After Town Bans Flock, Councilmember Crashes Out, Proposes Internet and Phone Ban / A Texas councilmember will propose “a total ban on all …
A Texas councilmember will propose “a total ban on all cellular and GPS-capable devices for all operations within city limits" and"a total termination of all internet services."
Goodbye Google - I self-host everything now on 4 tiny PCs in a 3D printed rack (CaptainRedsLab)
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The 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in Tech
The bugs, broken apps, and nightmare customer-service bots we can't escape, presented as a blessed and sacred addendum to Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical on AI
Orbitals – Nintendo Direct Trailer
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Ontario Police Deploy Secret Spyware That Lets Them Remotely Take Over Your Phone
Ontario police secretly deploy phone spyware that captures keystrokes, screenshots, and encrypted messages without user knowledge in major criminal cases.
To study how chips really work, MIT researchers built their own operating system
When security researchers want to understand what a modern processor is really doing with the kind of detail that determines whether attacks like Spectre and Meltdown are possible, they usually run their experiments on …
Can Everyone Just Be Normal? Noah Wyle, Chappell Roan, and the Wretched Rise of Toxic Fandoms
Fandom has always been intense—but recent events involving stars from ‘The Pitt,’ ‘Heated Rivalry,’ ‘Percy Jackson,’ and more suggest that diehards have gone to a new, scarier level.
First Look At Teaser For Duncan Jones’ Hand-Crafted Take On ‘2000 AD’ Comic Book Adaptation ‘Rogue Trooper’; Q&A With Filmmakers
‘Rogue Trooper’ first look: Duncan Jones unveils his hand-crafted take on 2000 AD’s dystopian war machine
Author Invited to Give Speech at OpenAI Headquarters, Uses Opportunity to Trash AI to Their Faces
Little love has been lost between writers and the AI industry. Companies like OpenAI and Anthropic have ripped off their life's work without permission, incurring countless copyright infringement lawsuits in the process…
Everything is a File
In this first half of a build-your-own-synthetic-file-system adventure, we take a look at what even is a file, and some inspiration behind building a synthetic file system.
The Walls Don’t Have Ears, But Fiber Optic Does
You normally think of fiber optic as something used in network cables. However, scientists employ dedicated fibers to detect earthquakes. In simple terms, they fire a laser down the fiber and watch…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is going live on Twitch in new streaming series 'Talk with the People'
The mayor of New York is making history as the first elected official to host a recurring cross-platform stream.
Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools and should not be undermined – Open Policy & Advocacy
In the context of concerns around young people’s interactions with digital technologies, the UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is consulting on additional measures to prepare young people for ...
Stealth Satellite TV Defeats Iran's Internet Blackout
Files hidden in satellite TV broadcasts keep information flowing
Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting 'deepfakes'
Federal prosecutors have charged two men with using artificial intelligence to create nude videos and photos of female celebrities under a newly enacted law meant to halt the spread of deepfake pornography.
Colm Meaney on Irish Talent, “Star Trek” & Why Digital Cameras Suck | Locarno Meets
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Signal messages retrieved from iOS notification, as seen in Prairieland federal trial
TLDR: signal content in Apple notification can be retrieved even after signal app deletion. I saw from this reddit thread: Signal messages retrieved from iPhone after uninstalling app. : signal Referencing this news art…
‘A consistent pattern of lying’: Musk v OpenAI trial exposes what insiders think of Sam Altman
The trial has exposed even more details about OpenAIâs fractious corporate past than previously documented
You Don't Love systemd Timers Enough
A cron job for every man, woman, and child.
Microsoft claims "2026 is the moment" for AI PCs, but its essay-length beginner explanation only creates more confusion — Is it any wonder …
A new beginner's guide to AI PCs published in Microsoft's learning center does a poor job of explaining the reality of AI PCs.
Inside Denmark’s struggle to break up with Silicon Valley
From a media blockade to “nationalizing” government software, Denmark has become a laboratory for resisting U.S. Big Tech. But is the price of sovereignty too high?
Boycott of major AI conference exposes a growing US–China divide
China-based researchers make up more than half of all lead authors at NeurIPS.
Richard Pryor nails the connection between racism and capitalism
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Focused open source attacks. Smells like a corporate sponsored action.
GitHub is just the latest victim of TeamPCP, a gang that has carried out a spree of software supply chain attacks that has impacted hundreds of organizations.
Sony's State of Play set for June 2
Sony Interactive Entertainment will host a State of Play on June 2 at 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET, the company announced. You will be able to watch it on YouTube (English, Japanese), Twitch, and Ti…
Video game romances need to evolve beyond lore dumps
Reading an encyclopedia entry about someone else's life and preferences doesn't equal love
The FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reason
How did Netgear do it? Nobody’s saying.
Plex Announces Massive Price Hike on Lifetime Subscription Plans
The price of Lifetime Plex Pass plans will be increasing to $749.99 on July 1.
China requires approval for U.S. investment in AI startups
The move follows Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, which triggered a Beijing probe into foreign investment and tech exports
While refrigerators and air conditioners still rely on gases that can leak, a Cambridge startup raises $10 million to create refrigeration …
A Cambridge startup is betting on plastic crystals to transform refrigeration by replacing gases with solid materials that change temperature under pressure, in a technology still under development and initially aimed a…
Software bloat (2026)
What is software bloat? Throughout my life, and the decades before, I have heard over and over again about the advances in computer hardware. I have studied how computers execute instructions, designed simple ones in RT…
Open Source Brand Fonts - Google Design
Learn why top brands are open-sourcing custom fonts, boosting type accessibility, innovation, and brand recognition
Flock Goes Global: How a $7.5 Billion Surveillance Company Found Its International Partner in South Africa's Most Controversial Camera Netw…
Vumacam sells Flock surveillance in South Africa. Its founder was criminally investigated for operating unlicensed. Its cameras have been called digital apartheid. It all tracks.
OpenAI blamed a hacking event on its AI models going rogue. Here are some things to know
ChatGPT maker OpenAI says it is still investigating the “unprecedented cyber incident” that led its artificial intelligence systems to break out of a testing environment and hack into another AI company.
Samsung chip workers offered a $340,000 average bonus as union pushes toward $1M and an 18-day strike
Samsung Electronics will pay its chip workers an average bonus of about $340,000 for the year, as the union pushes for compensation closer to $1m per employee and prepares for an 18-day walkout.
TIL the US state of Missouri's governor signed a Mormon extermination order in 1838 which wasn't formally rescinded until 1976
Missouri Executive Order 44 (known as the Mormon Extermination Order) was a state executive order issued by Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs on October 27, 1838, in response to the Battle of Crooked River. The clash had …
Paul Giamatti's Career Proves Movie Stars Are a Lie
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State censorship shapes how Chinese chatbots respond to sensitive political topics, study suggests
Chinese chatbots may be censored by the state, according to a study published in PNAS Nexus. China has a robust program of censorship and all China-originating LLMs must be approved by the Chinese government before rele…
OSS Anti Surveillance: public tracker for OS-level age signaling and related surveillance mechanisms
Document. Revert. Rebuild. Contribute to AntiSurv/oss-anti-surveillance development by creating an account on GitHub.
Artemis II Astronauts Have ‘Two Microsoft Outlooks’ and Neither Work
In space, no one can hear you scream at Microsoft’s legacy software.
State of the 25th Century Dominion
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Consumer Federation of America Sues Meta for Failing to Protect Users from Scam Advertisements
The Consumer Federation of America (CFA), on behalf of itself and a proposed class of D.C. Facebook users, has filed a class action complaint and jury trial demand against Meta Platforms, Inc (Meta) for failing to prote…
Once Banned now streaming cult hit The People's Joker arrives free.
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Nichelle Nichols: What They Never Told You About Her Life
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A Device Hidden in Cars Across the US Leaves Them Vulnerable to Hacking and Paralysis. Patch It Now
Dealerships installed alarms in millions of vehicles—and left them in even if the buyer didn’t want them. Now researchers warn they can be hacked to unlock, track, and disable cars.
ZA/UM potentially laying off 32 employees after Zero Parades fails to reach commercial success
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Waymos, robotaxis can now be ticketed by California police. But how exactly?
Driverless cars haven't always obeyed the rules of the road but, unlike vehicles with humans behind the wheel, they've gotten away with it. That's about to change in California.
Fewer People Playing Fortnite Is Just One of Epic's Many Problems, Analysts Say
While the scope of layoffs has stunned employees, industry analysts have told IGN that cost-reduction within Epic Games was inevitable amid growing external pressures and costly industry battles.
Dolphin Emulator - Rise of the Triforce
During the rapid technological advancements of the early 1990s, the video game industry was on the cusp of a massive addition - another dimension. With console shenanigans like the Super FX chip giving players a taste o…
Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out, According to an Independent Audit
“This is the Strait of Hormuz in the data economy. If you want to make a change, this is where you cut it off. Anything short of that is theatrical political posture.”