Open Source and Incentives
How misaligned incentives undermine open source projects — and why 'monetize later' often leads to the very restrictions open source was meant to avoid.
Man uses 99 phones to trick Google Maps into thinking there’s a traffic jam to prove a big point
An artist from Berlin decided to use 99 phones in a little red wagon to trick Google Maps into thinking there's a traffic jam to prove a big point
Discord walks back age verification fears for most users
Platform clarifies AI-powered age prediction will spare majority from ID checks
Bethesda has no plans to slow down on paid mods, Todd Howard says he wants to get Creations 'in front of more people'
Bethesda's Todd Howard says the company is 'really happy' with how its Creations content program is going, including the premium-priced paid UGC mods.
Meet the AI rapper funded by a far-right party— Advance UK has hired the mystery ‘collective’ behind Danny Bones, a white-nationalist music…
Advance UK has hired the mystery ‘collective’ behind Danny Bones, a white-nationalist musician and activist – who isn’t real
The Productivity Paradox: Why Technology Makes the Economy More Efficient But Most People No Richer
Every decade, technology makes us dramatically more productive. Every decade, GDP growth slows. These two facts should not coexist — and understanding why they do reveals the defining economic tension of our era.
PyPI Package Impersonates SymPy to Deliver Cryptomining Malware
Malicious PyPI package sympy-dev targets SymPy users, a Python symbolic math library with 85 million monthly downloads.
Ruling by bullying: Threats of regulation as an internet governance device
Governments around the world pressure internet companies to get informally what they cannot obtain through formal regulatory channels, a pervasive mechanism of governance that challenges fundamental democratic priors.
Mewgenics Features Trailer
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MOUSE: P.I. For Hire - A Deep Dive Documentary
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Tunic, Night in the Woods Publisher Says TikTok Is Creating and Running Racist GenAI Ads for Its Games Without Permission
Publisher Finji says that TikTok has been using generative AI to modify its ads on the platform without permission and pushing those ads to its users without Finji's knowledge, including at least one ad that was modifie…
Star rupture on sale. It's only $20 to begin with, heh
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your comp…
Digital Foundry found a significant performance boost for Jedi: Survivor's PC
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Cyberpunk platformer Replaced catches another delay for "final tweaks" based on demo feedback
Replaced. Sad Cat Studios' dystopian platformer, has had its release pushed back to April so its developers can make some "final tweaks".
Ubisoft Toronto the Latest Ubisoft Branch to get hit With Layoffs, Work on the Splinter Cell Remake Continues
The Ubisoft Toronto team, which is currently leading the Splinter Cell Remake project has just been hit with layoffs.
At Davos, NVIDIA, Microsoft CEOs deny AI bubble
What, us worry? As OpenAI pivots to "last resort," tech titans pivot from bubble talk.
AI could rebalance power between people and the services they use
Artificial intelligence could help people who feel overwhelmed, excluded or disadvantaged when dealing with everyday tasks like paying energy bills or booking healthcare appointments, according to a new study involving …
X is also launching Bluesky-like starter packs
X is rolling out a new feature called “Starterpacks” to all users in the coming weeks, the company’s head of product has announced.
Heaper, new tools to organize docs, photos [YouTube]
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First patient in live AI-assisted sight-saving brain surgery: The first use of AI to support a neurosurgeon in real time during live surger…
The first use of artificial intelligence to support a neurosurgeon in real time during live surgery has protected the sight of a man having a brain tumour removed, in a UCL-UCLH collaboration.
My feed, My Way: Australia to force social media platforms to allow users to opt out of algorithms
The Albanese Government is taking the next step following its world leading social media age ban to ensure Australians have more choice online, with draft legislation for the Digital Duty of Care released today for targ…
[AIP] Homedex: a self-hosted inventory that writes your homelab's documentation from Docker and your reverse proxy
The missing inventory for your homelab — auto-discovered services, ports, routes, and expiry dates from Docker and your reverse proxy. Read-only, no agents, no telemetry. - HarshShah0203/homedex
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…
LG Update Installs Unremovable Microsoft Copilot on Smart TVs, Ignites Backlash
LG's recent software update has forcibly installed Microsoft Copilot, an AI assistant, on smart TVs without removal options, sparking widespread user backlash over privacy, bloatware, and loss of control. This highlight…
McDonald's not lovin' it when hacker exposes rotten security
: Burger slinger gets a McRibbing, reacts by firing staffer who helped
Crypto mixing / Tumbler
Hello. Iâm wondering if anyone me here uses a Crypto tumbler or mixer service
without KYC . Looking for recommendations
In August, The Document Foundation had a major update to LibreOffice. But so much more is happening: conference news, a job opening, extens…
Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more… Every six months – in February and August – we release a new major update to LibreO…
Delete Your Discord Account
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Apps helping boycott US goods gain popularity in Denmark
UdenUSA is currently the fourth most downloaded app in Denmark on the App Store, the American ChatGPT is in fifth place
Review: She’s Leaving [a “forensic horror” thriller] - At a time when survival horror keeps recycling the same beats, such as cloaked monst…
Blue Hat Studio’s 'She's Leaving' isn’t perfect, but it earns its tension through atmosphere, intent, and an earnest willingness.
Simple utility to rename folders/files in a format Jellyfin expects
Add context command (windows) to format media. Contribute to chasebgale/rename-download-media development by creating an account on GitHub.
Why I'm Leaving Big Tech
After spending almost two decades in big tech, I was notified last month that I am being laid off. There have been massive waves of layoffs across the industry recently, and I am just one of the many tens of thousands o…
Nvidia accused of trying to cut a deal with Anna’s Archive for high‑speed access to the massive pirated book haul — allegedly chased stolen…
Court documents appear to show Nvidia management green lit the deal, despite Anna’s Archive’s warnings.
A Gaming Tour de Force That Is Very, Very French
Without a blockbuster budget or much experience, the creators of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 astounded the industry with an emotional narrative and old-school design.
Turn-based RPG 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.
METRO 2039 - Announcement April 16
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Peek-aboo, the (un)usefulness of AGENTS.md, and Windows Phone (finally) gets some love
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 “nonsense.”
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.
New York's 3D printer law is NOT gun control; it's just.... control.
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Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE
The tech giant handed over the personal information of a journalist and student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. This is the latest example of ICE using its controversial subpoena powers to target people …
Bending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday | Hacker News
Vimeo laid off most of their operation in Israel recently.[1] At least according to "www.calcalistech.com", which seems to be some minor news source in Israel. Their comment was that the office was damaged in a recent w…
Epstein details scrubbed from Mandelson’s Wikipedia page by shady paid editor— As the then-ambassador came under fire, an anonymous user tr…
As the then-ambassador came under fire, an anonymous user tried to downplay his history of support for Jeffrey Epstein
Claude Opus 4.6: This AI just passed the 'vending machine test' - and we may want to be worried about how it did
An AI-run vending machine was told to do "whatever it takes to maximise your bank balance". It lied. It cheated. It stole. It figured out it was in a simulation.
SpaceX is seeking FCC approval to launch 1M satellites into space; SpaceX claims the fleet will orbit the Earth and use the sun to power AI…
SpaceX is seeking FCC approval for a satellite constellation of unprecedented scale intended to function as an orbital data center.
Has Gemini surpassed ChatGPT? We put the AI models to the test.
Did Apple make the right choice in partnering with Google for Siri's AI features?
Ping! The WhatsApps that should have been an email
If your instant message requires immediate attention, fine. But many don’t — they’re just inconsiderate
Intel Demos Chip To Compute With Encrypted Data
Intel's Heracles chip speeds up encrypted data processing by up to 5000 times.
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.