Millions Spent, Few Served: Talkspace pledged to expand young people’s access to therapy. Company data shows few were served while the tech…
Amid a mental health crisis, Talkspace pledged to expand young peopleâs access to therapy. Company data shows few were served while the tech platform raked in millions.
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Raspberry Pi is intentionally blocking RAM capacity upgrades
Raspberry Pi is actively preventing enthusiasts from upgrading soldered memory to a larger configuration even when the replacement chip is technically compatible. The company says the restriction is intended to discoura…
Meta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me
The Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for AI training. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information.
Winamp will be reborn in 2027 to take on streaming
It's coming back with a monthly subscription.
Joint Chiefs chairman says U.S. forces must prepare to be ‘hunted’ by autonomous systems
“We have to assume from now on that our formations will be hunted by autonomous systems, jammed across the spectrum, and tracked in real time," Gen. Dan Caine said.
AccuWeather, National Weather Service add “Lake America” to maps
AccuWeather and the National Weather Service have begun using “Lake America” in forecasts and maps after an executive order directed the name change.
Shopify CEO says employees' 'slop grenades' are making more work for everyone else
He said AI is helping workers produce more output, but the quality of it is so bad that their colleagues have to spend more time fixing it
No Warrant Needed: Border Agents in NY, CT, and VT Can Now Search Your Phone
Border agents at JFK can now search your phone without a warrant or suspicion, following a 2026 Second Circuit ruling that affects all travelers.
It took five Swedish unions to make Activision Blizzard blink
The people behind Microsoft's most reliable money printer asked for the most ordinary thing a Swedish worker can ask for — and now there's a countdown clock ticking in Stockholm.
AI might be making women sound bad at work
Office correspondence is weaker when requested with common women's language
China crafts working 3nm gate-all-around transistors without EUV — stacked nanosheets target 3nm without EUV, but full node remains distant
But China's 3nm remains years away.
US and China discuss AI safety plan ahead of Trump-Xi summit
Top US and Chinese officials held talks in New York on Sunday ahead of a Trump-Xi summit this week.
EU Kids Act Won't Keep the Internet Accountable and Trustworthy
The EU Commission draft law to restrict young people’s access to the internet that it presented last week will come at a high cost: it will put online services behind age gates, expand the use of intrusive age verificat…
Building Technological Sovereignty from Below, The Experience of Argentine Cooperativism
The introduction of Digital Tribulations, a series of intellectual interviews on the developments of digital sovereignty in Latin America, can be read here and the entire series can be found here.
Nvidia boss says there is ‘0% chance’ AI destroys the world by 2030
Jensen Huang dismisses warnings from former Anthropic researcher and others as âdoomsday narrativesâ
Compsci grads facing recession-like job prospects thanks to AI - Slinging coffee and waiting tables ain't just for liberal arts grads any m…
Slinging coffee and waiting tables ain't just for liberal arts grads any more, say Census Bureau economists
A Pensacola Fishing Charter Hauled a Large Military Drone Out of the Gulf
Pensacola fishing charter pulls a large military-style drone from the Gulf near Eglin Air Force Base; model and origin remain unconfirmed.
Polymarket Bug Reportedly Let Identity Thieves Into Existing Accounts
The flaw apparently exposed accounts, and the cards and bank links attached to them.
FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion
FAA plans for AI tool to help manage DC air traffic before a nationwide rollout.
Teaching A Robot Hand To Walk
Although it wasn’t apparently designed with this in mind, it seems particularly fortuitous that this walking robotic hand was released in time for Halloween. Designed by researchers from ETH Zurich…
ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector
OpenAI's ad collector at bzr.openai.com sets a cookie called __obi, scoped to .openai.com. The value is while you are on ChatGPT and tied to your ChatGPT account. __obi is then sent to OpenAI from ordinary websites you …
Australia, the Land of Bluey, Tim-Tams, and Kylie Minogue: Not Having Those Pervert Glasses, Seeks to Pass “World Leading” Ban on Them.
Australia's government is considering a first of its kind ban on smart glasses by prohibiting them in government workplaces.
DraftKings Allegedly Used AI to Target Bonus Bets at Customers Expected to Lose the Most
DraftKings used a machine-learning model to target gamblers most likely to lose, while a risk-detection effort was reportedly shelved.
Putin casts online vote using unlicensed Windows on an American Dell PC
“You can’t go wrong,” says the Russian president squinting at the screen to check that he didn’t go wrong, before thanking the computer.
TIL DJT Jr.’s recent wedding was bankrolled entirely by a Russian oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large group of other Rus…
Diablo V Teaser
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Raiding the past: Lara Croft relives her first adventure in Legacy of Atlantis
We have a first play of the forthcoming Tomb Raider remake and speak with its developers. Can they improve on the gameplay without losing what made the 1996 original such a classic?
TIL that 4 out of 5 toddler foods are ultraprocessed. Nearly half fail to meet nutrition standards
Over 80% of foods marketed to toddlers in the United States are ultraprocessed, while nearly half also fail to meet global nutritional guidelines, a new study found.
'To own a Razer Artisan Keycap is to display one’s allegiance, a mark of belonging within the Cult of Razer' says the PR nonsense behind th…
He hates snakes. Of this, I am pretty sure.
TIL the priest related to the botched Ecce Homo was arrested for sexual assault
70-year-old one of six arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and fraud
Rideshare Stimulator finally gets its genAI disclosure after much Saber-rattling, and it turns out the game also uses the tech for in-game …
Rideshare Stimulator has finally gotten a genAI disclosure on Steam after a furore, with Saber's CEO insisting that it's "swim or die" with genAI at large.
Zuckerberg's Pervert Glasses Have Been So Publicly Shamed That Meta's Reportedly Now Working on a Version With No Camera
The backlash to Meta's AI glasses has been so fierce that the company is reportedly now working on a version with no camera.
Epic Games Store will get a Linux version sometime "soon"
Epic Games recently did an AMA (Ask me anything) in the community Discord server, confirming that a Linux / SteamOS version of the Epic Games Store is coming.
CounterSide is fully free and single player now
Revival:Side is a private server implementation project for Counter:Side - MadlyMoe/RevivalSide
Half a Million Nameless Heroes: Gothic 1 Remake Sells 500,000 Copies in First Week
500,000 copies fly off the shelves in just its first week, people must really love eternally sawing wooden logs.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time – Nintendo Direct 6.9.2026
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How the Meta Settlement Silences Youth Activism
Since its integration into our digital world, social media has played a pivotal role in youth organizing and social mobilization. Yet, people’s access to these platforms is increasingly coming under threat from courts a…
Netflix closes Oxenfree developer Night School, just a month after praising its new game as one of the company's 'most successful cloud gam…
Moonloot, a studio Netflix founded in 2022, is also being closed.
How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 …
Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.
Active Matter developers put up an incredibly distasteful AI notice on Steam
Active Matter from Gaijin Network Ltd looks like a lot of fun for fans of first-person shooters, but they soured it with a truly distasteful AI notice.
Netflix to shut down two game studios: Night School and Moonloot
Oxenfree Night School and Moonloot closing, as streaming giant continues to shrink internal game studio operation
Saber CEO scorns writer who says she was fired in favor of AI with confusing, combative statement
"Apologies are simply in too short a supply these days to spurn one when it's offered."
HDMod - A Spelunky Remake
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Stop Killing Games has joined a lawsuit against Sony's move to digital-only sales: 'You won't have any choice at all'
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People Are Pissed Off and Ready to Own Their Shit
A grassroots live tour by YouTuber Louis Rossmann highlights growing resistance to companies that keep people from controlling their devices.
Cult of Anthropic Insiders Rumored to Be Worshipping Claude as a God
According to a rumor that is apparently running rampant in Silicon Valley these days, some Anthropic engineers are "worshipping" Claude.
Two years into the world's most complicated board game, masochist gamers "still don't understand what the camels do"
The ridiculously complex Campaign for North Africa boasts 1,500 hours and recommends you play with 10 people - these gamers aim to finish it with two.
‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."