Greece to ban anonymity on social media
"The major problem behind anonymity is toxicity," argues digital governance minister
I Decompiled the White House's New App
The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.
Mapping Google's Unmappable City
How filmmaker Chris Parr put North Oaks, Minnesota on the map.
Scientists Develop New Antibody For Virus That Infects 95% of People
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is one of the world's most common viruses, thought to be lurking in 95 percent of adults.
DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian’s Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts
Using a 1930s trade law, Homeland Security targeted the manâwho hasnât entered the US in more than a decadeâfollowing posts on X condemning the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
DOGE Goes Nuclear: How Trump Invited Silicon Valley Into America’s Nuclear Power Regulator
In its rush to boost nuclear energy, the Trump administration is rapidly rewriting rules to ease regulations and provide financial breaks for industry. “The safety culture is under threat,” a former head of the Nuclear …
GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information
Doesn’t care if its devices can’t be sold in regions that require ID verification.
PSA: netbird Android client defaults to force relay connection
This seems like a bad default. The point of a p2p overlay network like this is to optimize the connection speed/latency/path while still offering security. Forcing relay use by default defeats half...
AI code increasingly leads to production failures
The rapid introduction of AI-generated code is increasingly leading to production failures, according to a survey.
Xbox makes more leadership changes, hiring analyst who said games were losing the attention battle with gambling, crypto and porn as chief …
Asha Sharma's shake-up continues at Xbox as she brings more new people into key roles.
Turns out, nobody wants a data center in their backyard
Your local anti-AI organizer is probably not a CCP plant.
Shrinkflation Is Quietly Making All Gadgets Worse
RAM prices are forcing companies to choose between higher prices and worse specs. Some have decided on doing both.
White House tech chief slams EU AI Act, champions Trump's approach as Davos begins
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s chief science and tech adviser, highlights wins in AI for science while teasing exports of American AI.
Does Anyone Still Play Connect 4?
Connect 4 is a classic strategy game where you drop pieces to align four in a row. Play against friends or computer on Infunx.
Amazon Ads lets advertisers use your LinkedIn data to send taregetd ads on TVs and streaming platforms
Precise LinkedIn targeting via job title, industry and more is coming to B2B marketers within Amazon DSP.
Netizen
Derek Sivers official site. Thoughts on philosophy, culture, self-improvement. Author of Useful Not True, How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Anything You Want.
Meta AI agent’s instruction causes large sensitive data leak to employees
Artificial intelligence agent instructed engineer to take actions that exposed user and company data internally
Amazon’s search bar will invent AI-generated products you can’t buy
You can search for products that look like the fake images.
Silent Hill: Townfall - Release Date Announcement
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10016947SILENT HILL: Townfall is coming to PS5 on September 24th - Pre-Order Now for bonus content. Simon Ordell ...
Oura launches Ring 5, world’s smallest smart ring, as it heads towards IPO
Finnish-US startup has sold 5.5m rings worldwide since it was founded in 2013 and is valued at $11bn
Microsoft rejects critical Azure vulnerability report, no CVE issued
A security researcher claims Microsoft quietly fixed an Azure Backup for AKS vulnerability after rejecting his report, and without issuing a CVE. Microsoft disputes the claim, telling BleepingComputer the behavior was e…
Big AI's Regulatory Capture: Mapping Industry Interference and Government Complicity
Over the past decade, the AI industry has come to exert an unprecedented economic, political and societal power and influence. It is therefore critical that we comprehend the extent and depth of pervasive and multifacet…
DHS can’t create vast DNA database to track ICE critics, lawsuit says | Lawsuit accuses DHS of plugging DNA database into ICE surveillance …
Lawsuit accuses DHS of plugging DNA database into ICE surveillance machine.
A DOGE Affiliate Is Now in Charge of the US Government’s ID Platform
Greg Hogan will oversee Login.gov as the government seeks to integrate driverâs license and passport information into the service, making what one insider calls âa national ID.â
s&box - launch trailer
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Windows Update is a torture chamber for seldom-used PCs
Opinion: Microsoft punishes you for updating infrequently
iPhone New iOS Age Verification Sparks Outrage as Users Say 'I Will Switch to Android'
Apple's new iOS age verification in the UK sparks outrage as users warn they may switch to Android over privacy and ID concerns.
New computer chip material inspired by the human brain could slash AI energy use
Researchers have developed a new kind of nanoelectronic device that could dramatically cut the energy consumed by artificial intelligence hardware by mimicking
I respect choice for the name of the game
A cozy garbage-cleaning simulator. Dig through the dump, find ultra-rare collectible cards, rescue tangled birds, and relax.
Inside the extended courtship linking Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, and Israeli officials
A hacked trove of emails reveals the revolving door of political leaders, tech billionaires, and intelligence officers.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword - Release Date Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games
Pre-order now: https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10013248Onimusha: Way of the Sword, an all-new entry in Capcom's swordplay action series, will be ...
'Fuck you, Bambu': How one private message could change the face of 3D printing
Thousands are daring Bambu to take legal action.
The 4th Linux kernel flaw this month can lead to stolen SSH host keys
The good news is there's already a patch. The bad news is that the fix isn't available for all Linux distributions yet. Here's what you can do in the meantime.
This Week in Self-Host
I'm officially back from my brief hiatus (shout-out to those who missed me), and as promised, have sifted through two weeks' worth of content to make up for it.
China's new homegrown gaming GPU flops in performance and price — flagship $485 LX 7G100 can't keep pace with Nvidia's older RTX 4060
The LX 7G100 doesn't come close to an RTX 4060, despite what early benchmarks might suggest.
A Ukrainian corps is battle-testing exoskeletons that can fold into a briefcase
The 7th Air Assault Corps has released a video of troops using the exoskeletons to load artillery rounds onto a self-propelled Howitzer.
House Science Committee Questions DOE Science Chief About Agency Reorganization
Under Secretary for Science Darío Gil said the new fusion and computing offices will focus on fostering industries for emerging technologies.
How Hackers Use NPMSCan.com to Hack Web Apps (Next.js, Nuxt.js, React, Bun)
Deep-dive, no-login supply-chain analysis of popular npm ecosystems (Next.js, Nuxt.js, React, Bun) using NPMSCan to surface real-world attack paths: auth bypass, cache poisoning, SSRF, Nuxt payload traversal, legacy Rea…
Hitman Classic Trilogy Remastered - Announcement Trailer
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Google AI engineer claims dismissal for opposing tech sales to Israel
‘Our work on AI was sold to facilitate genocide’: Artificial intelligence engineer claims Google unfairly sacked them for internally criticising the company’s decision to continue supplying technology to the Israeli mil…
Mozilla accuses Microsoft of sabotaging Firefox with Windows and Copilot tactics
Mozilla is accusing Microsoft of using Windows design choices and Copilot integrations to steer users toward Edge and make Firefox harder to use, raising fresh concerns about browser competition and platform control.
Microsoft's AI slop is infecting GitHub — Copilot is now injecting ads into pull requests
A developer caught Copilot adding promotional "tips" to code descriptions, highlighting a messy new era of AI slop.
AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it
You're using AI to be more productive. So why are you more exhausted than ever? The paradox every engineer needs to confront.
City Learns Flock Accessed Cameras in Children's Gymnastics Room as a Sales Pitch Demo, Renews Contract Anyway
Residents of Dunwoody, Georgia are furious about the city's surveillance contract with Flock. Do their elected officials care?
Google Broke Its Promise to Me. Now ICE Has My Data.
In 2025, Google gave Amandla Thomas-Johnson's data to ICE without giving him the chance to challenge the subpoena, breaking a nearly decade-long promise to notify users before handing their data to law enforcement.
amneziawg-installer: one-command VPN server that works where WireGuard gets blocked
One-command install script for self-hosted AmneziaWG 2.0 VPN — Ubuntu & Debian, DPI bypass, traffic obfuscation, auto-hardening, client management - bivlked/amneziawg-installer
French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle tracked via Strava activity in OPSEC failure
A French aircraft carrier was tracked in real time via a sailor’s Strava activity, exposing a persistent operational security flaw.
Is £70 becoming harder to justify? The rise of cheaper blockbuster games
As top games such as GTA 6 are speculated to cost $100 (£74), some developers are deliberately pricing lower.
Valve antitrust lawsuit reportedly reveals lengths Steam owner is willing to go to prevent cheaper prices elsewhere
Newly uncovered evidence in an ongoing antitrust lawsuit has claimed Valve works aggressively behind the scenes to maintain its position.