Roblox is pulling a DLSS 5, offering yet another example of a tool mistaking itself for an artist
Roblox makes a new version of the AI slop pitch we've seen time and again: replacing the creative process instead of making it easier.
Migrating Dillo from GitHub
I would like to migrate the Dillo project away from GitHub into a new home which is more friendly to be used with Dillo and solves some of its problems. This page summarizes the current situation with GitHub and why I d…
HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs
HEVC licensing gets more expensive in January.
FTC Seeks Comment on X Corp. Petition to Set Aside or Modify FTC Order Concerning Twitter
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a petition from X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, to set aside or modify its
Google Employees Internally Share Memes About How Its AI Sucks
Google’s CEO says 75% of the company’s code is AI-generated. The people who write that code say the AI they’re using is overhyped.
'Worst in Show' CES products include AI refrigerators, AI companions and AI doorbells
Artificial intelligence took center stage at this year's CES gadget show, but not always for the right reasons.
Asahi now officially supports the Apple M3 CPU series
Porting Linux to Apple Silicon
TIL encoding and decoding come from Claude Shannon’s work, and "Claude Code" is named after him
The encoding/decoding model of communication emerged in rough and general form in 1948 in Claude E. Shannon's "A Mathematical Theory of Communication," where it was part of a technical schema for designating the technol…
Pragmata's newly revealed New York stage was painstakingly made by human developers to look "AI generated," according to director - AUTOMAT…
Pragmata director Cho Yonghee and producer Naoto Oyama talk about the creative process behind the game's "AI-generated" New York stage.
The OnlyFans inheritance: how its owner’s death could reshape the porn money-making machine— Leonid Radvinsky’s widow left with power on wh…
Leonid Radvinskyâs widow has been left with a crucial role in deciding what happens to the business that made her husband a billionaire
Google’s Sundar Pichai says the job of CEO is one of the ‘easier things’ AI could soon replace
Pichai said apart from running a company, advances in AI could also help people evaluate medical treatment or decide whether to invest in a stock.
GOV.UK goes Dutch on payments as it dumps Stripe
Means residents can skip the credit card and use 'pay by bank' for local authorities and services
Pluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said.
LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems
LG says it’ll let people delete the Copilot icon. But TV chatbots aren’t going away.
How we get to 1 nanometer chips and beyond
At this year’s IEDM conference, we lay the groundwork for a near future where semiconductors with nodes at 1nm and smaller are possible.
TIL that the song 'Enola Gay' by 'Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark' was an anti-war song about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
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TIL: A study found that all major AI models, deployed in a hypothetical corporate environment, tend to blackmail employees or act against c…
New research on simulated blackmail, industrial espionage, and other misaligned behaviors in LLMs
Tesla’s Cybercab has been deployed, and it’s already under investigation
The US government is investigating whether the Cybercab meets vehicle safety standards.
Discord Is Bringing Back Age Verification for Millions of Users
Discord age verification now locks stage channels, DMs, and adult content behind four ID methods — each with different privacy trade-offs worth knowing.
The Lessons of SOMA Are Timeless
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Researchers say social media accounts affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard posed as Scottish and Irish citizens
Researchers say that social media accounts affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps posed as Scottish and Irish nationals in order to cultivate their following, before switching their narrative to spread…
Self.Tube: a mobile client for TubeArchivist
TubeArchivist Client for Android and Linux
Self hosting Signal server
Does anyone have any experience in successfully self-hosting Signal server using
docker? Thanks in advance. EDIT: Thanks all for your response. I gave up on
Signal and installing Matrix server instead.
TIL : Mount Olympus is the highest planetary mountain in our solar system (21.28km or 69,840ft)
Olympus Mons (/əˌlɪmpəs ˈmɒnz, oʊ-/;[5] Latin for 'Mount Olympus') is a large shield volcano on Mars. As measured by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), it is 21.1 kilometres (69,000 ft)[3] or, more precisely, 21.2…
Fallout Game in Development at Xbox-Owned Studio Might Have Been Canceled; Bethesda Would Rather Staff Up Than Give It (or Elder Scrolls) t…
According to Jeff Gerstmann, a Fallout game was being developed by an Xbox-owned studio but will no longer see the light of day.
Ed Zitron on big tech, backlash, boom and bust: ‘AI has taught us that people are excited to replace human beings’
His blunt, brash scepticism has made the podcaster and writer something of a cult figure. But as concern over large language models builds, heâs no longer the outsider he once was
Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search
Peptide companies have been doing AI-engine optimization by spamming the biohackers subreddit to manipulate ChatGPT and Google.
Google Is Quietly Buying Code From Play Store Developers to Train AI
Google is trying to buy code from some Android developers as part of a "confidential" program.
Amazon sued over Ring facial recognition feature
At the center of the lawsuit? Familiar Faces, a Ring doorbell feature that scans and identifies people at your door.
Composting Mobile Phones: Hosting server on obsolete mobile phones— Exposing the Cloud, its servers and their energy footprint through ever…
In this workshop we collectively examine the infrastructure behind the Internet by building a our own (prototype) server on an old smartphone.
Thieves are starting to steal RAM now that it's as expensive as gold — a memory kit disappears in the snail mail at four in the morning wit…
A Reddit user says their new memory kit vanished somewhere between dispatch and delivery.
Amazon’s search bar will invent AI-generated products you can’t buy
You can search for products that look like the fake images.
SpaceX is worth less than half of its $1.75 trillion IPO target, Morningstar says
The analysts see a wide range of possibilities around xAI and find its "economic moat indeterminate."
Switch 2 demand appears to be flagging as Nintendo reportedly lowers production
Nintendo's Switch 2 got off to a roaring start but demand has started to sag, particularly in the US. Where are the big games to reverse this?
Beware of OpenAI's 'Grantwashing' on AI Harms
J. Nathan Matias and Avriel Epps say OpenAI's announced research funding is the perfect corporate action to make sure we don't find answers for years.
Fediverse is getting E2EE
If you trust this link, click it to continue.
Discord Alternatives, Ranked
Building an online community takes more than tools. But the right tool can make all the difference.
Google’s Gmail Decision: Why You May Need a New Email Address
A major Gmail update lets users change their primary email address, prompting security experts to warn about old, exposed inboxes.
We’re All So F’d | NVIDIA x Palantir, Global Surveillance, "Pre-Crime" Arrests, & AI [GNCA - GamersNexus Consumer]
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
TIL there's a trend called hobby dogging where people take an imaginary dog through an obstacle course.
Taking a dog for a walk — without the dog?
Camera Capabilities Unlocked From A Mouse
There is a point where taking technology for granted hides some of the incredible capabilities of seemingly simple devices. Optical mice are a great example of this principle, using what are more o…
Inequality alone doesn’t cause civil unrest – but internet access adds the crucial spark
Some regimes may be tempted to shut down the internet to maintain stability. But new research shows why reducing the wealth gap has become crucial for maintaining security.
Can E. coli run Doom? Yes, at 2.6 fpd (frames per day)
It would take nearly 600 years to finish playing this MIT student's iteration of the classic video game.
Fake rooms, props and a script to lure victims: inside an abandoned Cambodia scam centre— Sprawling compound, including mock-up banks and p…
Sprawling compound, including mock-up banks and police offices, uncovered by Thai military during border clashes
AI will compromise your cybersecurity posture
Yes, “AI” will compromise your information security posture. No, not through some mythical self-aware galaxy-brain entity magically cracking your passwords in seconds or “autonomously” exploiting new
Recreating a 2010 Experiment
Hooking a BBC Master up as a serial terminal to browse the web again
TIL there's a fungi that looks like a bird's nest.
Fungus that looks like a bird's nest