Meta Patents Technology to Detect Your Mood by Constantly Analyzing Your Tone of Voice
Meta patented AI tech that constantly listens to your voice and surroundings in order to detect your emotional state.
Meta Employees Are Scrambling to Use Up Benefits Ahead of Layoffs | WIRED
On the eve of about 8,000 jobs being cut, employees are cashing in on headphone stipends and other perks while they still can.
Mark Zuckerberg Just Told 8,000 Employees Their Layoffs Are a Line Item in His $145 Billion AI Bill
On Meta’s Q1 2026 earnings call, CFO Susan Li said the quiet part out loud. “We recently shared internally that we plan to reduce the size of our employee base in May. We believe a leaner operating model will allow us t…
How Meta wants to profile 13-year-olds on Insta, Facebook
Instagram and Facebook have a problem with underage users — there's too many of them. Parent company, Meta, aims to root out under-13s with an age-profiling AI. This plays into a debate about a teenage social media ban.
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It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12
My nephew just graduated high school, and wants a laptop. When he decides what computer to buy, price (or more precisely, value) is the most important attribute. Apple's MacBook Neo upended the 'value laptop' equation—A…
Three Decades Of ReactOS
Over the past couple of years with the Jenny’s Daily Drivers series, we’ve looked at a number of unusual or noteworthy operating systems. Among them has been ReactOS, an open source clo…
'There is no universe in which Proton VPN compromises its no-logs policy' — Proton joins the backlash against Canada's surveillance bill
Privacy giants are pushing back hard against the proposed Lawful Access Act
U.S President Discloses at Least $220 Million in Q1 2026 Financial Transactions, Including Purchases of Paramount, WBD, Netflix, Disney and…
Donald Trump disclosed financial transactions for Q1 2026 with a total value of at least $220 million, including purchases of Paramount, WBD, Netflix, Disney and Comcast stock.
Ash & Adam's Existential Treads, a retro top down tank shooter x tower defence x city-builder hybrid, while also including exploration game…
A mini action city-builder in a post-post-apocalyptic world. Grow your settlement. Fend off waves of enemies. Restore nature.
GOG giveaway: Alone in the Dark trilogy
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Daring Fireball: What Is a Dickover?
dickover — a modal panel, popover, or curtain presented by a website or app, deliberately obscuring its own content to frustrate the user with an unwanted, unnecessary, mandatory interaction; e.g. asking the user to acc…
I don't know if my (software development) job will still exist in ten years
In 2021, being a good software engineer felt great. The world was full of software, with more companies arriving every year who needed to employ engineers to write their code and run their systems. I knew I was good at …
Microsoft reveals major price increase for all Surface PCs as RAM crisis continues
Microsoft is raising prices on all its current Surface PC offerings, with the midrange devices now starting at above $1,000, and flagships starting at $1,500.
Both Fedora and Ubuntu will get AI support – soon
Furores are fermenting in the forums
Plex's lifetime subscription cost is tripling to $750
Plex's premium plan will triple on June 30, 8:01PM ET.
Talents leave AI companies: "They are putting profits over sanity and safety"
The people loudly departing the biggest AI companies aren't necessarily looking for fatter paychecks or more stock options; they’re worried that AI businesses are putting profits over sanity and safety.
Court tells Subnautica 2 publisher Krafton to reinstate fired CEO and let him handle its Early Access release | VGC
Krafton terminated the game leads’ contracts “without valid cause”, a judge has ruled…
Google Search as you know it is over - but there are alternatives (see post)
Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publisher…
AI engineer says Google unfairly sacked him after he protested against work for Israel
Exclusive: Employment tribunal claim says worker lost his job after distributing leaflets throughout London office
OpenAI says its AI technology acted on its own in an 'unprecedented' hack of another company
OpenAI has disclosed an "unprecedented cyber incident" where its AI system allegedly hacked into another AI company.
Meta Deploys ‘Momfluencers’ to Counter Child Safety Criticism: Meta is using Instagram influencer moms to soften its image on child safety …
Meta has come under mounting scrutiny over its impact on teen mental health. It’s using Instagram influencers to try to change the narrative.
Qualcomm’s CEO is working with ‘pretty much all’ major AI players on top-secret devices
The phone is dying. Cristiano Amon knows what's replacing it—he just won't tell you yet.
Kaveri Engine's Full Afterburner Triumph Advances India's Jet Propulsion Independence
India has marked a significant milestone in its pursuit of aerospace self-reliance with the successful full afterburner test of the Kaveri e...
Waymo raises massive $16 billion round at $126 billion valuation, plans expansion to 20+ cities
Waymo just closed a $16 billion funding round at a $126 billion valuation, the largest investment ever in an autonomous...
I hacked ChatGPT and Google's AI – and it only took 20 minutes
I found a way to make AI tell you lies – and I'm not the only one.
Researchers Dropped 1,000 AIs in Minecraft and Watched a Civilization Form
Researchers at MIT decided to run a wild experiment by dropping 1,000 AI agents into Minecraft and giving them a simple goal: build a community. What followed feels like science fiction edging into reality. The AI didn’…
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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.
Pentagon seeks commercially built GEO spy satellites
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Pizza Hut sued over new AI system that ‘caused cascading operational breakdowns’
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Programmer: Microsoft Ran My Work Through AI, Inserted Embarrassing Typos
A diagram created by Vincent Driessen 15 years ago wound up on a Microsoft Learn website with some curious errors apparently generated by AI.
TIL that contraception is illegal in Afghanistan
Women across Afghanistan describe the traumatic impact of disappearing clinics and contraception
Videogame pirates tell other pirates to shut up about it after Subnautica 2 developers are taunted with illicit copies
A breach of pirate etiquette has even pirates siding with a Subnautica 2 designer.
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.
Google introduces Gemini Spark, a 24/7 agentic assistant with Gmail integration, at IO 2026
At the Google I/O developer conference, the company announced a new agentic personal assistant called Gemini Spark, built from Gemini's base models and an agentic harness from Google Antigravity.
The funniest thing about the Trump arcade game is how good it is
Operation Epic Furious: Strait to Hell is all about chuckling through the horrors.
A newbie's guide to self-hosting with YunoHost. Part 5: Upgrades & Maintenance - elenarossini
A post that explains how to keep a YunoHost server running healthily with system updates and how to run application updates (and revert back to a snapshot if things go awry).
Bessent says U.S. could sanction China over AI model ‘theft’
Chinese open-weight models are gaining steam against leading offerings from American companies like OpenAI and Anthropic.
Samsung knows exactly how you'll use Galaxy S26 Ultra's 'Privacy Display' in teaser
One of the few actual upgrades coming to the Galaxy S26 series is the “Privacy Display” expected to launch on...
Anthropic now has more business customers than OpenAI according to Ramp data
A survey compiled from fintech firm Ramp’s clients’ expense data shows 34.4% of participating businesses are paying for Anthropic services, more than any other AI lab, while only 32.3% pay for OpenAI.
Mozilla warns UK: Breaking VPNs will not magically fix Britain's age-check mess
Firefox maker says the tools are basic security infrastructure, not teenage contraband
Congress Wants You To Pay $130 A Year Just To Drive An Electric Car
US lawmakers proposed a $130 annual EV fee, sparking a debate over road funding and what it means for EV drivers to 'pay their fair share.'
‘Invasive’ AI-led mass surveillance in Africa violating freedoms, warn experts
Countries across the continent have spent more than $2bn on Chinese tracking technology that is not ânecessary or proportionateâ, new report finds
Noriyoshi Ohba x Rieko Kodama (2001) - shmuplations.com
Originally featured in the Sega Consumer History book, this interview with Noriyoshi Ohba and Rieko Kodama is a nostalgic look back at their careers.
Tesla Is Sitting on a Record 50k Unsold EVs
The American EV brand’s sales rebounded in the first quarter, but a new problem is making its presence felt.
The open web isn't dying. We're killing it
The open web is under pressure from AI companies and large platforms, but its troubles did not start with AI. We also chose convenience over control, and we will have to change that if we want a better web.
Arizona students boo former Google CEO Eric Schmidt as he talks about AI during graduation speech
Eric Schmidt, the former Google CEO, faced jeers and boos during a commencement address at the University of Arizona's graduation ceremony on Friday.
Hotel Architect, a top down, 3D, colourful hotel management game with construction and room design (with a template system), with gameplay …
Step into the shoes of a hotel owner as you design, build, and manage grand hotels around the world. Juggle demanding guests, frantic logistics, and plenty of unexpected surprises in Hotel Architect; the ultimate hotel …