Researchers Show How Meta's 'Pervert Glasses' Are Used to Harass Women
Emerging research from University of Sydney draws on analysis of 350 publicly available Instagram videos from around the world, showing a shift to discreet, point-of-view recording that is difficult for bystanders to de…
Mass layoffs expected at EA as the now-private publisher reportedly tells its new debt masters that it's going to cut $700 million in annua…
The Battlefield and Sims owner has taken on $20 billion in debt by going private
‘New models will mark AI-generated content from day one’: Claude will now hide an invisible watermark inside ordinary words
Claude will start watermarking everything it writes
AI agents aren’t legally responsible for any harm that they cause, experts say. So who is?
After Australiaâs first reported automated hacking accident, experts warn deployers â and possibly developers â of AI agents could be held liable for the actions of their bots
Nvidia AI Chip Found in New Russian Missile, Ukraine Says
Ukraine's military intelligence says it found an Nvidia Jetson Orin computer module in Russia's new S-71 Monochrome cruise missile, indicating possible AI technology use.
YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money
Creators who want to start earning on the platform will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days.
PlayStation 5 Consoles Come With Sticker Reminding Players of Disc Production End Date
In a move that has once again sparked backlash within the gaming community, Sony now seems to be placing advisory stickers on PlayStation 5 consoles, warning players that physical games will soon be discontinued.
The security co-processor in many CPUs is insecure
The Trusted Platform Module is the most important link in the trust chain of PCs. Ironically, this TPM is vulnerable.
Sony appears to be putting labels on PS5 console boxes to warn people it's ending disc production
It doesn't seem like Sony is backing down on its decision to end production of physical media by 2028 any time soon.
Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack
The data was scraped and exfiltrated from 2,500 users of a compromised AI package.
House Dems call for AI companies to testify on recent hacks: ‘Clear risk to safety’
A group of House Democrats is calling on leaders of Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies to testify in Congress about recent hacking incidents.
Woman Calls Out Doctor Wearing Smart Glasses During Consultation Where She Had To Take Off Her Clothes: 'They Need To Be Banned'
A woman's discomfort with a doctor wearing smart glasses during a consultation has sparked debate over privacy and the use of camera-equipped technology in healthcare settings.
Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content
An ABC NEWS Verify investigation reveals Facebook is directly funding some controversial Australian content creators including a white nationalist and an anti-vaxxer influencer.
Skill to Completely Reverse Engineer Legacy Flash Projects and rewrite them to HTML5 with one prompt
Turn your legacy Flash software into modern HTML web applications with one prompt.
Hands On with the Anbernic RG SP; The Game Boy Advance SP Reimagined
Anbernic finally delivers the Game Boy Advance SP that nostalgia always imagined.
How governments design laws against you and call it cybersecurity
You write something online. Nothing heroic. Nothing controversial. A joke about the electricity that never works or a sarcastic comment on a minister’s speech. Weeks later, your phone rings. There is a law you’re being …
Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people and block them from some playlists
Music streaming platform creates âAI personaâ label that will appear on profiles and track listings in crackdown on fake performers
"You pay owner price. They give you tenant rights.": Mexican Lawmakers Drag Sony to Antitrust Court Over All-Digital PlayStation
Mexican lawmakers file an antitrust complaint against Sony over plans to end physical PlayStation discs by 2028, warning of monopoly pricing and no game ownership.
AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
Algorithm Manipulation and China’s Image on TikTok as Seen by Polish Users: Study Warns of Authoritarian Propaganda on TikTok over the Plaf…
The central question addressed by the authors of the report Algorithm Manipulation: China’s Image on TikTok as Seen by Polish Users is: To what extent does the content presented to TikTok users in Poland align with the …
Indie game bundle saving buyers over $1,000 in support of laid off developers has raised over $100,000 in three days
The game industry hardship fund bundle has raised over 100,000 dollars in short order, with ten days left to go.
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is Mixed on Steam as players report poor PC performance, no Linux support, and countries without PSN unable to…
"This game is aggressively hostile to Linux players for absolutely no reason"
France's Power Prices Jump 22% as Heatwave Trims Nuclear Output
France's day-ahead power prices jumped 22% as a fifth summer heatwave forces EDF to cut nuclear output by 7.3 GW.
TIL that every year, the most powerful people in Michigan meet on an island for 3 days
The Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual Mackinac Policy Conference is a controversial fixture of Michigan politics. Each year politicians, lobbyists, business representatives and community leaders gather at the Grand Hote…
Gemini becomes Google's fastest-growing product ever as it hits 1B users
But will Gemini's surge survive slowing model releases?
Meta to open source its most powerful AI model as it takes swipe at OpenAI, Anthropic
Meta launched Muse Glimmer and plans to release Muse Spark 1.2 weights as Zuckerberg pushes for U.S. leadership in open AI.
Quake: Dawn of the Machine - Free Update
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
I turned my streaming stick into a dumb app launcher, and that's all it should be
Streaming sticks and boxes, such as the old Google Chromecast with Google TV, are the best way to upgrade a TV once the built-in software has become too slow, but that doesn't mean they're perfect. The UI can be clutter…
AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive. Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could out think neural networks.
Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks.
ICE to Pay LexisNexis Millions for Data to Feed to Palantir
LexisNexis sells a massive amount of data to law enforcement, including ICE. New records indicate ICE wants to feed that data into a Palantir system.
Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement
Bloomsbury has 14,087 titles listed in agreement between AI startup and authors over use of their work
TIL There's a Secret Netflix for Billionaires
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app: 10.4 million monthly active users worldwide in June 2026, down…
Over a year following its post-election surge, Bluesky’s mobile app is seeing a continued decline in active users, though its remaining community is still relatively engaged.
Google's classic Search button is gone in a new AI-first homepage
Google tests an AI-focused homepage for signed-out users, adding Create images, Ask about files and Brainstorm alongside the search box.
Remembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experiment: “Most people have completely forgotten how chaotic it really was.”
Most people have completely forgotten how chaotic it really was."
Reddit forces login to access old.reddit.com
Reddit says the beloved site is used for some "bad behavior."
France bans unsolicited telemarketing calls to protect consumers
France has banned unsolicited telemarketing calls under a new law to protect consumers and shield vulnerable people from fraudulent commercial practices. Individuals who make illegal calls can be fined…
Bernie Sanders tells OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta to pause AI development or face Senate action
In a letter to the CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta, Sanders writes that almost every day brings a new story about how these companies are losing...
San Francisco company offers cleaning service using humanoid robots
A robotics startup has begun offering humanoid home cleaning services for $30 an hour to selected applicants in San Francisco.
Why Is Everyone In Tech So Sad?
A lot of people seem to be realizing that knowledge work is mostly pointless. AI might give us the pleasure of finding out what happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers.
Linus Torvalds says AI has made 'huge' Linux kernel updates the new normal
He’s not thrilled, but won’t let it delay the release of version 7.2
New Pass-ta-key attack reveals all the things we didn't know about passkeys
Why passkey apps treat Windows differently than other operating systems.
Engineer harnesses gravity to launch a 4-gram projectile at supersonic speeds
UK-based YouTuber, Tom Stanton has built a gravity-powered trebuchet that sent a four-gram projectile faster than the speed of sound.
A cybersecurity researcher covered a Toyota in an AI-generated pattern to confuse Flock cameras
What just happened? Bill Swearingen's noRecognition project is testing whether computer-generated patterns can interfere with software used to identify people, vehicles, and other objects on surveillance cameras. The pr…
Open-source stealth USB hides an encrypted partition behind an 8GB decoy drive Phantom Drive appears as a regular USB stick until you creat…
A trick to break the walls of hidden partitions.
How Claude marks AI-generated content: (1) watermarks embedded in text, and (2) signed provenance metadata attached to files.
Anthropic has signed the EU AI Act's Article 50(2) Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content, as a provider of both generative AI models and generative AI systems. This article describes how we’re plannin…
EA's deal to go private under Saudi Arabia is officially complete
The Saudi Arabian government's investment fund just acquired EA, the publisher behind many of the biggest games.
YouTube announces monetization changes that make it harder for new creators to make money
We’re making important changes to help the YouTube Partner Program remain the leader in the creator economy.
Top economist warns that the AI math doesn’t make sense: 'Profits are currently being funded by investors rather than earned from customers'
The AI boom has turned the standard profit margin model on its head, according to Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Slok—and it’s making the industry’s growth unsustainable.
Microsoft's Weather App Eats More RAM Than Most Browsers – and Serves You Ads
Windows 11 Weather app consumes up to 1.6GB of RAM and displays third-party ads — roughly five times heavier than macOS's equivalent.