Windows Update is a torture chamber for seldom-used PCs
Opinion: Microsoft punishes you for updating infrequently
EU slaps €890 million fine on Google
Firm told to treat third-party services that appear in its results in âfair and non-discriminatory mannerâ
Someone accidentally leaked Star Wars: Galactic Racer's release date on Steam
It looks like Star Wars: Galactic Racer will release on 6th October, 2026.
Time has not been kind to VHS: As tech turns 50, preservationists race to save material stored on vanishing format. Methods include … bakin…
50 years after its launch, the technology is all but obsolete.
"Honestly difficult to imagine a path forward with it" - licensed Paranormal Activity horror game "technically done for good", says Mortuar…
A byproduct of the Warner Bros. sale meant the Mortuary Assistant creator asked Paramount for an extension on the Paranormal Activity game. Paramount said no.
Self-Host Weekly (12 June 2026)
An ode to what was, and what could have been
Forza Horizon 6's Japan map is the series' best yet
But the new instalment otherwise plays it comically safe.
Pope Leo Calling for AI "Disarmament", Warns of its Risks(Including Fueling Warfare) in 42,300-Word Encyclical; Opaque Algorithms Controlle…
Pope Leo XIV presents "Magnifica Humanitas" as the Church’s response to the challenges posed by artificial intelligence, calling for AI to be ...
Warhorse Announces a Lord of the Rings RPG and a New Kingdom Come Adventure
Shortly after its parent company, Embracer Group, made an important announcement, Warhorse Studios revealed no fewer than two separate projects. The initialâ¦
Please just stop
First it was a meme. Then it's what men started saying when words failed them.
Microsoft finally open sources DOS 1.0 - and it's so much more than the code
Want a blast from the past? Microsoft just open-sourced its very first operating system, offering a rare insight into the PC's earliest days.
How ICE is watching you: A rundown of some of the tech the government is deploying to identify and spy on us
Once delivered via text message — no link required — Paragon’s spyware gains broad access to a phone’s contents, including encrypted messages.
MOUSE: P.I. For Hire releases on Steam
Join private investigator Jack Pepper on a guns blazing, jazz-fueled adventure in MOUSE: P.I. For Hire. MOUSE combines the charm of hand-drawn rubber hose animation inspired by the classic cartoons of the 1930’s with th…
Japanese Developer Behind Tech That Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki Called an 'Insult to Life Itself' to Release Cosy God Sim Game - IGN
A machine learning animation technology from the same creator whose work was infamously shot down by Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki in a viral video almost 10 years ago, will be used in a new evolution/god-sim game comi…
Is AI the greatest art heist in history?
New technologies of reproduction are plundering the art world – and getting away with it
Your Duolingo Is Talking to ByteDance: Cracking the Pangle SDK's Encryption
When you open Duolingo to practice Spanish, BeReal to share a photo, or Character.AI to chat with a bot, you probably don't expect your battery level, storage capacity, and internal IP address to be sent to ByteDance, t…
TIL about Hormesis. small doses of toxins can be good
Hormesis is a two-phased dose-response relationship whereby low-dose exposures have a beneficial effect and high-dose amounts are either inhibitory to function or toxic.[1] Within the hormetic zone, the biological respo…
Valve's £85 Steam Controller divides gamers ahead of May launch
The pad will be compatible with PCs, Valve's handheld console, the Steam Deck as well as its upcoming gaming PC.
In a thriving online economy, Polymarket gamblers are discussing how to profit from war
A Guardian investigation reveals how the prediction market can shape news â and how it rules on âthe truthâ
Some Weird Things Are Happening And The Grid May Never Be The Same
New battery storage techniques are about to change the cost and availability of renewable energy on the utility grid.
Was there censorship on TikTok after the U.S. takeover?
A TikTok outage more likely explains recent anomalies – there’s no evidence of larger platform changes so far.
OpenAI cyber models broke out of training environment to hack Hugging Face
The incident is unique because it was "driven, end to end, by an autonomous AI agent system," according to Hugging Face.
You Should Get to Own Your Media, Not Rent it Forever
From Playstation Games to ebooks and family photos, corporations are replacing ownership with temporary access. But we don’t have to accept that.
Review: Ground Zero - A classic survival horror feel that [pays] homage to the classics of the genre. It [stays] authentic to the survival …
Our comprehensive review of Ground Zero will tell you why this is a modern classic survival horror game worth playing.
Google is cannibalizing the web to feed AI
Google Search used to direct users to web sites; AI Mode will keep them in Google's garden
Ultimate Chicken Horse - 10th Annifursary Update (and sale)
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Apple Says Southern Lebanon Villages Weren’t Removed From Maps. It Never Had Them
Social media users accused Apple Maps of erasing towns in southern Lebanon amid Israeli occupation â Apple says they were never featured on the platform.
TIL about the word "instar" and how it refers to the developmental stages of arthropods
An instar (/ˈɪnstɑːr/ ⓘ; from Latin īnstar 'form, likeness') is a developmental stage of arthropods, such as insects, which occurs between each moult (ecdysis) until sexual maturity is reached.[1] Arthropods must shed t…
Overwatch 2 Is Just 'Overwatch' Again And Five New Heroes Arrive Next Week
007 First Light headlines our newest issue about the most anticipated games of 2026 and beyond. Subscribe now!
Mozilla, Stop Killing Games and more team up to tell the UK to stop making the internet worse
'Even targeted age restrictions of specific features could mean that all users are required to complete intrusive age assurance processes'.
This programmer wants to use your phone to fight ICE
Sherman Austin's text alerts are powering community defense.
Palantir Systems’ Potential for Enshittification Has Become an ‘Unacceptable’ Risk, UK Politicians Say
Plus dealing with Alex Karp doesn't seem worth the trouble.
Borderlands 4 for Nintendo Switch 2 likely axed, as Take-Two says it’s ‘paused’ development | VGC
Publisher makes “difficult decision” after the Nintendo version was mysteriously delayed last year…
Australia said to grant US access to Australians’ biometric data
This arrangement is part of negotiations tied to the US Visa Waiver Program and the Enhanced Border Security Partnership.
“Malus”: i'm so tired of this bs
I can’t tell you how many times I have heard people predict the death of open source software over the years. Each time some new tech trend arrives–crypto, source available licensing, SaaS–pe…
Laid off workers at Meta contractor Covalen to mount strike action following loss of 700 jobs
Trade union representing Covalen workers have demanded the end of a "two-tiered treatment" of outsourced tech workers
Jira IS Turing-Complete
Building a Minsky Machine in Atlassian Automation 22nd May 2026
Mecha-Driven Sci-Fi JRPG STARBITES Is Out Now on PC and Consoles - Turn Based Lovers
STARBITES is now available in the West for PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.
Tear gas and pepper spray can have lasting health effects
The chemicals are widely used for crowd control, but their long-term health risks are poorly understood.
Aggressive AI scrapers are making it kinda suck to run wikis
Bots are currently scraping the internet for LLM training data at unprecedented rates[1][2][3], driving up costs and destabilizing public-facing websites. I want to talk about how this has been particularly difficult fo…
Short Sellers Are Going Hog Wild Against SpaceX as Its Stock Craters
The above button links to Coinbase. Yahoo Finance is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser and does not offer securities or cryptocurrencies for sale or facilitate trading. Coinbase pays us for certain activity gene…
8 in 10 Europeans don’t trust US, Chinese firms with data
Europe is rolling out measures to keep data local and reduce reliance on foreign tech.
99% of CEOs Expect AI-Driven Layoffs in the Next Two Years
CEOs love automation, but don't think humans and machines can coexist in the workforce, survey finds.
AI Has Ruined the Job Market
Maybe flawed people were better than brute algorithms.
Sony hasn't decided on PS6 release date or price yet, and may even "change business models" in response to the memory crisis
"We have not yet decided on at what timing we will launch the new console, or at what prices," says Sony CEO.
Microsoft Edge and Aloha caught sharing precise user location data with third parties
A new study from Surfshark reveals that many top mobile web browsers don't just track where you go online, they track exactly where you are in the real world.
Google I/O 2026 And Its Consequences
There is so much fresh uncertainty following Google I/O, and I think it will take us all a while to process it and understand what it means.https://vale.rocks/micros/20260521-0440
Author Invited to Give Speech at OpenAI Headquarters, Uses Opportunity to Trash AI to Their Faces
OpenAI invited prominent author Dave Eggers to talk to its workers — and he relished the opportunity to set the record straight.
How does TikTok show China to Polish users? - Content "fully consistent with messages approved by bodies directly subordinate to the Chines…
Głównym pytaniem postawionym przez autorów publikacji jest: w jakim stopniu treści widoczne na platformie TikTok w Polsce są zgodne z oficjalną agendą Departamentu Propagandy Komitetu Centralnego Komunistycznej Partii C…