Huge Study of Chats Between Delusional Users and AI Finds Alarming Patterns
Chatbots frequently reinforced delusional and even dangerous beliefs in delusional chatbot users, an analysis found.
TIL porcupines eat brake linings.
Imagine slogging your way back down a trail after a weekend of backpacking, eager to get back to the hallmarks of civilization: hot showers, beer, and nachos. And imagine the trailhead comes in sight! You quicken your p…
Bloomberg Tech - AI startup aims to predict human behaviors
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Spotify says its best developers haven't written a line of code since December, thanks to AI
Spotify credits Claude Code and its internal AI system Honk with speeding up development.
Google criticizes Europe's plan to adopt free software
Segundo a Google, a ideia de substituir ferramentas por software de código aberto não contribuiria para o crescimento económico na Europa
Elon Musk's xAI loses second cofounder in 48 hours
Jimmy Ba left the company one day after the departure of Tony Wu, another cofounder at Elon Musk's AI company.
Meerkat - a personal relationship and contact manager
CRM for the personal life. Contribute to fbuchner/meerkat-crm development by creating an account on GitHub.
The era of 15GB free Gmail storage is ending (Update: Google responds)
Google is testing a 5GB free storage limit for new Gmail accounts unless users add a phone number to unlock the full 15GB.
Scott Pilgrim EX Release Date Trailer - Out March 3rd, 2026
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Works On My Machine - New Vodcast - Need volunteers
Owlbot - An Owncast chat bot with a modular event-driven architecture. https://git.logal.dev/LogalDeveloper/Owlbot
Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs
Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade
Xbox Project Helix may cost $1,200 with massive performance upgrades
A new rumor suggests Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, could cost between $999 and $1,200 while delivering major performance gains over the Xbox Series X.
About the search for a Discord alternative, an article about Matrix versus XMPP
You want to have encrypted, self-hosted and free software chat? Which standard should you use?
Beyond Optics: How 6th Generation Processing Power Changed Thermal Imaging
Thermal binoculars have moved beyond basic heat detection. With 6th Generation processing, onboard computing now drives real-time clarity and situational awareness, as shown in ATN’s Binox 6 Dual
Why PlayStation Graphics Wobble, Flicker And Twitch
Although often tossed together into a singular ‘retro game’ aesthetic, the first game consoles that focused on 3D graphics like the Nintendo 64 and Sony PlayStation featured very distin…
Highguard Developer Makes Layoffs Affecting "Most of the Team", Two Weeks After Launch
Several LinkedIn posts from now former Highguard developers confirmed the news, which comes ahead of the game's first post-launch update.
Has anyone used the Camoufox browser?
🦊 Anti-detect browser. Contribute to daijro/camoufox development by creating an account on GitHub.
Spain blocks Polymarket, Kalshi over gambling licences
Spain's Consumer Rights Ministry temporarily banned so-called prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi for operating in the country without a gambling licence.
Direct Emissions in Semiconductor Manufacturing Are Increasing Again – What Is Behind the Shift?
interface (formerly Stiftung Neue Verantwortung) emerges as Europe's premier Think Tank for cutting-edge tech policy. Our expert team navigates AI, cybersecurity, and more, shaping the continent's digital landscape.
Mewgenics recouped its development cost in the first 3 hours
and we have made back our development budget after 3 hours. Thank you all :)
Discord Distances Itself From Age Verification Firm After Ties To Palantir’s Peter Thiel Surface
The third-party company Discord could use for their ID collection is mired in surveillance concerns and links to Epstein via one of its investors
You Can't Trust the Internet Anymore
I like things that are strange and a bit obscure. It’s a habit of mine, and a lot of this blog is to document things I haven’t heard of before, because I wan...
Toyota built a $10 billion private utopia—what’s going on in there?
Woven City is a privacy nightmare but could be helpful to an OEM desperate to be more.
The time is now: Bye Bye Big Tech
Bits of Freedom komt op voor internetvrijheid door de online grondrechten op communicatievrijheid en privacy te beschermen.
Microsoft Copilot Update Hijacks Default Browser Links
Microsoft's new "context preservation" keeps you from losing the thread of your conversation and keeps you inside Microsoft's browser engine, whether you want to be there or not.
How Big Tech Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bombs
Until quite recently, many Big Tech firms opposed the militarization of AI, but that now seems like ancient history as they move to sign partnerships with arms companies. The prospect of lavish Pentagon funding for AI i…
Want to migrate away from discord ? I made a helmfile for stoatchat (previously revolt) with experimental video sharing support
One-click deploy stoatchat to a Kubernetes cluster (or with docker-compose) - baptisterajaut/stoatchat-platform
Comprehensive Response to Bambu's AGPLv3 Violations
Software Freedom Conservancy (“SFC”) announces a new initiative regarding the software right to repair for users and consumers of 3D printers manufactured by Bambu Lab. After recent news of violations of the Affero Gene…
Pokemon tree of life
To celebrate 30 years of catching ’em all, discover the parallels between the Pokemon universe and our own.
Drug May Repair DNA at Earliest Stages of Alzheimer’s – And it’s Already Passed Safety Trials
A drug already safe for humans reduces disease-linked early features of Alzheimerâs in a lab model of the disease, say neuroscientists.
YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they’ll be unskippable - Dexerto
YouTube viewers will soon have to sit through even longer ads, with Google rolling out new 30-second unskippable spots on a popular app.
[MAGIC Monero Fund: Project Fundraiser] Monero Fuzzing Round 2: Wallet, P2P, and FCMP++. This second fuzzing project will help protect the …
This second fuzzing project will help protect the Monero network
The RAM crisis could completely change how developers make video games
Developers at GDC 2026 shared a common anxiety
Some People Are So Desperate To Hate Marathon They’ve Embraced A Fake Conspiracy About Paid Reddit Posts
Some folks on the internet have fallen for a very obviously fake story about Sony and Bungie paying people to promote Marathon on Reddit
Sony Has Apparently Shut Down Dark Outlaw Games
Sony has closed Dark Outlaw Games, its second studio shutdown this year. Founded by Treyarch’s Jason Blundell, the studio never released a title, impacting around 50 employees amid broader in…
Self-Host Weekly (6 February 2026)
Jellyfin <3 Samsung, beating a dead lobster, and the birth of a self-hosted meme
Trump uses Correspondents’ Dinner shooting to justify expanding spying powers as deadline nears
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is set to expire Thursday, and the president is claiming Saturday’s shooting proved “the safety of our nation” depends on the program.
Tailscale Services GA: App-aware connectivity with more control
Now generally available, Tailscale Services adds tsnet integration, supports Kubernetes egress, and offers more visibility through logs.
This legendary Nokia phone is being brought back to life in 2026
A custom ROM gives the Nokia N8 a second life, fixing Symbian’s flaws and making the iconic camera phone surprisingly usable again in 2026.
Disney+ loses Dolby Vision, HDR10+ and 3D amid patent dispute
Spreading from Germany across Europe
“They burned millions but got nothing.” Japanese game font provider’s aggressive price hike could be result of parent company’s alleged AI …
After it replaced a domestic $380 annual license plan for game fonts with a $20,500 plan, Monotype has come under scrutiny.
Claude helps man recover $400,000 in BTC 11 years after he got high and forgot password
A Bitcoin holder has gone viral after claiming he recovered around $400,000 in BTC from a wallet that had been locked for more than a decade.
Team turns DNA into a rewritable hard drive
Researchers have developed a method that allows data stored in DNA to be erased and overwritten repeatedly.
Deutsche Welle(DW) to close roughly half of its X accounts by 2026 end due to budget cuts, rising platform costs(verification, analytics, m…
DW will close around half of its accounts on the social media platform X as part of its current budget reductions. The decision is linked to savings requirements and broader adjustments to DW’s digital offerings.
Digital Omnibus: How Big Tech Lobbying Is Gutting the GDPR
The EU’s Digital Omnibus quietly rewrites the GDPR in Big Tech’s favour – weakening data protection, user rights and enforcement. EFRI explains what is at stake.
Emberville 🔥
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Tech Layoff Wave Has Already Hit 100,000 Jobs This Year
This chart shows the number of tech and startup employees laid off worldwide, by quarter.
Project Windless - Reveal Trailer | PS5 Games
Every legend has a beginning. Project Windless is a single-player open-world action RPG set in the universe of the acclaimed Korean fantasy novel series The ...
Stoat removes all LLM-generated code following user criticism
Non-contributors dictating how the hen makes bread.