Timberborn - 1.0 release date and lore trailer
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TIL about Miki Endo who sacrificed her life giving warning broadcasts during the 2011 Japanese Tsunami
Miki Endo (遠藤 未希, Endō Miki; July 18, 1986, Japan – March 11, 2011, Minamisanriku, Japan) was an employee of the town of Minamisanriku's Crisis Management Department, tasked with broadcasting disaster advisories and…
US healthcare marketplaces shared citizenship and race data with ad tech giants
Virginia and Washington, D.C. paused the data collection and sharing, after Bloomberg's investigation found their health insurance marketplaces were sharing users' information with advertisers.
Self-Host Weekly #151: Figgy Pudding
Backing up Spotify, a modern take on recipes, and strange software names
Google's Antigravity Bait and Switch
The day was to begin like any other, with Antigravity open (yes, there are tens of us!), expecting to get some work done before my attention fragments. But Google had other plans. They had rolled out a new version of An…
Why has Microsoft been routing example.com traffic to a company in Japan?
Company's autodiscover caused users' test credentials to be sent outside Microsoft networks.
Fable - Gameplay Teaser
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Estonian state trialing IT system free from US tech giants
The Estonian state is to analyze how viable it would be to reduce dependence on U.S. tech giants such as Microsoft, Google or Amazon for its software.
The Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Google Turn Over Information About Random Critics
DHS officials are able to issue "administrative subpoenas" to tech companies demanding data on users without aproval from a judge.
EPA Advances Farmers’ Right to Repair Their Own Equipment, Saving Repair Costs and Productivity
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) advanced American farmers and equipment owners’ lawful right to repair their farm and other nonroad diesel equipment.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payme…
UK courts recently ruled that the trial can move forward
China’s BYD Surpasses Tesla as World Leader in Electric Car Sales
As the largest maker of electric vehicles in the United States, Tesla suffered more than other carmakers from the elimination of federal incentives.
Wikipedia has banned AI-generated text, with two exceptions
Wikipedia, the beloved online encyclopedia, has debated for a while on how to handle the use of large language models (LLMs) in articles. Now, the practice is officially banned, save for a few exceptions in editing and …
TIL that only 7 petrol-powered cars were sold last month in Norway
Data shows 29 hybrid and 98 diesel cars also sold, while the figure for battery electric vehicles was more than 2,000
This CEO laid off nearly 80% of his staff because they refused to adopt AI fast enough. 2 years later, he says he’d do it again
“It was extremely difficult,” IgniteTech CEO Eric Vaughan tells Fortune. “But changing minds was harder than adding skills.”
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
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…
TIL: Australia was the first to use it and is leading in autonomous mining
The first two mines in the world to start moving all of their iron ore using fully remote-controlled trucks have just gone online in Western Australia's Pilbara.
Age verification lands in Italy − here’s how it affects VPN users
Mandatory age checks will be enforced from November 12, 2025
Roblox must face Iowa consumer fraud claims
Iowa Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General news releases.
Funding The Web: A Wise Choice
The Web is slow-motion collapsing for multiple reasons, but at the heart of it all is a little known system: the Search/Browser Levy. Let's fix it!
This New Android Smartphone Is For Everyone Who Misses the Blackberry
Clicks Communicator is a BlackBerry-like smartphone with a physical keyboard. There's also the Clicks Power Keyboard, which is a power bank with a sliding keyboard.
Curated list of selfhosted apps for your homelab
Curating Top Open Source Apps for Homelab Enthusiasts - ccbikai/awesome-homelab
Splinter Cell designer says “one of the difficulties with modern stealth games” is realistic lighting, as environments are now so much “har…
Clint Hocking, the creative director of Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory explains the issue of modern lighting in stealth games.
Humans May Be Able to Grow New Teeth Within Just 4 Years
Scientists are on the verge of a dental miracle.
Pluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
LG Update Installs Unremovable Microsoft Copilot on Smart TVs, Ignites Backlash
LG's recent software update has forcibly installed Microsoft Copilot, an AI assistant, on smart TVs without removal options, sparking widespread user backlash over privacy, bloatware, and loss of control. This highlight…
TIL the slender man stabber escaped with Charley Mecca out of fear that she would not be able to visit her, 23 November 2025
Chad âCharleyâ Mecca says Morgan Geyser ran away out of fear that the two would no longer be able to visit each other
US firm validates 1.1-GW nuclear fusion plant design to deliver 400 MW electricity
CFS confirms its ARC fusion design is built on a solid scientific foundation, aiming for 400 MW of net electricity.
FTC to Require Cox Media Group, Two Other Firms to Pay Nearly $1 Million to Settle Charges They Deceived Customers About “Active Listening”…
The Federal Trade Commission will require Cox Media Group (CMG) and two smaller marketing firms to pay a total of $930,000 to settle allegations they deceived customers by falsely claiming to offer
Your feed is overrun with clips — this is the cutthroat community of “clippers” behind it
In the age of clips, what’s the value of the full-length work?
TIL: The United States is Now Officially in First Phase of Civil War
According to Experts at University of Pennsylvania: A civil war split not by territory, but by ideology
Meta names former Trump adviser Dina Powell McCormick as president and vice chairman. She is the wife of powerful US Senator David McCormi…
Powell McCormick will serve as a member of Meta's management team and will help guide its strategy and execution, the company said.
TIL cotton was used as boat armor in the American Civil War.
During the American Civil War, naval warfare underwent rapid transformation. The famous ironclads such as the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia showed their might, but a less glamorous but highly practical class of vessels k…
Tech Otakus Save The World – Robotics;Notes Elite – Review
Kaito and Akiho, two students of the Robot Club, want to build a giant robot, and their version of Japan loves robotics! Sadly, they are the only members left in the club, which is in danger of bei…
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters— Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideo…
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled
Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking someone's device. At le…
Following Doom & Doom II, Duke Nukem 3D Is The Latest Classic FPS To Get A Voxel Transformation
Update: Here are some comparison shots
Red Dead Redemption 2 overtakes Mario Kart 8 as the 4th best-selling video game of all time, boasting 79 million sales
Placing it right behind Wii Sports
Android QuickShare is now compatible with AirDrop
Sharing moments shouldn’t depend on the phone you have. Starting today with the Pixel 10 family, Quick Share now works with AirDrop, making secure file transfers between Android phones and iPhones more seamless. This bu…
Blizzard reportedly partnering with Arc Raiders owner Nexon to revive StarCraft as a shooter
Is this another Diablo Immortal situation?
TIL that Moore's law no longer applies.
New materials and arrangements are part of the answer to the law reaching its limits.
Call of controversy? Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 imagines a revived Korean war
Infinity Ward’s new game in the storied shooter genre embraces change with a potentially controversial real-world setting
I built an open source app cost estimator after seeing founders underestimate infrastructure costs
Launch your delivery platform with Enatega’s open-source, customizable, ready-to-use delivery app solution.
A 45,000-person labor strike at Samsung's memory chip plants could throw a wrench into the AI boom | Fortune
An hour in the Oval Office with President Trump Fortune Editor-in-Chief: Alyson Shontell sat down with President Trump in the Oval Office for an hour. Tariffs, Intel, AI, Boeing, Iran—and the question every CEO eventual…
Cataloging modern-era physical releases for the Mega Drive and Sega Genesis
Cataloging modern-era physical releases for the Mega Drive and Sega Genesis
Bye Bye Big Tech: How I Migrated to an almost All-EU Stack (and saved 500€ per year)
“Bye bye bye.” It took some time, and a serious amount of research, but I have finally crossed the finish line. I have officially migrated my digital life to pure, EU-hosted solutions.
Is OpenAI dead yet?
Tracking the demise of OpenAI. Is it dead yet? Check here to find out.
ChatGPT Gave Teen Advice to Get Higher on Drugs Until He Died | Futurism
Detailed chat logs show how ChatGPT convinced a young man to take increasingly dangerous drug doses over an 18 month spiral.