TIL Dayglo fluorescent paint was discovered by two teenagers experimenting with chemicals in their basement.
In the 1930s, the Switzer brothers stumbled onto a way to mimic fluorescence. That led to Day-Glo, which has been making the world a brighter place ever since
Mewgenics becomes the most-played roguelite ever on Steam
The feline fighting game surpassed Hades 2's record
The Highguard Website Is Down As Players Brace For The Worst
The free-to-play raid shooter found itself at the center of endless online discourse the moment it was announced less than 70 days ago
Open-source game engine Godot is drowning in 'AI slop' code contributions: 'I don't know how long we can keep it up'
Projects like Godot are being swamped by contributors who may not even understand the code they're submitting.
Sony plans to minimize effect of rising PlayStation 5 memory costs by boosting software and network service revenue, according to CFO
Sony's recent financial results briefing reveals how the PlayStation company is going to handle the rising memory prices.
Heaper, new tools to organize docs, photos [YouTube]
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Open-source, client-side code playground created by a heart surgeon
A Code Playground That Just Works! Contribute to live-codes/livecodes development by creating an account on GitHub.
Amazon is determined to use AI for everything â even when it slows down work
Corporate employees said AmazonâÂÂs race to roll out AI is leading to surveillance, slop and âÂÂmore work for everyoneâÂÂ.
Trump Administration Moves to Allow Intelligence Agencies Easier Access to Law Enforcement Files
âNone of this has been thought through very carefully,â one official said of the plans, which upend long-standing restrictions meant to protect Americansâ privacy.
âThis shouldnât be normalâ: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the worldâs biggest PC gaming storefront
Multiple game creators describe ineffective moderation on the platform, resulting in unchecked hatred in forums and targeted campaigns of negative âÂÂanti-wokeâ reviews
Saudi Arabia Buys More Capcom As Resident Evil 9 Sales Explode
The country continues snatching up gaming assets
Self-Host Weekly (20 February 2026)
Peek-aboo, the (un)usefulness of AGENTS.md, and Windows Phone (finally) gets some love
Dr. Mario is a strange game
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Who Actually Made Star Trek Fly?
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SPRAWL zero - Reveal Trailer
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Twitch is requiring new affiliates to give their government ID and a separate photo to Persona
Twitch is requiring new Affiliates, before their first payment, to give government photo ID and a separate photo to Persona, the same Persona that has connections to government mass surveillance programs. When I asked TâŚ
Good news, UK Discord users, we're part of a Peter Thiel-linked data collection "experiment"
Discord have belatedly confirmed that they're working with Persona, an identity detection firm backed by a fund directed by Palantir chairman Peter Thiel.
âBlack Mirrorâ episode comes to life in alleged $66 million crypto theft attempt
Authorities believe the would-be alleged thieves were being extorted by mysterious figures named âRedâ and â8â who communicated with them over signal.
Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition â Nintendo Switch 2 Edition â Announcement Trailer
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Andor Turned This Imperial Into One of The SCARIEST Star Wars Villains!
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Uploading Pirated Books via BitTorrent Qualifies as Fair Use, Meta Argues
In an ongoing lawsuit, Meta now argues that uploading pirated books to strangers via BitTorrent qualifies as fair use.
ListenBrainz about to hit 100k users
Track, explore, visualise and share the music you listen to. Follow your favourites and discover great new music.
Federal Cyber Experts Thought Microsoftâs Cloud Was âa Pile of Shit.â They Approved It Anyway.
A federal program created to protect the government against cyber threats authorized a sprawling Microsoft cloud product, despite the companyâs inability to fully explain how it protects sensitive data.
Artists face steep income decline due to AI, UNESCO finds
Creators worldwide are facing mounting financial pressures as rapid advances in digital technologies and artificial intelligence continue to transform the cultural and creative industries, according to a new global repoâŚ
Predator spyware uses stealthy trick to disable iOS recording alerts(without triggering the green or orange status bar dots)
An analysis documenting how a commercial spyware sample, Predator, operates post-compromise.
BlueLeaks 2.0(91.53 GB): Millions of Submissions and Tips About Alleged Crimes and Terrorist Acts Leaked by a Hacktivist Group(INTERNET YIFâŚ
BlueLeaks 2.0 contains millions of submissions and tips about alleged crimes and terrorist acts made over several decades. The data comes from the apps and infrastructure of P3 (a subsidiary of NavigaâŚ
How the UK is shaping a future of Precrime and dissent management - Freedom News
Algorithms, facial recognition, and tightening protest laws signal a deepening surveillance state ~ Blade Runner ~ The UK is expanding its use of pâŚ
Video game romances need to evolve beyond lore dumps
Reading an encyclopedia entry about someone else's life and preferences doesn't equal love
Americans Recognize AI as a Wealth Inequality Machine, Pollster Finds
AI is a bigger issue election issue for voters than guns, climate change, or abortion.
Sam Altman Thanks Programmers for Their Effort, Says Their Time Is Over
Sam Altman argued it was "already feels difficult to remember how much effort it really took" for coders to write software.
WorldCoin's newest pitch: Scan your eyeballs to prove AI agents really represent you
Sam Altman has cooked up a plan to make his cryptocurrency/identity/eyeball-scanning-orb venture more useful by â you guessed it â adding agentic AI to the mix. Now the technology behind it will be used to identify the âŚ
I made a website to revive dead multiplayer games (GameDate)
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Valve Acknowledges Steam Deck Shortages Due To Global Memory and Storage Issues
Valve previously announced that it would also postpone announcements related to its upcoming Steam Hardware lineup due to the same issue.
An Enterprising Ioniq 6 Driver Got DOOM Running on Center Console
Bahaha, imagine the used listing for this Hyundai Ioniq 6. âYes, it runs (DOOM) and drives.â Basically, there are two universal laws in this world: A Hyundai Ioniq 6 driver on Reddit says they finally hacked and rooted âŚ
Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as theiâŚ
Japanese gamers on X discuss why classic titles like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quests are less popular among the country's young people.
Bogdan's Blog â LinkedIn Interview Scams
Fake jobs, real malware. Here's how scammers are baiting devs on LinkedIn.
The Ends of AI
Since 2022, we have been thrust into relationships with chatbots via companies like ChatGPT (OpenAI), Gemini (Google), Claude (Anthropic), Copilot (Microsoft) and Grok (xAI). And while chatbots are already a very populaâŚ
EmmabuntĂźs DE 6: A Linux to help those in need
: A distro aimed at helping people, reducing e-waste â and helping a charity, too
The creator of systemd wants to bring SecureBoot-enforced hardware attestation to Linux
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Man Opposing Data Center Arrested for Speaking Slightly Too Long
An Oklahoma man tried to talk about a data center coming to his community. Police arrested him when he went a few seconds over his time limit.
Microsoft has etched palm-sized slabs of ordinary glass into data âbooksâ capable of storing 4.8 terabytes â the equivalent of roughly 2M bâŚ
An optical archival storage technology based on femtosecond laser direct writing in glass addresses the practical demands of archival storage.
Hold on to Your Hardware - ăăŞăŚăš
A warning about rising prices, vanishing consumer choice, and a future where owning a computer may matter more than ever as hardware, power, and control drift toward data centers and away from people.
MMO Ashes of Creation spirals into a legal dumpster fire, as investor claims creative director Steven Sharif siphoned millions away from thâŚ
"They are BOTH insane pathological narcissists," claims the investor.
Dev creates astrology-powered CPU scheduler for Linux, makes decisions based on planetary positions and zodiac signs â sched_ext framework âŚ
âWhy let mere mortals decide CPU priorities when the cosmos can guide us?â asks the developer.
AWS suffered âat least two outagesâ caused by AI tools, and now Iâm convinced weâre living inside a âSilicon Valleyâ episode
Amazon just speed-ran a season of 'Silicon Valley'
Jack Dorsey's New Company Falling Apart as It Forces Employees to Use AI
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is running into some serious issues while overhauling his financial services company, Block.
Amazon service was taken down by AI coding bot
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Google confirms YouTube Music issue with Premium users hearing surprise ads
YouTube Premium users on Reddit say their Google Home speakers played ads and random music, and Google has confirmed the issue.
Dolphin Emulator - Rise of the Triforce
During the rapid technological advancements of the early 1990s, the video game industry was on the cusp of a massive addition - another dimension. With console shenanigans like the Super FX chip giving players a taste oâŚ
Urgent research needed to tackle AI threats, says Google AI boss
But the head of the US delegation at the AI Impact Summit in Delhi says: "We totally reject global governance of AI."