Audit Finds Google, Microsoft, and Meta Still Tracking Users After Opt-Out - Slashdot
alternative_right shares a report from 404 Media: An independent privacy audit of Microsoft, Meta, and Google web traffic in California found that the companies may be violating state regulations and racking up billions…
The AI Revolution Could Usher In a New Age of Stagnation
Governments and tech moguls have bet hundreds of billions on artificial intelligence. If the technology does what it promises, we will have to radically rethink how the global economy functions.
Any app on recent Android versions can leak certain traffic
A recently discovered bug in Android 16 allows any app to leak traffic outside the VPN tunnel.
Fixing Dynamic Resolution Switching in Docker-steam-headless
How I made Sunshine and Moonlight automatically adapt a headless Docker X11 display to different client resolutions.
The Many Adventures Of Homer DuBois
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Fury Erupts After Google Chrome Sneakily Installs 4 GB AI Model On Users' PCs
Google's web browser has been "silently" installing an AI model on users' devices without asking for consent.
Sovereign Tower Turns Life Inside A Magical Kingdom Tower Into A Deep Management RPG
I recently had the chance to try Sovereign Tower, a very intriguing management RPG that puts players in control of a tower that could be described as not only
NES composer Masanori Miyamoto uploaded original synth compositions before they're converted
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TIL there's a marathon run at 1210 meters below sea level.
The World's Deepest Marathon is a record breaking challenge to run a full marathon, 1,120 meters below sea level.
Dorothy Fontana Knew Star Trek Had Stopped Taking Risks
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Superhero Editorial Room 4
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Slay The Spire 2 Getting Review-Bombed Again After Latest Update
Steam reviewers, predominantly in China, have once again decided to review bomb Slay the Spire 2 following today's update
Prego Pivots From Budget-Tier Pasta Sauce to Small Microphones That Listen to Your Family's Intimate Conversations
Prego, the pasta sauce brand, announced a new lid-shaped device designed to record and preserve family dinner conversations.
The Walls Don’t Have Ears, But Fiber Optic Does
You normally think of fiber optic as something used in network cables. However, scientists employ dedicated fibers to detect earthquakes. In simple terms, they fire a laser down the fiber and watch…
Jonathan Majors Fell Through A Window On Daily Wire Action Flick, Leading Crew To Walk Off Set, Producers Say They “Don’t Negotiate With Co…
Details about the safety concerns that led to the strike on the set of Jonathan Majors' Daily Wire action film have emerged.
This Scammer Used an AI-Generated MAGA Girl to Grift ‘Super Dumb’ Men
A med student says heâs made thousands of dollars selling photos and videos of a young conservative woman he created using generative tools. Heâs not alone.
Round-the-clock renewables: New report says clean energy now challenges fossil fuels on price
The cost of battery storage has dropped more than 90 per cent since 2010, bringing the cost of renewable energy down with it.
‘A consistent pattern of lying’: Musk v OpenAI trial exposes what insiders think of Sam Altman
The trial has exposed even more details about OpenAIâs fractious corporate past than previously documented
PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 can now auto-configure games for you
Emulating the Sony PlayStation 3 just got even better, with the open source RPCS3 now configuring games for you.
IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps)-linked media outlines plan to tax and control undersea internet cables in the Hormuz Strait — Iran…
If data is the new oil, we will be down two oils.
Australia's 'Payphone Tag' Game Is An Excellent Use Of Public Infrastructure
Payphone Tag is a new game (sport?) being played in Australia that uses the country's kinda-defunct public phone network and turns it into a geospatial game where you can claim whole regions of territory as your own, pr…
JetBlue told a grieving customer to clear his cookies after a $230 price hike—then deleted the evidence
The FTC has been studying surveillance pricing since 2024 and recently its chairman told a Senate committee it may be time to review its disclosure rules for companies.
TIL that an Argentina Court issued an international arrest warrant against an Iranian for blowing up a synagogue. Iran told Argentina they …
Le nouveau ministre de l'Intérieur de la République islamique Ahmad Vahidi est, selon la justice argentine, un des cerveaux de l’attentat terroriste contre la mutuelle juive Amia, le plus grave de l’histoire…
The Last Time Everyone Watched the Same Thing
No one knew it at the time, but 2014 — more precisely, Ellen DeGeneres' star-studded selfie moment — marked the peak of a monoculture that no longer exists. The numbers show a long decay ever since.
Framework Laptop 13 Pro and highlights from the Framework [Next Gen]
Highlights from the launch of our newest products at the Framework [Next Gen] Event.
MOUSE: P.I. For Hire releases on Steam
Join private investigator Jack Pepper on a guns blazing, jazz-fueled adventure in MOUSE: P.I. For Hire. MOUSE combines the charm of hand-drawn rubber hose animation inspired by the classic cartoons of the 1930’s with th…
The Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) will be held in Nuremberg, Germany 🇩🇪, from April 22nd to 25th of 2026.
GIMP will be at Libre Graphics Meeting with 3 talks and as a gold sponsor
Nick Bostrom Has a Plan for Humanity’s ‘Big Retirement
The philosopher thinks humans should pursue advanced AI and the promise of a âsolved world.â
Stop Killing Games: EU Parliament Hearing on the ‘Stop Destroying Videogames’ ECI
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Our World of Text
Infinitely large website. Write anywhere.
2K lays off staff working on free-to-play shooter Project Ethos, while hinting at "new direction and focus"
Studio head has "never been more confident in the future of our game" but needed to "scale back our team to better align with where we are in development"
Zulip 12.0: Organized chat for distributed teams
We’re excited to announce the release of Zulip Server 12.0, containing hundreds of new features and bug fixes: end-to-end encryption for mobile push notifications, a major upgrade for Docker, configurable image previews…
Self-hosted, booru-style gallery for a personal image collection written in Go
Self-hosted, booru-style gallery for a personal image collection - leqwin/monbooru
X makes it 1,900 percent more expensive to post links
For Techmeme, the price hike has forced a major change.
AI data center project secretly sucked 29 million gallons of water over 15 months before detected by residents complaining about low water …
County's soft touch is attributed to the data center being 'our largest customer, and we have to be partners.'
While refrigerators and air conditioners still rely on gases that can leak, a Cambridge startup raises $10 million to create refrigeration …
A Cambridge startup is betting on plastic crystals to transform refrigeration by replacing gases with solid materials that change temperature under pressure, in a technology still under development and initially aimed a…
Software bloat (2026)
What is software bloat? Throughout my life, and the decades before, I have heard over and over again about the advances in computer hardware. I have studied how computers execute instructions, designed simple ones in RT…
The Sinking City 2 — Official Gameplay Reveal
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The Missiles Are Flying - The Dead Zone
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These LLM articles... Such a disrespect towards the actual artists and developers... Such a hecking sorrowful time to live...
Laravel is a powerful PHP framework, and its Eloquent ORM makes database interactions a breeze....
RedLetterMedia - Star Trek: Voyager Season One - re:View
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"The WKRP call letters are for sale. Will they live on the air in Cincinnati?" Yes, they did.
A small, low-power FM station in Raleigh, N.C., is auctioning off its iconic WKRP call letters to TV, AM and FM stations.
PlayStation is planning to add age verification to its consoles
PlayStation age verification is mandatory in June
When Escalator Breaks, It Turns Stairs
We need resilient systems that fall back to sanity when broken / discriminating. And not whatever.
'System Shock Remake Review' - MandaloreGaming
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Rogue One: The Andor Cut | Final Trailer | Releasing May 25
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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
'Nature' Retracts Paper on the Benefits of ChatGPT in Education
The retracted study on ChatGPT in education was already cited hundreds of times.
Microsoft Edge will load all your passwords into memory in plaintext, but Microsoft says it's not a security concern
A security researcher has discovered that Microsoft Edge will load all your stored passwords into memory in plaintext at startup, making it easy for malware to scrape those passwords.