FFmpeg to Google: Fund Us or Stop Sending Bugs
A lively discussion about open source, security, and who pays the bills has erupted on Twitter.
How a Gap in Tennessee’s Probation System Leaves Domestic Violence Victims in Danger
Probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months — in one case it was over a year. Six mothers died during this gap, WPLN a…
Artist sneaks AI-generated print into National Museum Cardiff gallery
A visitor who noticed the piece says staff "admitted they had no idea about the piece or when it arrived".
Good actually user friendly foss chat app?
Is there any actual easy to use foss chat app my friends and SO could use ?
Everyone uses fb messenger because its so easy. I cant find anything easy enough
to make people switch to, that wonât have issues and send th…
Crypto mixing / Tumbler
Hello. Iâm wondering if anyone me here uses a Crypto tumbler or mixer service
without KYC . Looking for recommendations
Early Thursday showing: Loved Martin McDonagh, Collin Farrell, and Brendan Gleeson in In Bruges? Then you’ll love Banshees of Inisherin (20…
(posting early as I may not have time to post it in the AM) IMPORTANT NOTE:
please use a good VPN whenever visiting Blorptube, or anywhere else on the
internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy. We will be using Bl…
Camera Capabilities Unlocked From A Mouse
There is a point where taking technology for granted hides some of the incredible capabilities of seemingly simple devices. Optical mice are a great example of this principle, using what are more o…
Neuralink’s Bid to Trademark ‘Telepathy’ and ‘Telekinesis’ Faces Legal Issues
The brain implant company cofounded by Elon Musk filed to trademark the product names Telepathy and Telekinesis. But it turns out that another person had already filed to trademark those names.
Mastodon for Apple II (][+, //c, IIe, and IIgs)
A Mastodon client for the Apple 2
Yo yo! Help me choose some better private services!
Yo yo! Iâve been working on making my life more private and need some assistance
picking suitable replacement options. Please let me know what you think of my
list of if there are any opportunities for improvement! He…
South Korea objects as US immigration raids Hyundai plant
Seoul demands protection for nationals, investors as Trump’s immigration crackdown sees hundreds detained in ICE raid.
PHP Manual
PHP Manual
GNU Octave
GNU Octave is a programming language for scientific computing.
The Book of Secret Knowledge
A collection of inspiring lists, manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners, cli/web tools and more. - trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge
Suspect chased by police for 170 miles through 4 California counties before escaping into Mexico
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In Southern California, where police pursuits are common, this was one for the books. A suspect in an allegedly stolen minivan led authorities on a two-hour, 170-mile (274-kilometer...
Bathroom Doomscrolling May Increase Your Risk of Hemorrhoids
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Popular Science: According to a new medical survey, scrolling on your smartphone while using the toilet may dramatically increase your risk of hemorrhoids. The evidence is laid o…
LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems
LG says it’ll let people delete the Copilot icon. But TV chatbots aren’t going away.
Roomba maker iRobot swept into bankruptcy
Shenzhen-based Picea Robotics, its lender and primary supplier, will acquire all of iRobot’s shares.
Grok is spreading misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting
Grok has repeatedly misidentified video of the Bondi Beach shooting and the hero who disarmed a gunman.
Denmark wants to ban VPNs to unlock foreign, illegal streams – and experts are worried
Critics warn the vaguely worded proposal could have a chilling effect on internet freedom
HDD prices spike as AI infrastructure and China's PC push collide — hard drives record biggest price increase in eight quarters, suppliers …
Hard drives, often treated as a legacy technology, are once again being pulled into the spotlight.
GRRM teases Game of Thrones sequel
George R.R. Martin teases the 'Game of Thrones' universe will finally get to the world after the OG show's divisive finale.
Trump’s immigration data dragnet
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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.
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
Africa’s New Data Dependency – Technology Colonialism
Data agreements are replacing armies as tools of colonialism and the return of external governance
Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’
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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…
An Apple fan says they lost '20 years of digital life' after using an Apple gift card
A developer’s Apple Account got banned after they used a compromised gift card, locking away their digital life.
Build Your Own Glasshole Detector
Connected devices are ubiquitous in our era of wireless chips heavily relying on streaming data to someone else’s servers. This sentence might already start to sound dodgy, and it doesn’…
Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox
Anthony Enzor-DeMeo is taking charge of one of the internet’s most important — and most complicated — companies.
All-Screen Keyboard Has Flexible Layouts
Most keyboards are factory-set for a specific layout, and most users never change from the standard layout for their home locale. As a multilingual person, [Inkbox] wanted a more flexible keyboard.…
Jimmy Carr on Why Everyone Is Wrong About AI
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Typeframe
A collection of open-source hardware and software for building writerdecks/cyberdecks.
The Netflix–Warner Bros. Merger Is a Broadside Attack on Workers
The goal of any monopoly is to create an entity so powerful it sets the terms industrywide, leaving consumers and workers with no choice.
Price of a 'bot army' revealed across hundreds of online platforms worldwide
The first global index tracking real-time prices for buying fake account verifications on 500+ online platforms in every country has been launched by a team at the University of Cambridge.
Announcing Key Transparency for the Fediverse - Dhole Moments
I’m pleased to announce the immediate availability of a reference implementation for the Public Key Directory server. This software implements the Key Transparency specification I’ve be…
After viral interview, Palantir launches neurodivergent fellowship
Alex Karp, the CEO of controversial tech company Palantir, raised eyebrows during a recent live interview with the New York Times. In a viral video of the discussion, Karp defended his company to the Times' Andrew Ross …
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.
Kushner Role in Paramount Scheme Shows US 'Devolving Into Caricature of Crony Capitalism'
"The Warner Bros. merger was already suspect, but now Trumpâs family is getting in on the act," said one Democratic senator.
Me and the boys shutting down Venezuelan airspace
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Two cities in Oregon have ended their contract with Flock thanks to citizen pressure.
In a press release sent late Friday evening, the Eugene Police Department announced it has terminated its contract with Flock Safety.
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women, even during labor: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby
Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labor and delivery
If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?
The technological race among industry giants and the wave of layoffs they have announced has revived the debate about the advisability of taxing automation
Lucy Negotiates With The Bounty Hunters - FALLOUT Season 2 Clip (2025)
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Mortal Kombat Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Has Died Aged 75
Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, who played Shang Tsung in the original Mortal Kombat movie as well as video game Mortal Kombat 11, has died aged 75.
Remembering Graham Greene with some good laughs 😊
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'Intellexa Leaks' Reveal Wider Reach of Predator Spyware
âThis investigation provides one of the clearest and most damning views yet into Intellexaâs internal operations and technology," said Amnesty International Security Lab technologist Jurre van Bergen.