AI is forcing Big Tech to do something it’s never done: Spend more than it earns, and Wall Street hates it
The Mag7 had its worst day Thursday since the tariff-driven selloff last April.
Journalist Richard Medhurst had his mobile phone seized. Did using a secure phone protect his data?
How can journalists protect confidential data and sources on their phones when crossing borders? Richard Medhurst, a well-known independent British journalist covering international affairs who has been highly critical …
Google Hit With $1 Billion EU Fine as US Antitrust Cases Mount
European regulators fined Google over favoring its own services in search results and restricting app developers. Both practices have already been fought over in Bay Area federal court.
It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History
One for the history books.
Judge rebuffs U.S admin demand for phone records from NYT reporters: “We can quash the subpoenas, or you could withdraw the subpoenas,” jud…
We can quash the subpoenas, or you could withdraw the subpoenas,” judge told US.
Belfast Exposed: Decision to use AI images in exhibition defended
Local artists have been critical about the inclusion of the AI artwork at the exhibit.
Whispers in the Moss - A very odd JRPG released in 2024 that was made entirely with QBASIC and MS-DOS ASCII / BBS ANSI art | Ladiesgamers
Whispers in the Moss is likely to be one of the strangest looking games you've seen, but the ANSI/ASCII art adds a ton of charm to this retro JRPG.
Pope's official prayer app commits cardinal sin, leaks 700K+ users' info
Turns out, agents just want the same things as humans: easily-readable code, explicit contracts, and helpful feedback
Tesla suffers worst slump since 2022, SpaceX drops ahead of Starship test flight
Tesla shares plunged almost 18% this week after the company missed on earnings and turned cash flow negative.
YouTube blocked the channels of Russian artists under sanctions in Ukraine
YouTube has restricted access in Ukraine to the channels of a number of Russian and pro-Russian artists who are under sanctions by the National Security and Defense Council. These are show business and cultural figures …
Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows
App is installed through Windows Update when certain LG monitors connect to a PC.
GreenX Metals: 2026 Fieldwork Underway at Eleonore North gold/tungsten/antimony exploration project in Greenland. Potential source of rare …
TARGETING GOLD, TUNGSTEN AND ANTIMONY MINERALISATION HIGHLIGHTS - Active exploration underway at the Eleonore North Project, located in East Greenland. The field team are following up high-priority gold, tungsten, and a…
Paramount and Warner Bros. Pause $110 Billion Merger Deal Until June 2027 or Court Ruling
OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced securing an agreement with Warner Bros. and Paramount that would keep the entertainment titans from merging until June 1, 2027, or until after a decision b…
ChatGPT medical advice brought man 'to brink of death', lawsuit alleges
An American man sues OpenAI and its founder Sam Altman, claiming the popular chatbot "repeatedly misdiagnosed" him.
The Pulse: Interesting AI coding stats from Cursor
Power users generate 10x as many lines of code vs the median, most of the AI spend is coming from input tokens not output ones, and almost half of AI changes are accepted without manual review by devs (!!)
Tesla Stock in Freefall After Disastrous Earnings Report
Investors aren't feeling Musk's attempt to reinvent Tesla.
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Jellyfin and Codeberg hurt themselves in their confusion
“God has helped us, and so will AI”: How the Terrorist Group Boko Haram Uses Frontier AI
The Cambridge Programme on AI Science & Policy (CASP) is an interdisciplinary research programme on frontier AI at the University of Cambridge.
World's first 10,800 car carrier with solar power delivered by China
China has delivered the world's first 10,800-vehicle car carrier equipped with a solar power system, combining photovoltaic technology with LNG dual-fuel propulsion.
Patreon is laying off 20% of its staff. Read the memo its CEO sent to employees.
Patreon, which helps creators like YouTubers and podcasters make money, is laying off staff. The creator economy company said it needs to trim costs.
SEGA has no plans to abandon physical media and still sees a lot of value in it
With discourse still growing around Sony’s plans to completely abandon physical media in 2028 Famitsu asked SEGA president and COO, Shuji Utsumi, about his thoughts on physical video game software. Mr.
Matt Wales: Forbidden Solitaire is a wonderful reminder games are powerful cultural artefacts that demand to be preserved
Not so long ago, I found a stash of my old ZX Spectrum games in the attic. And rummaging through those tatty boxes - th…
An Indian Trans Person’s Harrowing Encounter Fuels Backlash Against Meta AI ‘Pervert Glasses’
Karen Rebelo reports on incidents of abuse caused by use of Meta's wearable tech.
2 Million Cars with Anti-Theft Systems Installed by Dealers are at Higher Risk of Theft due to Bluetooth Flaw Which Expose Them to Unlockin…
At least 2.2 million cars on the road today are vulnerable to an attack that allows thieves to lock and unlock doors and immobilize vehicle engines remotely via a Bluetooth connection, computer scientists at the Univers…
Meta thrown off key global clean energy scheme over gas spree
Facebook and Instagram giant has left influential RE100 corporate green power list after turning to gas for data centres, scheme officials confirm to Recharge
Waymo’s driverless cars crash way less often than humans: report
An IIHS analysis says the robotaxis got in 68% fewer collisions on a per-mile-travelled basis, though there are some caveats
EU governments adopt return of Chat Control 1.0 – Breyer: “The true losers are our children”
Yesterday, the EU governments re-enacted the suspicionless mass scanning of private communications (“Chat Control 1.0”) with one vote against (Hungary), one abstention (Belgium) and without the approval of the European …
Meta, Nvidia, Microsoft, a16z, and others sign a letter defending open-weight AI
Open weight AI can expand access, strengthen competition, improve security, and help sustain American AI leadership.
Google wants to store a selfie video of your face
A new selfie video verification feature could make recovering your Google Account easier. But it also creates new security and privacy concerns.
Meet Flock's Alpha Drone – It Reads License Plates from 2,000 Feet
Flock Safety's Alpha drone reads license plates from 2,000 feet and plugs into its existing ALPR network, raising serious surveillance concerns.
Our tech has made things worse...
Before you get your hopes up, this isn’t an essay criticizing the water consumption of data-centers, rising memory prices or capitalism itself. I leave those debates to others. This, dear reader, is an examination of wh…
New Jersey bans algorithmic rent pricing, targets software that pools nonpublic rent and occupancy data across landlords
Sherrill signed New Jersey’s FAIR Act restricting rent-setting algorithms that share nonpublic landlord data.
Meta launches new Facebook Verified badge for actual, real humans
Meta is trying to tackle scammers that are using generative AI by introducing a new kind of verification using user selfies.
Some Mullvad VPN customers tunnel for exit after co-founder donates millions to populist party
SEK 5M gift supplied 72 percent of Örebropartiet's annual income, but company insists it was strictly personal
Volkswagen profits drop 10% as embattled automaker considers massive job cuts
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XBOX Game Pass July 2026 Wave 2 Lineup - FullCleared
XBOX announces the Game Pass July 2026 Wave 2 lineup, headlined by the day one releases Halo: Campaign Evolved and Beast of Reincarnation.
India Orders GitHub to Remove Jack Dorsey's Bitchat Repositories Under IT Act
India orders GitHub to remove Jack Dorsey's Bitchat repositories under the IT Act. Learn how the Bluetooth mesh messaging app works and why authorities acted
Dinoblade - Official Release Date Trailer
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SpaceX Stock Slips Below IPO Price as Short Sellers Profit $15.5B
SpaceX stock falls below its $135 IPO price to $115.26, giving short sellers $15.5 billion in paper profits as traders double down on bearish market bets.
Leaked document shows the surveillance tech at ICE’s fingertips – from phone location data, to social media monitoring, to online undercove…
From phone location data, to social media monitoring, to online undercover tools, a document obtained by 404 Media lays out the surveillance tech available across ICE agency wide.
Tesla falls 10%, Alphabet sinks 5% as AI spending concerns spook investors
Both Tesla and Alphabet signaled higher spending as they invest in artificial intelligence.
PSA WordPress Core had Critical Vulnerability. Patch released on Friday. Immediately update
Critical issue discovered in WordPress Core affecting the majority of WordPress-built sites. The zero-day is a pre-authentication Remote Code Execution (RCE) that can be used by attackers to run malicious code to steal …
The Corporate Creep of Plex vs. The Jellyfin Dilemma
Why Plex corporate creep restricts system freedom, how Jellyfin restores control, and why Plexamp still saves money on Spotify and Amazon Music
I Just Beat Peter Thiel at Chess [IG Video]
516K likes, 4,168 comments - tuckgesner on June 11, 2026: "I found Peter Thiel’s chess account".
What happens when the information runs out - Down the Road
When I asked AI to colorize old family photographs, it gave my brother eyebrows that aren't on the negative. That's when I started thinking less about color and more about information.
[AIT] paperless-ngx 3.0.0
paperless-ngx 3.0.0 Breaking Changes [BREAKING] Remove the positional arguments from the pre/post consume scripts @stumpylog (#12573) [BREAKING] Decouple OCR control from archive file control @stu...
DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng Breaks His Silence: In a rare four-hour talk, the reclusive founder reveals an almost Daoist philosophy of AI—AGI …
In a rare four-hour talk, the reclusive founder reveals an almost Daoist philosophy of AI—AGI as a tide no company can own, he argues China's only real gap with America is compute.
Only 7 PlayStation games have sold over 100,000 physical copies in the US this year, says analyst, as commenters demand discs without buyin…
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Xbox's new VP of engineering quits just 2 months after taking the job
Jared Palmer, who was picked to work directly with CEO Asha Sharma on the division's "most complex" problems, has taken a role at AI company Cognition.
Closed game studio returns to un-live service its game with community servers before shutdown: 'We don't believe Deceive Inc. should quietl…
Deceive Inc. was great, and now it'll live on.