Xboxâs leadership shift proves it: the gamer era is over, AI runs the show now
As the former lead of CoreAI at Microsoft steps in to replace Spencer, the question remains. What does the future of Xbox with AI look like?
Day 2 of posting an indie game I found that I think looks cool - Horripilant
KILL YOUR GOD. BECOME WORTHY. Horripilant is a chilling idle incremental dungeon crawl through the horrors of a forgotten underworld.
AI bots may lead to the end of the internet as we know it
In recent weeks, openDemocracyâs website has been repeatedly brought down by an army of bots. Weâre not the only ones
LibreOffice blasts 'fake open source' OnlyOffice for working with Microsoft to lock users in
Many interpreted the last article in this series as an attack on Microsoft for using the OOXML format against usersâ interests. However, this was only one of my objectives, as I also wanted to raise usersâ awareness of âŚ
Modern parenting means apps for sports, school and more. Where is the data going?
California laws protecting student data have loopholes that allow tech companies to continue packaging and selling that information.
Metaâs own research found parental supervision doesnât really help curb teensâ compulsive social media use
An internal research study at Meta found that parental supervision may not help teens regulate their social media, and teens with trauma are more inclined to overuse social media.
TIL: The âPerfect Aryan babyâ chosen by Hitlerâs Nazi regimeâŚwas Jewish
She was six months old when Goebbels chose her Jewish face for Nazi propaganda. Hessy Taft spent 91 years savoring the beautiful reveng - JFeed Israel News
iDeck - yet another start/home page
An iGoogle-inspired, self-hosted RSS dashboard built with Flask. Drag-and-drop widgets, multiple tabs, Catppuccin themes, and an animated Vanta.js background.
SVG clickjacking
A novel and powerful twist on an old classic.
Colorado proposing Bill to move age verification to Operating System rather than web site
As Colorado lawmakers once again revisit online age verification, the debate is no longer about whether to protect children online.
Social Insecurity: Billions of Social Security Number and Passwords
UpGuard research found a trove of sensitive information in an exposed Elastic database. Getting to the bottom of what it meant led us down an interesting path.
TIL there are fart measuring underwear.
An intrepid team of scientists has created âSmart Underwearâ to measure human flatulence in a bid to better understand our farts
CXMT has been offering DDR4 chips at about half the prevailing market rate
Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are locked in a race to mass-produce sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory, but Chinese rivals are making gains elsewhere â fl
A closer look at a BGP anomaly in Venezuela
There has been speculation about the cause of a BGP anomaly observed in Venezuela on January 2. We take a look at BGP route leaks, and dive into what the data suggests caused the anomaly in question.
Running A Game On A PC With No System RAM
As a clear sign of how desperate these RAMpocalypse times are becoming, we have [PortalRunner] over on YouTube contemplating how to run modern-day software on a PC that has no sticks of that most pâŚ
Tech giants are spending more than ever to shape California politics. See how much
Tech giants involved in AI and cryptocurrency spent $39 million last year to influence lawmakers and policy. It's the start of what could be a spending blitz in the upcoming election.
US, EU move toward landmark biometric data sharing deal that give the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) access to fingerprint and otherâŚ
The U.S. and European Union are in formal talks over a biometric data-sharing arrangement that could give the DHS access to EU biometric records.
Sycophantic behavior in AI affects us all, say researchers
: Sycophantic bots coach users into selfish, antisocial behavior, say researchers, and they love it
Bluesky Users Respond With Overwhelming Disgust to Platformâs New AI
Bluesky's latest foray into AI isn't exactly sitting well with what appears to be the vast majority of the platform's user base.
RSS feeds are beginning to break once xslt support begins being dropped by browsers soon
XSLT makes RSS feeds readable for normies. Chrome is removing it by 2026. Here's why that matters for podcasters and the open web.
Try not to get scammed while looking for work | Bogdan Chadkin
Couple weeks ago a CTO contacted me about a role at their company. After three failed calls, I figured they are trying to access my machine.
Sony Shuts Down Nearly Its Entire Memory Card Business Due to SSD Shortage
Sony has announced that it is suspending fulfillment of all orders for nearly its entire SD and CFexpress memory card product lines.
Huge Study of Chats Between Delusional Users and AI Finds Alarming Patterns
Chatbots frequently reinforced delusional and even dangerous beliefs in delusional chatbot users, an analysis found.
Meerkat - a personal relationship and contact manager
CRM for the personal life. Contribute to fbuchner/meerkat-crm development by creating an account on GitHub.
The Battle of Sixth Grade: A Story of the Cuban Revolution
Could education secretary Charles Clarke learn a lesson or two from Cuba's handling of its illiteracy crisis in the 1960s?
A newbie's guide to self-hosting with YunoHost. Part 5: Upgrades & Maintenance - elenarossini
A post that explains how to keep a YunoHost server running healthily with system updates and how to run application updates (and revert back to a snapshot if things go awry).
STRANGER THAN HEAVEN confirmed for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC
STRANGER THAN HEAVEN will be available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store when it launches, publisher SEGA and developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio announced. It will alâŚ
Play Five Nights at Epsteinâs Online for free
Five Nights at Epstein's Sneaking onto the island to investigate was a bad idea⌠You were discovered by him and barely escaped,...
TIL that the song 'Enola Gay' by 'Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark' was an anti-war song about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.
Kadokawaâs activist shareholder Oasis Management raises stake to 11.85%, exceeding Sonyâs
Oasis Managament Company raised their stake in Kadokawa to 11.18%, becoming one of the largest owners of the Japanese publisher.
TIL the US state of Missouri's governor signed a Mormon extermination order in 1838 which wasn't formally rescinded until 1976
Missouri Executive Order 44 (known as the Mormon Extermination Order) was a state executive order issued by Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs on October 27, 1838, in response to the Battle of Crooked River. The clash had âŚ
OpenAI drops plans to release an adult chatbot
OpenAI has "indefinitely" abandoned plans to release an a erotic chatbot for adults following concerns from employees and investors.
Hubzilla 11.2 Docker Image
A multi-arch docker container for Hubzilla, based on Alpine Linux, Nginx, and Postgres/MariaDB - dhitchenor/hubzilla
Apple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK goâŚ
UK users can confirm their age by scanning an ID or using a credit card.
PlayStation Store Dynamic Pricing Is Real
The controversy around PlayStation dynamic pricing continues, as evidence shows people are being charged nearly twice as much as others.
Pragmata's newly revealed New York stage was painstakingly made by human developers to look "AI generated," according to director - AUTOMATâŚ
Pragmata director Cho Yonghee and producer Naoto Oyama talk about the creative process behind the game's "AI-generated" New York stage.
Tycoon god game Sintopia is Black & White above, Dungeon Keeper below, and it's releasing in April
Sintopia is a god sim parked on top of a management game - cleanse the souls of mortals so that they can resurrect on Earth without sparking a demon invasion.
Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant
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Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field
: Flatpak may be next, and the lobbying behind it is raising eyebrows
Meta found liable in child sexual exploitation case
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Amazon acquires âapproachableâ humanoid maker Fauna Robotics
Fauna's first product, called Sprout, is a $50,000 bipedal robot that's 3 feet, 6 inches tall and designed to be "approachable and human-friendly."
Crimson Desert sales top three million
Total sales for open-world action adventure game Crimson Desert have surpassed three million units, developer Pearl Abyss announced.
Switch 2 demand appears to be flagging as Nintendo reportedly lowers production
Nintendo's Switch 2 got off to a roaring start but demand has started to sag, particularly in the US. Where are the big games to reverse this?
Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification Support
The project removes the birthDate field systemd added last week in response to age verification laws.
Bethesda has no plans to slow down on paid mods, Todd Howard says he wants to get Creations 'in front of more people'
Bethesda's Todd Howard says the company is 'really happy' with how its Creations content program is going, including the premium-priced paid UGC mods.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says âI think weâve achieved AGIâ
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told Lex Fridman in a Monday podcast interview that he believed AGI had been achieved, then seemed to slightly walk back the claim.
"We have no desire to be a media empire," says Palworld publishing head, but Pocketpair would be stupid to let the survival game die out
Pocketpair aren't "trying to turn Palworld into this big, big, big, big, big, big thing"
NaiHe â small encrypted chat for people who can't speak freely, looking for forks
Contribute to clinamen0/Naihe development by creating an account on GitHub.
To make video games for Gen Z, be authentic
'They're playing games. It's just that their attention and needs are changing,' says Astrid Entertainment CEO Sharon Tal Yguado.
Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines
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