blog.smartere Ā» Floppy Disks: the best TV remote for kids
Modern TVs are very poorly suited for kids. They require using complicated remotes or mobile phones, and navigating apps that continually try to lure you into watching something else than you intended to. The usual scenā¦
Ubisoft initiates colossal restructure to become a more 'gamer-centric' company
The publisher is restructuring around five 'creative houses' by implementing cost-cutting, project cancellations, and a return-to-office mandate.
Waymo Just Reprogrammed Its Robotaxis to Drive Less Safely
Waymo has been experimenting with programming to make its typically-cautious robotaxis "confidently assertive."
RAM is so expensive that stores are selling it at market prices
Get ready to buy PC memory like you buy lobster.
TIL Iran Has No Water Left, 28 Million People WITHOUT Water
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Robotics Company Builds Straight-Up Terminator
Electric vehicle company XPeng has released a video of its "Iron" robot without skin, and the results are pretty disturbing.
Virginia State University Receives $50 Million Gift From MacKenzie Scott
From $30M in 2020 to $50M today, Scott continues her historic support of VSU. Virginia State University is proud to announce that it has rec...
US Mint says it has stamped its last penny, a historic end for a humble coin
The Treasury Department said the last pennies were stamped with a special omega mark and will not go into circulation.
Woman hadn't slept for days before passing out behind wheel, causing fatal crash
Sonal Patel was sentenced to seven years in a Georgia prison after falling asleep while driving drunk and sleep deprived, causing a crash that left a father of two dead.
Tesla profit tanked 46% in 2025 | TechCrunch
The company's sales fell for a second year in a row, as Tesla looks to AI and robotics, including a new $2 billion investment in CEO Elon Musk's company xAI.
Epic and Google have a secret $800 million Unreal Engine and services deal
Epic disputes that it impacts their ongoing antitrust dispute.
X is also launching Bluesky-like starter packs
X is rolling out a new feature called āStarterpacksā to all users in the coming weeks, the companyās head of product has announced.
GOP overhaul of broadband permit laws: Cities hate it, cable companies love it
Cities and counties call congressional plan an āunprecedented federal intrusion.āā¦
Roblox to block children from talking to adult strangers after string of lawsuits
Gaming platform to use facial age estimation to limit chats to similar age groups, as allegations of grooming grow
The Data Center Backlash Is Swallowing American Politics
Activists on both the left and the right are pushing back against AI development.
Verizon carriers start switching to 365-day device unlock policy, up from 60 days
After the FCC lifted a restriction on how soon carriers need to unlock devices, Verizon has extended its device unlock...
Powdertoy: FOSS falling sand
The Powder Toy is a desktop version of the classic 'falling sand' physics sandbox game, it simulates air pressure and velocity as well as heat!
Anthropic says Chinese hackers used its Claude AI chatbot in cyberattacks
State-sponsored cybercriminals used Anthropic's tech to target tech companies, financial institutions and other organizations, AI company alleges.
A college student is suing a dating app that allegedly used her TikTok videos to target men in her dormitory
A 19-year-old influencer is suing the dating app Meete, alleging the company misappropriated her TikTok videos and used geofencing to target "friends with benefits" ads to men in her own college dormitory.
'Reverse Solar Panel' Generates Electricity at Night
It produces only a little power, but its innovative approach could support hardware that operates during lengthy periods of total darkness, such as deep-space satellites.
RAM Prices Got You Down? Try DDR3. Seriously!
DDR3 seemed plenty fast when it first showed up 19 years ago. Who could say no to 6400 Mb/s transfer speeds? Of course compared to the modern DDR5 thatās glacially slow, but given that RAM isā¦
Grindr CEO Says App Will Be āAI-Firstā and āNot in the Business of Politicsā
In an interview, CEO George Arison claimed artificial intelligence can help solve Ć¢ĀĀdifficultĆ¢ĀĀ gay dating problems.
Activist group says it has scraped 86m music files from Spotify
Platform with 700m users says it is investigating after Annaās Archive claims to have scraped tracks and metadata
Self-hosted TinyPNG alternative with Docker (imgcompress
Self-hosted TinyPNG alternative to compress, convert, and resize images. Over 69+ Format are supported including (HEIC, JPG, JPEG, PNG, PSD, TIFF, EPS, ICO, WebP, GIF &...). Runs 100% locally u...
Microsoft Open Sources Zork I, II And III
The history of the game Zork is a long and winding one, starting with MUDs and kin on university mainframes ā where students entertained themselves in between their studies ā and endingā¦
Headscale vs Netbird vs Pangolin - How do you like selfhosting them?
(00:00) Complete Shownotes at https://discuss.james.network (00:40) Sponsor Ameridroid referral link - US-based distributor of Odroid, Open Hardware and Home Automation Third Reality M1 Power Plug w/ Metering with Home ā¦
Notes on the Intel 8086 processor's arithmetic-logic unit
In 1978, Intel introduced the 8086 processor, a revolutionary chip that led to the modern x86 architecture. Unlike modern 64-bit processors,...
TIL that it's even possible to make a kazoo sound good
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GitHub - DioCrafts/OxiCloud: āļø OxiCloud server, efficient and secure way to save all your data
āļø OxiCloud server, efficient and secure way to save all your data - DioCrafts/OxiCloud
Rustdesk's lesser known features
An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer. - rustdesk/rustdesk
Zoox will let public riders use its robotaxis in San Francisco
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Welcome to Dunwoody's Virtual Human Zoo: Flock claimed explicit permission to view cameras where children play. Dunwoody says no such permiā¦
Flock claimed explicit permission to view cameras where children play. Dunwoody says no such permission exists.
Kernel Community Drafts a Plan For Replacing Linus Torvalds
Linus plans to live forever. But just in case he doesn't, there's now a succession plan (though no actual successor).
Principles and Execution of Beyond Visual Range Air Combat
While it may not be as visually dramatic as close in dogfighting, Beyond visual range combat remain one of the most if not the most important aspect of air combat now a day, so let dive in and explā¦
I Work For an Evil [Tech] Company, but Outside Work, Iām Actually a Really Good Person
I love my job. I make a great salary, thereās a clear path to promotion, and a never-ending supply of cold brew in the office. And even though my j...
Amazon is cracking down on illegal streaming on its Fire TV Stick
Piracy apps are getting the boot from Amazonās TV streaming sticks.
Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
Game companies see share prices plummet following the launch of Google's very limited virtual world generator, Project Genie
Gaming companies saw share prices plummet this week after Google rolled out Project Genie 3, an AI tool that lets usersā¦
Neocities deindexed from Bing
Over the past few months, the Bing search engine has completely blocked the domain neocities.org, including the front site and all user subdomains (example.n...
UK announces largest ever facial recognition rollout as part of policing reforms
The UK has announced large-scale policing reforms, including new investments into artificial intelligence and increased Live Facial Recognition deployments.
OnePlus update blocks downgrades and custom ROMs by blowing a fuse
The OnePlus ColorOS 16.0.3.501 Anti-Rollback Fuse Incident refers to the January 2026 deployment of firmware updates by OnePlus that introduced a hardware-level anti-rollback mechanism. This permanently prevents users fā¦
Scientists Are Increasingly Worried AI Will Sway Elections
AI models can meaningfully sway voters on candidates and issues, including by using misinformation, and they are also evading detection in public surveys according to three new studies.
TIL that children also wore corsets
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Steam Hardware Announcement
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Wifi 15 gigabytes per second ā Researchers demo invention
The future is analog.
Music Assistant 2.7 - Taking over the airwaves
With a visual overhaul, new features and providers, and a custom-built streaming protocol, it's our biggest update yet!
Inside Amazon: Who pays the price?
Online retailer Amazon has been repeatedly criticized for its business practices. The US company puts pressure on retailers and exerts influence on pricing policies, thus fueling cut-throat competition.
Shai-Hulud Returns: Over 300 NPM Packages Infected
Supply chain security, vulnerability intelligence, and malware detection.
EA Announces No F1 26 Next Year, F1 25 Will Get a Major Expansion Instead
2026 premium content update for F1Ā® 25 marks the start of a reimagined EA SPORTS F1Ā® series