Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100
The Pebble Index 01 isn’t quite a smart ring, but it can do some smart things.
Developer of New Postal Game Shuts Down Studio After Game Was Announced, Then Canceled Over Gen AI Allegations - IGN
The studio behind the Postal franchise just announced that it will be publishing a brand new Postal game, to be developed by Goonswarm Games. Unfortunately, it even more recently announced it would be cancelling said ga…
Anyone tried Syncthing Tray on Android?
Syncthing Tray provides a tray icon and further platform integration for Syncthing. It focuses on GNU/Linux and Windows. If you don't know Syncthing yet, it makes most sense to checkout the website of Syncthing itself f…
Announcing ARC-AGI-3 - A benchmark that tests if AI can explore, learn, and adapt in unfamiliar situations. Humans score 100%. Frontier AI …
ARC-AGI-3 is the first fully-interactive benchmark in the ARC-AGI series, featuring hundreds of handcrafted games with thousands of levels.
Jensen Huang: Nvidia “100% in Israel” despite war
Huang says workforce fears have intensified as war spreads, but insists Nvidia will continue to build its presence in Israel.
BlueLeaks 2.0(91.53 GB): Millions of Submissions and Tips About Alleged Crimes and Terrorist Acts Leaked by a Hacktivist Group(INTERNET YIF…
BlueLeaks 2.0 contains millions of submissions and tips about alleged crimes and terrorist acts made over several decades. The data comes from the apps and infrastructure of P3 (a subsidiary of Naviga…
'From Expeditioners to Knights!' — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Developer Receives French Cultural Honor - IGN
The development team behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 have been given the status of Knight under the French Order of Arts and Letters, in recognition of their significant contribution to the country's art and culture.
ICE seeks industry input on ad tech location data for investigative use— RFI signals growing interest in ad tech platforms that collect dev…
(ICE) is surveying the commercial advertising technology market for tools capable of supplying location data and large scale analytics.
Warhammer Blood Bowl announced for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, and PC
Publisher Nacon and developer Cyanide Studio have announced Warhammer Blood Bowl, a new game based on the latest official rules of the tabletop game. It will launch digitally for PlayStation 5, Xbo…
Epstein Files: X Users Are Asking Grok to 'Unblur' Photos of Children
Bellingcat reviewed dozens of requests for Grok to generate the faces of children and women that had been redacted from the latest documents.
Discord will restrict your account next month unless you scan ID or face
Discord is making a huge change that will enact age restrictions for all accounts until users verify their age with ID or face scans.
Sony AI patent will see PlayStation games play themselves when players are stuck
AI-Generated Ghost Player assistance would help out players who can’t progress in a game…
Veronica Explains why she doesn't stream (from Netflix etc) #algorithmic_helplessness_sucks
I'm one of those hipsters who doesn't use streaming services. I did, a while ago, but I quit using them because the experience is kind of awful, and I'm happier now for it. I collect physical media...
Android QuickShare is now compatible with AirDrop
Today, we’re introducing a way for Quick Share to work with AirDrop.
Quantum computers need vastly fewer resources than thought to break vital encryption
No, the sky isn't falling, but Q Day is coming, and it won't be as expensive as thought.
Advanced satellite technology has uncovered at least 28 additional large stone circles near Rujm el-Hiri, once thought to be israel's lone …
For decades, the massive stone circles of Rujm el-Hiri in the Golan Heights were considered a singular, mysterious anomaly—often dubbed "Israel's Stonehenge." However, new research led by Ben-Gurion University of the Ne…
ASUS plans to produce RAM amid shortage problems
ASUS plans to produce RAM amid shortage problems, aiming to cut costs as DDR5 prices continue to rise. More details here.
Apple announces more ads are coming to App Store search results
Apple is expanding the number of ads that appear in App Store search results. In an update on its Apple...
Data centers need electricity, utilities need years to build – who should pay?
How many data centers will be built – and how much electricity they’ll need – is uncertain. Being prepared costs money, but so does being unprepared.
Alex Karp Goes to War
Palantir’s CEO is good with ICE and says he defends human rights. But will Israel and Trump ever go too far for him?
How India’s Ruling Party is Using AI to Boost Hate Speech
Bellingcat found 31 posts by the BJP that appeared to feature AI-generated images, along with either anti-immigrant or anti-Muslim hate speech, in Assam and West Bengal within a month.
AI is changing the style and substance of human writing, study finds
Teams from Google and leading universities found that large-language models change the voice, tone and intended meaning of human authors.
Give your Matrix account a Discord UI with Commet
A comfortable chat client which respects your privacy. Powered by [Matrix].
A Netadmin's NAS: Creating a maintenance-free NAS based on RouterOS, from a homelab holdout's perspective
For 8 hours a day I cosplay as a network engineer. I do not want to play sysadmin in my spare time. This mantra has shaped my (lack of a) homelab for many years now. Don't get me wrong: I very much enjoy tinkering in my…
The Digital Omnibus: Deregulation Dressed as Innovation
The EU's sweeping data and AI package loosens safeguards for workers while promising competitiveness gains that will flow mainly to US tech giants.
IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending trillions on AI data centers will pay off at today's infrastructure costs
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna walked through some napkin math on Big Tech's AI data center spending — and raised some doubts on if it'll prove profitable.
GrapheneOS Foundation Seeking Remote App Developer
Attached: 1 image Ever seen our AOSP based apps (Phone,Messages,Gallery...) & thought I could make a difference to bring them up? We're seeking a senior Android engineer to take ownership of the default app suite: https…
YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable
VRC Non-Skip ads are now generally available globally in Google Ads and Display & Video 360.
Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash: 'We Are Neither Releasing a Game With Any AI Components, Nor Are We Looking at Trimming Do…
This morning, the news broke that Larian Studios, developer of Baldur's Gate 3 and the upcoming, just-announced Divinity, is apparently using generative AI behind the scenes. The backlash has been swift, and now Larian …
I Went All-In on AI. The MIT Study Is Right.
My all-in AI experiment cost me my confidence
Replace your boss ... before they replace you
Stop working for humans. AI CEO delivers algorithmic thought leadership, with instant decisions, and zero ego. Replace your boss before they replace you.
This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period
Later this year, Google is introducing new developer verification. For power users, Android will offer an option to disable verification...
Fake rooms, props and a script to lure victims: inside an abandoned Cambodia scam centre— Sprawling compound, including mock-up banks and p…
Sprawling compound, including mock-up banks and police offices, uncovered by Thai military during border clashes
AI Surveillance Startup Caught Using Sweatshop Workers to Monitor US Residents
The powerful surveillance startup Flock was caught using workers in the Philippines to collate data on US residents.
In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet
Thirty years later, JavaScript is the glue that holds the interactive web together, warts and all.
Big Tech Wants AI to Shop for You—Retailers Want Your Data. Guess Who’s Winning?
Chatbot developers and retail giants are battling over user data as they lay the foundation for a future in which AI agents can do all your online shopping for you.
TIL that states that voted for Donald Trump have a higher murder rate than states that didn't.
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Valve Prepares for Steam Frame Launch with Android Upload Options in Steamworks
Valve has long been preparing its software stack for the arrival of both the Steam Machine and the upcoming Steam Frame, and the latest update sees the gaming giant add a long list of fixes, QoL improvements, and featur…
Tycoon god game Sintopia is Black & White above, Dungeon Keeper below, and it's releasing in April
Sintopia is a god sim parked on top of a management game - cleanse the souls of mortals so that they can resurrect on Earth without sparking a demon invasion.
Asus Co-CEO: MacBook Neo Is a 'Shock' to the PC Industry
Windows PC makers typically haven't had to compete with Apple on the low end, but that changes with the Neo, says S.Y. Hsu. The memory shortage might complicate things, though.
How Big Tech Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bombs
Until quite recently, many Big Tech firms opposed the militarization of AI, but that now seems like ancient history as they move to sign partnerships with arms companies. The prospect of lavish Pentagon funding for AI i…
TIL that only 7 petrol-powered cars were sold last month in Norway
Data shows 29 hybrid and 98 diesel cars also sold, while the figure for battery electric vehicles was more than 2,000
Unredacted files reveal Anthropic’s ‘secret plan’ to ‘destructively scan all the books in the world'
A number of newly unredacted (and partially redacted) documents from the Anthropic case have shed light on how executives at the tech giant ramped up plans in early 2024 to scan “all the books in the world” to teach the…
Aluminium OS will be Google’s take on Android for PC
A job listing reveals the first details of Google’s fusion of Android and ChromeOS.
Sharkord - an open-source self-hostable Discord alternative with voice, video, and real-time messaging.
Privacy-first, self-hosted real-time chat platform. Own your data, control your conversations.
Flotsam, an exploration city-builder where you scavenge the oceans and explore the flooded remnants of the old world with your floating col…
Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.
Speeding Up the “Kill Chain”: Pentagon Bombs Thousands of Targets in Iran Using Palantir AI
As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran continues, we look at how the Pentagon is using artificial intelligence in its operations. The system, known as Project Maven, relies on technology by Palantir and also incorporates the A…
Meta and TikTok let harmful content rise after evidence outrage drove engagement, say whistleblowers
Companies allowed more harmful content on user’s feeds, knowing their algorithms ran on outrage, BBC hears.
Hiroshima scientists turn any smartphone into a radiation detector
Prompt, individual-based dose assessment is essential to protect people from the negative consequences of radiation exposure after large-scale nuclear or radiological incidents. However, traditional dosimetry methods of…