Squid (Simplifying Quantitive Imaging Development and Deployment) microscopes
configurable low-cost microscope
The price of AI is crashing faster than the rate of Moore's Law — intelligence costs are in freefall, outpacing comparative technologies li…
Epoch AI measures how fast the cost of a given level of AI performance is falling across five benchmarks covering math, science and games of skill: about 47% per quarter, or 13x per year, since 2023, faster than electri…
AI scientist autonomously generates and validates new biological discoveries
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed an AI scientist capable of generating scientific hypotheses, designing experiments, and interpreting results. Making new biological discoveries w…
Anthropic is launching a 'presidential engagement' effort to advise candidates on AI policy ahead of the 2028 election
“We want every serious candidate and elected official, in both parties, to understand the technology and the case for governing it well.”
YouTuber Builds System That Mimics Flock to Spy on Cops; Then the Cops Came Knocking
When officers showed up at a YouTuber’s door asking what he planned to do with the data he had collected, he reportedly offered a pointed response: that is the same question citizens ask when police do the same thing to…
'Support Modders, Not AI' — Modder Deliberately Corrupts Their Own Hugely Popular Total War: Warhammer III Mod as Row Over AI Escalates
The creator of one of the most popular Total War: Warhammer III mods ever has deliberately corrupted it so that it will no longer work with “unauthorized reuploads,” amid a row over the rights and wrongs of AI-generated…
DoorDash drone deliveries are first coming to northern California with Chipotle and Popeyes on board
You can now text your DoorDash orders instead of using the app or website.
Asus won’t say how it escaped the US router ban / Asus is not publicly committing to US manufacturing.
Asus is not publicly committing to US manufacturing.
TortOS Wants to Make Your TrimUI Brick Feel Like a Collection Again
Geekstrada on building a fast, focused custom firmware, rediscovering Cover Flow, and giving music a proper home on the TrimUI Brick
AI Bubble Teetering on the Brink as OpenAI Admits to Massive Financial Failure: A $20 billion setback.
It turns out that AI demand is significantly lower than expected, as OpenAI shaves $20 billion off its revenue expectations for 2026.
Amazon to Pay $8.25 Million to Resolve Discrimination Lawsuit Over Slow Delivery to Majority-Black D.C. Neighborhood While Charging Residen…
Amazon Will Refund $7.25 Million in Prime Membership Fees to Impacted DC Residents and Reform Its Practices
PhotoCraft is an open-source, AI-built clone of Photoshop
It was only a matter of time before someone would point AI coding tools Photoshop and get it to build a copy. PhotoCraft is that copy – an open-source,
Meta’s Muse AI Agent Is Building a Dossier On You
Internal instructions reviewed by TIME show the AI assistant mapping users and their contacts—including people who don’t use Muse—and sharing anonymized insights across its system.
Device helps people with paralysis communicate
A brain-computer interface linked to a virtual avatar helped people with paralysis express speech and body language at the same time.
Mozilla has escalated its fight against Microsoft’s relentless Edge pop-ups
One hundred days ago, Mozilla released Over The Edge 2.0, the second independent report from leading experts on deceptive design Dr. Harry Brignull and Cen
Don’t Want to Spend Time With Your Kids? Train an AI Voice Model of Yourself to Read Them Bedtime Stories: Parent-child bonding time isn't …
A tech worker bragged that he would rather create an AI clone of his voice to read to his newborn baby than read to it himself.
Flathub Reverses AI-Generated App Ban, Now Requires Disclosure
Flathub reverses its ban on AI-generated apps, introducing mandatory disclosure requirements while keeping restrictions on automated submissions.
YouTuber Builds System That Mimics Flock to Spy on Cops; Then the Cops Came Knocking
A YouTuber built a cop-watching license-plate system, then police knocked on his door asking what he planned to do with the data.
Man discovers his parents’ coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days
The man said they discovered that their parents’ coffee maker had generated far more traffic than they expected.
Hardware price surge drives student demand for refurbished laptops
Soaring component costs have pushed new computers beyond the reach of many students and budget-conscious consumers, fuelling a major market expansion for second-hand and refurbished hardware across Punjab.
Slot Wants Your RG SP to Feel Like 2003 Again
Developer K-Wall on burnout, nostalgia, deliberately bad menus, and building a firmware around the feeling of owning a Game Boy Advance SP
DroidDeck 0.3.0: Valve's Steam client in Big Picture on your Adreno handheld, with Windows games through Valve's ARM64 Proton
Steam, as on a Steam Deck Steam's performance overlay goes from level 1 to 4 in Quick Access and shows GPU and CPU load, clocks, temperatures, VRAM and battery. Quick Access shows battery life and ...
Internal files add to evidence of an ExxonMobil climate deception campaign
Court filings reveal new details about Exxon's decades of internal climate deliberations.
Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude
We’re publishing a new version of our Usage Policy. In this post, we summarize the changes we’ve made.
halqe: A simple and minimalistic webring software(written in Rust)
halqe is a small and simple webring software. The development cost is partially funded by Bitcoin Cash community through this crowdfunding campaign.
2026 Self-Host User Survey (selfh.st)
Annual survey covering various self-hosting topics
Calibre-Web-Auto v4.0.7 - Important Security Fixes, Much Faster Kobo Sync, KOReader → Hardcover Progress, a Refreshed Login & Mobile Layout…
Release Notes: v4.0.7 Changelog 🔒 Security Please update. This release fixes several access-control problems: Kobo Auth Tokens: Any logged-in user could create, view or delete another user's Kobo ...
Modern cars’ smart features could be used to spy on you, drivers warned
Hostile states could access cameras, microphones or GPS, says intelligence agency amid concerns over Chinese imports
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
Paperweight V1 - Your inbox knows where your data lives
Your inbox knows where your data lives. Paperweight uncovers old accounts, cleans up unwanted mailing lists, and helps you remove exposed personal data.
Why Arturo Béjar left Meta – and blew the whistle: ‘I don’t recall Mark ever being empathetic’
Béjarâs daughter was 14 when she told him Instagram was failing to keep her safe. So when he became part of Metaâs âwellbeing teamâ, he knew he had to speak out â and his testimony cost it billions
LibreSSL 4.3.3 Released with OCSP Authorization Bypass Fix
LibreSSL 4.3.3 addresses an OCSP responder authorization bypass, several DTLS issues, and improves portability across macOS and Windows.
Protests against OpenAI get increasingly creative
New sculpture depicts AI leaders escaping a sinking ship.
F-Droid's New App Shows it Isn't Going Anywhere
The Compose-based 2.0 app release marks the largest update in the storefront's history.
Vaultwarden security update
Security Fixes This release contains security fixes for the following advisories. We strongly advise updating as soon as possible. Organization member revocation [GHSA-69q9-v8p6-xvx3] (High, 8.1) ...
No human required: Austria's plan for AI-only government decisions// A sweeping change to Austria's administrative law would let authoritie…
A sweeping change to Austria's administrative law would let authorities issue binding decisions with no human ever reviewing the outcome, using AI Systems. We've sent an open letter to parliament, and we want to know if…
Nvidia debuts $4,999 DGX Spark with half the RAM and storage, amid memory crunch
Meanwhile 128 GB version jumps to $6,950, nearly 75% above its launch price
KIOXIA's first E1.L QLC-Based SSD built for hyperscale data center workloads has arrived
KIOXIA's new LD4 Series SSD in E1.L form factor brings its BiCS FLASH generation 8 QLC flash memory technology to high-density 1U servers.
Russian operation that used ChatGPT tricked schools, a politician and media, OpenAI says: OpenAI says the campaign is the most far-reaching…
OpenAI says the campaign is the most far-reaching influence operation it has disrupted.
TIL that there are 2,100+ tracked data center facilities across all 50 states.
Over 3,350 tracked data center facilities across all 50 states consume 176 TWh annually (4.4% of U.S. electricity). 990+ more under construction or planned. Interactive state-by-state data, the 50 largest facilities, mo…
TIL that only about 3% of human history has been recorded in written records.
Human history is often taught and understood through written records, documents, inscriptions, literature, and legal texts that chronicle the lives, decisions,
Ransomware recovery firm claimed it could decrypt files, but may have just paid hackers and pocketed the difference
The United States Department of Justice has charged Zohar Pinhasi, 50, also known as "Zack Silver" and "Zack Green," with fraud. He ran a Florida-based company called...
Experts worry about Nvidia's AI chip sales in China and influence over Trump
China is reportedly mulling letting ByteDance, Alibaba buy banned Nvidia chips.
Gentoo Needs Your Help! Several Sponsors Have Pulled Out
They will accept VMs, physical servers, rack space, donated machines, or funds for hosting.
MongoDB CEO resigns to join Meta
Chirantan “CJ” Desai to Step Down as President and Chief Executive Officer. Dev Ittycheria Appointed Interim President and Chief Executive Officer.
TIL witches were hanged in the U.S. and England., but burned in Scotland.
Same king, same accusation, two completely different deaths.
Tech Workers’ Leverage Over Employers Is Shifting
Just a few years ago, tech workers held enormous leverage over their employers. That power has eroded recently, especially because of AI. Tech workers can find new sources of leverage, but only through waging struggles …
OpenAI posts 700 maths preprints online: mathematicians are up in arms
The firm used unreleased models to tackle hundreds of high-profile problems.
OpenAI paid $300 for a bug that gave away its paid models
Researcher says he will not report again after $300 OpenAI bug bounty payout though it advertises up to $100,000.
The people holding up the internet
Four billion phones ask one text file what time it is. One lecturer keeps it in his spare time. We counted the rest.