Why is gaming becoming so expensive? The answer is found in AI
We are paying more for a PlayStation so that idiots can use ChatGPT to mislead people on dating apps ā something is rotten in the state of gaming
The Big Cloud Exit FAQ (2023)
Just over a year ago, we announced our intention to leave the cloud. We then shared our complete $3.2 million cloud budget for 2022, and the fact that we were going to build our own tooling rather than pay for overpriceā¦
Sam Altman's 'human verification' company thinks its eye-scanning orbs could solve ticket scalping
Sam Altman's cryptocurrency turned identity verification startup Tools for Humanity is offering a new set of perks to people who scan their eyes at one of the company's orbs.
Extraction shooter The Cube, Save Us has announced it's shutting down just three weeks after it launched
Not to be confused with The Cube.
GameStop Is Offering to Buy eBay for $55.5 Billion in cash and stocks. If eBay isn't receptive to the offer, GameStop's taking its offer diā¦
GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) today submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire 100% of eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) at $125.00 per share in cash and stock. The offer represents a 46% premium to eBayās unaffected closing priceā¦
GameStop makes $55.5bn takeover offer for eBay
GameStop's boss Ryan Cohen says he sees potential to make eBay a much bigger rival to Amazon.
A suspected YouTube interface bugĀ spikes RAM usage above 7 gigabytes, users report severe lag and frozen tabs ā bug might be trapping browā¦
YouTube bug reportedly maxing out CPUs.
Dirty Frag: Universal Linux LPE - CVE similar to Copy Fail
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Developer of VeraCrypt encryption software says Windows users may face boot-up issues after Microsoft locked his account
The maker of the popular open source file encryption software VeraCrypt said Microsoft locked his online account, which may prevent device owners from booting up their computers.
YouTube now lets you hide Shorts
You now have the power to remove short-form videos from your YouTube feed if you donāt want to see them.
China exports a ton of cleantech ā and the world is poised to want more
The nationās battery and EV exports in particular have grown in recent years. Now, the Middle East war could spur even more demand for Chineseā¦
ICANN is Accepting Suggestions for new TLDs (for $227k) - what would you pick?
: $227k gets you a hearing for your dot.vanity project, or strings in one of 27 scripts
Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their names
People shamed and ordered to leave shops after being misidentified then āgiven no helpā to investigate verdicts
Utah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs ā law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing ā¦
Senate Bill 73 holds websites liable for users who mask their location.
German members of parliament (MPs) advised to drop Signal in favor of Wire over security concerns
Germany is moving to standardize on the Wire messaging platform following a wave of phishing attacks targeting politicians on Signal.
Failed Companies Are Selling Old Slack Chats and Email Archives to Train AI
Defunct startups are pawning off their former employees conversations for up to $100,000, according to a new report.
Apple's Spotlight Search Results Come With Engagement Metrics. No One Knew.
How Apple's Spotlight API exposes undocumented interaction data for every search result it serves to over a billion devices When an iPhone user types a query into Spotlight, Apple's servers return ranked results spanninā¦
BIGO Ads Deploys C2-Style Infrastructure to Survive Domain Bans. Here's the Decrypted Config.
The BIGO Ads SDK ships with an encrypted configuration file that maps out a global network of ad-serving domains, backup hosts, and failover infrastructure. The file is AES-encrypted with a hardcoded key, served from Alā¦
MAGAs Are Fuming After Email Confirms They Will Never Get Their $500 Trump Phones or Deposits Back
Nearly 600,000 Trump supporters paid deposits for a gold smartphone that remains undelivered, sparking outrage and calls for investigation into Trump Mobile's practices.
A sexual predator used online games and ChatGPT to groom young boys
A criminal case in Uruguay exposes how online games and AI chatbots are reshaping global online sexual exploitation
Why Women Aren't Voice Acting For Boys In Animated Series Anymore
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Epstein saves Charlie Kirk ā Brainrot | Charlie Kirk Phonk Brainrot
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Indie computing, Linux 7.0, and a new Jellyfin client for...the Wii?
Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real
Bixonimania doesnāt exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?
Tech Otakus Save The World ā Robotics;Notes Elite ā Review
Kaito and Akiho, two students of the Robot Club, want to build a giant robot, and their version of Japan loves robotics! Sadly, they are the only members left in the club, which is in danger of beiā¦
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Stanford study finds school phone bans may trigger āwithdrawal symptomsā in students
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TIL the "dab" dance movement is banned in Saudi Arabia for supposed associations with narcotics and people got arrested for it
Entertainer Abdallah Al Shaharani later apologised for the āspontaneous movementā which is banned in the country for supposed associations with narcotics
Rhythm Heaven Groove launches July 2
Rhythm Heaven Groove will launch for Switch on July 2, Nintendo announced.
The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Game
2,000 ships stranded. 3 transit slots per day. You decide who eats. A journalistic newsgame built on verified reporting about the 2026 Hormuz crisis.
Open Records Laws Reveal Automated License Plate Readers(ALPRs) Sprawling Surveillance. Now States Want to Block What the Public Sees.
Reporters, community advocates, EFF, and others have used public records laws to reveal and counteract abuse, misuse, and fraudulent narratives around how law enforcement agencies across the country use and share data cā¦
App turns phones into at-home ultrasound devices
A new app will allow pregnant women to conduct an ultrasound and receive an accurate fetal heart rate from their mobile phones.
A Redditor Criticized ICE. Trump Is Trying to Unmask Them by Dragging the Company to a Secret Grand Jury.
An ICE summons to get the userās identity failed. Advocates worry the move to a grand jury signals an escalation of the war on dissent.
VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
There was no ill intent by evil corporation, but rather a desire to support functionality that some customers expect of VS Code w.r.t. AI-generated code. As folks mentioned here - many similar tools do this as well.
The Foundation Is Strong: What TDF Is, Why It Matters, and Where It Is Going - TDF Community Blog
The Document Foundation was created in 2010 with a single, non-negotiable premise: that a free, fully-featured office suite, built on open standards and governed in the public interest, is infrastructure for democracy. ā¦
How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centresā environmental toll
Environmental footprint of Europe's data centres kept secret after industry lobbying in a move legal experts warn could violate transparency rules.
An odd font rendering bug in Firefox and Safari
First up, you should go and watch The Importance of Being Earnest with Ncuti Gatwa. It is a brilliant set of performances and a joy to see. While perusing the programme on the National Theatre website I stumbled upon a ā¦
Big data centers in Florida must pay full power and infrastructure costs under new law
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a new law aimed at reining in large-scale data centers, saying everyday Floridians shouldnāt have to pay.
Kate Mulgrew on the Personal Cost of Playing Captain Janeway
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Certifiably Ingame | Lord Spot: Star Trek Bestiary (April 1, 2026)
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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.
The Elephant Show - The Secret History of the Show You Thought You Dreamed
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Chocolate - The World's First Wii U GamePad Adapter for PC
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Recent advances push Big Tech closer to the Q-Day danger zone
Here's which players are winning the race to transition to post-quantum crypto.
Amazonās Middle East data centers damaged by Iran drone and missile attacks will be down for several months during repairs
Even if the war stops now, Amazon will have to wait months before it can return its Middle East servers back to full operational status.
Spotify adds 'Verified' badge to distinguish human acts from AI
The music streaming platform will review criteria such as artists' live dates and social media presence.
Spaceballs 2: The New One coming April 24, 2007
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I stopped playing music on my Android phone and went back to my iPod
In 2026, my favorite music player has no Wi-Fi, no notifications, and no subscription. Here's why I'm using an iPod instead of an Android.