The Sex Candle | Star Trek TNG Reaction, episode 714, "Sub Rosa" with Duncan Regehr | T7R #404
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Over half of enterprise AI stalls on infrastructure mess
: The answer seems to be educating the enterprise workforce, and creating smarter use cases
Amazon Shuts Down Internal AI Leaderboard After Employees Cheated
Employees admitted to 404 Media they had cheated to climb the leaderboard's ranks.
Audio dongles and the ghost of USB 1
USB dongles with not enough bandwidth
The 10 most anticipated video games of 2026
As 007 makes his gaming return, you can climb a mountain in Cairn, play a scaredy-cat in Resident Evil, and play a criminal couple in GTA VI
Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source
Microsoft announced today that they're preserving a bit of history here - with Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III now officially and clearly open source.
Rubenerd: Using Thunderbird for RSS
It adds RSS to my primary communications application, which works great.
Trump’s immigration data dragnet
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We were early but we weren't wrong about Venezuela...
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Tokamak experiments exceed plasma density limit, offering new approach to fusion ignition
Researchers working on China's fully superconducting Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) have experimentally accessed a theorized "density-free regime" for fusion plasmas, achieving stable operation at …
The privacy audit platform for Android applications
The privacy audit platform for Android applications
Faulty Towers, vibe sickness, and the vibe bobsled -- Dustycloud Brainstorms
By Christine Lemmer-Webber on Fri 17 July 2026
'Resistance is futile,' says Qualcomm CEO. AI agents will be become invisible, inescapable, follow you across devices
Your personal Jarvis or an end to privacy as we know it?
Privacy isn’t dead: it’s just that tech companies have made it inconvenient
“You have zero privacy … Get over it,” Scott McNealy, then CEO of Sun Microsystems, declared in 1999. What might have sounded like a bold claim at the turn of the millennium has turned into a self…
Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal
Planning documents for "Scout" say the plan is to "make people addicted" to the tool before adding new features.
I found a second vote.gov — and it's registered to the White House
There is a moment in every investigation where the thing you have been looking for finds you instead.
What to know about Trump's draft proposal to curtail state AI regulations
President Donald Trump is considering pressuring states to stop regulating artificial intelligence. A draft executive order obtained by The Associated Press reveals the plan.
How CGI made TV ugly (and then pretty again)
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Plausible critical RCE < 3.2.1
Security related update This patch release fixes a security vulnerability affecting the following versions of Plausible Community Edition (image: ghcr.io/plausible/community-edition): Tags: v3.2 v3...
Bossware rises as employers keep closer tabs on remote staff
: A lot of companies are turning to employee monitoring tools to make sure workers aren't slacking off
Deadhaus Sonata Q&A: Denis Dyack on Tarot Cards, Loot Based on Quantum Physics, and Building a Spiritual Successor to Legacy of Kain
Denis Dyack discusses Deadhaus Sonata's tarot card skill system, deterministic loot, and building a spiritual successor to Legacy of Kain.
Many EU states want to allow the US access to biometric police data
The EU countries have no fundamental problem with US law enforcement agencies accessing their national databases to search for threats.
"This is a political deception" − New Chat Control convinces lawmakers, but not privacy experts yet
The EU Council seems to agree to the new compromise "without further changes"
The Most Faithful Adaptation of The Odyssey Nobody Knows About
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Meta and YouTube found liable in social media addiction trial; Ordered to pay $3 Million
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Ubuntu 26.04 is the OS for the AI agentic era, says Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth - here's why
Canonical's pitch starts with snaps and security.
Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in 4 months
Uber's cutback has occurred after the company had reportedly encouraged staff to use AI as much as possible.
CEOs blame AI for layoffs, but an MIT professor says it fits a long-running pattern to find a cover story. ‘They’ve been saying that for 20…
Companies like Wix, Snap, and Block have all recently pointed to AI to explain cuts.
Gabe Newell on Steam monopoly accusations: Gamers have 'enormous choice' about where to buy games
Newell also said in 2023 testimony that Steam's 'unwritten rule' against charging lower prices on other storefronts does not exist.
New Life is Strange Game Spotted, And Yes, This One Will Finally Bring Back Chloe
A ratings board leak has detailed Life is Strange: Reunion, a new game in the narrative adventure series that focuses on the return of fan-favorite character Chloe.
The GENIUS Reason Where Winds Meet Has Two Game Modes 🧠 #shorts
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Gabe Newell asked Valve's top lawyer "What the f*** do I pay you for if that’s your opinion?" in heated debate over porn games on Steam, re…
Steam's had a contentious history with adult content
A Value Critique of AI & Tech Worker Opposition
GenAI technologies are being promoted as the door to a new era of economic dynamism. However, the opposite is more likely. While LLM-based tools haven’t measur…
Angry devs vow to flee GitHub Copilot as metered billing takes hold
'16% of my monthly Pro+ allowance. Gone. For basically nothing'
Turns out llms also have “artificial hive mind”, top AI models all say very similar sounding things, do you think that we can use this to d…
Language models (LMs) often struggle to generate diverse, human-like creative content, raising concerns about the long-term homogenization of human thought through repeated exposure to similar outputs. Yet scalable meth…
Package managers keep using git as a database, it never works out
Git repositories seem like an elegant solution for package registry data. Pull requests for governance, version history for free, distributed by design. But as registries grow, the cracks appear.
Tim Cook handed $47m package for new role as executive chair of Apple
Pay and shares deal nearly matches $58m award to John Ternus, his successor as CEO at the $4.7tn tech company
DI.DAY is a Movement to Encourage People to Ditch Big Tech
A new day for privacy advocates to look forward to.
Public restrooms in Osaka to get in-stall video screens with ads
Video advertising seems contradictory to the digital signage’s originally intended purpose.
Nacon faces existential crisis: Cyanide, Spiders and Kylotonn slide into insolvency.
Shock for GreedFall & Styx fans: Nacon's top studios are insolvent. What the bankruptcy means for upcoming releases and the developers.
Philly Cops Admit That They’re Tracking “First Amendment Activity” Critical of AI
A law enforcement document obtained by The Intercept shows police scan social media looking for posts opposing AI data centers.
Steam adds official support for game version-specific Workshop mods
New Steam APIs and Workshop item options work together for better control as games and mods get updated
Early Thursday showing: Loved Martin McDonagh, Collin Farrell, and Brendan Gleeson in In Bruges? Then you’ll love Banshees of Inisherin (20…
(posting early as I may not have time to post it in the AM) IMPORTANT NOTE:
please use a good VPN whenever visiting Blorptube, or anywhere else on the
internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy. We will be using Bl…
Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant
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Retailer denies memory replacement due to 4x increase in DDR5 pricing, says price increase would equate to an 'upgrade' for the customer — …
The RAM crisis is unfair for everyone, but some situations absolutely beggar belief.
Commission blocks EU funding for Huawei solar tech
A Commission spokesperson says the EU has decided to take “concrete action right now” against the “risk of disruption of the EU’s critical infrastructure by foreign actors.”
Supergirl’s Lore Makes NO F*CKING SENSE
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A new bill in New York would require disclaimers on AI-generated news content
A new bill in the New York state legislature would require news organizations to label AI-generated material and mandate that humans review any such content before publication. On Monday, Senator Patricia Fahy (D-Albany…
Interview with a ‘Just use a VPS’ bro (OpenClaw version)
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