Researchers Put Google Gemini in Charge of an Entire Coffee Shop, and It's Inexorably Driving It Out of Business
A Google Gemini-powered AI agent was given free rein to run a coffee shop in Sweden, and is quickly burning through its budget.
AI godfather warns humanity risks extinction by hyperintelligent machines with their own âpreservation goalsâ within 10 years
AI researcher Yoshua Bengio claims AI could persuade or manipulate humans to achieve its own goals.
Why They Donât Want You Driving a Chinese Car
Politicians say they have ânational security concerns.â In fact, Chinese cars are better and cheaper, and American corporations know they canât survive market competition.
Darwin's Paradox! on Steam - I love games you can finish in a few hours!
Step into a cinematic adventure as Darwin, a brilliant octopus trapped in a mysterious industrial world. Use his unique abilities - swimming, wall-climbing, shooting ink, camouflage, and more - to overcome traps and escâŚ
Microsoft is still faking Google's homepage on Bing 1.5 years after backlash, even as it pays $1 million for users
Microsoft is still spoofing Googleâs homepage in Bing on Edge, despite backlash, while users grow increasingly frustrated with Google Search.
Report: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit
Google and SpaceX are in talks to build data centers in orbit, pitching space as the future home for AI compute, even as costs today remain far higher than on the ground.
Sintopia, a tycoon x god game hybrid, where you manage the bureaucratic administration of Hell to build a resurrection business of your dreâŚ
Manage Hell. Manipulate the Overworld. Build the resurrection business of your dreams! In Sintopia, youâre tasked with managing the bureaucratic administration of Hell: âre-educateâ the sinful, generate profit, play godâŚ
Google announces its first-ever discovery of a zero-day exploit made with AI
The Google Threat Intelligence Group said its proactive measures stopped a âmass exploitation event.â
France Keeps Breaking the Internet to Stop Piracy, Even Though Itâs Not Working
Back in 2011 and 2012, one of the central technical objections that helped kill SOPA and PIPA was about DNS blocking. Engineers, internet architects, and cybersecurity experts all lined up to explaâŚ
X is shutting down Communities because of low usage and lots of spam | TechCrunch
X Communities are no more. Only a fraction of X users were using Communities, and much of that use was spam, the company said.
Musk, Cook and other prominent US executives invited to join Trump on trip to China
Prominent U.S. executives from Big Tech and Wall Street to agriculture and aerospace joined President Donald Trump on his trip to China.
Slopaganda: Coordinated network of inauthentic YouTube channels are pushing secession to Canadians at Alberta and even U.S. annexation.
A new incident response report from the Canadian Digital Media Research Network (CDMRN) identifies a coordinated network of 20 inauthentic YouTube channels targeting Albertan audiences with nearly 40 million views, explâŚ
Meta blocks dozens of Queer and pro-abortion accounts on Instagram for second time in six months
Instagram has suspended more than 100 LGBTQIA+ accounts worldwide in recent weeks, including an estimated 5 to 10 Dutch accounts â among them prominent queer organizations and nightclubs in Amsterdam â for the second tiâŚ
Anthropic Mythos shaping up as nothingburger
Anthropic's Mythos model is purportedly so good at finding vulnerabilities that the Claude-maker is afraid to make it available to the general public for fear that criminals will take advantage. But early analysis showsâŚ
Play games, save forests | Simon Clark
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Don't Hijack My Mouse Pointer
With vibe-coding, more and more websites I am visiting are changing my mouse pointer
EU to crack down on TikTok, Instagram âaddictive designâ hooking kids
"We are investigating platforms that allow children to go down "rabbit holes" of harmful content," EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday.
The future of Obsidian plugins - Obsidian
Introducing the new Obsidian Community site and developer dashboard.
Meshcore.io - Why The Split? - MeshCore Blog
Migrating to the new meshcore.io site
TIL mosquitos can bleed animals to death if there are enough of them.
The bites leave animals anemic and bleeding under their skins, and they also become exhausted from constantly moving in an attempt to avoid the insects.
A new liquid battery stores solar heat for weeks
Scientists have engineered a water-soluble pyrimidone molecule that captures solar heat and releases it days or weeks laterâenough to boil water on demand.
Twin brothers wipe 96 gov't databases minutes after being fired
A case study in why credentials are revoked before firings.
Tesla Has 39 Unsupervised Robotaxis Nearly a Year After Launch. At This Rate, Theyâll Catch Up to Waymo in 85 Years.
TLDR: Since Teslaâs June 2025 robotaxi launch, Tesla has built a 39-vehicle unsupervised fleet, while Waymo has a newly disclosed 3,791-vehicle U.S. fleet. So Tesla appears to be on pace to catch up with Waymoâs autonomâŚ
Android Sideloading: New Rules, Advanced Flow & What Users Need to Know (2026) - World Today Journal
Google is implementing significant changes to the way users sideload applications on Android devices, a practice that allows installation of apps from sources
Peter Thiel is building a parallel justice system â Powered by AI
His investment in Objection.ai points to a new model: private investigations, AI verdicts, and accountability mechanisms that operate outside democratic institutions.
Google Chrome's silent 4GB AI download problem [updated]
Google Chrome writes a 4GB AI model to usersâ devices without asking, and reinstalls it if you delete it.
AI chatbots could be making you stupider
As large language models take over more and more cognitive tasks, researchers are warning this mental outsourcing comes with a cost.
Oregon data centers now have to pay full costs of expanding the power grid to meet their needs
Newly approved rules aim to ensure that smaller ratepayers don't wind up footing the bill for power grid upgrades that are primary needed to serve big new users.
Pirates are already playing Microsoftâs 'Forza Horizon 6' days before its official launch | Crackers take advantage of unencrypted files thâŚ
Crackers take advantage of unencrypted files that briefly appeared on Steam.
Researcher claims Claude Desktop installs âspywareâ on macOS
A security researcher claims Claude Desktop installed spyware on his Mac. We examine the findings.
Some Unknown Group Is Reportedly Using Claude Mythos Without Permission
What's been pitched as the most dangerous AI model in the world allegedly has a giant security hole.
[Beta] Dorsal - an open source, iOS-native, album-focused music client for Jellyfin (Siri, CarPlay, Offline/Downloads, Gapless Playback, EQ)
An album-focused iOS/iPadOS music player for Jellyfin. Your digital record shelf and player. - jaredreich/dorsal
AI coders are carrying half-open laptops
Techies are walking with their laptops open to keep their agents running. They told Business Insider their stories, from offices to school halls.
Proton CEO warns global age verification push will mean "the death of anonymity online"
Protecting children online is crucial, but forcing every user to hand over their ID is a privacy nightmare waiting to happen, according to the head of the Swiss privacy firm
The deepest strategy e-sport you've never heard of.
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SpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the sky
As space junk accumulates, astronomer Sam Lawler explains why we should be concerned about the rapid proliferation of private satellites in low orbit
EBay rejects GameStop's audacious $56 billion takeover bid
Many analysts questioned the deal, citing concerns about how GameStop would finance the transaction and the strategic rationale.
99% Invisible - Enshittification
Jared Wilson is a seventh-generation farmer. He runs a family farm in Missouri, and like most farmers today, heâs facing a lot of challenges, including inconsistent weather and a shaky global economy. But one problem thâŚ
Nintendo sued by players who say they should get any tariff refunds received by the US government
A messy situation gets messier
It's Official - TurtleWoW is Over
After 8 years of operation, the largest Classic+ private server, TurtleWoW, will be shutting down on May 15th, in compliance with Blizzard's cease & desist order.
They Built a Legendary Privacy Tool. Now Theyâre Sworn Enemies
Remove Paywall, free online paywall remover. Get access to articles without having to pay or login. Works on Bloomberg and hundreds more.
Pragmata was so top secret, the man behind Hugh was too scared to talk about the moon
âMy entire career has been around the moon,â David Menkin tells Polygon, and his latest moon project is Capcom's Pragmata.
Playnix: Boutique Linux PC released with better gaming performance than Valve Steam Machine
Valve has still not confirmed pricing or availability for the Steam Machine. In the meantime, the developer of EmuDeck is selling an alternative called Playnix, which should outperform the Steam Machine thanks to an AMDâŚ
Professor Layton and the New World of Steam will release on PS5 and PC
Level-5 has released a new trailer for the forthcoming Professor Layton game.
People Who Donât Like People Are Making All Our Decisions | Robotaxis are the beginning
Robotaxis are the beginning.
"Unethical use of Azure" reportedly leads to firing of Microsoft Israel execs â Microsoft has been investigating potential abuse of its proâŚ
Microsoft fires several senior Israeli staffers an internal investigation reportedly uncovered "unethical" use of its products.
The Silicon Afterlife: Inside the Fight to Preserve Retro Gaming
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No Rest for the Wicked Marks Its 2nd Anniversary With 1.7 Million Copies Sold
Wicked fans, It's been TWO YEARS since No Rest for the Wicked entered Early Access. Since then, this game has grown and evolved in ways we could only pull off because of you. 1.7 million copies sold, and counting. YouâvâŚ
Chinaâs Smart Glasses Are Already Leaving Ray-Bans in the Dust
Meta's Ray-Bans are falling further behind as competing smart glasses bring the heat.
ChatGPT's New Safety Feature Could Alert 'Trusted Contact' to Risk of Self-Harm | A designated contact may be notified if a chat discussionâŚ
A designated contact may be notified if a chat discussion indicates a possible safety concern.