tangled: The next-generation social coding platform
Tangled now has native support for vouching! You can vouch or denounce users that you interact with. Vouched users will have a green shield icon beside their profile pictures, and denounced users will have a red one. Yo…
Torvalds: AI Is the New Compiler, Not the New Programmer
Torvalds: "100% of Their Code Is Written by Compilers" Too. The Linux creator argued that AI-written code claims are misleading — and warned that a wave of low-quality, AI-generated bug reports is quietly burning out th…
South Korea’s artificial Sun ran for 102 seconds and it could change the future of energy
The South Korean artificial sun, which goes by the name KSTAR (Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research), has made an important scientific discovery concerning nuclear fusion by being able to sustain plasma in hi…
TIL that orgasm via masturbation or sex can provide relief for sinus pressure and nasal congestion.
Medical news is full of stories about promising new treatments for challenging conditions, or for additional health benefits of routine behaviours and habits. Who doesn’t want to feel good about drinking coffee or eatin…
The iPhone explains 33–52% of fertility decline among women aged 15–44
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professi…
Broken speaker? Finicky zipper? Anticonsumerist Repair Cafes urge you to fix it instead of pitch it
Repair Cafes are part of a new brand of anticonsumerism. The cafes and other efforts try to offer an alternative to mass-produced, disposable goods that have dominated the economy for the last half-century.
The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensible
The extent of the pollution being put out by thousands of data centers is shocking. Some developers are exploiting regulatory loopholes.
US Adults Are Throwing Away Over $250 a Year on Unused Subscriptions, CNET Finds
We're spending more on subscriptions than before, but we're losing even more.
TIL it takes roughly 600 to 800 grapes to make a standard bottle of wine
FUN FACT!! Did you know that it takes 600-800 grapes to make a bottle of wine? Wine grapes can vary … Read More
SAP dives deeper into Iceberg with Dremio acquisition
: ERP giant previously leaned on Databricks for integration
By 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investiga…
By 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warns
Engineer turns disposable vape pen into a working web server
Engineer Bogdan Ionescu repurposed a discarded vape into a web server, showing how e-waste holds hidden potential far beyond its nicotine lifespan.
Microsoft is letting you kill Bing in Windows 11 Search, after years of forcing it on every PC
Microsoft is testing a new Windows 11 Search toggle that disables Bing, MSN, and Microsoft Store results, ending years of forced web results.
The Complete Guide to Self-Hosting: From Hardware to Nextcloud
Ready for Self-Hosting? Our ultimate guide teaches you to reclaim data privacy & ditch costly subscriptions. Learn to build a personal cloud!
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?
State judge orders Kalshi to stop offering sports bets and other wagers
Kalshi ordered to stop offering bets in Washington, must implement geofencing.
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.
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.
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.
Can public media build its own social network? Chicago Public Media teams up with New_ Public to try: chicago.com
"This is a community platform, not a news site — it's very much not a news site."
Twitch Adds Opt-Out for Amazon AI Training After Enrolling All Creators by Default
Twitch has added an opt-out for Amazon AI training, but the setting arrived switched on for every account by default.
California just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printers
Last-hour amendments aim to allay privacy concerns, but broad scepticism about feasibility remains
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. …
Here’s The Argument For Why A Disc-Free PlayStation Could Actually Drive Game Prices Down
Jacob Navok says that a world without physical media will put major publishers in constant competition with each other, though how that would drive costs down is just a theory
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
School shooting survivor sues AI gun detection firm after system failed to spot weapon
How accurate does an AI system need to be?
‘We detected unusual activity’: the scam that uses AI to exploit your holiday photos
Fraudsters use pictures posted on Instagram or Facebook to create emails seeking bank account details
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
LIPS Is An Open Source Sip-And-Puff Interface
Lots of us have– thanks to repetative stress injuries– developed mobility issues that we have to work around when using computers. Maybe it’s a trackball instead of a mouse, or a …
AI Agents Now Generate More Web Traffic Than Humans
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says he didn't expect this milestone until 2027.
Survey-Study reveals future college grads’ answer to the AI ‘job apocalypse’; 22% are changing their major due to AI anxiety
A new survey of 2,000 U.S. students pursuing higher education revealed that just 45% of students surveyed are optimistic about the job market they’ll enter post-graduation.
The AI boss at a San Francisco store just fired its first human
Andon Labs, which is experimenting with letting an AI have majority control over a retail store, said that it fired an employee with good reason.
Future of Guild Wars franchise.
Hear directly from our leadership team about our plans and how you can help shape what comes next in Guild Wars 2.
DOGE whistleblower claims brakes were cut after post from Elon Musk
A US government agency worker who exposed alleged misuse of data by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) crashed his car after the brakes were cut, court documents show.
Two Simple Steps Toward De-MAGAfication
A big reason why Trump II is so much worse than the first time is that the world’s richest man bought Twitter and turned it into a fascist cesspit.
The AI boom is gobbling up power faster than ever
If all data centers permitted through 2025 come online, they will use more than all the electricity used by any one US state in 2024, except Texas.
Women in Brussels 'filmed without their knowledge' by men wearing Meta smart glasses — Some of the footage was allegedly intended for socia…
Experts in Europe warn that these devices are used to record strangers without their consent, possibly breaching EU law.
Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee: Remastered Official Announce Trailer
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The Wolf Among Us Season 2: Official Trailer
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CEO Says There Will Be No Raises Because He Spent All the Money on AI
"We will fund this AI investment by reallocating the budget from 2026 annual salary adjustments."
UN food agency discloses breach affecting 600,000 Gaza households
The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP), the world's largest humanitarian organization, revealed over the weekend that its self-registration application (SRA) for Palestine was breached.
AI Agent Uncovers 21 Zero-Days in FFmpeg; Chrome Patches Record 429 Bugs
AI found 21 FFmpeg zero-days, some 20 years old; Chrome 149 patched 429 bugs, including 100+ critical/high flaws.
Was the Starbucks Korea 'Tank Day' fiasco caused by AI?
When Starbucks Korea launched its “Tank Day” coffee promotion on May 18 — the day South Koreans commemorate the 1980 massacre of protestors in Gwan...
Motorola effectively bricked its entire line of WiFi routers without explanation
MotoSync+ is a mobile app required to set up and troubleshoot Motorola WiFi routers. It suddenly stopped working, and no one knows why.
The US needs drones, not Trump-class battleships, Democrats argue
Lawmakers struck down a Democratic measure Thursday that would've scrapped $1 billion in defense funding to begin work on the Trump-class battleship.
Fedora Linux 43 exposes 20-year-old Microsoft Outlook security failure
A Fedora 43 and Dovecot 2.4 upgrade may have uncovered an old Microsoft Outlook behavior where SSL/TLS settings allegedly failed to properly encrypt POP3 email connections.
Helium Crisis Tightens Grip On Global Chip Supply Chain
Helium gas powering the world’s most advanced semiconductor processes is suddenly in short supply, threatening to slow down production of the chips driving the AI boom
AI is making me paranoid about contributions
A<!---->I has gotten to a point where I can no longer tell to what extent I’m dealing with a human online, and it’s taking a toll on my mental health.
Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets
HalluSquatting" weaponizes LLMs' inability to say "I don't know."