Thousands of CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity
In the 1980s, economist Robert Solow made an observation that reminded economists of today’s AI boom: “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.”
GitHub Reports DMCA Takedown Record and Surging Anti-Circumvention Claims * TorrentFreak
GitHub has published its 2025 transparency report, revealing record levels of DMCA takedown activity across two separate metrics.
No Rest for the Wicked Marks Its 2nd Anniversary With 1.7 Million Copies Sold
Wicked fans, It's been TWO YEARS since No Rest for the Wicked entered Early Access. Since then, this game has grown and evolved in ways we could only pull off because of you. 1.7 million copies sold, and counting. You’v…
Pragmata was so top secret, the man behind Hugh was too scared to talk about the moon
“My entire career has been around the moon,” David Menkin tells Polygon, and his latest moon project is Capcom's Pragmata.
TIL that an Argentina Court issued an international arrest warrant against an Iranian for blowing up a synagogue. Iran told Argentina they …
Le nouveau ministre de l'Intérieur de la République islamique Ahmad Vahidi est, selon la justice argentine, un des cerveaux de l’attentat terroriste contre la mutuelle juive Amia, le plus grave de l’histoire…
China’s ‘land aircraft carrier’ charges flying drone with microwave beam
While the technology is still at an early stage, it may one day allow drones to fly indefinitely.
Darwin's Paradox! on Steam - I love games you can finish in a few hours!
Step into a cinematic adventure as Darwin, a brilliant octopus trapped in a mysterious industrial world. Use his unique abilities - swimming, wall-climbing, shooting ink, camouflage, and more - to overcome traps and esc…
TIL there's a marathon run at 1210 meters below sea level.
The World's Deepest Marathon is a record breaking challenge to run a full marathon, 1,120 meters below sea level.
Sovereign Tower Turns Life Inside A Magical Kingdom Tower Into A Deep Management RPG
I recently had the chance to try Sovereign Tower, a very intriguing management RPG that puts players in control of a tower that could be described as not only
RAM Shortage Expected to Continue Into Next Year or Later
No relief in sight from the RAMpocalypse.
The Downfall and Enshittification of Microsoft in 2026 | Caio Bianchi
For years, Microsoft survived on inertia. Windows was the default. Office was the default. GitHub, after the acquisition, became the default forge for softwa...
Exclusive: Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes, even if it risks chilling whistleblowers
Objection, a Thiel-backed startup, aims to use AI to judge journalism, letting users pay to challenge stories. Critics warn it could chill whistleblowers and reshape how media accountability works.
It's Official - TurtleWoW is Over
After 8 years of operation, the largest Classic+ private server, TurtleWoW, will be shutting down on May 15th, in compliance with Blizzard's cease & desist order.
Backblaze silently redefines 'unlimited' backups and users discover it's not backing up DB and OD — as firm leans heavier into AI storage s…
The difference between a sync and a backup is illustrated quite adeptly.
Playnix: Boutique Linux PC released with better gaming performance than Valve Steam Machine
Valve has still not confirmed pricing or availability for the Steam Machine. In the meantime, the developer of EmuDeck is selling an alternative called Playnix, which should outperform the Steam Machine thanks to an AMD…
'Video Game Review: Hades II' - No Rerolls
Hades II opens into ritual. Where the first game hurled you into rebellion with Zagreus’s fire‑bright defiance, the sequel begins in the hush of a forest clearing, lit by witch‑flame and shadow. Me…
'System Shock Remake Review' - MandaloreGaming
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A flowing WebGL gradient, deconstructed
An introduction to writing WebGL shaders using gradient noise and cool math.
Radicale v3.7 collection sharing?
A simple CalDAV (calendar) and CardDAV (contact) server. - Kozea/Radicale
YouTube now lets you hide Shorts
You now have the power to remove short-form videos from your YouTube feed if you don’t want to see them.
PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 can now auto-configure games for you
Emulating the Sony PlayStation 3 just got even better, with the open source RPCS3 now configuring games for you.
Stop Killing Games: EU Parliament Hearing on the ‘Stop Destroying Videogames’ ECI
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The Foundation Is Strong: What TDF Is, Why It Matters, and Where It Is Going - TDF Community Blog
The Document Foundation was created in 2010 with a single, non-negotiable premise: that a free, fully-featured office suite, built on open standards and governed in the public interest, is infrastructure for democracy. …
How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental toll
Environmental footprint of Europe's data centres kept secret after industry lobbying in a move legal experts warn could violate transparency rules.
Japan’s biggest “ghost developer” known for working for Atlus and Square Enix sees significant growth in console sector following shift awa…
Tose recently announced its financial results for the second quarter of th current fiscal year, reporting significant growth in sales.
Fairgame$ Sets Sights On Extraction Shooter Market | PSX Extreme
Haven Studios' Fairgame$ is supposedly leaning into the extraction shooter market as Sony continues hoping for the best.
Goodbye device ownership, and the last vestiges of free speech will die with this bill as well.
To require operating system providers to verify the age of any user of an operating system, and for other purposes.
Metro 2039 - Official Reveal Trailer
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My Quest to be the Scrobble King
Tired of streaming services dictating my music discovery, I resurrected an old internet relic to reclaim my listening experience.
Voiden - an Offline, Git-native API tool built around Markdown
Redefining how developers work with APIs. One Git-native, composable workspace. Offline-first. Markdown-powered. Developer-loved.
The False Promise of App Store Age Verification
An analysis of the unconstitutional App Store Accountability Act and its impact on age verification and parental controls.
Audit Finds Google, Microsoft, and Meta Still Tracking Users After Opt-Out - Slashdot
alternative_right shares a report from 404 Media: An independent privacy audit of Microsoft, Meta, and Google web traffic in California found that the companies may be violating state regulations and racking up billions…
Crimson Desert sales top five million
Total sales for open-world action adventure game Crimson Desert have surpassed five million units, developer Pearl Abyss announced.
Facebook and Instagram Tighten Censorship Rules for Saying “Antifa”
Meta’s new rules let it ban users or suppress comments that include the word “antifa” alongside “content-level threat signals.”
Black & White at 25: how Lionhead's hairbrained, stoner-powered game design became the harbinger of modern AI
Peter Molyneux, Google DeepMind's Richard Evans, and more on the making and legacy of Black & White as it turns 25.
‘Seeking connection’: the video game (Arc Raiders) where players stopped shooting and started talking...
In a post-apocalyptic landscape of cutthroat scavengers, surprisingly peaceful players are opting to team up and open up â a phenomenon thatâs intriguing game developers and psychologists alike
'Addicted to hacking': Young hacker behind historic breach speaks out for 1st time, before reporting to prison
ABC News speaks with a young hacker about what experts call a wide-ranging menace: a new generation of tech-savvy teens who are uniquely dangerous and surprisingly young.
Google Broke Its Promise to Me. Now ICE Has My Data.
In 2025, Google gave Amandla Thomas-Johnson's data to ICE without giving him the chance to challenge the subpoena, breaking a nearly decade-long promise to notify users before handing their data to law enforcement.
Three years after its release, Star Trek: Resurgence is about to be delisted for good
The publisher's "license to distribute" has come to an end, so it's goodbye to the Telltale Games inspired outing.
From Molotov cocktails to data center shutdowns, the AI backlash is turning revolutionary
Gen Z is furious about AI, and so is the American countryside.
Mastodon will get end-to-end encryption for private messages thanks to Sovereign Tech Agency
Announcing a service agreement for new work to improve Mastodon and the broader ecosystem.
Starfield has sold 140K copies on PS5
The high-profile port has had a middling start, raising questions about the long-term viability of delayed multiplatform releases and the true cost of exclusivity and subscriptions.
Tech Otakus Save The World – Robotics;Notes Elite – Review
Kaito and Akiho, two students of the Robot Club, want to build a giant robot, and their version of Japan loves robotics! Sadly, they are the only members left in the club, which is in danger of bei…
How Iran’s Information War Machine Operates Online
In just 69 minutes, Iran took advantage of a global network of accounts and media channels to spread its narrative around the world.
Your Duolingo Is Still Talking to ByteDance: How Pangle Fingerprints You Across Apps After You Said No
This is Part 2 of my Pangle SDK research. Part 1 covered how I broke the encryption. This post covers what I found when I started comparing the decrypted data across apps. In Part 1, I decrypted 694 Pangle SDK payloads …
America Used to Own the Internet. Now It’s Running Scared.
The U.S. restricted data transfers abroad. Cast as an assertion of sovereignty, the new posture signals weakness in great-power competition.
TIL the "dab" dance movement is banned in Saudi Arabia for supposed associations with narcotics and people got arrested for it
Entertainer Abdallah Al Shaharani later apologised for the ‘spontaneous movement’ which is banned in the country for supposed associations with narcotics
Windows Update is a torture chamber for seldom-used PCs
Opinion: Microsoft punishes you for updating infrequently
The Dangers of California’s Legislation to Censor 3D Printing
California’s bill, AB 2047, will not only mandate censorware on all 3D printers; it will also criminalize the use of open-source alternatives. Repeating the mistakes of DRM won’t make anyone safer, but it will hurt inno…