agent for Chrome and Firefox (monorepo) 🧠 - webbrain-one/webbrain
A simple rule for disposable email: only use it for work that can end
Which tasks deserve a temporary inbox, how to run up to five active workflows on SmailPro Free, and when to rotate, upgrade, or use your own email.
Private AI?
Your conversations with AI chatbots are both highly personal and deeply vulnerable to surveillance. Here’s how you can protect yourself.
The gpg.fail aftermath: On responsible disclosure, GPG, and the state of security in 2026
In 2025, I found and disclosed a bunch of vulnerabilities in GPG, the most used PGP implementation, and held a talk at 39c3 about it. **S...
We got a cybersecurity expert to hack this BYD. It was too easy
To test the risks of surveillance and sabotage, Four Corners asked a hacker to show what China's top EV brand could see and do remotely.
Patchy: Open-source image editor focused on PSD compatibility and workflows familiar to Adobe Photoshop users.
Open-source image editor focused on PSD compatibility and workflows familiar to Adobe Photoshop users. - SethRobinson/Patchy
OpenSubs: I built a subtitle generator that runs Whisper in the browser, so the video never gets uploaded
Transcribe, translate, style and burn subtitles into video — entirely in your browser. The video never leaves your machine. Free, no account, open source.
What happened to the Snowden archive
The last document from the Snowden archive was published on 29 May 2019. The Guardian stopped publishing documents in February 2014, Der Spiegel in January 2015, and The New York Times and ProPublica in August 2015. Aft…
Stemkit splits any YouTube song into stems to isolate drums or vocals from songs for learning and playing
Split any YouTube song into stems. Contribute to danielravina/stemkit development by creating an account on GitHub.
(link) On cars, and that particular privacy nightmare
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Announcing list2regexp - Generate regular expressions to match lists of strings
Generate regular expressions to match lists of strings
Nextcloud adds desktop app for Euro-Office productivity suite
Nextcloud wants to close the gap with Microsoft Office with the introduction of a new Euro-Office desktop client for Windows, macOS, and Linux — one of numerous updates to its Nextcloud Hub suite.
Concord. Complaint-driven, consensus-based forge
A complaint-driven, consensus-based forge. Contribute to 8ullyMaguire/concord development by creating an account on GitHub.
Copyrightability of LLM-generated code: Can we license “vibe code” into Free Software?
The use of large language models (“LLMs”) has exploded in recent years, including in the generation of source code. But even as their usage gains popularit...
Firefox 156 Available With Its Built-In PDF Viewer Starting Up To 45% Faster
Mozilla today published their Firefox 156.0 release binaries ahead of the official Tuesday announcement.
Panic builds over bankrupt Spirit’s looming data sale to Google
Bankruptcy cannot become the new land grab for AI.”...
They push the train in North Korea [ North Korean strength feats exposed by defector ]
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Stop the tracking circus. Kill the cookie banner!
Tired of misleading cookie banners? The EU Commission has finally proposed a solution: set your privacy preferences in the browser once, and never see another banner. Unfortunately, the tracking industry is pushing back…
I Killed A Business Model
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
216,000,000 LG Smart TVs are spying on you - Gamers Nexus
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Send files directly between devices over the internet
Send files directly between devices over the internet - no cloud storage, no size limits. - denislupookov/altersend
US government extensively spied on anti-ICE protesters and leftwing groups, records reveal
DHS sent undercover agents to meetings and infiltrated chats of groups opposing Trumpâs immigration crackdown
i rewrote and improved a cli git graph viewer (git-rivera)
git-foresta in go, with more colors. Contribute to 0xf0xx0/git-rivera development by creating an account on GitHub.
How to Become Your Own ISP [Video][22mins]
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Inkscape developers need help to push version 1.5 across the finish line. If you have C++ experience and hate Adobe, consider getting invol…
If you're C++ developer with graphics or C++ experience and you'd like to make a difference in a great #opensource project, #Inkscape could really use your help in pushing the work forward for 1.5. We've got some amazin…
Quiet Changes in Bitwarden
The password manager swapped its CEO, rewrote its core values, and briefly pulled "Always Free" from its pricing page.
Researchers have just unveiled a technique called FROST that lets a website work out which other websites and apps you have open, without y…
Most of the surveillance stories we’ve looked at here lately have involved things you can at least see when you walk past them: cameras at the gate, sensors on the shelf, a label adjusting a price as you move through sp…
Password strength explained
I try to explain how attackers would guess your password, should they get their hands on your encrypted data. There are some thoughts on the strength of real-world passwords and suggestions for your new password.
Cloudflare Acquires Deno JavaScript Runtime, Core Development to End in 2027
Cloudflare acquires Deno, shifting its developers to Workers while the open-source JavaScript runtime faces an uncertain future.
Amber Folio: an AGPL-3.0 emulator built for SSI's Gold Box RPGs
A low-level emulator for the SSI Gold Box games. Contribute to amberfolio/amberfolio development by creating an account on GitHub.
OpenTubeX – Privacy-first YouTube client
OpenTubeX is a privacy-first YouTube client. Encrypted sync, SponsorBlock, no tracking.
The people holding up the internet
Four billion phones ask one text file what time it is. One lecturer keeps it in his spare time. We counted the rest.
Microsoft Releases LiteBox 0.1, a Rust-Based Sandboxing Library OS
Microsoft releases LiteBox 0.1, an open-source Library OS written in Rust, designed to isolate applications and reduce security risks.
Has America Become the Scariest Country in the World to Visit?
America wants five years of your social media before you visit. I followed it to Five Eyes, a 1946 alliance kept secret for 64 years.
Dallas Goes Dystopia, Outfits Garbage Trucks With ‘AI Cameras’ To Generate ‘Blight’ Citations
I’m sure whoever thought this might be a good idea — that would be the Dallas city council members who approved this contract — thought no one would ever find out about it. But no…
About Hacktoberfest 2026 and its news this year
What Hacktoberfest is, how to take part in October 2026 now that pull requests no longer count, and what twelve years of it taught open source, good and bad.
Mozilla Thunderbird 157 Fixes 100% CPU Usage, OpenPGP, and IMAP Issues
Mozilla Thunderbird 157 rolls out with fixes for a 100% CPU usage bug, OpenPGP key handling, IMAP message saving, Gmail OAuth2, and CalDAV.
YT-DLP is Being Treated as a Piracy Tool By The IFPI
Their submission to the EU's piracy watchlist places the open source tool in the same category as illegal downloading websites.
F-Droid's New App Shows it Isn't Going Anywhere
The Compose-based 2.0 app release marks the largest update in the storefront's history.
carburetor🤔
If you want anonymity and security on Linux, you should consider using the Tor network, and this simple app makes that easy.
Modern cars’ smart features could be used to spy on you, drivers warned
Hostile states could access cameras, microphones or GPS, says intelligence agency amid concerns over Chinese imports
Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’
The EFF found cops writing “idiot,” “WEIRD KID,” "blah," "leave me alone," and button mashing in Flock's 'reason' box.
‘I Felt Super Violated’: Men Wearing Meta Glasses on Dates Is an Instant Red Flag
As anxieties over surveillance tech grow, unsuspecting singles are sharing stories of being covertly filmed on dates by Meta smart glasses.