France's Power Prices Jump 22% as Heatwave Trims Nuclear Output
France's day-ahead power prices jumped 22% as a fifth summer heatwave forces EDF to cut nuclear output by 7.3 GW.
TIL that every year, the most powerful people in Michigan meet on an island for 3 days
The Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual Mackinac Policy Conference is a controversial fixture of Michigan politics. Each year politicians, lobbyists, business representatives and community leaders gather at the Grand Hote…
Gemini becomes Google's fastest-growing product ever as it hits 1B users
But will Gemini's surge survive slowing model releases?
Meta to open source its most powerful AI model as it takes swipe at OpenAI, Anthropic
Meta launched Muse Glimmer and plans to release Muse Spark 1.2 weights as Zuckerberg pushes for U.S. leadership in open AI.
Quake: Dawn of the Machine - Free Update
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I turned my streaming stick into a dumb app launcher, and that's all it should be
Streaming sticks and boxes, such as the old Google Chromecast with Google TV, are the best way to upgrade a TV once the built-in software has become too slow, but that doesn't mean they're perfect. The UI can be clutter…
AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive. Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could out think neural networks.
Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks.
ICE to Pay LexisNexis Millions for Data to Feed to Palantir
LexisNexis sells a massive amount of data to law enforcement, including ICE. New records indicate ICE wants to feed that data into a Palantir system.
Backrooms dinner scene but with a laugh track
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I wrote a small server application to randomly generate "celebrity heads" characters from your jellyfin library
Generate random celebrity heads characters from your jellyfin library - SYNTHESISE/JellyfinHeads
I found the digital 'cheat code' that just cut my daily workload in half. I bet You’ve never seen a platform like this.
Utiliq Pro is a Digital Productivity Ecosystem, delivering innovative digital tools, combining AI & Non-Ai powered solutions, plus productivity technologies that help individuals, creators, professionals, businesses, de…
Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement
Bloomsbury has 14,087 titles listed in agreement between AI startup and authors over use of their work
Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app: 10.4 million monthly active users worldwide in June 2026, down…
Over a year following its post-election surge, Bluesky’s mobile app is seeing a continued decline in active users, though its remaining community is still relatively engaged.
TIL There's a Secret Netflix for Billionaires
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FOSS Torrents: Torrents for various FOSS games, softwares and OSes
Get the latest version of your favorite open-source software, games and Linux/BSD/illumos distributions.
Google's classic Search button is gone in a new AI-first homepage
Google tests an AI-focused homepage for signed-out users, adding Create images, Ask about files and Brainstorm alongside the search box.
Remembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experiment: “Most people have completely forgotten how chaotic it really was.”
Most people have completely forgotten how chaotic it really was."
Reddit forces login to access old.reddit.com
Reddit says the beloved site is used for some "bad behavior."
France bans unsolicited telemarketing calls to protect consumers
France has banned unsolicited telemarketing calls under a new law to protect consumers and shield vulnerable people from fraudulent commercial practices. Individuals who make illegal calls can be fined…
Bernie Sanders tells OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta to pause AI development or face Senate action
In a letter to the CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta, Sanders writes that almost every day brings a new story about how these companies are losing...
San Francisco company offers cleaning service using humanoid robots
A robotics startup has begun offering humanoid home cleaning services for $30 an hour to selected applicants in San Francisco.
Why Is Everyone In Tech So Sad?
A lot of people seem to be realizing that knowledge work is mostly pointless. AI might give us the pleasure of finding out what happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers.
Linus Torvalds says AI has made 'huge' Linux kernel updates the new normal
He’s not thrilled, but won’t let it delay the release of version 7.2
New Pass-ta-key attack reveals all the things we didn't know about passkeys
Why passkey apps treat Windows differently than other operating systems.
Total Eclipse of The Heart, Una Chin-Riley Klingon Cover
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Engineer harnesses gravity to launch a 4-gram projectile at supersonic speeds
UK-based YouTuber, Tom Stanton has built a gravity-powered trebuchet that sent a four-gram projectile faster than the speed of sound.
I'm leaving OpenAI to build Jurassic Park - by Taylor Troesh
Gonna send you back to the stone age.
A cybersecurity researcher covered a Toyota in an AI-generated pattern to confuse Flock cameras
What just happened? Bill Swearingen's noRecognition project is testing whether computer-generated patterns can interfere with software used to identify people, vehicles, and other objects on surveillance cameras. The pr…
EA's deal to go private under Saudi Arabia is officially complete
The Saudi Arabian government's investment fund just acquired EA, the publisher behind many of the biggest games.
Open-source stealth USB hides an encrypted partition behind an 8GB decoy drive Phantom Drive appears as a regular USB stick until you creat…
A trick to break the walls of hidden partitions.
How Claude marks AI-generated content: (1) watermarks embedded in text, and (2) signed provenance metadata attached to files.
Anthropic has signed the EU AI Act's Article 50(2) Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content, as a provider of both generative AI models and generative AI systems. This article describes how we’re plannin…
No, Thorn Isn't A Poison Ivy Rip-Off | Batman: Caped Crusader
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YouTube announces monetization changes that make it harder for new creators to make money
We’re making important changes to help the YouTube Partner Program remain the leader in the creator economy.
Top economist warns that the AI math doesn’t make sense: 'Profits are currently being funded by investors rather than earned from customers'
The AI boom has turned the standard profit margin model on its head, according to Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Slok—and it’s making the industry’s growth unsustainable.
Two Decades of Cheaper Memory Vanished in One Brutal Year
Memory prices are surging up to 95% as AI dominates chip supply — analysts warn costs won't normalize until 2028, so buy RAM and SSDs now.
Microsoft's Weather App Eats More RAM Than Most Browsers – and Serves You Ads
Windows 11 Weather app consumes up to 1.6GB of RAM and displays third-party ads — roughly five times heavier than macOS's equivalent.
Quebec apple grower using anti-hail cannon to protect crops from icy weather
Anti-hail cannons aren't a new invention for farming, having originated in Europe but are now manufactured in various countries such as New Zealand and Germany.
Humanising LLM Outputs is Dumb
The largest tell for me to tell where culture and sentiment is shifting for AI tools is usually X, viral GitHub repositories and Hacker News. One of these tells Iâve been seeing a lot lately is skills like I have ADHD…
India moves to rein in consumer 5G network slicing
India has proposed safeguards for 5G network slicing services to protect regular users' experience.
A Surveillance ‘Cat-and-Mouse’ Game With AI - The Atlantic
Is there any way of fighting back?
Salem Brought a Guillotine To Oppose New Data Center. Company Reps Left, Feeling 'Unsafe'.
Salem's city council voted unanimously to pursue a data center moratorium after residents — and a guillotine — pushed back on a $5.1 billion AI facility.
The Odyssey Archery Review (and attempting the 12 axes challenge) - blumineck
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Amid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardware
A new report claims Microsoft has raised the cost of the Windows license by up to 10% for certain OEMs, which is much higher than usual.
Sign of the Times: An Account of the First Tech Workers’ Strike
Workers in the New York Times Tech Guild went on the first official tech workers’ strike in the United States, during the week of the presidential election in November, 2024. Following the strike, the Times Tech Guild b…
Post Mortem: Grifters vs. The Odyssey
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Mark Zuckerberg's 6,500 word love letter to AI seeks 'superintelligence for everyone'
Mark Zuckerberg set out his vision for the future of AI as Meta released its newest model.
LexisNexis shuts down services after suspicious activity on servers
LexisNexis took its Diligence, Metabase API, and Newsdesk services offline as part of its response to unusual activity on servers hosted and managed by an unnamed third-party vendor.
The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact. Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop.
Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content.
Bernie Sanders Calls on Tech Giants to Pause Development of Out-of-Control AI
BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 10 – Following recent and repeated public reporting about artificial intelligence (AI) technology breaking outside of human control and creating potentially dangerous viruses, Sen. Bernie Sanders (…
Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy
On the latest episode of Equity, we spoke to Jill Lepore about "government by machines" and why Elon Musk is a bad science fiction reader.