Amazon workers on food stamps have tripled despite its record revenue—and it’s just the latest evidence of the new economy of shrinking lab…
“These are families that are really barely able to make ends meet,” one policy expert said. “And yet they are working, and they are working a lot.”
Palworld Hits 40M Players Ahead of Friday's 1.0 Launch - FullCleared
Palworld passes 40 million players ahead of its July 10 exit from Early Access, with Pocketpair recapping two and a half years of updates.
KytyPS5 (PS5 Emulator) can now run GTA V at 60fps for few minutes before crashing
Can we really play GTA VI on PC before an official port?
Sony's Disc-Free 2028 Plan Hands it Total Price Control, Dutch Group Warns in Exclusive Wccftech Statement as €400M Lawsuit Escalates
Sony’s end of PlayStation discs could hand it total price control, the Dutch group behind the €400M Fair PlayStation lawsuit tells Wcctech.
A Modern Setup Guide for the PSP-2000 (Jailbreak, Plugins, and More)
Giving Sony's legendary handheld a second life with modern storage, custom firmware, and a fresh setup
Iran and Houthi rebels used Anthropic's Claude AI to target US warships and build hypersonic missiles — Houthi rebels also used the bot to …
'Great Satan's' AI comes in handy.
AI’s recursive self-improvement might not come so quickly after all
AI agents are not yet creative enough to carry out genuinely innovative open-ended AI research, it seems.
TIL Romania’s illicit handmade CoBra computer of the 1980s. The authorities could seize the students’ electronics, make them pay fines, an…
In their poor, Communist country, Romania's computer curious built an underground industry.
Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
I accidentally clicked a shady YouTube ad that mimics an iOS “Storage Full” alert, reported it (twice), and Google still said it was fine. Meanwhile, Gemini flags it in seconds for deceptive design...
OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back calls to put brakes on ‘reckless’ AI development
Rare show of unity from rival developers after safety warnings from Anthropic boss and AI researchers
TIL in 1982 William Shatner paid $10,000-15,000 to an ex-Green Beret named Bo Gritz leading a mercenary force on a raid into Laos
For decades, conspiracy theorists have clung to the fiction that thousands of soldiers are being held captive in Asia.
Prominent Online Creators Demand Lowe's and Home Depot Ditch Mass Surveillance
On Friday, 56 content creators with a combined audience of 46 million people wrote to Lowe’s and Home Depot executives, demanding the companies cancel contracts with Flock, the notorious surveillance vendor that shares …
Update: 136 workers have been laid off at id Software
The news comes with Xbox preparing to 'reset' its video game division by eliminating 3,200 roles.
Kernel Anti-Cheat Is an Overreach
Modern PC games make you install a ring-0 anti-cheat driver you can't audit.
TIL you can two-finger tap the touchpad to perform a right click
A touchpad or trackpad is a type of pointing device.[1] Its largest component is a tactile sensor: an electronic device with a flat surface that detects the position and motion of a user's fingers, and translates them i…
LLMs are real, "AI" is fake
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Google’s Emissions Climbed 48% Since 2019. AI Is Why.
Google's emissions rose 48% since 2019, driven by AI energy demands, putting its 2030 net-zero goal under serious pressure.
OpenAI’s feud with mathematicians is only escalating
Twenty-five leading mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work.
[Drawn Out] Rockstar & Sony Think You're Stupid
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I’m being cyberattacked by Tesla, Inc.
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Xbox is closing Ninja Theory, and Double Fine and Compulsion may not be far behind
Sources have told The Verge that Ninja Theory staffers were told on a call on Monday about the closure, leaving the team looking for a buyer so...
Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating?
A lot has been written about the incidents of the last few months in which AI agents misbehaved in serious ways. They took actions that would be considered as crimes if a human took them, escaped their containment to ch…
The Rise of AI Companions: 27% of U.S. adults turn to AI for personal, emotional, social queries
A new survey finds that 27% of U.S. adult internet users have social and emotional interactions with artificial intelligence systems, with a third of those users considering their AI bot as a friend.
Meta Releases Uber-Creepy AI Chatbot as Its Platforms Crumble Under Grotesque Child Abuse
Meta launched a new AI assistant, called Muse, that's already turning out to be deeply unsettling by invading users' privacy.
[AIP] Cliparr 2.0 Release - Self-Hosted Plex/Jellyfin Clipper
Cliparr 2.0 brings editor performance upgrades, a new canvas-based timeline engine, and subtitle editing support.
Electronic Arts has launched EA Advertising, a way for brands to integrate ads in games
EA has launched new platform designed to make it easier for advertisers to integrate ads into its catalogue of games.
D.C. Grand Jury Orders Reddit to Turn Over Data on Anonymous ICE Critic
Reddit itself has been subpoenaed by a secret Washington grand jury, with the government wanting to know the identity of a specific user.
Users Find Their Real Names Are Being Googled in Israel After Using Verification Software "Au10tix"
A wide range of anonymous X (Twitter) users have reported that their real names are suddenly being Googled in Israel shortly after they began criticizing the country for its actions in Palestine. Some connected the phen…
LG Denies Its TVs Are Spying on You (Unless You Opted In)
LG denies its TVs constantly record owners' conversations for advertising data.
Dramatic insider warnings over AI fall flat with some in Silicon Valley
A recent spate of stark warnings about the dangers of AI has been met with scepticism by executives and investors.
Bit Sets: An introduction to bit manipulation
Learn about bitwise operators and bit manipulation by implementing a BitSet class in JavaScript.
Albany investigator arrested for allegedly using Flock camera to track ex-girlfriend: Sheriff
A longtime member of the Albany Sheriff's office was arrested Wednesday after investigators said they uncovered she allegedly used Flock cameras.
Inside a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT
A year of chats reveals glaring red flags—and disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before a rampage at Florida State University.
PSA: If you use the Meta AI app, your friends will find out and it will be embarrassing | TechCrunch
Now that Meta released its Muse Spark model, more people are downloading the Meta AI app. And if you join the app, your friends will probably get an Instagram notification about it.
France announces a crucial step toward phasing out Windows
La direction du numérique en France va basculer de Windows à Linux et l'État engage un grand chantier de réduction de la « dépendance numérique
I spent $4,000 on a robot dog from China
Unitree might be the world’s most important robotics company.
Backflip: Apple now wants to train AI models with user data after all
Apple’s promise was simple: Personal data from iPhone users will never be used to train AI models. That is now over.
First AI Model From Zuckerberg's Wildly Expensive Superintelligence Lab Flops Compared to Virtually All Rivals
An executive told Bloomberg that Meta's latest Muse Spark AI model won't be able to keep up with ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini in some areas.
Adobe announces record Q3 Results. The company achieved record revenue of $6.76 billion dollars in its third quarter
Adobe reports Q3 Fiscal Year 2026 financial results.
ACE COMBAT HOUR ZERO-Teaser
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Suspect Arrested After Molotov Cocktail Thrown at Home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
A 20-year-old man was arrested for throwing a Molotov cocktail at the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
OpenAI backs an Illinois bill shielding AI labs from liability, even for “critical harms” like 100+ deaths or $1B+ in damage, if they publi…
The ChatGPT-maker testified in favor of an Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held liable—even in cases where their products cause “critical harm.”
Wiki documents at least 44 instances in which Sony says you own your games as digital games ownership lawsuit progresses
Four California buyers sued Sony in 2026, alleging the PlayStation Store's "Buy Now" button does not sell digital games, only licenses them.
The Year Ahead for Battlefield 6 | 2026 Roadmap
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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced: Official Game Overview Trailer
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Fully programmable microrobots operate at cellular scale using nanowatt power
New cell-scale robots can sense their environment, compute decisions, and move independently without magnetic or ultrasonic control systems.
Miami wants to turn parts of the city into a real-life GTA Vice City, but sheriff opposes the plan
A public records request last week revealed that Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava put forward the idea of a "GTA VI × MDC" marketing collaboration to Rockstar...
Swarm Simulator
An incremental game. Starting with just a few larvae and a small pile of meat, grow a massive swarm of giant bugs.
Xbox Is Planning To Shutter Peabody-Award-Winning South Of Midnight Studio Compulsion Games [UPDATE: "in negotiations"]
Update: Studio leadership is currently in negotiations with Microsoft
Steam Hardware: Launch timing and other FAQs - Steam News
Answering some of your most-asked questions about Steam HW