Canada just cut a hole in the roof of a working nuclear reactor, hauled out eight steam generators weighing 100 tons each, and lowered new …
Most of the noise around nuclear right now goes to new reactors. Small modular reactors on slick conference slides, fusion machines in startup press kits, the
Company Pulls Delivery Robots From All College Campuses
Starship Technologies says it's pulling out all over its over 1,200 delivery robots from college campuses and redploying them to cities.
“Gaming is becoming unaffordable” — Xbox CEO says the industry has an accessibility crisis
New comments from Xbox leadership highlight concerns over affordability, accessibility, and how more players can be brought into gaming.
UK(Manchester) firm fined £300,000 for bombarding people in debt with over 5.5 million unlawful texts
We have fined KRA Consultancy Ltd (KRA) £300,000 after it targeted people who were already in financial difficulty with unlawful spam texts – including fake bailiff messages.
Mark Zuckerberg Is Selflessly Building Yet Another Horrible Product Nobody Asked For
The explosive popularity of prediction markets, spearheaded by Polymarket and Kalshi, has shocked experts, who are warning of a surge in gambling addiction. The platforms have massively lowered the barriers to entry for…
Gemini in Chrome can now see exactly what you’re looking at on screen
Google is rolling out a new "Select from screen" tool for Gemini in Chrome, while Gemini 3.5 Flash gains built-in computer-use capabilities.
TIL israel government is using small quadcopters equipped with guns to shot at people including children
This report illustrates that the manner in which the Israeli military uses small tactical drones in Gaza as instruments of “precision warfare” has not reduced civilian harm but has intensified it. Dr. Mimi Syed, (Emerge…
Microsoft Announces Significant Price Rises for Xbox Series X and S, 2TB Model Discontinued
Microsoft has announced significant price rises for Xbox consoles, blaming the ongoing “components crisis.”
SpaceX stock has cooled. Hiring for jobs in the space economy hasn’t
The SpaceX IPO euphoria is over, but the bullish trend in space economy jobs remains in place within a labor market where many other sectors have slowed hiring.
SEGA under fire for Sonic the Hedgehog ARG, as its terms of service reveals participant data is harvested for AI model training
The Chaos Hunt ARG has players recovering chaos emeralds from around the USA.
New hollow-core fiber test pushes internet speeds to 1.2Tb/s
Chinese researchers achieved a new milestone in fiber-optic technology, achieving ultra-fast data transmission over long distances without signal repeaters.
The UK Just Said No to Google's AI News Grab. Who's Next?
The UK has shown intervention is possible, writes Foxglove co-executive director Martha Dark. Now other regulators must act, she says.
Oracle sues Wisconsin utility regulators over financial requirements for data centers
Tech giant Oracle is suing the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin over financial requirements that regulators approved to protect ratepayers as developers build a $15 billion data center campus to expand its AI init…
Adobe to Acquire Topaz Labs
Adobe announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Topaz Labs, an AI company specializing in industry-leading video and image enhancement models.
Internal Combustion Engines Are More Advanced Than EVs
EVs may be the future, but internal combustion engines are a mechanical masterpiece. From turbocharging brilliance to extreme precision, ICE still outshines e...
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Free expense-splitting software.
Redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears
The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites
Anthropic and OpenAI waged a $27 million proxy war in a Manhattan congressional race. The winner told them both to get lost.
Micah Lasher won the most expensive AI election yet—then used his victory speech to reject both companies and promise to regulate them anyway.
Ford hired AI and sacked humans. It backfired badly
‘We didn’t pay as much attention as we should have to the experience of our most knowledgeable engineers,’ says automaker
GTA 6 Reveals $80 Price Tag And Ultimate Edition Bonuses
Take-Two is breaking the existing $70 price barrier for most games
You Got Faster. Your Company Didn’t.
AI made you faster. But you’re not more productive; you’re outsourcing the slow part to everyone else
Anyone use Clevis + Tang to protect data on their home server?
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Waterloo City Hall abandons X. Says the platform is 'not a welcoming space'
City hall has posted 27,600 times since 2011 on the social media platform formerly called Twitter. Posts will end July 6.
F-Droid and the Future of Open-Source Android; An Interview with DocWolle
Talking open-source software, Android's future, AI, and the philosophy behind a prolific F-Droid developer
AI companies are learning an ironic lesson as the people they pay to improve their chatbots are just feeding AI slop into them
"If these companies want quality data, then they should offer quality contracts."
Grok is more important than clean air, DOJ says
An unprecedented legal filing claims that regulating Elon Musk's xAI could kill us.
Brickadia | Early Access Update 3 Trailer
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A peek into Reddit's anti-spam internals
How Reddit accidentally leaked its spamurai system.
Russian security services broke into opposition activist Andrei Pivovarov’s iPhone using Israeli Cellebrite system, Citizen Lab reports
In 2021, Russian security officers gained access to the iPhone of opposition politician and civil society activist Andrei Pivovarov, the former director of…
I visited Meta's metaverse on the day it was supposed to shut down. I ended up in a horribly designed car park with no cars, for a restaura…
Mark Zuckerberg built a future that nobody wanted. Tech bosses are repeating his mistake
Papyrus scroll burnt to a crisp during Vesuvius eruption deciphered with help of AI | CNN
A papyrus scroll that was burned and carbonized when Mount Vesuvius erupted almost 2,000 years ago has been virtually unrolled and partially deciphered with the help of artificial intelligence.
Scalpers are already selling the Steam Machine for over $3000 on eBay despite Valve's efforts
Even with the lottery system, scalpers are listing Steam Machine reservations on eBay for up to $3,500, with one already sold at $2,800.
New DirtyClone Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root via Cloned Packets
DirtyClone, tracked as CVE-2026-43503, lets local users gain root by corrupting file-backed memory through cloned network packets.
Streaming Ads Are About to Get Quieter | A California law will go into effect on July 1, 2026 prohibiting streaming platforms from airing a…
A California law will go into effect next week prohibiting streaming platforms from airing ads louder than the content they accompany.
Microsoft Is Giving Windows 10 Users Another Year of Security Updates.
Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) were supposed to end in October, but Microsoft now says the program will end on Oct. 12, 2027.
Lenovo Warns PC RAM Prices Will "Never" Go Back to Normal
Lenovo predicts that even if supply meets demand, there will be a "new normal" for RAM prices in the 2030s.
Netflix now requires every user profile to be tied to unique email address
Update began June 15 and will no longer allow you to share your login info.
Australia’s under-16 social media restrictions has led to little to no reductions in social media use
Longer term evaluation needed, but current age verification checks are “suboptimal” and being bypassed by many under 16s, warn researchers There is little evidence that Australia's Social Media Minimum Age Act has led t…
Scientists found a cannabis compound that relieves pain without the high
Compounds responsible for the aroma of cannabis and many other plants may offer a surprising new way to relieve chronic pain. Researchers found that several cannabis-derived terpenes significantly reduced pain in mouse …
This is Not Science Fiction. It’s Not Premature: Lawmakers Must Act Now to Prevent Armed Police Drones
This is not science fiction. It’s not premature. If towns, cities, states, or the federal government want to act to reign in the emergence of armed police drones and robots, we have precious little time. In the absence …
DuckDuckGo's AI Feature Is Telling Users That Trump Died of Rabies Earlier This Month
DuckDuckGo's AI is claiming, incorrectly, that president Donald Trump passed away from rabies after being bitten by JD Vance.
New DLC Character Coming to BlazBlue: Central Fiction a Decade After It Was Released
Arc System Works is blowing the dust off its 2015 2D fighting game BlazBlue: Central Fiction and adding a new DLC character a decade down the track.
Epic’s Tim Sweeney Keeps Inventing Solutions To Problems That Are Already Solved
Quick, someone tell him what Discord is
Hate “The Algorithm?” RSS Is One of the Tools You’ve Been Looking For
Since at least the moment Facebook introduced (and apologized for) its News Feed, “the algorithm” has been shorthand for the ways the tech giants control what we see and when we see it. In the age of enshittification, t…
I won a Pulitzer for explaining the Great Depression. The AI spending boom terrifies me
The historian behind Lords of Finance has a warning for Silicon Valley: He's seen these numbers before — and they didn't end well.
TIL that cars in Europe have grown average 1.2cm longer every year since 2000
Analysis shows cars in Europe have grown longer, taller and wider every year since 2000
We Can Still Stop California’s 3D Printer Surveillance Scheme
Ignoring EFF’s warnings about the dangers and impossibility of implementing a new mandate for 3D print surveillance software, the California State Assembly has signed off on legislation to do just that. In the process, …
Polestar Banned from Selling New Cars in the US Starting in 2027
Federal connected-vehicle rules targeting Chinese technology will block future Polestar models unless regulations change.
Oracle stock has worst week since 2001 dot-com bust as AI financing concerns escalate
Oracle's surging spending, negative free cash flow and $130 billion debt pile are weighing on the stock.
TikTok Doesn’t Want Us To Talk About the News
[Report] Last week, Oxford University’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism released its annual digital news report, which found that “for the first…