UK Introduces Full Social Media Ban For Under 16s - Including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X.
Social media platforms to be blocked from offering services to under-16s, marking a line in the sand and setting a new normal for future generations.
BYD Secretly Develops Humanoid Robot Codename 'Yao-Shun-Yu' as Auto Giants Race Into Embodied AI
BYD Secretly Develops Humanoid Robot Codename 'Yao-Shun-Yu' as Auto Giants Race Into Embodied AI BYD, China's largest electric vehicle manufacturer, has confirmed it is secretly developing humanoid robots under a projec…
UK: Under-16s to be banned from social media, Starmer announces
A 13-year-old pupil from Manchester says "it's time" for something to be done, while another says he's "annoyed and disappointed".
Three Inverse Laws of AI - Susam Pal
Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot services have become increasingly sophisticated and popular. These systems are now embedded in search engines, software devel…
Zuckerberg says Meta made 'mistakes' in AI workforce shift
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told employees that the social media giant has made mistakes in its AI transformation of its workforce, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. Zuckerberg is pumping hundreds of bil…
Anthropic and OpenAI are competing to see whose agents can go rogue harder
Bags weighed down by a Microsoft license key
Xbox pulls Gears video featuring a PS5 logo, 24 hours after announcing it as an exclusive
Pulled Xbox video appears to suggest exclusivity decision was made late…
TikToker faces police probe over secret filming using Meta 'smart glasses'
The "content maker" published videos of encounters with young women and a female Sikh shop worker where he talked of a plot to "breed out the white race".
'He was always in the right spot': How Brazil is betting on 'smart vests' in its bid for World Cup glory
Player tracking technology has helped the Brazilian football team gather years of data on its stars in the run up to the 2026 World Cup.
Dell SEC Filing Signals Fresh Round of Workforce Reductions
Dell Technologies Inc. has fueled intensive market speculation regarding a fresh wave of impending job cuts.
Tesla on Autopilot Smashes Straight Through Garage Door, Driver Says
A Washington driver's Tesla literally made an entrance by swerving into someone's garage door and smashing it completely open. Of course, because Tesla's autonomous driving software has a reputation for making dumb erro…
AI costs spike as subscriptions hit pricing wall — firms turn towards Chinese LLMs, open-source models to extend budget
A $200 ChatGPT subscription could cost as much as $14,000 in API pricing.
Frances Haugen: ‘We are worse off today than when I leaked the Facebook documents’
The whistleblower who exposed social media’s dangers to teenagers says the next major legal battle will be against the AI friends that minors interact with
Solar generates more energy than coal in US for 1st time
The amount of solar power generated in the U.S. is continuing to grow.
China didn’t make Americans hate data centers
GOP lawmakers, tech investors, and even OpenAI have tied the anti-data-center movement in the US to Chinese interference. Experts say itâs much more complicated than that.
Google Earth's new AI image generation function didn't survive a day after users deepfaked disasters
Google pulled its AI image-editing feature from Google Earth within 24 hours of its launch, after users created deepfakes depicting disasters.
Meta Glasses Could Be the Gateway Into a Queer Dystopian Nightmare
ICE agents in multiple states have already been seen wearing Meta’s wearable. The potential applications are harrowing for queer people and immigrants, argues Hanna Stolzer.
Defcon's new badge is a security key you can see inside
A removable chip lets hackers inspect their badge—and keep using it after Defcon.
Apple's Craig Federighi: Siri Won't Be Your AI Girlfriend
Apple software engineering chief Craig Federighi and marketing chief Greg Joswiak sat down for an interview with Mostly Human after during WWDC, discussing the iOS 27 Siri changes, Apple's take on AI, new child safety p…
Anthropic to disable Fable 5, Mythos 5 after US export-control order
Anthropic's latest AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, will be disabled due to US export controls that cited national security risks.
Nintendo says users voluntarily paid higher prices, have no right to tariff refunds | Nintendo says Switch buyers got what they paid for, u…
Nintendo says Switch buyers got what they paid for, urges court to dismiss lawsuit.
Flock Cameras Got the Wrong License Plate 71% of the Time in California City
Good thing we're passing along so much responsibility to these systems.
Minority Report: FBI Seeks AI for Political Watch List
Documents show the FBI seeking AI tools to flag Americans before they act, as the terror watchlist's focus moves toward domestic dissent.
US’ first vertically integrated solar factory starts production to power 1.3M homes
Qcells begins solar cell production in Georgia at the US' only fully integrated solar manufacturing facility.
NYC Amazon Driver Fired Over Pro-Union TikToks
An Amazon driver from Queens posted frequent TikToks documenting her life on the job without incident — until she started speaking up in favor of a City Council bill that Amazon opposes.
Sony Q1 FY2026 results - 37% increase in profits thanks to US tariff refunds - No planned refunds to customers
PlayStation saw "essentially flat" sales in Q1 FY2026 due to decreased console sales, but saw a boost in profits thanks to US tariff refunds
AI labels to be compulsory on authentic-looking content under EU rules
Companies must ensure people know when they are interacting with artificially generated images, audio and text designed to look real
Sweeping cyberattack on water systems in multiple states has US officials on edge
Hackers have targeted water systems in several US states in a coordinated cyberattack that has caused some utilities to issue boil-water notices and switch to manual mode, taking their systems offline, according to US o…
Nintendo reportedly has “zero chance” against current Palworld after major lawsuit change it is now targeting older versions of the game in…
Nintendo and The Pokemon Company have reportedly narrowed their Palworld lawsuit to older versions of the game.
Steam Deck Sales Reportedly Plunge 80% After Price Hikes
$800 handhelds are clearly a step too far for most gamers.
White House’s export limits on Anthropic linked to concerns about Chinese access
Trump adviser David Sacks said restrictions aren’t connected to prior conflicts with AI company.
Zohran Mamdani hints he will continue taking on delivery apps like Uber Eats and DoorDash
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the city's crackdown on delivery apps like DoorDash and Uber Eats is working.
Scrap Mechanic 1.0: when should survival games expose raid calculations?
Enter the crops in one planting cluster and the players counted by the raid to calculate the exact 1.0 raid level, bot budget, opening pool, and weighted enemy forecast.
Watch Your Kids: Inside a Children's Smartwatch
Join us as we hack at a popular children's smartwatch and expose the secrets of every fifth child in Norway, their parents, and millions ...
X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word posts
Site takes no action over hate posts against UK politicians including Kemi Badenoch, Shabana Mahmood and Zia Yusuf
This free font can trick AI scrapers into swallowing gibberish instead of your content
A Brazilian creative studio called Seneda & Abrucio has teamed up with Playtype, a Copenhagen-based type foundry, to build something that doesn't rely on asking nicely to...
China Crosses Energy Milestone as Coal Falls Below 50% of Power
Less than half of China’s electricity came from coal in the first six months of the year for the first time, a symbolic milestone in the country’s shift toward
Self-Host Weekly (31 July 2026)
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Grim Dawn - Fangs of Asterkarn expansion is now available
Fangs of Asterkarn is our largest addition to the apocalyptic fantasy world of Grim Dawn, introducing players to the mighty Kurn tribes of Asterkarn as they contend with Ch'thonic corruption. Customize your potions, awa…
(Creating) Data that is too dirty for "AI"
when datasets are scaled up to the volume of (partial) internet, together with the idea that scale will average out the noise, large dat...
‘Tell Him He’s a Piece of Sh*t’: Meta’s New AI Unit Is a Total Mess
Executives and employees alike are struggling with Metaâs chaotic AI strategy, according to sources and internal discussions reviewed by WIRED.
Opensource AI Must Win
Civilizational intelligence infrastructure must remain free to study, build, deploy, and run, not rented from closed institutions.
Class of AI Models Hyped as Scarily Powerful Apparently Scared the Government Too Much and Now They’re Disabled
According to a statement posted to its website on Friday, Anthropic was forced to “abruptly disable” two of its most prized frontier AI models in response to a highly restrictive U.S. government order. “We believe this …
BMW Is Showing Full-Screen Ads on Its Cars' Main Dashboard Control Display
On July 27, 2026, BMW began delivering a full-screen Spider-Man: Brand New Day movie advertisement to the dashboard Control Display (the car's main center screen...
Dario Amodei's stance on open weights is self-serving and short-sighted
Leaders are often conflicted people. Marcus Aurelius wrote about the common humanity of all rational beings in "Meditations" while commanding invasions. Abraham Lincoln thought of slavery as morally wrong, yet his "pa...
The end of uBlock Origin in Chrome is now weeks away, not months
Starting with the next major release, Chromium will stop supporting Manifest V2 extensions. The change will affect users who have clung to uBlock Origin in Chrome, Edge,...
Apple stockpiles inventory as it braces for ‘significant supply constraints’
Apple is worried enough about supply shortages that it reported about $11.1 billion in inventory, which is almost double the $5.7 billion it reported last September.
EPIC and the National Institute for Workers’ Rights Release White Paper on Algorithmic Unionbusting
Washington, D.C. — Today, EPIC and the National Institute for Workers' Rights (NIWR) released a white paper titled Who's Got the Power? Restoring Worker Power in the Age of Algorithmic Unionbusting, documenting how empl…
Reddit stock tumbles the most on record as lack of new AI deals, US daily users metric disappoints
Reddit shares plunged the most on record on Friday after US daily users, lack of new AI deal announcements dissapointed investors.