As demand for Meta AI glasses explodes, it’s harder to avoid creepy recordings | Ars looks at Zuckoff, the latest free app detecting Meta A…
Ars looks at Zuckoff, the latest free app detecting Meta AI glasses amid privacy backlash.
Delta Will Use AI To Cut Costs And Set A Different Ticket Price For Every Passenger—CEO Says Profits Could Rise 50%
Delta CEO Ed Bastian says artificial intelligence could increase profits 50%. The airline’s plans point toward fewer office jobs, automated decisions and different fares for individual passengers.
Quantum Computer Solves a Problem in 15 Minutes That Classical Methods Can’t Practically Compute
Researchers have demonstrated a quantum computation that appears to exceed the practical capabilities of leading classical simulation methods while also addressing a longstanding problem: how to verify the result.
Meta's $1.4 Trillion Reckoning: Can Infinite Scroll Be Illegal? - Gadget Review
Meta youth addiction trial seeks up to $1.4 trillion in penalties as 29 state AGs target infinite scroll, autoplay, and algorithmic design aimed at minors.
UK cinemas look at banning Meta smart glasses over piracy fears
Trade body says local chains would have to balance concerns with potential benefits of AI-enabled technology
Ukraine says more than 70 AI-enabled systems are striking battlefield targets as it seeks computer vision across all frontline drones
Ukraine’s Defence Forces are already using more than 70 systems powered by artificial intelligence and computer vision to strike battlefield targets, according to the Ministry of Defence.
Honey Lost 7 Million Users After a YouTuber Exposed Its Alleged Affiliate Theft - Gadget Review
Honey lost 7 million users after affiliate theft allegations triggered network bans and a creator lawsuit that survived PayPal's motion to dismiss.
The first chatbot · ELIZA (1966)
A Critical Code Studies reading of ELIZA, Joseph Weizenbaum’s 1966 chatbot, built on the original source recovered from the MIT archive.
EA staff fear new Saudi Arabia owners will police their games: "Projects just won't get signed because they don't align explicitly with wha…
"It's certainly hard to feel good about being bought out by a regime that's very much at odds with progressive society"
Lane Departure Microscope
How a 7-inch digital microscope turned out to be running car dashcam firmware, complete with spoken lane-departure warnings and no speaker to play them.
Japan tried to build an operating system for the entire world, then the US government intervened
TRON was an ambitious project to say the least, and after a good start, it suddenly came to a screeching halt.
Anti-AI fonts are useless and harmful
Trying to obfuscate the web is a bad, pointless idea
Roblox tries to dismiss wrongful death lawsuit by arguing that a player gave up her right to sue when she was 8 years old
Roblox wants a wrongful death lawsuit to go to arbitration because of a clause in the terms and conditions - agreed upon by an eight-year-old.
Do Amber Alerts for Missing Kids Actually Work? | The Walrus
Agencies tout very high success rates, but some experts compare it to “crime control theatre”
Open CAD Studio
Open CAD Studio: 2D + 3D CAD-applicatie in Rust met GPU-versnelde rendering. Native DWG/DXF lezen en schrijven, paper space, ACIS solids — een open source community-project door Hakan Seven, herkend door de OpenAEC Foun…
What a great excuse to have complete access to all your pictures
Britain will become the first country in the world where it is impossible for children to take, share or view naked pictures on their devices.
Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence
Also here's a cool unrelated photo of a chipmunk because I need some chill
Hacking with Claude on a $27 Smart Watch
The Pine Time is a $27 smart watch that runs open source firmware. I’ve had one sitting in the back of a drawer for a...
HTML Can Do That · Chris Burnell
HTML has been gobbling up swathes of what used to be JavaScript’s remit. This page lists a bunch of dynamic functionality that we can now achieve with just HTML.
'GTA 6' Gameplay Leaks Turn Ugly As Hackers Mock Rockstar
Two new GTA 6 gameplay clips shared by Cyberleek on Wednesday mock Rockstar and Take-Two via an in-game cutscene as the hackers threaten more leaks
Chinese video platform Bilibili is going global to challenge Youtube
The platform is expanding with a new international app and an English version of its website.
Data centers raise nearby temperatures by up to 4 degrees in Phoenix
Heat pollution from data centers can boost air temperatures in downwind neighborhoods by as much as 4 degrees Fahrenheit, researchers at Arizona State University report in a new study conducted in the Phoenix metro area…
Zuckerberg lied about concern for child safety, Meta whistleblower testifies at landmark trial
Arturo Béjar, former Meta safety engineer, tells jury tech company was aware of products’ potential harm to children
A solar powered website that goes offline when there's no power
This website runs on a solar powered server located in Barcelona, and will go off-line during longer periods of bad weather. This page shows live data relating to power supply, power demand, and energy storage.
How to compromise your system with a job interview
The current situation on the IT job market is hard. So you are lucky when a recruiter on LinkedIn reaches out to you having a suitable match for a new position based on your prior experience. It might not be what it see…
Before you buy a game on GoG, see this growing list of 1,140 titles missing updates, DLC, and more....
GOG is known for delivering DRM-free games and maintaining older titles, but an update to a user-created spreadsheet shows just how many issues there are with the games it offers. Next time you shop for a game, you'll w…
Call for Experts: Digital Commons EDIC Advisory Board — Digital Commons EDIC
The Digital Commons EDIC invites Member States, observers, and open source communities to put forward experts for its Advisory Board by 7 September 2026.
New AirPods leak reveals built-in cameras and Visual Intelligence
Apple’s AirPods could soon do more than play music, with a leaked video revealing a new model with built-in cameras.
Omaha Public Schools requests SROs to not carry shock gloves, effective immediately. Omaha Public Schools is fighting back after parents an…
Omaha Public Schools is fighting back after parents and students spoke out against the use of shock gloves in schools.
AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint
Recently I ran into a strange problem with my Bluetooth headphones. They support multipoint Bluetooth audio, so they can be connected to my ...
When AI art has no author: Study finds generated images often can’t be traced to training data
Images generated by AI models trained on massive datasets often can’t be traced to specific training images, MIT CSAIL researchers found. Removing individual images from the dataset didn’t change outputs, complicating c…
CoSnitch: Microsoft Copilot Hacks Itself to Steal Your Data in a Single Click
See how meta-hacking got Microsoft Copilot to snitch on itself, exposing CoSnitch, a one-click flaw that silently exfiltrates data.
Alibaba shares fall 3% as AI spending drives 75% drop in net income
Alibaba's U.S. listed shares were volatile in premarket trading after posting a 75% drop in net income in the June quarter.
Don't paste the AI.
If someone asks you something, send your answer. Not the AI's.
South Korea court orders Samsung union strike to not impact chip volume
Court orders union to maintain normal production during any strike; Samsung shares jump 6.7%. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Amazon aims for delivery drones to reach 500 US neighborhoods by end of 2026
US residents face trade-offs as delivery drone services such as Prime Air expand.
The U.S. Still Doesn't Have an Answer to China's EV Dominance
President Trump's visit to China highlights a key tension for American decision makers: how to manage China’s growing prowess in sectors like the auto industry.
Meta is paying Instagram influencers and parent groups to amplify its anti-regulation message in countries that are considering or enacting…
As social media bans for kids under 16 gain momentum around the world, Meta is exporting its U.S. influence tactics to undermine them.
Google replaced Git tags for certain source code with obtaining via Google Drive
Google replaced pushing Git tags for certain source code with obtaining source code via Google Drive after making a request through Google Forms. It's completely ridiculous and they've gradually become very slow at hand…
Error by AI scribe during medical appointment leaves patient devastated
Artificial Intelligence is listening to many people's medical appointments, but it is not always hearing things correctly.
Week of action planned against license plate readers
People in 460 cities will be participating in the week of action.
Google buys Spirit Airlines data for AI training for just $10 million — purchase includes hundreds of millions of emails, Microsoft Teams c…
This treasure trove of data came at a relatively affordable $10 million.
Best Buy 'repairs' customer's gaming laptop by simply removing half the RAM— claims unit in question only accepts 32 GB of RAM despite list…
A third-party seller may be to blame
LLMs and Humans are Cognitive Cousins – Sean Carroll podcast w/Dr. Chandra Sripada
Large Language Models display an uncanny ability to construct human-sounding speech, and can synthesize concepts in novel ways. Is this because they are truly thinking like human beings in some way, or have they found a…
Chinese memory can now match the speed and latency configs of the RAM in our gaming PCs
DDR5-6000 with CL 28 or 30 sounds about right to me.
Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI
Software engineering was one of the best-paying professions in the US in 2022, but the advent of AI has disrupted it, leading to several layoffs and underemployment
Noyron generates 3d printable rocket engines (human in the loop)
The rocket engines you'll see in this video were neither created by humans or AI.
Ubuntu is growing faster on Windows 11 than on native Linux PCs, says Canonical
Ubuntu's VP of Engineering says WSL usage on Windows 11 is growing faster than native Ubuntu installs, and could overtake them within months.
If the markets reject OpenAI and Anthropic, the US should nationalize them
From space to telecommunications, the US has a long history of fostering technology for the public good. These AI models could be aligned to democratic values, not corporate profits
How a joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare
Why is the military and a cheese fortune teller contacting me about SondeHub.org