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 moā¦
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses Game of the Year from the Indie Game Awards
The debate over generative AI in games continues.
Backing up Spotify
We backed up Spotify (metadata and music files). Itās distributed in bulk torrents (~300TB). Itās the worldās first āpreservation archiveā for music which is fully open (meaning it can easily be mirrored by anyone with ā¦
China's banned memory-maker CXMT unveils surprising new chipmaking capabilities despite crushing US export restrictions ā DDR5-8000 and LPDā¦
But can it make them in decent volumes?
RAM and SSD prices are still climbingāhereās our best advice for PC builders
I would avoid building a PC right now, but if you canāt, hereās our best advice.
AI boom has caused same CO2 emissions in 2025 as New York City, report claims
Study author says tech companies are reaping benefits of artificial intelligence age but society is left to pay cost
TP-Link Tapo C200: Hardcoded Keys, Buffer Overflows and Privacy in the Era of AI Assisted Reverse Engineering
Hi friends and welcome to the last post for this year! Whenever someone asks me how to get started with reverse engineering, I always give the same advice: buy the cheapest IP camera you can find. These devices are selfā¦
Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages | TechCrunch
Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.
[Self-promotion] My partner just released a (free) game about a monster in a winter forest
A short horror game set in a spooky winter forest.
Cataloging modern-era physical releases for the Mega Drive and Sega Genesis
Cataloging modern-era physical releases for the Mega Drive and Sega Genesis
TikTok Deal Done And Itās Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse
There were rumblings about this for a while, but it looks like the Trump TikTok deal is done, and itās somehow the worst of all possible outcomes, amazingly making all of the biggest criticisā¦
Inequality alone doesnāt cause civil unrest ā but internet access adds the crucial spark
Some regimes may be tempted to shut down the internet to maintain stability. But new research shows why reducing the wealth gap has become crucial for maintaining security.
Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results āat an astonishing scaleā
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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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Did Microsoft do anything right in 2025? Wins, fails, and WTF moments
We continue our annual tradition of looking back at Microsoft's wins, fails, and WTF moments: its victories, failures, and things that left you shaking your head. There's no other way to say it: Microsoft had a bad 2025.
Self-Host Weekly #150: Watchtower No More
Popular open source licenses, Santa tracking, and saying goodbye to an old friend
Inputs Of Interest: SafeTypeā¢ Vertical Keyboard With Mirrors Puts Pain In The Rear-View
Yep, this keyboard is another ebay special. I canāt stay away! This is a SafeTypeā¢ V801 from probably the early 2000s, although there is no date on it anywhere. Iām basing my guess on tā¦
Apple announces more ads are coming to App Store search results
Apple is expanding the number of ads that appear in App Store search results. In an update on its Apple...
We're putting lots of transition metals into the stratosphere. That's not good.
We successfully plugged the hole in the ozone layer that was discovered in the 1980s by banning ozone-depleting substances such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). But, it seems we might be unintentionally creating another pā¦
AIās Unpaid Debt: How LLM Scrapers Destroy the Social Contract of Open Source
TL;DR: The big tech AI company LLMs have gobbled up all of our data, but the damage they have done to open source and free culture communities are particularly insidious. By taking advantage of those who share freely, tā¦
ICE Contracts Company Making Bounty Hunter AI Agents
AI Solutions 87 says on its website its AI agents ādeliver rapid acceleration in finding persons of interest and mapping their entire network.ā
OpenAIās Chief Communications Officer Is Leaving the Company
Hannah Wong told staff she is moving on to her Ć¢ĀĀnext chapter.Ć¢ĀĀ The company will be running an executive search to find a replacement, according to a memo.
Tor Project received $2.5M from the US government to bolster privacy
The US government contributed over $2.5 million to the Tor Project last year, continuing its financial relationship with the nonprofit.
Apple opens up its App Store to competition in Japan
Epic Games CEO says Fortnite won't return to Japan, though, because the new rules still require high fees.
Are Apple Gift Cards Safe to Redeem?
Link to: https://tidbits.com/2025/12/17/compromised-apple-gift-card-leads-to-apple-account-lockout/
Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog
It's the latest blow to encryption in the UK
House Science Committee Questions DOE Science Chief About Agency Reorganization
Under Secretary for Science DarĆo Gil said the new fusion and computing offices will focus on fostering industries for emerging technologies.
China Has Reportedly Built Its First EUV Machine Prototype, Marking a Semiconductor Breakthrough the U.S. Has Feared All Along
China's semiconductor industry might have taken a technological leaps, as a report claims that the nation has built the first EUV prototype.
Meet the New Right-Wing Tech Intelligentsia
Libs and the far-right ālink and buildā in the Bayās tech publication scene.
How French spies, police and military personnel are betrayed by advertising data | Le Monde
Using easily accessible advertising data, Le Monde was able to pinpoint the identities, home addresses and daily routines of several dozen people working for sensitive official entities.
Cloudflare report reveals global internet internet traffic grew 19% in 2025 - but a lot of it was just bots
āVolatile crawling activityā plagues platforms, but website owners are fighting back
Linux Kernel Rust Code Sees Its First CVE Vulnerability
The first CVE vulnerability has been assigned to a piece of the Linux kernel's Rust code.
US Government Deploys Elon Musk's Grok as Nutrition Bot, Where It Immediately Gives Advice for Rectal Use of Vegetables
The US government deployed xAI's Grok to give dietary advice -- and it's giving some eyebrow-raising advice.
"His Talent Was Unparalleled" - Castlevania And Bloodstained Veteran Shutaro Iida Has Lost His Battle With Cancer
"He had been supporting me for over 20 years"
āNot Ready for Prime Time.ā A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes: SAVE tool keeps mistakenly flagging voters as ā¦
The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.
Good news, UK Discord users, we're part of a Peter Thiel-linked data collection "experiment"
Discord have belatedly confirmed that they're working with Persona, an identity detection firm backed by a fund directed by Palantir chairman Peter Thiel.
Amazon Wins $6 Million in Damages Against Pirated DVD Stores, Plus Domain Takeovers
A California federal judge awarded Amazon $6 million in damages and granted a broad domain seizure request targeting pirate DVD sellers.
Who Wants to Rent a Human?
As AI technologies spread, the next bold, brave frontier is not replacing labor but directing it. Rent A Human turns people into āmeatsackā factotums and lackeys for algorithms, handing familiar elites a more efficient ā¦
All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat
A whistleblower warns a mishandled cloud copy of Social Security data could put millions at lifelong risk and force SSNs to change.
Over 300 Malicious Chrome Extensions Caught Leaking or Stealing User Data
More than 300 Chrome extensions were found to be leaking browser data, spying on users, or stealing user information.
What Your Bluetooth Devices Reveal About You: Building Bluehood, a Bluetooth scanner that reveals what information we leak just by having Bā¦
Building Bluehood, a Bluetooth scanner that reveals what information we leak just by having Bluetooth enabled on our devices.
Parents opt kids out of school laptops, ask for pen-and-paper
Parents are forming a loose network teaching one another how to get their children off school-issued Chromebooks and iPads.
How to solve Discord's age verification issues
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Ask AI: I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?
Attached: 4 images Q: I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive? What do you think the LLM output was? Please; review the output. #ai #LLM #ai
I designed a board game (creative commons/open source)
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI
I'm joining OpenAI to work on bringing agents to everyone. OpenClaw will move to a foundation and stay open and independent.
Nokia vs Asus and Acer: Regional Court Munich redefines FRAND rules
Munich Regional Court ordered Asus and Acer to cease and desist in an infringement case concerning a Nokia video coding patent.
UK government announces crackdown on AI chatbots and infinte scroll
'The action we took on Grok sent a clear message that no platform gets a free pass.'
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