Walmart cuts 1,000 roles to simplify operations, Reuters reports
Under new CEO John Furner and a reshaped leadership team, the retailer is doubling down on a tech-focused strategy.
EU to crack down on TikTok, Instagram ‘addictive design’ hooking kids
"We are investigating platforms that allow children to go down "rabbit holes" of harmful content," EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday.
Senator at center of Utah AI data center debate gets physical, slaps phone out of reporter’s hand — reporter covering cases of harassment a…
The senator's anger turned physical when he was recorded.
Disneyland Now Uses Face Recognition on Visitors
Plus: The NSA tests Anthropic’s Mythos Preview to find vulnerabilities, a Finnish teen is charged over the Scattered Spider hacking spree, and more.
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‘Jmail’ is like any other inbox, except this one has Jeffrey Epstein’s emails
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AI data center bans are rapidly multiplying across the US — 69 jurisdictions block new builds, with four moves noted as permanent
More people are saying no to data centers.
It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"
Just like Google plan with Chrome, Mozilla aren't sitting still on expanding Firefox into something resembling a web browser but with more AI.
Self-Host Weekly #146: Survey Says
Survey results, cranberry sauce, government affairs, and open-source burnout
University of Arizona students boo Eric Schmidt’s AI cheerleading during commencement | Silicon Valley can’t seem to read the room
SiIicon Valley can’t seem to read the room.
India is offering foreign cloud giants a 21‑year tax holiday if they run global AI workloads from Indian data centers
India woos global cloud service companies with tax holiday for 20 years.
AIR SNES: designer makes sneakers that double as a retro console
Gustavo Bonzanini, a designer, has made a pair of custom Nike sneakers to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Japanese launch of the SNES. The sneakers match the console colors and even house a console that connects t…
The founder of Infomaniak (a Swiss-based cloud provider) transferred the majority of the company's voting rights to a Swiss public-interest…
Infomaniak transfers the majority of its voting rights to a Swiss public-benefit foundation. Your cloud remains sovereign, independent, and true to its values. Forever.
‘It’s here’: Google issues dire warning after catching hackers using AI to break into computers
The cybersecurity threat experts feared for years just happened and "the world might actually be more dangerous."
Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Expose Corporate and Personal Data on the Open Web
Companies like Lovable, Base44, Replit, and Netlify use AI to let anyone build a web app in seconds—and in thousands of cases, spill highly sensitive data onto the public internet.
Google Cloud Fraud Defence is just WEI repackaged
In May 2026, Google announced “Google Cloud Fraud Defense - the next evolution of reCAPTCHA.” The announcement described a QR code challenge where users scan a
After a 40-year wait, technology finally enables three-sided zipper design
In 1985, the Innovative Design Fund placed an ad in Scientific American offering up to $10,000 to support clever prototypes for clothing, home decor, and textiles. William Freeman Ph.D., then an electrical engineer at P…
Freeing a Xiaomi Humidifier from the Cloud
Thoughts, stories and ideas about of a code poet, bit juggler & logic wizard.
Volumetric Display With Lasers And Bubbly Glass
There’s a type of dust-collector that’s been popular since the 1990s, where a cube of acrylic or glass is laser-etched in a three-dimensional pattern. Some people call them bubblegrams.…
Godot gets a funding boost from Slay the Spire 2 devs Mega Crit
The Godot Engine team have announced that Slay the Spire 2 developer Mega Crit have given them quite a nice funding boost.
TIL that Sam Altman and Sam Bankman-Fried are two different people!
The OpenAI CEO reportedly confuses basic coding and machine learning terms, numerous insiders have admitted.
This legendary Nokia phone is being brought back to life in 2026
A custom ROM gives the Nokia N8 a second life, fixing Symbian’s flaws and making the iconic camera phone surprisingly usable again in 2026.
Google Revisits JPEG XL in Chromium After Earlier Removal
Google has resumed work on JPEG XL support in Chromium after removing it three years ago. A developer says the current version is feature complete and under review.
Windows 11 looks and runs better without transparency or animations—here's how to disable both
Turning off unnecessary animations and transparency effects in Windows 11 may seem like a small change, but it can make a big difference in your PC's performance and usability.
Plex’s price hikes prove I was right to switch to Jellyfin
Streaming your own media shouldn’t come with a subscription. Here’s why Plex users are frustrated — and why Jellyfin might be a better bet.
Apple Faces £3 Billion UK Trial Over iCloud Lock-In Claims
Apple was not able to narrow the scope of a UK lawsuit accusing it of locking 40 million UK consumers into iCloud, to the detriment of third-party cloud storage providers. British consumer group Which? first filed the l…
Akamai surges on big LLM deal as Cloudflare dims
Deletion of a longstanding privacy assurance sparks concerns
Check your storage: Chrome may be downloading a 4GB AI model — here’s what we know
Chrome may be downloading a hidden 4GB AI file to your PC — here’s what it is and how to check if it’s there.
Hackers and Trolls Target Wave of ICE Spotting Apps
Hackers have targeted a spread of apps or sites that aim to track ICE activity, in one case even sending push notifications to users in an attempt to intimidate them.
Senators count the shady ways data centers pass energy costs on to Americans
Senators demand Big Tech pay upfront for data center spikes in electricity bills.
Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.
AI engineer says Google unfairly sacked him after he protested against work for Israel
Exclusive: Employment tribunal claim says worker lost his job after distributing leaflets throughout London office
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt booed after AI remarks at Arizona commencement
Pew research shows Americans are more worried than excited about AI as graduates voice fears over jobs
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Unsealed Court Documents Show Teen Addiction Was Big Tech's "Top Priority"
New documents show the tactics Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok execs used to disrupt learning, prey on minors, and co-opt the PTA to control the narrative with parents WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project p…
Stack Overflow Rolls Out Native Ads in Q&A Feeds for Funding Boost
Stack Overflow is introducing native ads to blend sponsored content into its Q&A feeds, aiming to fund enhancements while maintaining transparency and user value. Critics fear erosion of trust and misinformation. This m…
A Vibe Coded SaaS Killed My Team
We lost the capitalism game and they're trying to get a second wind through a broken vibe-coded SaaS platform.
TIL the House Intelligence Committee recently declined a statute that would have curtailed the scope of DHS domestic spying capabilities, …
A provision, ultimately left out of the Intelligence Authorization Act, would have removed commonplace collection and analysis authorities granted to the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Anal…
Samsung meeting transcripts show memory workers offered incredible 607% bonus worth $477,000, while logic chip staff get as little as 50%
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Foes of AI Surveillance Get Wins in Wisconsin. But They Fear They’re Playing Whack-A-Mole.
The sheriff in Wisconsin’s capital county will stop using dozens of AI surveillance cameras posted up across Madison and surrounding towns, after the Dane County Board of Supervisors pulled funding... Read More
Dozens of empty Waymos invade neighborhood in Atlanta leaving neighbors baffled
The company says it has addressed a routing behavior that explained the odd patterns
'I applied to be pope': Losing grip on reality while using ChatGPT
Tom Millar thought he had unlocked the secrets of the universe.He said it replied, "Nobody's ever thought of things this way."
People Hate AI Art
So I had ChatGPT generate that for me.
Kash Patel claims AI has stopped school shootings: ‘I’m using it everywhere’
Patel says that he has ‘every major tech company in the world embedded in the FBI’
Indie developer who got blocked on Steam for “potential infringement” of his own work finally gets green light after issuing license declar…
WIRED TOKYO 2007 developer Daikichi_EMP has announced a resolution of his IP violation predicament on Steam.
PS5 Price increase collapses PlayStation console sales in Japan, with Xbox gaining
If Japan is any indication, buyers worldwide are avoiding PlayStation consoles. Following the latest PS5 and PS5 Pro price increase, the systems experienced a dramatic decline in weekly sales. With the Xbox Series X mak…
Seven takeaways from the latest International AI Safety report
Annual review highlights growing capabilities of AI models, while examining issues from cyber-attacks to job disruption
America's productivity boom started before AI, and a Stanford economist who decoded the Great Resignation says working from home is the rea…
National data show “a clear post-2020 surge in productivity growth exactly when WFH ramped up,” said Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom.
Bugs Rust Won't Catch | corrode Rust Consulting
In April 2026, Canonical disclosed 44 CVEs in uutils, the Rust reimplementation of GNU coreutil…
“Cannot be explained” – New ultra stainless steel stuns researchers
A team at the University of Hong Kong has developed a new “super steel” that can survive the harsh conditions needed to make green hydrogen from seawater. The material uses an unexpected double-protection mechanism that…