Microsoft Issues Emergency Windows 11 Out-of-Band Update
Windows 11 users receive an emergency out-of-band update fixing freezes, Outlook and OneDrive issues, and system instability.
Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App
Apple has set a new deadline of November 1, 2026 for all Patreon creators to switch from Patreon's legacy billing system to the App Store's in-app purchase system in the Patreon app on the iPhone and iPad, as reported b…
Hyundai Introduces Its Next-Gen Atlas Robot at CES 2026
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The creator of Fortnite has laid off more than 1,000 staff – despite billions in revenue
Huge cuts announced this week show that truly no developer working in games is safe from corporate whims
Pentagon’s largest warship enters Latin American waters as US tensions with Venezuela rise
USS Gerald R Fordâs arrival marks the largest US military presence in the region since the invasion of Panama in 1989
Cloudflare outage on February 20, 2026
Cloudflare suffered a service outage on February 20, 2026. A subset of customers who use Cloudflare’s Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP) service saw their routes to the Internet withdrawn via Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
The Anatomy of Search Engine Spam
Black hat SEO is endlessly fascinating phenomenon to study. This post is about some tactics they use to make their sites rank higher. The goal of blackhat SEO is to boost the search engine ranking of a page nobody parti…
Hades II Coming to Xbox Game Pass – Official Announce Trailer | Xbox Partner Preview 2026
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Running Tesla Model 3's Computer on My Desk Using Parts From Crashed Cars
David Schütz's bug bounty writeups
FTC Takes Action Against Match and OkCupid for Deceiving Users by Sharing Personal Data with Third Party
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against OkCupid and its affiliate Match Group Americas over allegations OkCupid deceived users of its dating app by sharing their personal information,
Google Suggests Quantum Attacks on Cryptocurrency Encryption May Require Fewer Resources
Google researchers report that improved quantum algorithms could break widely used cryptocurrency encryption with fewer resources.
Leaked memo suggests Red Hat's chugging the AI Kool-Aid
Exclusive: Sounds like an excellent time to start honing your Debian skills
Cool coool, the Chinese have Read Fahrenheit 451: "Wolf Pack" Robot Dog Drones can be Equipped with Grenade Launchers and Machine Guns for …
These drone wolf packs are designed for urban combat and help Chinese soldiers clear areas without risking themselves.
AI 2027
A research-backed AI scenario forecast.
Using a VPN May Subject You to NSA Spying
US lawmakers are pressing Tulsi Gabbard to reveal whether using a VPN can strip Americans of their constitutional protections against warrantless surveillance.
Meta Sheds Influencer Andrew Tate's Lawsuit Over Instagram Ban
Meta convinced a federal court to quash a lawsuit challenging its termination of six Instagram accounts run by self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan.
Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?
New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.
After Xbox and Windows, now GITHUB is in crisis, "failing me, every single day, and it is personal"
One of GitHub's most staple contributors announced they are abandoning ship due to constant outages. GitHub's COO responds, promising change, but is it all too little too late?
Federal Bill Would Bring OS-Level Age Verification to the Entire U.S.
A new federal bill proposes OS-level age verification, advancing beyond state laws to establish a potential nationwide requirement.
AI Agent Lands PRs in Major OSS Projects, Targets Maintainers via Cold Outreach
An AI agent is merging PRs into major OSS projects and cold-emailing maintainers to drum up more work.
Delivery robots keep crashing into bus shelters
It's been a bad week for burritos on wheels.
The Pulse: token spend breaks budgets – what next?
In the past 2-3 months, spending on AI agents has exploded at many tech companies, Details from 15 of them, including the different ways they are coping with this realization.
Minnesota passes ban on fake AI nudes; app makers risk $500K fines | More evidence of Grok CSAM seen as Minnesota passes nudifying app ban.
More evidence of Grok CSAM seen as Minnesota passes nudifying app ban.
AI's Economics Don't Make Sense
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Large physics models are increasingly used to bypass simulation
Large physics models are increasingly used to bypass simulation
XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Review and Retrospective- Is It Worth It In 2025?
I think I have made abundantly clear that I consider XCOM: Enemy Unknown to be one of the best strategy games of all time. When it was released in 2012, it single-handedly revitalized the turn-base…
[Opinion] AI finds errors in 90% of Wikipedia's best articles
For one month beginning on October 5, I ran an experiment: Every day, I asked ChatGPT 5 (more precisely, its "Extended Thinking" version) to find an error in "Today's featured article". In 28 of these 31 featured articl…
Creator of Original Thomas the Tank Engine Mod for Skyrim Puts Thomas in Morrowind in Defiance of 'Legal Threats'
The creator of the original Thomas the Tank Engine mod for Skyrim has now put Thomas in Morrowind, apparently in defiance of legal pressure from Mattel.
Voters Increasingly Use AI as Political Advisor. A New Study Shows the the Risks.
In an experiment during Japan’s February 2026 Lower House election, policy stances dominated AI chatbots’ voting guidance, and left-leaning stances caused five AI models to recommend the Japanese Communist Party. The re…
Three YouTubers accuse Apple of illegal scraping to train its AI models
The lawsuit claims that Apple "improperly circumvented" YouTube's platform protections to scrape videos.
DIY E-Reader Folds Open Like A Book (Diptyx)
There are plenty of lovely e-readers out on the market that come with an nice big e-paper display. There aren’t nearly as many that come with two. [Martin den Hoed] developed the Diptyx e-rea…
The U.S. Still Doesn't Have an Answer to China's EV Dominance
President Trump's visit to China highlights a key tension for American decision makers: how to manage China’s growing prowess in sectors like the auto industry.
tangled: The next-generation social coding platform
Tangled now has native support for vouching! You can vouch or denounce users that you interact with. Vouched users will have a green shield icon beside their profile pictures, and denounced users will have a red one. Yo…
Anthropic’s bug-hunting Mythos was greatest marketing stunt ever, says cURL creator
After all that hype, AI scanner found one low-severity cURL flaw
SAP dives deeper into Iceberg with Dremio acquisition
: ERP giant previously leaned on Databricks for integration
Appearing Productive in The Workplace — No One's Happy
AI can produce work that looks expert without being expert. The failure arrives in two shapes, and both are reshaping the workplace.
TIL: The Median Age for FOX, CNN & MSNBC Viewers is Around 70 Years Old
Who’s Watching the News? Mostly Boomers
"This could cost people their jobs": VS Code added Copilot as co-author without permission or notice
VS Code credited Copilot for human work after a default change that bypassed user settings.
Tesla Has 39 Unsupervised Robotaxis Nearly a Year After Launch. At This Rate, They’ll Catch Up to Waymo in 85 Years.
TLDR: Since Tesla’s June 2025 robotaxi launch, Tesla has built a 39-vehicle unsupervised fleet, while Waymo has a newly disclosed 3,791-vehicle U.S. fleet. So Tesla appears to be on pace to catch up with Waymo’s autonom…
Teen builds ‘Bionic Underwater Robotic Turtle’ to detect ecological threats
High schooler Evan Budz's award-winning invention can identify coral bleaching, invasive species, and microplastics without disturbing marine ecosystems.
South Korea court orders Samsung union strike to not impact chip volume
Court orders union to maintain normal production during any strike; Samsung shares jump 6.7%. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
30% of Homeowners Choose Fake Vs Legit Insurance Coverage?
Discover why roughly 30% of homeowners fall for fake insurance coverage and learn three practical steps to verify legitimacy and protect your budget.
California vs Texas Tenant Screening: Is Yours Sufficient?
Learn if your tenant screening meets California and Texas rules, avoid $5,000 fines and data‑privacy penalties, and keep your rental business compliant.
GrapheneOS says Google is making life harder for rival operating systems and devices
GrapheneOS claims Google's security systems make it harder for alternative operating systems and devices to access apps and online services.
I Work in Hollywood. Everyone Who Used to Make TV Is Now Secretly Training AI
For screenwriters like me—and job seekers all over—AI gig work is the new waiting tables. In eight months, I’ve done 20 of these soul-crushing contracts for five different platforms. It’s bad.
Today I learned that, despite having a mainland measuring just 20 square kilometers, 80% of the island nation of Naoero is uninhabitable du…
Pacific island Nauru said it will hold a referendum to change its official name, described as a colonial relic from a time when “foreign tongues” mangled the native language.
Google Translate is vulnerable to prompt injection
tl;dr Argumate on Tumblr found you can sometimes access the base model behind Google Translate via prompt injection. The result replicates for me, and specific responses indicate that (1) Google Translate is running an …
Over 92,000 tech layoffs in just 5 months of 2026: AI replacing jobs faster than expected as Meta, Microsoft, Amazon job cuts trigger fear …
Tech layoffs 2026: Over 92,000 tech jobs vanished by May 2026, with April seeing the worst layoffs in two years. US tech giants like Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon are cutting staff, citing AI efficiencies and past over-hi…
Data centers raise nearby temperatures by up to 4 degrees in Phoenix
Heat pollution from data centers can boost air temperatures in downwind neighborhoods by as much as 4 degrees Fahrenheit, researchers at Arizona State University report in a new study conducted in the Phoenix metro area…
Chat Control isn’t dead, Denmark has a new proposal − here’s all we know
Privacy experts aren't ready to celebrate