Google wants your phone to track your heart rate by simply looking at you
Your next heart-rate monitor may not be a smartwatch at all. Google's latest research hints at a surprisingly simple alternative.
Cars are like horses: people will soon realise EVs are just better, claims VW boss
VWās sales and marketing boss reckons people will move to EVs organically, just as they did with ICE cars in the early 20th century
When you hear it's the end of Destiny 2
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Americans Have Grown Dramatically Anti-Data Center in Just Months, Survey Finds
A recent survey shows a dramatic swing against new data center construction.
Benevolent dictator Zuck will give Meta staff 30-minute breaks from keylogging privacy assault
Tech biz teaching AI to use computers by slurping staff activity
TIL: Peter Jackson made the decision to model one of the orc leader's face mask after Harvey Weinstein
The actor says the Weinstein orc was intended as a message to the domineering sexual predator producer
A 29-year-old man has created magnetic cement, and his invention promises to revolutionize a construction sector that has not undergone a tā¦
A 29-year-oldās magnetic cement could end drilling walls, turning everyday surfaces into flexible, reusable storage systems
Signal, DuckDuckGo among firms weighing Canada exit over lawful access bill - National | Globalnews.ca
Signal is among the most prominent platforms to make such a threat while speaking out against Bill C-22, while VPN providers have also threatened to leave or curtail services.
Seattle poised to ban new datacenters, the largest city yet in the US to consider such a moratorium
Measure in Amazon and Microsoftās backyard expected to succeed next week as backlash grows amid AI boom
Valve hikes Steam Deck prices by more than 40%, blaming rising costs
The gaming giant said the handheld had not changed but the rise reflected "the current state of component costs"
GoPro is in serious financial trouble. Action camera giant is at risk for potential bankruptcy
The latest financial filings from the action camera giant cast doubt on GoProās ability to return to profitability within the next 12 months
Fable is delayed to Feb 2027 | via Wario64
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Valve raises Steam Deck prices by more than $200
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Life Is Strange (Original Game)
Rediscover the universe of Life is Strange in this Remastered Edition. The award-winning narrative adventure games from Square Enix.
Balatro publisher Playstack is being sold to GameSpot owner IMC
The proposed majority takeover values the UK publisher at around $169 million.
In first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenters
While many US city councils have passed moratoriums, Monterey Park is first where residents have voted on a ban
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 respoā¦
Google DeepMind CEO says we don't have much time to prepare for the 'new human era'
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said AGI is just a few years a way and that humanity doesn't have much time to prepare for it.
Hackers could use poisoned WhatsApp and Slack notifications to take over your Google Gemini ā and make it work on their behalf
The attack relies on hidden prompts in a foreign language.
A CEO told employees they won't get raises in 2026 because the budget is going to AI
Cloud software firm Teradata has told employees not to expect annual salary raises in 2026, and says it is putting the money towards AI instead.
Portabase 1.16: Open source database backup/restore tool, now with API REST
Portabase - Database backup & restore tool for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MsSQL, MariaDB, Firebird SQL, SQLite, MongoDB, Redis and Valkey - Portabase/portabase
'Bots have now passed human traffic online,ā Cloudflare boss laments ā says agentic traffic wasnāt expected to eclipse real people until neā¦
Bot (automated) vs. human HTTP requests are split 57.5 vs. 42.5 percent, according to the firmās latest data.
FTC Seeks Comment on X Corp. Petition to Set Aside or Modify FTC Order Concerning Twitter
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a petition from X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, to set aside or modify its
Google Employees Internally Share Memes About How Its AI Sucks
Googleās CEO says 75% of the companyās code is AI-generated. The people who write that code say the AI theyāre using is overhyped.
GOV.UK goes Dutch on payments as it dumps Stripe
Means residents can skip the credit card and use 'pay by bank' for local authorities and services
Mathematicians issue warning as AI rapidly gains groundā New declaration argues the technology jeopardizes the fieldās values and culture
This declaration calls for action to address the challenges posed by the use of artificial intelligence within mathematics research.
āUtter disregard for the risk to human lifeā: Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over AI safety
Attorney General James Uthmeier Files First-in-the-Nation State-Led Lawsuit Against OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman for Deceptive Practices and Harms to Floridians My Florida Legal
AI agents lag far behind human workers. Why are tech companies laying off the humans?
Kevin Maimann(external link) | CBC News | Posted: June 3, 2026 8:00 AM | Last Updated: 17 hours ago
MacBook Neo Outsold Every Other Mac in Its Q1 2026 Debut Quarter
Apple shipped 1.1 million MacBook Neo units in the first quarter of the year, according to IDC, making it one of the strongest Mac debut performances in recent memory (via TechCrunch). The figure is particularly strikinā¦
No longer just a Copilot, Microsoft's AI wants to take the wheel
Always-on agent promises to keep work moving, provided you trust it with practically everything
Pwnd Blaster: Hacking your PC using your speaker without ever touching it
Abusing an unauthenticated Bluetooth protocol to turn a PC speaker into a Rubber Ducky.
Researchers say social media accounts affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard posed as Scottish and Irish citizens
Researchers say that social media accounts affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps posed as Scottish and Irish nationals in order to cultivate their following, before switching their narrative to spreadā¦
Why Video Games Cost So Much To Make - Jason Schreier
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Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search
Peptide companies have been doing AI-engine optimization by spamming the biohackers subreddit to manipulate ChatGPT and Google.
Google Is Quietly Buying Code From Play Store Developers to Train AI
Google is trying to buy code from some Android developers as part of a "confidential" program.
Amazon sued over Ring facial recognition feature
At the center of the lawsuit? Familiar Faces, a Ring doorbell feature that scans and identifies people at your door.
AI Billionaires Are Starting to Get Scared
As it turns out, telling the worldās workers to prepare for a dystopia rife with poverty and alienation isnāt the smartest way to market your exciting new tech.
Palantir Systemsā Potential for Enshittification Has Become an āUnacceptableā Risk, UK Politicians Say
Plus dealing with Alex Karp doesn't seem worth the trouble.
Amazonās search bar will invent AI-generated products you canāt buy
You can search for products that look like the fake images.
SpaceX is worth less than half of its $1.75 trillion IPO target, Morningstar says
The analysts see a wide range of possibilities around xAI and find its "economic moat indeterminate."
Future AI weapons such as drones should have moral code, says former UK spy chief
Software could make ethically superior decisions to humans in high-pressure moments, claims ex-GCHQ head David Omand
Researchers say Google AI Mode changes recommendations based on your emails ā and it risks creating a giant confirmation-bias machine
Googleās AI search may be secretly shaping answers using your private data
Can E. coli run Doom? Yes, at 2.6 fpd (frames per day)
It would take nearly 600 years to finish playing this MIT student's iteration of the classic video game.
AI agents lag far behind human workers. Why are tech companies laying off the humans?
AI-related layoffs are in full swing as tech companies invest in artificial intelligence agents they say will take over tasks traditionally done by humans. But a major AI infrastructure and software company says the ageā¦
Donāt repeat 5G mistakes with 6G, plead mobile operators
NGMN wants a clear migration path before next-gen network rollouts begin
Amazon faces class action lawsuit over Ring facial recognition feature
The class action lawsuit, filed in Seattle by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt, claims that Ring's Familiar Faces feature stores images of passersby without consent.
1-Click GitHub Token Stealing via a VSCode Bug
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Access to the LanguageTool browser extension will become paid in 2 weeks, unless you are using a local model or selfhost it
Instantly check grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors with LanguageTool's AI-powered grammar checker. Enhance your writing in over 30 languages with ease.
Destiny 2 is dead: "active development" ends next month after one final update, but Bungie says the MMO will still be "playable"
The Final Shape will remain final
New Tennessee law requires data centers to pay for their own electricity infrastructure
The law requires data centers with peak demands of at least 50 megawatts to pay for their own electricity infrastructure.