TIL: Peter Jackson made the decision to model one of the orc leader's face mask after Harvey Weinstein
The actor says the Weinstein orc was intended as a message to the domineering sexual predator producer
Valve raises Steam Deck prices by more than $200
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Echoes of Aincrad Gameplay Trailer Highlights Mechanics
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Using mesh radio networks to use mainstream apps without siloed servers legally stealing our information
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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 wind…
NutriTrace v1.0.0-rc.47 released: Foods quick-view, scheduled backups, diary drill-down
Self-hosted personal nutrition tracker — single Docker container, AGPL-3.0, no telemetry, no cloud sync. - TraceApps/nutritrace
Welcome to Dunwoody's Virtual Human Zoo: Flock claimed explicit permission to view cameras where children play. Dunwoody says no such permi…
Flock claimed explicit permission to view cameras where children play. Dunwoody says no such permission exists.
"Every great search must come to an end": Ask.com shutdown, ending ask Jeeves.
As IAC continues to sharpen its focus, we have made the decision to discontinue our search business, which includes Ask.com. After 25 years of answering the world's questions, Ask.com officially closed on May 1, 2026.
Bernie Sanders: AI oligarchs do not want to just replace specific jobs, they want to replace the working class. We must fight back.
By: Sen. Sanders; Fox News AI oligarchs do not want to just replace specific jobs, the reality is that they want to replace workers Artificial intelligence (AI) is the most transformational technology in the history of …
Even experts are surprised by AI’s latest ‘vibe-mathing’ advance
A ChatGPT AI has proved a conjecture with a method no human had thought of. Experts believe it may have further uses
Someone accidentally leaked Star Wars: Galactic Racer's release date on Steam
It looks like Star Wars: Galactic Racer will release on 6th October, 2026.
TIL about the arc lamp
An arc lamp or arc light is a lamp that produces light by an electric arc (also called a voltaic arc).
'How To Get Started & Survive Stronghold Crusader's New Challenge' -GamerZakh
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Valve Uploads Steam Controller Unboxing Video, Launch Imminent?
Valve has quietly uploaded a Steam Controller unboxing video to the Steam platform. However, the video is currently unavailable for viewing, as attempting to play it results in a "This video has not been processed for s…
Pragmata surpasses 1m copies sold in just two days
In just two days after release, Capcom's latest game - Pragmata - has surpassed 1m units sold.
Students are speeding through their online degrees in weeks, alarming educators
It takes most college students at least four years to earn a bachelor’s degree. Christie Williams finished in three months.
Focused microwaves allow 3D printers to fuse circuits onto almost anything
Engineers at Rice University have cracked one of printed electronics' most stubborn problems: how to cure freshly printed conductive ink without destroying the delicate surface underneath.
VPN providers will need to obtain a license from the government to operate in Turkey.
Türkiye'de VPN servislerine yönelik radikal bir yasal düzenleme yolda. Lisans almayan uygulamaların erişimi tamamen engellenecek.
Apple's Spotlight Search Results Come With Engagement Metrics. No One Knew.
How Apple's Spotlight API exposes undocumented interaction data for every search result it serves to over a billion devices When an iPhone user types a query into Spotlight, Apple's servers return ranked results spannin…
Oracle cutting thousands in latest layoff round as company continues to ramp AI spending
Oracle has ratcheted up its capital expenditures as it builds data center infrastructure that can handle AI workloads.
AI Facial Recognition Is Denying Food To Pregnant Women Across India
India’s 50-year-old welfare programme now uses AI to decide who gets food. Across Anganwadi centres, pregnant women and new mothers must pass a facial recognition scan before receiving rations.
How China is getting everyone on OpenClaw, from gearheads to grandmas
China's OpenClaw use is soaring as tech giants hold meet-ups to help everyone add the artificial intelligence digital assistant to their devices.
Judge Allows BitTorrent Seeding Claims Against Meta, Despite Lawyers 'Lame Excuses'
To gather material for its LLM training, Meta used BitTorrent to download pirated books from Anna’s Archive and other shadow libraries.
PineTime Pro Introduction
How is your day/night going RSS readers? In this blog post we go in depth on the new PineTime Pro hardware and share some pre-production information from JF.
The creator of Fortnite has laid off more than 1,000 staff – despite billions in revenue
Huge cuts announced this week show that truly no developer working in games is safe from corporate whims
World's smallest QR code, smaller than bacteria, could store data for centuries
Scientists have created a microscopic QR code so tiny it can only be seen with an electron microscope—smaller than most bacteria and now officially a world record. But this isn’t just about size; it’s about durability. …
EnshittifAIcation
Three episodes, one week. AI bots that hallucinate VPN requirements, recommend Apache configs on nginx servers, and suggest replacing 128 GB of RAM with a cloud VPS. A field note on the cost of mistaking confidence for …
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-app-privacy-concerns-1788881
The Trump administration's new app demands extensive hardware permissions, raising privacy concerns and sparking calls for deletion.
Marriage over, €100,000 down the drain: the AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusion
One minute, Dennis Biesma was playing with a chatbot; the next, he was convinced his sentient friend would make him a fortune. Heâs just one of many people who lost control after an AI encounter
Linux kernel czar says AI bug reports aren't slop anymore
Interview: Greg Kroah-Hartman can't explain the inflection point, but it's not slowing down or going away
Booking.com under fire as hundreds of complaints lodged with Fair Trading
Hundreds of complaints against Booking.com are piling up as customers and hosts allege they have lost money, their property has been trashed and no-one is taking responsibility.
Euro-Office, a good fork of highly criticized ONLYOFFICE
Your sovereign office. Euro-Office has 20 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
GitHub - damontecres/Wholphin: An OSS Android TV client for Jellyfin
An OSS Android TV client for Jellyfin. Contribute to damontecres/Wholphin development by creating an account on GitHub.
Another Meta ban wave may be locking users out of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Users are reporting a possible new Meta ban wave, with Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts suddenly disabled and little to no way to appeal.
TIL about Elmer McCurdy: a train and bank robbing outlaw whose corpse, after his death, became a carnival funhouse attraction.
Did a dummy 'dead man' on a TV set turns out to be the real thing?
Fedora Project Leader Suggests Linux Distros Could Adopt Apple's Age Verification API
He thinks a cross-distro API standard can be a practical solution to tackle age verification.
Scientists uncovered the nutrients bees were missing — Colonies surged 15-fold
Scientists have developed a breakthrough “superfood” for honeybees by engineering yeast to produce the essential nutrients normally found in pollen. In controlled trials, colonies fed this specially designed diet produc…
Spotify and Labels(including UMG, Sony, and Warner) Seek $322 Million Default Judgment Against Anna’s Archive
Spotify and several major record labels seek a $322 million default judgment against the unknown operators of Anna's Archive.
GrapheneOS Foundation Seeking Remote App Developer
Attached: 1 image Ever seen our AOSP based apps (Phone,Messages,Gallery...) & thought I could make a difference to bring them up? We're seeking a senior Android engineer to take ownership of the default app suite: https…
Horizon Chase Turbo is getting delisted after the Epic Games layoffs
Originally developed by AQUIRIS (now known as Epic Games Brazil), the retro racer Horizon Chase Turbo is getting delisted from all stores.
Using a VPN May Subject You to NSA Spying
US lawmakers are pressing Tulsi Gabbard to reveal whether using a VPN can strip Americans of their constitutional protections against warrantless surveillance.
CPU shortage is 'getting more serious day by day, no less than the memory chip situation' says unnamed gaming PC company
Are CPUs set to follow RAM and SSDs?
[Jason Schreier] AAA game budgets estimated around $300 million. These budgets are almost entirely dev salaries + overheard and have nothin…
Exact budgets of video-game productions can be tough to corroborate (more transparency from publishers would be nice!) but the numbers I've heard floating around AAA game dev these days are $300 million or more — someti…
How AI Is Creeping Into The New York Times |Artificial intelligence seems to be turning up, undisclosed, in the opinion pages of major news…
Artificial intelligence seems to be turning up, undisclosed, in the opinion pages of major news publications.
GitHub hits CTRL-Z, decides it will train its AI with user data after all
: As of April 24 you'll be feeding the Octocat unless you opt out
Nintendo Lowers Pricepoint For Digital Versions of Switch 2 Games
Nintendo has announced that it will adopt separate price points for digital and physical Switch 2 exclusive games published by the company
From F-Droid to emulators, here's who's hit hardest by Android's new verification rules
How Google’s new Android sideloading and developer verification rules impact third-party stores, modding tools, retro emulators, and more.
Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features
Walmart wants to connect what people stream "directly with retail interaction."
TIL sword yoga is a new fitness trend.
“I walk around the city feeling like the cool princess in a tower — but, in reality, I’m the dragon.”
The US bans all new foreign-made network routers
The Federal Communications Commission has released a notice today designating any consumer routers manufactured outside the US as a security risk.