AI bots may lead to the end of the internet as we know it
In recent weeks, openDemocracy’s website has been repeatedly brought down by an army of bots. We’re not the only ones
Is browser preference a personality flaw? AI job interview evaluation raises questions— AI said applicant's 'habitual' Chrome use could ind…
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Memory Price Surge Squeezes Game Console Margins; 2026 Shipment Forecast Revised Downward
TrendForce’s latest report states that rising memory prices have significantly increased BOM costs in consumer electronics, leading brands to hike retail prices and dampening market demand. After reducing its 2026 shipm…
Is the AI hype still on or have the models plateaued?
The AI hype is based on the assumption that the frontier AI labs are producing better and better foundational models at an accelerating pace. Is that really true, or are people just in sort of a mass psychosis because A…
US tech industry cut 123,653 jobs since January 2026, up 66% from last year during the same period — AI now the most cited reason for cuts …
AI overtook market and economic conditions as the leading reason companies cited for cutting jobs in May, according to the most recent report from Challenger, Gray and Christmas.
Xbox’s leadership shift proves it: the gamer era is over, AI runs the show now
As the former lead of CoreAI at Microsoft steps in to replace Spencer, the question remains. What does the future of Xbox with AI look like?
AI kids' toys give explicit and dangerous responses in tests
New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.
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‘Manfluencers’ are filming themselves trying to pick up women using smart glasses
By Sophie Tanno, Ivana Scatola, CNN
Return to the year 2000 with classic multiplayer DOS games in your browser
There are fan-made browser versions of Red Alert, Unreal Tournament, and more.
TIL there are fart measuring underwear.
An intrepid team of scientists has created “Smart Underwear” to measure human flatulence in a bid to better understand our farts
Verizon refused to unlock man’s iPhone, so he sued the carrier and won
Verizon changed policy after he bought the phone, wouldn’t unlock it despite FCC rule.
Colorado proposing Bill to move age verification to Operating System rather than web site
As Colorado lawmakers once again revisit online age verification, the debate is no longer about whether to protect children online.
2002: Last.fm and Audioscrobbler Herald the Social Web
Following in Amazon's footsteps, two student projects independently use 'collaborative filtering' to bring recommendations and social networking to online music; soon they will join forces.
TikTok allegedly monitoring users’ Grindr activity, digital rights group claims
TikTok has been accused of monitoring its user's Grindr activity by an Austrian internet privacy rights group.
MY WINTER CAR - Cinematic Trailer
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Lawyers set to argue that Instagram and YouTube intentionally addicted and harmed teen in landmark social media trial
By Clare Duffy, Samantha Delouya, CNN
Stardew Valley Creator Says 1.7 Update Will Contain 'More Character/Social Stuff' and a New Farm Type
As Stardew Valley fans continue to wait patiently for the previously announced 1.7 update, creator Eric Barone (ConcernedApe) has dropped a couple small, vague, yet exciting hints about what said mysterious update might…
Did Claude Increase Bugs in rsync?
A simple distributional analysis of every rsync release with bug data. Nothing complicated, answers only one question: are the Claude-assisted releases unusually buggy?
The AI Backlash Is Here: Why Backlash Against Gemini, Sora, ChatGPT Is Spreading in 2025 - Newsweek
Welcome to the slop era.
Replication of Quantum Factorisation Records with an 8-bit Home Computer, an Abacus, and a Dog
If suitably powerful quantum computers can one day be built, many cryptosystems in common use today could be vulnerable due to something called quantum factorisation. Dr Stephan Neuhaus, senior lecturer at InIT, and Dr …
Super Bowl Ad for Ring Cameras Touted AI Surveillance Network
Ring’s AI-powered network is likely to be used in its partnerships with law enforcement and agencies like ICE.
Alphabet selling very rare 100-year bonds to help fund AI investment
Alphabet becomes first tech company to issue 100-year bonds in nearly three decades.
It Only Takes A Handful Of Samples To Poison Any Size LLM, Anthropic Finds
It stands to reason that if you have access to an LLM’s training data, you can influence what’s coming out the other end of the inscrutable AI’s network. The obvious guess is that…
Roomba maker iRobot swept into bankruptcy
Shenzhen-based Picea Robotics, its lender and primary supplier, will acquire all of iRobot’s shares.
Tencent ‘Horizon clone’ pulled from stores as Sony settles lawsuit
Sony and Tencent have settled their dispute over upcoming Tencent game Light of Motiram…
Black Myth: Zhong Kui ‘Chinese New Year 2026’ trailer
Game Science has released a six-minute in-engine trailer for Black Myth: Wukong successor Black Myth: Zhong Kui in celebration of the Chinese New Year on February 17.
Self-Host Weekly #149: A Few of My Favorite Things
Bidding wars, mobile bookmarks, and my favorite new self-hosted apps from 2025
Typeframe
A collection of open-source hardware and software for building writerdecks/cyberdecks.
AI is not an assistant – it's your new boss
As managers continue to outsource data-gathering and decision-making to LLMs, the person above you on the org chart is transforming into a chatbot's clerk – and leaving product teams with the consequences.
915 MHz Forecast: Rolling Your Own Offline Weather Station
There are a lot of options for local weather stations; most of them, however, are sensors tied to a base station, often requiring an internet connection to access all features. [Vinnie] over at vin…
Left 4 Dead co-creator is directing a mysterious co-op shooter for JJ Abrams' production company, and Sony's going to publish it: "We hope …
More details on the unnamed game will be revealed another time
US demands access to tourists' social media histories
The Trump administration wants to force foreign visitors to give border agents access to their social media accounts before they are allowed into the country. The proposal applies to all visa-free travelers.
Social Insecurity: Billions of Social Security Number and Passwords
UpGuard research found a trove of sensitive information in an exposed Elastic database. Getting to the bottom of what it meant led us down an interesting path.
Exclusive: Microsoft’s 2027 Xbox could be a huge shift for the platform
AMD CEO Lisa Su commented on Xbox's next-gen yesterday, and the news took Xbox staffers by surprise. Is 2027 a lock? Here's what we know.
QuitGPT goes viral as users cancel ChatGPT in political protest
Users are walking away from ChatGPT and calling it a political statement
NHS manager who groomed young girls on Snapchat jailed for 28 years for rape and abuse
Paul Lipscombe used fake names and lied about his age to win over his victims.
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Donald Trump really, really doesn’t like the NFL’s new kickoff format | CNN
President Donald Trump called into Pat McAfeeâs show on ESPN on Tuesday, discussing his admirations for the nationâs veterans on Veterans Day, the impending end of the government shutdown, the role of sports in his …
Video Game Physical Software and Hardware Sales Just Had the Worst November in the U.S. Since 1995 - IGN
Last month, November, was a shockingly terrible month for video game sales in the U.S. While we traditionally think of November as a huge sales month what with Black Friday and all, November 2025 was the worst November …
Bitwarden CLI distributed through NPM has been compromised. Bitwarden Statement on Checkmarx Supply Chain Incident.
The Bitwarden security team identified and contained a malicious package that was briefly distributed through the npm delivery path for @bitwarden/cli@2026.4.0 between 5:57 PM and 7:30 PM (ET) on April 22, 2026, in conn…
TIL adults who frequently post on social media are at more risk of developing mental health problems than those who passively view social m…
Adults who frequently post on social media are at more risk of developing mental health problems than those who passively view social media content, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
TIL About What Three-Cueing Is
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't know there's anything …
This long-term data storage will last 14 billion years
: SPhotoix moves its 5D Memory Crystal cold storage tech closer to deployment in data centers
Sun unleashes strongest solar flare of 2025, sparking radio blackouts across Africa and Europe
The X5.1-class eruption from sunspot AR4274 is this year's most powerful solar flare and Earth is in the firing line.
Your Company Biggest AI Risk Is the AI Nobody Approved
The Numbers Are Worse Than You Think
Researchers Embrace Complexity in Social Media and Teen Mental Health
A new study finds longer daily use of social media use was associated with negative outcomes for adolescents, but not all platforms are the same.
TIL steak Canadian was not invented in Canada and almost no one in Canada knows what it is.
Despite its name, the sandwich, which recently went viral on YouTube, is a purely British phenomenon.
US tech firm Palantir extends deal with French intelligence agency
Palantir will continue to provide France's domestic intelligence agency with its 'proprietary software platform, as well as the integration, support and assistance services that are necessary for... deployment and opera…
Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links
If DDoSing a blog wasn't bad enough, archive site also tampered with web snapshots.