a brief history of barbed wire fence telephone networks – loriemerson
If you look at the table of contents for my book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, you’ll see that entries on networks before/outside the internet are arranged first by underl…
64GB of DDR5 RAM now costs more than a MacBook Air - memory prices have surged 300% in just six months
64GB of DDR5 RAM surges from the low $200s to over $1000 in six months, with prices still on the up
TIL Children’s eyewitness testimony can be as accurate as adults’ or more so – if interviewers follow these guidelines
Eye-witness testimony can be crucial in many investigations and subsequent court cases, but how reliable are child witnesses, and how accurate are their recollections?
A Podcast Episode about the Fediverse
Podcast Episode · Search Engine · 09/01/2026 · 39m
Frontex is building an ‘AI chatbot app’ to encourage repatriations
The chatbot shall provide answers, including legal advice, in many different languages although it was only fed information in English, new documents show.
New And Upcoming IRCv3 Features
Adding message-tags, batch, msgid, and invite-notify.
Gothic 1 Remake | Release Date Trailer (June 5th)
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Highguard Developer Makes Layoffs Affecting "Most of the Team", Two Weeks After Launch
Several LinkedIn posts from now former Highguard developers confirmed the news, which comes ahead of the game's first post-launch update.
Manipulating AI memory for profit: The rise of AI Recommendation Poisoning
That helpful “Summarize with AI” button? It might be secretly manipulating what your AI recommends. Microsoft security researchers have discovered a growing trend of AI memory poisoning attacks used for promotional purp…
Discord/Twitch/Kick/Snapchat age verifier: age verifies your account automatically as an adult on any website using k-id
age verifies your account automatically as an adult on any website using k-id
Microsoft's Notepad Got Pwned (They Added AI To It, So...)
Notepad RCE vulnerability CVE-2026-20841 explained. How a text editor became a remote code execution vector. What you need to know.
Salesforce employees call on CEO Benioff to cancel ICE 'opportunities'
More than 1,400 Salesforce employees have signed a letter calling on CEO Marc Benioff to cancel all potential business with the U.S. ICE agency.
For Spain’s Sánchez, the fight against tech billionaires is personal
The prime minister has endured years of abuse on the social media platforms he now seeks to regulate.
AI spurs employees to work harder, faster, and with fewer breaks, study finds
: Like a puppy, a fun new toy soon turns into an unrelenting taskmaster
A Playthrough Reborn: Rediscovering Final Fantasy XIV
After a long break, it’s time for my very own Final Fantasy XIV Playthrough Reborn! Here’s my personal adventure, plus an analysis of some of my favorite characters and the story through Heavensward!
Designer claims ‘most’ of Highguard’s dev team have been laid off, weeks after launch | VGC
The shooter enjoyed a strong start, but player numbers appear to have dropped…
TIL about Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream
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America Isn’t Ready for What AI Will Do to Jobs
Does anyone have a plan for what happens next?
Diablo II: Resurrected - Infernal Edition is now available on Steam
Rediscover the dark fantasy classic that defined the modern ARPG genre; fully remastered with a new class, fresh content, quality‑of‑life upgrades, and an overhauled endgame. Chain brutal skill and item synergies, rise …
Diablo | 30th Anniversary Spotlight
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Delete Your Discord Account
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Drone use at center of El Paso airspace shutdown
The FAA lifted the restrictions hours after they were put in place. Rep. Veronica Escobar stressed there is no threat to El Paso or the surrounding areas.
How ICE Will Spy On Protesters, And How You Can Protect Your Privacy
Jake Laperruque explains how ICEâs expanding surveillance tools can track protesters through phones, faces, and vehicles.
Why ‘deleted’ doesn’t mean gone: How police recovered Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell footage
“When you delete something from a server, it doesn’t get overwritten immediately”
Are TikTok and X tracking you across the internet? Our privacy tool can tell you
We’ve updated The Markup’s privacy tool to help you understand how sites are tracking you through TikTok and X pixels.
Discord walks back age verification fears for most users
Platform clarifies AI-powered age prediction will spare majority from ID checks
AI could rebalance power between people and the services they use
Artificial intelligence could help people who feel overwhelmed, excluded or disadvantaged when dealing with everyday tasks like paying energy bills or booking healthcare appointments, according to a new study involving …
Ruling by bullying: Threats of regulation as an internet governance device
Governments around the world pressure internet companies to get informally what they cannot obtain through formal regulatory channels, a pervasive mechanism of governance that challenges fundamental democratic priors.
Give your Matrix account a Discord UI with Commet
A comfortable chat client which respects your privacy. Powered by [Matrix].
1200 Ubisoft staff go on strike against Assassin's Creed company's massive cutbacks
At least 1,200 Ubisoft developers have gone on strike across Paris and Milan in response to the company’s recent massive cutbacks and RTO policy.
DigitalFoundry: Resident Evil 4 Remake's New PC DRM Impacts CPU Performance
The game doesn't run as well as it used to - and that's not acceptable.
big list of selfhosted chat apps to meet all your friends on a real "server"
A directory of self-hosted software and applications for easy browsing and discovery
No Man's Sky Remnant Trailer
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At least 1,200 Ubisoft workers strike in response to recent restructuring
International strike is taking place between February 10 and February 12
Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE
The tech giant handed over the personal information of a journalist and student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. This is the latest example of ICE using its controversial subpoena powers to target people …
Epstein details scrubbed from Mandelson’s Wikipedia page by shady paid editor— As the then-ambassador came under fire, an anonymous user tr…
As the then-ambassador came under fire, an anonymous user tried to downplay his history of support for Jeffrey Epstein
Claude Opus 4.6: This AI just passed the 'vending machine test' - and we may want to be worried about how it did
An AI-run vending machine was told to do "whatever it takes to maximise your bank balance". It lied. It cheated. It stole. It figured out it was in a simulation.
In light of changes coming to discord: Sharkord
Lightweight, self-hosted, open-source chat server with voice, video, text, and screen sharing. Built for small groups who want privacy, simplicity, and full control over their data. - Sharkord/shar...
Ping! The WhatsApps that should have been an email
If your instant message requires immediate attention, fine. But many don’t — they’re just inconsiderate
.45 PARABELLUM BLOODHOUND is content complete – Sukeban Games
Developer Diaries from the Sukeban Staff (mainly just kiri)
TikTok Refuses to Confirm or Deny That It's Providing User Data to ICE
TikTok refuses to confirm or deny that ICE is obtaining detailed information about its users via private data brokers.
I'm fed up with Copilot, and I'm not sure it can be fixed
Why bother with Microsoft's built-in Copilot AI when you can never be sure an advertised feature will be accessible, let alone work?
Open Letter to Tech Companies(like Meta and Google): Protect Your Users From Lawless Administrative Department of Homeland Security(DHS) Su…
EFF is calling on technology companies like Meta and Google to stand up for their users by resisting DHS lawless administrative subpoenas for user data.
Epstein Files: X Users Are Asking Grok to 'Unblur' Photos of Children
Bellingcat reviewed dozens of requests for Grok to generate the faces of children and women that had been redacted from the latest documents.
No One, Including Our Furry Friends, Will Be Safer in Ring's Surveillance Nightmare
Amazon Ring’s Super Bowl ad offered a vision of our streets that should leave every person unsettled about the company’s goals for disintegrating our privacy in public.In the ad, disguised as a heartfelt effort to reuni…
Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs
Discord to block adult content unless users verify ages with selfies or IDs.
'This case is about two of the richest corporations who have engineered addiction in children’s brains' — lawsuit against Meta and YouTube …
One lawyer labeled social media platforms as “digital casinos.”
Sharkord - an open-source self-hostable Discord alternative with voice, video, and real-time messaging.
Privacy-first, self-hosted real-time chat platform. Own your data, control your conversations.
Dijkstra’s algorithm won’t be replaced in production routers any time soon
Systems Approach: Researchers have found a new approach to finding shortest paths, but it's complex
Archive.today CAPTCHA page executes DDoS; Wikipedia considers banning site
DDoS hit blog that tried to uncover Archive.today founder's identity in 2023.