All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat
A whistleblower warns a mishandled cloud copy of Social Security data could put millions at lifelong risk and force SSNs to change.
Trump’s Pal Mark Zuckerberg Censoring Site That Names ICE & Border Patrol Goons (ICE List)
ICE List says Meta is blocking its links after a leak that exposed the details of 4,500 federal immigration employees.
Over 300 Malicious Chrome Extensions Caught Leaking or Stealing User Data
More than 300 Chrome extensions were found to be leaking browser data, spying on users, or stealing user information.
Apple is closing three US stores, including the first to unionize
Apple is closing a trio of retail stores this summer, including its first location to unionize.
What Your Bluetooth Devices Reveal About You: Building Bluehood, a Bluetooth scanner that reveals what information we leak just by having B…
Building Bluehood, a Bluetooth scanner that reveals what information we leak just by having Bluetooth enabled on our devices.
What's up with FUTO?
Some time ago, I noticed some new organization called FUTO popping up here and there. I’m always interested in seeing new organizations that fund open source popping up, and seeing as they claim several notable projects…
Ukraine Weighs Taxing OnlyFans Porn to Fund Drones and Defense
Ukraine’s Parliament is considering legalizing pornography as lawmakers seek to tax thousands of OnlyFans creators, with supporters estimating the change could…
You can play the Lord of the Rings TCG online for free!
Play the Lord of the Rings TCG for free in your browser using GEMP. No limits, no clean-up, and no budget. Build your deck and play today!
France to replace US's Teams and Zoom for 'sovereign control'
France announced that it will roll out the Visio platform across all government departments by 2027.
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.
Parents opt kids out of school laptops, ask for pen-and-paper
Parents are forming a loose network teaching one another how to get their children off school-issued Chromebooks and iPads.
OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI
I'm joining OpenAI to work on bringing agents to everyone. OpenClaw will move to a foundation and stay open and independent.
Nokia vs Asus and Acer: Regional Court Munich redefines FRAND rules
Munich Regional Court ordered Asus and Acer to cease and desist in an infringement case concerning a Nokia video coding patent.
Why adding modern controls to 1996's Tomb Raider simply doesn't work
For our C:\ArsGames series, we look at the controls conundrum of early 3D.
Flood of AI 'garbage' is pushing open-source developers to the limit
The modern world depends on open-source software maintained by volunteers, but the added demands of checking and fixing AI-written submissions are causing some to burn out and quit
This Week In Monero #8: 16 Oct 2025 - 23 Oct 2025
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Storyden: A forum for the modern age.
Storyden is a platform for building communities. A modern take on oldschool bulletin board forums. Designed to be the community platform for the next era of internet culture.
When Comfort Comes From Code: Understanding AI Chatbots And Relevant Regulations
Introduction The days of fantasizing about having your own JARVIS—Marvel superhero Tony Stark’s artificial intelligence (AI) powered assistant—are over. For no cost, you can now have engaging conversations with your fav…
TIL that "aspirin" was actually originally a trademarked brand name owned by Bayer.
In the trademark world, "genericide" describes how a brand name can become so common it turns into a generic term for a product or service, irrespective of its origins. This scenario signals a brand's widespread accepta…
UK government announces crackdown on AI chatbots and infinte scroll
'The action we took on Grok sent a clear message that no platform gets a free pass.'
TIL there are four major blood types: A, B, AB, and O. Mosquitoes love to drink O blood, they think it's delicious.
Most people don’t think about their blood type unless they need surgery or are planning to donate blood. But we can learn more from our blood types than simply whether or not we can safely accept a transfusion from a do…
Anthropic CEO Amodei warns of AI’s fast-coming changes
Dario Amodei’s 19,000-word essay warned against both “doomerism” about AI and dismissiveness of its risks.
Ask AI: I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?
Attached: 4 images Q: I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive? What do you think the LLM output was? Please; review the output. #ai #LLM #ai
Overseerr & Jellyseerr to merge into Seerr
Overseerr and Jellyseerr are merging into a unified project: Seerr
Crimson Moon - Announce Trailer | PS5 Games
https://store.playstation.com/concept/10013260 Wishlist Crimson Moon on PlayStation 5! Prepare, violent one, for an all-new gothic action-adventure RPG. In C...
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach - PC Announce Trailer (March 19)
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‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront
Multiple game creators describe ineffective moderation on the platform, resulting in unchecked hatred in forums and targeted campaigns of negative âanti-wokeâ reviews
YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it
YouTube is coming up with another infuriating way to force users to pay for Premium subscipriton or watch ads.
The U.S. Is Launching a Regulatory Assault on Drone Users | New restrictions try to shield ICE from being watched from above.
New restrictions try to shield ICE from being watched from above.
Three years of building no-code software for political organizations
What is no-code? No-code is primarily a type of software that allows you to create more software, customized for your needs, starting fro...
At Google - Organising at the digital arms dealer
Organising at the digital arms dealer
Amazon to Shut Down All Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh Stores
Company will close Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh physical stores to prioritize investment in growth areas.
Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports | TechCrunch
The FBI served Microsoft a warrant requesting encryption recovery keys to decrypt the hard drives of people involved in an alleged fraud case in Guam.
When Satellite Imagery Goes Dark: New Tool Shows Damage in Iran and the Gulf - bellingcat
Bellingcat is introducing an updated damage assessment tool — called the Iran Conflict Damage Proxy Map — focused on destruction in Iran and the Gulf .
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OpenAI retired its most seductive chatbot – leaving users angry and grieving: ‘I can’t live like this’
Its human partners said the flirty, quirky GPT-4o was the perfect companion â on the eve of Valentineâs Day, itâs being turned off for good. How will users cope?
When a Weather Forecaster Needs a Fruit to Prove It’s Him: Another Signal of Ambient Trust Collapse in Tech
Editorial: Cash-hungry Silicon Valley firms are scrambling for revenue. Regulate them now before the tech becomes too big to fail
Diablo II: Resurrected - Infernal Edition is now available on Steam
Rediscover the dark fantasy classic that defined the modern ARPG genre; fully remastered with a new class, fresh content, quality‑of‑life upgrades, and an overhauled endgame. Chain brutal skill and item synergies, rise …
PCjs Machines
PCjs offers a variety of online machine emulators written in JavaScript. Run DOS, Windows, OS/2 and other vintage PC applications in a web browser on your desktop computer, iPhone, or iPad. An assortment of microcompute…
Epstein files leak personal passwords including #1Island and ghislaine
A massive security failure by the U.S. Department of Justice has exposed active passwords for Jeffrey Epstein’s personal accounts.
Recreating uncensored Epstein PDFs from raw encoded attachments
There have been a lot of complaints about both the competency and the logic behind the latest Epstein archive release by the DoJ: from censoring the names of co-conspirators to censoring pictures o…
The Oscars award show signs deal to exclusively air on Youtube, starting in 2029
The Oscars will air on YouTube starting in 2029.
Ubisoft Montreal Lead Fired After Critical Comments on New Return-to-Office Mandate
Ubisoft Montreal team lead David Michaud-Cromp was fired from Ubisoft after publicly criticizing the company's RTO mandate.
Western Digital Has No More HDD Capacity Left, as CEO Reveals Massive AI Deals; Brace Yourself For Price Surges Ahead!
HDD capacity from one of the world's largest manufacturers has started to run dry, according to WD's CEO, as major LTAs have been signed out.
Why has Microsoft been routing example.com traffic to a company in Japan?
Company's autodiscover caused users' test credentials to be sent outside Microsoft networks.
Perceiving AI as a 'job killer' negatively influences attitudes towards democracy— When people perceive AI as replacing human labour, trust…
When people perceive artificial intelligence as replacing human labour, trust in democracy and political participation decline
UK announces largest ever facial recognition rollout as part of policing reforms
The UK has announced large-scale policing reforms, including new investments into artificial intelligence and increased Live Facial Recognition deployments.
Former id Software producer says the team faced the 'worst crunch' in the series' history on Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations: 'There were…
"There were two months where I was working something like at least 12 hours every day."
You sure, Discord?
Discord's CTO addresses community concerns about age assurance: no mass ID collection, new vendor transparency commitments, and a delayed global launch until second half of 2026.