A Developer Accidentally Found CSAM in AI Data. Google Banned Him For It
Mark Russo reported the dataset to all the right organizations, but still couldn't get into his accounts for months.
700+ self-hosted Git instances battered in 0-day attacks with no fix imminent
: More than half of internet-exposed instances already compromised
Hurray! This German State Decides to Save âŹ15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source
Schleswig-Holstein's migration to LibreOffice reaches 80% completion, with a one-time âŹ9 million investment on cards for 2026.
Epstein email exchanges planned strategy, edits and reported progress
1. Optimizing good information to push down the negative: using new content (blog, websites, press releases, public network profiles, google images, etc) and search engine optimization. Changing the Wikipedia profile. NâŚ
Asking the Self-Hosting Community to Take a Brief Three-Question Survey
Thank you for taking this quick three-question survey.
Announcing Timeship v0.1.0: Self-hosted ZFS snapshot browser for TrueNAS
Self-hosted ZFS snapshot file browser. Contribute to SmilyOrg/timeship development by creating an account on GitHub.
Mafia: The Old Country - Free Ride Announce Trailer
Start your engines. The Free Ride Update releases tomorrow, November 20, in Mafia: The Old Country â free to all players!Step back into the Sicilian underwor...
Open Source Developers Are Exhausted, Unpaid, and Ready to Walk Away
The foundation of modern software is cracking under the weight of burnout.
Tempus v4.2.4 android subsonic client release
What's Changed chore: Update russian strings.xml by @Sevinfolds in #249 fix: disallow duplicate songs in queue by @eddyizm in #252 fix:github release check by @eddyizm in #253 fix: Fixed crash whe...
Donald Trump really, really doesnât like the NFLâs new kickoff format | CNN
President Donald Trump called into Pat McAfeeâÂÂs show on ESPN on Tuesday, discussing his admirations for the nationâÂÂs veterans on Veterans Day, the impending end of the government shutdown, the role of sports in his âŚ
Sun unleashes strongest solar flare of 2025, sparking radio blackouts across Africa and Europe
The X5.1-class eruption from sunspot AR4274 is this year's most powerful solar flare and Earth is in the firing line.
Trump administration skips COP30 climate summit, leaving California's Newsom to hurl criticism from Brazil
The Trump administration sent nobody to the U.N. global climate summit, leaving California Governor Gavin Newsom to ask, "What the hell is going on here?"
A new survey of 3,335 public servants across 10 countries found that 70% say they use AI, but confidence lags
A project by Public First for the Center for Data Innovation and Google
Open Source Brand Fonts - Google Design
Learn why top brands are open-sourcing custom fonts, boosting type accessibility, innovation, and brand recognition
Europe Accuses TikTok of âAddictive Designâ and Pushes for Change
European Union regulators said the appâs infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to âcompulsiveâ behavior, especially among children.
TikTok's 'Addictive Design' Found to Be Illegal in Europe in breach of the Digital Services Act
Today, the European Commission preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act for its addictive design.
Japanese Developer Behind Tech That Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki Called an 'Insult to Life Itself' to Release Cosy God Sim Game - IGN
A machine learning animation technology from the same creator whose work was infamously shot down by Studio Ghibliâs Hayao Miyazaki in a viral video almost 10 years ago, will be used in a new evolution/god-sim game comiâŚ
What police surveillance technology looks like in Cleveland
Video cameras and license plate readers are just some of the surveillance tools Cleveland police are using across the city.
Privacy vs. Profit: The Impact of Google's Manifest Version 3 (MV3) Update on Ad Blocker Effectiveness
Authors: Karlo Lukic (Goethe University Frankfurt), Lazaros Papadopoulos (Goethe University Frankfurt)
FF7 on Steam Is Being Replaced (And Your Saves Wonât Carry Over)
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Three Decades Of ReactOS
Over the past couple of years with the Jennyâs Daily Drivers series, weâve looked at a number of unusual or noteworthy operating systems. Among them has been ReactOS, an open source cloâŚ
European Commission Trials Matrix to Replace Microsoft Teams
The Matrix protocol is being lined up as a sovereign backup to Microsoft Teams
Unsealed Court Documents Show Teen Addiction Was Big Tech's "Top Priority"
New documents show the tactics Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok execs used to disrupt learning, prey on minors, and co-opt the PTA to control the narrative with parents WASHINGTON, DC â Today, The Tech Oversight Project pâŚ
Orbitals â Nintendo Direct Trailer
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FCC Fast-Tracks SpaceX's Plan for 1M Satellites. And It Wants Your Thoughts
Usually, the commission takes weeks or months to respond to a filing, but it kicked off a public comment period for SpaceX's orbital data center plan in just a few days.
Voxtral Transcribe 2: transcribes at the speed of sound
Precision diarization, real-time transcription, and a new audio playground.
LLM's poisoned with sleeper agent backdoors is the latest fun security threat to worry about
: It's a threat straight out of sci-fi, and fiendishly hard to detect
TSMC to make advanced 3nm chips in Japan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) will produce 3 nanometer chips at its second, still-under-construction plant in Kumamoto, Japan, the company announced Thursday.
"This game is my apocalypse" - A thoughtful review of Terra Nil from a Solarpunk's perspective
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Union leaders have a message for Newsom: Regulate AI if you want to be president
The governor will need workers and unions in 2028. They are trying to push him to the left on AI â even as business interest push the other way.
Tear gas and pepper spray can have lasting health effects
The chemicals are widely used for crowd control, but their long-term health risks are poorly understood.
Intel announced plans to start making GPUs, challenging NVIDIA's dominance
Intel has been bulking up a team to focus on this effort and will develop its GPU strategy around customer needs.
Hackers and Trolls Target Wave of ICE Spotting Apps
Hackers have targeted a spread of apps or sites that aim to track ICE activity, in one case even sending push notifications to users in an attempt to intimidate them.
FBI Couldnât Get into WaPo Reporterâs iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled
Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking someone's device. At leâŚ
As software stocks slump, investors debate AIâs existential threat
By Chibuike Oguh, Danilo Masoni and Medha Singh Feb 4 (Reuters) - Investors were assessing on Wednesday whether a selloff in global software stocks this week had gone too far, as they weighed if businesses could surviveâŚ
High-Altitude Adventure With a DIY Pico Balloon - IEEE Spectrum
A $4 Raspberry Pi Pico can help you track a DIY balloon around the world.
Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase Announced for February 5
Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase 2.5.2026
Obsidian's The Outer Worlds 2 Underperformed, and There Won't Be a Third - IGN
Veteran role-playing game maker Obsidian Entertainment has no plans to continue The Outer Worlds with a third game, the studio has confirmed.
Material's Printed Batteries Put Power in Every Nook and Cranny
How does a 50% boost in energy density sound for your devices?
Borderlands 4 for Nintendo Switch 2 likely axed, as Take-Two says itâs âpausedâ development | VGC
Publisher makes âdifficult decisionâ after the Nintendo version was mysteriously delayed last yearâŚ
The rise of Moltbook suggests viral AI prompts may be the next big security threat
We don't need self-replicating AI models to have problems, just self-replicating prompts.
I used an original iPod Nano in 2026, and it worked surprisingly well
Nearly 20 years after its introduction, the iPod Nano is still a perfectly functional music player.
Is Wikipedia's Volunteer Model Facing a Generational Crisis?
Wikipedia's 25th anniversary sparks a debate: Can it adapt to the needs of Gen Z and beyond?
Police raid X offices in Paris, summon Elon Musk and former X chief executive Linda Yaccarino
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Sony Patents System to Generate AI Podcasts in the Voices of Your Favorite PlayStation Characters - IGN
Sony has patented a system to use AI to generate individualized podcasts featuring its biggest characters and mascots.
Steam Quietly Withdraws Under Fire MMO Ashes of Creation From Sale As Fans Wonder Who's Left to Maintain the Servers
Steam has quietly withdrawn under fire MMO Ashes of Creation from sale after its director and leadership team quit just weeks after launch.
Ubisoft Fires Team Lead For Criticising Stupid Return-To-Office Mandate
Sharing a YT video about labor and working from home is enough to get you terminated, it seems
Activist platform StopICE denies breach after alleged hack raises alarm
StopICE.net denies allegations about a data breach that compromised the personal data of 100,000 users and handed it to federal authorities.
New Epstein files reveal contact with Bitcoin dev Andresen before CIA briefing
Two days before Gavin Andresenâs controversial decision to discuss Bitcoin at the CIA, Jeffrey Epstein wanted to call him.