Notepad++ updater installed malware
The updater for the open-source editor Notepad++ has installed malware on PCs. An update to Notepad++ v8.8.9 corrects this.
Hunter: The Reckoning - Deathwish | Reveal Trailer
Vampires, Werewolves, Witches. What if I told you that the things that go bump in the night are real? What if I told you that you could see them?Awaken to th...
Amazon’s AWS reports outage after UAE data centre struck
Availability Zone in ME-CENTRAL-1 brought offline in possible drone or missile attack
The Pentagon’s Claude Use in Iran Is a Reminder that Anthropic Never Objected to Military Use
The company objected to hypothetical future use cases, not anything the military is currently doing.
US tells diplomats to lobby against foreign data sovereignty laws
The Trump administration has ordered U.S. diplomats to lobby against countries' attempts to regulate how American tech companies handle foreigners' data.
Turns Out That Advertisers Not Wanting To Fund Neo-Nazi-Adjacent Content Isn’t An Antitrust Violation
Remember when Elon Musk told advertisers to “go fuck” themselves and then sued them for the crime of taking his advice? A federal judge has now dismissed that lawsuit — with prejudice —…
Amazon is forcibly upgrading Prime members to Alexa Plus, and users are not happy
Amazon is informing Prime members that their Echo devices are receiving a free automatic upgrade to Alexa Plus.
'I'm delighted to be wrong': Sam Altman says AI won't lead to a 'jobs apocalypse' - but admits he was 'pretty wrong' on the social and eco…
OpenAI CEO says it was "roughly right" about predicting the effect of its tech.
Linux is Getting a Free Pass on Age Verification in California and Colorado
Other open source software gets similar treatment, with Colorado going as far as explicitly excluding code repositories and container platforms.
WebUSB Unpinner: network analysis for the masses
In this blog post we will introduce WebUSB Unpinner, an open-source Web application that makes Android network analysis more accessible by leveraging WebUSB. We will explain how to bootstrap the application, which kind …
White House App Found Tracking Users' Exact Location Every 4.5 Minutes via Third-Party Server
The Trump administration's White House App is under scrutiny after claims of embedded code tracking users' GPS coordinates every 4.5 minutes.
Did Obsidian Master the Art of the Efficient Epic? | NYT
Although video games are taking longer to make, a studio renowned for immersive experiences managed to release three this year.
China car giant BYD says it can thrive without US
With the price of fuel rising China's BYD says it is positioning itself to benefit from the global shift away from fossil fuels.
I was paid to write fake Google reviews – then my ‘bosses’ tried to scam me
Undercover reporter gets a taste of the sprawling fraud industry in which cryptocurrencies play a crucial role
TIL the music used in the infamous "you wouldn't download a car" anti-piracy advert was pirated
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TIL that there's a Pearl Jam themed wrestler called Steven Flowe
Steven Flowe debuted this weekend with a hilarious pardoy of Pearl Jam's Even Flow, with some key changes in the lyrics.
Meta Reportedly Cutting About 1,500 VR and AR Jobs Amid Renewed Push to Become an AI Juggernaut
AI infrastructure will provides Meta with a "strategic advantage," Zuckerberg said. He once said almost the exact same thing about the metaverse.
Motorola confirms GrapheneOS support for a future phone, bringing over features
Motorola has announced a partnership with GrapheneOS which will see a phone with support, as well as features ported to other devices.
California judges are testing a new AI clerk. You won't know if it's looking at your case
Courts in Los Angeles and Riverside counties are testing an artificial intelligence tool and deciding whether it can be used in high-stakes criminal cases.
America's tech-filled classrooms are facing a backlash against school-assigned devices
Schools across the U.S. are starting to rethink the abundance of digital devices in classrooms. After pouring billions of dollars into laptops, tablets and learning apps, a growing number of schools say it is time to sc…
Built a free British social chat site — would love
The UK's free social chat site. Live chat rooms, posts, follows and more. Join thousands of British people online.
"Whoa what a wild reaction" - Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi reacts to backlash after praising an AI-generated FF6 remake trailer
Hironobu Sakaguchi explains he thinks gen-AI has potential as he defends his positive remarks about an AI-generated Final Fantasy 6 remake trailer.
Lithium deposit valued at over $1.5 trillion discovered in the U.S.
McDermitt Caldera in Oregon is attracting attention for what could be one of the largest lithium deposits ever identified in the U.S.
Number of AI chatbots ignoring human instructions is increasing— Research finds sharp rise in models evading safeguards and destroying emai…
The Loss of Control Observatory analysed over 183,000 AI interaction transcripts and found a 5x increase in scheming-related incidents over five months.
I Decompiled the White House's New App
The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.
What If Heavy Files Actually Felt Heavy? — Shiveesh Fotedar
An exploration of pressure-based interfaces and physical metaphors for digital weight
Mark Zuckerberg Just Told 8,000 Employees Their Layoffs Are a Line Item in His $145 Billion AI Bill
On Meta’s Q1 2026 earnings call, CFO Susan Li said the quiet part out loud. “We recently shared internally that we plan to reduce the size of our employee base in May. We believe a leaner operating model will allow us t…
Microsoft Collects ‘Massive’ Amounts of Info From K-12 Students Without Parental Consent, Class Action Lawsuit Claims
A class action lawsuit alleges that Microsoft employs unlawful data mining to collect and profit from information about K-12 students in Washington.
Kadokawa’s activist shareholder Oasis Management raises stake to 11.85%, exceeding Sony’s
Oasis Managament Company raised their stake in Kadokawa to 11.18%, becoming one of the largest owners of the Japanese publisher.
TIL at one time slaves escaped to freedom in Florida.
Long before the famous Underground Railroad, those seeking freedom from slavery traveled on foot, by boat and under cover of darkness to Fort Mose in Spanish-controlled Florida
For most US drivers, electric vehicles offer emissions benefits and cost savings, according to a new study by MIT researchers
In most U.S. zip codes, electric vehicles are cost-competitive with their gas-powered counterparts, according to a new study. And regarding emissions benefits of EVs, individual driving patterns matter as much as region…
'Classic Doom Mods' - Civvie11
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Ash & Adam's Existential Treads, a retro top down tank shooter x tower defence x city-builder hybrid, while also including exploration game…
A mini action city-builder in a post-post-apocalyptic world. Grow your settlement. Fend off waves of enemies. Restore nature.
Flotsam, an exploration city-builder where you scavenge the oceans and explore the flooded remnants of the old world with your floating col…
Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.
Both Fedora and Ubuntu will get AI support – soon
Furores are fermenting in the forums
TIL about the Mesozoic marine revolution
The Mesozoic marine revolution (MMR) refers to the increase in shell-crushing (durophagous) and boring predation in shallow-sea (neritic) and some deep-sea marine organisms throughout the Mesozoic era (251 Mya to 66 Mya…
TIL the Sundance Kid lived in Canada for three years
Harry Longabaugh — better known as the Sundance Kid — is perhaps most famous for his daring bank and train robberies as part of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch. But the American outlaw’s short stint as a cowboy and businessm…
PlayStation boss says single-player games won’t come to PC going forward | VGC
PlayStation Studios CEO Hermen Hulst confirmed the news to staff this week…
Drova is surprisenly reactive
"Drova - Forsaken Kin" is a pixel art Action-RPG inspired by the grim dark classics of
"How my side project got banned from the internet" | Bogdan Chadkin
A little piece about dealing with security providers and clearing my side project's reputation after a false positive flagging.
Teams’ invasive Wi‑Fi tracking sparks backlash as users say Microsoft crossed a line — “There must be a team at Microsoft tasked with makin…
Teams wants to monitor office attendance through Wi‑Fi, but critics say the feature feels more like surveillance than a productivity booster.
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has collected $9m (£6.6m) in unpaid fines from Amazon, which has been violating clean air regulations by…
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account set…
AB 1043 also requires OS providers to pipe a real-time age checker to every app developer who requests it.
China claims breakthrough with world’s first ducted eVTOL that can lift nearly half a ton
UFO-shaped eVTOL unveiled in China, offering 3-second takeoff, 992 lbs payload, aimed at logistics and aerial rescue missions.
Netherlands Seizes 800 Servers, Arrests 2 for Aiding Cyberattacks – Krebs on Security
Authorities in the Netherlands have arrested the co-owners of two related Internet hosting companies for operating IT infrastructure used by Russia to carry out cyberattacks, influence operations and disinformation camp…
Google has started encrypting its search results' URLs with "goto?=" links for logged out sessions and/or scrapers ( 28 August, 2026 )
Google now hides the destination URL on every search result behind an encrypted blob. I took the encryption apart, and I can still read every ranked URL off the page in one pass.
Qualcomm’s CEO is working with ‘pretty much all’ major AI players on top-secret devices
The phone is dying. Cristiano Amon knows what's replacing it—he just won't tell you yet.
China tests world's first megawatt-class flying wind turbine
A pioneering energy-generating device utilizes reliable wind speeds at an altitude of 6,500 feet (2,000 meters).
After Micron's greedy decision, SK Hynix could also exit consumer DRAM and NAND business
Micron exited the consumer DRAM market in December 2025, leaving Samsung and SK Hynix as the only two major suppliers. It is now rumored that SK Hynix may follow Micron's lead, stopping the production of consumer DRAM a…
New Year, New Games - Big Releases in January 2026. Here's What to Expect - GameSpace.com
Not sure what to play in the new year? Open your calendar and mark the dates of the most anticipated games of January 2026. StarRupture Release Date: January 6 Platforms: PC Like most games in this genre,