‘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
YouTube Announces Plans to Crack Down on AI Slop
YouTube said it will start automatically detecting "photorealistic" AI videos and slapping them with a more noticeable label.
Microsoft Threatens Researcher Over Bug Reports, Triggers Cybersecurity Uproar
Microsoft says it will coordinate 'as needed with law enforcement' after a disgruntled researcher exposed Windows bugs without proper coordination.
PSA: netbird Android client defaults to force relay connection
This seems like a bad default. The point of a p2p overlay network like this is to optimize the connection speed/latency/path while still offering security. Forcing relay use by default defeats half...
TIL chicken sold in supermarkets are often "plumped" with a salt water solution to increase sell weight, making up as much as 30% of the to…
Plumping, also referred to as “enhancing” or “injecting,” is the process by which some poultry companies inject raw chicken meat with saltwater, chicken stock, seaweed extract, water and additives,[1] or some combinatio…
Rhythm Heaven Groove launches July 2
Rhythm Heaven Groove will launch for Switch on July 2, Nintendo announced.
SpaceX Stock Slips Below IPO Price as Short Sellers Profit $15.5B
SpaceX stock falls below its $135 IPO price to $115.26, giving short sellers $15.5 billion in paper profits as traders double down on bearish market bets.
PSA WordPress Core had Critical Vulnerability. Patch released on Friday. Immediately update
Critical issue discovered in WordPress Core affecting the majority of WordPress-built sites. The zero-day is a pre-authentication Remote Code Execution (RCE) that can be used by attackers to run malicious code to steal …
RAM Shortage Expected to Continue Into Next Year or Later
No relief in sight from the RAMpocalypse.
Double Dragon And River City Creator Yoshihisa Kishimoto Has Passed Away
The mind behind two legendary beat 'em up franchises was 64.
Black & White at 25: how Lionhead's hairbrained, stoner-powered game design became the harbinger of modern AI
Peter Molyneux, Google DeepMind's Richard Evans, and more on the making and legacy of Black & White as it turns 25.
FreeSewing: open source software to generate sewing patterns
FreeSewing is open source software to generate bespoke sewing patterns, loved by home sewers and fashion entrepreneurs alike.
Dad stuck in support nightmare after teen lied about age on Discord- Ars Technica
Data dump confirms dad's suspicions that Discord knew teen's age prior to hack.
South Korea: Mobile providers promise uniform minimum data rate of 400 kbit/s.
South Korea's largest mobile providers will no longer throttle mobile internet to unusable speeds after data allowances are exhausted.
Three years after its release, Star Trek: Resurgence is about to be delisted for good
The publisher's "license to distribute" has come to an end, so it's goodbye to the Telltale Games inspired outing.
The Insectothopter: The CIA's dragonfly spy drone from the 1970s
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In Asia, the global oil crisis is turning into an everything crisis
One month into the war in Iran, a growing shortage of crude oil is threatening to morph into something worse: a shortage of nearly everything.
Leaked document shows the surveillance tech at ICE’s fingertips – from phone location data, to social media monitoring, to online undercove…
From phone location data, to social media monitoring, to online undercover tools, a document obtained by 404 Media lays out the surveillance tech available across ICE agency wide.
Tesla falls 10%, Alphabet sinks 5% as AI spending concerns spook investors
Both Tesla and Alphabet signaled higher spending as they invest in artificial intelligence.
An Explosion of Surveillance Towers is Coming to U.S. Borders, Costing Over $1 Billion
A new report from the Government Accounting Office reveals that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to nearly triple the number of surveillance towers along U.S. borders, from the current 830 to 2,300 by 203…
Female Robocop rip-off in action [masked woman]
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The Odyssey: Nox Reviews
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China is going after fake expert influencers, and the FTC’s new five-year plan seems to lay the same groundwork
China issued new regulations banning people without proper credentials from offering any tips related to health, finance, or education online. The FTC just released a similar playbook.
Hollywood’s Top Execs Got a 51% Pay Hike in 2025 as Layoffs Erased 17,000 Jobs
As the pay gap between media executives and their employees remains massive, one Los Angeles nonprofit is pushing for an "Overpaid CEO" tax
The REAL Reason They Won't Let Us Invade Earth
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Group Pushing Age Verification Requirements for AI Turns Out to Be Sneakily Backed by OpenAI
It gave the leader of a nonprofit involved with it "a very grimy feeling."
The Corporate Creep of Plex vs. The Jellyfin Dilemma
Why Plex corporate creep restricts system freedom, how Jellyfin restores control, and why Plexamp still saves money on Spotify and Amazon Music
I Just Beat Peter Thiel at Chess [IG Video]
516K likes, 4,168 comments - tuckgesner on June 11, 2026: "I found Peter Thiel’s chess account".
The Dangers of California’s Legislation to Censor 3D Printing
California’s bill, AB 2047, will not only mandate censorware on all 3D printers; it will also criminalize the use of open-source alternatives. Repeating the mistakes of DRM won’t make anyone safer, but it will hurt inno…
The Netherlands just blocked a US company from buying the app Dutch citizens use for everything
Dat is volgens Aerdts (Economische Zaken) "ter bescherming van het publieke belang".
Never doubt the commitment of horse-girl fans: Umamusume cosplayers are having actual races at tracks around the world
Real-life races have taken place in Malaysia, Thailand, Peru, and the US.
How deleting 80% of a bad movie magically makes it a masterpiece
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The VFX Shift That Saved Star Trek: The Next Generation | TREK WORLD
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Self-Host Weekly (3 April 2026)
Nextcloud v. OnlyOffice, April Fools' Day jokes, and throwbacks to 1995
Why Did Bajor Call the Federation?
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The Downfall and Enshittification of Microsoft in 2026 | Caio Bianchi
For years, Microsoft survived on inertia. Windows was the default. Office was the default. GitHub, after the acquisition, became the default forge for softwa...
A SF startup is secretly testing robots in Airbnbs, and trashing them, lawsuit claims
The guests behind the bookings have received negative reviews from a number of Bay Area hosts, alleging they damaged the property and personal belongings.
TIL that every year, drivers in New York City spend, on average, 107 hours — or more than four days — looking for parking spaces.
There are about three million parking spaces in New York City, but drivers are always struggling to find one that’s open. Can the system be fixed?
Starfield has sold 140K copies on PS5
The high-profile port has had a middling start, raising questions about the long-term viability of delayed multiplatform releases and the true cost of exclusivity and subscriptions.
Ashes 2063 - An extremely polished post apocalyptic Doom conversion complete with drivable motorcycle, trading towns, a John Carpenter-esqu…
Ashes is a Post-apocalypse themed total conversion for the GZDoom engine. It combines old school build style level design and Doom style action with a twist of Stalker and Fallout.
Stationbreak - Announcement Trailer
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Fallout lead Tim Cain argues games industry crisis hasn't reached the level of the 1983 crash: 'I don't think there's ever been a worse tim…
He doesn't want to diminish the current crisis, though.
If development were an RPG game, which RPG class would you be?
Every development project is a heroic adventure: deciphering enchanted scrolls of technical specs, wading through the shadowy labyrinth of legacy code, and slay...
GitHub - Dr-Blank/Vaani: Beautiful, Fast and Functional client for your Audiobookshelf server.
Beautiful, Fast and Functional client for your Audiobookshelf server. - Dr-Blank/Vaani
What happens when the information runs out - Down the Road
When I asked AI to colorize old family photographs, it gave my brother eyebrows that aren't on the negative. That's when I started thinking less about color and more about information.
[AIT] paperless-ngx 3.0.0
paperless-ngx 3.0.0 Breaking Changes [BREAKING] Remove the positional arguments from the pre/post consume scripts @stumpylog (#12573) [BREAKING] Decouple OCR control from archive file control @stu...
Exclusive: Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes, even if it risks chilling whistleblowers
Objection, a Thiel-backed startup, aims to use AI to judge journalism, letting users pay to challenge stories. Critics warn it could chill whistleblowers and reshape how media accountability works.
VIRTUA FIGHTER CROSSROADS | Official Reveal Trailer
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Mystery company accidentally blew $500 million on Claude in a single month — failed to put usage limit on licenses for employees
A new report claims AI is getting too expensive for big companies
That's How We Roll with Captain Jellico.
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