60% of PC gamers have no plans to build a new PC in the next two years — AI pricing crunch on RAM and other components paralyze enthusiast …
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Sweden urges parents to restrict phone use around children
People also encouraged to make parts of home phone-free after research showed impact of adult screen use on children
Microsoft builds its ultimate MacBook Pro rival with the NVIDIA powered Surface Laptop Ultra
Microsoft launches the Surface Laptop Ultra with an NVIDIA RTX Spark chip and 128GB unified memory to challenge Apple MacBook Pro dominance.
TIL: That in 2021 almost 50% of adult Canadians struggle with literacy
One in six adult Canadians falls short of passing the most basic set of literacy tests, making them functionally illiterate, and this could mean problems as a post-COVID-19 economic recovery ramps up.
TIL Romania’s illicit handmade CoBra computer of the 1980s. The authorities could seize the students’ electronics, make them pay fines, an…
In their poor, Communist country, Romania's computer curious built an underground industry.
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TIL: gendered button/zipper placement on clothes (and a guess at why)
Centuries-old habits shaped today’s fashion standards.
September 2026 just became the busiest month in years for millions of gamers
Everyone's trying to get out of GTA 6's way
Mercedes-Benz may be shut out of U.S. market under bill aimed at Chinese automaker ownership
Mercedes-Benz's largest individual shareholder is BAIC, a Chinese state-owned automaker. Sources told CNBC that exemptions in the legislation would not apply.
Linux is Getting a Free Pass on Age Verification in California and Colorado
Other open source software gets similar treatment, with Colorado going as far as explicitly excluding code repositories and container platforms.
As the Stop Killing Games initiative advances, blocky racing game Lego 2K Drive is being delisted tomorrow on PC and consoles
Despite Stop Killing Games' efforts, publisher 2K is delisting Lego 2K Drive this week on PC and consoles, with the online services shutting down in 2027.
Digimon Story: Time Stranger large-scale expansion DLC announced
Publisher Bandai Namco and developer Media.Vision have announced a large-scale expansion downloadable content for Digimon Story: Time Stranger. It will launch in 2027.
Users turn to jailbreaking their older Kindles as Amazon ends support
It may be possible to jailbreak an older, end-of-support Kindle and continue adding books to it. But doing so carries risks.
Bending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday | Hacker News
Vimeo laid off most of their operation in Israel recently.[1] At least according to "www.calcalistech.com", which seems to be some minor news source in Israel. Their comment was that the office was damaged in a recent w…
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon says markets are in 'greed' mode as AI companies seek billions
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon's comments come as investors prepare for what will be one of the busiest periods for equity issuance in years.
Researchers say Google AI Mode changes recommendations based on your emails — and it risks creating a giant confirmation-bias machine
Google’s AI search may be secretly shaping answers using your private data
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The Trump phone appears to have already leaked its customers’ personal information through a glaring exploit
Trump Mobile's Trump phone isn't even in customers' hands yet, and it's already allegeldy leaking their personal data to the world.
AI Poop Analysis App Offers to Sell Database of Its Users
"I hoarded a large database of something valuable, just not what you expect… 150k stools images."
Switzerland dug a hole the size of two soccer fields to install the world’s most powerful underground battery, able to output 1.2 GW within…
Switzerland’s giant underground battery could reshape Europe’s power grid with 1.2 GW released in milliseconds.
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Netherlands Seizes 800 Servers, Arrests 2 for Aiding Cyberattacks – Krebs on Security
Authorities in the Netherlands have arrested the co-owners of two related Internet hosting companies for operating IT infrastructure used by Russia to carry out cyberattacks, influence operations and disinformation camp…
The first true MacBook Neo rivals are here, packing double the RAM and storage of Apple's budget laptop
Honor, ASUS, and HP have new Wildcat Lake laptops listed at Chinese retailers that match the MacBook Neo’s price while doubling its RAM and storage.
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Premier says no to massive AI data centre proposed for south of Winnipeg — Big AI centres offer little economic benefit while impacting peo…
A large AI data centre pitched for a 141-hectare tract of farmland south of Winnipeg will not go ahead, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says.
In China, artificial intelligence isn’t the future. It’s already here
ABC News' Selina Wang is traveling with the president in China and takes a closer look at how artificial intelligence is being embraced by the government -- even mandating AI education in schools.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquires xAI, merging his two most ambitious companies | CNN Business
SpaceX has acquired xAI, the company announced on Monday, merging two of Elon Muskâs most ambitious companies into the most valuable private company in the world.
Valve Reaffirms Steam Machine Summer Launch
In a blog post, Valve detailed its Verified programs for Steam Machine and Steam Frame, and insists both pieces of hardware are still coming this summer.
Industry Secrets Career Change Vs Stay the Course?
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Heavy Community Backlash Blocks Fedora's AI Developer Desktop Initiative
Two council members have retracted their approval votes after people raised concerns.
A CEO told employees they won't get raises in 2026 because the budget is going to AI
Cloud software firm Teradata has told employees not to expect annual salary raises in 2026, and says it is putting the money towards AI instead.
CO₂ scrubbing microbes discovered in underground laboratory
You might not know it, but the hot water and rocks deep within Earth are teeming with undiscovered life. Dr. Tanvi Govil is one of the biologists studying this new frontier of microbial life that thrives in extreme plac…
Meta's $10 billion Louisiana data center is getting $3.3 billion in tax breaks—more than seven years of the state's entire police budget
States are awarding more than $5.6 billion annually to data center developers, and that’s a conservative estimate.
Videogame pirates tell other pirates to shut up about it after Subnautica 2 developers are taunted with illicit copies
A breach of pirate etiquette has even pirates siding with a Subnautica 2 designer.
UK saves 'millions' of pounds by ditching Palantir for refugee system
The government said its in-house IT system was "more flexible" while meeting "high standards" of security.
Samsung starts winding down chip production six days before planned 18-day strike — company enters "emergency management mode," daily losse…
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MAGA has been swooning over an Army soldier and her pro-Trump message. She is AI
The account is an example of how artificial intelligence is being used to push political agendas in wartime
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Mathematicians issue warning as AI rapidly gains ground— New declaration argues the technology jeopardizes the field’s values and culture
This declaration calls for action to address the challenges posed by the use of artificial intelligence within mathematics research.
X announces significant restrictions to free accounts; 50 posts and 200 replies per day
X is pushing more users to get verified by announcing new restrictions in terms of daily post and reply limits for free accounts.
She won an exemption from using AI at her tech job. The Pope's remarks could fuel similar appeals.
Legal experts say employers must take AI-related religious objections seriously, as a 2023 ruling raised the bar for denying such accommodations.
OpenAI now wants ChatGPT to access your bank accounts
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Venture Capitalists Are Using Profits From Genocide to Fund AI-Powered Weapons
Arms makers are teaming up with venture capital firms in a push to bring AI to the battlefield.
US controls 90% of AI chip markets and produces far more advanced AI models than China, yet it has lost much of manufacturing capacity need…
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Amazon faces class action lawsuit over Ring facial recognition feature
The class action lawsuit, filed in Seattle by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt, claims that Ring's Familiar Faces feature stores images of passersby without consent.
TIL about the Nikon F
The Nikon F camera, introduced in April 1959,[1] was Nikon's first SLR camera. It was one of the most advanced cameras of its day.[2] Although many of the concepts had already been introduced elsewhere, it was revolutio…