Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
“We can produce results that meet our quality standards without its assistance.”
GTA 6 dev Rockstar says recent firings were due to leaks of "confidential information" and were "in no way related to people's right to joi…
Rockstar has been accused of union busting, but the company says the fired employees were "distributing and discussing confidential information in a public forum"
Lawsuit claims Meta's layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans
Meta denies using AI to terminate workers with disabilities and medical problems.
[CBH] Turn Platypush into your favourite weather app
Mobile app, web app and custom handling of weather events, all in one
Kirin 9030: SMIC's first 5 nm class smartphone SoC debuts on Geekbench alongside Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max
Huawei's upcoming Mate 80 Pro Max has shown up on Geekbench with a new Kirin 9030 SoC. It is the first smartphone chip to be manufactured on the SMIC N+3 node.
Ritual of Raven Trailer
Trailer zu Ritual of Raven von Spellgarden Games/Team17.
Swiss government urges people to ditch Microsoft 365 and others due to lack of proper encryption
Switzerland is worried about data privacy
Veronica Explains why she doesn't stream (from Netflix etc) #algorithmic_helplessness_sucks
I'm one of those hipsters who doesn't use streaming services. I did, a while ago, but I quit using them because the experience is kind of awful, and I'm happier now for it. I collect physical media...
Hakboard - Home Assistant Integration for Kanboard
🔸 Integrate Kanboard projects into Home Assistant dashboards and automations - aktive/hakboard
TIL Mark Twain didn't say "History Does Not Repeat Itself, But It Rhymes"
Mark Twain? Theodor Reik? John Robert Colombo? James Eayrs? Anonymous?
Preloading File Explorer in Windows 11 Doubles RAM Usage, Offers Minimal Speed Boost
Just a week ago, we discussed Microsoft's efforts to enhance File Explorer performance by preloading the application at startup. Recent testing by Windows Latest suggests that this approach results in diminishing return…
Western US states fail to agree on plan to manage Colorado River before federal deadline
Stakeholders have spent months ironing out disagreements over how to distribute water from the sprawling basin
‘Stop Killing Games’ Finds More Allies From MPs In The UK
Thankfully, the Stop Killing Games movement isn’t stopping this time. YouTuber Ross Scott kicked the movement off in 2024 to generate political action around the disappearance of games that p…
Godot Engine – 2025 Showreel
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TIL - FBI recommends using an adblocker for security
The FBI is warning the public that cyber criminals are using search engine advertisement services to impersonate brands and direct users to malicious sites that host ransomware and steal login credentials and other fina…
Turning up the heat - Hot Isostatic Processing | Aerospace Manufacturing
Wallwork Group’s second hot isostatic pressing (HIP) has recently been commissioned at the company’s Bury headquarters, so Mike Richardson caught up with company group director, Simeon Collins to hear more.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
Age verification lands in Italy − here’s how it affects VPN users
Mandatory age checks will be enforced from November 12, 2025
How Hackers Use NPMSCan.com to Hack Web Apps (Next.js, Nuxt.js, React, Bun)
Deep-dive, no-login supply-chain analysis of popular npm ecosystems (Next.js, Nuxt.js, React, Bun) using NPMSCan to surface real-world attack paths: auth bypass, cache poisoning, SSRF, Nuxt payload traversal, legacy Rea…
California cop tried to stop a man pointing a gun at a female driver. It was a plainclothes ICE agent
The FBI has requested that ICE agents identify themselves in an effort to prevent criminals from donning masks and posing as federal agents
Government Reopening Hits a Snag After Rand Paul Throws a Wrench in Shutdown Deal
A deal to end the 41-day government shutdown is running into turbulence, thanks to a single Senate objection: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). Senate Republican and Democratic leaders say they need to resolve Paul’s objection to…
Transgender TSA officer sues Kristi Noem after Trump’s executive order bars her from patting down travelers
Exclusive details: TSA officer Danielle Mittereder ‘just wants to do her job,’ her attorney told The Independent. ‘And she’s not allowed to do it, for the sole reason that she is transgender.’
Supreme Court extends temporary pause on $4 billion in SNAP payments for November
A deal in Congress to end the government shutdown includes full SNAP funding through September and could mean the Supreme Court will not have to issue a ruling later.
Return of the Living Dead (1985) - Send more Cops
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Protesters break into COP30 venue in Brazil
More than 200 delegations, including senior world leaders, are attending the UN climate talks.
AI is not killing jobs, US study finds - Financial Times
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George Lucas Goes To The Dark Side, Says AI Is ‘The Future’
The Star Wars creator compares not using AI to riding a horse in the face of cars
The Real Reason Kim Davis Never Stood a Chance at the Supreme Court
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India orders phone makers to pre-install state-owned web safety app: Report
Directive gives companies 90 days to ensure Sanchar Saathi app is pre-installed on new mobile phones.
Mafia: The Old Country - Free Ride Announce Trailer
Start your engines. The Free Ride Update releases tomorrow, November 20, in Mafia: The Old Country – free to all players!Step back into the Sicilian underwor...
Funding Mirlo Federation
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Artificial Intelligence Wants to Sell You Stuff While the World Burns
Meta is betting on generative AI for a new generation of aggressive advertising. It requires immense energy, much of which will likely come from fossil fuels.
Accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione may have found love behind bars, new book claims
The revelation comes in Luigi: The Making and The Meaning, a new title by journalist John H Richardson and published by Simon & Schuster.
TIL that Michel Temer, Former Conservative President of Brazil, is now a lobbyist for Tech Companies
After leaving office in 2019, the MDB leader returned to law and represented tech firms since then, including Google
Protests erupt at Rockstar Games offices accusing GTA 6 developers of “Union Busting”
Protests broke out outside Rockstar North’s Edinburgh office and Take-Two Interactive’s London headquarters, as demonstrators accused the company of “union busting”.
Report: China is said to have a functioning EUV lithography system
An investigation reveals how far China's own chip manufacturing has progressed. The technology of world market leader ASML plays a crucial role.
Bindery: self-hosted, folder-watching converter for ebooks and comics
Drop e-books and comics into a folder, get Kobo/Kindle-ready files out. kepubify + KCC with a WebUI, in one Docker image. - jarynclouatre/bindery
26 Employees Lawsuit: Meta used AI to fire workers who used their legal leaves to take time off work
The plaintiffs say a monitoring program deployed earlier this year gave artificial intelligence data to select employees for layoffs.
ICE agents accused of pepper-spraying Illinois parents and their one-year-old
Video shows Rafael Veraza holding his face after he and his family we reallegedly sprayed through open car window
Montana Becomes First State to Enshrine ‘Right to Compute’ Into Law - Montana Newsroom
Montana has made history as the first state in the U.S. to legally protect its citizens’ right to access and use computational tools and artificial intelligence technologies. Governor Greg Gianforte signed Senate Bill 2…
Rudy Giuliani just got smacked down as Trump's pardon is declared to have 'no impact' on the crushing state charges he still faces
Trump can't save all his friends.
Data centers in Silicon Valley stand empty, awaiting power
Two of the world’s biggest data center developers have projects in Nvidia Corp.’s hometown that may sit empty for years because the local utility isn’t ready to supply electricity.
Firefox 145.0
Release Notes tell you what’s new in Firefox. As always, we welcome your feedback. You can also file a bug in Bugzilla or see the system requirements of this release.
VoidAuth Release v1.1.0 - Passkey-only Users 🔑
What's Changed
Features 🚀
Passkey-Only Users 💯
Approval emails for new users
Admin notification emails, and ADMIN_NOTIFICATION variable for determining maximum notification frequency
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Tech unions against enshittification - with Cory Doctorow - YouTube - Trades Union Congress (TUC)
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Valve Addresses Steam Machine Anti-Cheat Concerns, Says It's Working Towards Support
Valve has spoken about potential anti-cheat issues on the Steam Machine which uses SteamOS and is not compatible with certain anti-cheats
UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are ill…
After a teddy bear talked about kink, AI watchdogs are warning parents against smart toys
Advocates are fighting against the $16.7bn global smart-toy market, decrying surveillance and a lack of regulation