Roblox to block children from talking to adult strangers after string of lawsuits
Gaming platform to use facial age estimation to limit chats to similar age groups, as allegations of grooming grow
Beijing Unveils Supercritical CO2 Turbine That Could Upend Power Tech | OilPrice.com
Compact and versatile, the technology could revolutionize carbon capture by using CO2 for profitable energy generation, potentially lowering emissions and storage costs.
Macquarie Dictionary announces ‘AI slop’ as its word of the year, beating out Ozempic face
Term was up against a shortlist including blind box, ate (and left no crumbs) and Roman Empire
I connected my self-hosted network scanner to an AI assistant over MCP, kept fully on-LAN
New in Server edition 1.5.3: DeviceShelf can expose your live network inventory and monitoring state to an AI assistant over the Model Context Protocol (MCP), with 22 tools, guided prompts, attachable resources and an o…
The Cop Investigating Flock Misuse Was Allegedly Doing It Too
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Xbox wanted 77M Game Pass subscribers by 2026 — today it has less than half that
Xbox's massive layoffs are at least partially because of Game Pass' failure
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
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Rustdesk's lesser known features
An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer. - rustdesk/rustdesk
Google’s latest swing at Chromebook gaming is a free year of GeForce Now
GeForce Now Fast Pass is a new service tier exclusively for Chromebooks.
Switzerland government release full FOSS LLM under Apache 2.0, argue for AI as Public Utility
EPFL, ETH Zurich and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) released Apertus 2 September, Switzerland’s first large-scale, open, multilingual language model — a milestone in generative AI for transparency and d…
Big Tech Wants AI to Shop for You—Retailers Want Your Data. Guess Who’s Winning?
Chatbot developers and retail giants are battling over user data as they lay the foundation for a future in which AI agents can do all your online shopping for you.
An entire PS5 now costs less than 64GB of DDR5 memory, even after a discount — simple memory kit jumps to $600 due to DRAM shortage, and it…
You can spend $50 more to get an entire PS5 Pro.
Using Black Ops 7 to understand America in 2025 [BDobbinsFTW]
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'Unauthorized' Edit to Ukraine's Frontline Maps Point to Polymarket's War Betting
It looks like someone invented a fake Russia advance in Ukraine to manipulate online gambling markets.
TIL about Trauma Bonding, when a victim of abuse forms an emotional bond with their abusers. This can happen in parent-child relationships.
Trauma bonds (also referred to as traumatic bonds) are emotional bonds that arise from a cyclical pattern of abuse. A trauma bond occurs in an abusive relationship, wherein the victim forms an emotional bond with the pe…
Tesla Has 39 Unsupervised Robotaxis Nearly a Year After Launch. At This Rate, They’ll Catch Up to Waymo in 85 Years.
TLDR: Since Tesla’s June 2025 robotaxi launch, Tesla has built a 39-vehicle unsupervised fleet, while Waymo has a newly disclosed 3,791-vehicle U.S. fleet. So Tesla appears to be on pace to catch up with Waymo’s autonom…
Anyone tried Syncthing Tray on Android?
Syncthing Tray provides a tray icon and further platform integration for Syncthing. It focuses on GNU/Linux and Windows. If you don't know Syncthing yet, it makes most sense to checkout the website of Syncthing itself f…
GameStop workers say its trade anything day will be a huge mess
When customers already routinely bring in dirty gaming hardware that's full of grime and cockroaches, GameStop workers are fearing the worst
Ubisoft confirms €1.16bn Tencent investment into Assassin's Creed maker is "on track", following last week's surprise delay to financial re…
Ubisoft has stated its transaction with Tencent is "on track to close in the coming days".
GitHub - sv1sjp/geotagphotos: Add GPS EXIF metadata to JPEG photos directly from the Nextcloud Files app with one click!
Add GPS EXIF metadata to JPEG photos directly from the Nextcloud Files app with one click! - sv1sjp/geotagphotos
Self-Host Weekly (19 June 2026)
Bug fixes and performance improvements
Warren Spector on Origin offices [Video game history]
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German firm files for insolvency, blames cybercrims who shut down production for 6 weeks
ZEGO-TVZ says the financial fallout from a March cyberattack left shutting its doors as the only option
The Backlash Is So Strong That People With “Pervert Glasses” Are Afraid to Use Them in Public
"A lot of men and their behaviors have ruined this product."
TIL Non Smokers can get Emphysema to.
Emphysema is commonly linked to smoking, but non-smokers can develop it too. Learn the causes, symptoms, and treatment options for emphysema.
TeaKnights is a game inspired by Sin & Punishment, now in development (teaser trailer)
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Fatekeeper - Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer
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TIL all blimps are dirigibles, but not all dirigibles are blimps
What is an Airship? An airship is any powered, steerable aircraft that it is inflated with a gas that is lighter than air. What is a Dirigible? “Airship” and...
Thunderbird Adds Native Microsoft Exchange Email Support - The Thunderbird Blog
Thunderbird Exchange support has finally landed for email in the latest monthly release. Find out what's in, out, and still on the way.
Try the Final Sentence demo (competitive typing game... and psychological torment)
Final Sentence is a Battle Royale typing game. Together with other players, you find yourself in a hangar, with a typewriter in front of you and a revolver loaded with a single bullet at your temple. Every mistake can b…
Retro pirate gets two-year suspended jail sentence for being stuck in the past, burning and selling remix CDs of famous artists — four-year…
Legal machinations take time, with trading standards first becoming aware of this East Yorkshire CD pirate back in 2018.
Low-skilled attacker used Claude, Codex to breach 14 companies
Researchers have long warned that AI agents could lower the skill floor for offensive cyber operations, and a recent report bears that out.
MECCHA CHAMELEON - 3 million copies sold on Steam
Thank you for 3 million copies sold! A new map will be added today or tomorrow.
TIL Iran Has No Water Left, 28 Million People WITHOUT Water
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Fatekeeper - Official Gameplay Reveal Trailer
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Just 16% of Americans think AI will benefit society, despite chatbot use climbing to 49% of US adults
The Pew Research Center found that 49% of US adults now use chatbots, up from 33% two years ago. This includes roughly one in four who use...
Transparent Data Tiering on Linux: Why I chose fanotify over FUSE for HuskHoard
HuskHoard is an automated, transparent data-tiering engine for Linux. It keeps your NVMe drives fast by silently archiving cold data to LTO tape, spinning drives, or cloud — while every file stays fully visible to your …
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Evidence-based reviews and comparisons focusing on privacy and security.
Frustrated users crowdfund a $2,000 fix for Lenovo Legion ‘speakers not working properly’ error — bug bounty posted, coder wins the cash by…
Six folks pledged lumps of cash to make it happen.
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer called Google Chrome a "rounding error" — 17 years later, Internet Explorer is dead, and Microsoft Edge …
Steve Ballmer once mocked Chrome as a “rounding error.” The browser now rules the web while Microsoft Edge fights for scraps.
This month's Windows 11 update broke the Recycle Bin, OneDrive, and possibly your PC's stability
According to Microsoft, users who have installed the KB5095051 update might encounter a strange Recycle Bin bug that replaces the names of deleted files with internal Recycle...
Guild Wars Reforged Announcement Trailer
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Russia’s first AI-powered humanoid robot AIDOL collapses during its onstage debut
Video. Footage captures Russia's first anthropomorphic robot, AIdol, toppling seconds into its debut at a Moscow tech event, prompting assistants to rush in after the mishap.
Code.org Has Become CodeAI
Bring computer science and AI education to your classroom with CodeAI’s free K–12 curriculum, hands-on projects, and teacher professional development—no prior experience needed.
Tesco UK supermarket chain removes 40,000 servers from VMware infrastructure, blames 'abusive conduct' from Broadcom
Tesco confirms plans to migrate 40,000 servers from VMware
16 minutes of HyTale gameplay
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Snapdragon X1 Elite Linux laptop cancelled due to performance concerns — Linux PC maker says Qualcomm CPU is ‘less suitable for Linux than …
Developing Linux for the Snapdragon X1 Elite took way too long.
SpaceX buys AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion in race for an edge over Anthropic and OpenAI
SpaceX will move forward with its $60 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Cursor as Elon Musk’s space exploration and AI company seeks a competitive edge against rivals Anthropic and OpenAI after its …
AI giants learn what everyone else on the modern internet already knows
Anthropic's distillation complaints expose an awkward question: does AI's fair use argument cut both ways?
I signed up for Trump Mobile two weeks ago and I still don’t have my SIM
Who knew customer support would be so nice?