The amazing mail sent to a video game publisher
An old Activision idea from the 1980s has led to some incredible things in the 2020s for Panic, the publisher of Despelote, Arco and Time Flies: “The range of things we received was wild."
I remixed Claude's new buddy into "buddymon"
Claude Code plugin — collectible creatures discovered through coding - CircuitForgeLLC/buddymon
TIL Trenton, New Jersey, councilwoman Kathy McBride fell victim to the hoax during a 2013 City Council meeting believing the Blue Waffle di…
Blue waffle is a fictitious sexually transmitted disease said to affect only women, causing severe infection and blue discoloration to the vagina. The disease has been confirmed as false. According to Dr. Elizabeth Bosk…
HardenedBSD Officially on Radicle
Submitted by Shawn Webb on Sun, 04/26/2026 - 18:19
The Webs Digital Locks have Never had a Stronger Opponent
We are in a renaissance era of reverse engineering. Defenders are going to be on the back foot until we figure out some way to cope with LLM's.
Soft launch of open-source code platform for government
Code.overheid.nl platform is now live, enabling government organisations to jointly develop and publish open-source software independently.
Running Tesla Model 3's Computer on My Desk Using Parts From Crashed Cars
David Schütz's bug bounty writeups
Adinkra Match - Apps on Google Play
Match Adinkra symbols • Ghana memory game • Multiplayer battles
Over 80 Chrome Extensions Found Selling Their Users Data - And It’s All Completely Legal
Your Extensions Sell Your Data - And It's Perfectly Legal
Greece’s AI Smart Policing system ruled unlawful after €4 million public spending
The decision confirmed long-standing concerns raised by EDRi member Homo Digitalis about facial recognition and data protection violations.
Why are top university websites serving porn? It comes down to shoddy housekeeping.
Hundreds of subdomains from dozens of universities have been hijacked by scammers.
‘Stole a charity’: Elon Musk accuses Sam Altman of betrayal in courtroom showdown
Trial is culmination of a years-long feud between Musk and Altman that has become increasingly vicious
Wuthering waves Aemeath Casual Outfit Mod Gameplay
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
TIL there was such a thing as lumberjack sandals.
Item from Potlatch Lumber Company Photograph Collection. A pair of lumberjack sandals are shown. The description on the back of the photograph reads 'Loggers' sandals worn for noon hour to protect mess hall floors from …
Greece to ban anonymity on social media
"The major problem behind anonymity is toxicity," argues digital governance minister
Market slumps as OpenAI reportedly misses internal targets for active users and revenue — Nvidia, Oracle, AMD, and CoreWeave shares all tre…
OpenAI's apparent missed targets shake up investor confidence.
Upcoming AAAA game: MAGA Simulator 2077 (sarcasm)
The year is 2077. The fewchur is here! Prezidint Trump is on his 14th turm. He's still cleening up the mess the Liburals made. Still Mayking America Grate! You are one of his most biggest supporturs. Fight thuh libs! Fi…
ChatGPT's New Safety Feature Could Alert 'Trusted Contact' to Risk of Self-Harm | A designated contact may be notified if a chat discussion…
A designated contact may be notified if a chat discussion indicates a possible safety concern.
Modder releases PS5-Linux that turns the console into a fully functional Linux gaming PC
After months of testing and improvements, security engineer and modder Andy Nguyen has finally released PS5-Linux, allowing users to turn their console into a functional Linux gaming PC.
My Quest to be the Scrobble King
Tired of streaming services dictating my music discovery, I resurrected an old internet relic to reclaim my listening experience.
Microsoft open-sources MS-DOS 1.0, offering a rare look at PC history
This is a rare look at the tech giant's first operating system
Ghostty Is Leaving GitHub
Writing this makes me irrationally sad, but Ghostty will be leaving GitHub1.
Vibe Coding Will Break Your Company
Vibe coding is collapsing the distance between idea and deployment. But the real risk is whether your company has the judgment system to govern what AI can now build.
DeepSeek-V4 arrives with near state-of-the-art intelligence at 1/6th the cost of Opus 4.7, GPT-5.5
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek’s last model release was V3.2 (and V3.2 Speciale) last December. They just dropped the first of their hotly anticipated V4 series in the shape of two …
"AI-Driven SSD Prices Soar Another 50% in Q2... NAND Joins HBM in Steep Surge"
Driven by the expanding demand for artificial intelligence (AI) servers, the price of solid-state drives (SSD) has recently continued its steep upward ...
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.
The gold standard of optimization: A look under the hood of RollerCoaster Tycoon
Due to some lucky circumstances, I recently had the chance to appear in one of the biggest German gaming podcasts, Stay Forever, to talk about the technology of RollerCoaster Tycoon (1999). It was …
AMD: Ryzen Desktop CPUs Reportedly See a Price Increase of Over 50% in Some Countries
The Ryzen 9000 series CPU lineup is "particularly notable for its price increases."
Action RPG The Awakener: Battle Tendency launches on May 5 for PC | RPG Site
Taner Game's other RPG, The Awakener: Risen, is still in development.
Google Uses Cox Ruling to Kill Last Copyright Claim in Textbook Piracy Lawsuit
Google is trying to put an end to the liability claim in its textbook piracy battle with several educational publishers.
U.S. companies back Sam Altman’s World ID even as much of the world pushes back
The biometric ID project has been halted and investigated in multiple countries, but it recently partnered with Tinder, Zoom, and Docusign to verify users.
Age checks could turn internet into an ID checkpoint and would kill anonymity, Proton CEO says
Powerful forces are exploiting parents’ fears to strengthen their toxic business models. Here’s how we stop them.
Ubuntu's "AI Kill Switch" Is Achieved By Removing Snaps, Initially Opt-In
Following yesterday's polarizing news of Canonical to begin shipping AI features in Ubuntu Linux over the course of the next year, Jon Seager as the VP of Engineering at Canonical has now provided some clarifications ar…
Gambling ads on social media reach more than twice as many men as women
Gambling companies are reaching young men – the group most likely to exhibit problem gambling behaviour – on social media at more than double the rate of
Canonical lays out a plan for AI in Ubuntu Linux
AI features are coming to the most popular Linux distro.
Humanoid robots to become baggage handlers in Japan airport experiment
Japan Airlines will introduce the robots for trial run at a Tokyo airport amid country’s surge in inbound tourism and worsening labour shortages
Taylor Swift files to trademark her voice and likeness in era of AI deepfakes
The move comes months after actor Matthew McConaughey filed similar trademarks to protect his likeness against unauthorized replications.
The AI-designed car is taking shape
Experts say the increasingly reliance on AI could lead to job losses.
Microsoft finally agrees Windows 11 has problems, and K2 is its plan to fix them, claims report
Let's hope it's actually true.
Open source package with 1 million monthly downloads stole user credentials
If you're one of millions using element-data, it's time to check for compromise.
Magic: The Gathering Arena Team Unionizes At Wizards of the Coast
A group of workers at Magic: The Gathering Arena maker Wizards of the Coast is asking management to voluntarily recognize the union.
At Intel
Organising within and against the semiconductor industry
New FTC Data Show People Have Lost Billions to Social Media Scams
New data from the Federal Trade Commission show that, in 2025, nearly 30% of people who reported losing money to a scam said that it started on social media, with reported losses reaching a stagger
GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing
Starting June 1, your Copilot usage will consume GitHub AI Credits.
The West Forgot How to Build. Now It's Forgetting Code
The defense industry lost the ability to make weapons when crisis hit. The same pattern is eroding software engineering skills. The timelines are identical.
Starfish ROOM: DEFEND THE ROOMS available on Steam
In a world colonized by aliens, Kibo Wave has been chosen to fight various aliens, kill monsters, collect cards, and speedrun in seconds in an eternal loop in a 2D musou roguelite sci-fi queer game.
Claude Code source leak reveals how much info Anthropic can hoover up about you and your system
: If you loved the data retention of Microsoft Recall, you'll be thrilled with Claude Code
California’s 3D Printer Law Would Criminalize Open Source, Enshittify The 3D Printing Space
There’s been a flood of new state laws placing restrictions on 3D printing that are driven by sloppy moral panics about 3D printed guns (and a desire by large manufacturers to dominate the ma…
OpenAI could be making a phone with AI agents replacing apps | TechCrunch
There have been plenty of rumors about OpenAI's hardware plans, which involve launching a pair of earbuds. A new note from industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggests that the AI company might be working on a phone in collab…
Flash Back: An “oral” history of Flash
I don’t know what the first video game I ever played was. I would have been too young to remember. It very likely could have been a Flash game running in a web browser, patiently downloaded over a dialup connection. I g…