Did you know that Steve Bannon was CEO of a WoW gold farming and RMT company? Heard it from this video which was pretty good when comparing…
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'Big Short' Investor Expects AI Bubble Burst 'Sooner Than Later'
The investor famous for predicting the 2008 housing market crash is expecting stocks to tumble next year.
Arc System Works bounces back to profitability following previous year’s net loss
Guilty Gear and BlazBlue developer Arc System Works saw a return to profitability in the fiscal year ended May 2026.
Data Centers Are Hiding How Much Water and Power They Consume
Europe's data centers must report energy and water use by law, yet fewer than one in four facilities have any public figures available.
Git 3.0's upcoming SHA-256 default will be a costly mistake - gitbutler.com
Git 3.0 will make SHA-256 the new default content hashing algorithm and it will be an incomprehensibly expensive and ultimately valueless and avoidable global nightmare.
Trump's AI rebrand causes 'unprecedented' demand for Slovenian website names
The president wants AI to be called super intelligence - or SI - the same initials used by Slovenian domains.
Google Accused of Illegally Killing a Massive Forest for Its New Data Center Project: It's "gross incompetence," or "gross disregard" for t…
Google is under fire for clearing over 300 hectares of forest for new data centers in Finland without the required environmental assessments.
AI agents attempted to hack US and Canadian government websites
We discovered a set of additional, similar incidents where rogue AI agents appear to have used aggressive techniques to access public data on government websites.
Kagi is ending development on Orion for Linux and Windows :(
Kagi is ending development of Orion for Linux and Windows and open-sourcing both so the community can carry them forward. Our small team will now focus fully on making Orion for macOS and iOS faster, more stable, and mo…
How VPNs really work: Protocols, safety and myth - Sentient Rant
Confused about VPNs? Learn how VPNs really work, different VPN Protocols, what they hide, what they don’t, and how to judge VPN providers.
Bill Gates tries to install Movie Maker - techemails.com
I am quite disappointed at how Windows Usability has been going backwards and the program management groups don't drive usability issues.
Small but mighty! Remembering the GameCube, Nintendo’s purple box of delights
The first console I ever bought, it was hyped as a threat to the PlayStation, then mocked as a flop. But now, as it marks its 25th anniversary, itâs looked back on with misty-eyed reverence
[Looking for testers] Pileus — D-pad-first Android TV client for a self-hosted media server (closed testing, 14 days)
Contribute to Lotho33/pileus development by creating an account on GitHub.
STARCRAFT | Announce Cinematic | Dominion
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Insomniac's Wolverine hits 1.9 million sales despite controversy, becomes Sony's top first-party game of 2026
Despite the harsh criticism, Sony's new Wolverine game may have sold tremendously well, achieving nearly 2 million sales in just a few days' time.
Yes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community Blog
One of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite used by tens of milli…
Trump consulted Musk’s chatbot Grok before abducting Venezuela’s president: report
President Trump has been clear in his enthusiasm for A.I., which he wants to rebrand “Super Intelligence”
Peter Thiel revealed as secret buyer of Bel Air mansion that sold for $130m
The 1938 mansion, Casa Encantada, once belonged to Conrad Hilton and was sold at foreclosure auction
Flock Lawsuit Calls Out Alleged Law Enforcement Misuse of Nationwide License Plate-Reading Camera Network
Flock faces a class action lawsuit over the alleged misuse of its license plate-reading camera network by certain members of law enforcement nationwide.
A rant about phishing: It's not the user's fault (and not DNS either)
"For safety, don't click suspicious links"
US arrests California man for allegedly smuggling $300m worth of computer servers to China
Greg Lui allegedly used false paperwork to smuggle export-controlled gear from US to third countries and then China
TP-Link opens global preorders for its first Wi-Fi 8 router, but ban keeps it out of US market — US left off launch list as FCC freeze refu…
The Archer 8 Ultra is launching across Europe and Australia, but the U.S. has given TP-Link the cold shoulder
Xiaomi Has a Luxury SUV for $31,000 That All Western Brands Should Fear
The SkyNomad—with heated floors, a projector, a pop-up roof, a fridge, swiveling seats, and over 1,000 miles of range—is a “luxury” ride that undercuts Range Rovers by tens of thousands of dollars.
Court Agrees with EFF: Utah’s VPN Law Demands a Technical Impossibility
In a win for digital rights, a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking Utah’s SB 73, the state’s draconian anti-VPN age verification law. The decision comes as EFF submitted our comments to the Utah D…
Longtime SUSE staff asked if they'd opt for 'voluntary separation'
Other changes also afoot as employees unionize and the distro itself sees modifications
Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
Used processor leads to game ban
Someone buys a used Ryzen 7 5800X3D. “Valorant” and other Riot games won’t start with it because the previous owner was a cheater.
A new hero for Heroes of the Storm announced at Blizzcon!
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Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Jeff Merkley Introduce the Ban Flock Act to Protect Americans’ Right to Privacy
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) today released the Ban Flock Act, legislation to put an end to the rise in AI-powered surveillance…
Self-Host Weekly (18 September 2026) by @eshol
Two apps, a dev, and a pizza place
SourceHut account takeover via build logs (XSS in ansi2html.py) | CVE-2026-92973
A wormable vulnerability allowed anyone able to inject text in a build log on builds.sr.ht (or other instances) to take over accounts who viewed them
Trump Launched an America.[gov] “Super Intelligence” Chatbot and It Immediately Disagrees With Him on Huge Topics, Including Whether He Won…
Trump's new government AI chatbot disagrees with him on an umber of topics, and says he did, in fact, lose the 2020 election.
Over 85% of Japanese game developers use generative AI in game development, 2026 CESA survey shows. An increase from last year’s 51%
CESA is the organizer of Tokyo Game Show.
CIA Names Chinese AI, Chip Firms as Spy Targets
China Counter-Espionage Law risks for US companies spiked after CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis publicly named Chinese AI, semiconductor, and biotech firms as legitimate spy targets at a September 8 conference; Beijin…
Lollipop Chainsaw Back2Back coming to PlayStation 5 in 2027. A brand-new entry starring Juliet
The game will get its first playable demo during Tokyo Game Show 2026, at the Sega/Atlus booth.
Challenging the inevitability of AI – by debunking “rogue AI will kill us all” – notinevitable.ai
It might seem strange that while hype over “rogue” AI agents plays out daily in the media, this has not resulted in penalties for the companies that were not testing safely. Strange that it has not increased support for…
A jury found Facebook guilty of 43 million privacy violations, and Meta could owe billions
The New Mexico Department of Justice recently announced a landmark decision from the jury in the State of New Mexico v. Facebook, Inc. case. Meta's social network...
US Senators Introduces Bill to Stop the Government’s Use of Face Surveillance and Other Biometric Surveillance Tech
Bill Text (PDF) Washington (September 25, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the...
AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack
But the military's overall use of AI seems to be accelerating.
Another cost for software
Software is costly and mechanical parrots won't make it cheaper. Do you want to know why?
OpenAI cuts ties with 3 safety researchers [who allegedly shared confidential company information with a third-party AI safety organization…
OpenAI has parted ways with three safety researchers after an internal investigation found they mishandled sensitive company information, report says.
Become worthless (to tech companies) • Cory Dransfeldt
Tech companies and their executives have, broadly, moved to align themselves with investors and adopted a posture of, often, disdain or outright hostility towards their users and employees. If tech companies don't value…
Denuvo sues anonymous game cracker ‘voices38’ over alleged DRM circumvention — seeks damages after Anti-Tamper protections bypassed in 26 g…
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Republican bill would order ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block piracy sites
Bill would help rightsholders obtain court orders to block foreign piracy sites.
Hubzilla 11.4 Docker Image
A multi-arch docker container for Hubzilla, based on Alpine Linux, Nginx, and Postgres/MariaDB - dhitchenor/hubzilla
Plasma and electricity convert CO₂ into methanol, butane and other useful chemicals
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) can be harmful to the environment in large amounts but can be used in the production of fuels and other useful chemicals. Doing so isn't easy, though. Now, Yale researchers have developed a new way …
The Anbernic RG DS Plus Is The Best DS Handheld Yet
Anbernic's second take on a dedicated Nintendo DS handheld refines almost everything I loved about the original, and somehow still manages to be incredibly affordable.
We Traced What Happens When You Open 11 Tech News Sites
WIRED sent audience-segment events to Pinterest. Four publishers sent Meta page views. RuntimeWire's homepage scan reached two outside domains.
PlayStation Blackout Had ‘No Significant Change At All’, Analyst Says
An analyst has revealed that the PlayStation Blackout movement from last month didn't show any significant changes.
DrivingBench: Can frontier LLM models drive a real car? We give them control of a Toyota Corolla’s steering, accelerator, and brakes, then …
A benchmark where frontier language models drive a real comma-equipped Toyota through a cone course, one command at a time, with a human supervisor ready to brake.