Nova Launcher could soon add a proactive AI assistant that sucks up all your data
Nova Launcher could soon introduce Nova AI, a built-in AI assistant complete with a chatbot, and a new Nova Plus subscription tier. Read on!
TIL about the word "instar" and how it refers to the developmental stages of arthropods
An instar (/ĖÉŖnstÉĖr/ ā; from Latin Ä«nstar '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 tā¦
Spotify adds 'Verified' badges to distinguish human artists from AI
The music streaming platform will review criteria such as artists' live dates and social media presence.
Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview ā Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
New details about what we found, and how agentic harnesses are now able to reproduce real bugs and dismiss false positives.
A hacker ran me over with a robot lawn mower | The Verge
Iām fine. Yarbo owners might not be.
It's open season for refusing AI
There's been a wave of successful efforts to ban, reject and shut down AI.
Blender change the Anthropic AI funding deal, with discussions planned for AI Policies
After quite a lot of backlash following the Blender announcement that Anthropic would become a Corporate Sponsor, the Blender Foundation released a statement.
Meta takes Ofcom(UK media regulator) to court over the Online Safety Act, which calculates fees based on global, not UK, revenue, in a caseā¦
Meta has launched a judicial review against Ofcom's calculation of fees and penalties under the UK's Online Safety Act.
Announcing the new LibreOffice website! - TDF Community Blog
LibreOfficeās website is the main source of information about the software (and project), and typically has 45,000 ā 65,000 visitors every day. It is also the place to download the suite, of course, and make donations tā¦
Spending Just 10 Minutes With AI Can Fry Your Brain, Researchers Find
This is your brain on AI. Any questions?
[Redacted] The Safehouse - Announcement Trailer
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Google's next-gen reCAPTCHA system could spell trouble for de-Googled phones
Google has introduced a Play Services requirement for passing its next-generation ReCAPTCHA system, which is bad news for de-Googled phones.
TikTokās algorithm favored Republican content in 2024 US elections, study finds
For You pages prioritized pro-Republican content in three states, researchers say, but TikTok says study does not reflect real user behavior
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.
GrapheneOS patches an Android VPN bypass that Google decided to leave alone
A small flaw in Android 16's networking stack let ordinary apps leak data outside the VPN tunnel, exposing real IP addresses
Kevin O'Leary says opponents of his Utah data center are 'professional protesters' ā and some are powered by AI
Kevin O'Leary is dismissing critics of his Utah data center, suggesting some of the opposition is being amplified by artificial intelligence.
Students are speeding through their online degrees in weeks, alarming educators
It takes most college students at least four years to earn a bachelorās degree. Christie Williams finished in three months.
AI may be coming to Windows 11ās Clock app as Microsoft turns it into a focus tool
Windows 11 Clock app gets a redesigned Focus mode with AI insights, task integration, and deeper customization. Hereās an early hands-on.
Google's $9.99-per-month AI health coach launches May 19 | TechCrunch
The Gemini-powered health coach will act as a combination fitness coach, sleep expert, and health and wellness advisor.
GitHub Reports DMCA Takedown Record and Surging Anti-Circumvention Claims * TorrentFreak
GitHub has published its 2025 transparency report, revealing record levels of DMCA takedown activity across two separate metrics.
Meta Cuts Off 1,000 Kenyan Contractors After They Reportedly Saw People Have Sex on Ray-Ban Glasses
Meta has terminated its contract with a Kenyan firm after reports of privacy breaches involving Ray-Ban smart glasses footage, raising concerns about data handling and AI training practices.
Motherboard sales are now collapsing amid unprecedented shortages fueled by AI
Fewer people are buying parts and building new PCs from scratch.
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."
Apple Expands Age Verification to Singapore & South Korea
Apple now requires adults in Singapore and South Korea to hand over government IDs or financial credentials just to download apps they've been buying freely for years.
Agentic Coding is Burning Me Out | Sid's Blog
The familiar pacing of software development has been completely compressed by agentic coding because you no longer have those routine stretches of just wiring things together to catch your breath. Writing code by hand, ā¦
Copy Fail ā CVE-2026-31431
CVE-2026-31431. 100% Reliable Linux LPE ā no race, no per-distro offsets, page-cache write that bypasses on-disk file-integrity tools and crosses containers. Found by Xint Code.
Kash Patel claims AI has stopped school shootings: āIām using it everywhereā
Patel says that he has āevery major tech company in the world embedded in the FBIā
Youāve Seen The Chip Shortage And The Memory Shortage, Now Prepare For The PCB Shortage
Itās nice to hide away in our little corner of the internet and talk tech, safely away from the turmoil of world events. Sometimes though, geopolitics intrude even into our space, and Reutersā¦
EU Commission bans top officials from using Signal groups
Due to concerns about targeted digital espionage, the EU Commission has instructed its highest-ranking officials to immediately dissolve a central Signal group.
The Pulse: token spend breaks budgets ā what next?
In the past 2-3 months, spending on AI agents has exploded at many tech companies, Details from 15 of them, including the different ways they are coping with this realization.
AI Is Already Changing Porn. Is It for Better or Worse?
Digital clones of porn performers are on the rise. Is it a moneymaking dream or a dystopian nightmare?
I Asked AI to Count My Carbs 27,000 Times. It Couldnāt Give Me the Same Answer Twice.
Ask ChatGPT to estimate the carbs in your lunch. Now ask it again. And again. Five hundred times. Youād expect the same answer each time. Itās the same photo, the same model, the same question. But you wonāt get the samā¦
Firm quietly boosts H.264 streaming license fees from $100,000 up to staggering $4.5 million ā backbone codec of the internet gets meteoricā¦
Existing licensees are grandfathered.
Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI deemed him a sex offender
Coveted fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has launched a civil lawsuit against Google after being wrongly identified as a sex offender in the AI-generated summary.
Samsung crosses $1 trillion valuation as AI frenzy drives historic rally, lifting shares over 15%
The rally comes after the company reported an over eightfold increase in first-quarter operating profits last week.
Go Away Microsoft! The Netherlands is Quietly Building Its Own GitHub Replacement
The self-hosted, FOSS-only platform is still in the pilot phase, but government agencies are already signing up.
Your feed is overrun with clips ā this is the cutthroat community of āclippersā behind it
In the age of clips, whatās the value of the full-length work?
Canonical/Ubuntu have been under DDoS for more than 17 hours
Welcome to Canonical and Ubuntu Status! View active incident progress, historical component status, and subscribe to email and RSS notifications for components and incidents on the move.
Self-hosting Upgrade: planning my first 3-node cluster for deployment in a data center
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PlayStation Studios Removes Nearly All PC References From Websites
PlayStation Studios removed PC references across most studio pages, adding credibility to the rumor that Sony may be changing its first-party PC release plans.
Self-Host Weekly (3 April 2026)
Nextcloud v. OnlyOffice, April Fools' Day jokes, and throwbacks to 1995
How The Heck Does Shazam Work? (An Interactive Exploration)
Explore how Shazam and song identification work through interactive visualizations ā spectrograms, constellation maps, hash fingerprints, and time-offset matching.
Verified by Spotify: New No AI badgeā it appears for creators with steady listener activity, clean platform records, and real-world proof lā¦
Music is evolving, and so are the ways you discover and connect with artists. In the AI era, itās more important than ever to be able to trust the authenticity of the music you listen to. At Spotify, our focus is providā¦
TIL the original Mad Max owes its unique style to the leftover cameras that McQueen's movie The Getaway left in Australia and no one wanted
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White House App Reportedly Shares User Data With Third Parties and Relies on Russia-Founded Firm Linked to Staff Data Exposure
The White House app is reportedly sending user data to third-party platforms without disclosure, raising privacy concerns.
Check your storage: Chrome may be downloading a 4GB AI model ā hereās what we know
Chrome may be downloading a hidden 4GB AI file to your PC ā hereās what it is and how to check if itās there.
RAM Shortage Expected to Continue Into Next Year or Later
No relief in sight from the RAMpocalypse.
Chinese Courts Rule Companies Cannot Fire Workers Simply to Replace Them With AI
Judges classify AI adoption as a controllable business strategy rather than an unavoidable disruption, shielding employees from automation-driven layoffs
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Contemporary permaculture is founded on three core ethics: Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share. These ethics serve as a guiding compass for its design principles, co-creating a holistic framework for regenerative liā¦
RSS Feeds Send Me More Traffic Than Google ā Terence Edenās Blog
Yeah yeah, I know, data-point of 1. I recently read Susam's blog post where they said that "most of the traffic to my personal website still comes from web feeds" - I wondered if that was true for my site. I've been wriā¦