The Third Shift, a Game Boy styled horror game that combines first, second, and third person perspectives where you play the newest employe…
A Game Boy styled horror game that combines first, second, and third person perspectives. As the newest employee at the Roanoke Museum of History and Wonder, beware of odd occurrences as you patrol the halls and complet…
Backblaze silently redefines 'unlimited' backups and users discover it's not backing up DB and OD — as firm leans heavier into AI storage s…
The difference between a sync and a backup is illustrated quite adeptly.
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TIL that Indiana’s House of Representatives once unanimously passed a bill to make Pi exactly 3.2
How an incorrect value of pi almost got codified into law
Meta is having trouble with rogue AI agents
A rogue AI agent inadvertently exposed Meta company and user data to engineers who didn't have permission to see it.
Subnautica 2 set for early access release in May as Krafton signals surrender: 'We look forward to working with Ted Gill to support a smoot…
A judge ruled yesterday that Krafton improperly fired Gill in 2025, and ordered that he be restored as CEO of Unknown Worlds.
Federal pilot program launches flying cars in 8 U.S. regions summer 2026
The federal government announced a new pilot program designed to get new kinds of ultralight vehicles and âeVTOLsâ up and running around the countryâeven if theyâre not fully FAA-certified.
AI Agents Can Autonomously Coordinate Propaganda Campaigns Without Human Direction
The findings carry stark implications for elections, public health, and anyone who relies on social media for information
post-American, enshittification-resistant internet
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Tides of Tomorrow review: Your choices in this microplastics apocalypse are shaped by other players, feeling like a sharp, well-crafted the…
Tides of Tomorrow is a narrative adventure set in a gorgeous but deadly ocean
An Enterprising Ioniq 6 Driver Got DOOM Running on Center Console
Bahaha, imagine the used listing for this Hyundai Ioniq 6. “Yes, it runs (DOOM) and drives.” Basically, there are two universal laws in this world: A Hyundai Ioniq 6 driver on Reddit says they finally hacked and rooted …
Fate/Extra Record Delayed Beyond Spring 2026, Bandai Namco No Longer Publisher
Type-Moon has delayed Fate/Extra Record beyond Spring 2026 and confirmed Bandai Namco is no longer the publisher.
AI warfare triggers Putin, as Kremlin moves to dismantle the last pieces of Russian internet: More and more restrictions are being imposed …
Telegram is blocked, VPNs are being chased after, but Putin suddenly talks about a national AI again.
A flowing WebGL gradient, deconstructed
An introduction to writing WebGL shaders using gradient noise and cool math.
China wants more homegrown chips in its cars. The hard part isn’t geopolitics
China’s push to localise automotive chips is gaining ground, but mostly in mature control systems rather than high-end computing. Observers say the main hurdles are technical, not geopolitical.
Colorado right-to-repair law covering consumer electronics now in effect
The new law will save the average household around $382 in repairs each year, according to the Colorado Public Interest Research Group.
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Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.
ublock Origin can get rid of Cookie Banners
Tired of those annoying cookie banners? They’re not just frustrating—they're a lazy response to GDPR. Discover three simple ways to block them and reclaim your browsing experience!
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Windows 11 just lost 5% market share in two months despite Windows 10 losing support.
From Patch Tuesday disasters to the "Microslop" PR nightmare, Windows 11 is losing trust. It's also losing one more thing: market share.
Nintendo Switch 2 sales stumble over Christmas
Plus, Nex Playground heads to Europe and Phasmaphobia devs launch publishing arm
Apple picks Google’s Gemini AI for its big Siri upgrade
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NVIDIA To Bring Back The GeForce RTX 3060 In Q1 2026 To Tackle Current-Gen GPU & Memory Shortages
NVIDIA is reportedly going to recommence production of its GeForce RTX 3060 GPUs owing to DRAM supply shortages.
The Trump phone just missed another release date
So much for launching ‘later this year.’
Mozilla’s Betrayal of Open Source: Google’s Gemini AI is Overwriting Volunteer Work on Support Mozilla
TL;DR: Mozilla’s translation bot on Support Mozilla (that is currently overwriting user contributions is based on the closed source, copyright infringing LLM, Google Gemini. This is in spite of Mozilla claiming that the…
From scourge to saviour: How the sun powered the grid through a heatwave
For so long, the pounding sunshine of an Australian heatwave was the grid's biggest threat. It has now become its greatest asset.
The Linux kernel is just a program
Most books and courses introduce Linux through shell commands, leaving the kernel as a mysterious black box doing magic behind the scenes. In this post, we will run some experiments to demystify it: the Linux kernel is …
A Baldur's Gate HBO series is in the works, will be set directly after Baldur's Gate 3 with new and returning characters
Craig Mazin, co-creator of HBO's Last of Us series, is at the helm, reports Deadline.
Scientists built a new scanner that fuses ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging to create fast, radiation‑free 3D color views of blood vesse…
A new imaging breakthrough combines ultrasound and light-based techniques to generate vivid 3D images that show both tissue structure and blood vessel activity. Developed by researchers at Caltech and USC, the system de…
TIL that Baba Yetu, the grammy-winning theme song to the video game Civilization IV, is The Lord's Prayer in Swahili.
"Baba Yetu" (Swahili: "Our Father") is the main theme song for the 2005 video game Civilization IV. It was composed by Christopher Tin and performed by Ron Ragin and the Stanford Talisman.[1][2][3] For its re-release in…
Pro-Russian Narratives Target Wikipedia, Marking a Dangerous Trend for AI Chatbot Data
Recent Wikipedia edits raising alarms in Estonia suggest attempts to reshape historical narratives, with implications for AI training and ideological biases.
The Guardian view on granting legal rights to AI: humans should not give house-room to an ill-advised debate | Editorial
Editorial: Anthropomorphising tech helps Silicon Valley shares to soar, but our empathy should be directed to worthier causes
AI’s Memorization Crisis | Large language models don’t “learn”—they copy. And that could change everything for the tech industry.
Large language models don’t “learn”—they copy. And that could change everything for the tech industry.
Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team
Add /llms.txt endpoint that serves a concatenated, text-only version of all Tailwind CSS documentation pages optimized for Large Language Model consumption. Extract text from MDX files, removing J...
Creative workers on the affects of AI on their jobs
How do an artist, a videographer, a musician and a copywriter feel about generative AI?
Razer account “Human Verification” promotes World ID biometric verification
Razer’s account management interface includes a “Human Verification” feature that encourages users to verify their identity through World ID, an identity system operated by Tools for Humanity. The feature is presented a…
Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder
: The end isn't nigh after all
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Hooded Horse ban AI-generated art in their games: "all this thing has done is made our lives more difficult"
Hooded Horse CEO Tim Bender has taken a firm view on genAI art assets. "I fucking hate gen AI art and it has made my life more difficult in many ways."
Malicious VS Code AI Extensions Harvesting Code from 1.5M Devs
Two popular AI coding extensions with 1.5M installs secretly harvest your entire codebase and profile you. Both are still live in the marketplace.
DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE
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Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Slop may be seeping into the nooks and crannies of our brains.
Exclusive: Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes, even if it risks chilling whistleblowers
Objection, a Thiel-backed startup, aims to use AI to judge journalism, letting users pay to challenge stories. Critics warn it could chill whistleblowers and reshape how media accountability works.
Newly unsealed records reveal Amazon’s price-fixing tactics, California attorney general claims
Exclusive: A trove of previously redacted documents was filed as part of the tech giantâs anti-trust battle with the state of California. Amazon denies it engages in price-fixing
Failed Companies Are Selling Old Slack Chats and Email Archives to Train AI
Defunct startups are pawning off their former employees conversations for up to $100,000, according to a new report.
Stop Killing Games delivers 'absolutely incredible' hearing in European Parliament: 'There was no [parliament member] that wasn't respondin…
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China approves launch of world first brain-computer interface device
China could see brain-computer interface (BCI) technology move into practical public use within three to five years
“ChatGPT said this” Is Lazy
When you paste ChatGPT’s response instead of your own feedback, you’re not being helpful. You’re being lazy and creating more work for everyone.
Sam Altman's 'human verification' company thinks its eye-scanning orbs could solve ticket scalping
Sam Altman's cryptocurrency turned identity verification startup Tools for Humanity is offering a new set of perks to people who scan their eyes at one of the company's orbs.
Sam Altman Thanks Programmers for Their Effort, Says Their Time Is Over
Sam Altman argued it was "already feels difficult to remember how much effort it really took" for coders to write software.