Bell Labs 'Unix' Tape from 1974 Successfully Dumped to a Tarball
Archive.org now has a page with "the raw analog waveform and the reconstructed digital tape image (analog.tap), read at the Computer History Museum's Shustek Research Archives on 19 December 2025 by Al Kossow using a moā¦
I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone
Microsoft has deprecated windows 10, yet million of users still use it. They say the hardware is not supported, yet they keep pestering us with endless pings.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses Game of the Year from the Indie Game Awards
The debate over generative AI in games continues.
Backing up Spotify
We backed up Spotify (metadata and music files). Itās distributed in bulk torrents (~300TB). Itās the worldās first āpreservation archiveā for music which is fully open (meaning it can easily be mirrored by anyone with ā¦
China's banned memory-maker CXMT unveils surprising new chipmaking capabilities despite crushing US export restrictions ā DDR5-8000 and LPDā¦
But can it make them in decent volumes?
RAM and SSD prices are still climbingāhereās our best advice for PC builders
I would avoid building a PC right now, but if you canāt, hereās our best advice.
TP-Link Tapo C200: Hardcoded Keys, Buffer Overflows and Privacy in the Era of AI Assisted Reverse Engineering
Hi friends and welcome to the last post for this year! Whenever someone asks me how to get started with reverse engineering, I always give the same advice: buy the cheapest IP camera you can find. These devices are selfā¦
AI boom has caused same CO2 emissions in 2025 as New York City, report claims
Study author says tech companies are reaping benefits of artificial intelligence age but society is left to pay cost
Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages | TechCrunch
Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.
Happy Public Domain Day everyone
January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US law; the copyright tā¦
TikTok Deal Done And Itās Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse
There were rumblings about this for a while, but it looks like the Trump TikTok deal is done, and itās somehow the worst of all possible outcomes, amazingly making all of the biggest criticisā¦
LG TVsā unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVsā AI problems
LG says itāll let people delete the Copilot icon. But TV chatbots arenāt going away.
Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results āat an astonishing scaleā
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Beware of OpenAI's 'Grantwashing' on AI Harms
J. Nathan Matias and Avriel Epps say OpenAI's announced research funding is the perfect corporate action to make sure we don't find answers for years.
Fediverse is getting E2EE
If you trust this link, click it to continue.
Did Microsoft do anything right in 2025? Wins, fails, and WTF moments
We continue our annual tradition of looking back at Microsoft's wins, fails, and WTF moments: its victories, failures, and things that left you shaking your head. There's no other way to say it: Microsoft had a bad 2025.
Inequality alone doesnāt cause civil unrest ā but internet access adds the crucial spark
Some regimes may be tempted to shut down the internet to maintain stability. But new research shows why reducing the wealth gap has become crucial for maintaining security.
Inputs Of Interest: SafeTypeā¢ Vertical Keyboard With Mirrors Puts Pain In The Rear-View
Yep, this keyboard is another ebay special. I canāt stay away! This is a SafeTypeā¢ V801 from probably the early 2000s, although there is no date on it anywhere. Iām basing my guess on tā¦
Apple announces more ads are coming to App Store search results
Apple is expanding the number of ads that appear in App Store search results. In an update on its Apple...
We're putting lots of transition metals into the stratosphere. That's not good.
We successfully plugged the hole in the ozone layer that was discovered in the 1980s by banning ozone-depleting substances such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). But, it seems we might be unintentionally creating another pā¦
AIās Unpaid Debt: How LLM Scrapers Destroy the Social Contract of Open Source
TL;DR: The big tech AI company LLMs have gobbled up all of our data, but the damage they have done to open source and free culture communities are particularly insidious. By taking advantage of those who share freely, tā¦
Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog
It's the latest blow to encryption in the UK
ICE Contracts Company Making Bounty Hunter AI Agents
AI Solutions 87 says on its website its AI agents ādeliver rapid acceleration in finding persons of interest and mapping their entire network.ā
OpenAIās Chief Communications Officer Is Leaving the Company
Hannah Wong told staff she is moving on to her Ć¢ĀĀnext chapter.Ć¢ĀĀ The company will be running an executive search to find a replacement, according to a memo.
Tor Project received $2.5M from the US government to bolster privacy
The US government contributed over $2.5 million to the Tor Project last year, continuing its financial relationship with the nonprofit.
Apple opens up its App Store to competition in Japan
Epic Games CEO says Fortnite won't return to Japan, though, because the new rules still require high fees.
Are Apple Gift Cards Safe to Redeem?
Link to: https://tidbits.com/2025/12/17/compromised-apple-gift-card-leads-to-apple-account-lockout/
House Science Committee Questions DOE Science Chief About Agency Reorganization
Under Secretary for Science DarĆo Gil said the new fusion and computing offices will focus on fostering industries for emerging technologies.
China Has Reportedly Built Its First EUV Machine Prototype, Marking a Semiconductor Breakthrough the U.S. Has Feared All Along
China's semiconductor industry might have taken a technological leaps, as a report claims that the nation has built the first EUV prototype.
US tech firm Palantir extends deal with French intelligence agency
Palantir will continue to provide France's domestic intelligence agency with its 'proprietary software platform, as well as the integration, support and assistance services that are necessary for... deployment and operaā¦
Meet the New Right-Wing Tech Intelligentsia
Libs and the far-right ālink and buildā in the Bayās tech publication scene.
Rats Can Play Doom Now
We built a complete VR setup from scratch to let rats play DOOM. The system includes a motion-tracked treadmill ball, a panoramic headset, an input trigger, and a reward circuit. All hardware and software components areā¦
How French spies, police and military personnel are betrayed by advertising data | Le Monde
Using easily accessible advertising data, Le Monde was able to pinpoint the identities, home addresses and daily routines of several dozen people working for sensitive official entities.
Cloudflare report reveals global internet internet traffic grew 19% in 2025 - but a lot of it was just bots
āVolatile crawling activityā plagues platforms, but website owners are fighting back
Linux Kernel Rust Code Sees Its First CVE Vulnerability
The first CVE vulnerability has been assigned to a piece of the Linux kernel's Rust code.
Senators count the shady ways data centers pass energy costs on to Americans
Senators demand Big Tech pay upfront for data center spikes in electricity bills.
Verizon refused to unlock manās iPhone, so he sued the carrier and won
Verizon changed policy after he bought the phone, wouldnāt unlock it despite FCC rule.
The AI Backlash Is Here: Why Backlash Against Gemini, Sora, ChatGPT Is Spreading in 2025 - Newsweek
Welcome to the slop era.
Google wonāt stop replacing our news headlines with terrible AI | It now says AI headlines are a āfeature,ā not an experiment.
āThis feature performs well for user satisfaction,ā claims Google.
Grok floods X with sexualized images of women and children
CCDH found that Grok floods X with sexualized images after launching a one-click editing feature in an 11-day period.
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Polish state authorities respond to inquiries about presence on X following scandal involving Grok generating on-demand pornography
On X, Grok until recently allowed users to easily generate nude photos, including child pornography. In light of this, we asked the ministries and the offices of the Sejm, Senate and President of Poland about their planā¦
New research finds that ChatGPT systematically favours wealthier, Western regions in response to questions ranging from 'Where are people mā¦
New research from the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford, and the University of Kentucky, finds that ChatGPT systematically favours wealthier, Western regions in response to
I made my home lab immutable with Terraform | XDA
The journey towards being Infrastructure-as-Code is fun
[Important Update] Postiz v2.12.0 - open source social media scheduling tool
šØ The ultimate social media scheduling tool, with a bunch of AI š¤ - gitroomhq/postiz-app
The Roadmap That Changes RuneScape Forever - Runescape Blog
Welcome to our biggest RuneScape Ahead ever, and the start of a bold new era for RuneScape. Read on to learn more about the full 2026 roadmap and more.
blog.smartere Ā» Floppy Disks: the best TV remote for kids
Modern TVs are very poorly suited for kids. They require using complicated remotes or mobile phones, and navigating apps that continually try to lure you into watching something else than you intended to. The usual scenā¦
TIL three silos built at Malley's Chocolate factory were meant to store cocoa, milk, and sugar.
Visible from the 480 freeway, three bright pink silos marked āCocoa,ā āMilk,ā and āSugarā sit on the grounds of Malleyās Chocolates in Brook Park. The location is home to the companyās chocolate factory and a shop linedā¦
Awesome Games Done Quick 2026 has surpassed US$1,000,000 raised
Watch the stream with your best speedrun dinosaurs.