Cornell Study Maps the Environmental Cost of AI
Researchers warn that U.S. data centers could devour vast amounts of energy and water unless stronger guardrails shape the industry’s growth.
Just the Browser: tools to remove AI and other bloatware from Chrome, Edge and Firefox
Remove AI features, telemetry data reporting, sponsored content, product integrations, and other annoyances from web browsers.
DRAM shortage fuels fake GPU scams as China-based fraudsters exploit the supply crisis — RTX 4080 GPU sold at cut price was actually an RTX…
Shortage drives fraudsters to target legacy GPUs
New tech pulls lithium from dead batteries cheaper than you can buy it
While lithium extraction technologies generally focus on ways to get the essential metal out of the ground, there's another source to mine: existing batteries that no longer work. A new technique could now make that pro…
GameStop workers say its trade anything day will be a huge mess
When customers already routinely bring in dirty gaming hardware that's full of grime and cockroaches, GameStop workers are fearing the worst
Rebble · Core Devices Keeps Stealing Our Work [Update: see comment]
This is a post that we don’t take any joy in writing. When we wrote last month about our agreement with Core Devices, we went into it believing that coopera...
Americans Living Paycheck to Paycheck Rises to 24% in 2025, Led by Millennials and Gen X: BofA Report
Inflation outpaces wages for middle- and lower-income households since January 2025, pushing more Americans into living paycheck to paycheck, especially among Millennials and Gen X.
Toyota built a $10 billion private utopia—what’s going on in there?
Woven City is a privacy nightmare but could be helpful to an OEM desperate to be more.
Highguard | Official Launch Showcase
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Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports | TechCrunch
The FBI served Microsoft a warrant requesting encryption recovery keys to decrypt the hard drives of people involved in an alleged fraud case in Guam.
Everyone in Seattle Hates AI — Jonathon Ready
A post about everyone in Seattle hating AI.
How to Run Custom Linux Images on Oracle Free Tier
Bypass the Oracle free-tier limitation of running only Linux distributions provided by Oracle by sideloading a QCOW2 image to a boot volume and attaching it to a new instance.
An Update on Cities: Skylines II - Development moved to Iceflake Studios
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Needy Programs
We used to use software; now software started to use us
Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador endured systematic torture, report finds
Human rights groups accuse Trump officials of complicity and draw comparison with scandal at Abu Ghraib prison
Retro Gamer's Nick Thorpe Has Passed Away
He was aged just 38
Hakboard - Home Assistant Integration for Kanboard
🔸 Integrate Kanboard projects into Home Assistant dashboards and automations - aktive/hakboard
Dawn of the Tiberium Age mod v14.5.0 released.
CABAL.... I mean, Advanced AI Version 2 Online! Our latest update brings you the most advanced skirmish AI in all of classic Command & Conquer, new singleplayer and Co-Op missions, as well as game engine and balance imp…
Macquarie Dictionary announces ‘AI slop’ as its word of the year, beating out Ozempic face
Term was up against a shortlist including blind box, ate (and left no crumbs) and Roman Empire
AI is not killing jobs, US study finds - Financial Times
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⚙️💡 For Anyone in Tech Looking to Organize Their Projects — Why I’m Using Anara ( + 20% Off )
Automate your research workflows with Anara's AI. Build research library, verify sources, and collaborate with your team. Trusted by researchers worldwide.
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
GTA: San Andreas's Original PC Version Can Now Be Beaten in Just an Hour Thanks to the Weirdest Skip You've Ever Seen
Over the years, speedrunners have found ways to break GTA: San Andreas that got an any% speedrun of it down to a little under three hours, but recently an absolutely buckwild bug was found that cut that time down even f…
In comedy of errors, men accused of wiping gov databases turned to an AI tool
Defendants were convicted of similar crimes a decade ago. How were they cleared again?
The Turbulent, Seven-Year Saga Behind Hit Game ‘Dispatch’
The narrative, superhero game starring Aaron Paul of ‘Breaking Bad’ sold 1 million copies in the 10 days following its Oct. 22 release
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
In a message obtained by Congress, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald J. Trump spent hours at his house with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims.
Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter gameplay trailer released | RPG Site
Falcom, GungHo, and CLE share a new gameplay trailer for Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter at Taipei Game Show 2026.
Xbox Hardware Sales Plunge 32% YoY as Services Keep Gaming Division Afloat
Microsoft just reported its Q4 2025 results, providing some interesting insights into its gaming ventures. The company's overall quarterly revenue increased by an impressive 17% compared to the same period last year, re…
Approaching Docker, Containers, and Compose for curious Self-hosters - Linux Prepper episode
This is a bonus Linux Prepper podcast, available as a detailed companion to “A Great Year for Linux”. This is a discussion with HB, stemming from this post on Lemmy learning from admins who avoid container technology. W…
Switzerland government release full FOSS LLM under Apache 2.0, argue for AI as Public Utility
EPFL, ETH Zurich and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) released Apertus 2 September, Switzerland’s first large-scale, open, multilingual language model — a milestone in generative AI for transparency and d…
16 minutes of HyTale gameplay
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Paul McCartney joins music industry protest against AI with silent track
Former Beatle and artists including Sam Fender, Kate Bush and Hans Zimmer record silent LP Is This What We Want
HyTale has been acquired by the original devs and is going to release into Early Access
A new and exciting chapter for Hytale begins today.
iRobot’s revenue has tanked and it’s almost out of cash | "Roomba customers are understandably concerned about the impact these current fin…
What will this mean for your Roomba?
TIL Apollo astronaunts had to use a fecal bag, leave it open, massage in a bacterocide before discarding.
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Blizzard Entertainment dates ‘next chapter’ reveals for World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and Diablo
Blizzard Entertainment will showcase “what comes next” for World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and Diablo over the next few weeks, starting January 29 and ending February 11, the…
Pangolin 1.15: iOS and Android apps, device approvals and posture, 1 year anniversary, stability, and more | Pangolin Blog
One year ago, in January 2025, we unleashed the very first beta of Pangolin. To be honest, it was a bit lean and had a few "character-building" bugs - but it quickly struck a chord as the go-to open-source alternative t…
Microsoft Outlook Outage Leaves Users Without Email; Tech Company Working On Resolving Issue
Microsoft has found what caused an outage that crippled its services like Outlook and Teams. Thousands of users swarmed to social media to find out what was happening with their e-mails during the middle of the business…
Yakuza 0 is being delisted on all platforms on December 8 (being replaced by Y0:DC), Yakuza Kiwami 1 & 2 also being delisted from Microsoft…
Yakuza 0 Will be Delisted & Replaced by Yakuza 0 Director's Cut Starting Dec. 8th. https://ow.ly/AW7950XyiP5
Los Angeles aims to ban single-use printer cartridges — new ordinance will target ink and toner that can't be properly recycled
Part of LA's goal to become a zero-waste city.
🪟 Prediction: Microsoft Is Going To Do The Funniest Thing Imaginable - Games by Mason
When you think Microsoft you probably don't think sense of humor. And yet, I'm convinced that Microsoft is going to do a very specific *very* funny thing within our lifetimes.
220-ton flywheel generator in Germany
Unusual power supply for the ASDEX Upgrade fusion device
Introducing SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search
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Andrew Mountbatten Windsor applies to shut down business interests
Former prince seeks to dissolve Dragons’ Den-style startup competition and his innovation company
After Years of Waiting Jellyfin Finally Lands on Samsung Tizen TVs
Samsung Smart TV owners can now use Jellyfin natively, as the open-source media server is now available on the Tizen platform.
Void Phone VX1 is Linux phone with enterprise management features
Void Phone VX1 is Linux phone with enterprise management features
Plebbit will be the first pure peer-to-peer social media protocol.
Contribute to plebbit/whitepaper development by creating an account on GitHub.
A Small Town Is Fighting a $1.2 Billion AI Datacenter for America's Nuclear Weapon Scientists
Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
Everyone Really Needs to Pump the Brakes on That Viral Moltbot AI Agent
It's all fun and games until every aspect of your life is splashed all over the dark web.