‘Slough is like an experiment’: Europe’s largest datacentre hub leaves town sweltering — Datacentres create a heat island effect, pushing u…
Emerging research suggests datacentres create a heat island effect, pushing up temperatures in the immediate vicinity by as much as 9C
TIL That the government's mass surveillance programs operating under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, have never stopped an act of terrorism.
SCOTUS Decision: Birthright Citizenship
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Uruky - The Paid European Search Engine (Review)
My first impressions after using Uruky for a month
Meta Oversight Board: Non-Public Figures Need More Protection Over Sexualized Deepfakes
The Oversight Board has overturned Meta’s decision to leave up on Instagram a reportedly AI-generated video impersonating a woman and calls on Meta to strengthen protections for non-public figures who are the targets of…
Apple's Hide My Email vulnerability reportedly exposes users' real email addresses
Apple's Hide My Email has an unpatched flaw that reveals real addresses in minutes. Reported in June 2025, still exploitable. Full technical breakdown
The Doomsday Weapon's Fate | Certifiably Ingame
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Every Way To Run Open Source AI Models
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Bunjie Announces Mass Layoffs
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Clicks shows off its BlackBerry-inspired phone in a new hands-on video
A new video shows the final production version of the upcoming Clicks Communicator, a BlackBerry-like smartphone that runs modern apps.
Kids online safety package clears House, drawing warnings from digital rights and tech groups
The KIDS Act received broad bipartisan support. But the legislation is expected to face challenges in the Senate.
Anybody Who Thinks Orbital Data Centers are a Good Idea Is Suffering from AI Psychosis, Experts Argue
"It really seems like anyone with some renders and a white paper written by someone being gassed up by an overly agreeable AI can get VC funding these days."
Amazon sued in Australia after Prime subscribers were made to pay more to remove ads
The ACCC has commenced Federal Court proceedings against Amazon Commercial Services Pty Ltd (Amazon AU) for allegedly breaching the Australian Consumer Law by including unfair contract terms in its Prime subscriptions c…
Scammers Sell Seeds for Exotic AI-Generated Flowers That Don’t Exist
Ebay, Amazon, and Etsy are unable to stop the flood of AI-generated seed scams.
Steam Summer Sale 2026 Has Begun
The Steam Summer Sale is on now — find great deals on thousands of games!
Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5
Anthropic is redeploying Claude Fable 5 starting July 1 following the lifting of export controls, with updated cybersecurity safeguards and a new industry jailbreak framework.
Professor denounces mass AI fraud on an exam at Brown University: ‘Academic integrity is at risk’
The renowned economist Roberto Serrano has ‘overwhelming evidence’ that his students cheated. He thinks the time has come for an in-depth debate so the technology does not signal the end of higher education
Open source game engine Godot will no longer accept AI-authored code contributions: 'We can't trust heavy users of AI to understand their c…
Godot is growing fast, so here is how we are dealing with the huge increase in contributions.
Meta is adding ridiculous ‘rate limits’ and a soft paywall to its smart glasses
Meta is rate-limiting on-device features.
TIL about Elvira Notari, Italy's First Female Director and Erased by Fascism
The archive of Elvira Notari was destroyed by the Fascist government. A century later, we still havenât broken free from cinematic machismo.
WinRAR releases new update and says it’s thanks to people finally paying
WinRAR announced the release of version 7.23 on X, thanking customers with a tongue in cheek message about actually getting payments.
Chatrie v. United States (geofence warrants)
Chatrie v. United States (No. 25-112)[1] is a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that a geofence warrant is a search subject to the Fourth Amendment.[2] Chatrie reaffirmed and expanded the Court's …
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Going Digital-Only Is a Car Crash for Physical Media
If Netflix killed physical media, Rockstar Games just ran over its carcass.
New Florida Law Bans Local Net-Zero Emissions Policies
Gov. Ron DeSantis characterized the clean energy goals the law bans as “radical climate policies,” although experts say the law will not necessarily upend the plans.
Fable and Mythos: Anthropic says US lifts export ban on its advanced AI tools
Fable and Mythos were abruptly suspended in June over concerns that they could be used by hackers.
Price hikes pushing consumers to abandon their favorite brands
Prices are up — and so is brand-switching. New data shows 60% of shoppers ditched a loyal brand this year. Are you one of them?
Victory! Supreme Court Says Constitution Protects People’s Location Data
You have an expectation of privacy in location data that reveals your movements in the physical world, and even short-term surveillance of these movements is a search subject to the Fourth Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Co…
Some Retailers Are Refusing to Sell GTA 6 Due to the Lack of a Disc
Two retailers have announced that they will not be selling Grand Theft Auto 6 due to the game not releasing on a disc.
Microsoft plans thousands of job cuts, impacting less than 2.5% of workforce
Microsoft is planning job cuts that are expected to affect areas such as sales, consulting, and Xbox as it ramps up AI spending.
Discord Is Testing Incode for Age Verification, and the Privacy Concerns Are Legitimate
Discord is running a limited trial with Incode for facial age estimation and ID scanning. Here is what the vendor actually does, what are the privacy concerns
Pennsylvania Just Voted to Pull the Plug on Big Tech's $517M Tax Break
Pennsylvania voted 197–5 to repeal a data center tax break projected to cost $517M annually by 2030, stripping benefits from Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet.
Reddit will require you to log in to use old.reddit.com
Logged-out Old Reddit access is “significant source of abusive scraping."
Bombshell lawsuit alleges that RAM manufacturers are colluding to drive up prices. Three companies that account for 90% of RAM revenue are …
A lawsuit against three companies that were previously convicted of conspiracy could remake the modern tech landscape
League of Legends Classic | Announcement Trailer
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Google kills Tenor GIF API, forcing changes at X, Discord, and more
Tenor still connects to Google apps, but other platforms must look elsewhere for GIFs.
Supergirl 2026 posts worse opening weekend results than Morbius
Milly Alcock's "Supergirl" movie made a surprisingly weak debut in theaters, raising questions about whether the future of the DC Universe is at risk.
Janeway Belongs In Prison, Part One: Equinox
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California law targeting loud streaming ads takes effect on July 1
Streaming ads might be getting a lot quieter.
Cargo thieves target AI data center supplies in $1.3 million heists
Authorities recover $1.3 million worth of data center supplies and equipment in a truck stop near Chicago. Equipment like this is a prime target for theft rings given its high value, but it's also likely difficult to se…
Leaked iPhone 18 Pro photos reportedly wound up on the dark web
Apple is reportedly “concerned” about the files appearing on the dark web.
Bosses Are Becoming Obsessed With AI, Using It to Make Every Decision, Barraging Their Employees With Nonsensical ChatGPT Directives, and E…
"It's like being in an abusive marriage... I'm sitting here dealing with somebody that isn't living in reality."
Australia Doubles Social Media Fines as Europe Confronts the Same Age-Verification Gap - https://eutoday.net
Australia has doubled the maximum penalty for systematic failures to enforce its social-media ban for children under 16, intensifying a closely watched
County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’
Henrico County is a major hub for data centers in Virginia. Its officials said it expects a 25% rise in electricity costs next year, and advised workers to close the blinds and turn off their computers to make up for it.
TIL that a skyscraper called the Millennium Tower in San Francisco is sinking and tilting
Millennium Tower Lean: When Foundation Design Becomes a Legal Fault Line The Millennium Tower in San Francisco has sunk over 18 inches and leans nearly 29 inches due to reliance on friction piles in soft clay instead of…
US House of Representatives passed the KIDS Act, Which would basically require age checks for Americans to get online
House Vote #228 in 2026, in the United States Congress.
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US Supreme Court just blew up EU-US Data Transfers
The US Supreme Court decided that the US Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) may not be independent anymore – with major implications for EU-US Data Transfers.
US Supreme Court limits use of location data; upholds firing of FTC's Slaughter— 2 U.S. Supreme Court decisions will impact how geofence wa…
Two U.S. Supreme Court decisions will impact how geofence warrants can be obtained by law enforcement and affirm the presidential power to fire the heads of independent executive agencies.
Netherlands: The government's privacy officer blocked a U.S. company from buying the cloud provider that runs Dutch digital identity. Now h…
Digitale infrastructuur is publieke infrastructuur. Wie haar verdedigt, verdient onze bescherming. Ennglish: Digital infrastructure is public infrastructure. Those who defend it must be protected.
"'I don’t like that he made this donation' — Mullvad CEO reacts to co-founder’s donation to controversial Swedish populist party"
Mullvad says co-founder's 5 million SEK donation to the Örebro Party 'is not part of Mullvad's values or mission'