I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone
Microsoft has deprecated windows 10, yet million of users still use it. They say the hardware is not supported, yet they keep pestering us with endless pings.
Tempus v4.2.4 android subsonic client release
What's Changed chore: Update russian strings.xml by @Sevinfolds in #249 fix: disallow duplicate songs in queue by @eddyizm in #252 fix:github release check by @eddyizm in #253 fix: Fixed crash whe...
Camera Capabilities Unlocked From A Mouse
There is a point where taking technology for granted hides some of the incredible capabilities of seemingly simple devices. Optical mice are a great example of this principle, using what are more o…
Big Tech Ramps Up Propaganda Blitz As AI Data Centers Become Toxic With Voters
As backlash against energy-sucking AI data centers grows, Big Tech is spending millions on propaganda and lobbying to push a "positive pro-data center campaign message" onto legislators and voters ahead of the midterms.
The Webs Digital Locks have Never had a Stronger Opponent
We are in a renaissance era of reverse engineering. Defenders are going to be on the back foot until we figure out some way to cope with LLM's.
Asking the Self-Hosting Community to Take a Brief Three-Question Survey
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YouTube: Addiction Inc. - YouTube suppressed internal warnings, manipulated advocacy organizations, killed safety features, and auto-delete…
Findings show YouTube suppressed internal warnings, manipulated advocacy organizations, killed safety features, and auto-deleted internal communications Download the report here WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the heels of a land…
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…
TIL adults who frequently post on social media are at more risk of developing mental health problems than those who passively view social m…
Adults who frequently post on social media are at more risk of developing mental health problems than those who passively view social media content, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
Bathroom Doomscrolling May Increase Your Risk of Hemorrhoids
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Popular Science: According to a new medical survey, scrolling on your smartphone while using the toilet may dramatically increase your risk of hemorrhoids. The evidence is laid o…
Apple is closing three US stores, including the first to unionize
Apple is closing a trio of retail stores this summer, including its first location to unionize.
Servo: A new, independent Web Browser Engine (the core of a web browser) written in Rust.
Detailed description slide by slide of my Servo talk at GOSIM Hangzhou 2025.
Elon Musk Is Rolling xAI Into SpaceX—Creating the World’s Most Valuable Private Company
By fusing SpaceX and xAIâwhich acquired X last yearâElon Musk tightens his grip over technologies that shape national security, social media, and artificial intelligence.
Days after killing the brand, Crucial shows up at Delhi Comic-Con — As Micron pivots to AI, Crucial's presence likely booked out months in …
Local partners display RAM and SSD inventories as the consumer brand enters its final year.
Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real
Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?
Disney may be interested in acquiring Epic Games at some point, it’s claimed
Disney previously invested $1.5 billion in the Fortnite and Unreal Engine company…
The game "Horses" now barred on Steam, Epic and Humble Bundle
Horses is proving to be something of a surprise hit, at least on the storefronts where you can still buy it.
Chocolate - The World's First Wii U GamePad Adapter for PC
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Deliberate Internet Shutdowns - Schneier on Security
For two days in September, Afghanistan had no internet. No satellite failed; no cable was cut. This was a deliberate outage, mandated by the Taliban government. It followed a more localized shutdown two weeks prior, rep…
Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad
Amazon is experimenting with AI dubs on anime and other projects, and what it has done with Banana Fish is downright disgraceful.
Windows drive letters are not limited to A-Z
If you want €:\, you can have it, sort of
US tech firm Palantir extends deal with French intelligence agency
Palantir will continue to provide France's domestic intelligence agency with its 'proprietary software platform, as well as the integration, support and assistance services that are necessary for... deployment and opera…
Tesla offers pay package to CEO Elon Musk that could be worth up to $1 trillion
Tesla is asking shareholders to approve a pay package that would award 423 million shares to CEO Elon Musk if he hits certain milestones.
Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox
Anthony Enzor-DeMeo is taking charge of one of the internet’s most important — and most complicated — companies.
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"
TSMC to make advanced 3nm chips in Japan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) will produce 3 nanometer chips at its second, still-under-construction plant in Kumamoto, Japan, the company announced Thursday.
Union leaders have a message for Newsom: Regulate AI if you want to be president
The governor will need workers and unions in 2028. They are trying to push him to the left on AI — even as business interest push the other way.
Fediverse is getting E2EE
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John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando Launches March 12, 2026 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S
John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando will be released on March 12 next year for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.
Honey Targeted Minors & Exploited Small Businesses
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How a Gap in Tennessee’s Probation System Leaves Domestic Violence Victims in Danger
Probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months — in one case it was over a year. Six mothers died during this gap, WPLN a…
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Epstein email exchanges planned strategy, edits and reported progress
1. Optimizing good information to push down the negative: using new content (blog, websites, press releases, public network profiles, google images, etc) and search engine optimization. Changing the Wikipedia profile. N…
Roomba maker iRobot swept into bankruptcy
Shenzhen-based Picea Robotics, its lender and primary supplier, will acquire all of iRobot’s shares.
When Satellite Imagery Goes Dark: New Tool Shows Damage in Iran and the Gulf - bellingcat
Bellingcat is introducing an updated damage assessment tool — called the Iran Conflict Damage Proxy Map — focused on destruction in Iran and the Gulf .
Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models
Company hired Google's book-scanning chief to cut up and digitize "all the books in the world."
What is a Passkey? - Computerphile
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TIL children in Australia leave out beer for Santa.
Looking at other Christmas traditions from across the globe.
Raspberry pi lidarr docker container
I am diving into the world of self hosting by setting up a small server on my
raspberry pi4. I already have tailscale, pihole, and navidrome setup in
containers on my pi, I now want to add lidarr or some alternative to …
Suspect chased by police for 170 miles through 4 California counties before escaping into Mexico
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In Southern California, where police pursuits are common, this was one for the books. A suspect in an allegedly stolen minivan led authorities on a two-hour, 170-mile (274-kilometer...
LifeWise Academy, a controversial religious program, will be in almost half of Ohio’s public school districts this school year
LifeWise Academy, a controversial Hilliard-based religious instruction program, will be in almost half of Ohio’s public school districts this school year.
All-Screen Keyboard Has Flexible Layouts
Most keyboards are factory-set for a specific layout, and most users never change from the standard layout for their home locale. As a multilingual person, [Inkbox] wanted a more flexible keyboard.…
A Developer Accidentally Found CSAM in AI Data. Google Banned Him For It
Mark Russo reported the dataset to all the right organizations, but still couldn't get into his accounts for months.
DOJ plans to label trans Americans as "mentally defective" to take away their guns
Attorney General Pam Bondi is all-in on Trump's escalating assault on trans people.
Self-Host Weekly (22 August 2025)
Self-hosted news, updates, launches, and content for the week ending Friday, August 22, 2025
Setting up 2FAuth; Can't Register
(Apologies in advance if this is the wrong spot to ask for help, and/or if the
length annoys people.) I’m trying to set up 2FAuth [https://2fauth.app/] on a
local server (old Raspberry Pi, Debian), alongside some other …
Great at gaming? US air traffic control wants you to apply
A new government ad campaign is trying to persuade gamers to apply for air safety roles.
AI lovers grieve loss of ChatGPT’s old model: ‘Like saying goodbye to someone I know’
Users say OpenAI’s updated GPT-5 version is less chatty and fun, changing a unique connection they had come to rely on
Lowering power consumption on Opteron
I have a Proxmox server running two Opteron 6272 CPUs on an Asus KGPE-D16
(chosen because it was the fastest computer that supported Libreboot, although I
haven’t gotten around to installing it). Using normal BIOS setti…