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.
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.
The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe
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Demon Bluff Demo - very fun puzzle game
The cards lie! In this single-player social deduction game, demons have infiltrated your village and disguised themselves as allies. Every card you turn over is either a friend or a foe. Can you see through their bluff?
Investigators wrangled video from Nancy Guthrie’s Google Nest camera out of ‘backend systems’
It’s not yet clear how the FBI collected the video. Experts said in some cases it’s possible to collect data from the complex infrastructure that has enabled cloud-based cameras.
ArrMatey, an app to manage your Arr stack from your phone
Contribute to owenlejeune/ArrMatey development by creating an account on GitHub.
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…
Bethesda Union Workers To Protest Mass Layoffs Next Week
'The company wants us to accept this as a done deal and quietly disappear. We won't let that happen'
"My 'Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand' statement isn't aging well" - id Software co-founder John Carmack speaks out a…
Following the news developer id Software has been significantly impacted by Asha Sharma's sweeping Xbox job cuts, John Carmack has shared his thoughts.
Dwarf Fortress' creator says the industry's in shambles over AI and layoff-happy CEOs: 'Everyone I know, their bosses are slowly getting ps…
"They're trying to have a CEO press a button that makes a game."
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.
TIL There is a pink Kryptonite that makes Superman gay or effeminate
Kryptonite is a fictional material that appears primarily in Superman stories published by DC Comics. In its best-known form, it is a green, crystalline material originating from Superman's home world of Krypton that em…
TIL that nearly half of US adults struggled to afford healthcare last year
Forty-six percent of U.S. adults — regardless of insurance type — reported struggling to afford healthcare last year, according to a report released Wednesday by the Urban Institute, a nonprofit research think tank. The…
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!
Europe’s $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard Has Begun
A 130-million-user payment system backed by 16 major banks just launched to challenge Visa/mastercard
Iran Demands Bitcoin For Ships Passing Hormuz During Ceasefire
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Times: Iran will demand that shipping companies pay tolls in cryptocurrency for laden oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz (source paywalled; alternativ…
FBI Extracts Suspect’s Deleted Signal Messages Saved in iPhone Notification Database
The case was the first time authorities charged people for alleged “Antifa” activities after President Trump designated the umbrella term a terrorist organization.
Fairgame$ 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.
We Found a Ticking Time Bomb in macOS TCP Networking - It Detonates After Exactly 49 Days - Photon Blog
Photon powers conversational AI agents on iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, and more. Open-source Spectrum framework + SDK for seamless agent interactions.
Strava just killed its free API, will require a subscription if you want to build on top of it
At Strava, we care deeply about developers, and the health of the developer ecosystem. There are now 241,000 Strava API developers, up from 185,000 last year. At its best, the Strava API allows users to utilize their fa…
"Any update is a bonus not a right": Peak co-developer Landfall reminds impatient fans it's not a live-service studio
Peak has "had sooo many updates tho!"
Capcom says shifting from auteur-driven development to team-led development is what transformed the company and allowed flagship IPs to sur…
Capcom president and COO Haruhiro Tsujimoto talks about one of the company's biggest organizational changes.
Amazon: Older Kindles can no longer download e-books
They were cut off from the store some time ago, and now they can no longer download e-books either: Amazon is rolling back support for older Kindles.
.hack//ZERO Reveal Trailer
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
TIL that British india(British Raj) have a significant role in British-Qing opium trade as Indian farmers produced opium poppy in large n…
The colonial government's trade in opium devastated Indian farmers, new research shows.
Mega Man: Dual Override interview: devs comment on graphics, music, difficulty, collections, future, more
At Gamescom 2026 recently, we were given the opportunity to speak with members of the Mega Man: Dual Override development team for an interview. Producers Shinngo Izumi and Hiroyuki Minamitani as well as director Shinya…
Most Transsexual Porn Is Watched By Straight Men
Every Friday on the blog, I answer people’s questions about sex, love, and relationships. This week’s question comes from a reader of the blog who was curious about why so many heterosexual men are pleasuring themselves…
US demands access to tourists' social media histories
The Trump administration wants to force foreign visitors to give border agents access to their social media accounts before they are allowed into the country. The proposal applies to all visa-free travelers.
Talents leave AI companies: "They are putting profits over sanity and safety"
The people loudly departing the biggest AI companies aren't necessarily looking for fatter paychecks or more stock options; they’re worried that AI businesses are putting profits over sanity and safety.
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.
TIL Antarctica has its own accent.
Antarctic English is a variety of the English language spoken by people living on the continent of Antarctica and within the subantarctic islands.[1]: vii Spoken primarily by scientists and workers in the Antarctic tour…
Thousands of CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity
In the 1980s, economist Robert Solow made an observation that reminded economists of today’s AI boom: “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.”
Meta Ran Hundreds of Paid Ads with Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
TTP has found more than 300 ads with child sexual abuse material that ran on Facebook and Instagram. Some include images of real children.
GitHub Reports DMCA Takedown Record and Surging Anti-Circumvention Claims * TorrentFreak
GitHub has published its 2025 transparency report, revealing record levels of DMCA takedown activity across two separate metrics.
Godot engine’s key figures answer a developer’s questions about everything from console porting and user support, to AI and the engine’s fu…
A Godot developer interviews W4 Games for AUTOMATON, discussing topics like console porting, user support, AI, and the engine’s future.
Japan’s biggest “ghost developer” known for working for Atlus and Square Enix sees significant growth in console sector following shift awa…
Tose recently announced its financial results for the second quarter of th current fiscal year, reporting significant growth in sales.
Kaveri Engine's Full Afterburner Triumph Advances India's Jet Propulsion Independence
India has marked a significant milestone in its pursuit of aerospace self-reliance with the successful full afterburner test of the Kaveri e...
I hacked ChatGPT and Google's AI – and it only took 20 minutes
I found a way to make AI tell you lies – and I'm not the only one.
Researchers Dropped 1,000 AIs in Minecraft and Watched a Civilization Form
Researchers at MIT decided to run a wild experiment by dropping 1,000 AI agents into Minecraft and giving them a simple goal: build a community. What followed feels like science fiction edging into reality. The AI didn’…
Pentagon seeks commercially built GEO spy satellites
Pentagon seeks commercially built GEO spy satellites Pentagon seeks commercially built GEO spy satellites
UK watchdog hits Imgur owner with fine as promised
Owner of image sharing website Imgur has been hit with a nearly quarter million Pound fine.
China’s ‘land aircraft carrier’ charges flying drone with microwave beam
While the technology is still at an early stage, it may one day allow drones to fly indefinitely.
‘Seeking connection’: the video game (Arc Raiders) where players stopped shooting and started talking...
In a post-apocalyptic landscape of cutthroat scavengers, surprisingly peaceful players are opting to team up and open up â a phenomenon thatâs intriguing game developers and psychologists alike
Programmer: Microsoft Ran My Work Through AI, Inserted Embarrassing Typos
A diagram created by Vincent Driessen 15 years ago wound up on a Microsoft Learn website with some curious errors apparently generated by AI.
'How Resident Evil 2 For The N64 Kept Its FMV Cutscenes' - Hackaday
Originally released for the Sony PlayStation in 1998, Resident Evil 2 came on two CDs and used 1.2 GB in total. Of this, full-motion video (FMV) cutscenes took up most of the space, as was rather c…
Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed In March - More Than Double The macOS Gaming Marketshare
If Valve's latest Steam Survey monthly figures are accurate, Steam on Linux enjoyed a very wild month of March
The End of Ownership. Sony’s announcement has fans worried they might never truly own their beloved games.
Fans worry that they might never truly own their beloved games.