Whose freedom is it anyway?
Artificial Intelligence and the old promise of the emancipatory machine, from the washing machine, the personal computer, the internet, and social media.
Reddit stock drops 9% as Google AI content deal nears expiration
Reddit's $60 million-a-year deal with Google is ending soon, and the company is reassessing whether renewing it makes sense
Google burning through cash with spiralling AI costs
As major tech companies race to capitalize on a new wave of AI technology, investors wonder when financial benefits will appear.
How UTF-8/UTF-16/UTF-32 work (really good explanation)
Jumping into unicode and binary
The US Department of Justice is asking a Mississippi court to dismiss a lawsuit filed against xAI
The Trump administration is helping one of Elon Musk’s companies fight a civil rights lawsuit that alleges it is illegally running dozens of natural gas turbines to power a $20 billion data center in Mississippi.
Feds freaked over Fable 5 after simple 'fix this code' prompt, not jailbreak, says researcher
According to the one person who actually read the research paper
YouTube now lets you hide Shorts
You now have the power to remove short-form videos from your YouTube feed if you don’t want to see them.
‘I want to cancel’: YouTube Premium quietly hikes its US prices for the first time in three years, forcing many users to consider the unthi…
Google has aggravated YouTube Premium subscribers once again with an unexpected price hike.
TIL: the Welsh battle of Orewin Bridge may be almost entirely fictional
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Five Tech Giants Are Using Enron’s Accounting Strategy to Conceal $1.65 Trillion in AI Debt
Big Tech hides $1.65 trillion in AI debt off its balance sheets - more than its total reported debt - using legal structures regulators still allow.
A visual guide showing how to install GoToSocial via YunoHost
A step-by-step visual tutorial for newbies about installing and setting up the federated microblogging service GoToSocial
Mark Zuckerberg Orders His Employees to Start Having Fun Again After Brutal Layoffs Culled Their Colleagues
Morale at Meta has seemingly hit rock bottom. Mark Zuckerberg is seriously struggling to lift their spirits following massive layoffs.
PCB prices are up 40% because of a material most people have never heard of
The disruption at Jubail did not begin with the missile strikes on April 6 and 7. Plants had already been shut down in late March as it...
Majority of Android users aren't sold on Gemini Intelligence, survey reveals
A new survey reveals Google's push for Gemini Intelligence on Android isn't landing with the people the way it hoped for.
The great decoupling: How we became the Eloi
An unsettling new economic allegory argues modern workers have become the “Eloi” of a technofeudal system designed to extract wealth, time and security from the many.
Tech Otakus Save The World – Robotics;Notes Elite – Review
Kaito and Akiho, two students of the Robot Club, want to build a giant robot, and their version of Japan loves robotics! Sadly, they are the only members left in the club, which is in danger of bei…
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France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins
France is transitioning government desktops to Linux, with each ministry required to formalize its implementation plan by autumn 2026.
Steam Hardware: Launch timing and other FAQs - Steam News
Answering some of your most-asked questions about Steam HW
Roku OS’s home screen now features a large, permanent ad
“I don't want recommendations! I know what I want to watch."
Nvidia CEO : AI means we need new social norms. I used to play in the streets. When cars came along, you obviously can’t play in the stree…
everybody should buy what Iâm selling, itâs common sense
Student Reading Ability Spikes After Removing Tech From Class
"Remove all the distractions and we can get our kids back."
The People Who Put Emulators on Your Steam Deck Now Want to Sell You a Linux Console
The Playnix Console is a €1,179 Linux-powered gaming machine with an RX 9060 XT inside.
XChat, the standalone app for messaging on X, is available on iOS now
X has launched XChat, a standalone app for accessing the social platform's messaging feature.
Moss, One of VR's Best Series, Is Being Un-VR'd and Brought to PC and Consoles
Polyarc, a studio founded by ex-Bungie developers that's made a name for itself with two stellar VR games in its Moss series, is bringing both games to PC and consoles – no VR headset needed – in the form of Moss: The F…
Destiny developers reflect on the end of an era: 'We all worked so hard to maintain the quality bar under unrealistic constraints'
"I logged in to the Tower and found a horde of guardians kneeling by Zavala, others saluting. It was like that from server to server."
French spy service drops Palantir
Europe is seeking to wean off U.S. tech for sensitive services.
Bruce Schneier: We have opened the AI Pandora’s box. Now we have to make the best of it
We have opened the AI Pandoraâs box. Now we have to make the best of it
TIL the "dab" dance movement is banned in Saudi Arabia for supposed associations with narcotics and people got arrested for it
Entertainer Abdallah Al Shaharani later apologised for the ‘spontaneous movement’ which is banned in the country for supposed associations with narcotics
Mozilla accuses Microsoft of sabotaging Firefox with Windows and Copilot tactics
Mozilla is accusing Microsoft of using Windows design choices and Copilot integrations to steer users toward Edge and make Firefox harder to use, raising fresh concerns about browser competition and platform control.
OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack
It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement.
Tech Workers Coalition Members Mixer - Jul 26th
If everybody at work is afraid of talking about layoffs, unions, surveillance cameras, strikes, enshittification, AI weapons, or the manager having another epi…
The 4th Circuit Says Border Agents Can Search Your Phone By Hand, No Suspicion Required
The court ruled that a lower standard applies to manual searches, allowing the government to conduct extraordinarily invasive electronic device searches without any suspicion of wrongdoing, simply because the border off…
Hackers can use 9 of the most popular AI tools to assemble massive botnets
HalluSquatting" weaponizes LLMs' inability to say "I don't know."
Bitwarden CLI distributed through NPM has been compromised. Bitwarden Statement on Checkmarx Supply Chain Incident.
The Bitwarden security team identified and contained a malicious package that was briefly distributed through the npm delivery path for @bitwarden/cli@2026.4.0 between 5:57 PM and 7:30 PM (ET) on April 22, 2026, in conn…
Nextcloud stops bug bounty program due to increase of low-effort AI-generated reports
Nextcloud has joined a growing list of projects, including Curl, that have ended their bug‑bounty partnerships with HackerOne due to an unmanageable surge of low‑effort, AI‑generated security reports. I received the fol…
Being Followed By A Drone While Driving? Here's Why It May Be Tracking Your Car.
Flock Safety has signed agreements with several cities to deploy an automated drone system that can (and will) follow cars on the road.
PSN Single-Letter Username Glitch: What Actually Broke
A PSN glitch let users claim single-letter usernames blocked since 2006. Here's the validation failure behind it and what Sony will likely do next
Figure Humanoid Robots Get Jobs With JCPenney, Aéropostale, Brooks Brothers
Figure got a job at dad’s company. Not literally, of course, because humanoid robots don’t have dads. Or moms. But figuratively (sorry).
The Foundation Is Strong: What TDF Is, Why It Matters, and Where It Is Going - TDF Community Blog
The Document Foundation was created in 2010 with a single, non-negotiable premise: that a free, fully-featured office suite, built on open standards and governed in the public interest, is infrastructure for democracy. …
How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental toll
Environmental footprint of Europe's data centres kept secret after industry lobbying in a move legal experts warn could violate transparency rules.
Tech oligarchs helping DHS set up authoritarian surveillance state, report says
A new report lays out the ties between wealthy tech industry figures and the Trump administration’s rapidly advancing access to surveillance technology
Automated Moderation Is Here to Stay
This blog post is part 1 of a 2-part series. The second part will set out recommendations for companies and policymakers.Six years ago—one month into a global pandemic—we argued that the automated moderation processes m…
The rise of "dopamine sites": fake food delivery and shopping apps that satisfy cravings without spending a cent
Young people, particularly in South Korea, have begun visiting so-called "dopamine sites" for the same reason people doomscroll on phones. The trend might be the latest expression...
Fox to acquire Roku in $22 billion deal, its largest ever
Under the terms announced Monday morning, Fox Corporation will pay $160 per share, split as $96 in cash and the remainder in Fox Class A common stock....
Chocolate - The World's First Wii U GamePad Adapter for PC
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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced: Official Summer Game Fest Trailer
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Last.fm is now independent
Today, Last.fm begins a new chapter as an independent company. Ownership has changed, but the product you use every day has not. Your account, your listening history, and your data remain exactly where they are. The tea…
Phonopolis Review: Cardboard and constructivism collide in Amanita Design’s masterful marriage of story, puzzles, and hand-crafted aestheti…
Cardboard and constructivism collide in Amanita Design’s masterful marriage of story, puzzles, and hand-crafted aesthetic in Phonopolis.
Iran Demands Bitcoin For Ships Passing Hormuz During Ceasefire
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Times: Iran will demand that shipping companies pay tolls in cryptocurrency for laden oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz (source paywalled; alternativ…