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Privacy researcher debunks Microsoft Edgeâs free VPN marketing, says it's "NOT a VPN"
Microsoft Edge Secure Network VPN promises built-in privacy, but a security researcher says it behaves like a browser proxy than a full VPN.
Is the AI hype still on or have the models plateaued?
The AI hype is based on the assumption that the frontier AI labs are producing better and better foundational models at an accelerating pace. Is that really true, or are people just in sort of a mass psychosis because AâŚ
Hetzner (European hosting provider) to increase prices by up to 40%
The price changes will take effect on 1 April 2026 for both new orders and existing products. For orders placed before 1 April 2026, but delivered after 1 April 2026, the adjusted prices will apply.
Ladybird Browser adopts Rust, with help from AI
We're adopting Rust as our C++ successor language, and using AI agents to accelerate the transition.
2026 Enterprise Storage Guide: Sourcing 26TB & 28TB HDDs with 5-Year Warranty (Tax-Optimized for Europe)
Premium Seagate Exos enterprise hard drives in the USA. High-capacity internal hard drive solutions (12TB-26TB) for NAS & data centers. Certified refurbished hard drives with a 5-year warranty. Fast US shipping.
Colorado Lawmakers Push for Age Verification at the Operating System Level
Rather than having people verify their age on every app they use, Colorado's SB26-051 would implement a way for devices to share an 'age-bracket' signal to third-party apps.
Researchers Embrace Complexity in Social Media and Teen Mental Health
A new study finds longer daily use of social media use was associated with negative outcomes for adolescents, but not all platforms are the same.
Your Company Biggest AI Risk Is the AI Nobody Approved
The Numbers Are Worse Than You Think
Anthropic Told the Pentagon No. Now the Pentagon Wants to Destroy Them.
In January, U.S. special operations forces captured Venezuelan dictator NicolĂĄs Maduro. An AI model helped process intelligence and analyze satellite imagery during the raid. That model was Claude, built by Anthropic, dâŚ
Zuckerbergâs âFixâ for Child Safety Could End Anonymous Internet Access for Everyone
Zuckerberg spent five hours defending Instagram's design choices, and walked out having handed legislators and regulators their preferred blueprint for a national digital ID system.
AI Is Destroying Grocery Supply Chains
The people keeping food flowing from farm to table are being increasingly muscled out by AI automation, and the results may be grim.
Engineering control and displacement: Digital wallets as an emerging instrument of silent genocide in Gaza
Introducing digital wallets as a solution for reconstruction functions as a cover for a new phase of engineering control over Palestinians
Why some cities are ditching their Flock license plate readers
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PodOsef â MP3-first podcast publishing (no DB, static, minimal)
Over a decade ago I wrote a PHP-based podcast publishing/archive system. The idea behind it was MP3-first: no DB, no complications â just drop an MP3 file into a folder and distribute. The software could generate HTML aâŚ
MIT-developed 3D printer can output a fully functional electric motor in a single process
Are we going to be able to 3D print completed engines in the future?
Nintendo is issuing refunds for Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition's poorly-received premium Switch 2 Edition upgrade
Nintendo is reportedly issuing refunds for Xenoblade Chronicles X's Switch 2 upgrade.
I can't say I enjoy [Nightsoil, a] 19th century turd-collecting [adventure x sim] game [hybrid] but it did make me laugh when I patted my hâŚ
Nightsoil is a sombre little top-down narrative adventure about a gong farmer â that is, a collector of human waste â iâŚ
European Parliament blocks AI on lawmakersâ devices, citing security risks
EU lawmakers found their government-issued devices were blocked from using the baked-in AI tools, amid fears that sensitive information could turn up on the U.S. servers of AI companies.
Peter Thiel and other tech billionaires are publicly shielding their children from the products that made them rich
As governments race to restrict minorsâ social media use, the tech billionaires who built the platforms are imposing strict screen limits at home.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Mobile: Auto Uploads to OneDrive Raise Privacy Risks
Microsoftâs mobile Microsoft 365 Copilot update that swaps the old document viewer for an AIâfirst, chatâcentred workflow is now colliding with real world expectations â and, according to multiple user reports and one râŚ
Corporate Targets for Tech Worker Activism Against ICE
A coalition of tech industry workers, labor organizers, community organizers, and friends cultivating solidarity among all workers in tech.
Palantir Technology salty about Swiss Magazine 'Republik' uncovering their failed attempts establishing surveillance technology contracts (âŚ
Internal documents show how the country finally rejected pitches by tech company Palantir.
EA invents new microtransaction nightmare as it breaks paywall promise on Skate: rent a playable area for 24 hours or buy a premium pass, bâŚ
Skate players were explicitly told map areas would not be "locked behind a paywall"
AI chatbots provide less-accurate information to vulnerable users: Research finds leading AI models perform worse for users with lower EnglâŚ
MIT researchers find AI chatbots often show bias, giving less accurate or more dismissive answers to some users. The findings highlight growing risks, especially for marginalized communities worldwide.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shares her gamertag â what it reveals
Asha Sharmaâs Xbox profile shows a surprisingly new gamer history. What does it say about Xboxâs future?
Resident Evil Requiem's 'Terrifying Nightmare Set' sells out in under 5 hours and includes every gamer's biggest fear: exercise equipment
Just don't hang upside down from the pull-up bar
10 Ways CRISPR Is Currently Curing Genetic Diseases
For most of human history, genetic diseases felt like fate. If a child was born with a broken gene, medicineâŚ
The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than theâŚ
Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations âscrewed upâ giving students access to so much technology: âI genuinely hope Gen Z quickly figures that out and gets mad.â
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
Echoes of Aincrad Gameplay Trailer Highlights Mechanics
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Ask Jeeves just shut down after 29 years, and nobody noticed
In the tech business, you sometimes have a weird moment when you learn a service is being discontinued, and your first reaction is, "Wait, is that still a thing?" For instance, around this time last year, we caught windâŚ
I love Subnautica and building bases in weird places in Creative Mode is an obsession of mine.
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
TIL steak Canadian was not invented in Canada and almost no one in Canada knows what it is.
Despite its name, the sandwich, which recently went viral on YouTube, is a purely British phenomenon.
TIL it's easy to create a National Day. Happy Pigs in a Blanket Day.
If you're looking to create a new National Day, you're in the right place. Here's how to register your first day.
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced: Official Game Overview Trailer
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Meshcore.io - Why The Split? - MeshCore Blog
Migrating to the new meshcore.io site
A new liquid battery stores solar heat for weeks
Scientists have engineered a water-soluble pyrimidone molecule that captures solar heat and releases it days or weeks laterâenough to boil water on demand.