Massive ChainDrop npm supply-chain attack infects more than 1,300 packages with a combined 2 billion monthly downloads on the Node Package …
Self-propagating malware named 'ChainDrop' has compromised more than 1,300 packages with a combined 2 billion monthly downloads on the Node Package Manager (npm) registry.
Scammers Are Cloning OnlyFans Creators With AI Telling Fans a Kid Is Sick in the Hospital Then Vanishing With the Cashapp Money
A new breed of online scam is exploiting the trust between OnlyFans creators and their followers, using AI to impersonate the very people fans think they’re supporting. Fans think they’…
Boomers on Facebook Are Leaving Comments That Make It Clear That They Have No Idea That AI-Generated Thirst Traps Aren't Real
Aging Facebook users are drooling over AI-generated thirst traps, clearly with no idea that they aren't real.
‘Apple is getting this wrong,’ says OpenAI — startup blasts iPhone maker over lawsuit alleging it stole confidential information through ex…
The two companies are getting ready to slug it out in court.
[AIP] CookTrace v1.1.1: In-App Updates, Full i18n Sweep, Android App-ID Fix
Patch release. Server-connection banner no longer covers the phone's status bar on Android. Fixed Server-connection banner no longer covers the phone's notification bar. The red "server unreachabl...
An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it
Earlier this summer, nearly 160,000 applicants took the entrance exam for UNAM, Mexico’s largest university. For the first time, they did it completely remotely, using a “lockdown” browser and AI-powered webcam proctori…
TIL Gabe Newell (CEO of Valve) bought and owns the megayachts company Oceanco
Oceanco is a privately owned custom yacht builder, based in the Netherlands, that has been building full displacement yachts in the 80-metre (260 ft) range since 1987. Since August 2025, it has been owned by Gabe Newell…
Community Spotlight: Gamma and Anbernic
How one Anbernic device sparked a project that would go on to help thousands of players.
Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users' internet connections with strangers
New security research offers a rare view inside residential proxy networks, which rely on apps that share a person's internet connection with someone else.
Microsoft warns hackers are targeting hotel Wi-Fi networks: What to know
Microsoft issued a warning travelers across the world, saying Russian hackers have targeted Wi-Fi networks at hotels, conference centers, and other hospitality venues.
After killer quarter, Palantir CEO Alex Karp calls AI industry ‘Marxist’: Karp on Monday once again warned that AI frontier labs are too un…
After a quarter that delivered $1 billion in profit, Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Monday once again warned that AI frontier labs are too untrustworthy for enterprises.
You Bought The Car. Why Are You Still Paying For Subscriptions?
Automakers are turning cars into app stores, charging monthly fees for software, connected services, and even features already installed at the factory.
Student Teacher Sent a Private Snapchat Complaining About Her Workday. An Hour Later, Police Pulled Up to Her School.
Snapchat's AI flagged a private message sent to 3 people and alerted the FBI in under an hour, leading to a student teacher's arrest.
Wiki Workers United/Claims and responses
The WMF have repeatedly suggested they don't yet know whether most eligible employees support unionization.
BMW is putting Spider-Man ads on your dashboard, after promising it never would
The promotion began on July 27, 2026, and is scheduled to run through August 10 across more than 70 markets. On supported vehicles, starting the car brings...
End of an era: T-Mobile finally closes the door on 2G for good
3G's long gone, and 4G's days are numbered, but up until today, T-Mobile was still offering 2G cellular service.
Tesla Whistleblower Describes Wildly Dangerous Safety Lapses While Developing Full Self-Driving
Its autonomous test fleet in Houston were 24/7 "rolling hazards," he warned.
WTF Is Happening To The Video Game Industry?
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Linux didn't just eat 10% of Windows market share, AI bots are inflating the numbers
No, Linux desktop market share has not crossed 10% in North America, and Windows is not suddenly losing millions of users. 2026 is not the year of Linux, for those who care. If anything, it’s the year the internet died,…
Social media algorithms shape the beliefs people form /// Even small changes to content curation algorithms can shape what people come to b…
The content people see on social media is typically determined by an algorithm. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, and TU Dresden have now demonstrated in a co…
YouTuber Hank Green Is Facing a Fan Revolt Over His AI Use
He says his loved ones don't think his LLM use has been "healthy."
Chinese CXMT to Match Micron's DRAM Manufacturing Capacity This Year
Chinese memory giant CXMT has been expanding its capacity so rapidly that the company is now able to compete with one of the largest memory manufacturers in the world—Micron. According to analysis from Citrini Research …
How Rogue Officers Turned a Nationwide Camera Network Into a Tool for Stalking
<blockquote><br /><strong><em>Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of mi...
New York is suing prediction market Kalshi, calling it an illegal gambling operation
In a statement, James said Kalshi violates New York's anti-gambling laws, which are designed to protect minors from betting and combat gambling addiction in adults. "No matter...
Alibaba’s AI model Qwen3.8-Max made widely accessible ahead of open-weights release: Flagship 2.4 trillion parameter model highlights nativ…
Flagship 2.4 trillion parameter model highlights native multimodal capabilities and the ability to carry out long-horizon agentic tasks.
Apple engineer says he was fired after refusing to send customer device IDs to AT&T
A former Apple engineer alleges he was fired after refusing AT&T requests for device identifiers without customer releases. Apple denies wrongdoing.
Two research efforts gave AI the same open problem. Their papers were submitted three hours apart ... raising new questions about independe…
An M.I.T. Ph.D. student and two University of California system cryptographers used GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra in different ways, raising new questions about independent discovery and scientific credit
Finally some good news from #Signal 🥳
Signal is working on a way to sign up without a phone number. The feature has not yet been officially confirmed, and it is not yet known whether it will be available to all users or in what form.
The CIA’s most ridiculous Cold War spy weapon was a Xerox photocopier
A disused bowling alley, a fire-prone photocopier, and a home-movie camera: inside the CIA's wild secret operation against the KGB.
‘More than just objects’: Australian booksellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed
Steam On Linux Use Back Above 4% In July
Valve just published the Steam Survey results for July 2026 and point to a small uptick in Linux gaming use.
Americans Can’t Buy Chinese EVs. Waymo Is Importing Thousands
The U.S. has used tariffs and security rules to keep Chinese cars off dealer lots. Alphabet’s robotaxi company appears to be buying them by the boatload.
Google plans to exempt sanctioned nations from Android developer verification
Someone in Cuba or Iran can keep installing APKs with no new restrictions, but devs will suffer.
The People Still Keeping the PSP Alive: PSPunk
How one fan's passion project became a home for guides, homebrew and preserving the knowledge behind Sony's iconic handheld.
Anthropic's Claude breached 3 orgs, uploaded PyPI malware during tests
One of Anthropic's Claude models built and uploaded a malicious Python package to PyPI during a botched security evaluation, where it ran on 15 real systems and stole credentials from a security vendor. It was one of th…
Illinois Governor Signs School Cellphone Ban to Avoid Student Distractions
SB 2427 creates distraction-free classrooms that allow students to learn and grow without the attention demands of cell phones
The FDA just picked its first company to sell an unauthorised device to Medicare patients
The US Food and Drug Administration named Dexcom as the first manufacturer selected for its Technology-Enabled Meaningful Patient Outcomes pilot on Tuesday. The programme, known as TEMPO, allows digital health devices…
Flock Surveillance Cameras Are Actually Horrible for Fighting Crime, FBI Data Shows
New FBI data shows case closure rates for the Atlanta Police Department have not improved despite thousands of ALPRs installed since 2021.
Wikimedia Foundation refuses voluntary union recognition, hires union-busting law firm
On July 20, Wiki Workers United U.S. demanded voluntary recognition as a union from the Wikimedia Foundation, following a similar request for voluntary recognition made by WWU-UK, the UK branch of WWU, in June. The requ…
OpenAI Says Astra Solved 10 Open Math Problems With Lean Proofs: The proof files are public, but the new model is still private.
OpenAI paired its Astra proof claims with Lean certificates and a public repository. That makes the results checkable, but it does not make the unreleased model or peer review disappear.
Linux's market share in North America has breached 10% for the first time, says StatCounter
The start of something big, or is something else affecting the numbers?
FTC Concerned About Meta Surveillance of Users of Erectile Dysfunction Apps
Meta is one of the companies alleged to have received ultra-private health data on users of the popular apps Hims and Hers.
Is Mark Zuckerberg Actually TRYING to Destroy Meta?
It has long felt like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has had it out for his own company. Soaring capital expenditures could seal the deal.
Mark Zuckerberg's Pivot to AI Is Blowing Up in His Face Spectacularly
Despite having almost nothing to show from his enormous spending on AI, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is doubling down.
SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another year
SpaceX is building a new power plant for xAI's Colossus data centers, but it won't remove existing, unpermitted turbines for many more months.
The 14 steps it takes to open my office door with a new phone
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Statcounter is now showing 10% Linux market share on desktops in North America
This graph shows the market share of desktop operating systems in North America based on over 3 billion monthly page views.
Should you still buy your next smartphone — or subscribe to it instead? Apple, Samsung … are betting that leasing, subscriptions, and guara…
Apple's new Upgrade program is the latest sign that smartphone ownership is changing.
U.S. FCC approves giant space mirror to deliver 'sunlight on demand,' but what are the legal implications?
Despite hundreds of public comments opposing a giant space mirror that would shine light roughly five kilometres wide, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has given it the green light. What could this mean…
Fun Minecraft-esque chemistry game
A sandbox adventure where every pixel is physically and chemically simulated! Build intricate, fully functional machines from the pixels around you. Harvest, react, and manipulate all 118 elements to craft everything fr…