TikTok Refuses to Confirm or Deny That It's Providing User Data to ICE
TikTok refuses to confirm or deny that ICE is obtaining detailed information about its users via private data brokers.
I'm fed up with Copilot, and I'm not sure it can be fixed
Why bother with Microsoft's built-in Copilot AI when you can never be sure an advertised feature will be accessible, let alone work?
How to Cut the Cord in Canada (2026): The Ultimate Guide
Cable is dead. Here are your three paths to freedom. Whether you just want to replace cable with apps, or build the ultimate "Cloud Streamer" with Stremio and Real-Debrid, this guide covers the hardware, software, and I…
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.
Leak confirms GrapheneOS & Motorola partnership for non-Pixel hardware - PiunikaWeb
An internal Motorola presentation leak appears to confirm a GrapheneOS partnership for non-Pixel hardware, with an official announcement likely at MWC 2026.
Federated Replies and Reactions in Madblog
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Intel Demos Chip To Compute With Encrypted Data
Intel's Heracles chip speeds up encrypted data processing by up to 5000 times.
Federal pilot program launches flying cars in 8 U.S. regions summer 2026
The federal government announced a new pilot program designed to get new kinds of ultralight vehicles and âeVTOLsâ up and running around the countryâeven if theyâre not fully FAA-certified.
Open Letter to Tech Companies(like Meta and Google): Protect Your Users From Lawless Administrative Department of Homeland Security(DHS) Su…
EFF is calling on technology companies like Meta and Google to stand up for their users by resisting DHS lawless administrative subpoenas for user data.
No One, Including Our Furry Friends, Will Be Safer in Ring's Surveillance Nightmare
Amazon Ring’s Super Bowl ad offered a vision of our streets that should leave every person unsettled about the company’s goals for disintegrating our privacy in public.In the ad, disguised as a heartfelt effort to reuni…
Demon Tides Review: Open-World Platforming Excellence Held Back By Weak Bosses
Demon Tides refines Fabraz’s 3D platforming with fluid movement and bold exploration, but weak bosses and flat writing hold Beebz back.
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
Cataloging modern-era physical releases for the Mega Drive and Sega Genesis
Cataloging modern-era physical releases for the Mega Drive and Sega Genesis
Verizon carriers start switching to 365-day device unlock policy, up from 60 days
After the FCC lifted a restriction on how soon carriers need to unlock devices, Verizon has extended its device unlock...
Epstein Files: X Users Are Asking Grok to 'Unblur' Photos of Children
Bellingcat reviewed dozens of requests for Grok to generate the faces of children and women that had been redacted from the latest documents.
Creator of Mikrotik IaC modules gauging community interest
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Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it
Workers should learn AI skills and companies should use it because it's a "cognitive amplifier," claims Satya Nadella.
Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs
Discord to block adult content unless users verify ages with selfies or IDs.
We've freed Cookie's Bustle from copyright hell | Video Game History Foundation
We've stopped a persistent copyright troll who was trying to impede our work. Here's everything we learned—and how we beat them.
World's largest particle accelerator begins warming thousands of local French residents with waste energy from the 16-mile Large Hadron Col…
From hunting the Higgs to warming your home
Artemis II Astronauts Have ‘Two Microsoft Outlooks’ and Neither Work
In space, no one can hear you scream at Microsoft’s legacy software.
'This case is about two of the richest corporations who have engineered addiction in children’s brains' — lawsuit against Meta and YouTube …
One lawyer labeled social media platforms as “digital casinos.”
How the regime in Iran jams Starlink and what people could do
In Iran, not only mobile and fixed networks are jammed, but also Starlink. We explain how this is likely achieved despite thousands of satellites.
US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows
As Americans stew over the looming risk of job-stealing AI and data centers in their back yards, the feds are raising the alarm about a new category of threat, documents obtained by WIRED show.
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.
Dijkstra’s algorithm won’t be replaced in production routers any time soon
Systems Approach: Researchers have found a new approach to finding shortest paths, but it's complex
Slackware Says No to Age Verification, But Fedora Linux Says Yes
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TIL there's a Pokemon theme park.
Eevee stars in the Vee Vee Voyage.
Archive.today CAPTCHA page executes DDoS; Wikipedia considers banning site
DDoS hit blog that tried to uncover Archive.today founder's identity in 2023.
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 late…
Chinese carmaker Seres patents voice-controlled "in-vehicle toilet"
Seres' plans show how stiff competition in the EV space is putting pressure on carmakers to innovate.
Predator spyware uses stealthy trick to disable iOS recording alerts(without triggering the green or orange status bar dots)
An analysis documenting how a commercial spyware sample, Predator, operates post-compromise.
Crimson Desert sales top three million
Total sales for open-world action adventure game Crimson Desert have surpassed three million units, developer Pearl Abyss announced.
Duolingo Max Now Powered by GPT‑4 Turbo: Smarter Conversations, Better Feedback, Real Learning
Duolingo Max now uses GPT‑4 Turbo, offering smarter conversations, clearer feedback, and personalized learning.
AI agents spill secrets just by previewing malicious links
Communicating with AI agents (like OpenClaw) via messaging apps (like Slack and Telegram) has become much more popular. But it can expose users to a largely unrecognized LLM-specific data exfiltration risk, because thes…
comcept shuts down
comcept, the company founded by Keiji Inafune in December 2010, was officially dissolved by a shareholders’ resolution on January 13, according to a notice published in today’s Japanese…
China approves launch of world first brain-computer interface device
China could see brain-computer interface (BCI) technology move into practical public use within three to five years
Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance - Official Reveal Trailer
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Guild Wars 3 | Announcement Trailer
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'People Enjoy Surprises' — Valve Is Trying to Dismiss New York's Counter-Strike Loot Box Lawsuit
Valve has moved to dismiss the New York Attorney General’s lawsuit against the company, which claims loot boxes in its games such as Counter-Strike 2 promote illegal gambling and threaten to addict children.
LibreOffice 26.2.1 Released With Over 70 Bug Fixes Across Writer, Calc, and Impress
The Document Foundation releases LibreOffice 26.2.1, delivering extensive bug fixes and stability improvements for the 26.2 productivity suite.
Baochip-1x: What it is, why I'm doing it now and how it came about
As a subscriber to the “Dabao” campaign, you’re already aware of the Baochip-1x. This update fills in the backstory of what it is, why I’m doing it now, and how it came about.
Self-Host Weekly (13 March 2026)
Searching for the next "claw", Booklore goes nuclear, and sourdough starters
Tesla Switches Full Self-Driving to Subscription Only
On 14 January 2026, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on X that the company would stop offering its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) (FSD) driver-assistance software as...
How The 1930s Imagined Space Combat
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CIRO confirms data breach exposed info on 750,000 Canadian investors
The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) confirmed that the data breach it suffered last year impacts about 750,000 Canadian investors.
AI Agents Can Autonomously Coordinate Propaganda Campaigns Without Human Direction
The findings carry stark implications for elections, public health, and anyone who relies on social media for information
TIL that a man killed his daughter in Texas after arguing about Donald Trump. The local jury refused to indict him. He was immediatly relea…
A jury declined to indict a father who allegedly fatally shot his daughter in the chest following an argument about President Donald Trump.
Matrix messaging gaining ground in government IT
FOSDEM 2026: One-to-one and group messaging, encrypted VoIP calls, video conferencing – the open protocol handles them all