The Document Foundation is proud to release LibreOffice 25.8
The best open source office suite continues to evolve, while maintaining its focus on privacy and digital sovereignty Berlin, 20 August 2025 – The Document Foundation announces the release of LibreOffice 25.8. This late…
‘Fly economy for fun’: US founder trolled for frugality post after she's accused of stealing millions
Jessica Mah faces backlash after claiming a frugal lifestyle on LinkedIn, coinciding with allegations of misappropriating investor funds for luxury expenses. 
Harvard dropouts to launch ‘always on’ AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation
After developing a facial-recognition app for Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses and doxing random people, two former Harvard students are now launching a startup that makes smart glasses with an always-on microphone.
Fediverse Party
Let's make social media free, federated and fun! Fediverse.Party is your guide into the world of decentralized, autonomous networks running on free open software on a myriad of servers across the world. No ads and no al…
Labor plans to make it harder to access government information
A new proposal would introduce a fee for Freedom of Information requests and tighten the rules around the release of documents related to government deliberations.
ublock lite is now on IOS, Should people switch to that instead of using Adguard or should they stick with Adguard?
This is a question that for some is easy to answer and for others may not be as
easy to answer. So all input could help other people find and make a more
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Laura Fryer - HR is killing Games
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Saber CEO scorns writer who says she was fired in favor of AI with confusing, combative statement
"Apologies are simply in too short a supply these days to spurn one when it's offered."
Darksiders 4 & the next game in the Kingdom Come franchise are expected to release in FY 2027/28 (April 2027 - March 2028)
Darksiders 4 & the next game in the Kingdom Come franchise are expected to release in FY 2027/28 (April 2027 - March 2028) https://embracer.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Embracer-Group-publishes-Interim-Report-Q1-April…
Two years into the world's most complicated board game, masochist gamers "still don't understand what the camels do"
The ridiculously complex Campaign for North Africa boasts 1,500 hours and recommends you play with 10 people - these gamers aim to finish it with two.
i rewrote and improved a cli git graph viewer (git-rivera)
git-foresta in go, with more colors. Contribute to 0xf0xx0/git-rivera development by creating an account on GitHub.
TIL some reptiles can also generate their own heat
Salvator merianae, a giant tegu lizard endemic to South America, regulates its own body temperature during the mating season without relying on external heat and without shivering. Experiments conducted by researchers a…
How to Become Your Own ISP [Video][22mins]
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LinkedIn CringeBot 3000
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TIL about the myth of Telegonus, a not so known son of Odysseus
In Greek mythology, Telegonus (/təˈlɛɡənəs/; Ancient Greek: Τηλέγονος, "born afar") was the son of Circe and Odysseus[1] and thus, brother to Agrius and Latinus[2] or Nausithous and Nausinous,[3] and Cassiphone.[4] In s…
Inside Swiff: An Interview with NaviVani on Bringing Flash Games Back to Android
From childhood memories to the RG Rotate, the developer behind Swiff explains why the lost games of the early web still matter.
More People Are Pre-ordering The $100 Edition Of GTA 6
In a new interview, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick said that more people are buying the $100 edition of Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA 6)
After 24 years, Return to Castle Wolfenstein is finally distributed uncut in Germany — game was censored due to strict laws regarding Nazi …
Germany's strict laws surrounding depictions of Nazis meant the game had to be altered, giving it an arguably more interesting story as a result.
tech companies doing incident response
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Terraria's biggest mod, Calamity, is shutting down after 10 years over what the makers call a "troubled past" and "irrecoverably tainted re…
"Most of us want to simply move on…"
Dev at id Software says Microsoft 'burned a lot of bridges' in the industry: 'They fundamentally don't understand art, they don't understan…
"The way they align their spreadsheets for their financial reports—is not the way we used to do it."
Cancelled Quake 4 expansion gets surprise GitHub release after former XCOM 2 developer discovers it on an old hard drive: 'This essentially…
Quake 4: Awakening was in development at Ritual Entertainment before being scrapped.
Inkscape developers need help to push version 1.5 across the finish line. If you have C++ experience and hate Adobe, consider getting invol…
If you're C++ developer with graphics or C++ experience and you'd like to make a difference in a great #opensource project, #Inkscape could really use your help in pushing the work forward for 1.5. We've got some amazin…
Why AI Video Will Never Replace Real Cinema | Steve Shives
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Send files directly between devices over the internet
Send files directly between devices over the internet - no cloud storage, no size limits. - denislupookov/altersend
Netflix closes Oxenfree developer Night School, just a month after praising its new game as one of the company's 'most successful cloud gam…
Moonloot, a studio Netflix founded in 2022, is also being closed.
Rideshare Stimulator finally gets its genAI disclosure after much Saber-rattling, and it turns out the game also uses the tech for in-game …
Rideshare Stimulator has finally gotten a genAI disclosure on Steam after a furore, with Saber's CEO insisting that it's "swim or die" with genAI at large.
Mafia: The Old Country - Man of Honor Launch Trailer
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STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Official Update 2.0: Back to the Zone Overview Trailer
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TIL the priest related to the botched Ecce Homo was arrested for sexual assault
70-year-old one of six arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and fraud
Epic Games Store will get a Linux version sometime "soon"
Epic Games recently did an AMA (Ask me anything) in the community Discord server, confirming that a Linux / SteamOS version of the Epic Games Store is coming.
A Love letter to Palworld
A design love letter to Pokémon Legends Arceus and a wish list for the future of Palworld.
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US government extensively spied on anti-ICE protesters and leftwing groups, records reveal
DHS sent undercover agents to meetings and infiltrated chats of groups opposing Trumpâs immigration crackdown
Netflix to shut down two game studios: Night School and Moonloot
Oxenfree Night School and Moonloot closing, as streaming giant continues to shrink internal game studio operation
Akira Kurosawa and the Myth of Going Out on Top
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A Spectre Is Haunting Unicode
In 1978 Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry established the encoding that would later be known as JIS X 0208, which still serves as an important reference for all Japanese encodings. However, after the JIS s…
HDMod - A Spelunky Remake
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TIL that 4 out of 5 toddler foods are ultraprocessed. Nearly half fail to meet nutrition standards
Over 80% of foods marketed to toddlers in the United States are ultraprocessed, while nearly half also fail to meet global nutritional guidelines, a new study found.
Flock says its new tool will help identify police abuse, but hasn’t explained how it works
The surveillance company announced it's making a tool called "Audit Assistance" mandatory for all customers, claiming it's already helped catch abuse. But the company has yet to explain how the tool works in detail, rai…
RustDesk now supports unattended remote access on Wayland, including the login screen and multi-monitor setups
RustDesk brings true unattended remote access to Wayland, with multi-monitor support. A preview build for x86_64 Debian/Ubuntu-based systems is available now.
Putting a Bunny.net CDN in Front of The Static Blog
A CDN for a blog with three visitors a day is objectively overkill. I did it anyway, apex domain and all, moving my whole DNS zone over to Bunny in the process.
Amazon's New AI Data Center Is So Enormous That It Appears It Will Become the Largest Single Source of Pollution in the United States
Amazon's planned data center for Pecos County, Texas would come with a gas plant capable of emitting 33 million tons of CO2 every year.
The AYN Thor Lite Has Become Something Much Bigger Than AYN Built
From Cocoon and iiSU to custom buttons, skins and emulation, the community is giving AYN's cheapest Thor a life of its own
Research: The whole Reddit has become more negative over time. Also, the longer the community exists, the more negative it get — and the lo…
Beyond the algorithm, online negativity takes on a life of its own. Here’s why.
The best Spotify alternatives to ease your conscience
There are loads of options for getting new music into your ears if you're fed up with Spotify.
Flock Safety privacy changes: retention cut to seven days
Flock Safety privacy changes cut data retention from 30 days to seven and make search audits compulsory, after dozens of police abuse cases.
Twitch finally lets you opt out of AI training, years after it started
Twitch announced on its official X channel that it has added a setting that allows users to opt out of having their channel content used to train...
PayPal Honey Under Fire: Affiliate Tracking Lawsuit Moves Forward
PayPal Honey faces a federal lawsuit over alleged affiliate tracking and commission diversion. Here's what the court ruled and what happens next