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OpenAI says dead teen violated TOS when he used ChatGPT to plan suicide - Ars Technica
OpenAI’s response to teen suicide case is “disturbing,” lawyer says.
Roku and TCL are being sued for allegedly bricking smart TVs with bad updates
Roku and TCL are facing a lawsuit after updates allegedly bricked some TVs, leaving users with devices that stopped working way too soon.
When the AI bubble bursts, humans will finally have their chance to take back control | Rafael Behr
The US economy is pumped up on tech-bro vanity. The inevitable correction should prompt a global conversation, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
Students Boo Commencement Speaker After She Calls AI the ‘Next Industrial Revolution’
A commencement speaker at the University of Central Florida was booed, with graduating humanities students yelling out, "AI SUCKS!"
Microsoft Gave FBI Keys to Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw
The tech giant said providing encryption keys was a standard response to a court order. But companies like Apple and Meta set up their systems so such a privacy violation isn’t possible.
New Epstein files reveal contact with Bitcoin dev Andresen before CIA briefing
Two days before Gavin Andresen’s controversial decision to discuss Bitcoin at the CIA, Jeffrey Epstein wanted to call him.
Nextcloud plans to invest over €250 million in digital sovereignty by 2030
European software company Nextcloud presents its investment program „Sovereignty 2030“ to make the high-performance, sovereign open-source platform more widely available for organizations. The European company plans to …
GitLab Act 2 - A letter to our customers and our investors.
A letter to our customers and our investors.
Finland's Ministry of Justice is considering halting its plans to start using US-hosted cloud services
Benefits agency Kela and the Finnish Tax Administration also have plans to switch to US-based cloud storage.
Waymo halts service during S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams
Numerous autonomous vehicles caused traffic jams across San Francisco after a PG&E outage hit 1/3 of the city.
TIL that hobby dogging is now officially a thing
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You can play the Lord of the Rings TCG online for free!
Play the Lord of the Rings TCG for free in your browser using GEMP. No limits, no clean-up, and no budget. Build your deck and play today!
Wikimedia UK and the Online Safety Act: A deep dive into the story so far
By Lucy Crompton-Reid | With a decision on whether or not Wikipedia will be considered a category 1 service under … Continue reading "Wikimedia UK and the Online Safety Act: A deep dive into the story so far"
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Reddit banned Paul McCartney over phone-free concert photos post in their subreddit
Reddit apparently banned Paul McCartney's account after he posted Fonda Theatre concert content to his own subreddit. The ban page is live and confirmed.
'PETTY THIEF: DEADLY SHADOWS #1' - Civvie11
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New Life is Strange Game Spotted, And Yes, This One Will Finally Bring Back Chloe
A ratings board leak has detailed Life is Strange: Reunion, a new game in the narrative adventure series that focuses on the return of fan-favorite character Chloe.
Fediverse is getting E2EE
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A Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million and apologize over a raid on a small-town newspaper
A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay more than $3 million and apologize over a law enforcement raid on a small-town weekly newspaper in 2023.
Is AI the greatest art heist in history?
New technologies of reproduction are plundering the art world – and getting away with it
TIL that "aspirin" was actually originally a trademarked brand name owned by Bayer.
In the trademark world, "genericide" describes how a brand name can become so common it turns into a generic term for a product or service, irrespective of its origins. This scenario signals a brand's widespread accepta…
Telus was all Huawei – now it's all in with open RAN
Canada's Telus has been switching from Huawei to a Samsung-led but multivendor open RAN. Here's how it's going.
Judge Allows BitTorrent Seeding Claims Against Meta, Despite Lawyers 'Lame Excuses'
To gather material for its LLM training, Meta used BitTorrent to download pirated books from Anna’s Archive and other shadow libraries.
Online age checks came first — a VPN crackdown could be next
Some regulators promise to rein in VPNs.
A new PlayStation State of Play airs February 12.
A new State of Play airs February 12. Tune in for 60+ minutes of news, gameplay updates, and announcements from game studios across the globe: play.st/4aEMiwU
Report: Payday developer Starbreeze is making more layoffs
The company previously confirmed a round of job cuts in October 2025.
This Minecraft map that recreates [Kowloon Walled City], one of history's most notorious slums made me reconsider what's important in 3D le…
Kowloon Walled City in Minecraft is a feat of virtual architecture, but it's missing one crucial ingredient.
Western US states fail to agree on plan to manage Colorado River before federal deadline
Stakeholders have spent months ironing out disagreements over how to distribute water from the sprawling basin
NutriTrace v1.0.0-rc.35 released!
Self-hosted personal nutrition tracker — single Docker container, AGPL-3.0, no telemetry, no cloud sync. - TraceApps/nutritrace
Tesla falls out of China's EV top 10 as BYD surges
For drivers, switching to an EV can also bring meaningful savings.
AI data center project secretly sucked 29 million gallons of water over 15 months before detected by residents complaining about low water …
County's soft touch is attributed to the data center being 'our largest customer, and we have to be partners.'
GOG caught using AI tools, head of product tweeting AI Instagram scams
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The Going Dark initiative or ProtectEU is a Chat Control 3.0 attempt
The European Commission lost the Chat Control 2.0 battle over access to end-to-end encrypted data. By the summer 2026, they will be back with their next attempt: Going Dark. This time some EU member states want to inclu…
Data centers need electricity, utilities need years to build – who should pay?
How many data centers will be built – and how much electricity they’ll need – is uncertain. Being prepared costs money, but so does being unprepared.
Students are speeding through their online degrees in weeks, alarming educators
It takes most college students at least four years to earn a bachelor’s degree. Christie Williams finished in three months.
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH - PC Version Launch Trailer
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US Mint says it has stamped its last penny, a historic end for a humble coin
The Treasury Department said the last pennies were stamped with a special omega mark and will not go into circulation.
European Commission Trials Matrix to Replace Microsoft Teams
The Matrix protocol is being lined up as a sovereign backup to Microsoft Teams
Scientists say quantum tech has reached its transistor moment
Quantum technology has reached a turning point, echoing the early days of modern computing. Researchers say functional quantum systems now exist, but scaling them into truly powerful machines will require major advances…
TP-Link Tapo C200: Hardcoded Keys, Buffer Overflows and Privacy in the Era of AI Assisted Reverse Engineering
Hi friends and welcome to the last post for this year! Whenever someone asks me how to get started with reverse engineering, I always give the same advice: buy the cheapest IP camera you can find. These devices are self…
The Mysterious Forces Steering Views on Hacker News
How the moderators behind one of the internet’s most popular platforms for tech content have a say into which content you consume.
TIL Iran Has No Water Left, 28 Million People WITHOUT Water
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Woman hadn't slept for days before passing out behind wheel, causing fatal crash
Sonal Patel was sentenced to seven years in a Georgia prison after falling asleep while driving drunk and sleep deprived, causing a crash that left a father of two dead.
Major Tech company urges universal national service
The company has won major Pentagon contracts, including work on Project Maven, an AI‑driven targeting and surveillance program.
TIL “sleet” does not have the same meaning in all English speaking countries
Ice pellets (Commonwealth English) or sleet (American English) is a form of precipitation consisting of small, hard, translucent balls of ice. Ice pellets are different from graupel ("soft hail"), which is made of frost…
ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice
In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said the app's results are…
Anna's Archive Loses .PM Domain, Adds Greenland (.GL) Backup
Anna's Archive has lost yet another domain name as legal pressure on the shadow library continues to mount.
blog.smartere » Floppy Disks: the best TV remote for kids
Modern TVs are very poorly suited for kids. They require using complicated remotes or mobile phones, and navigating apps that continually try to lure you into watching something else than you intended to. The usual scen…
Waymo Just Reprogrammed Its Robotaxis to Drive Less Safely
Waymo has been experimenting with programming to make its typically-cautious robotaxis "confidently assertive."