Labour and Lib Dem MPs demand ‘shameful’ Palantir contract be scrapped
Spy-tech company and founder Peter Thiel should âhave their hands ripped off our NHSâ, say MPs
Why do AI models use so many em-dashes?
If you asked most people to name a defining feature of AI-generated writing, they’d probably say the em-dash — like this. Language models use em-dashes so much that real humans who like em-dashes have stopped using them…
US Adults Are Throwing Away Over $250 a Year on Unused Subscriptions, CNET Finds
We're spending more on subscriptions than before, but we're losing even more.
Should LLMs just treat text content as an image?
Several days ago, DeepSeek released a new OCR paper. OCR, or “optical character recognition”, is the process of converting an image of text - say, a scanned page of a book - into actual text content. Better OCR is obvio…
New Mexico's Meta Ruling and Encryption - Schneier on Security
Mike Masnick points out that the recent New Mexico court ruling against Meta has some bad implications for end-to-end encryption, and security in general: If the “design choices create liability” framework seems worryin…
Don't Starve Elsewhere - World Premiere Trailer
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Meta plans to lay off 10% of its workforce in May, according to report
Meta is planning to lay off 10% of its workforce in May, and more layoffs are planned later in the year, according to a report.
The Corporate Creep of Plex vs. The Jellyfin Dilemma
Why Plex corporate creep restricts system freedom, how Jellyfin restores control, and why Plexamp still saves money on Spotify and Amazon Music
I Just Beat Peter Thiel at Chess [IG Video]
516K likes, 4,168 comments - tuckgesner on June 11, 2026: "I found Peter Thiel’s chess account".
We are in the "gentleman scientist" era of AI research
Many scientific discoveries used to be made by amateurs. William Herschel, who discovered Uranus, was a composer and an organist. Antoine Lavoisier, who laid the foundation for modern chemistry, was a politician.
The Utopia of the Family Computer - mudmap
There was a time when the internet had a place in the home; a corner, a schedule, a shared practice. That idea didn't vanish overnight. It came apart gradually, and left something behind.
Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple's chief executive officer, and hardware engineering chief John Ternus is set to take over Sept…
Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple's chief executive officer, and hardware engineering chief John Ternus is set to take over, Apple announced today. Cook will continue on as Apple CEO through the summer, with …
Metro 2039 - Official Reveal Trailer
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Dumb Ways for an Open Source Project to Die
How your dependencies became Bernies
Q.ant hits full production capacity for photonic ai processors
German startup Q.ANT reaches full production capacity as demand surges for energy-efficient photonic AI processors.
Palantir's corporate manifesto
Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief. 1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to …
'Video Game Review: Hades II' - No Rerolls
Hades II opens into ritual. Where the first game hurled you into rebellion with Zagreus’s fire‑bright defiance, the sequel begins in the hush of a forest clearing, lit by witch‑flame and shadow. Me…
Crimson Desert sales top five million
Total sales for open-world action adventure game Crimson Desert have surpassed five million units, developer Pearl Abyss announced.
The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe
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Disney may be interested in acquiring Epic Games at some point, it’s claimed
Disney previously invested $1.5 billion in the Fortnite and Unreal Engine company…
Alabaster Dawn - Early Access Release Date Trailer
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Colota 1.x - Open Source Android GPS Tracker with selfhosted backend support
Colota is a self-hosted GPS tracking app for Android. Send your location to your own server, work offline, and keep your data private.
Biggest Competitor for Amazon Kindle - Kobo - has formed an official Cooperation with iFixit for repair kits & guides
“ Amazon’s biggest rival in the e-reader space has formed an official partnership with iFixit to provide repair kits and guides for its latest models. The Kobo Libra Colour and Clara are designed to be opened and repair…
What happens when the information runs out - Down the Road
When I asked AI to colorize old family photographs, it gave my brother eyebrows that aren't on the negative. That's when I started thinking less about color and more about information.
[AIT] paperless-ngx 3.0.0
paperless-ngx 3.0.0 Breaking Changes [BREAKING] Remove the positional arguments from the pre/post consume scripts @stumpylog (#12573) [BREAKING] Decouple OCR control from archive file control @stu...
Self-Host Weekly (29 May 2026)
We've officially reached the papal stage of the AI debate
U.S. Lawmakers Work on Unified Site-Blocking Bill to Counter Online Piracy * TorrentFreak
Last week's Supreme Court decision in Cox Communications reshaped the piracy liability landscape, creating new urgency for site-blocking.
The Triple-i Initiative 2026 Premiere
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Suzuki producing biogas auto fuel from cow dung in India
Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp. has been producing biogas for use as vehicle fuel from cow dung in India, a key market for its cars, aiming to promote decarbonization while boosting local dairy farmers' income.
Someone finally did it: a high-end TV with a DisplayPort connection actually is coming this year, including 4K 180Hz support
4K at 180Hz over DisplayPort, and with a super-rich RGB-backlit mini-LED screen
Nova Launcher could soon add a proactive AI assistant that sucks up all your data
Nova Launcher could soon introduce Nova AI, a built-in AI assistant complete with a chatbot, and a new Nova Plus subscription tier. Read on!
Two Twilight Princess PC Ports in the making
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TIL: After 1989 one of the first acts of the still existing GDR Volkskammer was to issue an apology to Israel and Jewish people for holocau…
Expressing "sorrow and shame" Thursday, East Germany for the first time shared blame for the Holocaust and begged forgiveness from Israel and "all the Jews of the world." The historic apology...
Fairgame$ Sets Sights On Extraction Shooter Market | PSX Extreme
Haven Studios' Fairgame$ is supposedly leaning into the extraction shooter market as Sony continues hoping for the best.
Using mesh radio networks to use mainstream apps without siloed servers legally stealing our information
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GitHub Actions is the weakest link
Anne Robinson would like a word with .github/workflows
DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng Breaks His Silence: In a rare four-hour talk, the reclusive founder reveals an almost Daoist philosophy of AI—AGI …
In a rare four-hour talk, the reclusive founder reveals an almost Daoist philosophy of AI—AGI as a tide no company can own, he argues China's only real gap with America is compute.
Only 7 PlayStation games have sold over 100,000 physical copies in the US this year, says analyst, as commenters demand discs without buyin…
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Super Meat Boy 3D | Launch Trailer
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Ken Levine's Judas Could Slip Nearly Three More Years, Putting BioShock Successor Eleven Years Deep in Development
Ken Levine's Judas may be three years away, which would push the BioShock successor to 11 years in development if the latest timeline holds.
TIL: gendered button/zipper placement on clothes (and a guess at why)
Centuries-old habits shaped today’s fashion standards.
A dark turn-based management game, [with some RPG elements], about prisoner quotas, heretic hunts, revolt, and supernatural horror is headi…
Steam Veil Games has released information on their upcoming turn-based roguelite Dark Rail. The game takes place in a grim industrial border town. Players
Xbox No Longer Developing Copilot For Consoles
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has announced that Microsoft will no longer develop Copilot for Xbox, and it's winding down mobile development as well.
The Top 10 Biggest Conspiracies in Open Source
I’m not connecting these dots. I’m just pointing out that the dots are there.
Life Is Strange (Original Game)
Play as both Max and Chloe as an all-new story builds towards an epic finale! In three days, a deadly inferno will destroy Caledon University.
Xbox's new VP of engineering quits just 2 months after taking the job
Jared Palmer, who was picked to work directly with CEO Asha Sharma on the division's "most complex" problems, has taken a role at AI company Cognition.
Federal Surveillance Tech Becomes Mandatory in New Cars by 2027
New car surveillance tech becomes mandatory by 2027, using infrared cameras to monitor driver sobriety and alertness with privacy and cost concerns.
Wie SSD-Zugriffszeiten zum digitalen Fingerabdruck werden
IT-Forscher haben mit „FROST“ einen Seitenkanalangriff demonstriert, bei dem Browser über SSD-Zugriffszeiten Informationen über das Nutzerverhalten ausspähen.
Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated | TechCrunch
Deezer says consumption of AI-generated music on the platform is still very low, between 1% and 3% of the total streams, and 85% of these streams are detected as fraudulent and are demonetized.
Game Balance Isn't Real
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