Last.fm is now independent
Today, Last.fm begins a new chapter as an independent company. Ownership has changed, but the product you use every day has not. Your account, your listening history, and your data remain exactly where they are. The teaā¦
Built an API dev tool and got 12k+ installs already, this is what happened since we open sourced.
Design, Test and Document APIs in plain Markdown. Compose Requests with API blocks. Reuse, Replace & Version everything just like code. Offline, Truly Git Native, No Lock-in. - VoidenHQ/voiden
Kids say they can beat age checks by drawing on a fake mustache
: 46% say age checks are easy to bypass, and nearly a third admit getting around them
More License Plate Reader Mission Creep: School Residency Verification, Background Checks, and Noise Complaints
An EFF analysis of millions of searches of Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) data by police has uncovered a troubling pattern: in the absence of a warrant requirement to search ALPR databases, law enforā¦
Telegram is lying to you about privacy
Telegram is known as a privacy-focused secure messaging app because it markets itself that way. However, it is often criticized by security experts, privacy advocates, and people with common sense who can understand whyā¦
You and your neighbors could have radio-wave vision
Researchers warn that a new method for detecting people through WiFi signals poses a serious privacy risk.
Dreams on a Pillow - Official Gameplay First Look
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'People Enjoy Surprises' ā Valve Is Trying to Dismiss New York's Counter-Strike Loot Box Lawsuit
Valve has moved to dismiss the New York Attorney Generalās lawsuit against the company, which claims loot boxes in its games such as Counter-Strike 2 promote illegal gambling and threaten to addict children.
Brockovich Data Center Reporting ā U.S. AI Data Center Awareness & Issue Map
Interactive map of major AI data centers across the United States ā built or being built. Understand the community impact and report issues in your area.
Splinter Cell designer says āone of the difficulties with modern stealth gamesā is realistic lighting, as environments are now so much āharā¦
Clint Hocking, the creative director of Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory explains the issue of modern lighting in stealth games.
'People will buy intelligence from us on a meter': ChatGPT's Sam Altman's AI vision worries critics
Sam Altman says people may someday ābuy intelligence on a meterā like electricity or water and critics say the vision sounds more dystopian than innovative.
Spain blocks Polymarket, Kalshi over gambling licences
La orden de bloqueo de sus pĆ”ginas webs se toma como una medida cautelar hasta la resoluciĆ³n definitiva del expediente
'I'm delighted to ā be wrong': Sam Altman says AI won't lead to a 'jobs apocalypse' - but admits he was 'pretty wrong' on the social and ecoā¦
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.
Built a free British social chat site ā would love
The UK's free social chat site. Live chat rooms, posts, follows and more. Join thousands of British people online.
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 scā¦
"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.
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 regionā¦
PlayStation boss says single-player games wonāt come to PC going forward | VGC
PlayStation Studios CEO Hermen Hulst confirmed the news to staff this weekā¦
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has collected $9m (Ā£6.6m) in unpaid fines from Amazon, which has been violating clean air regulations byā¦
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
Netherlands Seizes 800 Servers, Arrests 2 for Aiding Cyberattacks ā 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 campā¦
Spain blocks Polymarket, Kalshi over gambling licences
Spain's Consumer Rights Ministry temporarily banned so-called prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi for operating in the country without a gambling licence.
Comprehensive Response to Bambu's AGPLv3 Violations
Software Freedom Conservancy (āSFCā) announces a new initiative regarding the software right to repair for users and consumers of 3D printers manufactured by Bambu Lab. After recent news of violations of the Affero Geneā¦
Deutsche Welle(DW) to close roughly half of its X accounts by 2026 end due to budget cuts, rising platform costs(verification, analytics, mā¦
DW will close around half of its accounts on the social media platform X as part of its current budget reductions. The decision is linked to savings requirements and broader adjustments to DWās digital offerings.
Motorola phones are hijacking your Amazon app [Video]
A truly bizarre situation on Motorola phones has led to the software hijacking the Amazon app to inject an affiliate...
Xbox Player Voice Quickly Reveals What Players Want Most
Xbox gamers quickly make their opinions known following the opening of Xbox Player Voice, with thousands sharing their opinions.
Sailfish OS showed me what Linux phones could actually be, and we need more of it
A fantastic idea, but it needs more support
007 First Light ā Official Launch Trailer
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Pope urges 'disarming' of AI in major manifesto
Pope Leo XIV called for artificial intelligence to be more strictly regulated, warning that it can help spread misinformation and normalize war. He also issued an unprecedented apology for the church's role in slavery.
California's Age Verification Law May End Up Exempting Most Linux Distributions
While not as good as repealing AB 1043 outright for requiring operating system providers to ask for a user's age or birth date at device setup, open-source Linux distributions and other open-source OSes may end up seeinā¦
FOSS Contra Big Tech
Taking on Big Tech is a phrase we hear ad nauseam in politics nowadays, but rarely with specificity. To ātake onā is deliberately vague verbiage: it gestures to the existence of a conflict between the interests of ātechā¦
"Honestly difficult to imagine a path forward with it" - licensed Paranormal Activity horror game "technically done for good", says Mortuarā¦
A byproduct of the Warner Bros. sale meant the Mortuary Assistant creator asked Paramount for an extension on the Paranormal Activity game. Paramount said no.
Pope Leo Calling for AI "Disarmament", Warns of its Risks(Including Fueling Warfare) in 42,300-Word Encyclical; Opaque Algorithms Controlleā¦
Pope Leo XIV presents "Magnifica Humanitas" as the Churchās response to the challenges posed by artificial intelligence, calling for AI to be ...
Sony PlayStation Accounts Are Reportedly Being Hacked With Ease
Your Sony PlayStation account could be in trouble, as PSN accounts are being targeted with very few details required.
Warhorse Announces a Lord of the Rings RPG and a New Kingdom Come Adventure
Shortly after its parent company, Embracer Group, made an important announcement, Warhorse Studios revealed no fewer than two separate projects. The initialĆ¢ĀĀ¦
Google is cannibalizing the web to feed AI
Google Search used to direct users to web sites; AI Mode will keep them in Google's garden
Ultimate Chicken Horse - 10th Annifursary Update (and sale)
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Gaming Jesus Investigates Chinese Black Market Silicon*
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āMalusā: i'm so tired of this bs
I canāt tell you how many times I have heard people predict the death of open source software over the years. Each time some new tech trend arrivesācrypto, source available licensing, SaaSāpeā¦
Laid off workers at Meta contractor Covalen to mount strike action following loss of 700 jobs
Trade union representing Covalen workers have demanded the end of a "two-tiered treatment" of outsourced tech workers
Jira IS Turing-Complete
Building a Minsky Machine in Atlassian Automation 22nd May 2026
Mecha-Driven Sci-Fi JRPG STARBITES Is Out Now on PC and Consoles - Turn Based Lovers
STARBITES is now available in the West for PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.
Aggressive AI scrapers are making it kinda suck to run wikis
Bots are currently scraping the internet for LLM training data at unprecedented rates[1][2][3], driving up costs and destabilizing public-facing websites. I want to talk about how this has been particularly difficult foā¦
It's time to talk about my writerdeck
tldr: * I installed console-only Debian on an old laptop (no desktop OS at all) * I added some packages to make it work better for writing: * network-manager for connecting to hotspots while I'm away * kmscon for customā¦
99% of CEOs Expect AI-Driven Layoffs in the Next Two Years
CEOs love automation, but don't think humans and machines can coexist in the workforce, survey finds.
Google I/O 2026 And Its Consequences
There is so much fresh uncertainty following Google I/O, and I think it will take us all a while to process it and understand what it means.https://vale.rocks/micros/20260521-0440
New Article - Whole Home Audio with SnapCast
A way to stream audio around your entire house using inexpensive RaspberryPi computers and SnapCast
AI collar claims it can translate your petās sounds ā and the internet has questions
A Chinese startup has unveiled an AI-powered collar that claims to translate animal sounds into human language, a concept that has inevitably sparked many questions.Priced at $149.99 (ĆĀ£110) on its website, Hangzhou-basā¦