AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases
Apple brings age verification to UK users in iOS 26.4 beta - Users who don’t verify their age may not be able to download or purchase apps.
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Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.
'Microslop' is heading for Edge – major browser redesign is inspired by Copilot, and it's already seriously unpopular
From Micro$oft to Microslop? Copilot-inspired revamp for Edge stokes further AI rebellion
How Forza Horizon took on Japan with deep research – and 360-degree cameras
The open world driving sim has roared through locations from Colorado to Australia, its authentic feel resting on exhaustive research. But, as the team explain, Japan was the toughest challenge yet
Firefox 148 introduces the promised AI kill switch for people who aren't into LLMs
Firefox is in a really weird position right now. Given how browsers are rapidly adopting AI, people who'd rather not use those tools are being left in the dark. Their only savior was Firefox; that is, until the new CEO …
Bcachefs creator claims his custom LLM is 'fully conscious'
: It's not chatbot psychosis, it's 'math and engineering and neuroscience'
Eric Barone makes $125,000 donation to the C# framework Stardew Valley uses, as well as 'an ongoing monthly commitment' in what the team be…
MonoGame has been used to make all sorts of notable games, including Celeste and Bastion.
Bit flips: How cosmic rays grounded a fleet of aircraft
Radiation from space that led to more than 6,000 Airbus aircraft needing emergency computer updates could become a growing problem.
TIL that before ChatGPT, more than 98 per cent of all English-language articles published on the internet were written by humans. By the fa…
Before ChatGPT, there was the Plot Robot, Auto-Beatnik, and a century’s worth of schemes for automating authorship.
NVIDIA Says You're "Completely Wrong" About DLSS 5 Being Slop - Gamers Nexus
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The Algorithm That Detected a $610 Billion Fraud: How Machine Intelligence Exposed the AI Industry’s Circular Financing Scheme
On November 20, 2025, trading algorithms identified what may become the largest accounting fraud in technology history—not in months or years, but in 18 hours.
FYI for anyone running roundcube: vulnerabilities found
CISA flagged two Roundcube Webmail vulnerabilities as actively exploited in attacks and ordered U.S. federal agencies to patch them within three weeks.
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls - Fighting Avengers Trailer
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Gucci criticised for 'AI slop' images ahead of major fashion show
Users of social media - where the marketing campaign has been launched - say it is out of keeping with Gucci's reputation for luxury.
SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight
SpaceX has launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet. The rocket blasted off from the southern tip of Texas on Friday, carrying 20 mock Starlink satellites on a test flight extending halfway around the world.
They just formed the biggest tech worker union in the US. The plan is to take on AI and industry layoffs
"Who AI benefits and who it immiserates often is based on who gets to decide how it’s used. We know how tech is used on the day to day. We should be at the table as well."
The FCC Just Banned the Sale of New Wi-Router Models Made Outside US
The surprising order means any new Wi-Fi router models sold in the country must be US-made, or receive an exemption from the Pentagon or Homeland Security Department.
DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media
As streaming continues to dominate the film and TV industry, many Gen Z movie watchers are opting out and choosing physical formats instead.
Grok AI still being used to digitally undress women and children despite suspension pledge
Degrading pictures being posted on Elon Musk’s site despite the platform pledging to suspend people who generate them
Moltbook was peak AI theater
The viral social network for bots reveals more about our own current mania for AI as it does about the future of agents.
Meta Employee Deleted 9TB of Torrented Files, Adult Film Producers Claim
The lawsuit between Strike 3 Holdings and tech giant Meta over the alleged downloads of copyright-infringing videos is heating up.
Jensen Huang says gamers are 'completely wrong' about DLSS 5 — Nvidia CEO responds to DLSS 5 backlash
The CEO says artistic control remains with developers.
New sodium ion battery stores twice the energy and desalinates seawater
A surprising breakthrough could help sodium-ion batteries rival lithium—and even turn seawater into drinking water. Scientists discovered that keeping water inside a key battery material, instead of removing it as tradi…
Warcraft III: Legacy (The Frozen Throne 1.29) is now available on Battle.net again
All players who own Warcraft 3 now have access to the original 1.29 client from the Battle.net App. To install it, click the Game Version dropdown on the bottom left corner of your Battle.net Warcraft III playscreen and…
Samsung's Galaxy S26 will get Apple AirDrop support starting today
The feature was first launched on Pixel 10 phones last year.
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.
Hegseth threatens to blacklist Anthropic over 'woke AI' concerns
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Dell brings back XPS laptops — ditches the capacitive touch bar, adds 1Hz display option, and upgrades 14 and 16-inch models
A new, thinner XPS 13 is also coming later this year.
RSS Feeds Send Me More Traffic Than Google – Terence Eden’s Blog
Yeah yeah, I know, data-point of 1. I recently read Susam's blog post where they said that "most of the traffic to my personal website still comes from web feeds" - I wondered if that was true for my site. I've been wri…
Facebook researchers previously proposed studying whether features were ‘addictive,’ documents show
Meta executives took the stand in a Los Angeles courtroom earlier this month and testified that while use of the companyâs platforms could become problematic, it couldnât be considered addiction.
Floating turbine towers above — the S1500 hovers to harvest wind at 131 feet
China's S1500 floating turbine hovers at a 4,921 feet to harvest high-altitude winds, generating 1MW power equivalent to 328-foot ground turbines.
An Open Letter to Google regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Android App Distribution
Open Letter to Google Regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Third-Party App Distribution
AI Deepfakes Are Impersonating Pastors to Try to Scam Their Congregations
Religious communities around the US are getting hit with AI depictions of their leaders sharing incendiary sermons and asking for donations.
Home electricity bills are skyrocketing. For data centers, not so much.
Data centers are consuming more kilowatts than ever, but the price they pay for that electricity has risen only a little.
Meta's Latest App Looks Like Reddit
Forum is a standalone version of Facebook Groups plus AI assistants.
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS gets Steam P2P multiplayer and more content to come
The developers reviving Planetary Annihilation: TITANS have announced another update in their work to improve this grand-scale multi-planet RTS.
Technitium DNS v15.1.0 released with OpenID Connect integration
Technitium DNS Server. Contribute to TechnitiumSoftware/DnsServer development by creating an account on GitHub.
UK fines Reddit $19 million for using children’s data unlawfully
Our investigation found Reddit, Inc. (Reddit) used children’s personal information unlawfully.
Day 2 of posting an indie game I found that I think looks cool - Horripilant
KILL YOUR GOD. BECOME WORTHY. Horripilant is a chilling idle incremental dungeon crawl through the horrors of a forgotten underworld.
Tesla registrations crash 17% in Europe as BEV market surges 14%
Tesla's EU+EFTA+UK registrations fell 17% in January 2026 — down from already weak 2025 numbers. Without Tesla, BEV registrations would be up 16%.
Dario Amodei spent last year warning of an AI white-collar bloodbath. Now he's changing the narrative
The Anthropic CEO is sounding more open to the idea that Jevons Paradox—new technology creating more demand and more jobs—is possible with AI.
Gig workers in Africa have been helping the US military. They had no idea
Appen hires workers around the world to do obscure tasks with little explanation. It has also held $17m in military contracts
The Netherlands consumer protection regulator launches an investigation into Roblox under the Digital Services Act (DSA) for not sufficient…
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) launches an investigation into online game platform Roblox in connection with possible risks that minors in the EU face on the platform.
Trine 6: Together in Time | Announcement Trailer
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Soulframe: Preludes - Official Gameplay Trailer
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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.
Make Microsoft's CEO cry by installing Chrome's 'Microslop' extension
This Chrome extension, which works fine on Microsoft Edge, replaces "Microsoft" with "Microslop" all over the web.
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…
Skate Story is now available
Hey all, in partnership with the wrist-guard warriors at Devolver Digital, I'm so incredibly proud to announce that SKATE STORY is available now! This has been quite the journey after 6 long years of development and I h…