A Danish pension fund has blacklisted SpaceX, calling it grossly overvalued with catastrophic governance
AkademikerPension calls SpaceX "grossly overvalued" at $1.8T and cites "catastrophic governance." Fund joins US pension giants in flagging Musk's 85% voting control.
Gavin Newsom proposes a California digital software tax
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said it's unfair how some people avoid paying the state sales tax when buying software.
What police surveillance technology looks like in Cleveland
Video cameras and license plate readers are just some of the surveillance tools Cleveland police are using across the city.
Google won’t stop replacing our news headlines with terrible AI | It now says AI headlines are a ‘feature,’ not an experiment.
“This feature performs well for user satisfaction,” claims Google.
Crystal Project II - Announcement Trailer
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Microsoft Mysteriously Freezes Accounts for VeraCrypt, WireGuard, Windscribe
'I cannot sign drivers, which means I cannot ship updates for WireGuard for Windows,' the creator of the VPN protocol says. On X, a Microsoft rep says he's working to get accounts unblocked.
'How Resident Evil 2 For The N64 Kept Its FMV Cutscenes' - Hackaday
Originally released for the Sony PlayStation in 1998, Resident Evil 2 came on two CDs and used 1.2 GB in total. Of this, full-motion video (FMV) cutscenes took up most of the space, as was rather c…
TIL the US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, according to the Associated Press
Even while warning about national security and human rights abuse, the U.S. government across five Republican and Democratic administrations has repeatedly allowed and even actively helped American firms to sell technol…
Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds | Google DeepMind
Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can now try out Project Genie.
TIL: the Welsh battle of Orewin Bridge may be almost entirely fictional
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How chatbot ads distort reality
AI companies are spending big bucks to try to convince us their products are anything but artificial.
Turns Out That Advertisers Not Wanting To Fund Neo-Nazi-Adjacent Content Isn’t An Antitrust Violation
Remember when Elon Musk told advertisers to “go fuck” themselves and then sued them for the crime of taking his advice? A federal judge has now dismissed that lawsuit — with prejudice —…
Tesla's 'unsupervised' Robotaxis vanish a week after pre-earnings announcement
A week ago, Elon Musk announced that Tesla had started Robotaxi rides in Austin “with no safety monitor in the...
OpenAI’s Chief Communications Officer Is Leaving the Company
Hannah Wong told staff she is moving on to her ânext chapter.â The company will be running an executive search to find a replacement, according to a memo.
Stuck on the Dragon Traveler mid-game wall. Should I pivot my team or just grind?
Tier List for DragonTraveler about all characters and levels. See the strongest characters ranked from T0 to T4 tier.
The Roadmap That Changes RuneScape Forever - Runescape Blog
Welcome to our biggest RuneScape Ahead ever, and the start of a bold new era for RuneScape. Read on to learn more about the full 2026 roadmap and more.
QWOP
QWOP is a simple game about running extremely fast down a 100 meter track.
Released: CyberTools Admin 1.5.0 — Backup/Restore Automation for CyberPanel & Linux Servers
CyberTools Admin – Server Automation & Backup Control Version 1.5.0 (Auto-Healing Rollout) Author: Jeffery Raskin • Release: 2025-10-31 🧠 Secure, Intelligent Server Management for Professionals Built for CyberPanel, VP…
Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica
Plex is starting to enforce its new rules, which prevent users from remotely accessing a personal media server without a subscription fee.
Microsoft Threatens Researcher Over Bug Reports, Triggers Cybersecurity Uproar
Microsoft says it will coordinate 'as needed with law enforcement' after a disgruntled researcher exposed Windows bugs without proper coordination.
Engineer creates video game of Alaska’s Tracy Arm landslide, which generated a megatsunami
An engineering professor outside of Alaska has created a simulation and video game that can help people understand the scale of August 2025’s Tracy Arm landslide and tsunami in Southeast Alaska.
Google's $9.99-per-month AI health coach launches May 19 | TechCrunch
The Gemini-powered health coach will act as a combination fitness coach, sleep expert, and health and wellness advisor.
The biggest video game stinkers of 2025, according to Metacritic
From Bubsy to MindsEye, these are the worst-reviewed games of the year
Running A Game On A PC With No System RAM
As a clear sign of how desperate these RAMpocalypse times are becoming, we have [PortalRunner] over on YouTube contemplating how to run modern-day software on a PC that has no sticks of that most p…
Detective Dotson is 70% off in Steam Spring Sale
A mystery adventure game about an aspiring actor turned detective. Dotson comes across a case where each clue unravels new details about his father’s sudden passing. Engage in a riveting story, explore vibrant modern In…
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Pollsters are now asking AIs to answer surveys as if they were humans and passing the results off as poll statistics
Companies are releasing public opinion polling data that was generated by an AI, a trend that has researchers concerned.
How Microsoft Vaporized a Trillion Dollars
Inside the complacency and decisions that eroded trust in Azure—from a former Azure Core engineer.
European Alternatives Portal
We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.
Steam Hardware: Launch timing and other FAQs - Steam News
Answering some of your most-asked questions about Steam HW
Is Ubiquiti helping the Russian Military?
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Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL
The new joint company may launch in April 2027.
Experience Career Development Gain: PLASA’s 40% Boost
Discover how PLASAâs internship fill rate rose 40% after winning the NJIT Career Development Services Award and why its crossâskill program is reshaping data
Why Everyone’s Picking Up a PSP Again in 2026
Over the past few months, I've spotted something a little odd and unexpected happening to Sony's old PlayStation Portable. There's been no corporate push, no announcement of the truly portable Sony handheld we used to h…
Don't throw away your old PC—it makes a better NAS than anything you can buy
Doing it yourself is way more cost effective.
Ubisoft confirms €1.16bn Tencent investment into Assassin's Creed maker is "on track", following last week's surprise delay to financial re…
Ubisoft has stated its transaction with Tencent is "on track to close in the coming days".
Pokémon Champions Online Battle Game Launches on April 8
Stay on top of anime news and updates straight out of Japan with Crunchyroll News. From breaking stories to evergreen content, get all your anime and manga news updates in one place. You heard it here first!
Chrome is also turning into an agentic browser with its newest update
The inevitable has officially happened — Chrome is stepping into the world of agentic AI.
The New York Times is suing Perplexity for copyright infringement
The New York Times filed a copyright lawsuit against Perplexity, joining other publishers using legal action as leverage to force AI companies into licensing deals that compensate content creators.
Spanish court orders Meta to pay nearly half a billion euros in damages to media outlets
Spanish legacy media companies in Spain have scored a victory against social media giant Meta after a Madrid-based court ordered that it must pay news outlets nearly half a billion euros in damages.
Retro The Weather Channel May Be the Best Thing to Watch on Not-TV
One theme of DTF St. Louis, definitely not its main one, is that with smartphones, there is no real need for a weatherman anymore. By this point it’s a pretty old joke (that isn’t even really a joke), but in the whodunn…
GUNDAM ROGUE ORBIT – Announcement Trailer
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Shipworms can sink a boat. Northeastern researchers explain digestive process
Known as the clam that has sunk a thousand ships, shipworms are strange looking—and strange acting—animals.
U.S. companies back Sam Altman’s World ID even as much of the world pushes back
The biometric ID project has been halted and investigated in multiple countries, but it recently partnered with Tinder, Zoom, and Docusign to verify users.
France to replace US's Teams and Zoom for 'sovereign control'
France announced that it will roll out the Visio platform across all government departments by 2027.
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TIL that trolls working for the Russian Government helped divide the american feminist movement
As American feminists came together in 2017 to protest Donald Trump, Russia’s disinformation machine set about deepening the divides among them.
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
“We can produce results that meet our quality standards without its assistance.”
TIL all blimps are dirigibles, but not all dirigibles are blimps
What is an Airship? An airship is any powered, steerable aircraft that it is inflated with a gas that is lighter than air. What is a Dirigible? “Airship” and...
Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool — Project Genie crashes stocks. (A.K.A . Investors panic because they…
Project Genie can AI-generate "games" capped at 720p and 24 FPS.