How AI broke the smart home in 2025
Why AI hasnât made the smart home smarter
Big Tech Ramps Up Propaganda Blitz As AI Data Centers Become Toxic With Voters
As backlash against energy-sucking AI data centers grows, Big Tech is spending millions on propaganda and lobbying to push a "positive pro-data center campaign message" onto legislators and voters ahead of the midterms.
TIL that William James Sidis, a child prodigy, was a socialist. I see an analogy to Einstein.
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Weâre All So Fâd | NVIDIA x Palantir, Global Surveillance, "Pre-Crime" Arrests, & AI [GNCA - GamersNexus Consumer]
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When the AI bubble bursts, humans will finally have their chance to take back control | Rafael Behr
The US economy is pumped up on tech-bro vanity. The inevitable correction should prompt a global conversation, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
US shutters phisherfolkâs $14.6M password-hoarding platform
: Crooks used platform to scoop up and store banking credentials for big-money thefts
Waymo halts service during S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams
Numerous autonomous vehicles caused traffic jams across San Francisco after a PG&E outage hit 1/3 of the city.
AI boom has caused same CO2 emissions in 2025 as New York City, report claims
Study author says tech companies are reaping benefits of artificial intelligence age but society is left to pay cost
Baldur's Gate 3 director agrees with No Rest for the Wicked lead that Early Access is "a positive thing" for games like their two RPGs â whâŠ
"When players and devs unite⊠beautiful things happen"
The Going Dark initiative or ProtectEU is a Chat Control 3.0 attempt
The European Commission lost the Chat Control 2.0 battle over access to end-to-end encrypted data. By the summer 2026, they will be back with their next attempt: Going Dark. This time some EU member states want to incluâŠ
Fediverse is getting E2EE
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TP-Link Tapo C200: Hardcoded Keys, Buffer Overflows and Privacy in the Era of AI Assisted Reverse Engineering
Hi friends and welcome to the last post for this year! Whenever someone asks me how to get started with reverse engineering, I always give the same advice: buy the cheapest IP camera you can find. These devices are selfâŠ
I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone
Microsoft has deprecated windows 10, yet million of users still use it. They say the hardware is not supported, yet they keep pestering us with endless pings.
Inequality alone doesnât cause civil unrest â but internet access adds the crucial spark
Some regimes may be tempted to shut down the internet to maintain stability. But new research shows why reducing the wealth gap has become crucial for maintaining security.
Half-Life 3 Reportedly Delayed Due to Steam Machine Price, Leak Claims
Valve's uncertainty over the Steam Machine price might have delayed the announcement of Half-Life 3, according to a new leak.
Days after killing the brand, Crucial shows up at Delhi Comic-Con â As Micron pivots to AI, Crucial's presence likely booked out months in âŠ
Local partners display RAM and SSD inventories as the consumer brand enters its final year.
TIL that Broccoli can significantly lower cancer risks
If you knew there was a simple approach to reduce your cancer risk, would you take it? Well, one of the simplest strategies linked to cancer prevention is to increase your broccoli intake.
What is a Passkey? - Computerphile
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[Self-promotion] My partner just released a (free) game about a monster in a winter forest
A short horror game set in a spooky winter forest.
Bell Labs 'Unix' Tape from 1974 Successfully Dumped to a Tarball
Archive.org now has a page with "the raw analog waveform and the reconstructed digital tape image (analog.tap), read at the Computer History Museum's Shustek Research Archives on 19 December 2025 by Al Kossow using a moâŠ
China's banned memory-maker CXMT unveils surprising new chipmaking capabilities despite crushing US export restrictions â DDR5-8000 and LPDâŠ
But can it make them in decent volumes?
DRAM pricing is killing the hobbyist SBC market - Jeff Geerling
Today Raspberry Pi announced more price increases for all Pis with LPDDR4 RAM, alongside a 'right-sized' 3GB RAM Pi 4 for $83.75. The price increases bring the 16GB Pi 5 up to $299.99. Despite today's date, this is not âŠ
Ubuntu Linux raises minimum system memory requirements by 50% â requirements bumped to 6GB of RAM, previously raised from 1GB to 4GB in 2018
Not the best timing due to the RAMpocalypse, but there are leaner distros like Lubuntu available if you need them.
Copyright Industry Continues Its Efforts To Ban VPNs
Last month Walled Culture wrote about an important case at the Court of Justice of the European Union, (CJEU), the EUâs top court, that could determine how VPNs can be used in that regionâŠ
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.
Running Tesla Model 3's Computer on My Desk Using Parts From Crashed Cars
David SchĂŒtz's bug bounty writeups
F-35 source code leaked
âŒïžđșđž Lockheed Martin has allegedly been breached and 375TB of data is being offered for sale on what appears to be a Russian 'Threat Market'. They've priced the highly confidential data at $598 million...
Kagi brings its 'small web' of a human-only internet to mobile devices | TechCrunch
Kagi's "Small Web" offers a handpicked collection of more than 30,000 non-commercial, human-authored websites, including personal blogs, webcomics, and independent videos.
Cash App launches 'pay later' feature for P2P transfers
Block says that the new feature has strong built-in protections to keep users from so-called debt spirals.
Pupils in England are losing their thinking skills because of AIâ Two-thirds of secondary school teachers report a decline in core abilitieâŠ
In the latest survey of National Education Union members, conducted ahead of Annual Conference in Brighton, 9,408 teacher members in English state schools gave us their views on the current uses of AI within education ââŠ
Even Artemis II Astronauts Have Microsoft Outlook Problems
The mission commanderâs email inbox failed during the journey to the moon. Have they tried turning the computer off and back on again?
Artemis II crew is just like us, needs help with Microsoft Outlook issues
And no, Commander Reid Wiseman didn't ask Copilot for assistance.
Whatâs the Most Overlooked Data Leak in LLM Workflows?
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Elon Musk's SpaceX set to go public in $1 trillion share listing
The companyâs public stock debut is set to be one of the most valuable in history, and could make Musk the world's first trillionaire.
Retro The Weather Channel May Be the Best Thing to Watch on Not-TV
One theme of DTF St. Louis, definitely not its main one, is that with smartphones, there is no real need for a weatherman anymore. By this point itâs a pretty old joke (that isnât even really a joke), but in the whodunnâŠ
The Webs Digital Locks have Never had a Stronger Opponent
We are in a renaissance era of reverse engineering. Defenders are going to be on the back foot until we figure out some way to cope with LLM's.
Report: EU Commission wants to involve US more closely in tech regulation
A committee is to improve dialogue between the EU and the USA on tech regulation. Differences of opinion are to be discussed there in the future.
Playnite-HydraTorrent
HydraTorrent is a library plugin for Playnite that integrates torrent download management directly into your game library. It works with qBittorrent to provide a seamless download experience with q...
Microsoft wants Edge to automatically open by default every time you turn on your Windows 11 PC
A new update now in testing sets Edge to automatically appear at startup, and you are forced to opt-out if you don't want it.
Half of planned US data center builds have been delayed or canceled, growth limited by shortages of power infrastructure and parts from ChiâŠ
U.S. still depends on China, despite years of onshoring efforts.
Americaâs Largest Public Hospital System Says AI Could Replace Radiologists
NYC hospital chief proposes AI-only cancer screening to cut costs, but radiologists warn of patient safety risks as regulatory battles loom.
Borderlands 4's New $30 Expansion Pack Isn't Winning Over Fans
Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned includes a new playable character and region to explore, but is that enough to bring back lapsed players?
Former Nippon Ichi Software president says the âsalaryman-ificationâ of Japanâs game industry is why there are fewer âindividual creatorsâ âŠ
Former Nippon Ichi Software President Sohei Niikawa talks shares his opinions on the current state of Japan's game industry.
Claude Code source leak reveals how much info Anthropic can hoover up about you and your system
: If you loved the data retention of Microsoft Recall, you'll be thrilled with Claude Code
Iran Strikes Leave Amazon Availability Zones "Hard Down" in Bahrain and Dubai
Amazon tells its employees to deprioritize these regions as the Iran war deals meaningful damage to its infrastructure in the Gulf.
Artemis II astronaut finds two Outlook instances running on computers, calls on Houston to fix Microsoft anomaly â puzzled caller describesâŠ
Meanwhile, we are happy to learn that the toilet urine extractor fan has been fixed.
Artemis II Astronauts Have âTwo Microsoft Outlooksâ and Neither Work
In space, no one can hear you scream at Microsoftâs legacy software.
PS6 and Xbox Project Helix "will start at a 50% higher price" than PS5 and Xbox Series X, predict analysts following Sony price hike â and âŠ
The PS5 Pro is about to cost $900, after all
Adobe Data Breach 2026: Mr. Raccoon Leaks 13M Support Tickets | The CyberSec Guru
Report on the alleged Adobe data breach. Threat actor Mr. Raccoon claims 13M support tickets, 15k employee records and HackerOne data leaked via BPO.
Turkey announces ID verification for social media within 3 months
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