The Digital Omnibus: Deregulation Dressed as Innovation
The EU's sweeping data and AI package loosens safeguards for workers while promising competitiveness gains that will flow mainly to US tech giants.
The Supreme Court Is About to Hear a Case That Could Rewrite Internet Access
That is not a dystopian fantasy, but a real possibility raised by a case the Supreme Court will hear on Monday.
Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica
Plex is starting to enforce its new rules, which prevent users from remotely accessing a personal media server without a subscription fee.
GPU prices are coming to earth just as RAM costs shoot into the stratosphere - Ars Technica
Some RAM kits are over three times as expensive as they were three months ago.
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer called Google Chrome a "rounding error" — 17 years later, Internet Explorer is dead, and Microsoft Edge …
Steve Ballmer once mocked Chrome as a “rounding error.” The browser now rules the web while Microsoft Edge fights for scraps.
This month's Windows 11 update broke the Recycle Bin, OneDrive, and possibly your PC's stability
According to Microsoft, users who have installed the KB5095051 update might encounter a strange Recycle Bin bug that replaces the names of deleted files with internal Recycle...
Thank Mozilla for Killing Localization on Support Mozilla (And Replacing Human Contributions With AI Bots)
TL;DR: Mozilla is killing localization on Support Mozilla, overwriting articles written by humans with machine generated translations. Although Mozilla knows that their AI doesn’t localize or adhere to style guides, Moz…
The story of a crazy Half-Life 2 bug, as told by former Valve dev Tom Forsyth (Mastodon thread)
Attached: 1 image Recent discussion about the perils of doors in gamedev reminded me of a bug caused by a door in a game you may have heard of called "Half Life 2". Are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin.
Code.org Has Become CodeAI
Bring computer science and AI education to your classroom with CodeAI’s free K–12 curriculum, hands-on projects, and teacher professional development—no prior experience needed.
Tesco UK supermarket chain removes 40,000 servers from VMware infrastructure, blames 'abusive conduct' from Broadcom
Tesco confirms plans to migrate 40,000 servers from VMware
Section 702 Explained: How U.S. Surveillance Law Shapes National Security And Privacy
What is FISA Section 702? In the early and mid-1900s, the United States government carried out surveillance programs that spied on Americans without warrants. In response, Congress passed the Foreign Intelligence Survei…
⚙️💡 For Anyone in Tech Looking to Organize Their Projects — Why I’m Using Anara ( + 20% Off )
Automate your research workflows with Anara's AI. Build research library, verify sources, and collaborate with your team. Trusted by researchers worldwide.
OpenAI says dead teen violated TOS when he used ChatGPT to plan suicide - Ars Technica
OpenAI’s response to teen suicide case is “disturbing,” lawyer says.
The New York Nurses Replaced by AI: AI Makes Inroads in Healthcare, Threatening Patient Care and Jobs, Lay Off Plan Will Give Over Private …
For Immediate Release: July 1, 2026
SpaceX buys AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion in race for an edge over Anthropic and OpenAI
SpaceX will move forward with its $60 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Cursor as Elon Musk’s space exploration and AI company seeks a competitive edge against rivals Anthropic and OpenAI after its …
Windows 11's adoption is much slower compared to Windows 10, claims Dell
Dell has highlighted that Windows 11's adoption is quite slower compared to Windows 10, but is hasn't noted the potential reasons behind this.
Bag of words, have mercy on us
OR: Claude will you go to prom with me?
Steam Hardware Announcement
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good
Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.
0807: a self-hosted file host with self-destructing links. Open source, Tor, no logs
No account, no ads. Files disappear whenever you choose.
Dead mosquito proboscis used for high-resolution 3D printing nozzle
The proboscis is 100% finer than the best manmade tips, cheaper, and biodegradable.
How do you manage accessing multiple Plex and Jellyfin servers simultaneously?
I run a Jellyfin server, but I have several friends running Jellyfin servers and
several more friends running Plex servers. What is the sanest way to go about
accessing all of them? How can I get some sort of media over…
Is Android really the next big desktop operating system?
Google says Android-powered laptops are coming in 2026. Will they actually matter, though?
TIL sea urchins are spikey brains
A new sea urchin brain study finds their bodies act as a broad neural system filled with chemicals like dopamine and serotonin.
Return to the year 2000 with classic multiplayer DOS games in your browser
There are fan-made browser versions of Red Alert, Unreal Tournament, and more.
How I block all online ads
A couple of years ago, I decided I'd had enough of ads. Not just the occasional banner or a quick pre-roll video — I mean all of them. They have to go.
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…
TIL about the 2018 US Prison Strike, an attempt by prisoners to end US Prison Slavery
The 2018 U.S. prison strike was a series of work stoppages and hunger strikes[1] in prisons across the United States from August 21 to September 9, 2018.[2] It was one of the largest prison strikes in US history.[3][2] …
BoM asked to explain ‘what happened here’ after cost of website redesign revealed to be $96.5m
Environment minister Murray Watt ânot happyâ with cost blowout and has shared concerns with new Bureau of Meteorology boss
Creative workers on the affects of AI on their jobs
How do an artist, a videographer, a musician and a copywriter feel about generative AI?
Wikipedia escapes Category 1 designation under the UK Online Safety Act - for now
The Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA) is legislation in the United Kingdom that aims to hold platform operators accountable for the safety of the people who use their apps and visit their websites. Though most obligations (l…
‘This was a righteous case. A holy war’: the lawyer who took on Meta and Google – and won
When Mark Lanier and his young client Kaley faced the tech giants in an LA courtroom earlier this year, it seemed a bigger battle than David v Goliath. But they scored a landmark victory, proving that the social media g…
San Francisco police suspend Flock camera network access following 'improper queries'
Yesterday, the San Francisco Police Department announced that they’re restricting outside access to data from Flock license plate reader cameras.
Smart Locker tai cac co so giao duc hien dai
SimpleTech chuyên cung cấp các mẫu tủ gửi đồ thông minh Smart Locker hiện đại, vận hành tự động, bảo mật cao, đây chính là giải pháp lưu trữ, giao nhận hàng tiện ích cho chung cư, văn phòng và doanh nghiệp thời đại số.
TIL that Larry Ellison's Oracle started as a CIA project
Yesterday, Vox somehow managed to write an entire article about the history of Oracle and its founder Larry Ellison without mentioning the CIA even once.
GitHub - DioCrafts/OxiCloud: ☁️ OxiCloud server, efficient and secure way to save all your data
☁️ OxiCloud server, efficient and secure way to save all your data - DioCrafts/OxiCloud
Immich Is Now Stable!
You can find Immich at https://immich.app/ If you want to buy Immich merch, go to https://immich.store/ You can learn more about FUTO at https://futo.org/
Here’s a few music playlists I made for my FR campaign, which included places like Icewind Dale, Icespire Peak and the city of Waterdeep.
Playlist · Xanadu · 18 items · 15 saves
Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapes
Both vulnerabilities allow untrusted users to gain root privileges.
How the Peter Thiel-Linked Dialog Club Secretly Ranks Its Members
Leaked files show the invite-only network grades members by their money and fame, shaping who’s in, who’s out, and who pays.
I Went All-In on AI. The MIT Study Is Right.
My all-in AI experiment cost me my confidence
Building my first NAS: Assistance on part selection please
Hi! I’ve never built a NAS before and only one custom gaming PC, so I’d love if
any of you more experienced folks could take a look at my parts selection and
possibly suggest better options. Of course first my use cases…
U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel, as Trump expands control over private sector
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the U.S. government has taken a 10% stake in chipmaker Intel.
Inside the Underground Trade of ‘Flipper Zero’ Tech to Break into Cars
“Kia Boys will be Flipper Boys by 2026,” one person in the reverse engineering community said.
TikTok plans to lay off several hundred of their moderation team in the UK in favor of AI content moderation
Unions claim content moderators are being replaced by "ineffective" AI systems that could put TikTok's millions of British users in danger.
Major Bitcoin mining firm pivoting to AI, plans to fully abandon crypto mining by 2027 as miners convert to AI en masse — Bitfarm to levera…
AI is now more lucrative than Bitcoin, especially if you have the infrastructure in place.
Elon Musk Had Grok Rewrite Wikipedia. It Calls Hitler “The Führer.”
Grokipedia, the anti-woke Wikipedia alternative, aims to create a parallel version of the truth for the right wing.
Someone At YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled
In my recent analysis of YouTube’s information density I included the results from an advanced statistical analysis on the number of videos present on the home page, which projected that around May 2026 there would only…
Faceless creators are becoming collateral damage in YouTube’s AI cleanup
As YouTube cracks down on low-quality AI content, faceless creators who built real audiences without showing their face are now struggling to stay monetized.
Microsoft AI CEO Puzzled by People Being "Unimpressed" by AI
Mustafa Suleyman had his mind blown by the community's negative reaction to Microsoft's "agentic OS" comments.