Subnautica 2 and inZOI publisher Krafton launches voluntary resignation program for employees as it transforms into an “AI first company”
Following its decision to became an "AI first" game company, Krafton is soliciting voluntary resignations from its employees.
Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions!
Google has announced it is building a new way for 'experienced users' to install Android apps that haven't been verified.
Kickstarter United NYC-OPEIU 153 Declares Victory and Ends 40+ Day Strike — OPEIU Local 153
New York, NY – Today, the members of Kickstarter United (KSRU) ended their 42 day-strike and declared victory over the tech company. KSRU secured an escalating minimum salary floor tied to cost of living, strong protect…
Atelier Ryza Deluxe graphics/platform comparison
We cover Atelier Ryza, Ryza 2, Ryza 3, and the Ryza DX games across PS5, PS4, Switch, Switch 2, Steam Deck, and PC to help you find which version you should buy going over visuals, performance, load times, and more.
Exclusive: Here's How Much OpenAI Spends On Inference and Its Revenue Share With Microsoft
As with my Anthropic exclusive from a few weeks ago, though this feels like a natural premium piece, I decided it was better to publish on my free one so that you could all enjoy it. If you liked or found this piece val…
I Wrote Task Manager — 30 Years Later, the Secrets You Never Knew
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TIL About What Three-Cueing Is
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't know there's anything …
Apple Joins Google in Offering Passport-Based Digital ID
Apple is launching a new type of digital identification for iPhone (and Apple Watch) that it calls simply "Digital ID". It is based on the user's existing passport and can be used in place of a Real ID at TSA checkpoint…
Virginia State University Receives $50 Million Gift From MacKenzie Scott
From $30M in 2020 to $50M today, Scott continues her historic support of VSU. Virginia State University is proud to announce that it has rec...
Western US states fail to agree on plan to manage Colorado River before federal deadline
Stakeholders have spent months ironing out disagreements over how to distribute water from the sprawling basin
US Mint says it has stamped its last penny, a historic end for a humble coin
The Treasury Department said the last pennies were stamped with a special omega mark and will not go into circulation.
Valve announces three new products: the Steam Frame, Steam Machine and Steam Controller
Good things come in threes?
Steam Hardware Announcement
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Hitler had hidden genetic sexual disorder, DNA analysis reveals
The Nazi dictator had Kallmann syndrome, which hinders normal puberty and the development of sexual organs, according to groundbreaking research
TIL our complex society gave rise to increased hypothetical and abstract thinking
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Open Source Blackout
"Open Source Blackout", an article by Sebastian Bergmann
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor applies to shut down business interests
Former prince seeks to dissolve Dragons’ Den-style startup competition and his innovation company
Alex Karp Goes to War
Palantir’s CEO is good with ICE and says he defends human rights. But will Israel and Trump ever go too far for him?
Waymo says its self-driving taxis will take customers on freeways for the first time
Waymo, a spinoff from Google, is expanding its autonomous vehicles rapidly in the face of competition from Tesla’s planned robotaxi service.
Cornell Study Maps the Environmental Cost of AI
Researchers warn that U.S. data centers could devour vast amounts of energy and water unless stronger guardrails shape the industry’s growth.
Americans Living Paycheck to Paycheck Rises to 24% in 2025, Led by Millennials and Gen X: BofA Report
Inflation outpaces wages for middle- and lower-income households since January 2025, pushing more Americans into living paycheck to paycheck, especially among Millennials and Gen X.
A Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million and apologize over a raid on a small-town newspaper
A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaper in 2023.
Trump pens letter asking Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu in corruption trial
US President Trump penned a letter asking the Israeli president to grant a full pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his ongoing corruption trial.
A Small Town Is Fighting a $1.2 Billion AI Datacenter for America's Nuclear Weapon Scientists
Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador endured systematic torture, report finds
Human rights groups accuse Trump officials of complicity and draw comparison with scandal at Abu Ghraib prison
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6 [People Make Games 19:17]
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Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU - use this to EMAIL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES
Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.
Nextcloud plans to invest over €250 million in digital sovereignty by 2030
European software company Nextcloud presents its investment program „Sovereignty 2030“ to make the high-performance, sovereign open-source platform more widely available for organizations. The European company plans to …
This BBC row is part of a concerted right-wing attack on our precious civil Society
From Winston Churchill to Margaret Thatcher, the BBC’s entire history has been a story of one crisis after another. But after this week’s double resignation, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that ‘good faith’ arguments…
The Data Center Backlash Is Swallowing American Politics
Activists on both the left and the right are pushing back against AI development.
Servo: A new, independent Web Browser Engine (the core of a web browser) written in Rust.
Detailed description slide by slide of my Servo talk at GOSIM Hangzhou 2025.
Woman hadn't slept for days before passing out behind wheel, causing fatal crash
Sonal Patel was sentenced to seven years in a Georgia prison after falling asleep while driving drunk and sleep deprived, causing a crash that left a father of two dead.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Mysteria Ecclesiae Released [GOG]
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Adelita Grijalva Will Finally Be Sworn In, After Being Blocked From Taking Office for Record 7 Weeks | Common Dreams
Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva will finally be sworn into the House after winning her special election over 7 weeks ago. Many suspect Speaker Mike Johnson delayed her entry because she'd be the 218th vote to release …
Israeli Spy Stayed for Weeks at a Time at Jeffrey Epstein's Mansion
Leaked emails show Epstein working on a wire transfer to Ehud Barak's top aide, Yoni Koren, who regularly stayed at his apartment.
How Palantir infiltrated the state
At a moment of national emergency, the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company
LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems
LG says it’ll let people delete the Copilot icon. But TV chatbots aren’t going away.
Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’
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Beware of OpenAI's 'Grantwashing' on AI Harms
J. Nathan Matias and Avriel Epps say OpenAI's announced research funding is the perfect corporate action to make sure we don't find answers for years.
Fediverse is getting E2EE
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Explained: Why you can't move Windows 11 taskbar like Windows 10, according to Microsoft
Windows 11 can't move the taskbar, and four years later, Microsoft still has no plans to bring it back. Here's why, according to Microsoft.
Half-Life 3 Reportedly Delayed Due to Steam Machine Price, Leak Claims
Valve's uncertainty over the Steam Machine price might have delayed the announcement of Half-Life 3, according to a new leak.
Bell Labs 'Unix' Tape from 1974 Successfully Dumped to a Tarball
Archive.org now has a page with "the raw analog waveform and the reconstructed digital tape image (analog.tap), read at the Computer History Museum's Shustek Research Archives on 19 December 2025 by Al Kossow using a mo…
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses Game of the Year from the Indie Game Awards
The debate over generative AI in games continues.
Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage
Sandfall Interactive and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been stripped of its wins at The Indie Game Awards due to use of generative AI.
Backing up Spotify
We backed up Spotify (metadata and music files). It’s distributed in bulk torrents (~300TB). It’s the world’s first “preservation archive” for music which is fully open (meaning it can easily be mirrored by anyone with …
TIL adults who frequently post on social media are at more risk of developing mental health problems than those who passively view social m…
Adults who frequently post on social media are at more risk of developing mental health problems than those who passively view social media content, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
China's banned memory-maker CXMT unveils surprising new chipmaking capabilities despite crushing US export restrictions — DDR5-8000 and LPD…
But can it make them in decent volumes?