Was the UK government ever realistically going to be able to restrict VPNs?
The government has ditched its VPN ban plans. Here is why the policy collapsed under technical reality.
OpenAI's first hardware device is reportedly a screenless speaker that can move
The device is weirdly described as involving "mechanical elements that can move on their own" and the Bloomberg report includes the detail that the device is designed to "feel like a companion and become a physical mani…
62 Percent Of Countries Won't Have Access To The PlayStation Store On Digital-Exclusive PS6
Over 100 countries currently do not have access to PSN, which has huge ramifications for a digital exclusive PS6.
so easy migrating from GitHub to Forgejo
Using a distributed version control software system (like Git) allows you to keep control of the data inside the repository. If you want to download a local copy of your files, you can git clone your repo, or download t…
GTA IV Is A Snapshot of the World Before It Changed
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Israel’s IDF Bans Android Phones—iPhones Now ‘Mandatory’
The iPhone versus Android battle has just taken a sudden twist as hackers attack smartphones.
It turns out Saudi Arabia will own 93.4 percent of EA if the buyout goes through, which is effectively all of it
The other investors have tiny stakes, and the PIF has stakes in them.
OpenAI Is Having a Mental Health Crisis
ChatGPT's mental health team is bleeding talent and facing controversy
America Has Become a Digital Narco-State - Paul Krugman
Social media giants have bought our government, and are trying to bully Europe
Soon Aadhaar could be needed to enter restaurants, housing societies as govt plans offline Aadhaar push
India may soon see Aadhaar-based checks becoming routine at hotels, housing societies as UIDAI prepares to launch a new offline verification app.
Book publishers sue Google for copyright infringement over Gemini AI training
Group of major publishers accuses the tech giant of ‘one of the most prolific infringements of copyrighted materials in history’
Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100
The Pebble Index 01 isn’t quite a smart ring, but it can do some smart things.
Android QuickShare is now compatible with AirDrop
Sharing moments shouldn’t depend on the phone you have. Starting today with the Pixel 10 family, Quick Share now works with AirDrop, making secure file transfers between Android phones and iPhones more seamless. This bu…
It's your fault my laptop knows where I am: Precise geolocation via Wi-Fi Positioning System
I’m in Introduction to Algorithms (577) this semester at UW, and I’ve been enjoying hearing Renault explaining how to prove program correctness, DP, network flow, and the circumstances under which Dijkstra invented his …
Total War: MEDIEVAL III - Announce Trailer
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
"This is a blatant, unapologetic act of vicious union busting" - Hundreds of Rockstar employees sign letter to management, demanding fired …
Over 200 employees from Rockstar North have signed a letter to management, in which they have condemned the firing of fellow staff members.
Witchfire - Official Revelations Update Trailer
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
While we eagerly await the second coming of Steam Machines, it's worth remembering what a gloriously awful mess Valve got itself in over a …
Good ideas just need more time in the oven to bake properly.
Running Gemma 4 26B at 5 tokens/sec on a 13-year-old Xeon with no GPU
A storage appliance that shipped before AVX2 existed now runs Google's Gemma 4 26B in my basement, no GPU. Here's how we got a modern MoE model onto a CPU older than the instructions its inference engine assumed were th…
SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded [the reworked Splitgate 2 relaunch]
The Arena is Back. December 17
Neath - Announcement Trailer [from Cellar Door Games, makers of Rogue Legacy]
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
I built a resume PDF builder — $9 once vs Zety ~$284/year
Build a professional resume and download the PDF. No sign-up, no monthly fee. Works offline.
I built a PDF invoice generator that runs entirely in your browser — $9 one-time, no subscription
Professional PDF invoices in 2 clicks. No sign-up, no monthly fee.
This Minecraft map that recreates [Kowloon Walled City], one of history's most notorious slums made me reconsider what's important in 3D le…
Kowloon Walled City in Minecraft is a feat of virtual architecture, but it's missing one crucial ingredient.
ROUTINE – Launch Trailer
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Big Brother Is Watching Your Online Criticism of ICE Crackdowns
New reporting on the federal government's online surveillance indicates they're paying close attention to ICE crackdown reactions.
The Long Tail of Work Left Until ActivityPub Has E2EE - Dhole Moments
Separate from my proposal for key transparency for the Fediverse (which I’ve certainly blogged about a lot), the W3C has been working on building out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for Activity…
Valve announces three new products: the Steam Frame, Steam Machine and Steam Controller
Good things come in threes?
LumenTale: Memories of Trey | Explore the region of Talea
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Mozilla’s Betrayal of Open Source: Google’s Gemini AI is Overwriting Volunteer Work on Support Mozilla
TL;DR: Mozilla’s translation bot on Support Mozilla (that is currently overwriting user contributions is based on the closed source, copyright infringing LLM, Google Gemini. This is in spite of Mozilla claiming that the…
Red Dead Redemption Coming to Netflix, iOS, Android, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
'I think we're in the fight of our lives': Fired Rockstar employees and IWGB are confident the GTA 6 developer will be held accountable for…
People Make Games spoke to developers protesting outside Rockstar and Take-Two's offices.
Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines
Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.
Retro Gamer's Nick Thorpe Has Passed Away
He was aged just 38
Marathon Art Controversy Resolved As Artist Reaches Agreement With Bungie And Sony
Artist Antireal says the Marathon art dispute has been resolved with Bungie and Sony, closing months of controversy around stolen in-game assets.
Mysteries of Telegram DataCenters
Telegram claims to have 5 data centers (DCs), referred to as DC1~5 in Telegram’s code and documentation. Among them, DC1 and DC3 are located in Miami, USA; DC2 and DC4 are in Amsterdam, Netherlands; and DC5 is in Singap…
The kids (with phones) are alright – Hi, I'm Heather Burns
There was a remarkable video going around the Scottish socials yesterday which led to quite a bit of media coverage. It’s a four-minute long video showing some furious Scotrail passengers confronting a drunk middle-aged…
TIL Rinaldo Nazzaro is the leader of a neo-nazi terrorist group. He grew up in the United States and has many supporters around the world.
Rinaldo Nazzaro says detention of suspected Base members in Spain justifies ‘resistance … by any means necessary’
Microsoft Open Sources Zork I, II And III
The history of the game Zork is a long and winding one, starting with MUDs and kin on university mainframes – where students entertained themselves in between their studies – and ending…
TIL that the very distinctive vocal style employed by the lead singers of bands like Pearl Jam and Creed (among many others) is called "yar…
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
After about 8 months, I love this Android browser. Not Chrome, FF, or Edge based.
A fully free (as in freedom) open source browser with a focus on a privacy.
Self-Host Weekly #148: Maintenance Mode
Object storage, piracy, potty cams, and Raspberry Pi price increases
Expensive and pointless? Black Ops 1 and 2 PS4 and PS5 ports cost a lot of money and barely offer any upgrades over the originals
You may not have expected much from the Black Ops 1 and 2 PS5 ports, but they've somehow managed to be more disappointing.
Game marketing company takes down blog post bragging about how good it is at astroturfing Reddit after Reddit finds the post
Two posts explaining the campaign, both from earlier this year, were deleted after redditors took notice.
GitHub Actions Has a Package Manager, and It Might Be the Worst
GitHub Actions has a package manager that ignores decades of supply chain security best practices: no lockfile, no integrity verification, no transitive pinning
Second IC :) – Sam Zeloof
Homemade 1000+ transistor array chip
'Agentic AI' is current industry buzzword - but what does it mean and should we be cautious?
One of the inventors of Siri, the original AI agent, wants you to "handle with care" when it comes to artificial intelligence. But are we becoming too cautious around AI in Europe and risking our future?
The Pulse: token spend breaks budgets – what next?
In the past 2-3 months, spending on AI agents has exploded at many tech companies, Details from 15 of them, including the different ways they are coping with this realization.