'Microslop' is heading for Edge – major browser redesign is inspired by Copilot, and it's already seriously unpopular
From Micro$oft to Microslop? Copilot-inspired revamp for Edge stokes further AI rebellion
TIL encoding and decoding come from Claude Shannon’s work, and "Claude Code" is named after him
The encoding/decoding model of communication emerged in rough and general form in 1948 in Claude E. Shannon's "A Mathematical Theory of Communication," where it was part of a technical schema for designating the technol…
Dealing with faulty RAM modules in 2026
How to test and safely keep using your RAM
News: There Were BGP Anomalies During The Venezuela Blackout
The Low Orbit Security Radar is a weekly security newsletter from an offensive practitioner's perspective. One idea, curated news, and links worth your time. News: There Were BGP Anomalies During The Venezuela Blackout …
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
Grok AI still being used to digitally undress women and children despite suspension pledge
Degrading pictures being posted on Elon Musk’s site despite the platform pledging to suspend people who generate them
Dell brings back XPS laptops — ditches the capacitive touch bar, adds 1Hz display option, and upgrades 14 and 16-inch models
A new, thinner XPS 13 is also coming later this year.
This Looks kinda cool, but does anyone have any experience at vetting a project like this?
Automated music discovery and search for Lidarr. Contribute to aquantumofdonuts/mixarr development by creating an account on GitHub.
Raspberry Pis are cheaper than Mini PCs again
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AI Deepfakes Are Impersonating Pastors to Try to Scam Their Congregations
Religious communities around the US are getting hit with AI depictions of their leaders sharing incendiary sermons and asking for donations.
Home electricity bills are skyrocketing. For data centers, not so much.
Data centers are consuming more kilowatts than ever, but the price they pay for that electricity has risen only a little.
"Microslop" trends in backlash to Microsoft's AI obsession
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella penned an AI-heavy blog post to close out 2025, leading to widespread mockery and a brand new moniker for the big M.
Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacist websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
Valve & AMD Developers Delivered The Most Code Contributions To Mesa In 2025
A developer from Valve working on the RADV Vulkan driver was once again the most prolific contributor to Mesa in 2025 followed by AMD's Marek Olšák with continued improvements around RadeonSI and Gallium3D.
New Year, New Games - Big Releases in January 2026. Here's What to Expect - GameSpace.com
Not sure what to play in the new year? Open your calendar and mark the dates of the most anticipated games of January 2026. StarRupture Release Date: January 6 Platforms: PC Like most games in this genre,
‘I wanted that Raiders of the Lost Ark excitement – you could die any minute’: how we made hit video game Prince of Persia
âThere was no animation software in those days. So I videotaped my brother David running, jumping and climbing in a car parkâ
With OD and Physint in the works, Hideo Kojima says Kojima Productions is heading towards its "Third Phase," with the creator to focus on "…
The studio is set to "move forward with preparations for the espionage action title 'Physint'"
NVIDIA To Bring Back The GeForce RTX 3060 In Q1 2026 To Tackle Current-Gen GPU & Memory Shortages
NVIDIA is reportedly going to recommence production of its GeForce RTX 3060 GPUs owing to DRAM supply shortages.
TIL why María Corina Machado is relevant in the whole Venezuela thing
María Corina Machado wins the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for democracy in Venezuela despite her ties to the 2002 coup and support for U.S. sanctions. The Nobel Committee picked someone who supports war crimes over those who…
Post-American internet by Cory Doctorow - YouTube - Nimrod Kamer
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Speed test pits six generations of Windows against each other — Windows 11 placed dead last across most benchmarks, 8.1 emerges as unexpect…
More fuel for the Windows 11 hate train.
The Road to Quantum Teleportation
Researchers managed to “beam” something across the lab. This could change your life forever.
Awesome Games Done Quick 2026 has surpassed US$1,000,000 raised
Watch the stream with your best speedrun dinosaurs.
The Witcher 3 is reportedly getting a surprise new expansion this year
Analyst expects the next Witcher 3 content to release in May…
Audio dongles and the ghost of USB 1
USB dongles with not enough bandwidth
Self hosting with subdomains
If like me you have several self hosted services, one challenge you may face is having a easy way to access them, this can be extra challenging if you have a single non fixed IP address.
Tokamak experiments exceed plasma density limit, offering new approach to fusion ignition
Researchers working on China's fully superconducting Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) have experimentally accessed a theorized "density-free regime" for fusion plasmas, achieving stable operation at …
AGDQ 2026 Schedule
Check out the schedule for Awesome Games Done Quick 2026!
CPU Development in Factorio (39C3)
Factorio ist ein Fabriksimulationsspiel mit integriertem Logiksystem. Dies ermöglichte mir den Bau einer CPU, die unter anderem aus einer...
The 2025 Steam Awards Winners
Vote for the 2025 Steam Award nominees during the Steam Winter Sale
Pluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
China’s BYD Surpasses Tesla as World Leader in Electric Car Sales
As the largest maker of electric vehicles in the United States, Tesla suffered more than other carmakers from the elimination of federal incentives.
Bye Bye Big Tech: How I Migrated to an almost All-EU Stack (and saved 500€ per year)
“Bye bye bye.” It took some time, and a serious amount of research, but I have finally crossed the finish line. I have officially migrated my digital life to pure, EU-hosted solutions.
The most outlandish tech CEO quotes from 2025
Tech CEOs have been nuttier than ever....
How TF2 Still Makes Millions (With No Updates)
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Cops Forced to Explain Why AI Generated Police Report Claimed Officer Transformed Into Frog
AI-powered software Draft One automatically generates police reports from body camera footage. It thought an officer turned into a frog.
Researchers Are Hunting America for Hidden Datacenters
The nonprofit research group Epoch AI is tracking the physical imprint of the technology that’s changing the world.
The 20 best video games of 2025
A family classic reborn in a wide open world, a satirical adventure through teenage life and a mystery puzzler for the ages – our critics on the year’s best fun
Samsung confirms it isn't ending SATA SSD production
A Samsung Electronics spokesperson has confirmed that reports about the brand ending SATA SSD production are false.
How VPNs really work: Protocols, safety and myth - Sentient Rant
Confused about VPNs? Learn how VPNs really work, different VPN Protocols, what they hide, what they don’t, and how to judge VPN providers.
Report: China is said to have a functioning EUV lithography system
An investigation reveals how far China's own chip manufacturing has progressed. The technology of world market leader ASML plays a crucial role.
Spotify Music Library Scraped by Pirate Activist Group
A pirate activist group has reportedly scraped and released metadata from Spotify, and intends to release 86 million audio files.
Wild New Inflatable Wind Turbine (1.2 MW Output)
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Apple hit with $115M fine for “extremely burdensome” App Store privacy policy
Apple can't force app makers to get consent twice to track user data, Italian regulator says.
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. 404 Media Tracked Themselves.
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
There’s so much stolen data in the world, South Korea will require face scans to buy a SIM
: SK Telecom's epic infosec fail will cost it another $1.5 billion
A San Francisco power outage left Waymo's self-driving cars stranded at intersections
Videos on social media show Waymo's autonomous cars stuck in the road following a major power outage.
North Korean infiltrator caught working in Amazon IT department thanks to lag — 110ms keystroke input raises red flags over true location
A barely perceptible keystroke delay was the smoking gun that led to the uncovering of a malign imposter.
Nvidia plans heavy cuts to GPU supply in early 2026
Nvidia reportedly plans to axe as much as 40% of its GeForce RTX 50 series GPU production in early 2026. Why? Memory costs...
America Has Become a Digital Narco-State - Paul Krugman
Social media giants have bought our government, and are trying to bully Europe