It Turns Out That When Waymos Are Stumped, They Get Intervention From Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio PeƱa, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
TIL: The UN Could Be Dissolved by July
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'From Expeditioners to Knights!' ā Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Developer Receives French Cultural Honor - IGN
The development team behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 have been given the status of Knight under the French Order of Arts and Letters, in recognition of their significant contribution to the country's art and culture.
Disney+ loses Dolby Vision, HDR10+ and 3D amid patent dispute
Spreading from Germany across Europe
Ubisoft Reportedly Cancelled A Co-op Multiplayer Assassin's Creed Title
The game, codenamed "AC League" and planned as a DLC for Assassin's Creed Shadows, was reportedly cancelled following Ubisoft's reorganisation
TIL there are therapy horses.
Mini Therapy Horses is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) non-profit. Our team of highly trained horses and handlers works closely with hospitals, facilities and other organizations across Los Angeles to provide equine assistedā¦
Trailer - Hypernet Explorer
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Googlers Demand: Worker Safety & ICE Contract Transparency
We are Google workers appalled by the violence inflicted by United States Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs & Border Protection (CBP). In cities across the country we have witnessed these agencies condā¦
The Linux kernel is just a program
Most books and courses introduce Linux through shell commands, leaving the kernel as a mysterious black box doing magic behind the scenes. In this post, we will run some experiments to demystify it: the Linux kernel is ā¦
Package managers keep using git as a database, it never works out
Git repositories seem like an elegant solution for package registry data. Pull requests for governance, version history for free, distributed by design. But as registries grow, the cracks appear.
Spotify changes developer mode API to require premium accounts, limits test users
Spotify is now limiting each app to only five users and requires devs to have a Premium subscription. If developers need to make their app available to a wider user base, they will have to apply for extended quota.
TIL that only 7 petrol-powered cars were sold last month in Norway
Data shows 29 hybrid and 98 diesel cars also sold, while the figure for battery electric vehicles was more than 2,000
ICE and CBPās Face-Recognition App (Mobile Fortify) Canāt Actually Verify Who People Are
ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like thatĆ¢ĀĀand only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy rules.
DI.DAY is a Movement to Encourage People to Ditch Big Tech
A new day for privacy advocates to look forward to.
Building OpenWatch: an open-source alternative to YouTube
An open-source alternative to YouTube. Contribute to openwatch-app/openwatch development by creating an account on GitHub.
Anna's Archive Loses .PM Domain, Adds Greenland (.GL) Backup
Anna's Archive has lost yet another domain name as legal pressure on the shadow library continues to mount.
A new bill in New York would require disclaimers on AI-generated news content
A new bill in the New York state legislature would require news organizations to label AI-generated material and mandate that humans review any such content before publication. On Monday, Senator Patricia Fahy (D-Albanyā¦
Xbox is planning a summer release for Halo remake and a late 2026 launch for Gears of War E-Day according to a new report
A new report claims that Halo: Campaign Evolved and Gears of War E-Day have set release windows, and the Fallout 3 Remake is in "active development".
Interview with a āJust use a VPSā bro (OpenClaw version)
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Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder
: The end isn't nigh after all
A Baldur's Gate HBO series is in the works, will be set directly after Baldur's Gate 3 with new and returning characters
Craig Mazin, co-creator of HBO's Last of Us series, is at the helm, reports Deadline.
Why Cops Frequently Got Caught Planting Drugs in 2017 | Look. All technology comes with a learning curve.
Look. All technology comes with a learning curve.
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup: 0.34 āDoomed Geometriesā has been released (+ tournament announcement)
We are pleased to announce the release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup: 0.34 āDoomed Geometriesā!
FBI controversial smartphone sting operation led to nearly 800 arrests in 16 countries
A major sting operation overseen by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) led to 28 arrests in Estonia, while at least one suspect is still on the run.
Danish Students Face Legal Action and Fines Over Textbook Piracy
After "awareness" campaigns failed, Denmarkās leading anti-piracy group is shifting to a more aggressive litigation strategy.
Backseat Software ā Mike Swanson's Blog
What if your car worked like so many apps? Youāre driving somewhere importantā¦maybe running a little bit late. A few minutes into the drive, your car pulls over to the side of the road and asks:
Best gas masks
āHow did these people go out and get gas masks?ā AG Bondi asked.
The upgrade argument for desktops doesn't stand up anymore
Upgrading isn't all that it's made out to be.
32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital
A Chinese programmer died in hospital after fainting while working at home late last year.Gao Guanghui (transliterated), 32, allegedly died of cardiac arrest, leading his family to believe that he died from overwork.Accā¦
Malicious VS Code AI Extensions Harvesting Code from 1.5M Devs
Two popular AI coding extensions with 1.5M installs secretly harvest your entire codebase and profile you. Both are still live in the marketplace.
The world is trying to log off U.S. tech
Some global users are turning to services like Proton Mail and UpScrolled instead.
'I'll believe it when I see it': Windows 11 users are cynical about Microsoft's promises to fix the OS and stop pushing AI
Microsoft appears to be finally listening to users calling for fundamental changes with Windows 11.
Windows 11 just lost 5% market share in two months despite Windows 10 losing support.
From Patch Tuesday disasters to the "Microslop" PR nightmare, Windows 11 is losing trust. It's also losing one more thing: market share.
French tech company Capgemini to sell its subsidiary working for US ICE amid international controversy over the deaths of two people in ICEā¦
French IT giant Capgemini said Sunday it was selling its subsidiary working for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency amid international controversy over the deaths of two people inā¦
My thousand dollar iPhone can't do math
TL;DR: My iPhone 16 Pro Max produces garbage output when running MLX LLMs. An iPhone 15 Pro runs the same code perfectly. A MacBook Pro also runs the same code perfectly. The tensor outputs on the 16 show numerical valuā¦
'Call of Duty' Microtransactions Surge Followed Jeffrey Epstein Advice to CEO
'Call of Duty' players are blaming Jeffrey Epstein for the franchise's shift to microtransactions after leaked emails between the financier and Bobby Kotick surfaced.
Xikipedia - the doomscrollable wikipedia
Wikipedia you can doomscroll
PearPass: password manager with P2P and E2EE syncing with multiple devices.
No Cloud, No Data Centers, Just Your Devices.
archive.today is directing a DDOS attack against my blog
Around January 11, 2026, archive.today (aka archive.is, archive.md, etc) started using its users as proxies to conduct a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack against Gyrovague, my personal bā¦
A Great Year for Linux - Linux Prepper podcast S01E01
(00:00) Welcome to Linux Prepper (00:25) Keepass skit KeepassXC is recommended for desktop users. (01:32) Ameridroid Sponsor LINUXPREPPER at checkout (02:43) Lemmy discussions. It looks to be a great year for Linux. Thoā¦
Baldur's Gate 3
Baldur's Gate 3 Oyunu, bu uƧsuz bucaksız, ƧeÅitli dĆ¼nyada her metrekare sırlarla dolu ve neredeyse her Åey keÅfedilmeyi bekliyor
Mobile carriers can get your GPS location
In iOS 26.3, Apple introduced a new privacy feature which limits āprecise locationā data made available to cellular networks via cell towers. The feature is only available to devices with Appleās in-house modem introducā¦
Hiroshima scientists turn any smartphone into a radiation detector
Prompt, individual-based dose assessment is essential to protect people from the negative consequences of radiation exposure after large-scale nuclear or radiological incidents. However, traditional dosimetry methods ofā¦
TIL that the attention crisis is so dire at schools right now that film professors can't even get their students to finish movies
The attention-span crisis goes to the movies.
Pro-Russian Narratives Target Wikipedia, Marking a Dangerous Trend for AI Chatbot Data
Recent Wikipedia edits raising alarms in Estonia suggest attempts to reshape historical narratives, with implications for AI training and ideological biases.
Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site
'It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.'
Finland's Ministry of Justice is considering halting its plans to start using US-hosted cloud services
Benefits agency Kela and the Finnish Tax Administration also have plans to switch to US-based cloud storage.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto paymeā¦
UK courts recently ruled that the trial can move forward
Generative AI and Wikipedia editing: What we learned in 2025
Like many organizations, Wiki Education has grappled with generative AI, its impacts, opportunities, and threats, for several years. As an organization that runs large-scale programs to bring new eā¦
Outsourcing thinking
First, a note to the reader: This blog post is longer than usual, as I decided to address multiple connected issues in the same post, without being too restrictive on length. With modern browsing habits and the amount oā¦