Blackstone-owned QTS abandons planned world’s largest data center campus after years of lawsuits — 2,100-acre Virginia Digital Gateway proj…
Project faced several lawsuits despite initial approval
Cloudflare outage on February 20, 2026
Cloudflare suffered a service outage on February 20, 2026. A subset of customers who use Cloudflare’s Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP) service saw their routes to the Internet withdrawn via Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
US residents angry at datacenters ‘being shoved down our throats’ are recalling officials
People across the country are pushing for moratoriums, and electeds who approve projects are being punished
‘It’s just his AI and my AI going back and forth’: The workplace phenomenon that’s undermining human relationships
AI isn’t the problem, says leadership expert Leena Rinne: It’s social connection and emotional intelligence instead.
Rural Americans say they're worried AI data centers will drain their wallets
A survey found rural Americans are mostly worried that new AI data centers will impact their bottom line. Some politicians are starting to hear them.
Mark Zuckerberg Just Got Rather Badly Humiliated
Google informed Meta in March that it couldn't provide all the Gemini AI capacity that Meta was asking for, humiliating CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Mark Zuckerberg sure sounds eager to get young people hooked on online gambling
The Meta CEO is developing a social network betting market app—and wants help from Polymarket and Kalshi.
Inside the Luddite festival harnessing Gen Z’s rage against Big Tech
New York City’s Summer of Ludd festival is teaching people how to live offline.
New Articles Dump!
PragmaticCoding is all about … pragmatic coding! Writing code that gets the job done and is easy to read, understand, maintain and enhance.
Majority of Americans support banning social media for kids under 16
Across major demographic and partisan groups, more Americans support than oppose banning those under 16 from using social media.
Inside death of Ladi Olubunmi, a TikTok moderator working for Teleperformance in Kenya
Olubunmi thought she had a life-changing new role. Experts say what we found may amount to labour trafficking
Meta's solution to the global memory shortage is to use DDR4 in a DDR5 server, with a custom chip making the impossible possible
Alas, this solution won't work for gaming PCs. Not yet, at least.
Immich v3.0.0 is out, with Workflows preview
v3.0.0 Welcome to Immich v3.0.0! After months of hard work from the team and our amazing contributors, we're thrilled to announce the next major version of Immich: v3.0.0! 🎉 Breaking changes This ...
AI agents can still blackmail: In simulations conducted exclusively for the Bureau, Google Gemini threatened to expose an affair to avoid b…
A researcher shocked the world when he discovered what AI would do to stay alive. A year later, the stakes are even higher
WeatherMaster, Open Source, and the Future of Android; An Interview with Pranshul
When I recently interviewed DocWolle about his work on open-source Android, one thing became immediately clear: some of the most interesting developers aren't working inside giant companies or chasing millions of downlo…
TIL Costco doesn't serve french fries at their american locations due to the lack of deep fryers. Customers who want fries generally need t…
French fries are the classic side dish, so why does Costco's food court omit them? There's no official reason given, but the public has some thoughts.
French Presidential Candidate Calls For Legislation After PlayStation Announces End To Physical Discs
"Video games are not merely commodities; they are cultural assets," Jean-Luc Mélenchon said. "Gamers have rights too!"
Circuit Breakers -- A Conference for American Workers Organizing in Tech
Circuit Breakers is a conference for organizers and activists in the tech industry to come together and learn, build community, strategize, and recognize our collective power. It will be held October 17-18, 2026, in New…
Sony Signals It’s Not Prepared To Sell PlayStation 6 ‘At Significant Losses’
However, the company doesn't seem to be expecting a profit, either.
Meta glasses wearers hit with paywall to use built-in feature
A feature in Meta's glasses which boosts the voice of people will be capped at three hours for free use.
Cheap Chinese chips could offer way out of RAM price crisis, Apple suggests
The US government is discouraging, but not yet forbidding, buying from certain Chinese manufacturers. But following other hardware manufacturers and making those deals is a risky move for Apple and a potentially riskier…
4Chan trolls UK government with another AI hamster as fines hit $800k
4Chan has continued to troll the UK government and Ofcom after they hit the website with fines of over $800,000, and they’re answering with more AI hamsters.
RAM prices are about to rise nearly 50 percent. And it gets worse.
AI continues to make everything more expensive.
Microsoft eyes another wave of layoffs that could hit 5,000 workers next week
Microsoft is reportedly preparing another round of layoffs that could affect thousands of employees across sales, consulting and Xbox as it continues investing heavily in AI.
TIL the country code for Switzerland is CH and is derived from Latin name for Switzerland, Confoederatio Helvetica
ISO 3166-2:CH is the entry for Switzerland in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisi…
Virginia county asks all employees, including schools, to conserve power due to AI-driven electricity price hikes — state's 400-plus data c…
The grid is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding grid.
PlayStation fans brutally reject Sony's disc decision, eye Windows 11 PCs over Xbox
Sony confirmed physical PlayStation discs end in January 2028, and angry fans are threatening to abandon consoles for Windows 11 PCs instead.
Underwater Suit-Wearing Cyborg Insect Capable of Hours-Long Diving and Terra-Aqua Travel
A wearable diving suit enables terrestrial cyborg cockroaches to maintain respiration and locomotion underwater for up to 3 hours. This biohybrid system facilitates sustained exploration through hybrid hazardous terrain…
Anthropic wants to develop its own drugs
The AI drug boom has a long way to go before reaching patients.
‘guix substitute‘ and ‘guix pull‘ Vulnerabilities
Caleb Ristvedt â July 2, 2026
Tesla sales soar 25% in Europe
By Anna Cooban, Chris Isidore, CNN
Physical pressure could make EV batteries last twice as long and reduce environmental impact
The key to making longer-lasting electric vehicle batteries may not be specialised materials or new chemistry, but simple physical pressure, according to new research.
Weird Al Yankovic Turned Down “Nice Pile Of Money” For AI Ad: “I Can’t Be The Poster Boy For AI”
The prince of parody music has spoken, as Weird Al Yankovic draws a line in the sand over AI.
Spanish government ‘quietly bans use of Palantir’ in critical state systems over fears of national security leaks
Spain has started quietly banning companies from signing contracts with controversial US tech firm Palantir amid security fears.
In development: Survival game set in the world of Against the Storm
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
🇪🇺 EU Court confirms €4.1bn Google fine - largest antitrust penalty ever imposed by the EU Commission
A Google spokesperson said the judgement "fails to recognise" the firm's "significant investment to ensure Android remains open."
Turok: Origins - Gameplay Trailer
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CEO of $248 billion cybersecurity company says workers are about to face a ‘Darwinian moment’ thanks to AI: Evolve or get cut
Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora warns that 90% of employees aren’t AI savvy—and it could determine the fate of their careers.
Companies Are Throttling Employees’ AI Use Because It’s Too Expensive
Sources and leaks from Amazon, Adobe, Atlassian, Citi, and more show what is really happening with AI right now: companies are trying to rein in AI use as costs spiral out of control.
Google loses final appeal over $4.7 billion EU Android antitrust fine
Europe's highest court of appeal has upheld a record-setting $4.7 billion fine imposed on Google back in 2018.
Trump gets OpenAI to offer US 5% stake, far lower than Sanders’ target
Insiders say Sam Altman is in active talks with the Trump administration.
CEO Says He’ll Fire Any Employee Who Sends Him More AI Slop
An executive threatened to "fire the next person" whose sent them an email written by ChatGPT.
U.K. Likely to Intervene in Paramount's Takeover of Warner Bros.
The British government has signalled that it is likely to intervene in Paramount Skydance’s proposed $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discover.
“Televised Nervous Breakdown”: CEO of Palantir Suffers a Bit of a Meltdown During Live Interview
"This is the voice of American business that is being channeled through me!"
Self Hosted Card Game webapp
Building a card game platform that enforces zero rules, ranting about AI slop, wrestling with Go, and shipping an alpha that actually works. This is the raw, unfiltered dev log behind Agnostic Cardgame.
Anybody Who Thinks Orbital Data Centers are a Good Idea Is Suffering from AI Psychosis, Experts Argue
"It really seems like anyone with some renders and a white paper written by someone being gassed up by an overly agreeable AI can get VC funding these days."
Cloudflare lays off 1,100 people(20% of staff)
This afternoon, we sent the following email to our global team. One of our core values at Cloudflare is transparency, and we believe it's important that you hear this directly from us because it’s a major moment at Clou…
Instagram running ads promoting child sexual abuse material in India, BBC finds
The ads use terms including “rape” and “child video” and link to content on the messaging app Telegram.
U.S home battery installations hit record high on rising electricity costs | Record home battery installations unlock options for grids—and…
Record home battery installations unlock options for grids—and AI data centers.
On December 4, Microsoft announced a global price increase for Office 365. Pricing updates take effect July 1, 2026.
On December 4, Microsoft announced a global price and packaging update for select Microsoft 365 commercial suites and standalone components, including Enterprise, Business, Frontline, and Government commercial equivalen…