Is Wikipedia's Volunteer Model Facing a Generational Crisis?
Wikipedia's 25th anniversary sparks a debate: Can it adapt to the needs of Gen Z and beyond?
If you pay a hacker’s ransom, chances are that they’ll come back for more
The long-held understanding among security researchers and network defenders is that it's impossible to negotiate in good faith with an extortion racket because there's no incentive for the other side to actually walk a…
Tesla Has To Fix Its Super-Bright Headlights. A New Law Could Change Things For Good.
Two years after Tesla argued safety, the feds order it to fix nearly 20,000 cars with headlights that, in some cases, are nearly double the permitted brightness
Why AI and TikTok could make the youth mental health crisis even worse
With expert mental health help too often out of reach, teens are turning to TikTok in search of answers.
There's yet another study about how bad AI is for our brains
Researchers have conducted another study about AI and its effects on the human brain. The results were grim.
Valve says 5,863 titles earned over $100,000 on Steam in 2025
The PC platform also passed 42 million peak concurrent users a few weeks ago.
CRTC to require online streamers to pay 15% of annual revenues to support Canadian content
Decision is sure to anger U.S. tech giants already fighting existing 5% base contribution in federal court
'I think those people are dead wrong': Jeff Bezos slams AI naysayers, plays down job fears for young workers, and defends billionaires and …
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos unsurprisingly thinks billionaires are doing a good job, and AI is pretty swell too.
Embracer chairman: Cost control 'does not get enough respect'
Embracer Group chairman Lars Wingefors staged a defense of the company's mass layoffs and studio closures in a new letter to investors.
Engineer open-sources DIY radar system that's 95% cheaper than $250,000 commercial offerings, has 20 kilometer range — Moroccan engineer de…
If you can't afford one, build it yourself.
'How To Get Started & Survive Stronghold Crusader's New Challenge' -GamerZakh
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A hacker group is poisoning open source code at an unprecedented scale
GitHub is just the latest victim of TeamPCP, a gang that has carried out a spree of software supply chain attacks.
Zillow loses thousands of listings in fight over “hidden” homes | Zillow asked for a preliminary injunction as real estate industry fight h…
Zillow asked for a preliminary injunction as real estate industry fight heats up.
The AI Backlash Could Get Very Ugly. Imagine what happens if jobs actually start disappearing.
Imagine what happens if jobs actually start disappearing.
Meta data center allegedly muddies Georgia town's drinking water, investigation underway — EPA promises immediate investigation after congr…
Muddy water is coming out of Morgan County taps.
Ubisoft Fires Team Lead For Criticising Stupid Return-To-Office Mandate
Sharing a YT video about labor and working from home is enough to get you terminated, it seems
AI data centers face increasing complaints about inaudible but 'felt' infrasound — citizens complain high- and low-frequency sounds do not …
Data centers are hurting the ears of the people living around them.
Pee and Poop in Your Car While Driving at 100 km/h to be Possible
Aito maker Seres Auto granted patent for seat-mounted retractable toilet.
London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50M Metropolitan police deal with Palantir
Exclusive: Scotland Yard criticises London mayorâs decision as disappointing and warns it could hit policing
TIL at one time, people thought that tomatoes were poisonous.
The long and fraught history of the plant shows that it got an unfair reputation from the beginning
New Epstein files reveal contact with Bitcoin dev Andresen before CIA briefing
Two days before Gavin Andresen’s controversial decision to discuss Bitcoin at the CIA, Jeffrey Epstein wanted to call him.
Google's Antigravity Bait and Switch
The day was to begin like any other, with Antigravity open (yes, there are tens of us!), expecting to get some work done before my attention fragments. But Google had other plans. They had rolled out a new version of An…
AI chatbots could be making you stupider
As large language models take over more and more cognitive tasks, researchers are warning this mental outsourcing comes with a cost.
Magnets Are Bad For Hardware Again
If you were around tech in the bad old days, magnets could be really bad news. They were fine on the fridge, no problem at all. Put one near a floppy disk, or a hard drive, or even a computer monit…
Cliparr v1 Release - Personal Media Clipper
See what changed in Cliparr, including new features, fixes, Docker tags, and upgrade notes.
Oregon data centers now have to pay full costs of expanding the power grid to meet their needs
Newly approved rules aim to ensure that smaller ratepayers don't wind up footing the bill for power grid upgrades that are primary needed to serve big new users.
‘We were at their mercy’: inside the Amazon tactics that hiked prices across the internet
Internal emails revealed in court and interviews with ex-employees describe how Amazonâs practices drove up prices for competitors like Walmart and Target. Amazon denies price-fixing claims and says it works to lower …
Meta is testing an AI bedtime story app for people with no imagination
At last, a tech company has found a way to outsource humanity's oldest pastime: using our imaginations.
Fifteen Years of Waterfox: Alex Kontos on Independence, AI, and the Future of Browsers
TL;DR: As Mozilla moves to make Firefox an AI browser, people are looking at other options. Some people are rediscovering Waterfox, a browser that has been around for a decade from independent developer BrowserWorks. In…
What do cloud service companies disclose about their use of fossil fuels?
In this post, we explain why the dataset was chosen, and the approach taken about the data visual.
LazyNVR: a different approach in hosting IP webcams
LazyNVR is released under GPLv3.
Elon Musk Is Rolling xAI Into SpaceX—Creating the World’s Most Valuable Private Company
By fusing SpaceX and xAIâwhich acquired X last yearâElon Musk tightens his grip over technologies that shape national security, social media, and artificial intelligence.
Venture Capitalists Are Using Profits From Genocide to Fund AI-Powered Weapons
Arms makers are teaming up with venture capital firms in a push to bring AI to the battlefield.
Trump Mobile exposes data of customers who ordered the T1 phone
Trump Mobile is reportedly exposing sensitive customer information through an easily exploitable flaw on its website.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquires xAI, merging his two most ambitious companies | CNN Business
SpaceX has acquired xAI, the company announced on Monday, merging two of Elon Muskâs most ambitious companies into the most valuable private company in the world.
These AI models are free, private, and will never say 'no'
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Claude AI down: Anthropic users hit with errors as chatbot goes offline
Claude, the Anthropic AI chatbot, has gone down in a major outage.
A WhatsApp bug lets malicious media files spread through group chats
Google’s Project Zero team found that WhatsApp can download a malicious media file without you doing anything at all.
Why new grads are booing commencement speakers: There's an 'ambient anxiety that AI is going to make things dramatically worse'
Recent commencement speakers including Google's Eric Schmidt have been booed for praising AI and encouraging students to use it as they embark on their careers.
As the Stop Killing Games initiative advances, blocky racing game Lego 2K Drive is being delisted tomorrow on PC and consoles
Despite Stop Killing Games' efforts, publisher 2K is delisting Lego 2K Drive this week on PC and consoles, with the online services shutting down in 2027.
Operation Sovereignty - Germany plans a breakthrough from M$
A cross-party parliamentary commission aims to end dependence on US tech giants and increasingly rely on European open-source solutions.
Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion copyright settlement to authors, publishers
A federal judge granted final approval for the large settlement, including over $100 million in attorney fees.
late.sh - a cozy command-line clubhouse for computer people
A cozy command-line clubhouse for computer people. Chat, music, games, art, coding, and tech news. Connect with any SSH client!
Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii says English translations inevitably strip away a lot of a game's "flavor"
Yuji Horii and Paranormasight series director Takanari Ishiyama talk about localization from the perspective of scenario writers.
I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with LIGHT!
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EPA Advances Farmers’ Right to Repair Their Own Equipment, Saving Repair Costs and Productivity
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) advanced American farmers and equipment owners’ lawful right to repair their farm and other nonroad diesel equipment.
The 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in Tech
The bugs, broken apps, and nightmare customer-service bots we can't escape, presented as a blessed and sacred addendum to Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical on AI
Samsung reportedly set to distribute up to $26.6 billion to staff in AI-driven semiconductor bonuses after last-minute union deal — average…
Employees to receive bonuses in stock and cash
FCC Official Warns Against Giving Starlink Too Much Control Over Rural Broadband
The FCC votes to examine the rules governing subsidies for ISPs in rural areas. But following a Starlink price hike, Commissioner Anna Gomez notes that affordability is a priority.
EVs Just Beat Gas And Diesel In Europe’s Biggest Car Market For The First Time
EVs and hybrids were neck and neck, but all-electric cars emerged as the top choice in Germany last month.