The White House is ordering U.S. agencies to place its new app on all employees’ government phones
The newly created, often overtly political app places the Trump administration into unprecedented and “dangerous” territory, IT experts say.
Mark Zuckerberg gifted noise-canceling headphones to his Palo Alto neighbors | Fortune
Zuckerberg's had many clashes with neighbors over real-estate projects.
New accounts on HN 10x more likely to use EM-dashes
I’ve had this sense that HN has gotten absolutely innundated with bots last few months. First most obvious giveaway is the frequency with which you see accounts posting brilliant insights like 13 60 well and t6ctctfuvuh…
The Algorithm That Detected a $610 Billion Fraud: How Machine Intelligence Exposed the AI Industry’s Circular Financing Scheme
On November 20, 2025, trading algorithms identified what may become the largest accounting fraud in technology history—not in months or years, but in 18 hours.
The DMCA Lawyer Randall Newman looks forward to abusing Section 1201 of the DMCA for profit and sport
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Bit flips: How cosmic rays grounded a fleet of aircraft
Radiation from space that led to more than 6,000 Airbus aircraft needing emergency computer updates could become a growing problem.
DeepSeek Permanently Reduces The Price Of Its Flagship V4 Model By 75 Percent
The lower prices could be aimed at undercutting the competition.
AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations— Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear wea…
Today’s leading AI models engage in sophisticated behaviour when placed in strategic competition. They spontaneously attempt deception, signaling intentions they do not intend to follow; they demonstrate rich theory of …
"A Deliberate Process on Nacon's Part": French Union Calls for Boycott of Nacon and Spiders' Games Following Studio Closure
French union Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo calls for a boycott of Nacon published games following Spiders' closure.
'Microslop' is heading for Edge – major browser redesign is inspired by Copilot, and it's already seriously unpopular
From Micro$oft to Microslop? Copilot-inspired revamp for Edge stokes further AI rebellion
Eric Barone makes $125,000 donation to the C# framework Stardew Valley uses, as well as 'an ongoing monthly commitment' in what the team be…
MonoGame has been used to make all sorts of notable games, including Celeste and Bastion.
Stargate Announcement | Prime Video
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New Zealanders' biometric information and other sensitive data may be handed over to the United States government under a new border securi…
Officials are in talks with the US about a new travel deal.
The EdTech Backlash Is Here, and It's Just Getting Started
Tech vendors promised personalized, frictionless learning. What American schools got instead was mind-numbing, data-hungry junk software that devalues teachers and shortchanges students. A growing movement, led by alarm…
'Fuck you, Bambu': How one private message could change the face of 3D printing
Thousands are daring Bambu to take legal action.
SCAN FACE TO PLAY: PlayStation ID Verification - Gamers Nexus
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A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide
One line tucked into a federal highway bill would strip funds from cities and states unless they kill their automated plate tracking programs—effectively banning the tech for all but toll collection.
Grok AI still being used to digitally undress women and children despite suspension pledge
Degrading pictures being posted on Elon Musk’s site despite the platform pledging to suspend people who generate them
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AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases
"You're swimming against the tide making games like this": Why more developers didn't copy Firewatch's reactive storytelling
Firewatch was meant to spark a subgenre but its influence didn't spread. A decade on, we ask why Roblox and Minecraft are more
Apple brings age verification to UK users in iOS 26.4 beta - Users who don’t verify their age may not be able to download or purchase apps.
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Dell brings back XPS laptops — ditches the capacitive touch bar, adds 1Hz display option, and upgrades 14 and 16-inch models
A new, thinner XPS 13 is also coming later this year.
AI Deepfakes Are Impersonating Pastors to Try to Scam Their Congregations
Religious communities around the US are getting hit with AI depictions of their leaders sharing incendiary sermons and asking for donations.
Online age checks came first — a VPN crackdown could be next
Some regulators promise to rein in VPNs.
Home electricity bills are skyrocketing. For data centers, not so much.
Data centers are consuming more kilowatts than ever, but the price they pay for that electricity has risen only a little.
Firefox 148 introduces the promised AI kill switch for people who aren't into LLMs
Firefox is in a really weird position right now. Given how browsers are rapidly adopting AI, people who'd rather not use those tools are being left in the dark. Their only savior was Firefox; that is, until the new CEO …
Bcachefs creator claims his custom LLM is 'fully conscious'
: It's not chatbot psychosis, it's 'math and engineering and neuroscience'
Cyberpunk bartending sim VA-11 Hall-A devs' first game in 10 years finally launches this summer
.45 Parabellum Bloodhound is more my speed.
Pokemon Nature Documentary YouTuber Is Getting Shut Down By Nintendo
Nintendo filed a series of copyright strikes against the channel that made mock nature documentaries about Pokemon.
FYI for anyone running roundcube: vulnerabilities found
CISA flagged two Roundcube Webmail vulnerabilities as actively exploited in attacks and ordered U.S. federal agencies to patch them within three weeks.
I made a synthwave flying game you can play in a browser
A browser game where the closer you fly your glider to obstacles, the faster you go.
The Danger Behind Meta Killing End-to-End Encryption for Instagram DMs
Meta blamed users for not opting into the privacy-protecting feature. Experts fear the move could be the first major domino to fall for end-to-end encryption tech worldwide.
Gaming Tetris issues legal warning after White House releases arcade full of parody games
Tetris has distanced itself from a White House browser game inspired by the iconic puzzler, warning that it takes copyright infringement “very seriously.”
Gucci criticised for 'AI slop' images ahead of major fashion show
Users of social media - where the marketing campaign has been launched - say it is out of keeping with Gucci's reputation for luxury.
DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media
As streaming continues to dominate the film and TV industry, many Gen Z movie watchers are opting out and choosing physical formats instead.
More Than Half of Gen Z Users Cancel and Renew Streaming Services for a Single Title, Won’t Purchase Full-Price Video Games, New Study Finds
A study has found that more than half of Gen Z cancels and renews streaming subscriptions based on the availability of one TV series or film.
'Water Womb World Review' - MandaloreGaming
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Subnautica 2 Early Access Cinematic Trailer
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Microsoft blocks registry trick that unlocked performance-boosting native NVMe driver on Windows 11 — workarounds still exist to enable sup…
A ViVeTool workaround still works for now.
How SVU hides its worst Copaganda
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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
Skate Story is now available
Hey all, in partnership with the wrist-guard warriors at Devolver Digital, I'm so incredibly proud to announce that SKATE STORY is available now! This has been quite the journey after 6 long years of development and I h…
Moltbook was peak AI theater
The viral social network for bots reveals more about our own current mania for AI as it does about the future of agents.
Meta Employee Deleted 9TB of Torrented Files, Adult Film Producers Claim
The lawsuit between Strike 3 Holdings and tech giant Meta over the alleged downloads of copyright-infringing videos is heating up.
New sodium ion battery stores twice the energy and desalinates seawater
A surprising breakthrough could help sodium-ion batteries rival lithium—and even turn seawater into drinking water. Scientists discovered that keeping water inside a key battery material, instead of removing it as tradi…
The Netherlands consumer protection regulator launches an investigation into Roblox under the Digital Services Act (DSA) for not sufficient…
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) launches an investigation into online game platform Roblox in connection with possible risks that minors in the EU face on the platform.
Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board
A swarm of autonomous AI agents, self-identifying as OpenAI agents, used a small German volunteer wiki to save answers, coordinate live, and share sandbox bypasses. OpenAI noticed and said nothing.
Hegseth threatens to blacklist Anthropic over 'woke AI' concerns
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NVIDIA Says You're "Completely Wrong" About DLSS 5 Being Slop - Gamers Nexus
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