After Intel, AMD is now also raising CPU prices by up to 15%
Increasing CPU demand for servers and data centers, along with depleted inventories, are forcing AMD's hand to jack up the prices once again.
Windows 11’s push for mandatory Microsoft accounts is hitting a nerve with users who say the change complicates setup, privacy, and basic P…
We asked our readers what they think of Windows 11's forced Microsoft account requirement, and the answer is clear. Too bad it's not on the official list of improvements coming to the OS in 2026.
Here's the severance package Oracle offered laid-off US employees
Severance includes 4 weeks base salary plus 1 week per year of employment.
Quantum computers need vastly fewer resources than thought to break vital encryption
No, the sky isn't falling, but Q Day is coming, and it won't be as expensive as thought.
Hades II Coming to Xbox Game Pass – Official Announce Trailer | Xbox Partner Preview 2026
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Running A Game On A PC With No System RAM
As a clear sign of how desperate these RAMpocalypse times are becoming, we have [PortalRunner] over on YouTube contemplating how to run modern-day software on a PC that has no sticks of that most p…
How India’s Ruling Party is Using AI to Boost Hate Speech
Bellingcat found 31 posts by the BJP that appeared to feature AI-generated images, along with either anti-immigrant or anti-Muslim hate speech, in Assam and West Bengal within a month.
Cindy Cohn (EFF) Warns Jon Stewart That Americans Have to Make X and Meta ‘Less Important’
Cindy Cohn touched on the toxicity of the social media space in a wide-ranging interview with "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart Monday night.
Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1
Iran says it will target Apple, Google, and Microsoft, among others.
New Rumored Xbox Game Pass Tier Includes Only First Party Games
There are rumors of a new Xbox Game Pass tier coming from Microsoft, and this one would offer only first party games.
Oracle cutting thousands in latest layoff round as company continues to ramp AI spending
Oracle has ratcheted up its capital expenditures as it builds data center infrastructure that can handle AI workloads.
Data centers are creating ‘heat islands’ and warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees | CNN
The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence are so energy hungry that theyâre heating up their surroundings, according to new research. Itâs an alarming finding given the number of data centers is predi…
FTC Takes Action Against Match and OkCupid for Deceiving Users by Sharing Personal Data with Third Party
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against OkCupid and its affiliate Match Group Americas over allegations OkCupid deceived users of its dating app by sharing their personal information,
Leaked memo suggests Red Hat's chugging the AI Kool-Aid
Exclusive: Sounds like an excellent time to start honing your Debian skills
AI bot spam
Digg is going away again, but Kevin Rose is coming back.
[Jason Schreier] AAA game budgets estimated around $300 million. These budgets are almost entirely dev salaries + overheard and have nothin…
Exact budgets of video-game productions can be tough to corroborate (more transparency from publishers would be nice!) but the numbers I've heard floating around AAA game dev these days are $300 million or more — someti…
New Mastodon account documenting hate and racism on r/Monitors and r/ultrawidemasterrace Discord
12 Posts, 1 Following, 6 Followers · Exposing hate and bigotry on r/Monitors and r/ultrawidemasterrace as seen on their official Discord.
After more than 15 years on the platform formerly known as Twitter, Cambridge is leaving X
City councilors in the liberal enclave voted unanimously to leave a platform they said had become toxic under owner Elon Musk.
Tech giants are spending more than ever to shape California politics. See how much
Tech giants involved in AI and cryptocurrency spent $39 million last year to influence lawmakers and policy. It's the start of what could be a spending blitz in the upcoming election.
US, EU move toward landmark biometric data sharing deal that give the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) access to fingerprint and other…
The U.S. and European Union are in formal talks over a biometric data-sharing arrangement that could give the DHS access to EU biometric records.
Android's new developer verification rollout begins, sideloading changes are next
Google has started rolling out Android's new developer verification, with user-facing sideloading changes arriving later this year.
It's not just a RAM crisis — Panasonic says data center batteries are also selling out months in advance
Panasonic plans to triple battery production as hyperscale AI infrastructure drives unprecedented demand across global data centers
Fedware: 13 Government Apps That Spy Harder Than the Apps They Ban
The White House app ships with a sanctioned Chinese tracking SDK, the FBI app serves ads, and FEMA wants 28 permissions to show you weather alerts.
AI chatbots lure vulnerable gamblers to unlicensed betting websites
Major chatbot platforms found to be advertising unregulated online casinos across the continent, exclusive Investigate Europe research shows.
AI Facial Recognition Is Denying Food To Pregnant Women Across India
India’s 50-year-old welfare programme now uses AI to decide who gets food. Across Anganwadi centres, pregnant women and new mothers must pass a facial recognition scan before receiving rations.
How China is getting everyone on OpenClaw, from gearheads to grandmas
China's OpenClaw use is soaring as tech giants hold meet-ups to help everyone add the artificial intelligence digital assistant to their devices.
Sycophantic behavior in AI affects us all, say researchers
: Sycophantic bots coach users into selfish, antisocial behavior, say researchers, and they love it
Stranger than Heaven is Yakuza except set between 1915 and 1965 in five different cities—including Kamurocho
It's a grittier take than the recent Like a Dragon games, but I'm sure it'll still have bonkers mini-games.
Valve Prepares for Steam Frame Launch with Android Upload Options in Steamworks
Valve has long been preparing its software stack for the arrival of both the Steam Machine and the upcoming Steam Frame, and the latest update sees the gaming giant add a long list of fixes, QoL improvements, and featur…
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn | Official Gameplay Trailer
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is a third-person action RPG set in the universe of The Expanse.You’re no hero — just a mercenary caught in the wrong place at the...
Nintendo Lowers Pricepoint For Digital Versions of Switch 2 Games
Nintendo has announced that it will adopt separate price points for digital and physical Switch 2 exclusive games published by the company
Bluesky Users Respond With Overwhelming Disgust to Platform’s New AI
Bluesky's latest foray into AI isn't exactly sitting well with what appears to be the vast majority of the platform's user base.
TIL about Elmer McCurdy: a train and bank robbing outlaw whose corpse, after his death, became a carnival funhouse attraction.
Did a dummy 'dead man' on a TV set turns out to be the real thing?
Content Creator Alanah Pearce Launches Charred Pictures in Partnership With Game Devs; ‘Faith: The Unholy Trinity’ Film Adaptation, Two Mor…
Content creator Alanah Pearce launches Charred Pictures, a production company focused on involving game devs in film and TV adaptation projects.
Palantir’s UK boss criticises ‘ideological’ groups as ministers move to scrap NHS contract
Louis Mosley says government should resist calls to trigger break clause in £330m deal with US analytics company
Spotted in the wild: Our first look at the X Money debit card Musk is rolling out
X Money cards are popping up on social media, buying ice creams and snacks at gas stations. Users are thanking William Shatner.
Microsoft's AI slop is infecting GitHub — Copilot is now injecting ads into pull requests
A developer caught Copilot adding promotional "tips" to code descriptions, highlighting a messy new era of AI slop.
Judge Allows BitTorrent Seeding Claims Against Meta, Despite Lawyers 'Lame Excuses'
To gather material for its LLM training, Meta used BitTorrent to download pirated books from Anna’s Archive and other shadow libraries.
Horizon Chase Turbo is getting delisted after the Epic Games layoffs
Originally developed by AQUIRIS (now known as Epic Games Brazil), the retro racer Horizon Chase Turbo is getting delisted from all stores.
Court tells Subnautica 2 publisher Krafton to reinstate fired CEO and let him handle its Early Access release | VGC
Krafton terminated the game leads’ contracts “without valid cause”, a judge has ruled…
PineTime Pro Introduction
How is your day/night going RSS readers? In this blog post we go in depth on the new PineTime Pro hardware and share some pre-production information from JF.
A Tale of Imagination, Childhood Dreams & the forgotten desire for Adventure
It’s truly interesting how differently we see things when we are children; how our lack of understanding, whilst often causing problems, can likewise create wonders, and let our imagination r…
AI and bots have officially taken over the internet
AI-driven traffic nearly tripled in 2025. AI agent traffic grew 7,851%. HUMAN's 2026 benchmark report analyzes more than one quadrillion interactions to map the rise of agentic AI, the threat landscape evolving alongsid…
AV1’s open, royalty-free promise in question as Dolby sues Snapchat over codec
Big Tech declaring AV1 royalty-free “doesn't mean that it is," critic says.
The creator of Fortnite has laid off more than 1,000 staff – despite billions in revenue
Huge cuts announced this week show that truly no developer working in games is safe from corporate whims
How labor movements may help rebalance power in the technology sector
Wide swaths of American workers are more meaningfully involved than in the past in organizing around and pushing back against artificial intelligence (AI) and data-driven technologies in the workplace, a Rutgers study h…
Reddit banned Paul McCartney over phone-free concert photos post in their subreddit
Reddit apparently banned Paul McCartney's account after he posted Fonda Theatre concert content to his own subreddit. The ban page is live and confirmed.
World's smallest QR code, smaller than bacteria, could store data for centuries
Scientists have created a microscopic QR code so tiny it can only be seen with an electron microscope—smaller than most bacteria and now officially a world record. But this isn’t just about size; it’s about durability. …
Arduboy FX-C Review: A Credit Card-Sized Handheld That's Actually Good
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First Western Digital, now Sony: The tech giant suspends SD card sales
The global memory shortage due to rapid AI data center expansion is hitting everyone, even the biggest tech companies in the world.