Gaming PC deflects bullet shot through wall by neighbour, saving owner's life — criminal negligence charges for culprit who claims 'firearm…
"The police said that the PC changed the trajectory of the bullet, and it would have hit me while I was sleeping if the PC hadn’t been there"
How will AI sycophancy change us? Early signs are not encouraging
Constant validation and flattery from AI chatbots poses a serious risk to society and our shared grasp of reality, writes Arwa Mahdawi
A high-profile Chinese activist in the UK, who was inundated with deepfake posts on X portraying her as a sexually promiscuous drug addict,…
Apple Peiqing Ni targeted by account portraying her as promiscuous drug addict after posting about Tiananmen Square
'Fairly Lazy Explanation’: Rivian's CEO Doesn’t Think Americans Are Anti-EV
Just two models make up around 50% of EV sales in the U.S. To RJ Scaringe, that's 'not a reflection of a healthy or well-served market.'
Local Brand Realizes Customers Hate Its AI Ads, Switches to Charming Homemade Ones Instead
"We thought building a cardboard airline in a treehouse sounded more honest."
TIL “The Front Fell Off” is from Australian comedy news duo Clarke and Dawe
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TIL: Marine snow
In the deep ocean, marine snow is a continuous shower of mostly organic detritus falling from the upper layers of the water column. It is a significant means of exporting energy from the light-rich photic zone to the ap…
Astra — free Jellyfin client for the new Vega OS Fire TV Sticks
Amazon's Vega OS broke Jellyfin access on new Fire TV Sticks. Astra fixes that — connect to your own server, watch your own library.
'Knockoff' Browser Extension Hides Sketchy Brands on Amazon
"Sorry to brands like WNPETHOME, EHEYCIGA, YXYL, LU&MN, JOYIN, TOMY, GODONLIF, YOOJEE, LINGTENG, LANEIGE, VISCOO, BIODANCE, COOFANDY, BALENNZ, TOSY, and LUENX."
One day after discovery, Meta pulls facial recognition code from its smart glasses
Meta won't say why or whether it's coming back.
Brit workers waste nearly six hours a week 'botsitting'
Productivity gains lost as staff spoon-feed AI and correct its cock-ups
TIL A 2018 study of 2,304 women, reported that once genital stimulation began, women reached orgasm in an average of 14 minutes during Part…
All women are different, so the answer to this question varies. One woman may reach orgasm quickly. Another may need more time. And some women don’t...
Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption is under 4.5% after 3 years, only 1% use it weekly, yet prices went up
Fewer than 4.5% of Microsoft 365 customers pay for Copilot after three years, only 1% use it weekly, and Microsoft raised prices regardless.
PlayStation’s Physical Media-Free Future Isn’t Just Concerning, It’s Offensive
PlayStation games are going fully digital in 2028. That's not just concerning for physical media fans - it's offensive to players everywhere.
Why do these Castro gay bars have TSA-style face scanners?
A handful of neighborhood bars have installed facial recognition devices that collect and share customers’ names, addresses, genders, and indiscretions with each other
Elon Musk Is Charging Starlink Customers Gigantic Bogus Fees Because Its Network Is Being Crushed by “High Demand”
Good luck fighting those charges.
Seattle enacts year-long ban on new AI datacenters
Home city of Amazon and Microsoft passes moratorium as backlash against energy-guzzling AI infrastructure grows
Summer Game Fest 2026 — Every Major Reveal, Trailer, Announcement and Update
Every game, reveal, and surprise from today's Summer Game Fest showcase.
A dumb platform fighter I made (with multiplayer)
A gloriously cheap Smash-style brawler. Play solo vs CPUs, split-keyboard local 2P, or host an online room and scrap with friends. No download.
In 2024, a tiny, spherical rover called SORA-Q arrived on the Moon. It could fit into your palms, rolled around the surface for nearly two …
SORA-Q showed that tiny robots could do big things on the Moon.
Google just fired a warning shot in the AI subscription price wars
Google just made it significantly cheaper to enjoy its budget AI subscription tier.
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney suggests AI could've saved Destiny 2 and will "enable games like Destiny to thrive!"
"If only some sort of newfangled technology could come along"
Treasury Has an Internal Report Warning About the Dangers of an AI Bubble
Publicly, the Trump administration is bullish about AI. Privately, some of its analysts are weighing AI against the dotcom bust.
U.S. Government Accountability Office: Department of Energy Is Prematurely Excluding Less Expensive Options for Nuclear Cleanup
To clean up nuclear waste, the Department of Energy spends billions of taxpayer dollars on large projects, like waste treatment facilities. When...
URGENT: We’re one bad D.C. deal away from the era of online government censorship.
Congress and the White House are negotiating your online speech rights away. Tell lawmakers: reject KOSA, NO FAKES, and age-verification mandates.
Amazon has cancelled The Lord of the Rings MMO, but promises it "continues to explore a compelling new game experience" set in Middle-earth
A source has revealed that the Lord of the Rings MMORPG was cancelled after the New World team was transferred over mere weeks before the layoffs.
Framework proved repairable laptops can work, but almost nobody is willing to buy one
The company proved that there's a demand for modular laptops, but it's not nearly enough
TIL that yesterday morning, Microsoft increased Office prices
For the second time in five years, Microsoft is hiking prices for commercial customers of its widely used Office bundles.
Meta says 4 states want $1.4 trillion in penalties at August youth-safety trial
Meta told a court that California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey seek $1.4 trillion in penalties before an August youth-safety trial.
Are you ready for what it takes to stop ghost guns? New laws in California and New York might stop anyone from 3D printing guns — and creat…
New laws in California and New York might stop anyone from 3D printing guns — and create entirely new kinds of surveillance.
Thieves Are Now Targeting AI Data Center Construction Sites for Copper and Expensive Equipment
Investigators recovered two stolen trailers carrying $1.3 million in data center supplies, including copper wire and infrastructure equipment.
Linus Torvalds said "When people say 99% of their code is written by AI, I get angry".
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Illinois Drops the Hammer on AI Companies. Pritzker isn't playing.
On Monday, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act into law, giving the Midwest state arguably the strictest set of regulations yet designed to protect its citizenry from the…
FBI, Google Take Down NetNut Proxy Network Used by Cyber Threat Actors
The NetNut proxy network and the ‘Popa’ botnet are known to have infected devices with variants of Mirai DDoS botnets
India orders Meta to remove paid ads promoting child sexual abuse
The order comes days after the BBC published an investigation about the platform showing such ads to users.
Meta is facing $1.4 trillion in state lawsuits over social media addiction
Meta is facing a massive lawsuit from four US states over the addictive designs of its platforms.
Microsoft cuts 4,800 Jobs( 2.1% of their global workforce)
Amy Coleman, EVP and Chief People Officer, shared the following communication with employees today. When I stepped into this role, I promised to communicate more openly with you and share the “why” behind our decisions.…
Meta's AI Data Center Caught Infecting Town Water Supply With Deadly Bacteria
Meta's AI data center campus in Wyoming is in trouble after local officials linked the facility's wastewater to a deadly pathogen.
Meta Operated a Secret Program That Paid Hundreds of Contractors to Pretend to Be Children and Teenagers While Having Disturbing Conversati…
Meta hired hundreds of contractors to pose as children and teenagers while asking chatbots like ChatGPT about suicide and even cannibalism.
Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles
In response to shifting trends in consumer preference, new games will be released on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Proposes to Weaken Radiation Protections, Putting Workers and Communities at Risk
The NRC proposed a rule weakening radiation protection standards for workers, the public and the environment
AI and Layoffs impact on Tech Workers - Experience Survey
What We Will is a worker-led organization for workers across sectors impacted by rapid technological change. We founded What We Will in response to mass layoffs in 2025-2026 as part of the Tech Workers Coalition, a gras…
Xbox testing disc-to-digital feature to digitize game collections
Microsoft could follow Sony's lead and remove discs from its Xbox consoles; however, there could be a feature to help digitize your games.
Inside the history of DRAM price-fixing lawsuits — how HBM allocations could make a difference after two decades of failed cases
Garciaguirre v. Samsung leans on HBM to prove an agreement that federal courts have twice declined to see in parallel production cuts.
Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs and shrinks Xbox in 'significant restructure'
The sweeping layoffs equate to 2.1% of Microsoft's workforce, with 1,600 immediate job losses at Xbox.
Microsoft is deploying 6,000 engineers for customers to accelerate AI adoption
The new unit, called Microsoft Frontier Company, will send engineers into customer operations to build and run AI systems at scale
The bottleneck might be the air in the room
You gather your most expensive people into a room to make your most important decisions. Then, somewhere in the second hour, the room quietly gets worse at making them. Not the people. The room.
Microsoft Needs Windows Lite, No telemetry, no spying, no ads, no AI, no .NET, to retain gamers and developers
Microsoft is losing Builders fast. They're switching to MacOS and Linux. The biggest pull keeping people on Windows, outside of shear inertia, is content creation and gaming. However, even these are falling to Linux.
GTA 6 developer Rockstar Games accused of enabling crunch, failing to address gender pay gap, and weaponizing bonuses | Union members claim…
GTA 6 studio Rockstar Games has been accused of enabling crunch, failing to address gender-based pay inequity, and weaponizing bonuses.
Microsoft device telemetry key to unmasking alleged Scattered Spider hacker
Peter Stokes, the 19-year-old American-Estonian extradited from Finland to face Scattered Spider hacking charges in the United States, is allegedly tied to a US$8 million ($11.5 million) ransom demand largely through a …