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.
Utah Judge Kills GOP Power Grab Plot
The stateâs Republican party was attempting to create an all-red congressional map by splitting the Salt Lake City area.
This BBC row is part of a concerted right-wing attack on our precious civil Society
From Winston Churchill to Margaret Thatcher, the BBCâs entire history has been a story of one crisis after another. But after this weekâs double resignation, itâs hard to avoid the conclusion that âgood faithâ argumentsâŚ
Termix 1.8.0 has been released.
Termix is a web-based server management platform with SSH terminal, tunneling, and file editing capabilities. - Termix
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 moâŚ
China's banned memory-maker CXMT unveils surprising new chipmaking capabilities despite crushing US export restrictions â DDR5-8000 and LPDâŚ
But can it make them in decent volumes?
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.
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 âŚ
Local partners display RAM and SSD inventories as the consumer brand enters its final year.
What is a Passkey? - Computerphile
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Servo: A new, independent Web Browser Engine (the core of a web browser) written in Rust.
Detailed description slide by slide of my Servo talk at GOSIM Hangzhou 2025.
[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.
Google won't rest until Gemini is everywhere in your home
The company is making it easier for manufacturers to make more Gemini-powered smart devices.
Steam removes horror game after malware steals player data
A free horror game on Steam turned into a real-world cybersecurity threat after a gamer discovered malware hidden within it.
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' equationâAâŚ
GitHub Actions is the weakest link
Anne Robinson would like a word with .github/workflows
Self-Host Weekly (29 May 2026)
We've officially reached the papal stage of the AI debate
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes on launchpad at Cape Canaveralâ Homes shook in nearby Florida cities Cape Canaveral and Cocoa BeachâŚ
The Associated Press | Posted: May 29, 2026 9:52 AM | Last Updated: 5 hours ago
PSA: netbird Android client defaults to force relay connection
This seems like a bad default. The point of a p2p overlay network like this is to optimize the connection speed/latency/path while still offering security. Forcing relay use by default defeats half...
Online child safety campaigners call for US inquiry into Roblox
Groups claim games platformâs design and business model conflict with childrenâs developmental needs
Mercedes-Benz may be shut out of U.S. market under bill aimed at Chinese automaker ownership
Mercedes-Benz's largest individual shareholder is BAIC, a Chinese state-owned automaker. Sources told CNBC that exemptions in the legislation would not apply.
The Netherlands just blocked a US company from buying the app Dutch citizens use for everything
Dat is volgens Aerdts (Economische Zaken) "ter bescherming van het publieke belang".
Anthropic reaches valuation of $965bn, beating OpenAI to become worldâs most valuable AI firm
ClaudeâÂÂs parent companyâÂÂs $65bn in latest funding round underscores vast sums of money still flowing into industry
A SF startup is secretly testing robots in Airbnbs, and trashing them, lawsuit claims
The guests behind the bookings have received negative reviews from a number of Bay Area hosts, alleging they damaged the property and personal belongings.
TIL: After 1989 one of the first acts of the still existing GDR Volkskammer was to issue an apology to Israel and Jewish people for holocauâŚ
Expressing "sorrow and shame" Thursday, East Germany for the first time shared blame for the Holocaust and begged forgiveness from Israel and "all the Jews of the world." The historic apology...
TIL: gendered button/zipper placement on clothes (and a guess at why)
Centuries-old habits shaped todayâs fashion standards.
The Top 10 Biggest Conspiracies in Open Source
Iâm not connecting these dots. Iâm just pointing out that the dots are there.
Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled
The botnet was reportedly tied to a Russia-based residential proxy network.
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are both walking back their AI jobs apocalypse prophecies as they eye blockbuster IPOs
Some leaders like Goldman Sachsâs David Solomon and Boxâs Aaron Levie have been saying all along that there wonât be a white-collar wipeout.
Daring Fireball: What Is a Dickover?
dickover â 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 accâŚ
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 âŚ
Not a Security Issue (How to avoid bad AI bug reports)
How curlâs disclosure policy filtered an AI scannerâs findings at source
Wie SSD-Zugriffszeiten zum digitalen Fingerabdruck werden
IT-Forscher haben mit âFROSTâ einen Seitenkanalangriff demonstriert, bei dem Browser Ăźber SSD-Zugriffszeiten Informationen Ăźber das Nutzerverhalten ausspähen.
'Autopsy Of A Failed Vintage Carbon Resistor' - Hackaday
Although resistors are hardly among the most exciting components, they are arguably one of the most important ones, as anyone who has done any amount of circuit design and debugging can attest to. âŚ
The largest study of AI use by undergrads is in, revealing disparities in access â and in cheating
Researchers found that how student use, and misuse, AI varies by subject and by socioeconomics.
Life Is Strange (Original Game)
Play as both Max and Chloe as an all-new story builds towards an epic finale! In three days, a deadly inferno will destroy Caledon University.
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!
Fallout lead Tim Cain argues games industry crisis hasn't reached the level of the 1983 crash: 'I don't think there's ever been a worse timâŚ
He doesn't want to diminish the current crisis, though.
Why do AI models use so many em-dashes?
If you asked most people to name a defining feature of AI-generated writing, theyâd probably say the em-dash â like this. Language models use em-dashes so much that real humans who like em-dashes have stopped using themâŚ
The form asked my permission to share my health data. Then it wouldnât let me say no.
Dark patterns force patients to share their data with big healthcare networks, even when the privacy form theyâre signing explicitly says they can opt-out.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds âPuyo Puyo Content Dropâ update launches May 27
The âPuyo Puyo Content Dropâ update for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds will launch on May 27 at 5:00 p.m. PT / 8:00 p.m. ET, SEGA announced.
Should LLMs just treat text content as an image?
Several days ago, DeepSeek released a new OCR paper. OCR, or âoptical character recognitionâ, is the process of converting an image of text - say, a scanned page of a book - into actual text content. Better OCR is obvioâŚ
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 âŚ
Ronny Chieng's 'Fuck AI' Speech Met With Cheers From Harvard Graduates
"Daily Show" star and Class Day headliner is fine writing his own emails.
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.
Canada vows to amend Bill C-22's encryption and metadata rules amid massive tech backlash
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says the government will clarify how the lawful access bill impacts encryption, but insists the legislation "needs to happen"
A Danish pension fund has blacklisted SpaceX, calling it grossly overvalued with catastrophic governance
AkademikerPension calls SpaceX "grossly overvalued" at $1.8T and cites "catastrophic governance." Fund joins US pension giants in flagging Musk's 85% voting control.
Microsoft Threatens Researcher Over Bug Reports, Triggers Cybersecurity Uproar
Microsoft says it will coordinate 'as needed with law enforcement' after a disgruntled researcher exposed Windows bugs without proper coordination.
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.
Dont be unlucky and have anything happen to your Steam Controller
@Steam This is how a customer of 18 years gets treated...my controller fell out of the box the second I opened it landed on the ground and got busted up...and I have ZERO options cant even get it fixed. Never even got tâŚ
YouTube Announces Plans to Crack Down on AI Slop
YouTube said it will start automatically detecting "photorealistic" AI videos and slapping them with a more noticeable label.