How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE
ICE has been invading U.S. cities, targeting, surveilling, harassing, assaulting, detaining, and torturing people who are undocumented immigrants. They also have …
TikTok claimed bugs blocked anti-ICE videos, Epstein mentions; experts call BS
TikTok’s tech issues abound as censorship fears drive users to delete app.
Meta Is Blocking Links To ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
When Comfort Comes From Code: Understanding AI Chatbots And Relevant Regulations
Introduction The days of fantasizing about having your own JARVIS—Marvel superhero Tony Stark’s artificial intelligence (AI) powered assistant—are over. For no cost, you can now have engaging conversations with your fav…
Beware: Government Using Image Manipulation for Propaganda
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last week posted a photo of the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong, one of three activists who had entered a St. Paul, Minn. church to confront a pastor who also serves as actin…
Police Told to Be ‘as Vague as Permissible’ About Why They Use Flock
The documents show law enforcement sees themselves as being consistently and universally under threat from the people it is supposed to protect.
Trump’s Pal Mark Zuckerberg Censoring Site That Names ICE & Border Patrol Goons (ICE List)
ICE List says Meta is blocking its links after a leak that exposed the details of 4,500 federal immigration employees.
Meta's latest subscription move is an attempt to offset its AI bets
As some users have noticed, Meta is rolling out premium subscriptions that bundle AI tools with ad-free access, shifting advanced features behind a paywall while free users remain part of its advertising model.
France to replace US's Teams and Zoom for 'sovereign control'
France announced that it will roll out the Visio platform across all government departments by 2027.
Steam Owner Valve Faces $900 Million Lawsuit Over PC Monopoly Claims, Following UK Tribunal Ruling - IGN
A UK tribunal has given the go-ahead to a £656 million ($901 million) collective action lawsuit targeting Valve over alleged anti-competitive practices on PC storefront Steam.
Emberville 🔥
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OnePlus will allow downgrades (Edited to be less clickbaity)
OnePlus has issued a statement after reports that some phones were bricked when trying to downgrade the firmware or install a custom ROM.
At Google - Organising at the digital arms dealer
Organising at the digital arms dealer
Pornhub, YouPorn, Redtube, and other content sharing platforms will block new users in the UK starting next week(February 2)
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Anthropic CEO Amodei warns of AI’s fast-coming changes
Dario Amodei’s 19,000-word essay warned against both “doomerism” about AI and dismissiveness of its risks.
Amazon to Shut Down All Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh Stores
Company will close Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh physical stores to prioritize investment in growth areas.
California governor Gavin Newsom accuses TikTok of suppressing content critical of the current US president Donald Trump
California Governor Gavin Newsom made the accusation as he launched a review of the platform's content moderation practices to determine if they violated state law.
Why has Microsoft been routing example.com traffic to a company in Japan?
Company's autodiscover caused users' test credentials to be sent outside Microsoft networks.
TIL that Moore's law no longer applies.
New materials and arrangements are part of the answer to the law reaching its limits.
Facial recognition to be rolled out nationwide in major police reforms
The home secretary has unveiled sweeping reforms billed as the biggest policing overhaul in 200 years
Google pays $68M to settle claims its voice assistant spied on users
Google did not admit wrongdoing in the settlement of the class-action case, which accused the firm of "unlawful and intentional interception and recording of individuals’ confidential communications without their consen…
Perceiving AI as a 'job killer' negatively influences attitudes towards democracy— When people perceive AI as replacing human labour, trust…
When people perceive artificial intelligence as replacing human labour, trust in democracy and political participation decline
UK announces largest ever facial recognition rollout as part of policing reforms
The UK has announced large-scale policing reforms, including new investments into artificial intelligence and increased Live Facial Recognition deployments.
TIL putting solar panels on land currently used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks to go electric
The world dedicates a Poland-sized area of land to liquid biofuels. Is there a more efficient way to generate energy?
Is OpenAI dead yet?
Tracking the demise of OpenAI. Is it dead yet? Check here to find out.
noyb win: Microsoft ordered to stop tracking school children
The DSB decided that Microsoft unlawfully placed tracking cookies on the devices of a pupil
Cursor is better at marketing than coding
Opinion: Autonomous agents may generate millions of lines of code, but shipping software is another matter
Eric Schmidt: ‘Europe doesn’t have an AI strategy. If it doesn’t invest heavily, it will end up using Chinese models’
The former Google leader warns about the risks to Europeans of their technological dependence
Sam's Stuff - The State of Modern AI Text To Speech Systems for Screen Reader Users
If you're not a screen reader user yourself, you might be surprised to learn that the text to speech technology used by most blind people hasn't changed in the last 30 years. While text to speech has taken the sighted w…
China’s new flexible fibre chip can survive being run over by a 15.6-ton truck
Chinese scientists have built a working computer chip inside a flexible fiber thinner than a human hair.
UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs
The vote marks a stunning turn, pulling VPNs and private platforms into an age-check regime once unthinkable in a democracy.
China reveals 200-strong AI drone swarm that can be controlled by a single soldier — ‘intelligent algorithm’ allows individual units to coo…
The PLA just introduced a new weapon in the drone arms race.
TikTok uninstalls are up 150% following U.S. joint venture
TikTok users have been deleting the app at a higher rate since the company announced that its U.S. operations would be housed in a new joint venture.
France will replace Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom, Webex and others with its own sovereign video conferencing application "Visio" for …
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE Paris, le 26 janvier 2026 N°295 Souveraineté numérique : l’État généralise « Visio », sa solution de visioconférence sécurisée et souveraine à destination des agents publics David Amiel, ministre dé…
Approaching Docker, Containers, and Compose for curious Self-hosters - Linux Prepper episode
This is a bonus Linux Prepper podcast, available as a detailed companion to “A Great Year for Linux”. This is a discussion with HB, stemming from this post on Lemmy learning from admins who avoid container technology. W…
Blizzard Entertainment dates ‘next chapter’ reveals for World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and Diablo
Blizzard Entertainment will showcase “what comes next” for World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and Diablo over the next few weeks, starting January 29 and ending February 11, the…
Highguard | Official Launch Showcase
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Cooperative european Search index (French Qwant & german Ecosia)
Promoting digital pluralism, data security, and sustainability through a European Web Index.
TIL: 70% of ICE Detainees Have No Criminal Record
Only 5 % of detainees have been convicted of violent crimes
Microsoft Issues Emergency Windows 11 Out-of-Band Update
Windows 11 users receive an emergency out-of-band update fixing freezes, Outlook and OneDrive issues, and system instability.
AI bot swarms threaten to undermine democracy
When AI Can Fake Majorities, Democracy Slips Away
🪟 Prediction: Microsoft Is Going To Do The Funniest Thing Imaginable - Games by Mason
When you think Microsoft you probably don't think sense of humor. And yet, I'm convinced that Microsoft is going to do a very specific *very* funny thing within our lifetimes.
TIL getting married young during the European Medieval times was rare.
A lot of people still believe that in medieval Europe everyone got married at a very young age, that child marriages were very common.This is not the case. Please note: this article is a work in pr…
Big Tech is racing to own Africa’s internet
Amazon has joined Starlink, Google, and Meta in the scramble to control how Africa goes online.
This New Android Smartphone Is For Everyone Who Misses the Blackberry
Clicks Communicator is a BlackBerry-like smartphone with a physical keyboard. There's also the Clicks Power Keyboard, which is a power bank with a sliding keyboard.
Jensen Huang: Israel has become Nvidia’s second home
Nvidia has confirmed "Globes" report that it has chosen the Israel Land Authority (ILA) area in Kiryat Tivon to build its huge campus that will accommodate up to 10,000 employees. According to the illustration published…
Meet ‘Amelia’: the AI-generated British schoolgirl who is a far-right social media star
The avatar, created to deter young people from extremism, has been subverted and is breaking out of niche online silos
Inside Xiaomi’s near-fully automated factory that assembles a smartphone in 6 seconds
A Xiaomi factory in Beijing, China is 100% automated in key stages with AI systems capable of making real-time decisions without human intervention.
OnePlus update blocks downgrades and custom ROMs by blowing a fuse
The OnePlus ColorOS 16.0.3.501 Anti-Rollback Fuse Incident refers to the January 2026 deployment of firmware updates by OnePlus that introduced a hardware-level anti-rollback mechanism. This permanently prevents users f…