Pixlpal is more than just a screen
Pixlpal is a hackable, ESP32-S3-based desktop device with an 11.25-inch LED matrix, high-fidelity audio, and Home Assistant integration.
Austrian Supreme Court rules that FIFA loot boxes are not gambling
But the justices say that, in general, loot boxes cannot be taken on their own and must be considered within the context of the game they are part of
Apple quietly launches AirPods Max 2
The successor to its premium headphones cost $549 and are launching with enhanced active noise cancellation, the H2 chip, live translation, better sound quality, and more.
Love, engineered in the age of AI
As chatbots grow more sophisticated, some people are forming romantic bonds — and even marriages — with artificial partners.
Upcoming adventure game Epoch Reset has awakened the Steins;Gate stan in me with its time-bending shoujo storyline
Complete with android repair mini games and timeloop mechanics.
Designer claims ‘most’ of Highguard’s dev team have been laid off, weeks after launch | VGC
The shooter enjoyed a strong start, but player numbers appear to have dropped…
TIL about Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream
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Windows 11 Security Update KB5074109 Causes Freezes and System Lockups
Users report black screens and system freezes after installing KB5074109. Microsoft has acknowledged the issue.
TIL putting solar panels on land currently used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks to go electric
The world dedicates a Poland-sized area of land to liquid biofuels. Is there a more efficient way to generate energy?
The pressure
I'm doing Open Source primarily because I love it. The social aspects, the for-the-good angle and for the challenge of engineering this to work for everyone. I also do it because it is my full-time job and getting food …
Ring calls off partnership with police surveillance provider Flock Safety
Ring has canceled its partnership with Flock Safety, after receiving backlash for running a Super Bowl ad touting its Search Party feature.
A New Era of Safety: Facial Age Checks Now Required to Chat on Roblox | Roblox
Roblox requires facial age checks for all users globally to access chat
Trump FTC wants Apple News to promote more Fox News and Breitbart stories
FTC claims Apple News suppresses conservatives, cites study by pro-Trump group.
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
Google won’t stop replacing our news headlines with terrible AI | It now says AI headlines are a ‘feature,’ not an experiment.
“This feature performs well for user satisfaction,” claims Google.
[DX] What's a Concord-like?
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Correlating Electric Cars With Better Air Quality
Although at its face the results seem obvious, a recent study by [Sandrah Eckel] et al. on the impact of electric cars in California is interesting from a quantitative perspective. What percentage …
European Alternatives Portal
We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.
Automattic Planned to “Steal Every Single WP Site” From Hosts That Refused Trademark Deals, WP Engine Alleges in Latest Complaint
Newly unsealed passages cited in WP Engine’s complaint allege that Automattic categorized hosting companies as “friends,” “would-be friends,” and “charlatans,” and planned to “steal every single” site…
QWOP
QWOP is a simple game about running extremely fast down a 100 meter track.
TIL: People in Georgia (the country) have been protesting every day for over 400 days
Day 406 of daily, uninterrupted protests in Georgia. 🇬🇪🇪🇺
Strengthening Windows trust and security through User Transparency and Consent
Today, Windows 11 powers over a billion devices and supports millions of apps across business, creativity, education, gaming and productivity. For decades, our commitment to openness and compatibility, in partnership wi…
Polish state authorities respond to inquiries about presence on X following scandal involving Grok generating on-demand pornography
On X, Grok until recently allowed users to easily generate nude photos, including child pornography. In light of this, we asked the ministries and the offices of the Sejm, Senate and President of Poland about their plan…
Dashboard tout-en-un pour ton PC sans impact sur tes FPS
🖥️ PulseDeck – Monitoring & Control Dashboard (Desktop App)PulseDeck is an all-in-one monitoring and control dashboard designed to turn any secondary screen into a powerful, customizable control center for your PC.Origi…
Major European Payment Processor Can't Send Email to Google Workspace Users
Viva.com, one of Europe's largest payment processors, sends verification emails without a Message-ID header — a requirement of RFC 5322 since 2008. Google Workspace rejects them outright. Their support team's response t…
Diablo | 30th Anniversary Spotlight
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1200 Ubisoft staff go on strike against Assassin's Creed company's massive cutbacks
At least 1,200 Ubisoft developers have gone on strike across Paris and Milan in response to the company’s recent massive cutbacks and RTO policy.
New research finds that ChatGPT systematically favours wealthier, Western regions in response to questions ranging from 'Where are people m…
New research from the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford, and the University of Kentucky, finds that ChatGPT systematically favours wealthier, Western regions in response to
Developers who crowdfunded $340k game budget are seeking legal action after platform fails to pay out over half the amount raised - AUTOMAT…
Skeleton Crew Studio, the team behind the upcoming Shibuya Scramble Stories, has yet to receive over half of the funds it raised.
Bernie Sanders: AI oligarchs do not want to just replace specific jobs, they want to replace the working class. We must fight back.
By: Sen. Sanders; Fox News AI oligarchs do not want to just replace specific jobs, the reality is that they want to replace workers Artificial intelligence (AI) is the most transformational technology in the history of …
Covering electricity price increases from our data centers
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
AI safety leader says 'world is in peril' and quits to study poetry
It comes in the same week an OpenAI researcher resigned amid concerns about its decision to start testing ChatGPT ads.
Remedy's new CEO is a former sports betting guy and EA executive who aims to 'scale Remedy in a way that builds lasting value'
Is it just me or does that not sound great?
Discord will restrict your account next month unless you scan ID or face
Discord is making a huge change that will enact age restrictions for all accounts until users verify their age with ID or face scans.
Updated: Honey, I Shrunk The Vids 2.3.4
An overengineered oversimplified hardware-agnostic frontend for FFMPEG - obelisk-complex/histv-universal
It Holds 300 Games. It Was Built for One.
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Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras?
Amazon unveiled a new tracking system at a time when Americans are debating the value of persistent surveillance.
I made my home lab immutable with Terraform | XDA
The journey towards being Infrastructure-as-Code is fun
Backseat Software – Mike Swanson's Blog
What if your car worked like so many apps? You’re driving somewhere important…maybe running a little bit late. A few minutes into the drive, your car pulls over to the side of the road and asks:
The Roadmap That Changes RuneScape Forever - Runescape Blog
Welcome to our biggest RuneScape Ahead ever, and the start of a bold new era for RuneScape. Read on to learn more about the full 2026 roadmap and more.
32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital
A Chinese programmer died in hospital after fainting while working at home late last year.Gao Guanghui (transliterated), 32, allegedly died of cardiac arrest, leading his family to believe that he died from overwork.Acc…
blog.smartere » Floppy Disks: the best TV remote for kids
Modern TVs are very poorly suited for kids. They require using complicated remotes or mobile phones, and navigating apps that continually try to lure you into watching something else than you intended to. The usual scen…
Somebody made a Cave Story Walkthrough Concept Album and its really fucking good
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a brief history of barbed wire fence telephone networks – loriemerson
If you look at the table of contents for my book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, you’ll see that entries on networks before/outside the internet are arranged first by underl…
Far-right extremists have been organizing online since before the internet – and AI is their next frontier
Neo-Nazis and other far-right extremists were early adopters of bulletin board systems, pioneering online recruiting and radicalization techniques long before the social media revolution.
The upgrade argument for desktops doesn't stand up anymore
Upgrading isn't all that it's made out to be.
Malicious VS Code AI Extensions Harvesting Code from 1.5M Devs
Two popular AI coding extensions with 1.5M installs secretly harvest your entire codebase and profile you. Both are still live in the marketplace.
The world is trying to log off U.S. tech
Some global users are turning to services like Proton Mail and UpScrolled instead.
Row over ‘virtual gated community’ AI surveillance plan in Toronto neighbourhood
Rosedale residents considering car licence plate-scanning Flock system in bid to tackle property crime
A Playthrough Reborn: Rediscovering Final Fantasy XIV
After a long break, it’s time for my very own Final Fantasy XIV Playthrough Reborn! Here’s my personal adventure, plus an analysis of some of my favorite characters and the story through Heavensward!