A Vibe Coded SaaS Killed My Team
We lost the capitalism game and they're trying to get a second wind through a broken vibe-coded SaaS platform.
Google Search referrals to the web have plummeted, AI links are 'less than 1%' of traffic
New data shows just how impactful AI has been to the web, with Google Search referrals falling off of a...
Unsealed Court Documents Show Teen Addiction Was Big Tech's "Top Priority"
New documents show the tactics Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok execs used to disrupt learning, prey on minors, and co-opt the PTA to control the narrative with parents WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project p…
AI controls is coming to Firefox
AI is changing the web, and people want very different things from it. We’ve heard from many who want nothing to do with AI. We’ve also heard from
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Women in Brussels 'filmed without their knowledge' by men wearing Meta smart glasses
Experts in Europe warn that these devices are used to record strangers without their consent, possibly breaching EU law.
Microsoft's GitHub bans security researcher who posted zero-day Windows exploits because company 'ruined their life' — expert claims action…
"I will make sure your bones are shattered [on July 14]"
Exposing a global ‘online rape academy’ — In shocking group chats, men encourage one another to drug and assault their wives – and swap tip…
CNN exposes an online network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it.
Three Silicon Valley engineers charged with stealing Google trade secrets and sending data to Iran
A federal grand jury indicted three engineers on charges of stealing trade secrets from Google and other tech firms and transferring sensitive data to Iran.
Stack Overflow Rolls Out Native Ads in Q&A Feeds for Funding Boost
Stack Overflow is introducing native ads to blend sponsored content into its Q&A feeds, aiming to fund enhancements while maintaining transparency and user value. Critics fear erosion of trust and misinformation. This m…
Top 5 Tech Titans: Momentum or Crowded Trade? - News 24
The U.S. technology sector is increasingly a five-name show. Microsoft Corporation (Ticker: MSFT), A
The First Modern Car Without Hydraulic Brakes Is Headed to Production
Brembo's fluid-free "Sensify" brake system is going into a production car.
OpenAI reportedly thinks its phone will sell as many units as the Samsung Galaxy series
30 million units expected in 2027-2028
Total War: MEDIEVAL III - Announce Trailer
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Plex’s price hikes prove I was right to switch to Jellyfin
Streaming your own media shouldn’t come with a subscription. Here’s why Plex users are frustrated — and why Jellyfin might be a better bet.
Godot gets a funding boost from Slay the Spire 2 devs Mega Crit
The Godot Engine team have announced that Slay the Spire 2 developer Mega Crit have given them quite a nice funding boost.
The fun part of app development ends with the launch
Building an app is fun. Promoting one not so much. I enjoyed spending countless hours building InsideStack learning a lot of cool stuff. But when I finally launched it, I had to face the reality. I built this app for ot…
Duke Nukem 3D 30th Anniversary Tribute | The Voice, Creators, and Legends Behind the King
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Rayman Legends Retold - Reveal Trailer
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Apple Faces £3 Billion UK Trial Over iCloud Lock-In Claims
Apple was not able to narrow the scope of a UK lawsuit accusing it of locking 40 million UK consumers into iCloud, to the detriment of third-party cloud storage providers. British consumer group Which? first filed the l…
TIL when you collect poop samples from the ocean most of the data comes back as being from unknown species
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Valve raises Steam Deck prices by more than $200
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Akamai surges on big LLM deal as Cloudflare dims
Deletion of a longstanding privacy assurance sparks concerns
Apple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK go…
UK users can confirm their age by scanning an ID or using a credit card.
Hackers and Trolls Target Wave of ICE Spotting Apps
Hackers have targeted a spread of apps or sites that aim to track ICE activity, in one case even sending push notifications to users in an attempt to intimidate them.
The war on privacy and encryption goes on. This time in the UK. Under the “Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill”, lawmakers now want clien…
The war on privacy and encryption goes on. This time in the UK. Under the “Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill”, lawmakers now want client-side scanning on every phone and tablet. The lawmakers write: “Any relevant de…
Senators count the shady ways data centers pass energy costs on to Americans
Senators demand Big Tech pay upfront for data center spikes in electricity bills.
Warnings About Retrobright Damaging Plastics After 10 Year Test
Within the retro computing community there exists a lot of controversy about so-called ‘retrobrighting’, which involves methods that seeks to reverse the yellowing that many plastics su…
Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
Texas sues Meta and WhatsApp for "Lying About Privacy Measures and Deceiving Texans by Falsely Claiming WhatsApp Messages are Encrypted"
Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit against Meta Platforms Inc. and WhatsApp LLC (collectively “WhatsApp”) after the company misled consumers regarding the strength and scope of its privacy protections for its messag…
LiftTrace v1.0.0-rc.4 released: NutriTrace federation + editable workout duration
Self-hosted weightlifting tracker — single Docker container, AGPL-3.0, no telemetry, no cloud sync. - TraceApps/lifttrace
Indie developer who got blocked on Steam for “potential infringement” of his own work finally gets green light after issuing license declar…
WIRED TOKYO 2007 developer Daikichi_EMP has announced a resolution of his IP violation predicament on Steam.
Alabaster Dawn - Early Access Release Date Trailer
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Seven takeaways from the latest International AI Safety report
Annual review highlights growing capabilities of AI models, while examining issues from cyber-attacks to job disruption
The form asked my permission to share my health data. Then it wouldn’t let me say no.
Dark patterns force patients to share their data with big healthcare networks, even when the privacy form they’re signing explicitly says they can opt-out.
Billionaires are trying to lull us into AI complacency. Don’t let them
As resistance to datacenters grows, Musk and others are painting a rosy picture. But the US must institute protections
PS5 Price increase collapses PlayStation console sales in Japan, with Xbox gaining
If Japan is any indication, buyers worldwide are avoiding PlayStation consoles. Following the latest PS5 and PS5 Pro price increase, the systems experienced a dramatic decline in weekly sales. With the Xbox Series X mak…
Microsoft says Copilot will 'finish your code before you finish your coffee' adding fuel to the Windows 11 AI controversy that's still ragi…
Microsoft flexes about Copilot's coding skills and Windows 11 users respond with merciless trolling.
“Cannot be explained” – New ultra stainless steel stuns researchers
A team at the University of Hong Kong has developed a new “super steel” that can survive the harsh conditions needed to make green hydrogen from seawater. The material uses an unexpected double-protection mechanism that…
‘I want to cancel’: YouTube Premium quietly hikes its US prices for the first time in three years, forcing many users to consider the unthi…
Google has aggravated YouTube Premium subscribers once again with an unexpected price hike.
Playnite-HydraTorrent
HydraTorrent is a library plugin for Playnite that integrates torrent download management directly into your game library. It works with qBittorrent to provide a seamless download experience with q...
Here's the severance package Oracle offered laid-off US employees
Severance includes 4 weeks base salary plus 1 week per year of employment.
Hubzilla 11.2 Docker Image
A multi-arch docker container for Hubzilla, based on Alpine Linux, Nginx, and Postgres/MariaDB - dhitchenor/hubzilla
DuckDuckGo Launches Public Vote on AI and User Choice
The privacy-focused search engine is asking the public where they stand on AI, arguing that AI features should always be optional.
Doom Studio id Software Unionizes To Secure AI Protections, Benefits: ‘We See The Direction The Industry Is Headed’
"People decided that it was time that we took our future into our own hands"
Taylor Swift files to trademark her voice and likeness in era of AI deepfakes
The move comes months after actor Matthew McConaughey filed similar trademarks to protect his likeness against unauthorized replications.
Windows 11’s push for mandatory Microsoft accounts is hitting a nerve with users who say the change complicates setup, privacy, and basic P…
We asked our readers what they think of Windows 11's forced Microsoft account requirement, and the answer is clear. Too bad it's not on the official list of improvements coming to the OS in 2026.
Take-Two CEO Responds to Stock Price Drop Following Google Genie Announcement: 'I Think People Are Confusing Tools With Hits' - IGN
Last week, Google announced Project Genie, an AI-powered virtual world creator still in its infancy that seemed to spook a number of video game investors. But at least one video game CEO isn't ruffled: Take-Two's Straus…
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