Abxylute S9V: When a Giveaway Becomes Bribery
Why should Amazon reviews be taken with skepticism? A Discord promotion for the Abxylute S9V offers a troubling example of manipulated feedback.
Multiple universities forced to reschedule final exams after Canvas cyber incident
On Thursday, dozens of students took to social media to say they saw a message from a cybercriminal group as they navigated through Canvas, an educational platform created by Instructure that hosts teaching materials, t…
Local officials face death threats and gunfire over AI data center projects — More than 500 towns restrict builds as councils shutter publi…
Monitoring shows threats have stayed elevated since April.
Arkane veterans Harvey Smith and Ben Horne reunite: “We’re back to the games we love”
The heads of Black Pony Immersive chat smaller budgets, optimism, the mistakes of Redfall and why the ‘immersive sim’ is not dead
Cracked version of Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls on PC runs better than official release - Variable
Sony's DRM and EAC are slowing down Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls on PC! Cracked version runs faster when they're taken out. #MarvelTōkonFightingSouls #marveltokon #marvel #fightinggames
That Drone in the Sky Could Be Tracking Your Car
Police are using their drones as flying automated license plate readers (ALPRs), airborne police cameras that make it easier than ever for law enforcement to follow you. "The Flock Safety drone, specifically, are flying…
Parent company of Truth Social reports $400M loss
The parent company of Truth Social, U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media platform, reported a net loss on Friday of more than US$400 million in the first quarter -- mostly from tumbling cryptocurrency valuations.
SEC reportedly subpoenas Wall Street banks over "AI" hedge fund Situational Awareness’s near collapse
The SEC is seeking information from major Wall Street banks about trades and financing tied to AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness.
France Moves to Break Encrypted Messaging
France's parliament just endorsed the one idea every cryptographer on earth has already debunked and they're calling it a compromise.
Senator at center of Utah AI data center debate gets physical, slaps phone out of reporter’s hand — reporter covering cases of harassment a…
The senator's anger turned physical when he was recorded.
Dirty Frag: Universal Linux LPE - CVE similar to Copy Fail
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Stanford study finds school phone bans may trigger “withdrawal symptoms” in students
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Technology Is Over - by James Taylor Foreman
There are social clues, at least, that the exponential curve is going sigmoid.
Big data centers in Florida must pay full power and infrastructure costs under new law
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a new law aimed at reining in large-scale data centers, saying everyday Floridians shouldn’t have to pay.
First Android malware targeting automotive head units
Kaspersky expert has discovered new Android malware designed to serve ads and build a proxy botnet. It's delivered through legitimate software for DoFun head units.
Microsoft's latest move to pay people to use Edge looks desperate — and an odd new Bing app is worrying too
An app has been spotted that makes Bing your default search, and some users see it as another reason to leave Windows 11.
ArsTechnica: Ads and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they’re coming for monitors.
Monitor vendors are playing with fire.
YouTube Premium is getting yet another price hike for users across the globe
YouTube Premium is getting more expensive for subscribers across Europe and Asia, with some plans increasing by nearly 17%.
Nvidia launches ‘superchip’ putting AI power into laptops and PCs
Firm says its RTX Spark PC chip for Microsoft Windows will let AI agents replace the mouse and keyboard
EU calls VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push
The European Parliamentary Research Service has warned that VPNs are increasingly being used to bypass online age-verification systems.
Lulu Chased by a Shadow
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[VaatiVidya] I Played 12 Hours of The Duskbloods (+ gameplay footage)
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Fears grow that age verification coming to VPNs as a British research firm labels them a 'loophole'
The very tools regulators want to restrict are surging in popularity.
AI Assistants Are Leaking Your Conversations
A study conducted by researchers at IMDEA Networks Institute has revealed that ChatGPT (OpenAI), Claude (Anthropic), Grok, and Perplexity AI use different types of trackers from Meta, Google, TikTok and other companies,…
Popular erectile dysfunction drug linked to eye disease that can cause irreversible vision loss
Tadalafil users were 22% more likely to develop glaucoma, a study found, raising new questions about long-term Cialis use and eye pressure risks.
ESPN's streaming plans are getting more expensive: Here's what you'll pay
Prices for ESPN's streaming plans, and many bundles that include them, are increasing by $1 to $3 starting in September.
Continuwuity v26.8.1 is released with remote server health tracking! [CBH]
_Continuwuity is a community-driven Matrix chat server, designed to be efficient and easy to run_ > Experts aren't real it's all just a tgirl in a hoodie on a thinkpad Boo! Surprise release! It's a good one, too - we've…
'It's very counterintuitive': The quantum batteries that upend the rules of charging
The world's first quantum battery prototype is here and it has some bizarre properties. Could these devices one day power quantum computing – or even your phone?
Disneyland Now Uses Face Recognition on Visitors
Plus: The NSA tests Anthropic’s Mythos Preview to find vulnerabilities, a Finnish teen is charged over the Scattered Spider hacking spree, and more.
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OpenAI is becoming a surveillance company
It’s not even really trying to hide it
Songs created by AI banned from Australia's music charts
How global principles set out by IFPI will apply to the ARIA Charts
The New Cold War Is an Alibi for Tech Elites’ Impunity
Silicon Valley is increasingly embracing the narrative that the US is in an existential battle for technological dominance with China. The story is a convenient shield against efforts to rein in the tech industry’s powe…
A touch of AI is all it takes to trigger backlash, as a promising new indie falls afoul of slop skeptics
All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending August 23
What makes a good smartphone camera? - cadence's weblog (personal blog)
There are lots of things that affect the quality of photographs. The biggest one is the skill of the photographer behind the camera.
Porsche inks US$1.5 billion AI deal with India’s Tata Consultancy
[STUTTGART] Porsche partnered with Tata Consultancy Services for deploying artificial intelligence in a 1.25 billion euros (US$1.5 billion) deal, while agreeing to sell its consulting unit to the Indi... Read more at Th…
If your art trained the AI, MIT says you may never be able to prove it
A new study found that AI images often can’t be traced back to the art that trained them, making it harder for artists to win AI copyright lawsuits.
AI Slop is Killing Online Communities
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LLMs could control their host machines by exploiting inference engines
| Read on LessWrong | Comment on HN | Large language models often take actions running on one computer (via an agentic harness such as Claude Code or Codex), however the LLMs’ responses to prompts are computed on a diff…
Petlibro cloud outage leaves smart pet feeders unable to dispense scheduled meals
A cloud outage at Petlibro on August 11, 2026 took its app offline; owners reported connected feeders missed scheduled meals while away from home.
You can't buy anything on these food delivery and shopping sites. Here's why that's the point | Simulated shopping sites offer the thrill o…
Mock shopping sites are giving people the thrill of browsing, filling a cart and checking out, without spending a cent. As the trend spreads worldwide, some are using it to rethink compulsive spending and the environmen…
Twitch and Amazon hit with lawsuit for training AI with streamers' content
The class action suit claims that Amazon never obtained consent from Twitch streamers to be used to train its AI models.
Andreessen Horowitz is investing billions into a bleak AI future
The firmâs investment portfolio is full of companies that have exploited legal loopholes, created disturbing products, and broken the law.
Neo-Cyclostyle: Automatic Document Copying Devices In 1890
Document duplication has been a highly desirable feature, long before medieval monks slaved over yet another illuminated manuscript by flickering candle light. Fortunately one part of the Industria…
littleFedi - a new light-weight fediverse server
A small ActivityPub server written in Go. One binary, no runtime, no external services.
Millions of students' personal data stolen in major education breach
ShinyHunters claims it stole personal data from 275 million users on Instructure’s Canvas platform across schools and education providers.
Stepping Away from Streaming with the Snowsky Echo Digital Audio Player
I’ve already spent some time stepping away from streaming with another digital audio player, but the Snowsky Echo sits in a slightly different space. Where something like the Innioasis Y1 leans heavily into affordable n…
The devout Muslim making a living from Islamophobic AI slop — A content creator in Pakistan is earning money from viral videos that stir up…
A content creator in Pakistan is earning money from viral videos that stir up hate in UK