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 o…
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."
The reviews of 'Mercy' good lord. This looks like reactionary nonsense
Rest assured, the Chris Pratt-starring Mercy is just as bad as it looks. But more than that, it comes across as corporate propaganda of the worst kind.
Why Are We Still Doing This? - Ed Zitron
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Search robot thinks for itself— A robot that can locate lost items on command
A robot that can locate lost items on command – this is the latest development at the Technical University of Munich (TUM).
Memory Makers Expect Shortages to End in Late 2028, Could Pause Expansion Plans
Memory manufacturers are forecasting that memory shortages will persist until the end of 2028, when the supply chain balance is expected to be restored and memory will once again reach its commodity status. However, acc…
Iran war shows how AI speeds up military ‘kill chains’
The speed and scale of war are being enhanced by AI systems – but they also bring new risks for civilians and military combatants.
Facebook is absolutely cooked
Through the mirror into the lightly-clothed AI gooniverse
Tesla's New Sales Data Is Absolutely Brutal
Tesla's vehicle sales across 13 European markets are absolutely atrocious compared to the same point just two years ago.
Section 31: How to Ruin a Great Idea
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You no longer need JavaScript (for lots of stuff)
An overview of what makes modern CSS so awesome.
systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success
Eleven init systems enter, one init system leaves.
Let's Play The Trolley Solution - Isekai'd by Trolley-kun
I regret literally everything about that title.
Judge scolds Mark Zuckerberg's team for wearing Meta glasses to social media trial
A Los Angeles judge ordered Meta officials to remove their AI glasses at a trial over the impact of social media on users.
X's Algorithm Pushes Users to Lean More Conservative, Researchers Find
The algorithm also doesn't like posts by traditional news media, the researchers found.
Microsoft 365's buggy Copilot 'Chat' has been summarizing confidential emails for a month — yet another AI privacy nightmare
Microsoft has identified a bug in 365 Copilot Chat that allows the service to access and summarize confidential emails without user consent.
Nvidia and OpenAI abandon unfinished $100-billion deal in favour of $30-billion investment
Nvidia is close to finalising a US$30 billion investment into OpenAI that will replace the long-term US$100 billion commitment. Read more.
Rayman 30th anniversary has save data bug and Ubisoft support says post launch support has ended
Update: Apparently a Ubisoft employee has now said on Reddit that post-launch support has not ended. Though it’s not clear when this issue will be resolved. Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition was…
English Wikipedia bans archive.today
In January 2026, archive.today added code into its website in order to perform a distributed denial-of-service attack against a blog.[1] This code uses the computers of visitors of the site to repeatedly send requests t…
The Big Star Wars: Galactic Racer Interview — Why It's Not Open World, How Its Story Mode Works, and When It's Set
After last week's Star Wars: Galactic Racer gameplay trailer reveal, IGN sat down with the game's makers for an in-depth chat revealing its new systems and story mode, and a proper discussion on why this marks the trium…
"Departures are necessary," Crystal Dynamics say as they yet again lay off Tomb Raider staff, but they're "fully committed" to the reboot a…
Tomb Raider studio Crystal Dynamics have laid off 20 more staff, their fourth round of job cuts in just 12 months.
You Are All On The Hobbyists Maintainers’ Turf Now
For quite some time, I have felt some unease at the public discourse around OpenSource. In the past few years, we have seen a growing discourse around the sustainability and security of the large body of OpenSource soft…
Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuums
Sammy Azdoufal just wanted to steer his DJI Romo with a gaming controller.
Supreme Court strikes down most of Trump's tariffs in a major blow to the president
The decision does not affect all of Trump's tariffs but invalidates those implemented using an emergency law.
China: DeepSeek Paints Grim Picture of Its Home Country
12 February 2026 | Fredrik Karrento Evidentiary note: The excerpts below are verbatim model outputs from multiple sessions. Section headings summarize the content of the excerpts without claiming the content necessarily…
Viral Child Soldiers on TikTok: The ‘Disney Stars’ of Sudan’s Civil War
To stay up to date on our latest investigations, join Bellingcat’s WhatsApp channel here. Child soldiers linked to Sudan’s warring factions have gained viral fame on TikTok, with their videos attracting millions of view…
The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about
Did you think you could escape?
ArrMatey, an app to manage your Arr stack from your phone
Contribute to owenlejeune/ArrMatey development by creating an account on GitHub.
Discord's Disturbing Ties to Global Surveillance | ID Verification, Palantir, & Thiel
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TIL that I18n is Internationalization, and why
In computing, internationalization and localization (American) or internationalisation and localisation (Commonwealth), often abbreviated i18n and l10n respectively, are means of adapting to different languages, regiona…
Solving Factorio with Terraform
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Nintendo Announces Indie World Showcase for Tomorrow
Nintendo has announced a new Indie World Showcase, set to take place tomorrow, March 3.
'A Big F*ck You to Big Tech': New Jersey Residents Defeat AI Data Center
"It's time to build communities, not data centers," said one local activist.
Bloober Team's big reveal is Layers of Fear 3
Bloober Team's countdown to Valentine's Day has ended, and despite all those rose references, it's not a Rule of Rose r…
Timberborn - 1.0 release date and lore trailer
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Google says its AI systems helped deter Play Store malware in 2025 | TechCrunch
Google said it prevented 1.75 million bad apps from going live on Google Play during 2025, a figure that's down from previous years.
"His Talent Was Unparalleled" - Castlevania And Bloodstained Veteran Shutaro Iida Has Lost His Battle With Cancer
"He had been supporting me for over 20 years"
TIL that in Connecticut, USA, a man was held captive by his stepmother for 20 years, beginning since he was a child.
A Connecticut woman accused of imprisoning her stepson for nearly two decades and subjecting him to starvation and relentless abuse has plead not guilty to charges including assault, kidnapping and cruelty.
Home Office use of AI in asylum cases is unlawful
The Home Officeâs failure to inform asylum applicants that AI tools are being used in their assessments is likely to be unlawful, according to a legal opinion, published today.
Palform - form building that's encrypted, open-source, and hosted on EU servers. thoughts??
Build end-to-end encrypted forms with advanced enterprise-grade features in just a few simple clicks; no coding required.
Apple Eyeing A Partnership With Chinese Memory Makers YMTC And CXMT As The Big Three Adopt Hardball Tactics
The gambit might simply be Apple's way of countering the hardball negotiation tactics employed by SK hynix, Samsung, and KIOXIA.
GUN NOSE - Official Kickstarter Trailer
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the watchers: how openai, the US government, and persona built an identity surveillance machine that files reports on you to the feds
53MB of source code leaked from a government endpoint. 269 verification checks. biometric face databases. SAR filings to FinCEN. and the same company that verifies your ChatGPT account.
EDRi launches new resource to document abuses and support a full ban on spyware in Europe
EDRi is launching a document pool to centralise resources that tracks abuse and support the growing push for a full EU-wide ban of spyware.
Ireland is updating it's laws to get more surveillance powers(including using spyware and intercepting communication encrypted or not encry…
From: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
You probably can't trust your password manager if it's compromised
: Researchers demo weaknesses affecting some of the most popular options
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.
Oh no, Intel is moving customer support to AI
Intel is migrating its support.intel.com site to lean more heavily on AI, which has already appeared in support chats. But is it the right move?
Stellan Skarsgård Reacts To Trump’s Greenland Demands: “What’s Happening Is Absurd” – European Film Awards
Stellan Skarsgård Reacts To Trump’s Greenland Demands: “What’s Happening Is Absurd” - European Film Awards