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The US has declared Autistici/Inventati, an Italian anarchist hacker (in the classic sense of the term) collective, a terrorist organization. https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616/ But what you really oug…
As Ubuntu embraces AI, Debian discusses banning all AI-generated code
Linux distros are defining the line in the sand.
Decompiling a Nintendo 64 Game in 84 Days
The original Snowboard Kids has been fully decompiled in only 84 days! In this post I delve into what changed and what lessons might apply to future projects.
GTA6 Extended Look
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LibreOffice 26.8 brings professional typography, deeper support for the world's writing systems, and no artificial intelligence - TDF Commu…
Berlin, 26 August 2026 – The Document Foundation today announced the availability of LibreOffice 26.8, the new major release of the free and open source office suite, for Windows, macOS and Linux. Development began in D…
With the backlash to data centers, Flock and AI glasses, a mass opposition to big tech is underway. Silicon Valley is in denial.
The backlash against data centers is difficult to understand if your salary depends on your not understanding it.
Inside Games on the GTA 6 Extended Look [SPOILERS]
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Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, report says
Nvidia reportedly agreed to buy open source AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion as the chipmaker expands deeper into the AI ecosystem.
LibreOffice 26.8 Doubles Down on No AI, Right After Collabora Welcomed It
TDF is not interested in providing any AI features, sticking to the basics of an open source office suite.
Exploited Data Workers in the Global South Are “the Secret Ingredient of AI Itself”
Despite being branded as autonomous and self-sustaining, artificial intelligence relies heavily on human labor — an army of data workers all over the world, primarily in the Global South. These workers “are purposely hi…
NVIDIA reportedly buys HuggingFace for 13 billion
The apparent deal values the company at about $13 billion.
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Wilderness Girls Cookies | ClipZone: Comedy Callbacks
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Tim Curry as The Pirate King - 'The Pirates of Penzance -1982 - Royal Variety Performance
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Americans are cheering for vigilantes who take down Flock cameras | The surveillance cameras have become another flashpoint of growing bipa…
The surveillance cameras have become another flashpoint of growing bipartisan anger against tech industry excess.
DNS: The Phonebook of the Internet
Explaining how DNS works and why its important to choose a secure DNS provider!
Panic passes Trump tariff refunds back to the Playdate customers who paid them
It just felt like the right thing to do."
Nitter might be no more, but Twitter is back (sort of)
Twitter.now aims to fill the bird-shaped hole left by X. For a fee
EPA faces lawsuit over claims it fast-tracked approval of toxic 'data center chemicals' — exposure to photoacid generators used for semicon…
These chemicals are crucial for semiconductor manufacturing, but they must also come with a lot of safety rules to prevent them from leaking out and poisoning the environment.
TIL about Carnegie Mellon University's Buggy Races which is a relay race with five runners, using the buggy vehicle as the baton
Carnegie Mellon University is home to a variety of unique traditions, some of which date back to the early days of its over 100-year history. Many of these traditions hearken to the university's strength in engineering,…
SourceHut joins Codeberg in limiting the use of AI on their platform.
sourcehut is a network of useful open source tools for software project maintainers and collaborators, including git repos, bug tracking, continuous integration, and mailing lists.
Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform
By now you’ve almost certainly heard the news that Meta has settled with 52 state and local Attorneys General who had sued the company in some form or another over child safety on Meta’…
Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds
Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running
Microsoft's latest AI rebrand beats its own history of terrible rebrands, renaming Microsoft 365 Roadmap to "AI at Work"
If you use Microsoft 365 and want to know what’s coming next, what would you search for on Google/Bing? Microsoft 365 Roadmap, right? Wrong. Microsoft now wants you to search for “AI at Work Roadmap,” as it “centralizes…
Charges Dropped Against Person Who Clapped at a City Data Center Meeting / Lux Claridge was dragged from a city meeting about data centers …
Lux Claridge was dragged from a city meeting about data centers and charged with interfering with the police after they clapped during a presentation.
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...
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Anthropic’s Claude now has a browser of its own: Anthropic added a built-in browser to Claude's Cowork desktop app, ending the need for the…
Anthropic added a built-in browser to Claude's Cowork desktop app, ending the need for the Chrome extension for many web tasks.
Nvidia has been in talks to acquire Hugging Face for more than $13 billion
Nvidia has held talks to acquire Hugging Face for more than $13 billion as the chip giant expands its AI dealmaking.
BBC: “It shouldn’t have taken a lawsuit for Meta to implement safety measures, whistleblower says”
The Facebook and Instagram owner, which denies wrongdoing, says the agreement builds on its "longstanding efforts to empower parents and support teens".
AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions”
Report shows Meta's challenges replacing people with AI agents.
Meet Orexin, The Brain Chemical Behind Staying Motivated
Motivation (or a lack of it) shapes our lives in ways large and small every day: From changing careers to changing TV channels, we're guided by what motivates us and what we find rewarding.
Chris Hansen Buys Ads Before Every Screening of A24’s ‘Primetime’
Robert Pattinson plays the former 'Dateline NBC' correspondent in the Sept. 25 release.
New Twitter launches, says Musk's X gave up the name
Judge hasn't ruled on X Corp’s preliminary injunction, but Operation Bluebird plows ahead...
Just 2 new data centres will pump out more planet-heating carbon emissions than ExxonMobil
There is simply no world in which such massive new carbon emissions are compatible with a serious plan for reaching net zero by 2050.
An ongoing 3D-printer AGPL violation
At FOSSY 2026, several people from the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), which organizes the [...]
Amazon shuts down Mechanical Turk: Why Jeff Bezos once called it ‘artificial artificial intelligence’
Amazon is shutting down Mechanical Turk, its crowdsourced work platform, on 30 September, 2026. Launched in 2005, the service connected workers with tasks such as data labelling and surveys, but faced declining investme…
Trouble with Bluetooth "Fast Pair"
The closer computers get to our bodies and homes, the less control we seem to have over them. "Wearable" devices are sold as personal technology, but they rarely belong to the people who purchase them in any meaningful …
New bootloader lets you take the "Meta" out of the original Meta Quest
Privilege escalation attack grants "full control" and freedom from Meta's servers/apps.
United States sanctions Autistici/Inventati for supporting far-left terrorism
The US designated Italy-based tech collective Autistici/Inventati as a global terrorist entity, freezing assets and banning transactions over
GitHub - soupslurpr/Transcribro: Private and on-device speech recognition keyboard and service for Android.
Private and on-device speech recognition keyboard and service for Android. - soupslurpr/Transcribro
Why the global push to break free from Big Tech keeps falling short
In this excerpt from the book “The Rulers: Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud,” writer Cecilia Rikap examines how Europe, India, Brazil, and China are taking on big tech companies.
All AI Data Centers Under Construction Could Emit as Much CO₂ as 24 Million Cars
Big Tech's 60 planned US data centers could emit 101.5 million tons of CO2 yearly — equal to 24 million gas-powered cars.
Meta agrees to pay up to $17.1bn to settle claims its platforms harm children
The deal has been reached during a California federal court trial over claims brought by US states.
METRO 2039 | Gameplay Trailer - Renegade
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No Law - Official Gameplay Trailer | gamescom 2026
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New orbital power grid targets 10x boost for space-based computing and data centers
A new orbital power grid could help space data centers access up to 10x more power on demand for computing.
The Freshman Register
Social media is no longer social. What now? In 2004, a frenzy spread across Harvard Yard in days. Four billion users later, we are only just catching up. Harvard itself had planned to publish a col…
Frictional Games' ONTOS -- Gameplay Trailer
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Valve was founded 30 years ago — changed PC gaming forever with Half-Life, then Steam | Microsoft veterans Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington …
Microsoft veterans Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington founded the company on August 24, 1996.
Dozens of engineers laid off at Apple headquarters
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