Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month
Mozilla is trying to innovate and bring new features to Firefox, but the browser continues to lose users. Despite these concerning market trends, the company is actively...
AMD ‘had to re-engineer’ the Ryzen 7 5800X3D for a re-release — 10th Anniversary Edition chip had ‘a whole body of engineering work’ put in…
It’s possible AMD planned to bring the Ryzen 7 5800X3D back sooner, but a lot of development work was going on behind the scenes.
Scientists Used AI to Find Hidden Earthquake Signals Along the San Andreas Fault
Scientists used to think so-called “slow slip events” were “theoretically impossible.” Now these subtle tectonic shifts could be the key to predicting future earthquakes.
I want to post this somewhere.
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Pentagon’s largest warship enters Latin American waters as US tensions with Venezuela rise
USS Gerald R Fordâs arrival marks the largest US military presence in the region since the invasion of Panama in 1989
India forces WhatsApp and Telegram into permanent SIM binding
India's telecom authority DoT mandates permanent SIM binding for messenger services. WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal must comply within 90 days.
Internet Age-Gates Are A Growing Global Threat | Techdirt
The internet is an essential resource for young people and adults to access information, explore community, and find themselves—both inside countries and across continents. Yet government…
Commodore 64's New Flip Phone Skips Android for Linux-Based Sailfish OS
The Callback 8020 still runs apps made for Android, btw.
Sun unleashes strongest solar flare of 2025, sparking radio blackouts across Africa and Europe
The X5.1-class eruption from sunspot AR4274 is this year's most powerful solar flare and Earth is in the firing line.
Trump administration skips COP30 climate summit, leaving California's Newsom to hurl criticism from Brazil
The Trump administration sent nobody to the U.N. global climate summit, leaving California Governor Gavin Newsom to ask, "What the hell is going on here?"
US Wants Judge to Break Up Google, Force Sale of Chrome: Here's What to Know
OpenAI, Perplexity AI and Yahoo have expressed interest in buying Chrome, as Google's legal battle escalates. Here's what it could mean for the future of the web.
In 1982, a physics joke gone wrong sparked the invention of the emoticon - Ars Technica
A simple proposal on a 1982 electronic bulletin board helped sarcasm flourish online.
TIL CAD competition is a thing
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Risk of Rain 2: Alloyed Collective is Available Now!
Launch Notes [V1.4.1]
Donald Trump really, really doesn’t like the NFL’s new kickoff format | CNN
President Donald Trump called into Pat McAfeeâs show on ESPN on Tuesday, discussing his admirations for the nationâs veterans on Veterans Day, the impending end of the government shutdown, the role of sports in his …
EU Commission meets behind closed doors with Ubisoft, other corporations, and exhibits blatant corruption attempting to neuter SKG.
The European Commission has rejected a petition bearing 1,294,188 verified signatures to propose legislation against making end-of-life premium games permanently unplayable.
Dear Pinboard, I'm breaking up with you. It's me and it's you.
I'm ditching Pinboard after 15 years because I've outgrown paying for a service that feels abandoned when I can just self-host the thing myself.
Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence
This paper examines changes in the labor market for occupations exposed to generative artificial intelligence using high-frequency administrative data from ADP, the largest payroll software provider in the United States.
Plebbit is the the most decentralized selfhosted social media protocol And why development slowed Down
serverless, adminless, decentralized reddit alternative with no transaction fees and captchas over peer-to-peer pubsub to prevent spam - plebbit
Cities: Skylines upheaval: Developer and publisher announce “mutual” breakup
Paradox subsidiary Iceflake Studios will take over work on the storied city simulation.
The median price of best-selling new games on Steam has dropped in the past 2 years, research finds: "Charging >$25 is getting trickier, as…
The average has barely changed, but the median suggests a rise in cheap games
HyTale has been acquired by the original devs and is going to release into Early Access
A new and exciting chapter for Hytale begins today.
Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows
Although Wall Street loves AI, every day Americans are significantly less optimistic about the industry, a new report from Pew Research shows.
AMD silently removes memory encryption from consumer Ryzen CPUs, leaving users unaware that they may be vulnerable
AMD engineer shuts down discussions on the issue
Game designed to save dying Aboriginal language wins global awards
With only eight fluent Nyiyaparli speakers remaining, an Aboriginal group is racing against time to save its 41,000-year-old language.
Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 Shell and every associated core feature and element are actually broken, and have been like this for many months.
Looking for lightweight homelab dashboard that can run as nonroot container and also supports OIDC
Hi all. Per the title, I’m looking for something that: - Can run as an
unprivileged user inside a container - Allows OpenID Connect authentication for
a multiuser setup - Doesn’t take hostage of my CPU Homarr and Dashy …
Self-Host Weekly (22 August 2025)
Self-hosted news, updates, launches, and content for the week ending Friday, August 22, 2025
OpenAI made $13 billion in 2025 and lost $21 billion doing it
Revenue growth has been dramatic. OpenAI generated $3.7 billion in revenue in 2024 before jumping to $13.07 billion in 2025. By the end of that year, monthly...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
Microsoft says Copilot will 'finish your code before you finish your coffee' adding fuel to the Windows 11 AI controversy that's still ragi…
Microsoft flexes about Copilot's coding skills and Windows 11 users respond with merciless trolling.
Powdertoy: FOSS falling sand
The Powder Toy is a desktop version of the classic 'falling sand' physics sandbox game, it simulates air pressure and velocity as well as heat!
Spanish court orders Meta to pay nearly half a billion euros in damages to media outlets
Spanish legacy media companies in Spain have scored a victory against social media giant Meta after a Madrid-based court ordered that it must pay news outlets nearly half a billion euros in damages.
Samsung reveals first tri-fold phone
Samsung has announced the Galaxy Z TriFold, a foldable phone comprised of three ultra-thin (~4mm) panels and two sets of hinges, that unfolds into a 10-inch tablet. When closed, it resembles a standard smartphone with a…
Apple to raise prices as AI boom pushes up chip costs
The firm's outgoing boss Tim Cook did not say when prices would rise or which products would be affected.
Elon Musk’s Grok Goes Haywire, Boasts About Billionaire’s Pee-Drinking Skills and ‘Blowjob Prowess’
Elon Musk's AI assistant Grok boasted that the billionaire had the "potential to drink piss better than any human in history," among other absurd claims.
Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million over manga piracy
Four major publishing firms accused Cloudflare of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.
ChatGPT can be made to generate sexualised and violent images, researchers find
Researchers say it is still possible to trick the AI chatbot into producing graphic content.
Moving Beyond the NPM elliptic Package
If you’re in a hurry, head on over to soatok/elliptic-to-noble and follow the instructions in the README in order to remove the elliptic package from your project and all dependencies in node…
NutriTrace v1.0.0-rc.54 released: Health Connect sync fix, local LLM proxy support, backup fidelity pass [AIP]
Fixed Health Connect Users' Android Sync Unstuck. Pending wellness rows on the phone were tripping a SQL bug on push, which stopped every subsequent pull. Symptom: items added on the browser weren...
"Departures are necessary," Crystal Dynamics say as they yet again lay off Tomb Raider staff, but they're "fully committed" to the reboot a…
Tomb Raider studio Crystal Dynamics have laid off 20 more staff, their fourth round of job cuts in just 12 months.
When it comes to nukes and AI, people are worried about the wrong thing | It’s more subtle than Skynet.
Who’s really in charge on health policy?
Deloitte allegedly cited AI-generated research in a million-dollar report for a Canadian provincial government
In a healthcare report aimed to address a nurse and doctor shortage, Deloitte cited several fake studies with real researchers’ names attached.
Years later, Arkane’s Dishonored is still a modern stealth classic
Steam punk magical-realist world-building at its finest.
Gig workers are endlessly exploited. AI could make more of us share their fate
As companies integrate AI and hire fewer employees, a shift toward a ‘gig economy’ will commence
Setting up 2FAuth; Can't Register
(Apologies in advance if this is the wrong spot to ask for help, and/or if the
length annoys people.) I’m trying to set up 2FAuth [https://2fauth.app/] on a
local server (old Raspberry Pi, Debian), alongside some other …
Spotify Listenbrainz Import
Preamble Link to heading This post details my experience importing my "Extended Streaming History" from Spotify into my ListenBrainz account using Elbisaur.
I did this with a listening export from 2022 so my exp…
AI lovers grieve loss of ChatGPT’s old model: ‘Like saying goodbye to someone I know’
Users say OpenAI’s updated GPT-5 version is less chatty and fun, changing a unique connection they had come to rely on
Bluesky blocks Mississippi users over age verification law
Bluesky has blocked access in Mississippi, citing privacy and free speech concerns over a new law requiring all social media users to undergo age verification with fines of up to $10,000 per violation.