My Favorite Self-Hosted Apps Launched in 2025
A look back at some of my favorite self-hosted software and applications released in 2025
Apple Expands Age Verification to Singapore & South Korea
Apple now requires adults in Singapore and South Korea to hand over government IDs or financial credentials just to download apps they've been buying freely for years.
RSS Sandbox
RSS Sandbox is a playground to build, test & debug RSS\/Atom\/JSON feeds instantly. Fix broken feeds, preview output, and generate valid XML without a server.
New 'physics shortcut' lets laptops tackle quantum problems once reserved for supercomputers and AI
Physicists have transformed a decades-old technique for simplifying quantum equations into a reusable, user-friendly "conversion table" that works on a laptop and returns results within hours.
Meta Deploys ‘Momfluencers’ to Counter Child Safety Criticism: Meta is using Instagram influencer moms to soften its image on child safety …
Meta has come under mounting scrutiny over its impact on teen mental health. It’s using Instagram influencers to try to change the narrative.
Self-Hosted Offline EAS Alerts Over Meshtastic with RTL-SDR
Contribute to RCGV1/Meshtastic-SAME-EAS-Alerter development by creating an account on GitHub.
Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras. Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueli…
Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage. PLUS: 10,000 drivers call on Uber to repay stolen wages, a man is arrested at a public hearing about a data center and more.
“IG is a drug”: Internal messages may doom Meta at social media addiction trial
A loss could cost social media companies billions and force changes on platforms.
Pebble Round 2 Announced
Pebble Round 2 - The Most Stylish Pebble Ever
TIL people who are blind from birth never develop schizophrenia
Understanding why people born blind never develop schizophrenia could transform how we think about and treat one of medicine’s most baffling conditions.
Amazon’s idea of improving Luna involves stripping back most of it
Amazon is ending game purchases and third-party subscriptions on Luna, leaving affected players with a few deadlines to watch.
Emberville 🔥
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Microsoft says Windows 11 is leveling up agentic development
Microsoft wants Windows to become the home of 'agentic' experiences, and it quietly teased the future on X.
Bits & Bops, a rhythm minigame collection, has been released on Steam
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Stop using MySQL in 2026, it is not true open source
If you care about supporting open source software, and still use MySQL in 2026, you should switch to MariaDB like so many others have already done.\n
Kirin 9030: SMIC's first 5 nm class smartphone SoC debuts on Geekbench alongside Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max
Huawei's upcoming Mate 80 Pro Max has shown up on Geekbench with a new Kirin 9030 SoC. It is the first smartphone chip to be manufactured on the SMIC N+3 node.
RSS feeds are beginning to break once xslt support begins being dropped by browsers soon
XSLT makes RSS feeds readable for normies. Chrome is removing it by 2026. Here's why that matters for podcasters and the open web.
WorldCoin's newest pitch: Scan your eyeballs to prove AI agents really represent you
Sam Altman has cooked up a plan to make his cryptocurrency/identity/eyeball-scanning-orb venture more useful by – you guessed it – adding agentic AI to the mix. Now the technology behind it will be used to identify the …
The time is now: Bye Bye Big Tech
Bits of Freedom komt op voor internetvrijheid door de online grondrechten op communicatievrijheid en privacy te beschermen.
New AI-Powered Android Malware Hijacks Devices for Ad Fraud
Android devices are being abused by a new AI-driven malware that secretly interacts with online ads using a hidden browser.
Kohler Can Access Data and Pictures from Toilet Camera It Describes as “End-to-End Encrypted”
Claimed end-to-end privacy doesn’t fully conceal your rear-end data
NSA is using Anthropic's Claude Mythos to commit Cyber Attacks
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Taskbar Treasure Week event on Steam is now live!
From desktop pets to incremental idle loops, this curated showcase brings together the coziest indie games of the year. Including new demos, fresh releases, and special discounts.
The AI Backlash Could Get Very Ugly. Imagine what happens if jobs actually start disappearing.
Imagine what happens if jobs actually start disappearing.
Age checks could turn internet into an ID checkpoint and would kill anonymity, Proton CEO says
Powerful forces are exploiting parents’ fears to strengthen their toxic business models. Here’s how we stop them.
Immich v2.5.0 - 90000 Stars Release, with Free Up Space, non-destructive editing, backup and restore on the web, visual refreshing, and mor…
v2.5.0 Highlights Happy New Year! Welcome to Immich v2.5.0. This release is our fireworks to celebrate both the new year and reaching 90,000 stars on GitHub. It is packed with major features that h...
Vaultwarden update (security!)
Security Fixes This release contains security fixes for the following advisories. We strongly advice to update as soon as possible. GHSA-937x-3j8m-7w7p Unconfirmed Owner Can Purge Entire Organizat...
‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate?
Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and water costs leave experts worried
SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded [the reworked Splitgate 2 relaunch]
The Arena is Back. December 17
New Tennessee law requires data centers to pay for their own electricity infrastructure
The law requires data centers with peak demands of at least 50 megawatts to pay for their own electricity infrastructure.
Do not remove my spam
Modern internet is broken and no longer built for human beings. By 2026 the internet is filled with robots . One type of robots generates content and injects advertisements, another type ingests that content and emulate…
Play Five Nights at Epstein’s Online for free
Five Nights at Epstein's Sneaking onto the island to investigate was a bad idea… You were discovered by him and barely escaped,...
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Apps helping boycott US goods gain popularity in Denmark
UdenUSA is currently the fourth most downloaded app in Denmark on the App Store, the American ChatGPT is in fifth place
Samsung crosses $1 trillion valuation as AI frenzy drives historic rally, lifting shares over 15%
The rally comes after the company reported an over eightfold increase in first-quarter operating profits last week.
Thousands lose their jobs in deep cuts at tech giant Oracle
It is thought that thousands of people may have lost their jobs at Oracle, one of the world's largest tech companies.
Bluesky Users Respond With Overwhelming Disgust to Platform’s New AI
Bluesky's latest foray into AI isn't exactly sitting well with what appears to be the vast majority of the platform's user base.
archive.today is directing a DDOS attack against my blog
Around January 11, 2026, archive.today (aka archive.is, archive.md, etc) started using its users as proxies to conduct a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack against Gyrovague, my personal b…
Baldur's Gate 3
Baldur's Gate 3 Oyunu, bu uçsuz bucaksız, çeşitli dünyada her metrekare sırlarla dolu ve neredeyse her şey keşfedilmeyi bekliyor
NVIDIA's AI Bubble [Gamers Nexus]
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Leaker Who Apple Is Suing Says 'Screw It,' Here's the Foldable iPhone Early
The YouTuber doesn't seem fazed by Apple's threats.
Genigods: Nezha Announced For PS5 And PC With Mythological Dual‑Stance Combat
Chinese studio Genigods Lab has revealed Genigods: Nezha, an Unreal Engine 5 single‑player action RPG coming to PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, featuring mythic combat and Relic Fusion mechanics.
How the regime in Iran jams Starlink and what people could do
In Iran, not only mobile and fixed networks are jammed, but also Starlink. We explain how this is likely achieved despite thousands of satellites.
Guild Wars Reforged Announcement Trailer
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Club Penguin still gets regular updates.
The most exciting Club Penguin experience awaits! Join a hundreds of thousands of players in our community, get items, experience classic and original parties and games, and waddle on with friends. Play now—it's free!
A Special Look at STRANGER THAN HEAVEN
5 Cities, 5 Eras, 1 show. Xbox Presents: A Special Look at STRANGER THAN HEAVEN is coming May 6th at 4 PM PDT. The broadcast will reveal more on the world, t...
Steam Quietly Withdraws Under Fire MMO Ashes of Creation From Sale As Fans Wonder Who's Left to Maintain the Servers
Steam has quietly withdrawn under fire MMO Ashes of Creation from sale after its director and leadership team quit just weeks after launch.
Legal action over 'unfair' Steam game store prices given go ahead
Millions of gamers could get compensation if the lawsuit - which accuses Valve of charging inflated prices - succeeds.
Why I'm Leaving Big Tech
After spending almost two decades in big tech, I was notified last month that I am being laid off. There have been massive waves of layoffs across the industry recently, and I am just one of the many tens of thousands o…
LET IT DIE offline version announced
An offline version of the free-to-play action game LET IT DIE is currently in production, publisher GungHo Online Entertainment and developer Supertrick Games announced.