Kansas City Pushes Ahead With Facial Recognition on Buses
Images captured by onboard cameras will be cross-referenced against facial scans if there is an active alert from police, including databases of banned riders or missing persons.
AI models that can take down governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns
Signal agencies in Australia, the US, the UK, New Zealand and Canada sound alarm after Trump blocks foreign nationals from Anthropic’s Fable AI model
Windows 11 hibernation has been silently hammering your SSD this whole time
This didn't matter much, but with the current SSD prices, it does again
A Microsoft researcher built a goat-powered LLM in Age of Empires II to prove it's not sentient
An operational NAND gate in Age of Empires II, built with the game's scenario editor. This one can also be built within the game in a two-player setup but it's a lot easier (so to speak) to just script it.
Canadian government spent tens of millions on secret Palantir contract
Records from the IJF’s Open By Default database reveal the government made over a dozen amendments to a contract with Palantir Canada to provide services to an elite unit of the military
Meta Exec Admits Zuckerberg Has Crushed Workers’ Spirits
Meta's chief technical officer recently admitted that workplace morale is "probably one of the worst it's ever been."
Tested: Microsoft just debloated Windows 11 Search without Bing, and it's crazy fast
Windows 11 build 26300.8697 hides a toggle to remove Bing from Search. We tested it hands-on: faster results, cleaner UI, local files first.
Is Big Tech Facing Its “Big Tobacco Moment”? - Tech giants including Meta, Google, and Apple are facing increasing popular resentment and l…
Tech giants including Meta, Google, and Apple are facing increasing popular resentment and losing more and more major court battles. Yet their profits and power look about as secure as ever.
Americans Have Turned Against AI in Incredible Numbers
Who thinks AI is a good thing? Not that many people, it turns out.
Cloudfare outage post mortem
Cloudflare suffered a service outage on November 18, 2025. The outage was triggered by a bug in generation logic for a Bot Management feature file causing many Cloudflare services to be affected.
Man with severe paralysis regains his 'voice' with brain-computer interface
UC Davis researchers have developed a faster brain-computer interface that can instantaneously translate brain activity into voice as a person tries to speak.
Meta Exec Admits Zuckerberg Has Crushed Workers’ Spirits
Morale is "probably one of the worst it's ever been."
Flock Leaked Cops’ License Plate Searches via DuckDuckGo, Bing
Flock, the automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company, exposed some of the license plate cops were looking for and the reason for doing so.
Data from ‘half a million hours of Ukraine conflict drone footage’ now available to train AI
Full-motion video data is increasingly relevant as drone technology reshapes modern warfare, the CEO of Enabled Intelligence said.
'We had to get out of the way': The backlash over delivery robots
As the delivery vehicles increasing take to US streets, bans and protest groups are springing up.
Anthropic is rolling out identity verification for certain capabilities beginning July 8, 2026
Being responsible with powerful technology starts with knowing who is using it. Identity verification helps us prevent abuse, enforce our usage policies, and comply with legal obligations.
Brands using AI-generated influencers to promote products on social media
Investigation finds AI content that purports to show genuine customers, prompting calls for greater transparency
Yann LeCun says xAI is "kind of a failure" – and the whole AI industry might be headed for a reset
LeCun, who previously served as Meta's chief AI scientist, didn't mince words. "xAI is kind of a failure, frankly, because the founding team has" departed, he said,...
ChatGPT told me it uses an instant-read thermometer and I had questions
I asked ChatGPT for help grilling a tomahawk steak. The advice was fine, but one sentence stopped me in my tracks. The AI casually claimed it uses the same thermometer I do. Naturally, I had questions.
Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang says electricians and plumbers will be needed by the hundreds of thousands in the new working world
The $5 trillion tech CEO warns the future won’t be powered by tech bros—but rather the blue-collar workers.
Meta wants a child safety bill rewritten to shield it from lawsuits over harm to kids
The proposal comes as lawmakers and courts increasingly scrutinize how social media platforms are designed and used by minors. Features such as infinite scrolling, activity notifications, and...
Singaporean brothers build modern, unbreakable encryption
Discover how Singaporean brothers are using unsolvable maths equations to create next-generation, quantum-resistant encryption. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Cliparr 1.2.0 - Offline Video Converter
Convert local video files to MP4, WebM, MOV, MKV, or GIF entirely in your browser. Convert MP4 to WebM, remux MKV to MP4, and export without uploads, ads, or watermarks.
Report: White House delaying release of voting machine security study
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a new report implying that voting machines could face software vulnerabilities ahead of the November midterm elections.
Amazon workers who testified against AI data centers say they were intimidated by the company, monitored at work — employees face possible …
Their lawyers say that everything they said was based on public information and did not mention their employer.
Hivekeep - self-host a team of AI agents in one container, with a real UI (MIT)
Hivekeep is a self-hosted platform of autonomous, persistent personal AI agents. Your AI team. At home. - MarlBurroW/hivekeep
Microsoft is killing Office 2021 in October to push you onto Microsoft 365, how to fight back
Microsoft is once again ringing the death knell of Office 2021, this time with an End of Support for Office 2021 reminder.
The average SpaceX buyer post-IPO is almost under water after two-day slide
Shares of SpaceX fell as much as 7% Thursday to $178, leaving the stock trading roughly in line with its volume-weighted average price of just under $180.
‘It’s a scam’: Americans express unease over SpaceX’s influence on retirement savings
Guardian readers in the US share concerns about how the SpaceX IPO and AI boom affect their retirement accounts
Bobby Prince, the legendary composer behind Doom and Wolfenstein 3D, has died at the age of 81 | Prince helped define the sound which chara…
Prince helped define the sound which characterized the early FPS, as well as classic PC games like Catacomb 3-D.
über progressive Vermögenssteuern. Besser als Erbschaftssteuern!
Was, wenn jeder Mensch weltweit 5.000 Euro pro Monat verdient und nur halb so viel arbeitet? Wie eine radikale Verteilung aussieht, die gleichzeitig das Klima schützt.
'Exactly how the dot-com bubble burst': A market research firm says keep an eye on this AI warning sign
Tom Essaye says that cheap AI stock valuations could signal that investors are growing fearful that the data center boom will come to a halt.
SpaceX stock sinks for a second day as company slips below Amazon in market cap
Investor bullishness showed signs of waning on Wednesday, as shares sank 5%.
The AirPods Effect - The Escape with Markham Heid
How earbuds influence our beliefs and push us apart.
Rockstar faces legal setback as UK tribunal allows its fired workers to bring every one of their union busting allegations to trial | The t…
The trial date for Rockstar's firings dispute is now set for September.
The Repair Nightmare That Are Smart Rings
In the quest to make every wearable device ‘smart’, a lot of electronics along have to be crammed in very small spaces, along with ways to make them resistant to environments that our b…
Vivaldi's Leader Has a Bold Pledge: No AI in Your Web Browser
While Chrome, Edge, and others race to add AI features, alternative browser Vivaldi has other plans. Its leader says users overwhelmingly feel the same about AI: “Hell no!”
Why Git Has a Variable Named false_but_the_compiler_does_not_know_it_
A small C trick that keeps Clang from flagging valid code as unreachable
Texas exposed data of 3 Million hunting and fishing license holders
Texas Cyber Command recently detected a cybersecurity incident involving the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) license system vendor that handles the sale of hunting and fishing licenses.
Ukraine is putting weapons stations on ground robots to make 'small tanks' that hunt Russia's infiltration teams
Ukraine's Frontline Robotics makes a remote weapons station that used to be stationary but can now be put on a robot to make a "small tank."
GPT-5.5 Instant OpenAI's ChatGPT Health Update
OpenAI's GPT-5.5 Instant brings physician-reviewed health answers to free ChatGPT users. Here's what changed, how it was tested, and what to watch for.
Epic is working on a 'ground-up rebuild' of its launcher that will be 5x faster - Engadget
Launcher V2 will go through a private beta before a public release.
Claude Guillemot, a founder of Ubisoft (Assassin’s Creed maker) killed in a plane crash in France.
Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor died when their Cessna-421 crashed near La Baule airport. Plus: Bolivia’s president declares a state of emergency as road blockades choke supplies
Some of Android's Most Interesting Games Aren't on the Play Store
When I read about gaming on Android phones (the “native” kind, not emulation!), the posts and comments usually revolves around big-budget ports, blockbuster mobile releases, and increasingly powerful hardware. Games lik…
Does anybody know what's going on with Calibre Web Automated? [Solved]
Calibre-Web but Automated and with tons of New Features! Fully automate and simplify your eBook set up! - crocodilestick/Calibre-Web-Automated
VPNs Promised Privacy. Here's How Several Got Caught Lying
NordVPN hid a breach for 18 months. PureVPN handed data to the FBI. ExpressVPN hired a Project Raven veteran. A clear-eyed look at the VPN industry's biggest trust failures
California ‘billionaire tax’ makes ballot despite opposition from tech moguls
Wealth tax criticized by billionaires and Gavin Newsom would levy a one-time 5% tax on residents worth over $1bn
Every Frame Perfect
How imprecise UI animations erode trust in product
Google Chrome's next update will mark the end of popular ad blockers
Google Chrome’s move to Manifest V3 for extensions is closing its final loophole and, with it, bringing the end of...
Hyundai takes full control of Boston Dynamics as SoftBank exits for $325 million
Hyundai Motor Group is acquiring SoftBank's remaining 9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics for $325 million, completing its full ownership of the robotics