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
Home Office use of AI in asylum cases is unlawful
The Home Officeâs failure to inform asylum applicants that AI tools are being used in their assessments is likely to be unlawful, according to a legal opinion, published today.
µcad: New open source programming language that can generate 2D sketches and 3D
Welcome to the website of µcad!Microcad (or µcad) is a new open source programming language that can generate 2D sketches and 3D objects.The project is still in its early stages, but µcad is becoming increasingly stable…
Anthropic Says We Must Stop Authoritarian AI. But What About Its Authoritarian Investors?
Anthropic wants to keep AI away from repressive regimes. But what about its part-owner, the repressive dictatorship of Abu Dhabi?
Thiel’s Vision Blooms in Argentina
Peter Thiel relocates to Argentina as Javier Milei unveils legislation to make it a lawless paradise for AI billionaires and their machines.
The Latest Monster Hunter Wilds PC Perf Drama Explained | Digital Foundry
Thousands upon thousands of DLC checks hammer the CPU.
Bit flips: How cosmic rays grounded a fleet of aircraft
Radiation from space that led to more than 6,000 Airbus aircraft needing emergency computer updates could become a growing problem.
RIP social media. What comes next is messy.
As social media splinters, how can we keep the new online spaces from devolving into toxic pits of despair?
Verizon cuts several hundred US workers months after slashing 13,000 jobs
Verizon cuts hundreds of jobs across the US, impacting less than 1% of its head count, as it continues to reduce costs beyond 2026.
Fear, greed, and Claude: Meet the day traders vibe coding AI bots to beat the market
More day traders are vibe-coding their own AI trading agents in their quest to beat the market.
‘Dangerous and alarming’: Google removes some of its AI summaries after users’ health put at risk
Guardian investigation finds AI Overviews provided inaccurate and false information when queried over blood tests
Akse is a 3D modelling tool for kids and beginners
A 3D modelling tool for kids and teens. Free, open source and right in your browser — with STL export ready for the 3D printer.
Anybody out there self hosting Searxing?
You’re spoilt for choice, choose your preferred method of installation.
Created a self-hosted API for CRUD-ing JSON data on different storage providers (local, S3, minIO, ...).
Self-hosted API for creating and querying JSON data on different storage providers. - TimoKats/emmer
Redditors Are Celebrating the Cutting Down of Flock Surveillance Towers With Based Memes
"Even a single grain of rice can tip the scales."
Website with videos of sex abuse of drugged women, girls hosted in the Netherlands
The case of Gisèle Pelicot, whose husband drugged her and lent her unconscious body to dozens of men to rape her, made headlines worldwide. But it turns out that her case is not one horrifying incident. It’s a genre wit…
Canadian sues U.S. Homeland Security, which allegedly sought his Google data after critical social media posts
A Canadian is fighting back in U.S. federal court over what he says is an attempt by the Department of Homeland Security, through Google, to seek "vast swaths of information" about his personal life following social med…
SpaceX has to grow 60x in a decade to justify a $1.75 trillion valuation. It's an impossible bar | Fortune
SpaceX's valuation will set the bar for what the must achieve going forward to reward investors.
Single Sign in for Home Assistant now possible with OpenID
OIDC integration for Home Assistant. Contribute to cavefire/hass-openid development by creating an account on GitHub.
Cloudflare to fire 1,100 staff whose jobs just aren’t AI enough
Around 20 percent of staff get an ‘In one hour, you might not work here anymore’ email
Can we build our own software based firewall ?
Learn what a firewall is, why it is important, how it works, and firewall best practices. Learn how a firewall can ensure the data is harmless and prevent data from being stolen or compromised.
Canvas hack strands university students during finals week
An apparent cyberattack shut down an education platform used by universities and K-12 schools across the US Thursday, depriving students and teachers of essential classroom materials â at a time when many are taking o…
European space agency confirms 'external servers' breached in cyberattack
ESA is investigating the extent of the breach
Why The Hive Gives Carol Everything She Asks For In Pluribus Revealed
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Spotify Music Library Scraped by Pirate Activist Group
A pirate activist group has reportedly scraped and released metadata from Spotify, and intends to release 86 million audio files.
Imdb calls this a documentary.
Cryptid: Goatman: Directed by Eli Watson. With J. Nathan Couch, David Domine. Various experts discus the legendary creature that's seen all around the United States.
Open Source Developers Are Exhausted, Unpaid, and Ready to Walk Away
The foundation of modern software is cracking under the weight of burnout.
Calls Grow to Boycott 'The Odyssey,' Filmed in Moroccan-Occupied Western Sahara
One critic noted that Sahrawis "are beaten, arbitrarily arrested, and have their equipment confiscated for trying to make their own films of life under occupation."
Anthropic/OpenAI may be spending more than $1000 for every $100 you pay them
Coding with LLMs (Claude Code, OpenAI Codex) is often presented as the ‘killer app’ for Generative AI. But looking at data, it seems the one piece of the puzzle missing is actual cost. …
Skate Story is now available
Hey all, in partnership with the wrist-guard warriors at Devolver Digital, I'm so incredibly proud to announce that SKATE STORY is available now! This has been quite the journey after 6 long years of development and I h…
Meta takes Ofcom(UK media regulator) to court over the Online Safety Act, which calculates fees based on global, not UK, revenue, in a case…
Meta has launched a judicial review against Ofcom's calculation of fees and penalties under the UK's Online Safety Act.
Google's Agentic AI wipes user's entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure
The user even made a screen recording to document his troubles
Camera Chase Vehicle
You stumble on a weird robot chassis in an industrial warehouse. Its adorable, enormous and will likely be scrapped.
Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now
Old and forgotten "shims" Microsoft failed to revoke have made Secure Boot bypasses simple.
US-backed microreactor reaches criticality in major nuclear step
Antares reaches reactor criticality milestone, advancing plans for military microreactors by 2028
A Louisiana state senator helped secure Meta’s largest datacenter. Then he sold the land beside it
Jay Morris denies expertsâ claims that he violated ethics rules over land deals near the site of Metaâs Hyperion datacenter
Announcing the new LibreOffice website! - TDF Community Blog
LibreOffice’s website is the main source of information about the software (and project), and typically has 45,000 – 65,000 visitors every day. It is also the place to download the suite, of course, and make donations t…
Sabotaging Bitcoin
Source I find myself in the unusual position of defending Bitcoin from its critics, if only reluctantly. In 2024 Soroush Farokhnia & Amir...
The Voluntary Trap: How Denmark Repackaged Chat Control After Defeat
After Germany blocked the October vote, Europe’s surveillance proposal didn’t die—it evolved. Denmark’s November compromise claims to abandon mandatory scanning while preserving identical outcomes through legal sleight …
TIL there's advent salami.
O výrobciSpolečnost Pejskar & spol., spol. s r.o. s provozovnou v Polici nad Metují patří k nejstarším výrobcům trvanlivých fermentovaných masných výrobků v České republice. Vždyť právě tady byl vyvinut jeden z prvních …
School shooting survivor sues AI gun detection firm after system failed to spot weapon
How accurate does an AI system need to be?
GrapheneOS patches an Android VPN bypass that Google decided to leave alone
A small flaw in Android 16's networking stack let ordinary apps leak data outside the VPN tunnel, exposing real IP addresses
Disney+ to Allow User-Generated Content Via AI
Disney CEO Bob Iger hinted at "productive conversations" with unnamed AI companies that would protect IP but add new features to the studio's flagship streaming service.
Early Thursday showing: Loved Martin McDonagh, Collin Farrell, and Brendan Gleeson in In Bruges? Then you’ll love Banshees of Inisherin (20…
(posting early as I may not have time to post it in the AM) IMPORTANT NOTE:
please use a good VPN whenever visiting Blorptube, or anywhere else on the
internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy. We will be using Bl…
Findroid v1.0.0 with a complete redesign is here
After more than 1 year, the Compose rework is finally here! ⚠️ This update requires Jellyfin Server 10.11.0+. Please update your server before installing. New features Fresh New Look: Enjoy a com...
Motherboard sales are now collapsing amid unprecedented shortages fueled by AI
Fewer people are buying parts and building new PCs from scratch.
Humans May Be Able to Grow New Teeth Within Just 4 Years
Scientists are on the verge of a dental miracle.
Canadian special forces Palantir deal reveals decay of Western ‘democracy’
The Canadian govt claimed Palantir is the only firm able to provide the tech — that's not enough reason to make more deals with the devil
Raspberry pi lidarr docker container
I am diving into the world of self hosting by setting up a small server on my
raspberry pi4. I already have tailscale, pihole, and navidrome setup in
containers on my pi, I now want to add lidarr or some alternative to …