US shutters phisherfolkās $14.6M password-hoarding platform
: Crooks used platform to scoop up and store banking credentials for big-money thefts
Amazon: Older Kindles can no longer download e-books
They were cut off from the store some time ago, and now they can no longer download e-books either: Amazon is rolling back support for older Kindles.
Australia said to grant US access to Australiansā biometric data
This arrangement is part of negotiations tied to the US Visa Waiver Program and the Enhanced Border Security Partnership.
Pupils in England are losing their thinking skills because of AIā Two-thirds of secondary school teachers report a decline in core abilitieā¦
In the latest survey of National Education Union members, conducted ahead of Annual Conference in Brighton, 9,408 teacher members in English state schools gave us their views on the current uses of AI within education āā¦
Claude Code source leak reveals how much info Anthropic can hoover up about you and your system
: If you loved the data retention of Microsoft Recall, you'll be thrilled with Claude Code
Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool ā Project Genie crashes stocks. (A.K.A . Investors panic because theyā¦
Project Genie can AI-generate "games" capped at 720p and 24 FPS.
Obsidian's The Outer Worlds 2 Underperformed, and There Won't Be a Third - IGN
Veteran role-playing game maker Obsidian Entertainment has no plans to continue The Outer Worlds with a third game, the studio has confirmed.
Anti-Palestinian Billionaires Can Now Control What TikTok Users See
Under the TikTok deal, its Chinese owners will sell U.S. operations to a group of pro-Israel billionaires eager to censor critical content.
Iran Demands Bitcoin For Ships Passing Hormuz During Ceasefire
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Times: Iran will demand that shipping companies pay tolls in cryptocurrency for laden oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz (source paywalled; alternativā¦
Extraction shooter The Cube, Save Us has announced it's shutting down just three weeks after it launched
Not to be confused with The Cube.
Borderlands 4's New $30 Expansion Pack Isn't Winning Over Fans
Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned includes a new playable character and region to explore, but is that enough to bring back lapsed players?
I remixed Claude's new buddy into "buddymon"
Claude Code plugin ā collectible creatures discovered through coding - CircuitForgeLLC/buddymon
Europe Accuses TikTok of āAddictive Designā and Pushes for Change
European Union regulators said the appās infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to ācompulsiveā behavior, especially among children.
Happy Public Domain Day everyone
January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US law; the copyright tā¦
I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with LIGHT!
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A Redditor Criticized ICE. Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury.
An ICE summons to get the userās identity failed. Advocates worry the move to a grand jury signals an escalation of the war on dissent.
Ubuntu quietly raises its minimum system requirements
You'll need at least 6GB of RAM to run Ubuntu 26.04 LTS comfortably, as the upcoming version of the distro raises its minimum memory requirement for
Confirmed: PS5 console prices are being raised by $100 | VGC
Sony confirms hardware price hikes; PS5 Pro will cost $900 from April 2ā¦
Iran Strikes Leave Amazon Availability Zones "Hard Down" in Bahrain and Dubai
Amazon tells its employees to deprioritize these regions as the Iran war deals meaningful damage to its infrastructure in the Gulf.
āEuro-Officeā: OnlyOffice accuses of license violations
Ionos and Nextcloud are working on āEuro-Officeā and have forked OnlyOffice for it. The project sees this as a license violation.
Tear gas and pepper spray can have lasting health effects
The chemicals are widely used for crowd control, but their long-term health risks are poorly understood.
AI is not an assistant ā it's your new boss
As managers continue to outsource data-gathering and decision-making to LLMs, the person above you on the org chart is transforming into a chatbot's clerk ā and leaving product teams with the consequences.
Mortal Shell II - Official Gameplay Reveal
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TIL Valnet owns most of the world's so-called "gaming journalism" and other pop entertainment websites.
The owner of entertainment websites Screen Rant, Collider, CBR and MovieWeb faces a lawsuit over exploitative work conditions.
Orbitals ā Nintendo Direct Trailer
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How Iranās Information War Machine Operates Online
In just 69 minutes, Iran took advantage of a global network of accounts and media channels to spread its narrative around the world.
Backing up Spotify
We backed up Spotify (metadata and music files). Itās distributed in bulk torrents (~300TB). Itās the worldās first āpreservation archiveā for music which is fully open (meaning it can easily be mirrored by anyone with ā¦
EU age verification app announced to protect children online
EU chief calls for a bloc-wide push on an age verification app to protect children online. If enforced, users will have to prove their age to access legally restricted sites.
Operation Sovereignty - Germany plans a breakthrough from M$
A cross-party parliamentary commission aims to end dependence on US tech giants and increasingly rely on European open-source solutions.
Hardware Store Marauderās Map Is Clarkian Magic
The āMarauderās Mapā is a magical artifact from the Harry Potter franchise. That sort of magic isnāt real, but as Arthur C. Clarke famously pointed out, it doesnāt neeā¦
Resources to Fight AI Sloppification At Work
If you are anxious about how AI will impact or is already impacting your job, you donāt just need to doomscroll about it. Collective action can, will, and is...
TIL Vim uses hjkl keys for cursor movement because they doubled as arrows keys on Bill Joy's original keyboard.
I was reading about vim the other day and found out why it used `hjkl` keys as arrow keys. When Bill Joy created the vi text editor he used the ADM-3A terminal, which had the arrows on hjkl keys. Naturally he reused theā¦
PlayStation Studios Removes Nearly All PC References From Websites
PlayStation Studios removed PC references across most studio pages, adding credibility to the rumor that Sony may be changing its first-party PC release plans.
LibreOffice Drama: The Document Foundation Removes Collabora Developers in One Sweep
TDF has used a bylaw Collabora publicly opposed to strip over 30 of its most active developers of their membership.
Denmark wants to ban VPNs to unlock foreign, illegal streams ā and experts are worried
Critics warn the vaguely worded proposal could have a chilling effect on internet freedom
The False Promise of App Store Age Verification
An analysis of the unconstitutional App Store Accountability Act and its impact on age verification and parental controls.
Starfield has sold 140K copies on PS5
The high-profile port has had a middling start, raising questions about the long-term viability of delayed multiplatform releases and the true cost of exclusivity and subscriptions.
Americaās Largest Public Hospital System Says AI Could Replace Radiologists
NYC hospital chief proposes AI-only cancer screening to cut costs, but radiologists warn of patient safety risks as regulatory battles loom.
The rise of Moltbook suggests viral AI prompts may be the next big security threat
We don't need self-replicating AI models to have problems, just self-replicating prompts.
The biggest video game stinkers of 2025, according to Metacritic
From Bubsy to MindsEye, these are the worst-reviewed games of the year
Alberto Mielgo defends the Marathon cinematic as "not AI," denies his team touched Bungieās plagiarized material and calls the art theft inā¦
Marathon cinematic short director, Alberto Mielgo, speaks up about the AI questions and the plagiarism scandal tied to the game, calling the situation a genuine mistake thatās been blown out of proportion.
I used an original iPod Nano in 2026, and it worked surprisingly well
Nearly 20 years after its introduction, the iPod Nano is still a perfectly functional music player.
Voters Increasingly Use AI as Political Advisor. A New Study Shows the the Risks.
In an experiment during Japanās February 2026 Lower House election, policy stances dominated AI chatbotsā voting guidance, and left-leaning stances caused five AI models to recommend the Japanese Communist Party. The reā¦
Is Wikipedia's Volunteer Model Facing a Generational Crisis?
Wikipedia's 25th anniversary sparks a debate: Can it adapt to the needs of Gen Z and beyond?
Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit thā¦
The latest GDC survey also found that managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees.
TIL Antarctica has its own accent.
Antarctic English is a variety of the English language spoken by people living on the continent of Antarctica and within the subantarctic islands.[1]: vii Spoken primarily by scientists and workers in the Antarctic tourā¦
FF7 on Steam Is Being Replaced (And Your Saves Wonāt Carry Over)
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High-Altitude Adventure With a DIY Pico Balloon - IEEE Spectrum
A $4 Raspberry Pi Pico can help you track a DIY balloon around the world.
Typeframe
A collection of open-source hardware and software for building writerdecks/cyberdecks.
Googleās Sundar Pichai says the job of CEO is one of the āeasier thingsā AI could soon replace
Pichai said apart from running a company, advances in AI could also help people evaluate medical treatment or decide whether to invest in a stock.