FCC Attempts to Solve Robocall Problem by Potentially Creating Even Bigger Privacy Problem
This move could kill burner phones if it goes forward.
AI data centers face increasing complaints about inaudible but 'felt' infrasound — citizens complain high- and low-frequency sounds do not …
Data centers emit sounds from the humming of cooling systems, rumbling of diesel generators, and whirring of fans, which can be heard for hundreds…
How We Lost Communication to Entertainment
How We Lost Communication to Entertainment par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.
Obsidian Plugin Abused in Social Engineering Campaign to Deliver New PHANTOMPULSE RAT - CyberNetSec.io
A sophisticated campaign is abusing the Obsidian note-taking app to deliver a new RAT, PHANTOMPULSE, to targets in the finance and crypto sectors using social engineering and malicious plugins.
A major watchdog says data centers are wreaking havoc on North America's power grid
The top North American grid watchdog warns that AI data centers threaten grid stability with power swings, calling for action to prevent outages.
Forza Horizon 6 Leaks And Is Being Pirated On PC More Than A Week Before Release
In what looks like an accidental unencrypted upload, Playground Games has inadvertently leaked the entire Forza Horizon 6 build on Steam.
Fintech startup Parker files for bankruptcy
Parker, a well-funded startup offering corporate credit cards and banking services, has filed for bankruptcy and is widely reported to have shut down.
Why are AGI and conscious AI just a marketing scam?
Does conscious AI really exist, or is it just a marketing scam to raise billions and capture your personal data?
Internet Archive Launches New Foundation in Switzerland
Thirty years ago, Brewster Kahle founded the Internet Archive with an ambitious goal: Universal Access to All Knowledge. Today, that mission continues to grow with an exciting new chapter: the launch of the Internet Arc…
TIL about featherbedding
Featherbedding is the practice of hiring more workers than are needed to perform a given job, or to adopt work procedures which appear pointless, complex and time-consuming merely to employ additional workers.[1] The te…
We accidentally recreated old Facebook
Background We started off with a simple idea for a product; we wanted to re-use the chat interface for everything except chat. It was supposed to be just for photos but expandable later. The idea was that most people al…
ABC refuses to capitulate to U.S President admin, fights FCC probe into 'The View' | FCC chair Brendan Car hasn’t been able to bully ABC an…
FCC chair hasn't been able to bully ABC and owner Disney into submission.
Kevin O’Leary’s proposed 9GW "hyperscale" AI data center in Utah will consume double the state's entire electricity usage and generate the …
Skeptics of the proposed hyperscale data center in Box Elder County are sweating about a lot more than its energy demands and potential toll on water supplies.
FCC Extends Update Deadline for Foreign-Made Routers, Drones Until 2029
Previously, foreign-made routers and drones were only allowed to receive software updates until early 2027, potentially leaving them vulnerable to hacking.
Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Expose Corporate and Personal Data on the Open Web
Companies like Lovable, Base44, Replit, and Netlify use AI to let anyone build a web app in seconds—and in thousands of cases, spill highly sensitive data onto the public internet.
Engineer creates video game of Alaska’s Tracy Arm landslide, which generated a megatsunami
An engineering professor outside of Alaska has created a simulation and video game that can help people understand the scale of August 2025’s Tracy Arm landslide and tsunami in Southeast Alaska.
Shark Game
A web game about resources, discovery and sharks.
Google Chrome Might Have Installed an AI Model Onto Your Device Without You Knowing
Here's how to determine if you have the 4GB AI model -- and how to get rid of it.
How to block unwanted outbound traffic from your containers
A story about a crypto-miner, a sketchy API wrapper, and the creation of Dockerwall: a zero-trust outbound firewall for Docker.
TIL people who are blind from birth never develop schizophrenia
Understanding why people born blind never develop schizophrenia could transform how we think about and treat one of medicine’s most baffling conditions.
MAGAs Are Fuming After Email Confirms They Will Never Get Their $500 Trump Phones or Deposits Back
Nearly 600,000 Trump supporters paid deposits for a gold smartphone that remains undelivered, sparking outrage and calls for investigation into Trump Mobile's practices.
A sexual predator used online games and ChatGPT to groom young boys
A criminal case in Uruguay exposes how online games and AI chatbots are reshaping global online sexual exploitation
Subnautica 2 Early Access Gameplay Trailer
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Judge rules DOGE used ChatGPT in a way that was both dumb and illegal / The ruling restores federal grants that were shut down for ‘DEI’ pr…
DOGE staffers used ChatGPT to scan grants for terms related to DEI.
Akamai surges on big LLM deal as Cloudflare dims
Deletion of a longstanding privacy assurance sparks concerns
People Hate AI Art
So I had ChatGPT generate that for me.
AI data center bans are rapidly multiplying across the US — 69 jurisdictions block new builds, with four moves noted as permanent
More people are saying no to data centers.
Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off / All 173 of the RWD Cybertrucks sold by Tesla are being recall…
All 173 of the RWD Cybertrucks sold by Tesla are being recalled.
Sierra Club report: Texas coal plants draining state's shrinking water supply
Texas coal and gas power plants consumed more than 100 billion gallons of water in 2024, according to a new Sierra Club report that calls on state leaders to accelerate the shift to renewable energy a...
DHS can’t create vast DNA database to track ICE critics, lawsuit says | Lawsuit accuses DHS of plugging DNA database into ICE surveillance …
Lawsuit accuses DHS of plugging DNA database into ICE surveillance machine.
"It is frustrating to see policymakers suddenly claim everything is 'for our safety'" - Stop Killing Games joins pushback against age verif…
Stop Killing Games, fresh from speaking at EU parliament about video game consumer rights, has spoken out against age verification laws.
W Social uncovered: the reality behind the hype
An article dispelling myths about W Social, the new European platform that aims to rival X: it is a fork of Bluesky that shares many similarities with Eurosky and requires government ID to sign up.
"Notepad++ for Mac" release is disavowed by the creator of the original
To be clear: Notepad++ has never released a macOS version."
Google Cloud Fraud Defence is just WEI repackaged
In May 2026, Google announced “Google Cloud Fraud Defense - the next evolution of reCAPTCHA.” The announcement described a QR code challenge where users scan a
Concerns Mount That EU Will Demand Age Verification for VPNs
A European Union research service publishes a paper about calls for VPN regulation, noting that they're 'increasingly used to bypass online age verification.'
Google's next-gen reCAPTCHA system could spell trouble for de-Googled phones - Android Authority
Google has introduced a Play Services requirement for passing its next-generation ReCAPTCHA system, which is bad news for de-Googled phones.
Extortion Using Smart Glasses Is a Thing Now
A woman in London was asked to pay up if she wanted a video of her removed from social media.
Sony PS5 sales drop 46%, even before recent price increase
Game consoles usually become cheaper in the years following their launch. Not so the PlayStation 5, which was launched in November 2020 for $399, but five and a half years later costs $599. This obviously has a drastic …
A web page that shows you everything the browser told it
A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.
What We Lost the Last Time Code Got Cheap
I worked at a startup in Toledo called Heartland Information Services. We ...
The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Game
2,000 ships stranded. 3 transit slots per day. You decide who eats. A journalistic newsgame built on verified reporting about the 2026 Hormuz crisis.
LG Wing - A Missed CyberDeck Opportunity
Get the LG WING™ 5G Smartphone. Designed For The Way You Live, it Features a Fast Processor, Long Battery Life, OLED Screens, Incredible Cameras & More!
The Anti-AI Data Center Rebellion Keeps Growing Bigger - Public support for AI infrastructure has fallen sharply across party lines
Americans are turning against AI data centers over rising energy costs, tax breaks, and layoffs. Discover what’s driving the backlash.
Fitbit Ditches the Screen With Its New $99 Whoop Rival
With a simple, screenless design and long battery life, the Fitbit Air has a lot of similarities to the Whoop 5.0, but costs a lot less. It marks a sharp turn for the Fitbit brand under Google.
Apple’s AirPods with cameras for AI are apparently close to production
The new headphones might help you decide what to make for dinner.
Amazon Ads lets advertisers use your LinkedIn data to send taregetd ads on TVs and streaming platforms
Precise LinkedIn targeting via job title, industry and more is coming to B2B marketers within Amazon DSP.
Hollow-Earth myths and Nazi UFOs on TikTok are bringing white supremacism into the mainstream
The online Agartha trend blends occult pseudoscience with neo-Nazism and weaponised irony to open a doorway to radicalisation.
Apple Faces £3 Billion UK Trial Over iCloud Lock-In Claims
Apple was not able to narrow the scope of a UK lawsuit accusing it of locking 40 million UK consumers into iCloud, to the detriment of third-party cloud storage providers. British consumer group Which? first filed the l…
Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
New details about what we found, and how agentic harnesses are now able to reproduce real bugs and dismiss false positives.
A hacker ran me over with a robot lawn mower | The Verge
I’m fine. Yarbo owners might not be.