Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app: 10.4 million monthly active users worldwide in June 2026, down…
Over a year following its post-election surge, Bluesky’s mobile app is seeing a continued decline in active users, though its remaining community is still relatively engaged.
TIL There's a Secret Netflix for Billionaires
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FOSS Torrents: Torrents for various FOSS games, softwares and OSes
Get the latest version of your favorite open-source software, games and Linux/BSD/illumos distributions.
Google's classic Search button is gone in a new AI-first homepage
Google tests an AI-focused homepage for signed-out users, adding Create images, Ask about files and Brainstorm alongside the search box.
Remembering the pre-Google web, when search was an experiment: “Most people have completely forgotten how chaotic it really was.”
Most people have completely forgotten how chaotic it really was."
Reddit forces login to access old.reddit.com
Reddit says the beloved site is used for some "bad behavior."
France bans unsolicited telemarketing calls to protect consumers
France has banned unsolicited telemarketing calls under a new law to protect consumers and shield vulnerable people from fraudulent commercial practices. Individuals who make illegal calls can be fined…
Bernie Sanders tells OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta to pause AI development or face Senate action
In a letter to the CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta, Sanders writes that almost every day brings a new story about how these companies are losing...
San Francisco company offers cleaning service using humanoid robots
A robotics startup has begun offering humanoid home cleaning services for $30 an hour to selected applicants in San Francisco.
Why Is Everyone In Tech So Sad?
A lot of people seem to be realizing that knowledge work is mostly pointless. AI might give us the pleasure of finding out what happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers.
Linus Torvalds says AI has made 'huge' Linux kernel updates the new normal
He’s not thrilled, but won’t let it delay the release of version 7.2
New Pass-ta-key attack reveals all the things we didn't know about passkeys
Why passkey apps treat Windows differently than other operating systems.
Total Eclipse of The Heart, Una Chin-Riley Klingon Cover
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Engineer harnesses gravity to launch a 4-gram projectile at supersonic speeds
UK-based YouTuber, Tom Stanton has built a gravity-powered trebuchet that sent a four-gram projectile faster than the speed of sound.
I'm leaving OpenAI to build Jurassic Park - by Taylor Troesh
Gonna send you back to the stone age.
A cybersecurity researcher covered a Toyota in an AI-generated pattern to confuse Flock cameras
What just happened? Bill Swearingen's noRecognition project is testing whether computer-generated patterns can interfere with software used to identify people, vehicles, and other objects on surveillance cameras. The pr…
EA's deal to go private under Saudi Arabia is officially complete
The Saudi Arabian government's investment fund just acquired EA, the publisher behind many of the biggest games.
Open-source stealth USB hides an encrypted partition behind an 8GB decoy drive Phantom Drive appears as a regular USB stick until you creat…
A trick to break the walls of hidden partitions.
How Claude marks AI-generated content: (1) watermarks embedded in text, and (2) signed provenance metadata attached to files.
Anthropic has signed the EU AI Act's Article 50(2) Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content, as a provider of both generative AI models and generative AI systems. This article describes how we’re plannin…
No, Thorn Isn't A Poison Ivy Rip-Off | Batman: Caped Crusader
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YouTube announces monetization changes that make it harder for new creators to make money
We’re making important changes to help the YouTube Partner Program remain the leader in the creator economy.
Top economist warns that the AI math doesn’t make sense: 'Profits are currently being funded by investors rather than earned from customers'
The AI boom has turned the standard profit margin model on its head, according to Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Slok—and it’s making the industry’s growth unsustainable.
Two Decades of Cheaper Memory Vanished in One Brutal Year
Memory prices are surging up to 95% as AI dominates chip supply — analysts warn costs won't normalize until 2028, so buy RAM and SSDs now.
Microsoft's Weather App Eats More RAM Than Most Browsers – and Serves You Ads
Windows 11 Weather app consumes up to 1.6GB of RAM and displays third-party ads — roughly five times heavier than macOS's equivalent.
Quebec apple grower using anti-hail cannon to protect crops from icy weather
Anti-hail cannons aren't a new invention for farming, having originated in Europe but are now manufactured in various countries such as New Zealand and Germany.
Humanising LLM Outputs is Dumb
The largest tell for me to tell where culture and sentiment is shifting for AI tools is usually X, viral GitHub repositories and Hacker News. One of these tells Iâve been seeing a lot lately is skills like I have ADHD…
India moves to rein in consumer 5G network slicing
India has proposed safeguards for 5G network slicing services to protect regular users' experience.
A Surveillance ‘Cat-and-Mouse’ Game With AI - The Atlantic
Is there any way of fighting back?
Salem Brought a Guillotine To Oppose New Data Center. Company Reps Left, Feeling 'Unsafe'.
Salem's city council voted unanimously to pursue a data center moratorium after residents — and a guillotine — pushed back on a $5.1 billion AI facility.
The Odyssey Archery Review (and attempting the 12 axes challenge) - blumineck
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Amid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardware
A new report claims Microsoft has raised the cost of the Windows license by up to 10% for certain OEMs, which is much higher than usual.
Double Fine Is Unionizing
The Psychonauts developer is the latest Microsoft studio to unionize
Sign of the Times: An Account of the First Tech Workers’ Strike
Workers in the New York Times Tech Guild went on the first official tech workers’ strike in the United States, during the week of the presidential election in November, 2024. Following the strike, the Times Tech Guild b…
Post Mortem: Grifters vs. The Odyssey
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Mark Zuckerberg's 6,500 word love letter to AI seeks 'superintelligence for everyone'
Mark Zuckerberg set out his vision for the future of AI as Meta released its newest model.
LexisNexis shuts down services after suspicious activity on servers
LexisNexis took its Diligence, Metabase API, and Newsdesk services offline as part of its response to unusual activity on servers hosted and managed by an unnamed third-party vendor.
The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact. Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop.
Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content.
Bernie Sanders Calls on Tech Giants to Pause Development of Out-of-Control AI
BURLINGTON, Vt., Aug. 10 – Following recent and repeated public reporting about artificial intelligence (AI) technology breaking outside of human control and creating potentially dangerous viruses, Sen. Bernie Sanders (…
Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy
On the latest episode of Equity, we spoke to Jill Lepore about "government by machines" and why Elon Musk is a bad science fiction reader.
Delhi Police Prepare SOP For Tracking Internet Activity of Users Through IPDR Analysis - The Wire
IPDR can be matched with call detail records (CDRs), customer application forms (KYC details), and mobile tower data to provide a “complete picture of any user activity”.
Chinese-Made Zbtlink Routers Ship With Backdoor That Opens Unauthenticated Root Shells
At least 20 Zbtlink router models ship with ENDLESSDOORS, a root backdoor that attempts C2 contact as often as every 35 seconds and accepts commands.
AI assistant hacks gym website in first known Australian autonomous cyber attack: Andrew asked his personal assistant to book him a spot in…
When Andrew asked his AI personal assistant to book him a spot in a gym class, he had no idea he would accidentally initiate an autonomous cyber attack.
[AIP] Fathom v0.11.0: now on Android and Android TV (experimental), plus many more updates!
Fathom 0.11.0 brings the app to Android and Android TV, adds a YouTube Shorts viewer, Android Auto, and an Up Next prompt, and lets you manage and delete items in place. Note: Android TV support i...
WAGE SURVEILLIANCE IS HERE! (HOW DESPERATE ARE YOU?)
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EU Age Verification Project Mandates Hardware-Bound Attestation
The EU’s age verification project confirms hardware-bound attestation is mandatory, raising concerns over Linux, custom ROMs, and open-source access.
Microsoft confirms it accidentally installed new OneDrive app on Windows 11 PCs, and there's no easy way to remove it yet
Microsoft told Windows Latest that it accidentally shipped the AI-powered OneDrive Photos app on Windows 11 more broadly than it should have.
Rumored, Never-to-Be-Released Apple Feature May Have Been Too Much Truth for Most Consumers
You know Apple has all your data, but do you really want to be made aware of it?
Pages of Turnabout – Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy Review
As a fan of courtroom dramas, I really couldn't let this one pass! The Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy is so wonderful and influential, and I have enough proof to state with absolute certainty that you should give …
Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves
Exclusive: anonymous flagging service says cases have surged, as watchdog says AI is making sexualised or ‘nudified’ content easier to produce
New sodium-ion battery skips mechanical cooling with 97.9% efficiency
Syntropic Power and UNIGRID have entered a partnership to commercialize UNIGRID’s sodium chromium oxide battery chemistry in North America.