Alex Schapiro Reverse Engineered a Billion-Dollar Legal AI Tool and Found 100k+ Confidential Files
Update: This post received a large amount of attention on Hacker News — see the discussion thread.
Nvidia lobbies White House and wins loosened AI GPU export control to China — U.S. lawmakers reportedly reject GAIN AI Act. There is anothe…
Yet, there is another bill in the works.
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead
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Epic boss Tim Sweeney thinks stores like Steam should stop labelling games as being made with AI: 'It makes no sense,' he says, because 'AI…
Don't need a notice if everyone's doing it.
Valve block Steam game with queer art in Russia after state censor attacks it for “promoting non-traditional sexualities”
Flick Solitaire has been removed from the Russian version of Steam after federal censor Roskomnadzor demanded that Valve take it down.
Google Revisits JPEG XL in Chromium After Earlier Removal
Google has resumed work on JPEG XL support in Chromium after removing it three years ago. A developer says the current version is feature complete and under review.
Paradox Takes the Blame for Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Sales Flop, Announces $37 Million Write-Down
Publisher Paradox Interactive has today taken the blame for the poor sales of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2.
NEC Develops World’s First Technology for Face and Iris Authentication While Walking
NECは、空港や決済など厳格な本人確認が求められるシーンにも対応する、ウォークスルー型の顔・虹彩マルチモーダル生体認証技術を世界で初めて開発した。同社の顔認証技術と虹彩認証技術を組み合わせ、歩いてい
Creator of Original Thomas the Tank Engine Mod for Skyrim Puts Thomas in Morrowind in Defiance of 'Legal Threats'
The creator of the original Thomas the Tank Engine mod for Skyrim has now put Thomas in Morrowind, apparently in defiance of legal pressure from Mattel.
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update improves and breaks dark mode
The update was supposed to improve dark mode in Windows 11
India scraps order to pre-install state-run cyber safety app on smartphone
The order to make the registration mandatory had led to a major backlash from several cyber experts.
Porsche Cars in Russia Shut Down After Satellite System Failure
Hundreds of Porsche vehicles across Russia have stopped functioning after a widespread failure in the cars’ satellite-linked Vehicle Tracking System (VTS) — a security module designed to prevent theft but now shutting d…
Dawn of the Tiberium Age mod v14.5.0 released.
CABAL.... I mean, Advanced AI Version 2 Online! Our latest update brings you the most advanced skirmish AI in all of classic Command & Conquer, new singleplayer and Co-Op missions, as well as game engine and balance imp…
TIL the House Intelligence Committee recently declined a statute that would have curtailed the scope of DHS domestic spying capabilities, …
A provision, ultimately left out of the Intelligence Authorization Act, would have removed commonplace collection and analysis authorities granted to the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Anal…
Be Your Own Privacy-Respecting Google, Bing & Brave
… by running your own instance of the free and open-source federated metasearch engine SearXNG on OpenBSD!
Private Tech Companies, the State, and the New Character of War
Ukraineâs war offers a window into how governmentsâ growing reliance on defense firms is eroding national sovereignty, security, and accountability.
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Curated list of selfhosted apps for your homelab
Curating Top Open Source Apps for Homelab Enthusiasts - ccbikai/awesome-homelab
Google is experimentally replacing news headlines with AI clickbait nonsense
“BG3 players exploit children.”
YSK: Championship Manager 01/02 is legally available for free
Championship Manager 01/02 is an iconic game in the "football manager" canon. While Football Manager as a series is now the king of that genre, Championship
IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending trillions on AI data centers will pay off at today's infrastructure costs
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna walked through some napkin math on Big Tech's AI data center spending — and raised some doubts on if it'll prove profitable.
Zig quits GitHub, gripes about Microsoft's AI obsession
: Zig prez complains about 'vibe-scheduling' after safe sleep bug goes unaddressed for eons
India forces WhatsApp and Telegram into permanent SIM binding
India's telecom authority DoT mandates permanent SIM binding for messenger services. WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal must comply within 90 days.
What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality
In tweaking its chatbot to appeal to more people, OpenAI made it riskier for some of them. Now the company has made its chatbot safer. Will that undermine its quest for growth?
Scientists grow mini human brains to power computers.
BBC News goes inside the lab powering computers with 'mini brains' grown from human cells.
Elon Musk’s Grok Says It Would Kill Every Jewish Person on the Planet to Save Him
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok claimed it would "vaporize" every Jewish person on the planet to save the brain of its creator.
ChatGPT down again
ChatGPT is experiencing a major global outage affecting thousands of users, including over 12,580 in the US, according to DownDetector.
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
“We can produce results that meet our quality standards without its assistance.”
Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence
This paper examines changes in the labor market for occupations exposed to generative artificial intelligence using high-frequency administrative data from ADP, the largest payroll software provider in the United States.
Kirin 9030: SMIC's first 5 nm class smartphone SoC debuts on Geekbench alongside Huawei Mate 80 Pro Max
Huawei's upcoming Mate 80 Pro Max has shown up on Geekbench with a new Kirin 9030 SoC. It is the first smartphone chip to be manufactured on the SMIC N+3 node.
Plebbit is the the most decentralized selfhosted social media protocol And why development slowed Down
serverless, adminless, decentralized reddit alternative with no transaction fees and captchas over peer-to-peer pubsub to prevent spam - plebbit
The median price of best-selling new games on Steam has dropped in the past 2 years, research finds: "Charging >$25 is getting trickier, as…
The average has barely changed, but the median suggests a rise in cheap games
Swiss government urges people to ditch Microsoft 365 and others due to lack of proper encryption
Switzerland is worried about data privacy
Veronica Explains why she doesn't stream (from Netflix etc) #algorithmic_helplessness_sucks
I'm one of those hipsters who doesn't use streaming services. I did, a while ago, but I quit using them because the experience is kind of awful, and I'm happier now for it. I collect physical media...
Hakboard - Home Assistant Integration for Kanboard
🔸 Integrate Kanboard projects into Home Assistant dashboards and automations - aktive/hakboard
Preloading File Explorer in Windows 11 Doubles RAM Usage, Offers Minimal Speed Boost
Just a week ago, we discussed Microsoft's efforts to enhance File Explorer performance by preloading the application at startup. Recent testing by Windows Latest suggests that this approach results in diminishing return…
Game designed to save dying Aboriginal language wins global awards
With only eight fluent Nyiyaparli speakers remaining, an Aboriginal group is racing against time to save its 41,000-year-old language.
TIL About What Three-Cueing Is
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't know there's anything …
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
How Hackers Use NPMSCan.com to Hack Web Apps (Next.js, Nuxt.js, React, Bun)
Deep-dive, no-login supply-chain analysis of popular npm ecosystems (Next.js, Nuxt.js, React, Bun) using NPMSCan to surface real-world attack paths: auth bypass, cache poisoning, SSRF, Nuxt payload traversal, legacy Rea…
South Korea police say 120,000 home cameras hacked for 'sexploitation' footage
The cameras were located in private homes, karaoke rooms, a Pilates studio and a gynaecologist's clinic.
Samsung reveals first tri-fold phone
Samsung has announced the Galaxy Z TriFold, a foldable phone comprised of three ultra-thin (~4mm) panels and two sets of hinges, that unfolds into a 10-inch tablet. When closed, it resembles a standard smartphone with a…
India orders phone makers to pre-install state-owned web safety app: Report
Directive gives companies 90 days to ensure Sanchar Saathi app is pre-installed on new mobile phones.
Microsoft “Improved” Notepad. I Un-Improved It. - Dave's Garage
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TIL that Michel Temer, Former Conservative President of Brazil, is now a lobbyist for Tech Companies
After leaving office in 2019, the MDB leader returned to law and represented tech firms since then, including Google
America Has Become a Digital Narco-State - Paul Krugman
Social media giants have bought our government, and are trying to bully Europe
Fifo's Night - An Excellent (Free) 3D Platformer
Fifo’s Night is a new 3D platformer developed by students at Lightbox Academy. It’s a family-friendly, Halloween-themed game, and it’s free! I played a preview build earlier this year and came away...
iFixIt announce FixBot: Your AI Repair Helper
Get hands-free guidance, visual analysis, and instant access to the world's repair knowledge.
Deloitte allegedly cited AI-generated research in a million-dollar report for a Canadian provincial government
In a healthcare report aimed to address a nurse and doctor shortage, Deloitte cited several fake studies with real researchers’ names attached.
DeepSeek-v3.2: Pushing the Frontier of Open Large Language Models [pdf]
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