Native Apps Should Be Avoided Whenever Possible — No One's Happy
Why native apps have become privacy liabilities, and why the browser is almost always the better choice.
Samsung avoids strike as workers approve massive bonus deal
Amid booming demand for AI chips, the government-backed deal will make more than 60% of the South Korean tech giant's workforce eligible for bonuses of about $370,000 this year.
1-Click GitHub Token Stealing via a VSCode Bug
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Nvidia launches ‘superchip’ putting AI power into laptops and PCs
Firm says its RTX Spark PC chip for Microsoft Windows will let AI agents replace the mouse and keyboard
New Article - Whole Home Audio with SnapCast
A way to stream audio around your entire house using inexpensive RaspberryPi computers and SnapCast
YouTube hikes Premium subscription cost again while adding advanced video features
YouTube is raising the price of its Premium subscriptions by as much as $4, but the Google-owned platform is compensating with new video features.
TIL: A study found that all major AI models, deployed in a hypothetical corporate environment, tend to blackmail employees or act against c…
New research on simulated blackmail, industrial espionage, and other misaligned behaviors in LLMs
Total War: Warhammer 40k
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TIL: Marine snow
In the deep ocean, marine snow is a continuous shower of mostly organic detritus falling from the upper layers of the water column. It is a significant means of exporting energy from the light-rich photic zone to the ap…
A high-profile Chinese activist in the UK, who was inundated with deepfake posts on X portraying her as a sexually promiscuous drug addict,…
Apple Peiqing Ni targeted by account portraying her as promiscuous drug addict after posting about Tiananmen Square
Rhythm Heaven Groove – Overview Trailer
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Bluesky Is Bringing Reddit-Style Communities Later This Year
Bluesky will get Reddit-like communities this year as dedicated spaces where users can hang out with people who share their interests.
Vivarium - Official Announce Trailer
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Little Rock residents protest private Google data center meeting at First Methodist Church
Residents gathered outside First United Methodist Church in downtown Little Rock Wednesday to protest a private meeting centered on Google’s proposed data cente
Splatoon Raiders – Nintendo Direct 6.9.2026
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Spyro™: A Realm Beyond | Cinematic Announce Trailer
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TIL A 2018 study of 2,304 women, reported that once genital stimulation began, women reached orgasm in an average of 14 minutes during Part…
All women are different, so the answer to this question varies. One woman may reach orgasm quickly. Another may need more time. And some women don’t...
Thief: The Dark Project Remastered - Reveal Trailer
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Blasphemous 2: The Third Sin - Free update
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Diabetes org apologizes for ejecting scientists over criticism of POTUS
For days after the stunning incident, the ADA had doubled-down on the choice.
greenery-beacon: Small and standalone mDNS responder powered by the Traefik API.
Small and standalone mDNS responder powered by the Traefik API.
Microsoft restricts Claude Fable for employees over data retention concerns. Microsoft’s legal teams are evaluating Anthropic’s new data re…
Microsoft’s legal teams are evaluating Anthropic’s new data retention changes.
How will AI sycophancy change us? Early signs are not encouraging
Constant validation and flattery from AI chatbots poses a serious risk to society and our shared grasp of reality, writes Arwa Mahdawi
Seattle enacts year-long ban on new AI datacenters
Home city of Amazon and Microsoft passes moratorium as backlash against energy-guzzling AI infrastructure grows
In 2024, a tiny, spherical rover called SORA-Q arrived on the Moon. It could fit into your palms, rolled around the surface for nearly two …
SORA-Q showed that tiny robots could do big things on the Moon.
Why do these Castro gay bars have TSA-style face scanners?
A handful of neighborhood bars have installed facial recognition devices that collect and share customers’ names, addresses, genders, and indiscretions with each other
TIL “The Front Fell Off” is from Australian comedy news duo Clarke and Dawe
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Brit workers waste nearly six hours a week 'botsitting'
Productivity gains lost as staff spoon-feed AI and correct its cock-ups
URGENT: We’re one bad D.C. deal away from the era of online government censorship.
Congress and the White House are negotiating your online speech rights away. Tell lawmakers: reject KOSA, NO FAKES, and age-verification mandates.
Local Brand Realizes Customers Hate Its AI Ads, Switches to Charming Homemade Ones Instead
"We thought building a cardboard airline in a treehouse sounded more honest."
One day after discovery, Meta pulls facial recognition code from its smart glasses
Meta won't say why or whether it's coming back.
Google just fired a warning shot in the AI subscription price wars
Google just made it significantly cheaper to enjoy its budget AI subscription tier.
Summer Game Fest 2026 — Every Major Reveal, Trailer, Announcement and Update
Every game, reveal, and surprise from today's Summer Game Fest showcase.
Cheap Iranian drone downed $25 million US Army helicopter—maybe by chance
The US military struck Iran again after an Iranian drone’s lucky midair strike.
Gaming PC deflects bullet shot through wall by neighbour, saving owner's life — criminal negligence charges for culprit who claims 'firearm…
"The police said that the PC changed the trajectory of the bullet, and it would have hit me while I was sleeping if the PC hadn’t been there"
Man sues Florida cops over arrest spurred by "93% match" in facial recognition
Lawsuit: "Police let an error-prone AI system stand in for an investigation."
'Fairly Lazy Explanation’: Rivian's CEO Doesn’t Think Americans Are Anti-EV
Just two models make up around 50% of EV sales in the U.S. To RJ Scaringe, that's 'not a reflection of a healthy or well-served market.'
A dumb platform fighter I made (with multiplayer)
A gloriously cheap Smash-style brawler. Play solo vs CPUs, split-keyboard local 2P, or host an online room and scrap with friends. No download.
EU investigates Google over AI-generated summaries in search results
It is examining whether the tech giant did not offer "appropriate compensation" to web publishers.
Hunting For North Korean Fiber Optic Cables
Before we go any further, one thing that I want to make clear is that the word assume is going to be doing some heavy lifting throughout this post. This was a rabbit hole that I recently went down …
Nintendo Direct announced for tomorrow
The Summer showcases haven't ended, with Nintendo hosting its own Direct tomorrow.
TIL out of all gemstones, diamonds are the most common
Diamonds are popular gemstones surrounded by popular misconceptions. We'll tell you how they became so prized and debunk some of those diamond myths, too.
Persona 6 Has Finally Been Revealed, More Than 9 Years After Persona 5 Launched
Sam Woods is TheGamer’s Senior Reporter. He’s been in games journalism since 2020 and has undertaken a variety of roles in that time. These have included roles such as SEO Editor, Managing Editor at DualShockers, and Gl…
'We Are Well Above Our Forecasts' — 007 First Light Sales Are Now at 3 Million, IO Interactive 'Very Confident' It Will Be Profitable
Developer IO Interactive is celebrating after 007 First Light sold 3 million copies in less than two weeks.
Microsoft doesn't know what to do about the memory pricing crisis Microsoft is causing
It's astonishing how much expectations are being lowered for the next Xbox.
Making a better Social Media
Introduction What is a ‘better’ social media? My last post on recreating old Facebook surprisingly made it to the front page of Hacker News, so it’s safe to assume there’s some interest, or nostalgia, for something in t…
Visa plugs its payment network into ChatGPT, letting AI agents shop and pay for users
Visa is embedding its payment network into ChatGPT, allowing the chatbot to shop and complete transactions for users.
Canada announces bill banning social media for anyone under 16
The regulation also imposes new safety expectations on 'AI chatbot services.'
Teardown Confirms the Trump Phone Is a Gold-Painted HTC U24 Pro
Is the Trump phone actually made in America? Our deep-dive teardown reveals the Trump Mobile T1 is basically a gold-painted, rebranded HTC U24 Pro.
Musk’s xAI fired engineer for raising concerns about Grok chatbot, lawsuit claims
Former xAI engineer Devin Kim claims he was illegally fired for trying to implement safety mechanisms for the chatbot