Devastated PC builder orders DDR5 RAM from Amazon, receives DDR2 and some weights ā counterfeit 32GB kit a worrying sign of rising return aā¦
A buyer in Spain says a ānewā ADATA XPG memory kit arrived with counterfeit contents.
US tech enabled Chinaās surveillance empire. Now Tibetan refugees in Nepal are paying the price
Nepal is just one of at least 150 countries to which Chinese companies are supplying surveillance technology, from cameras in Vietnam to censorship firewalls in Pakistan to citywide monitoring systems in Kenya.
The Human Element in Art
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Hardware Store Marauderās Map Is Clarkian Magic
The āMarauderās Mapā is a magical artifact from the Harry Potter franchise. That sort of magic isnāt real, but as Arthur C. Clarke famously pointed out, it doesnāt neeā¦
How The 1930s Imagined Space Combat
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Half-Life 3 Reportedly Delayed Due to Steam Machine Price, Leak Claims
Valve's uncertainty over the Steam Machine price might have delayed the announcement of Half-Life 3, according to a new leak.
Kushner Role in Paramount Scheme Shows US 'Devolving Into Caricature of Crony Capitalism'
"The Warner Bros. merger was already suspect, but now TrumpĆ¢ĀĀs family is getting in on the act," said one Democratic senator.
Announcing Key Transparency for the Fediverse - Dhole Moments
Iām pleased to announce the immediate availability of a reference implementation for the Public Key Directory server. This software implements the Key Transparency specification Iāve beā¦
Bell Labs 'Unix' Tape from 1974 Successfully Dumped to a Tarball
Archive.org now has a page with "the raw analog waveform and the reconstructed digital tape image (analog.tap), read at the Computer History Museum's Shustek Research Archives on 19 December 2025 by Al Kossow using a moā¦
Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup's robots could 'fracture a human skull'
A former engineer for Figure AI filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming he was unlawfully terminated after warning executives about product safety.
Splitgate Has Fumbled Again and Failed to Secure Any Traction Following 'Rebrand'
Splitgate 2's rebrand hasn't been a success and the player count is quickly evaporating to leave nothing behind.
Me and the boys shutting down Venezuelan airspace
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I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone
Microsoft has deprecated windows 10, yet million of users still use it. They say the hardware is not supported, yet they keep pestering us with endless pings.
Trumpās immigration data dragnet
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Hands on with North Koreaās Illegal Phones
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses Game of the Year from the Indie Game Awards
The debate over generative AI in games continues.
Researchers Are Hunting America for Hidden Datacenters
The nonprofit research group Epoch AI is tracking the physical imprint of the technology thatās changing the world.
Grok is spreading misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting
Grok has repeatedly misidentified video of the Bondi Beach shooting and the hero who disarmed a gunman.
Backing up Spotify
We backed up Spotify (metadata and music files). Itās distributed in bulk torrents (~300TB). Itās the worldās first āpreservation archiveā for music which is fully open (meaning it can easily be mirrored by anyone with ā¦
What the Linux desktop really needs to challenge Windows
Opinion: Wasn't 2025 the year it happened? Yes. No. Answers on a Christmas card
China's banned memory-maker CXMT unveils surprising new chipmaking capabilities despite crushing US export restrictions ā DDR5-8000 and LPDā¦
But can it make them in decent volumes?
Lucy Negotiates With The Bounty Hunters - FALLOUT Season 2 Clip (2025)
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RAM and SSD prices are still climbingāhereās our best advice for PC builders
I would avoid building a PC right now, but if you canāt, hereās our best advice.
TP-Link Tapo C200: Hardcoded Keys, Buffer Overflows and Privacy in the Era of AI Assisted Reverse Engineering
Hi friends and welcome to the last post for this year! Whenever someone asks me how to get started with reverse engineering, I always give the same advice: buy the cheapest IP camera you can find. These devices are selfā¦
make privacy normal again
I will try this once xmr and certain btc folks, there are devs writing privacy code in literal jail right now trump is president, we have a window to finally make progress and make privacy normal again all over crypto wā¦
*Spoilers* Fallout Season 2, ep 3. Maximus Accidentally Starts A War.
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AI boom has caused same CO2 emissions in 2025 as New York City, report claims
Study author says tech companies are reaping benefits of artificial intelligence age but society is left to pay cost
Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages | TechCrunch
Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.
Happy Public Domain Day everyone
January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US law; the copyright tā¦
TikTok Deal Done And Itās Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse
There were rumblings about this for a while, but it looks like the Trump TikTok deal is done, and itās somehow the worst of all possible outcomes, amazingly making all of the biggest criticisā¦
The Free Shepherd | World Premiere | The Game Awards 2025
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The Civil War on Drugs (FULL MOVIE)
The Whitest Kids U' Know Presents: The Civil War on DrugsWatch it all here: https://youtube.com/@OfficialWKUK/streamsBuy the box set: https://shoutfactory.co...
A plan for a post-American, enshittification-resistant internet (a speech at 39C3 in Hamburg on Dec 28, 2025)
Trump has staged an unscheduled, midair rapid disassembly of the global system of trade. Ironically, it is this system that prevented all...
LG TVsā unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVsā AI problems
LG says itāll let people delete the Copilot icon. But TV chatbots arenāt going away.
'Backtracking Development Again Was Out of The Question' ā Nintendo Says Metroid Prime 4's Open World Hub Was a Victim of The Game's Lengthā¦
Nintendo has said it was unwilling to backtrack on the design of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond's controversial open world hub despite seeing "changed" attitudes to open-world games, as the project had already been rebooted onā¦
ā bidicalc - a spreadsheet where formulas also update backwards
A speadsheet where formulas also update backwards
Freeing a Xiaomi Humidifier from the Cloud
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Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results āat an astonishing scaleā
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PixiEditor is a Universal Editor for all your 2D needs
PixiEditor is a free and open-source universal 2D graphics editor, powered by innovative Node Graph workflow. Create vectors, edit photos, design graphics, make pixel art and animate - all in one app!
ublock lite is now on IOS, Should people switch to that instead of using Adguard or should they stick with Adguard?
This is a question that for some is easy to answer and for others may not be as
easy to answer. So all input could help other people find and make a more
knowledgeable choice and one that helps them towards their privacā¦
Star Trek Would've Collapsed Without Her Genius
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Lucille Ball Rescued Star Trek From CancellationāHere's Why It Backfired
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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.
Anyone can track WhatsApp and Signal users' activity, knowing only their phone number: "Careless Whisper: Exploiting Silent Delivery Receipā¦
With over 3 billion users globally, mobile instant messaging apps have become indispensable for both personal and professional communication. Besides plain messaging, many services implement additional features such as ā¦
Fediverse is getting E2EE
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Possible to avoid Google's future open source ban on Android devices?
Google is implementing a significant policy shift, banning unverified APKs, ROMs, and certain emulators on certified Android devices starting in 2026. This move, aimed at enhancing security and combating malware, will rā¦
TIL that Baba Yetu, the grammy-winning theme song to the video game Civilization IV, is The Lord's Prayer in Swahili.
"Baba Yetu" (Swahili: "Our Father") is the main theme song for the 2005 video game Civilization IV. It was composed by Christopher Tin and performed by Ron Ragin and the Stanford Talisman.[1][2][3] For its re-release inā¦
Inequality alone doesnāt cause civil unrest ā 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.
Resources to Fight AI Sloppification At Work
If you are anxious about how AI will impact or is already impacting your job, you donāt just need to doomscroll about it. Collective action can, will, and is...
Vin Diesel set to write "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots" in addition to starring & producing [Link goes to an article]
Fast & Furious star Vin Diesel will now write the feature take of Mattel Studios' Rock āEm Sock āEm Robots.