Inside Amazon: Who pays the price?
Online retailer Amazon has been repeatedly criticized for its business practices. The US company puts pressure on retailers and exerts influence on pricing policies, thus fueling cut-throat competition.
The Supreme Court Is About to Hear a Case That Could Rewrite Internet Access
That is not a dystopian fantasy, but a real possibility raised by a case the Supreme Court will hear on Monday.
TIL that Michel Temer, Former Conservative President of Brazil, is now a lobbyist for Tech Companies
After leaving office in 2019, the MDB leader returned to law and represented tech firms since then, including Google
Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica
Plex is starting to enforce its new rules, which prevent users from remotely accessing a personal media server without a subscription fee.
Thank Mozilla for Killing Localization on Support Mozilla (And Replacing Human Contributions With AI Bots)
TL;DR: Mozilla is killing localization on Support Mozilla, overwriting articles written by humans with machine generated translations. Although Mozilla knows that their AI doesn’t localize or adhere to style guides, Moz…
Section 702 Explained: How U.S. Surveillance Law Shapes National Security And Privacy
What is FISA Section 702? In the early and mid-1900s, the United States government carried out surveillance programs that spied on Americans without warrants. In response, Congress passed the Foreign Intelligence Survei…
GPU prices are coming to earth just as RAM costs shoot into the stratosphere - Ars Technica
Some RAM kits are over three times as expensive as they were three months ago.
OpenAI says dead teen violated TOS when he used ChatGPT to plan suicide - Ars Technica
OpenAI’s response to teen suicide case is “disturbing,” lawyer says.
Paradox Takes the Blame for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Sales Flop, Announces $37 Million Write-Down
Publisher Paradox Interactive has today taken the blame for the poor sales of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2.
TIL about Miki Endo who sacrificed her life giving warning broadcasts during the 2011 Japanese Tsunami
Miki Endo (遠藤 未希, Endō Miki; July 18, 1986, Japan – March 11, 2011, Minamisanriku, Japan) was an employee of the town of Minamisanriku's Crisis Management Department, tasked with broadcasting disaster advisories and…
Valve block Steam game with queer art in Russia after state censor attacks it for “promoting non-traditional sexualities”
Flick Solitaire has been removed from the Russian version of Steam after federal censor Roskomnadzor demanded that Valve take it down.
Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI…
Don't need a notice if everyone's doing it.
I Work For an Evil [Tech] Company, but Outside Work, I’m Actually a Really Good Person
I love my job. I make a great salary, there’s a clear path to promotion, and a never-ending supply of cold brew in the office. And even though my j...
Windows 11's adoption is much slower compared to Windows 10, claims Dell
Dell has highlighted that Windows 11's adoption is quite slower compared to Windows 10, but is hasn't noted the potential reasons behind this.
Dead mosquito proboscis used for high-resolution 3D printing nozzle
The proboscis is 100% finer than the best manmade tips, cheaper, and biodegradable.
GitHub - DioCrafts/OxiCloud: ☁️ OxiCloud server, efficient and secure way to save all your data
☁️ OxiCloud server, efficient and secure way to save all your data - DioCrafts/OxiCloud
Immich Is Now Stable!
You can find Immich at https://immich.app/ If you want to buy Immich merch, go to https://immich.store/ You can learn more about FUTO at https://futo.org/
Tomb Raider Definitive Edition Switch 1/2 Review - Big Downgrades vs PS3/PS4
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Framework stops selling separate DDR5 RAM modules to fight scalpers
The maker of modular, repairable laptops says it's had to de-list separate memory purchases in order to keep supply for its pre-build customers, too.
BoM asked to explain ‘what happened here’ after cost of website redesign revealed to be $96.5m
Environment minister Murray Watt ânot happyâ with cost blowout and has shared concerns with new Bureau of Meteorology boss
Elon Musk Had Grok Rewrite Wikipedia. It Calls Hitler “The Führer.”
Grokipedia, the anti-woke Wikipedia alternative, aims to create a parallel version of the truth for the right wing.
Someone At YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled
In my recent analysis of YouTube’s information density I included the results from an advanced statistical analysis on the number of videos present on the home page, which projected that around May 2026 there would only…
Microsoft AI CEO Puzzled by People Being "Unimpressed" by AI
Mustafa Suleyman had his mind blown by the community's negative reaction to Microsoft's "agentic OS" comments.
TIL sea urchins are spikey brains
A new sea urchin brain study finds their bodies act as a broad neural system filled with chemicals like dopamine and serotonin.
Beijing Unveils Supercritical CO2 Turbine That Could Upend Power Tech | OilPrice.com
Compact and versatile, the technology could revolutionize carbon capture by using CO2 for profitable energy generation, potentially lowering emissions and storage costs.
openDesk 1.10. Enhanced security architecture
openDesk 1.10 strengthens the security architecture and introduces new features for project management and document editing in public administration.
Macquarie Dictionary announces ‘AI slop’ as its word of the year, beating out Ozempic face
Term was up against a shortlist including blind box, ate (and left no crumbs) and Roman Empire
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
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Rustdesk's lesser known features
An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer. - rustdesk/rustdesk
Saudi Arabia's investment fund reported to be limiting new investments as cash runs low
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) is allegedly low on cash for new investments, after a multi-year spending s…
TIL about the 2018 US Prison Strike, an attempt by prisoners to end US Prison Slavery
The 2018 U.S. prison strike was a series of work stoppages and hunger strikes[1] in prisons across the United States from August 21 to September 9, 2018.[2] It was one of the largest prison strikes in US history.[3][2] …
TIL about the Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF), an anti-communist organization created by the CIA to sway Intellectual opinion against c…
The Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF) was an anti-communist cultural organization founded on 26 June 1950 in West Berlin. At its height, the CCF was active in 35 countries. In 1966 it was revealed that the Central Int…
YSK you need to resist digital ID
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Roblox’s CEO calls moderation problems ‘an opportunity’ and platform gambling a ‘brilliant idea’ in unhinged interview
David Baszucki, the CEO of Roblox, has been known to say some pretty outlandish things, but his recent interview with the New York Times might have ended up being a carpet bombing of poorly considered answers, as he tri…
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
“We can produce results that meet our quality standards without its assistance.”
An entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it…
You can spend $50 more to get an entire PS5 Pro.
Following Doom & Doom II, Duke Nukem 3D Is The Latest Classic FPS To Get A Voxel Transformation
Update: Here are some comparison shots
Valve Addresses Steam Machine Anti-Cheat Concerns, Says It's Working Towards Support
Valve has spoken about potential anti-cheat issues on the Steam Machine which uses SteamOS and is not compatible with certain anti-cheats
Switzerland government release full FOSS LLM under Apache 2.0, argue for AI as Public Utility
EPFL, ETH Zurich and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) released Apertus 2 September, Switzerland’s first large-scale, open, multilingual language model — a milestone in generative AI for transparency and d…
I respect choice for the name of the game
A cozy garbage-cleaning simulator. Dig through the dump, find ultra-rare collectible cards, rescue tangled birds, and relax.
Anyone tried Syncthing Tray on Android?
Syncthing Tray provides a tray icon and further platform integration for Syncthing. It focuses on GNU/Linux and Windows. If you don't know Syncthing yet, it makes most sense to checkout the website of Syncthing itself f…
Inside the extended courtship linking Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, and Israeli officials
A hacked trove of emails reveals the revolving door of political leaders, tech billionaires, and intelligence officers.
Classic text adventure Zork is going open source, but I'm side-eyeing Microsoft's announcement about it hard
Microsoft is working with the Internet Archive's Jason Scott.
Frustrated users crowdfund a $2,000 fix for Lenovo Legion ‘speakers not working properly’ error — bug bounty posted, coder wins the cash by…
Six folks pledged lumps of cash to make it happen.
Valve confirms Steam Machine will be priced ‘like a PC with the same level of performance’
Valve won’t subsidise Steam Machine’s price like console manufacturers…
TIL about Trauma Bonding, when a victim of abuse forms an emotional bond with their abusers. This can happen in parent-child relationships.
Trauma bonds (also referred to as traumatic bonds) are emotional bonds that arise from a cyclical pattern of abuse. A trauma bond occurs in an abusive relationship, wherein the victim forms an emotional bond with the pe…
Snapdragon X1 Elite Linux laptop cancelled due to performance concerns — Linux PC maker says Qualcomm CPU is ‘less suitable for Linux than …
Developing Linux for the Snapdragon X1 Elite took way too long.
Using Black Ops 7 to understand America in 2025 [BDobbinsFTW]
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I signed up for Trump Mobile two weeks ago and I still don’t have my SIM
Who knew customer support would be so nice?