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…
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.
I want to post this somewhere.
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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.
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.
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?
ChatGPT down again
ChatGPT is experiencing a major global outage affecting thousands of users, including over 12,580 in the US, according to DownDetector.
Scientists grow mini human brains to power computers.
BBC News goes inside the lab powering computers with 'mini brains' grown from human cells.
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
“We can produce results that meet our quality standards without its assistance.”
Crypto mixing / Tumbler
Hello. Iâm wondering if anyone me here uses a Crypto tumbler or mixer service
without KYC . Looking for recommendations
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Yo yo! Iâve been working on making my life more private and need some assistance
picking suitable replacement options. Please let me know what you think of my
list of if there are any opportunities for improvement! He…
In August, The Document Foundation had a major update to LibreOffice. But so much more is happening: conference news, a job opening, extens…
Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more… Every six months – in February and August – we release a new major update to LibreO…
How Monster Sound Effects Are Made For Movies
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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.
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
Utilizing Stereotypes to their Advantage - But I'm a Cheerleader Analysis
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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.
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.
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…
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
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 …
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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Briar alternative between Android and iOS?
The full notice
[https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/image/f8827127-7925-477c-a365-bad32ee409e6.webp] Edit:
looks like it’s probably a false DMCA claim but not enough is known right not to
be sure in any direction Edit 2: apparent…
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
Why The Hive Gives Carol Everything She Asks For In Pluribus Revealed
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iFixIt announce FixBot: Your AI Repair Helper
Get hands-free guidance, visual analysis, and instant access to the world's repair knowledge.
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...
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.
Imdb calls this a documentary.
Cryptid: Goatman: Directed by Eli Watson. With J. Nathan Couch, David Domine. Various experts discus the legendary creature that's seen all around the United States.
Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal devices.
DeepSeek-v3.2: Pushing the Frontier of Open Large Language Models [pdf]
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Valve Addresses Steam Machine Anti-Cheat Concerns, Says It's Working Towards Support
Valve has spoken about potential anti-cheat issues on the Steam Machine which uses SteamOS and is not compatible with certain anti-cheats
After a teddy bear talked about kink, AI watchdogs are warning parents against smart toys
Advocates are fighting against the $16.7bn global smart-toy market, decrying surveillance and a lack of regulation
The LanguageTool extension will now be paid
Instantly check grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors with LanguageTool's AI-powered grammar checker. Enhance your writing in over 30 languages with ease.
New tech pulls lithium from dead batteries cheaper than you can buy it
While lithium extraction technologies generally focus on ways to get the essential metal out of the ground, there's another source to mine: existing batteries that no longer work. A new technique could now make that pro…
Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger
Slop may be seeping into the nooks and crannies of our brains.