TIL that soda crackers were shipped in barrels, and that's where the name of the store came from
The name ties into the history of what Cracker Barrel is trying to replicate (an old country store) and looks back on gatherings around cracker barrels.
How to unionize your tech workplace
Mass layoffs, AI anxiety, and corporate surveillance have heightened interest in unions among IT professionals. Organizers who've been through it explain how to get started — and what to expect.
The Day WhatsApp Goes Dark
A thought experiment in what we built without noticing.
Private Tech Companies, the State, and the New Character of War
Ukraineâs war offers a window into how governmentsâ growing reliance on defense firms is eroding national sovereignty, security, and accountability.
Jolla J2 Unboxing and first impressions
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Self-Host Weekly #146: Survey Says
Survey results, cranberry sauce, government affairs, and open-source burnout
Ubisoft announces layoffs and the cease of game development at Red Storm Entertainment
The studio will remain open, but 105 people are being laid off as part of Ubisoft's cost reduction programme
Wild New Inflatable Wind Turbine (1.2 MW Output)
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ChatGPT down again
ChatGPT is experiencing a major global outage affecting thousands of users, including over 12,580 in the US, according to DownDetector.
Taiwan chipmaker TSMC begins 2nm chip volume production
Taiwanese tech titan TSMC has started mass producing its cutting-edge 2-nanometer semiconductor chips, the company said in a statement seen by AFP on Wednesday.
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
Did you know that Gmail can use your emails and attachments for its smart features? Here's how to check your settings.
Apple hit with $115M fine for “extremely burdensome” App Store privacy policy
Apple can't force app makers to get consent twice to track user data, Italian regulator says.
Self-Host Weekly #149: A Few of My Favorite Things
Bidding wars, mobile bookmarks, and my favorite new self-hosted apps from 2025
US trial could reveal who paid hackers to target Exxon climate critics
Oil giant has denied involvement, but climate activists are closely watching court case against Israeli private investigator for answers
Nekome: Nazi Hunter
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Browser Fingerprinting And Why VPNs Won’t Make You Anonymous
Amidst the glossy marketing for VPN services, it can be tempting to believe that the moment you flick on the VPN connection you can browse the internet with full privacy. Unfortunately this is quit…
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.
South Korea police say 120,000 home cameras hacked for 'sexploitation' footage
The cameras were located in private homes, karaoke rooms, a Pilates studio and a gynaecologist's clinic.
Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now
ESET researchers discovered 11 vulnerable UEFI shim bootloaders signed by Microsoft that allow attackers to bypass UEFI Secure Boot by exploiting decade-old vulnerabilities.
Microsoft “Improved” Notepad. I Un-Improved It. - Dave's Garage
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Fifo's Night - An Excellent (Free) 3D Platformer
Fifo’s Night is a new 3D platformer developed by students at Lightbox Academy. It’s a family-friendly, Halloween-themed game, and it’s free! I played a preview build earlier this year and came away...
Elon Musk’s Colossus 2 data center installed 59 natural gas turbines without permission, report claims — thousands of tons of pollutants re…
Estimates suggest that about half of the unpermitted turbines generate 2,500 tons of NOx, 4,000 tons of CO, and 22 tons of formaldehyde every year.
DeepSeek-v3.2: Pushing the Frontier of Open Large Language Models [pdf]
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Gmail users warned to opt out of new feature - what we know
Those who use the popular platform are being urged to think very carefully about whether they want this setting enabled.
Korea's Coupang says data breach exposed nearly 34M customers' personal information
E-commerce company Coupang has confirmed a massive data breach affecting 33.7 million customer accounts in South Korea.
Lawsuit claims Meta's layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans
Meta denies using AI to terminate workers with disabilities and medical problems.
[CBH] Turn Platypush into your favourite weather app
Mobile app, web app and custom handling of weather events, all in one
Memory Price Surge Squeezes Game Console Margins; 2026 Shipment Forecast Revised Downward
TrendForce’s latest report states that rising memory prices have significantly increased BOM costs in consumer electronics, leading brands to hike retail prices and dampening market demand. After reducing its 2026 shipm…
A weaseetlduclob fights a salamander gang and grows ever more horrifying in abomination evolver Strange Seed
Strange Seed is an evolution game in which a cute blob murders animals and steals their body parts to become a more fearsome organism.
DRAM prices are spiking, but I don't trust the industry's reasons why
There are a lot of reasons to be skeptical.
George Lucas Goes To The Dark Side, Says AI Is ‘The Future’
The Star Wars creator compares not using AI to riding a horse in the face of cars
What’s Hiding Inside Haribo’s Power Bank and Headphones?
CT scans reveal severe battery defects inside Haribo’s 20,000 mAh power bank and earbuds, explaining their quiet removal from Amazon.
Sony’s Concord Is Playable Again Thanks To Fan-Made Custom Servers
Concord is not completely dead. Community developers have brought Sony's shut-down hero shooter back online with fan-made custom servers, rebuilding its backend API and getting full matches running again.
Steam accounted for over 20% of Capcom's total revenue, nearly double PlayStation's share in the past fiscal year
In the fiscal year ended March 2026, over 20% of Capcom's companywide revenue came through Valve.
Bindery: self-hosted, folder-watching converter for ebooks and comics
Drop e-books and comics into a folder, get Kobo/Kindle-ready files out. kepubify + KCC with a WebUI, in one Docker image. - jarynclouatre/bindery
26 Employees Lawsuit: Meta used AI to fire workers who used their legal leaves to take time off work
The plaintiffs say a monitoring program deployed earlier this year gave artificial intelligence data to select employees for layoffs.
It turns out Saudi Arabia will own 93.4 percent of EA if the buyout goes through, which is effectively all of it
The other investors have tiny stakes, and the PIF has stakes in them.
Israel’s IDF Bans Android Phones—iPhones Now ‘Mandatory’
The iPhone versus Android battle has just taken a sudden twist as hackers attack smartphones.
GTA IV Is A Snapshot of the World Before It Changed
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America Has Become a Digital Narco-State - Paul Krugman
Social media giants have bought our government, and are trying to bully Europe
Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100
The Pebble Index 01 isn’t quite a smart ring, but it can do some smart things.
OpenAI Is Having a Mental Health Crisis
ChatGPT's mental health team is bleeding talent and facing controversy
Soon Aadhaar could be needed to enter restaurants, housing societies as govt plans offline Aadhaar push
India may soon see Aadhaar-based checks becoming routine at hotels, housing societies as UIDAI prepares to launch a new offline verification app.
Long-Term Data Storage for Home Users - YouTube
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Total War: MEDIEVAL III - Announce Trailer
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Android QuickShare is now compatible with AirDrop
Sharing moments shouldn’t depend on the phone you have. Starting today with the Pixel 10 family, Quick Share now works with AirDrop, making secure file transfers between Android phones and iPhones more seamless. This bu…
It's your fault my laptop knows where I am: Precise geolocation via Wi-Fi Positioning System
I’m in Introduction to Algorithms (577) this semester at UW, and I’ve been enjoying hearing Renault explaining how to prove program correctness, DP, network flow, and the circumstances under which Dijkstra invented his …
"This is a blatant, unapologetic act of vicious union busting" - Hundreds of Rockstar employees sign letter to management, demanding fired …
Over 200 employees from Rockstar North have signed a letter to management, in which they have condemned the firing of fellow staff members.
Paint-on tattoos could help spot heart attacks early, power robotic prosthetics and read brain waves — all within a colorful, customizable …
Engineers at Penn State are blending art and science to create cute, paint-on tattoos capable of recording different electrical signals produced by the body with more sensitivity, durability and accuracy than other wear…
While we eagerly await the second coming of Steam Machines, it's worth remembering what a gloriously awful mess Valve got itself in over a …
Good ideas just need more time in the oven to bake properly.