Xthings Is Making a Narc Pole
The X Tower is an āurban guardianā that uses AI to detect public threats.
The Legendary āFather Of Sega Hardwareā Hideki Sato Has Passed Away
Sato and his team were behind everything from the SG-1000 up through the Dreamcast
Mozillaās new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox
Anthony Enzor-DeMeo is taking charge of one of the internetās most important ā and most complicated ā companies.
AI tool OpenClaw wipes the inbox of Meta's AI Alignment director despite repeated commands to stop ā executive had to manually terminate thā¦
It's almost like we could all see this one coming.
Pro-Russian Narratives Target Wikipedia, Marking a Dangerous Trend for AI Chatbot Data
Recent Wikipedia edits raising alarms in Estonia suggest attempts to reshape historical narratives, with implications for AI training and ideological biases.
Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site
'It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.'
Finland's Ministry of Justice is considering halting its plans to start using US-hosted cloud services
Benefits agency Kela and the Finnish Tax Administration also have plans to switch to US-based cloud storage.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto paymeā¦
UK courts recently ruled that the trial can move forward
Outsourcing thinking
First, a note to the reader: This blog post is longer than usual, as I decided to address multiple connected issues in the same post, without being too restrictive on length. With modern browsing habits and the amount oā¦
Generative AI and Wikipedia editing: What we learned in 2025
Like many organizations, Wiki Education has grappled with generative AI, its impacts, opportunities, and threats, for several years. As an organization that runs large-scale programs to bring new eā¦
'Reverse Solar Panel' Generates Electricity at Night
It produces only a little power, but its innovative approach could support hardware that operates during lengthy periods of total darkness, such as deep-space satellites.
Password managers are less secure than promised
Researchers from ETH Zurich have discovered serious security vulnerabilities in three popular, cloud-based password managers. During testing, they were able to view and even make changes to stored passwords.
Google quantum-proofs HTTPS by squeezing 2.5kB of data into 64-byte space
Merkle Tree Certificate support is already in Chrome. Soon, it will be everywhere.
Ireland is investigating X over Grok-made potentially harmful, non-consensual intimate and/or sexualised images, containing or otherwise inā¦
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced that it has opened an inquiry into X Internet Unlimited Company (XIUC) under section 110 of the Data Protection Act 2018.
Forward Auth with Authentik and Envoy Gateway
Using Authentik for forward authentication at the domain-level with Envoy Gateway.
Mewgenics Features Trailer
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All-Screen Keyboard Has Flexible Layouts
Most keyboards are factory-set for a specific layout, and most users never change from the standard layout for their home locale. As a multilingual person, [Inkbox] wanted a more flexible keyboard.ā¦
WinRAR path traversal flaw still exploited by numerous hackers
Multiple threat actors, both state-sponsored and financially motivated, are exploiting the CVE-2025-8088 high-severity vulnerability in WinRAR for initial access and to deliver various malicious payloads.
Electric Flying Cars Now for Sale by California Company Pivotal
Pivotal is a Palo Alto-based company developing an ultralight, electric aircraft for recreational use and short-haul travel.
Genigods: Nezha Announced For PS5 And PC With Mythological DualāStance Combat
Chinese studio Genigods Lab has revealed Genigods: Nezha, an Unreal Engine 5 singleāplayer action RPG coming to PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, featuring mythic combat and Relic Fusion mechanics.
It's me again. My Kubernetes devolver has reached the astral plane.
Generate compose.yml from your Kubernetes manifests. Same charts, same values, no second stack to maintain. Public domain.
Calibre-Web-Automated v4.0.2 - Includes critical database stability updates + a number of snazzy new features
Release Notes: v4.0.2 šØ Critical Updates These changes are essential for database stability and compatibility with Calibre 9. Calibre 9 Metadata Compatibility: Fixed critical UI crashes (500 error...
Silent Hill: Townfall - Reveal Trailer | PS5 Games
The newest psychological horror game to join the SILENT HILL series, SILENT HILL: Townfall. Simon Ordell is called back to the island of St. Amelia to āput t...
archive.today is directing a DDOS attack against my blog
Around January 11, 2026, archive.today (aka archive.is, archive.md, etc) started using its users as proxies to conduct a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack against Gyrovague, my personal bā¦
Baldur's Gate 3
Baldur's Gate 3 Oyunu, bu uƧsuz bucaksız, ƧeÅitli dĆ¼nyada her metrekare sırlarla dolu ve neredeyse her Åey keÅfedilmeyi bekliyor
charmarr - a media stack that configures itself on kubernetes
Kubernetes-native media automation with Juju charms
Why you can't get a signal at festivals and sports matches
Connecting up music and sports events to the internet is a massive undertaking.
Self-Host Weekly (27 February 2026)
Legal threats, exposed vulnerabilities, and a fond farewell
PeerWeb - Decentralized Website Hosting
PeerWeb is a revolutionary way to host and share websites using WebTorrent technology. Instead of relying on centralized servers, websites are distributed across a peer-to-peer network, making them censorship-resistant ā¦
Nvidia CEO pushes back against report that his company's $100B OpenAI investment has stalled
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that a recent report of friction between his company and OpenAI was ānonsense.ā
Turn-based RPGĀ People of Note reveals its voice cast alongside new Nintendo Switch 2 release | RPG Site
Annapurna Interactive and Iridium Studios reveal the voice cast for the upcoming turn-based RPG People of Note and a Switch 2 port.
A Whisper of Fall: Jinyiwei Is Yet Another AAA-Looking Chinese Martial Arts ARPG
A Whisper of Fall: Jinyiwei is the latest AAA-looking Chinese martial arts action RPG to be announced. It will launch on PC and PlayStation 5
OpenAI strikes a deal with the Defense Department to deploy its AI models
OpenAI has reached an agreement with the Defense Department to deploy its models in the agency's network, company chief Sam Altman has revealed on X.
TIL that the attention crisis is so dire at schools right now that film professors can't even get their students to finish movies
The attention-span crisis goes to the movies.
TIL adults who frequently post on social media are at more risk of developing mental health problems than those who passively view social mā¦
Adults who frequently post on social media are at more risk of developing mental health problems than those who passively view social media content, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
I turned my Google TV into an Apple TV with this free app
Google TV has an ad problem. You turn it on, and before you even get to what you actually want to watch, you are greeted by a giant banner sitting at the top of your screen, sometimes promoting a newly released show, a ā¦
Asus and Dell announce new mini PCs for Windows 365 | Goodbye local OS
Dell and Asus have announced new mini PCs intended for use with Windows 365. These systems will not power themselves, but will simply allow users to operate Windows running in the cloud.
Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
Anthropic's response to the Secretary of War and advice for customers
Xbox Hardware Sales Plunge 32% YoY as Services Keep Gaming Division Afloat
Microsoft just reported its Q4 2025 results, providing some interesting insights into its gaming ventures. The company's overall quarterly revenue increased by an impressive 17% compared to the same period last year, reā¦
Finally, the FPS I keep asking for: Deep combat, classic modes, and an honest-to-god server browser
Out of Action's acrobatic movement and chill server culture are plucked out of the 2000s.
Not good.
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown ā Review and Retrospective- Is It Worth It In 2025?
I think I have made abundantly clear that I consider XCOM: Enemy Unknown to be one of the best strategy games of all time. When it was released in 2012, it single-handedly revitalized the turn-baseā¦
"on a reporters salary? Right"
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President Donald Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS! That decision belongs to YOUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, and the tremendous leaders I appoint tā¦
An upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verification
It's basic, and by the looks of it, near unenforceable.
Open source calculator firmware DB48X forbids CA/CO use due to age verification
(e) (1) āCovered application storeā means a publicly available internet website, software application, online service, or platform that distributes and facilitates the download of applications from third-party developerā¦
Tencent āHorizon cloneā pulled from stores as Sony settles lawsuit
Sony and Tencent have settled their dispute over upcoming Tencent game Light of Motiramā¦
Stardew Valley Creator Says 1.7 Update Will Contain 'More Character/Social Stuff' and a New Farm Type
As Stardew Valley fans continue to wait patiently for the previously announced 1.7 update, creator Eric Barone (ConcernedApe) has dropped a couple small, vague, yet exciting hints about what said mysterious update mightā¦
Pluralistic: If you build it (and it works), Trump will come (and take it)
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
2026-01-14: The Day the telnet Died
On January 14, 2026, global telnet traffic observed by GreyNoise sensors fell off a cliff. A 59% sustained reduction, eighteen ASNs going completely silent, five countries vanishing from our data entirely. Six days lateā¦