Waymo Just Reprogrammed Its Robotaxis to Drive Less Safely
Waymo has been experimenting with programming to make its typically-cautious robotaxis "confidently assertive."
Scientists Are Increasingly Worried AI Will Sway Elections
AI models can meaningfully sway voters on candidates and issues, including by using misinformation, and they are also evading detection in public surveys according to three new studies.
Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features
Walmart wants to connect what people stream "directly with retail interaction."
Linux usage hits an all-time high in Steam Hardware Survey—and AMD processors continue their march against Intel
WIndows 11 seems to be good at making enemies.
In comedy of errors, men accused of wiping gov databases turned to an AI tool
Defendants were convicted of similar crimes a decade ago. How were they cleared again?
Everyone in Seattle Hates AI — Jonathon Ready
A post about everyone in Seattle hating AI.
ownCloud Flaw Exploited to Steal Nuclear Records From Philippine Research Body
CISA added an exploited ownCloud flaw to KEV after attackers exfiltrated 176 files from a Philippine nuclear research body.
Pick a top tier: Asymmetry in puzzle games
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Frictional Games' ONTOS -- Gameplay Trailer
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Why Are New Appliances So Bad? [41:02]
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“Age limits on social media are a dead end”
Public authorities should focus on regulating algorithms and imposing stricter controls on data collection instead, argues researcher.
Palantir employees are talking about company's "descent into fascism"
Slack messages, interviews with current and former works paint picture of company in turmoil.
eBay rejects GameStop’s $56B offer: “Your proposal is neither credible nor attractive”
eBay board doubts GameStop's ability to buy and operate the much larger firm.
Kickstarter bans all NSFW content from the website
Back in 2019 we covered the censorship that was hurting the sex toy industry. One of the offenders was Kickstarter, which later changed its ways and became more welcoming. But it seems like the company has regressed. “S…
TIL that Glencore is the largest company in Switzerland is a dominant player in african mines . The company is known for neocolonialism is …
Joint briefing on behalf of Resource Matters, ANEEJ and Spotlight on Corruption
Android Central: Fairphone (Gen. 6+) with /e/OS
Fairphone Gen 6 Plus launches with Murena's privacy-focused /e/OS, bringing current-gen sustainability and more to consumers.
TIL that almost every year since 2015, Idaho children have died of treatable conditions. Their parents refuse medical care. It's legal in I…
For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care. Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of treatable conditions.
As the U.S. starves it of oil, Cuba is pulling off one of the fastest solar revolutions on the planet — with China’s help
Cuba is struggling with devastating nationwide blackouts as the United States’ effective oil blockade strangles fuel supplies. But this crisis may also be accelerating a China-backed clean energy revolution that’s been …
Android adds a feature to stop you from doomscrolling
Google’s new Android feature, Pause Point, forces you to wait before opening distracting apps in an effort to curb addictive scrolling habits.
RAM is so expensive, Samsung won't even sell it to Samsung
Due to rising prices from the "AI" bubble, Samsung Semiconductor reportedly refused a RAM order for new Galaxy phones from Samsung Electronics.
Welcome to the Post-Naive Internet Era
The grand idealism of the free and open internet might be over for now, but in its place falls a more practical mindset. Just like Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurs are entering their “Hard Tech” era, the people building w…
SwipeFury
Fast-paced 3D WebGL block blasting game. Swipe to burst blocks, survive the speed, and avoid instant game over. Play free — no download needed.
AI is not killing jobs, US study finds - Financial Times
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Chinese startup debuts humanoid robot capable of realistic combat moves - Global Times
Chinese robotics startup EngineAI on Tuesday unveiled its latest full-size general-purpose humanoid robot, the T800, marking the company's fourth humanoid model. In a demonstration video, the T800 showcased a striking r…
Why They Don’t Want You Driving a Chinese Car
Politicians say they have “national security concerns.” In fact, Chinese cars are better and cheaper, and American corporations know they can’t survive market competition.
Report: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit
Google and SpaceX are in talks to build data centers in orbit, pitching space as the future home for AI compute, even as costs today remain far higher than on the ground.
EFF to Courts: Don’t Rewrite Copyright Over AI Hype
New markets, new ideas, and new creators are actually what copyright is supposed to promote, not restrict. Using copyright to lock in existing gatekeepers and massive rightsholders’ profits helps neither the public nor …
Rasputin moving out of pre-alpha [AIP]
An app in Rasputin is a Compose stack with a name, a target node, and a row in the control plane's database. How the names, certificates, storage and the signed app catalog actually fit together — and what is built vers…
Mafia: The Old Country - Free Ride Announce Trailer
Start your engines. The Free Ride Update releases tomorrow, November 20, in Mafia: The Old Country – free to all players!Step back into the Sicilian underwor...
TIL - the recorder can actually make decent music. Ralf Bienioschek performs BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY a Recorder Cover of the song by QUEEN. And i…
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Google announces its first-ever discovery of a zero-day exploit made with AI
The Google Threat Intelligence Group said its proactive measures stopped a “mass exploitation event.”
Musk, Cook and other prominent US executives invited to join Trump on trip to China
Prominent U.S. executives from Big Tech and Wall Street to agriculture and aerospace joined President Donald Trump on his trip to China.
Alex Schapiro Reverse Engineered a Billion-Dollar Legal AI Tool and Found 100k+ Confidential Files
Update: This post received a large amount of attention on Hacker News — see the discussion thread.
Nvidia lobbies White House and wins loosened AI GPU export control to China — U.S. lawmakers reportedly reject GAIN AI Act. There is anothe…
Yet, there is another bill in the works.
Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI…
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The future of Obsidian plugins - Obsidian
Introducing the new Obsidian Community site and developer dashboard.
Valve block Steam game with queer art in Russia after state censor attacks it for “promoting non-traditional sexualities”
Flick Solitaire has been removed from the Russian version of Steam after federal censor Roskomnadzor demanded that Valve take it down.
Tech unions against enshittification - with Cory Doctorow - YouTube - Trades Union Congress (TUC)
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TIL: British established concentration camps in South Africa during the Second Boer War, forcing over 100,000 women, children, and Black So…
During the Second Anglo–Boer War (1899–1902), the British operated concentration camps in the South African Republic, Orange Free State, Colony of Natal, and Cape Colony. In February 1900, Lord Kitchener took command of…
Paradox Takes the Blame for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Sales Flop, Announces $37 Million Write-Down
Publisher Paradox Interactive has today taken the blame for the poor sales of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2.
The US bans all new foreign-made network routers
The Federal Communications Commission has released a notice today designating any consumer routers manufactured outside the US as a security risk.
An Update on Cities: Skylines II - Development moved to Iceflake Studios
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NEC Develops World’s First Technology for Face and Iris Authentication While Walking
NECは、空港や決済など厳格な本人確認が求められるシーンにも対応する、ウォークスルー型の顔・虹彩マルチモーダル生体認証技術を世界で初めて開発した。同社の顔認証技術と虹彩認証技術を組み合わせ、歩いてい
Twin brothers wipe 96 gov't databases minutes after being fired
A case study in why credentials are revoked before firings.
GitLab Act 2 - A letter to our customers and our investors.
A letter to our customers and our investors.
TIL that Finland supermarkets are prepared for war
The chains all have detailed plans to follow in the event of the nation going to war.
Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice
Avoiding software without AI code is getting very difficult.
Google Has Removed Manifest V2 Extensions From the Chrome Web Store, Including uBlock Origin
Google today reached the final milestone in a browser-extension transition that has been years in the making, all remaining Manifest V2 extensions were removed from the Chrome Web Store.