The Last Time Everyone Watched the Same Thing
No one knew it at the time, but 2014 — more precisely, Ellen DeGeneres' star-studded selfie moment — marked the peak of a monoculture that no longer exists. The numbers show a long decay ever since.
Chinese carmaker Seres patents voice-controlled "in-vehicle toilet"
Seres' plans show how stiff competition in the EV space is putting pressure on carmakers to innovate.
Failed Companies Are Selling Old Slack Chats and Email Archives to Train AI
Defunct startups are pawning off their former employees conversations for up to $100,000, according to a new report.
BIGO Ads Deploys C2-Style Infrastructure to Survive Domain Bans. Here's the Decrypted Config.
The BIGO Ads SDK ships with an encrypted configuration file that maps out a global network of ad-serving domains, backup hosts, and failover infrastructure. The file is AES-encrypted with a hardcoded key, served from Al…
Newly unsealed records reveal Amazon’s price-fixing tactics, California attorney general claims
Exclusive: A trove of previously redacted documents was filed as part of the tech giantâs anti-trust battle with the state of California. Amazon denies it engages in price-fixing
How Push Notifications Can Betray Your Privacy (and What to Do About It)
A phone’s push notifications can contain a significant amount of information about you, your communications, and what you do throughout the day. And there are myriad ways that law enforcement can access the content or m…
MOUSE: P.I. For Hire releases on Steam
Join private investigator Jack Pepper on a guns blazing, jazz-fueled adventure in MOUSE: P.I. For Hire. MOUSE combines the charm of hand-drawn rubber hose animation inspired by the classic cartoons of the 1930’s with th…
There's yet another study about how bad AI is for our brains
Researchers have conducted another study about AI and its effects on the human brain. The results were grim.
Engineer open-sources DIY radar system that's 95% cheaper than $250,000 commercial offerings, has 20 kilometer range — Moroccan engineer de…
If you can't afford one, build it yourself.
Pee and Poop in Your Car While Driving at 100 km/h to be Possible
Aito maker Seres Auto granted patent for seat-mounted retractable toilet.
Federal Bill Would Bring OS-Level Age Verification to the Entire U.S.
A new federal bill proposes OS-level age verification, advancing beyond state laws to establish a potential nationwide requirement.
TIL about the 1879 Mandalay Palace massacre, in which over forty royals were executed by co-conspirators to secure King Thibaw’s claim to t…
The 1879 massacre at Mandalay Palace (Burmese: ၁၈၇၉ မန္တလေးနန်းတွင်းလူသတ်ပွဲ), occurred on 13, 15 and 17 February 1879 (8th, 10th and 12th waning days of Tabodwe, 1240 M.E.) at the Mandalay Palace. It was one of the mos…
Boycott of major AI conference exposes a growing US–China divide
China-based researchers make up more than half of all lead authors at NeurIPS.
Hacker group threatens to release Grand Theft Auto VI data in Rockstar Games attack
The group named ShinyHunters have accessed a third party server and have given the company a deadline of 14 April to enter ransom negotiations
The FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reason
How did Netgear do it? Nobody’s saying.
Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out, According to an Independent Audit
“This is the Strait of Hormuz in the data economy. If you want to make a change, this is where you cut it off. Anything short of that is theatrical political posture.”
Microsoft Exec Suggests AI Agents Will Need to Buy Software Licenses - Business Insider
Are AI agents employees or tools? A Microsoft exec suggested they're new paid "seats," a shift that could reshape SaaS pricing — and spark pushback.
DaVinci Resolve 21 is Now a Lightroom Alternative: RAW Editing, Tethering, Masking, and More
DaVinci Resolve 21 is a photo editor now.
Cables of Resistance: the numbers don't add up
Last weekend was Cables of Resistance, a conference I've been organizing together with 20-something other people since last September. Th...
Meta creating AI version of Mark Zuckerberg so staff can talk to the boss
Digital clone being trained on his thoughts, tone and mannerisms to help workers feel connected
METRO 2039 - Announcement April 16
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Microsoft reveals major price increase for all Surface PCs as RAM crisis continues
Microsoft is raising prices on all its current Surface PC offerings, with the midrange devices now starting at above $1,000, and flagships starting at $1,500.
Linux lays down the law on AI-generated code, says yes to Copilot, no to AI slop, and humans take the fall for mistakes — after months of f…
After months of fierce debate, Linus Torvalds and the Linux kernel maintainers have laid down the law on AI-generated code.
Delivery robots keep crashing into bus shelters
It's been a bad week for burritos on wheels.
Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?
New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.
Three YouTubers accuse Apple of illegal scraping to train its AI models
The lawsuit claims that Apple "improperly circumvented" YouTube's platform protections to scrape videos.
Voters Increasingly Use AI as Political Advisor. A New Study Shows the the Risks.
In an experiment during Japan’s February 2026 Lower House election, policy stances dominated AI chatbots’ voting guidance, and left-leaning stances caused five AI models to recommend the Japanese Communist Party. The re…
PlayStation Studios Removes Nearly All PC References From Websites
PlayStation Studios removed PC references across most studio pages, adding credibility to the rumor that Sony may be changing its first-party PC release plans.
Pulling application credentials from Authentik with External-Secrets Webhook Provider
Using Authentik as a Kubernetes External-Secrets provider using webhooks
Google Suggests Quantum Attacks on Cryptocurrency Encryption May Require Fewer Resources
Google researchers report that improved quantum algorithms could break widely used cryptocurrency encryption with fewer resources.
What’s the Most Overlooked Data Leak in LLM Workflows?
Deploy intelligent AI agents that handle complex tasks while keeping your data security and privacy. Questa AI helps teams work faster, safer, and smarter.
Running Tesla Model 3's Computer on My Desk Using Parts From Crashed Cars
David Schütz's bug bounty writeups
Inside the Systemd Age Verification Debate: Developer Responds to Criticism
A single pull request turned a quiet open source contributor into the unlikely target of one of the Linux community's most heated controversies. We interacted with Dylan Taylor to hear his side of the story.
Ubuntu quietly raises its minimum system requirements
You'll need at least 6GB of RAM to run Ubuntu 26.04 LTS comfortably, as the upcoming version of the distro raises its minimum memory requirement for
DRAM prices predicted to jump 63% in Q2, NAND up to 75% — follows 95% jumps in Q1, Trendforce says AI server demand keeps supply tight
NAND Flash contract prices are now rising faster than DRAM.
Battery costs have declined by 99% in the last three decades, making electrified transport a reality
Batteries have become much cheaper, making energy storage far more affordable.
‘Euro-Office’: OnlyOffice accuses of license violations
Ionos and Nextcloud are working on ‘Euro-Office’ and have forked OnlyOffice for it. The project sees this as a license violation.
Grist (spreadsheets) v1.7.12 adds Automations
What's Changed Airtable imports are now smoother, and the import lands in your current workspace instead of somewhere unexpected. Suggestions got a visual refresh with automatic comparison highligh...
After Intel, AMD is now also raising CPU prices by up to 15%
Increasing CPU demand for servers and data centers, along with depleted inventories, are forcing AMD's hand to jack up the prices once again.
Here's the severance package Oracle offered laid-off US employees
Severance includes 4 weeks base salary plus 1 week per year of employment.
Jellyfin critical security update - This is not a joke
🚀 Jellyfin Server 10.11.7 We are pleased to announce the latest stable release of Jellyfin, version 10.11.7! This minor release brings several bugfixes to improve your Jellyfin experience. As alway...
Quantum computers need vastly fewer resources than thought to break vital encryption
No, the sky isn't falling, but Q Day is coming, and it won't be as expensive as thought.
How India’s Ruling Party is Using AI to Boost Hate Speech
Bellingcat found 31 posts by the BJP that appeared to feature AI-generated images, along with either anti-immigrant or anti-Muslim hate speech, in Assam and West Bengal within a month.
New Mastodon account documenting hate and racism on r/Monitors and r/ultrawidemasterrace Discord
12 Posts, 1 Following, 6 Followers · Exposing hate and bigotry on r/Monitors and r/ultrawidemasterrace as seen on their official Discord.
Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1
Iran says it will target Apple, Google, and Microsoft, among others.
After more than 15 years on the platform formerly known as Twitter, Cambridge is leaving X
City councilors in the liberal enclave voted unanimously to leave a platform they said had become toxic under owner Elon Musk.
Palantir’s UK boss criticises ‘ideological’ groups as ministers move to scrap NHS contract
Louis Mosley says government should resist calls to trigger break clause in £330m deal with US analytics company
Spotted in the wild: Our first look at the X Money debit card Musk is rolling out
X Money cards are popping up on social media, buying ice creams and snacks at gas stations. Users are thanking William Shatner.
Android's new developer verification rollout begins, sideloading changes are next
Google has started rolling out Android's new developer verification, with user-facing sideloading changes arriving later this year.
AI chatbots lure vulnerable gamblers to unlicensed betting websites
Major chatbot platforms found to be advertising unregulated online casinos across the continent, exclusive Investigate Europe research shows.