NVIDIA To Bring Back The GeForce RTX 3060 In Q1 2026 To Tackle Current-Gen GPU & Memory Shortages
NVIDIA is reportedly going to recommence production of its GeForce RTX 3060 GPUs owing to DRAM supply shortages.
‘We’re basically pushers:’ Two California courtrooms hear how companies may have hooked kids on social media
"We're basically pushers," a tech company researcher writes in one chat. Social media users, school districts, and states want damages.
When Vibe Scammers Met Vibe Hackers: Pwning PhaaS with Their Own Weapons
What happens when AI-powered criminals meet AI-powered hunters? A technical arms race where both sides are vibing their way through explo...
Nintendo is raising the price of the Switch 2, blaming 'market conditions'
A $50 increase in the US. Further increases rolling out in Japan, Europe, and Canada.
Uber is letting women avoid male drivers and riders in the US
Uber expands Women Preferences for women riders and drivers across the United States.
Bring Back the Burned CD— They’re a love language. And a reminder of the hope we once had.
They’re a love language. And a reminder of the hope we once had.
Phony security rules will make India’s phones less safe
The Indian government has introduced countless rules supposedly to make smartphone safer. In reality, the rules will make phones less safe, and enable further mass surveillance and authoritarianism…
Open Records Laws Reveal Automated License Plate Readers(ALPRs) Sprawling Surveillance. Now States Want to Block What the Public Sees.
Reporters, community advocates, EFF, and others have used public records laws to reveal and counteract abuse, misuse, and fraudulent narratives around how law enforcement agencies across the country use and share data c…
Terrified Tech Execs Are Traveling With Armed Bodyguards as AI Backlash Grows
"It really feels like the people in power want to be kings. Historically, that doesn't work out for kings..."
San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores
The City Attorneyâs Office sent the tech giants cease-and-desist letters this week telling them to stop profiting from 13 âface-swapâ apps that are overwhelmingly used to target women and girls.
Goodnight Punpun creator Inio Asano says the manga scene’s attitude towards AI is one of the reasons he put Mujina Into the Deep on hiatus …
Inio Asano recently appeared on the WEEKLY OCHIAI talk show, where he discussed the use of generative AI in the manga industry.
Forward Auth with Authentik and Envoy Gateway
Using Authentik for forward authentication at the domain-level with Envoy Gateway.
TIL about system justification theory and how people defend unfair systems because it’s easier than admitting they’re being screwed
System justification theory is a theory within social psychology that system-justifying beliefs serve a psychologically palliative function. It proposes that people have several underlying needs, which vary from individ…
Post-American internet by Cory Doctorow - YouTube - Nimrod Kamer
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VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
There was no ill intent by evil corporation, but rather a desire to support functionality that some customers expect of VS Code w.r.t. AI-generated code. As folks mentioned here - many similar tools do this as well.
Beware of OpenAI's 'Grantwashing' on AI Harms
J. Nathan Matias and Avriel Epps say OpenAI's announced research funding is the perfect corporate action to make sure we don't find answers for years.
TIL that the longest possible train journey goes from Lagos, Portugal to Singapore
Can you travel by rail from Portugal all the way to Singapore? In theory, yes. In practice? Not so much.
Fediverse is getting E2EE
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PineTime Pro Introduction
How is your day/night going RSS readers? In this blog post we go in depth on the new PineTime Pro hardware and share some pre-production information from JF.
It's me again. My Kubernetes devolver has reached the astral plane.
Generate compose.yml from your Kubernetes manifests. Same charts, same values, no second stack to maintain. Public domain.
AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast
Moltbook lets 32,000 AI bots trade jokes, tips, and complaints about humans.
Self-Host Weekly (27 February 2026)
Legal threats, exposed vulnerabilities, and a fond farewell
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
New York Bill Would Force Age ID Checks at the Device Level
The bill's child safety framing is doing a lot of work to normalize what is, in practice, a government-linked identity layer baked into every device you own before you open a single app.
Meta trying to destroy whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, US senator says
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg regarding his company’s vile treatment of whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams. Ms. Wynn-Williams testified to Senator Hawley’s subcom…
AI hype seems to be cooling as tech stocks dramatically plunge
Investors seem to be worrying that artificial intelligence rally might not last
Inequality alone doesn’t cause civil unrest – but internet access adds the crucial spark
Some regimes may be tempted to shut down the internet to maintain stability. But new research shows why reducing the wealth gap has become crucial for maintaining security.
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 …
ArXiv to Ban Researchers for a Year if They Submit AI Slop
The change comes as arXiv and others struggle to manage an influx of AI-generated materials masquerading as rigorous science.
Consumers sue Amazon for not refunding Trump tariff costs
SEATTLE – A consumer-protection lawsuit from Seattle-based law firm Hagens Berman accuses Amazon.com of collecting funds from millions of its customers in response to since invalidated tariffs, passing the buck on risin…
WIRED Database Leaked: 40 Million Record Threat Looms for Condé Nast
WIRED Database Leaked: 40 Million Record Threat Looms for Condé NastA comprehensive investigation into the current WIRED database leak and the threat of an imminent, much larger compromise targeting the Condé Nast portf…
Amazon’s Middle East data centers damaged by Iran drone and missile attacks will be down for several months during repairs
Even if the war stops now, Amazon will have to wait months before it can return its Middle East servers back to full operational status.
How Wildlife Traffickers Are Using Coded Language to Sell Protected Animals On Facebook
Coded language used in thousands of Facebook ads has helped illegal wildlife dealers evade the platform’s bans for years
GitHub Takes Down Rockchip MPP Repository After FFmpeg Copyright Claim
GitHub disabled the Rockchip Linux MPP repository after a DMCA notice from an FFmpeg developer alleging violations of the LGPL license.
Xbox Developer_Direct Returns January 22: Fable, Forza Horizon 6, and Beast of Reincarnation to be shown
We're kicking off 2026 with the fourth installment of Developer_Direct on January 22 – bringing you new gameplay and insights for Fable, Forza Horizon 6, and Beast of Reincarnation.
Self-driving cars, autonomous robots and drones, and other AI systems can get hijacked by custom road signs
New research anticipates hijacking against AI systems in order to create defenses for a more secure future.
'More DLC = More FPS' — Monster Hunter Wilds Players Ask Capcom for Answers After Theory Suggests a Backend DLC Check Is Tanking Performanc…
Monster Hunter Wilds fans are asking Capcom for answers after one player seemed to discover that PC performance is dictated by the number of DLCs a user has.
Asus and Dell announce new mini PCs for Windows 365 | Goodbye local OS
Dell and Asus have announced new mini PCs intended for use with Windows 365. These systems will not power themselves, but will simply allow users to operate Windows running in the cloud.
TIL one of the voice actors of "Bob's Burgers" was arrested for the Capitol riot
An actor known for his roles on the comedy television shows “Bob’s Burgers” and “Mr. Show with Bob and David” has been arrested on charges that he joined a mob of Donald Trump supporters in confronting police officers d…
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance - Official SEGA Villains Stage DLC Animated Trailer
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Last Year In SBCs (single board computers)
While it might not be comprehensive, [Bret.dk] recently posted a retrospective titled “Every Single Board Computer I Tested in 2025.” The post covers 15 boards from 8 different companie…
“It feels like Squid Game”: China’s workers scramble to keep up in the AI race— Employees are rushing to learn new tools as layoffs and aut…
Employees are rushing to learn new tools as layoffs and automation fuel widespread AI anxiety.
AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decisionmaking
The reality of how much damage AI mania is doing to our ability to run institutions effectively.
Bugs Rust Won't Catch | corrode Rust Consulting
In April 2026, Canonical disclosed 44 CVEs in uutils, the Rust reimplementation of GNU coreutil…
Terraria 1.4.5 Releases January 27
Greetings, Terrarians! As we mentioned in last month's State of the Game, things were looking up for a January 2026 release. We did have to resubmit a few things, which pushed us back a bit further than expected. Howeve…
British soldiers to get new AI radios, headsets and tablets
British soldiers will be able to make faster, better decisions on the battlefield through thousands of new radios, headsets and tablets.
The U.S. Government Just Followed Through on Its Ban of DJI Drones—and It’s So Much Worse Than We Thought
By the time you read this, the widespread embargo on every foreign-made consumer drone will be in effect. That’s essentially all of them.
President Donald Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS! That decision belongs to YOUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, and the tremendous leaders I appoint t…
Open source calculator firmware DB48X forbids CA/CO use due to age verification
(e) (1) “Covered application store” means a publicly available internet website, software application, online service, or platform that distributes and facilitates the download of applications from third-party developer…