Canada wants to join the age verification bandwagon and censor the internet with Bill C-34
The legislation aims to censor political speech, while putting draconian rules around what kids can do online
Any self-hosted option for real time location sharing?
All-in-one family safety: location sharing, crash alerts, driver reports & more
Xbox Is Planning To Shutter Peabody-Award-Winning South Of Midnight Studio Compulsion Games [UPDATE: "in negotiations"]
Update: Studio leadership is currently in negotiations with Microsoft
Downloadable Xbox Thumbstick Toppers Give Gamers Accessibility Options
Microsoft has a history of taking accessibility options seriously for gaming controllers, and that trend continues with downloadable thumbstick toppers for Xbox controllers. Being straight from the…
Godot engine’s key figures answer a developer’s questions about everything from console porting and user support, to AI and the engine’s fu…
A Godot developer interviews W4 Games for AUTOMATON, discussing topics like console porting, user support, AI, and the engine’s future.
Open letter from The Document Foundatio about the Euro-Office announcement
Dear office suite users, In recent days you will have read various articles announcing the arrival of Euro-Office, which is being “marketed” as the first open-source office suite developed in Europe. We feel compelled —…
W Social, Public Institutions and the Theater of European Digital Sovereignty
European public institutions are betting big on digital sovereignty and open source software. And yet they recently moved their Bluesky accounts to W Social, a private, for profit network owned by Swedish entrepreneurs …
TIL that a recent data leak exposed Peter Thiel's secretive elite "club", Dialog Network
A data leak has exposed private data on billionaire Peter Thiel’s “Dialog,” an invitation-only network of high-profile figures.
Xbox is closing down Hellblade creator Ninja Theory
The future of Senua, which Xbox just announced, is unclear.
TIL the "red mirage" is an observed phenomenon when the overall in-person vote count leans to one party, while provisional votes or absente…
In American politics, a blue shift, also called a red mirage,[1][2] is an observed phenomenon under which counts of in-person votes are more likely than overall vote counts to be for the Republican Party (whose party co…
How a Single Rogue BGP Announcement Took Telegram Offline Across Three Continents
A single unauthorized BGP route from Reliance AS18101 redirected Telegram's global traffic into a blackhole taking users offline in India and more
Demon Bluff Demo - very fun puzzle game
The cards lie! In this single-player social deduction game, demons have infiltrated your village and disguised themselves as allies. Every card you turn over is either a friend or a foe. Can you see through their bluff?
Mark Zuckerberg Orders His Employees to Start Having Fun Again After Brutal Layoffs Culled Their Colleagues
"I’m not sure that this company supports a hackathon culture anymore."
Finland charges Russian captain and crew member of ship suspected of damaging undersea cables — prosecutors claim ship had eight more targe…
Will Finland be successful in convicting a crew suspected of damaging its undersea infrastructure this time?
Life is Strange creator Don't Nod look to be in hot water as a financial report says they'll be out of cash by November
Minority stakeholder Tencent apparently aren't interested in offering further funding.
ChatGPT's market share slips below 50% for first time
The chatbot still remains the most popular AI assistant worldwide with over 1.1 billion monthly users, followed by Gemini with 662 million and Claude with 245 million.
Looking for Playtesters - We're Building a Fast-Paced Pixel Strategy RPG
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Microsoft CEO says "YouTube monetizes Xbox better than we do", ahead of expected layoffs | Satya Nadella bemoans performance of Xbox
Satya Nadella bemoans performance of Xbox…
TIL There is a pink Kryptonite that makes Superman gay or effeminate
Kryptonite is a fictional material that appears primarily in Superman stories published by DC Comics. In its best-known form, it is a green, crystalline material originating from Superman's home world of Krypton that em…
Most Transsexual Porn Is Watched By Straight Men
Every Friday on the blog, I answer people’s questions about sex, love, and relationships. This week’s question comes from a reader of the blog who was curious about why so many heterosexual men are pleasuring themselves…
TIL that nearly half of US adults struggled to afford healthcare last year
Forty-six percent of U.S. adults — regardless of insurance type — reported struggling to afford healthcare last year, according to a report released Wednesday by the Urban Institute, a nonprofit research think tank. The…
Mark Zuckerberg ‘Personally Authorized and Actively Encouraged’ Meta’s Massive Copyright Infringement to Train AI Systems, Publishers and S…
Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have been sued by five publishers and author Scott Turow, who allege the tech company illegally copied millions of books, articles and other works to train Meta's AI systems.
Noriyoshi Ohba x Rieko Kodama (2001) - shmuplations.com
Originally featured in the Sega Consumer History book, this interview with Noriyoshi Ohba and Rieko Kodama is a nostalgic look back at their careers.
In Israel, a rabbinical judge can force couples into divorce if the wife dresses indecently
Israeli rabbis are to clamp down on the growing number of devout Jewish women wearing the burka by declaring the garment an item of sexual deviancy.
Steam Controller: Reservations open May 8th - Steam News
How to reserve yours, and what we're doing to mitigate the challenges from earlier in the week
ChatGPT Won't Let You Type Until Cloudflare Reads Your React State.
Every ChatGPT message triggers a Cloudflare Turnstile program that runs silently in your browser. I decrypted 377 of these programs from network traffic and found something that goes beyond standard browser fingerprinti…
Vaultwarden update (an update to the update)
Notes The previous release contained an issue where Two Factor Remember Tokens and Recovery Tokens were not accepted at all. This has been fixed now in this release. What's Changed Fix MFA Remembe...
In Asia, the global oil crisis is turning into an everything crisis
One month into the war in Iran, a growing shortage of crude oil is threatening to morph into something worse: a shortage of nearly everything.
China requires approval for U.S. investment in AI startups
The move follows Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, which triggered a Beijing probe into foreign investment and tech exports
Half of teenage girls in Japan consult AI about their problems; less than 30% of men in any age group do
生成AIは勉強や仕事の手助けだけでなく、悩み相談の相手として若い女性に浸透している―。内閣府の消費者委員会が実施した生成AIに関するアンケートで、10代女性の52.4％が使用目的に悩み相談を挙げた。 ...
Developer of cozy tea shop adventure Wanderstop is shutting down: 'It's a particularly tough time for raising game funds'
The studio, Ivy Road, wasn't able to secure funding for its next game, Engine Angel.
Software bloat (2026)
What is software bloat? Throughout my life, and the decades before, I have heard over and over again about the advances in computer hardware. I have studied how computers execute instructions, designed simple ones in RT…
Valve's £85 Steam Controller divides gamers ahead of May launch
The pad will be compatible with PCs, Valve's handheld console, the Steam Deck as well as its upcoming gaming PC.
Some People Are So Desperate To Hate Marathon They’ve Embraced A Fake Conspiracy About Paid Reddit Posts
Some folks on the internet have fallen for a very obviously fake story about Sony and Bungie paying people to promote Marathon on Reddit
Review: Ground Zero - A classic survival horror feel that [pays] homage to the classics of the genre. It [stays] authentic to the survival …
Our comprehensive review of Ground Zero will tell you why this is a modern classic survival horror game worth playing.
It's Tough Out There, So Check Out These Amazing Websites (game related site list)
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Physicists used a ferret to clean particle accelerator tubes.
In February 1971, physicists at the National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, began testing the biggest machine in the world: a ring-shaped, 200-billion-electron-volt (BeV*) proton synchrotron particle accel…
Public restrooms in Osaka to get in-stall video screens with ads
Video advertising seems contradictory to the digital signage’s originally intended purpose.
Content Creator Alanah Pearce Launches Charred Pictures in Partnership With Game Devs; ‘Faith: The Unholy Trinity’ Film Adaptation, Two Mor…
Content creator Alanah Pearce launches Charred Pictures, a production company focused on involving game devs in film and TV adaptation projects.
Both Fedora and Ubuntu will get AI support – soon
Furores are fermenting in the forums
Microsoft finally agrees Windows 11 has problems, and K2 is its plan to fix them, claims report
Let's hope it's actually true.
Bus Bound is out!
Step into the driver’s seat in Bus Bound, the latest title from the creators of Bus Simulator 21. Explore a vibrant city behind the wheel of officially licensed buses, and help transform it into a pedestrian-friendly pa…
Sintopia, the management sim that smashes together Dungeon Keeper and Black & White, will stand before Steam's pearly gates for judgment in…
Team 17's Bullfrog-like strategy game releases next month.
Everyone Cheering The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Against Meta Should Understand What They’re Actually Cheering For
First things first: Meta is a terrible company that has spent years making terrible decisions and being terrible at explaining the challenges of social media trust & safety, all while prioritiz…
‘Your phone is about to stop being yours': anger brewing among Android fans as major Google app change draws near
Android is about to become less open, and users aren't happy.
Building Tanks While the Ukrainians Master Drones
All news of Ukraine and the world, interviews, photos, videos. The latest breaking news, political news, business news, social news, cultural news, sports news from #Mezha
AI data centers face increasing complaints about inaudible but 'felt' infrasound — citizens complain high- and low-frequency sounds do not …
Data centers are hurting the ears of the people living around them.
U.S. Lawmakers Work on Unified Site-Blocking Bill to Counter Online Piracy * TorrentFreak
Last week's Supreme Court decision in Cox Communications reshaped the piracy liability landscape, creating new urgency for site-blocking.
F-35 source code leaked
‼️🇺🇸 Lockheed Martin has allegedly been breached and 375TB of data is being offered for sale on what appears to be a Russian 'Threat Market'. They've priced the highly confidential data at $598 million...
8 in 10 Europeans don’t trust US, Chinese firms with data
Europe is rolling out measures to keep data local and reduce reliance on foreign tech.