TIL there is only one ocean.
While there is only one global ocean, the vast body of water that covers 71 percent of the Earth is geographically divided into distinct named regions. The boundaries between these regions have evolved over time for a vā¦
LLM's poisoned with sleeper agent backdoors is the latest fun security threat to worry about
: It's a threat straight out of sci-fi, and fiendishly hard to detect
TSMC to make advanced 3nm chips in Japan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) will produce 3 nanometer chips at its second, still-under-construction plant in Kumamoto, Japan, the company announced Thursday.
TIL that Broccoli can significantly lower cancer risks
If you knew there was a simple approach to reduce your cancer risk, would you take it? Well, one of the simplest strategies linked to cancer prevention is to increase your broccoli intake.
Is Ā£70 becoming harder to justify? The rise of cheaper blockbuster games
As top games such as GTA 6 are speculated to cost $100 (Ā£74), some developers are deliberately pricing lower.
Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field
: Flatpak may be next, and the lobbying behind it is raising eyebrows
Android's new developer verification rollout begins, sideloading changes are next
Google has started rolling out Android's new developer verification, with user-facing sideloading changes arriving later this year.
Meta found liable in child sexual exploitation case
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Amazon acquires āapproachableā humanoid maker Fauna Robotics
Fauna's first product, called Sprout, is a $50,000 bipedal robot that's 3 feet, 6 inches tall and designed to be "approachable and human-friendly."
OpenAI Will Shut Down Sora Video Platform
OpenAI is planning to discontinue Sora, the generative-AI video creation platform it launched in late 2024. Disney has ended its partnership for Sora.
TIL that contraception is illegal in Afghanistan
Women across Afghanistan describe the traumatic impact of disappearing clinics and contraception
It's not just a RAM crisis ā Panasonic says data center batteries are also selling out months in advance
Panasonic plans to triple battery production as hyperscale AI infrastructure drives unprecedented demand across global data centers
AI Facial Recognition Is Denying Food To Pregnant Women Across India
Indiaās 50-year-old welfare programme now uses AI to decide who gets food. Across Anganwadi centres, pregnant women and new mothers must pass a facial recognition scan before receiving rations.
AI chatbots lure vulnerable gamblers to unlicensed betting websites
Major chatbot platforms found to be advertising unregulated online casinos across the continent, exclusive Investigate Europe research shows.
49MB download: one NYTimes webpage
A look at modern news websites. How programmatic ad-tech, huge payloads and hostile architecture destroyed the reading experience.
Union leaders have a message for Newsom: Regulate AI if you want to be president
The governor will need workers and unions in 2028. They are trying to push him to the left on AI ā even as business interest push the other way.
How China is getting everyone on OpenClaw, from gearheads to grandmas
China's OpenClaw use is soaring as tech giants hold meet-ups to help everyone add the artificial intelligence digital assistant to their devices.
Stranger than Heaven is Yakuza except set between 1915 and 1965 in five different citiesāincluding Kamurocho
It's a grittier take than the recent Like a Dragon games, but I'm sure it'll still have bonkers mini-games.
Valve Prepares for Steam Frame Launch with Android Upload Options in Steamworks
Valve has long been preparing its software stack for the arrival of both the Steam Machine and the upcoming Steam Frame, and the latest update sees the gaming giant add a long list of fixes, QoL improvements, and featurā¦
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn | Official Gameplay Trailer
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is a third-person action RPG set in the universe of The Expanse.Youāre no hero ā just a mercenary caught in the wrong place at the...
Nintendo Lowers Pricepoint For Digital Versions of Switch 2 Games
Nintendo has announced that it will adopt separate price points for digital and physical Switch 2 exclusive games published by the company
Intel announced plans to start making GPUs, challenging NVIDIA's dominance
Intel has been bulking up a team to focus on this effort and will develop its GPU strategy around customer needs.
Hackers and Trolls Target Wave of ICE Spotting Apps
Hackers have targeted a spread of apps or sites that aim to track ICE activity, in one case even sending push notifications to users in an attempt to intimidate them.
FBI Couldnāt Get into WaPo Reporterās iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled
Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking someone's device. At leā¦
TIL about Elmer McCurdy: a train and bank robbing outlaw whose corpse, after his death, became a carnival funhouse attraction.
Did a dummy 'dead man' on a TV set turns out to be the real thing?
As software stocks slump, investors debate AIās existential threat
By Chibuike Oguh, Danilo Masoni and Medha Singh Feb 4 (Reuters) - Investors were assessing on Wednesday whether a selloff in global software stocks this week had gone too far, as they weighed if businesses could surviveā¦
Palantirās UK boss criticises āideologicalā groups as ministers move to scrap NHS contract
Louis Mosley says government should resist calls to trigger break clause in ĆĀ£330m deal with US analytics company
Microsoft's AI slop is infecting GitHub ā Copilot is now injecting ads into pull requests
A developer caught Copilot adding promotional "tips" to code descriptions, highlighting a messy new era of AI slop.
Content Creator Alanah Pearce Launches Charred Pictures in Partnership With Game Devs; āFaith: The Unholy Trinityā Film Adaptation, Two Morā¦
Content creator Alanah Pearce launches Charred Pictures, a production company focused on involving game devs in film and TV adaptation projects.
Tear gas and pepper spray can have lasting health effects
The chemicals are widely used for crowd control, but their long-term health risks are poorly understood.
Spotted in the wild: Our first look at the X Money debit card Musk is rolling out
X Money cards are popping up on social media, buying ice creams and snacks at gas stations. Users are thanking William Shatner.
Horizon Chase Turbo is getting delisted after the Epic Games layoffs
Originally developed by AQUIRIS (now known as Epic Games Brazil), the retro racer Horizon Chase Turbo is getting delisted from all stores.
High-Altitude Adventure With a DIY Pico Balloon - IEEE Spectrum
A $4 Raspberry Pi Pico can help you track a DIY balloon around the world.
Digimon Story: Time Stranger large-scale expansion DLC announced
Publisher Bandai Namco and developer Media.Vision have announced a large-scale expansion downloadable content for Digimon Story: Time Stranger. It will launch in 2027.
āBlack Mirrorā episode comes to life in alleged $66 million crypto theft attempt
Authorities believe the would-be alleged thieves were being extorted by mysterious figures named āRedā and ā8ā who communicated with them over signal.
Baldur's Gate 3 director agrees with No Rest for the Wicked lead that Early Access is "a positive thing" for games like their two RPGs ā whā¦
"When players and devs uniteā¦ beautiful things happen"
A Ukrainian corps is battle-testing exoskeletons that can fold into a briefcase
The 7th Air Assault Corps has released a video of troops using the exoskeletons to load artillery rounds onto a self-propelled Howitzer.
Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase Announced for February 5
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Material's Printed Batteries Put Power in Every Nook and Cranny
How does a 50% boost in energy density sound for your devices?
Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification Support
The project removes the birthDate field systemd added last week in response to age verification laws.
Road to Vostok Early Access Trailer
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The rise of Moltbook suggests viral AI prompts may be the next big security threat
We don't need self-replicating AI models to have problems, just self-replicating prompts.
The FCC decided that all foreign-made consumer-grade Internet routers are prohibited from receiving FCC authorization and are therefore proā¦
Whoa, that escalated quickly. This just got sent out by the press folks at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC says it has decided that all foreign-made consumer-grade Internet routers are henceforth prā¦
Xbox just revealed Gaming Copilot is coming to "current-generation consoles" later this year
"We will continue to bring it to more services that players are playing"
Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit thā¦
The latest GDC survey also found that managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees.
A Tale of Imagination, Childhood Dreams & the forgotten desire for Adventure
Itās truly interesting how differently we see things when we are children; how our lack of understanding, whilst often causing problems, can likewise create wonders, and let our imagination rā¦
I used an original iPod Nano in 2026, and it worked surprisingly well
Nearly 20 years after its introduction, the iPod Nano is still a perfectly functional music player.
AI and bots have officially taken over the internet
AI-driven traffic nearly tripled in 2025. AI agent traffic grew 7,851%. HUMAN's 2026 benchmark report analyzes more than one quadrillion interactions to map the rise of agentic AI, the threat landscape evolving alongsidā¦
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?
Nvidia Answers my DLSS 5 Questions - Daniel Owen
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