TIL that only about 3% of human history has been recorded in written records.
Human history is often taught and understood through written records, documents, inscriptions, literature, and legal texts that chronicle the lives, decisions,
Calibre-Web-Auto v4.0.7 - Important Security Fixes, Much Faster Kobo Sync, KOReader → Hardcover Progress, a Refreshed Login & Mobile Layout…
Release Notes: v4.0.7 Changelog 🔒 Security Please update. This release fixes several access-control problems: Kobo Auth Tokens: Any logged-in user could create, view or delete another user's Kobo ...
Bobby Kotick vs. The Games Media | by People Make Games
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The Internet Marked Flock Safety CEO’s Home As A Public Toilet Online
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley faces online mockery over an allegedly blurred home, raising real questions about surveillance executives and personal privacy.
Boox Picco unveiled: Petite 3.97" e-reader with Pomodoro, microSD, and MagSafe
News, Reviews and other Informations about Laptops
AI chatbots give us a narrow slice of knowledge: Researchers warn of ‘knowledge collapse’
We are exposed to a much narrower range of knowledge through AI chatbots than through a basic web search. This is documented by a new study led by the University of Copenhagen. As more and more of us turn to AI chatbots…
Esos Rings CEO Michelle Bisnoff Convicted of Nearly $2 Million Ponzi Scheme
LOS ANGELES (KEYT) – Michelle Bisnoff has been convicted of multiple financial crimes in connection with an almost $2 million Ponzi scheme related to
[AIP] PiMaps: offline-first, self-hosted maps with local search, routing and optional Kiwix (off-line Wikipedia) integration
Offline-first, self-hosted maps with local search, routing and optional Kiwix (off-line Wikipedia) integration. - BobbyLLM/pimaps
King signs collective bargaining agreement with Swedish unions
'This is an important step for King, the gaming industry and for the Swedish model.'
Linux Kernel Developers Consider Adding AGENTS.md To Help Guide AI/LLM Agents
While the Linux kernel continues to be bombarded with patches from AI/LLM agents, to date the kernel hasn't carried an AGENTS.md Markdown file with instructions catering to AI/LLM agents
Apple's A20 Pro shatters Geekbench 7 single-core record — 2nm chip beats desktop Intel Core i9 and AMD Ryzen 9 by up to 32%
Eats Intel's entry Panther Lake CPUs for breakfast too.
New Mexico jury finds Facebook liable for over 43 million violations of consumer protection law—and Meta could owe over $200 billion in pen…
The jury also found Facebook misled the public about investigations into third-party app developers that harvest user data following the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
For the 100th time: it's going to keep getting worse. AMD's Q4 price hike hasn't even landed yet. Buy your graphics card NOW.
3 months of daily price tracking across 27 EU retailers. NVIDIA +41.3%, AMD +28.3% — and AMD’s reported 10% Q4 hike hasn’t started rolling out yet.
EVs are now 9 times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in the UK
The latest surge in fossil-fuel prices means it is now up to nine times cheaper in the UK to drive an electric vehicle (EV) than a petrol or diesel car, shows Carbon Brief analysis.
Republican bill would order ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block piracy sites
Bill would help rightsholders obtain court orders to block foreign piracy sites.
AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack
But the military's overall use of AI seems to be accelerating.
Plasma and electricity convert CO₂ into methanol, butane and other useful chemicals
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) can be harmful to the environment in large amounts but can be used in the production of fuels and other useful chemicals. Doing so isn't easy, though. Now, Yale researchers have developed a new way …
JPMorgan rolls out Claude changes: $2,000 spending limits and extra security
Internal Teams messages show that some engineers at the bank who use Claude have monthly spending limits.
Labor Market Outcomes for AI-Exposed College Majors: Graduating in AI Era Is Like Large Recession for Starting Pay
The most AI-exposed new college grads have initial employment declines of 5pp and earnings declines of 13%, partially driven by shifts to lower-paying sectors.
Google's new 'CC' is an AI agent that helps families run their households: Google’s CC, meanwhile, began its life as a productivity agent t…
Google is refocusing its CC AI agent on household coordination, letting families share emails, schedules, and tasks so the AI can manage calendars, fill out forms, make shopping lists, plan meals, and more.
Don't Take the Black Pill (Text Adaptation) - Andrew Kelley
This is a blog post version of the talk I delivered at Software Should Work 2026. Shoutouts to Isaac Van Doren for running such a delightful conference and nailing it first try, and for infecting us all with his charmin…
How I Vibed a Proof of Conway’s Conjecture
You can just prove things, apparently.
Most of France’s "Competing" PC Hardware Retailers Are the Same Company
LDLC Group owns LDLC.com, Materiel.net, TopAchat and Rue du Commerce. What that means for French GPU prices, measured against Germany over 6 months.
TotalEnergies partners with Mistral to develop AI models for oil and gas exploitation
Three-year contract worth an estimated €100 million
Marvel's Wolverine motorcycle section and quicktime events are getting the wrong kind of attention because "the game plays itself" and "you…
There are some questionable stages in the mutant maelstrom
Tens of millions of Russians have been forced to install a new app called Max on their phones
Research shows tens of millions of people are being forced to use platform that amounts to âbackdoorâ on their device
Who gets the kidney? AI chatbots do not make the same moral choices humans do
Researchers in the College of Information Sciences and Technology found that AI models approach high-stakes ethical decisions differently than humans do and show little of the uncertainty people may express when faced w…
Newsom Orders California to Explore AI ‘Kill Switch’ and New Safety Rules
Official website of the State of California
Australia claims it is a global pioneer in preventing online harm – should other countries follow suit?
As Anthony Albanese heads to the US to discuss social media reform, he has shown a level of leadership not always expected from a smaller country
Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies
Disclosure comes after OpenAI and Anthropic hacks amid fears that tech firms unable to control powerful AI models
Microsoft director called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ while OpenAI head brands ChatGPT an ‘existential threa…
The NYT argues that OpenAI and Microsoft infringed upon its copyright over thousands of news articles.
Alibaba open-sources AI model that can detect cancer and nearly 150 conditions
Tested on nearly 40,000 real-world exams, the model outperformed most radiologists, according to a new study published in Science.
Why Europe has been absent from the great AI safety debate: shun the technology and lose out on growth; or embrace it and become dependent …
Though Europe has measures that address how consumers might encounter AI, technology will impact them if the worst scenarios bear
AI staff 'genuinely frightened' for humanity's future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC
It comes as the AI firm's boss has called for the technology's development to be slowed down, citing "serious" risks.
Badges, Not Just Bans: The White House Press Ban Just Got Physical
The White House confiscated MS NOW press badges and blocked entry after Trump banned the network, CNN, and Politico. Here's how outlets across the spectrum
A new hero for Heroes of the Storm announced at Blizzcon!
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STARCRAFT | Announce Cinematic | Dominion
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Flock Lawsuit Calls Out Alleged Law Enforcement Misuse of Nationwide License Plate-Reading Camera Network
Flock faces a class action lawsuit over the alleged misuse of its license plate-reading camera network by certain members of law enforcement nationwide.
A rant about phishing: It's not the user's fault (and not DNS either)
"For safety, don't click suspicious links"
Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
Xiaomi Has a Luxury SUV for $31,000 That All Western Brands Should Fear
The SkyNomad—with heated floors, a projector, a pop-up roof, a fridge, swiveling seats, and over 1,000 miles of range—is a “luxury” ride that undercuts Range Rovers by tens of thousands of dollars.
Xbox One’s Catastrophic DRM Is The Reason It Can Now Offer Disc-To-Digital
The Xbox One's pitch for an all-digital, always-online future went down in flames so its disc-to-digital initiative could be born from the ashes
GTA 6 soundtrack reveal revives digital release debate
Fred Again, PinkPantheress and Travis Scott provide new music for the blockbuster - but not all fans are happy.
Arc System Works bounces back to profitability following previous year’s net loss
Guilty Gear and BlazBlue developer Arc System Works saw a return to profitability in the fiscal year ended May 2026.
TIL During the Siege of Sarajevo, rich people paid to travel there and kill civilians
Sarajevo Safari is the name for an alleged war tourism phenomenon during the siege of Sarajevo (1992–1996) involving human hunting.[1] According to the reports, wealthy foreign nationals were enabled, for large monetary…
The Anbernic RG DS Plus Is The Best DS Handheld Yet
Anbernic's second take on a dedicated Nintendo DS handheld refines almost everything I loved about the original, and somehow still manages to be incredibly affordable.
PlayStation Blackout Had ‘No Significant Change At All’, Analyst Says
An analyst has revealed that the PlayStation Blackout movement from last month didn't show any significant changes.
TIL that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) just published a report on what AI is doing to education
MIT’s Ad Hoc Committee on AI Use in Teaching, Learning, and Research Training
Wiki Documents at Least 44 Instances in Which Sony Says You Own Your Games
The detailed sourcing directly attacks Sony's legal claim that a reasonable person wouldn't expect to own their digital purchases on the PlayStation Store.
‘We were bored of traditional fantasy cliches’: inside Playground Games’ 10-year effort to revive Fable
The distinctively British RPG is returning courtesy of the makers of Forza Horizon â with comedy talent such as Richard Ayoade and Natasia Demetriou voicing sweary characters. We had our first play and spoke to its de…