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.
App turns phones into at-home ultrasound devices
A new app will allow pregnant women to conduct an ultrasound and receive an accurate fetal heart rate from their mobile phones.
He was a perfect hire — until a U.S. company exposed him as a likely North Korean operative
He was a perfect hire — until a U.S. company exposed him as a likely North Korean operative.
Crimson Desert Critic Reviews
Crimson Desert has been reviewed by 50 critics and currently has a 'Strong' rating. Read and browse them all to learn what the top critics in the video game industry are saying.
Hacked data shines light on homeland security’s AI surveillance ambitions
Records show DHS tech incubator spending large sums on partnerships that would expand surveillance capabilities
Why Are We Still Doing This? - Ed Zitron
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Major investor is 'shocked and sad' that the games industry is 'demonizing' generative AI
At GDC 2026, the rift between big tech and creative workers was easy to see.
TIL porcupines eat brake linings.
Imagine slogging your way back down a trail after a weekend of backpacking, eager to get back to the hallmarks of civilization: hot showers, beer, and nachos. And imagine the trailhead comes in sight! You quicken your p…
Moral Panic and Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban: A Critical Youth Work Perspective
John Sutcliffe critiques Australiaâs impending social media ban for under-16s.
Generative AI and Wikipedia editing: What we learned in 2025
Like many organizations, Wiki Education has grappled with generative AI, its impacts, opportunities, and threats, for several years. As an organization that runs large-scale programs to bring new e…
Innovators gear up work on ‘green’ hydrogen plane with plans for nonstop 9-day trip around Earth
Swiss aviation pioneer Bertrand Piccard is developing a plane powered by liquid hydrogen after a much-hyped flight in 2015 that used sunlight to travel around the world.
‘I wanted that Raiders of the Lost Ark excitement – you could die any minute’: how we made hit video game Prince of Persia
âThere was no animation software in those days. So I videotaped my brother David running, jumping and climbing in a car parkâ
Splitgate Has Fumbled Again and Failed to Secure Any Traction Following 'Rebrand'
Splitgate 2's rebrand hasn't been a success and the player count is quickly evaporating to leave nothing behind.
The State of Anti-Surveillance Design
The most effective surveillance-evading gear might already be in your closet.
Players are returning their Dispatch copies due to Switch censorship
AdHoc says the core game experience has been preserved on Nintendo platforms despite it blacking out explicit scenes, but fans aren't having it
The productivity paradox of AI coding assistants
AI coding assistants promise speed, but do they deliver? Explore data, developer insights, and security risks showing why AI feels faster but often slows production. Learn where tools like Cursor and Claude Code help, a…
Backseat Software – Mike Swanson's Blog
What if your car worked like so many apps? You’re driving somewhere important…maybe running a little bit late. A few minutes into the drive, your car pulls over to the side of the road and asks:
Smart Home? Make It Smart Quarters With This LCARS Dashboard
At the risk of starting a controversy: is there anyone who goes to the effort of setting up Home Assistant who wouldn’t really rather be living on the Enterprise-D? If such a person exists, i…
Facial age checks are now required to chat with anyone on Roblox
Roblox requires facial age checks for all users globally to access chat
Rockstar still hasn't offered a convincing reason for firing over 30 GTA 6 developers
Rockstar's alleged union busting has provoked protests and drawn skepticism from legislators.
Audio dongles and the ghost of USB 1
USB dongles with not enough bandwidth
Deepfake scams have gone from niche to industrial; one finance officer paid out nearly $500,000 on a fake video call with “company leadersh…
AI content for scams can be targeted at individuals and ‘produced by pretty much anybody’, researchers say
Meta names Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump adviser, as president and vice chairman
Facebook owner Meta has named Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump administration adviser and longtime finance executive, as its new president and vice chairman.
Arknights: Endfield
Arknights: Endfield oyunu 4.1/5 PlayStation 4.6/5 Epicgames Rol yapma, Strateji, Ücretsiz oynanabilir, Anime 22.01.2026 - PC, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5 Resmi web sitesi: https://endfield.hypergryph.global/ Geliştirici…
LG Electronics unveils 2026 Gram Laptop line with aerospace composite - up to 50% lighter than macbooks
LG Electronics unveils 2026 Gram with aerospace composite and on-device AI Gram 2026 blends aerospace-grade materials with enhanced offline AI features
Sudo Clean Up My Workbench
[Engineezy] might have been watching a 3D printer move when inspiration struck: Why not build a robot arm to clean up his workbench? Why not, indeed? Well, all you need is a 17-foot-long X-axis and…
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup: 0.34 “Doomed Geometries” has been released (+ tournament announcement)
We are pleased to announce the release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup: 0.34 “Doomed Geometries”!