Microsoft director called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ while OpenAI head brands ChatGPT an ‘existential threa…
The NYT argues that OpenAI and Microsoft infringed upon its copyright over thousands of news articles.
Alibaba open-sources AI model that can detect cancer and nearly 150 conditions
Tested on nearly 40,000 real-world exams, the model outperformed most radiologists, according to a new study published in Science.
Xbox planning to lay off hundreds of employees this week | via Wario64
The Information: 'Xbox is planning to lay off hundreds of employees this week in its second major staff reduction this year, according to someone briefed on the plans. The Microsoft-owned firm also plans to consolidate …
Hijacking the PS5's RTMP Stream
The long way around to screen sharing.
Why Europe has been absent from the great AI safety debate: shun the technology and lose out on growth; or embrace it and become dependent …
Though Europe has measures that address how consumers might encounter AI, technology will impact them if the worst scenarios bear
Headsup! Chat control 1.0 is back once again!
Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.
Badges, Not Just Bans: The White House Press Ban Just Got Physical
The White House confiscated MS NOW press badges and blocked entry after Trump banned the network, CNN, and Politico. Here's how outlets across the spectrum
AI staff 'genuinely frightened' for humanity's future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC
It comes as the AI firm's boss has called for the technology's development to be slowed down, citing "serious" risks.
JPMorgan rolls out Claude changes: $2,000 spending limits and extra security
Internal Teams messages show that some engineers at the bank who use Claude have monthly spending limits.
"Good luck today, Halo friends": After years of rivalry, Call of Duty's creators have taken charge of Xbox's defining FPS series amid yet m…
Call of Duty company Activision are now in charge of Halo following Xbox cuts, with Halo Studios stripped and reduced to a support studio for existing games.
Labor Market Outcomes for AI-Exposed College Majors: Graduating in AI Era Is Like Large Recession for Starting Pay
The most AI-exposed new college grads have initial employment declines of 5pp and earnings declines of 13%, partially driven by shifts to lower-paying sectors.
Google's new 'CC' is an AI agent that helps families run their households: Google’s CC, meanwhile, began its life as a productivity agent t…
Google is refocusing its CC AI agent on household coordination, letting families share emails, schedules, and tasks so the AI can manage calendars, fill out forms, make shopping lists, plan meals, and more.
Don't Take the Black Pill (Text Adaptation) - Andrew Kelley
This is a blog post version of the talk I delivered at Software Should Work 2026. Shoutouts to Isaac Van Doren for running such a delightful conference and nailing it first try, and for infecting us all with his charmin…
How I Vibed a Proof of Conway’s Conjecture
You can just prove things, apparently.
Most of France’s "Competing" PC Hardware Retailers Are the Same Company
LDLC Group owns LDLC.com, Materiel.net, TopAchat and Rue du Commerce. What that means for French GPU prices, measured against Germany over 6 months.
TotalEnergies partners with Mistral to develop AI models for oil and gas exploitation
Three-year contract worth an estimated €100 million
Marvel's Wolverine motorcycle section and quicktime events are getting the wrong kind of attention because "the game plays itself" and "you…
There are some questionable stages in the mutant maelstrom
When did Google get so f-ing weird?
I recently had an experience while doing a simple Google search that was so profoundly weird that it stopped me in my tracks. Understanding this Google se...
TIL that many Los Angeles residents suffer health problems from hidden oil wells. You can't see them because they are hidden by fake buildi…
Many lifelong residents of Los Angeles have health impacts from growing up close to oil extraction. Now, the city is trying to close down the worst offenders, but it's an enormous task.
[Podcast] Kids turned the comment section of an NPR podcast into a group chat // Blocked from other social media, middle schoolers have had…
Note: This American Life is produced for the ear and designed to be heard. If you are able, we strongly encourage you to listen to the audio, which includes emotion and emphasis that's not on the page. Transcripts are g…
Tens of millions of Russians have been forced to install a new app called Max on their phones
Research shows tens of millions of people are being forced to use platform that amounts to âbackdoorâ on their device
Who gets the kidney? AI chatbots do not make the same moral choices humans do
Researchers in the College of Information Sciences and Technology found that AI models approach high-stakes ethical decisions differently than humans do and show little of the uncertainty people may express when faced w…
RoboHarm: Do Frontier Robot Policies Refuse Unsafe Instructions?
Three robot policies given five instructions they should refuse. How often they refused, how often they carried them out.
Lord Have Mercy as Researchers Create Walking Disembodied Hand Like That Little Guy From “The Addams Family”.
Researches have created a autonomous robotic hand that can walk around and support its own weight all by itself.
Why not LLMs?
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TIL THX is owned by Razer
THX Ltd. is an American audio company based in the San Francisco Bay Area, known for its suite of digital high fidelity audiovisual reproduction standards for movie theaters, screening rooms, home theaters, computer spe…
Why is Hacker News like that?
Hacker News (aka HN) is a link aggregator where “hackers”1 gather to discuss technology, politics, and anything which “good hackers would find interesting”. HN is a means by which its host, prominent startup incubator Y…
Turning Handheld Buttons Into Precision Hardware
Vincent Lee of GetBetterButtons on ergonomics, aluminium, obsessive prototyping and making handheld controls better
Put multiple values in one cell with lists and arrays in Excel
Throughout Excel's 40-year history, you've only been able to put one value per cell. In this announcement, we're excited to share how that's changing with...
Stop bringing your phone in the shower: How steam can ruin 'waterproof' phones
Phone manufacturers are pretty direct in their guidance on this one.
Create a Custom Pass in the Wallet App on iPhone
In iOS 27, Apple's Wallet app lets you create custom passes for things like event tickets, gift cards, loyalty cards, and more. Here's how it works. If you have a ticket for an event and there's not a digital version av…
Data Center Operator Slapped With $1 Million Fine for Belching Noxious Gas Into Surrounding Community: "I'd be lying to say if I were surpr…
Following months of sustained pressure from activists, state officials slapped a Microsoft-backed data center with a massive fine.
They really do think AI might kill everyone (seangoedecke.com)
A recent resignation tweet from an Anthropic researcher has everyone talking about the AI apocalypse again. Among other things, he said: The people building AI…
Google closes an AI Studio delete-flaw report in a minute
Published September 19 with evidence that the Delete action returns a fake 404 while the prompt data persists on Google's backend, and that Google's AI Vulnerab
Google VRP Banned Researcher in 60s Over AI Studio Delete Claim
An independent researcher says Google AI Studio's Delete button only strips a JSON pointer, while the underlying prompt data stays on Google's backend,…
The NSA Is Spending Billions to Test [Privacy Invasive Software], Classified Estimates Show
NSA AI testing costs billions, but Congress proposes far less, sparking debate over whether developers should fund their own oversight.
Apple hit with a $5.7 billion verdict for alleged patent infringement
Apple is reportedly looking to appeal the jury verdict.
TIL Benedict Arnold's grave is in a kindergarten classroom.
Benedict Arnold was, until he turned traitor, one of America's better field commanders during the War of Independence. The sole monument to his pre-treason service is thus complicated.Arnold's service to the British arm…
Kojima Productions Issues Statement Amid Speculation on Physint's Publisher Change
Kojima Productions: “None of the claims written came from any official or on-the-record source and as such we encourage you to take them with a dose of scepticism.”
Some lawmakers doubt a Congress that’s ‘barely capable of email’ can regulate AI
Congress’ slow pace and inexperience with AI are colliding with a fast-moving technology. Though one Democrat countered: “We don’t have to be biologists or chemists to set up the FDA.”
Federal bill would force VPN providers, ISPs, and DNS services to block foreign piracy sites
Determining a user's location can be an exercise in quantum mechanics when VPNs are involved.
Nuclear Design Bureau - A Game Where You Design Nuclear Weapons [Scott Manley Quick Look]
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
MIT named best university in the United States for engineering and computer science
MIT tops U.S. News and World Report’s 2026-27 rankings of the nation’s best colleges and universities.
Breaking Up with Google Play: Why Conversations Is Now Free
Conversations, my federated instant messaging client for Android, started out as many traditional open-source projects do: as an attempt to scratch my own itch. Development started in January 2014 in my student dormitor…
Ubuntu stopped being the lightweight Linux distro, and Linux Mint filled the gap it left behind
A surprising shift to Linux Mint reveals leaner memory use, polished Cinnamon defaults, and a friendlier upgrade path.
U.S. arrests executives of Oxygen Forensics, accusing them of concealing that their software was developed in Russia
U.S. authorities have accused executives of Oxygen Forensics, a company that sold software to the Pentagon and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), of…
AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”
Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening.
'Treated like a criminal:' Witnesses testify on abuse of Flock cameras
(The Center Square) – Advocates of the growing network of AI-driven surveillance cameras argue the technology can help make communities across the U.S. safer.
I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and product design pushing…
[TIL] Yoshio Kodama, yakuza and "political fixer" for the japanese ultra right wing after WW2, had his mansion targeted by a kamikaze in 19…
Yoshio Kodama (児玉 誉士夫, Kodama Yoshio; February 18, 1911 – January 17, 1984)[2] was a Japanese right-wing ultranationalist and a prominent figure in the rise of organized crime in Japan. The most famous kuromaku, or…