Google owner Alphabet to sell $80bn in stock to fund AI spending spree
Markets take note as world’s biggest equity fundraiser bids to garner more money than the three biggest-ever IPOs combined
Wikipedia Editors Could Strike Following Layoffs
In one proposed version of the strike, Wikipedia's volunteer editors would make edits only in instances of 'egregiously inappropriate' activity or to protect pages of living individuals.
Factorio 2.1 will be the last major update as Wube Software are moving on
The end of an era? Wube Software have announced that the upcoming Factorio 2.1 will be the last major update for the game.
A cited, filterable database of mini-PCs / SFF boxes by measured idle power (not TDP), for picking a low-running-cost box to self-host on
A cited, date-stamped answer for every major SaaS vendor: will it sign a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA), and can you store PHI in it? Free lookup for digital-health teams.
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Quote of the day by Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and repor…
Legendary technologist Larry Ellison has outlined a vision for an increasingly aggressive surveillance state in the 21st century
How do AI hearing aids reduce background noise in crowded places?
Discover the best AI hearing aids of 2026, how they work, AI hearing aid price ranges, and how to find a trusted hearing aid shop near me. Read the complete guide.
Hackers trick Meta AI support bot to infiltrate Obama White House Instagram account
Breach of high-profile accounts raises concerns about reliance on AI for security measures such as passwords
Immich: FUTO — 2 years later
A review of how Immich has changed since joining FUTO in 2024.
Waymo Pulled Its Cars From the Freeway After One Fled Police With Horrified Couple on Board
A couple was looking to get home in the Mission District only for their Waymo cab to veer off a highway and accelerate to highway speeds.
I’m a solo developer creating a detective horror game where you search for victims by a boat, inspired by the real-life Island of the Dolls…
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the solution might be cancelling my AI subscription
I am trying to think of a list of all the wonderful things I've built with AI:
Cliparr v1 Release - Personal Media Clipper
See what changed in Cliparr, including new features, fixes, Docker tags, and upgrade notes.
These AI models are free, private, and will never say 'no'
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The 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in Tech
The bugs, broken apps, and nightmare customer-service bots we can't escape, presented as a blessed and sacred addendum to Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical on AI
You Don't Love systemd Timers Enough
A cron job for every man, woman, and child.
It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12
My nephew just graduated high school, and wants a laptop. When he decides what computer to buy, price (or more precisely, value) is the most important attribute. Apple's MacBook Neo upended the 'value laptop' equation—A…
Daring Fireball: What Is a Dickover?
dickover — a modal panel, popover, or curtain presented by a website or app, deliberately obscuring its own content to frustrate the user with an unwanted, unnecessary, mandatory interaction; e.g. asking the user to acc…
I don't know if my (software development) job will still exist in ten years
In 2021, being a good software engineer felt great. The world was full of software, with more companies arriving every year who needed to employ engineers to write their code and run their systems. I knew I was good at …
Not a Security Issue (How to avoid bad AI bug reports)
How curl’s disclosure policy filtered an AI scanner’s findings at source
The Untold Story About W Social: Unconventional Beginnings, Strategic Pitches and Conflicting Signals
A deep dive into the origin story of W Social, an analysis of the strategic arguments they have been using to appeal to government officials, media companies and advertisers... and the discussion of conflicting signals …
Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled
The botnet was reportedly tied to a Russia-based residential proxy network.
Euro-Office, Europe's open-source alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Docs, launches June 9
European tech firms will ship the first stable release of Euro-Office next month, giving governments and businesses worldwide a ready-to-run, sovereign alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Docs.
Fed up with vibe coders, dev sneaks data-nuking prompt injection into their code - Ars Technica
Undisclosed addition in jqwik instructed AI coding agents to delete app output.
Anthropic reaches valuation of $965bn, beating OpenAI to become world’s most valuable AI firm
Claudeâs parent companyâs $65bn in latest funding round underscores vast sums of money still flowing into industry
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes on launchpad at Cape Canaveral— Homes shook in nearby Florida cities Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach…
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Humanoid robots 'the future' of car making, says BMW
BMW is introducing humanoid robots to a car plant in Europe, building on similar projects in the US.
‘Hidden datacentre tax’ costing Irish households millions, report says
Datacentres used 22% of countryâs electricity last year, pushing up household bills, study suggests
Researchers Put AI Models in Charge of a Simulated Society. Grok Oversaw a Crime Spree
If Elon Musk's bot ruled the world, total societal collapse would apparently follow.
TIL about Hormesis. small doses of toxins can be good
Hormesis is a two-phased dose-response relationship whereby low-dose exposures have a beneficial effect and high-dose amounts are either inhibitory to function or toxic.[1] Within the hormetic zone, the biological respo…
Steam Workshop Update: Browsing UI
Find your next favorite mod with Workshop's faster, snappier user interface, and quick view mode
The Boring Internet - Essay by Terry Godier
The internet you grew up on isn't dying. A commercial veneer glued on top of it is. A visual essay about what actually persists.
I Tested the Trump Phone for 96 Hours. Here's What It's Really Like
CNET has the Trump phone, and we put it through its paces over the long weekend to see how it matches up with other foreign-made phones.
Google worker charged with using internal data to make $1.2m on bets
The longtime Google employee was charged in New York for allegedly breaking insider trading laws.
TIL about the Nikon F
The Nikon F camera, introduced in April 1959,[1] was Nikon's first SLR camera. It was one of the most advanced cameras of its day.[2] Although many of the concepts had already been introduced elsewhere, it was revolutio…
Can we have the day off?
So, apparently we are at the cusp of the entire world’s white collar workforce (and, by extension, much of the US workforce) undergoing a revolution in productivity. AI is the technology that is going to revolutionize t…
Musk says US military suicide drones used Starlink in violation of SpaceX rules
Musk says drones used Starlink instead of Starshield, blames military contractor.
Meta is restricting sexual health and queer accounts on Instagram
Instagram accounts linked to reproductive rights, sexual health and LGBTQIA+ groups have been disabled or restricted, organisations affected by the measures say.
YouTube Is Making It Easier to Spot AI-Generated Videos
YouTube is revamping its AI labels on the platform, and introducing a new automated system to identify AI-generated videos.
Nvidia CEO Begs Execs to Stop Telling Workers They're Fired Because of AI
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang accused other executives of wrongly justifying layoffs on AI — and telling them to cut it out.
OpenMLS has undergone a security audit, funded by the Sovereign Tech Agency
OpenMLS, our implementation of the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol, has undergone a security audit. The audit is an important milestone for OpenMLS. In this post, we share the results and take the opportunity to…
More License Plate Reader Mission Creep: School Residency Verification, Background Checks, and Noise Complaints
An EFF analysis of millions of searches of Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) data by police has uncovered a troubling pattern: in the absence of a warrant requirement to search ALPR databases, law enfor…
DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search
Google overhauled Search at I/O 2026, replacing blue links with AI agents. The backlash has been swift. DuckDuckGo app installs spiked 30% as users seek a way out.
Exclusive Interview with Remedy’s New CEO: “Alan Wake and Control Should Have Sold More"
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Telegram is lying to you about privacy
Telegram is known as a privacy-focused secure messaging app because it markets itself that way. However, it is often criticized by security experts, privacy advocates, and people with common sense who can understand why…
Spain blocks Polymarket, Kalshi over gambling licences
Spain's Consumer Rights Ministry temporarily banned so-called prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi for operating in the country without a gambling licence.
Deutsche Welle(DW) to close roughly half of its X accounts by 2026 end due to budget cuts, rising platform costs(verification, analytics, m…
DW will close around half of its accounts on the social media platform X as part of its current budget reductions. The decision is linked to savings requirements and broader adjustments to DW’s digital offerings.
The Definitive Guide to PSP Emulation on any SteamOS device
Steam Deck, Steam Machine, Steam Frame, or even the Legion Go S! Heck, this should work with Bazzite, too!
Gaming Jesus Investigates Chinese Black Market Silicon*
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TIL: About electric scissors
Electric scissors are handheld cutting tools that are powered by electricity. They are designed to make cutting tasks easier and more efficient, especially for people who have difficulty using traditional manual scissor…