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…
pi-vox: AI Speech Intelligence for Multilingual Audio Analysis
AI speech solutions for voice authentication and synthetic voice detection. Protect against audio deepfakes in an AI-first world.
The creator of Fortnite has laid off more than 1,000 staff – despite billions in revenue
Huge cuts announced this week show that truly no developer working in games is safe from corporate whims
California lawmakers are working on a bill to preserve access to online games
Game preservation group Stop Killing Games advised on the bill.
Mamdani to kill the NYC AI chatbot caught telling businesses to break the law— New York mayor says terminating the ‘unusable’ bot will help…
New York mayor says terminating the ‘unusable’ bot will help close a budget gap
World's smallest QR code, smaller than bacteria, could store data for centuries
Scientists have created a microscopic QR code so tiny it can only be seen with an electron microscope—smaller than most bacteria and now officially a world record. But this isn’t just about size; it’s about durability. …
Is the Memory Shortage Intentional?
A deep dive from Contrary Research.
What the Linux desktop really needs to challenge Windows
Opinion: Wasn't 2025 the year it happened? Yes. No. Answers on a Christmas card
“Puke or be puked on for your soul.” Russian Roulette drinking game Drunken Goddess Reflux gets over 200,000 Wishlists on Steam
Publisher Alliance Arts announced that their upcoming game Drunken Goddess Reflux had reached over 200,000 Steam Wishlists.
Epoch AI released new data finding that global AI compute capacity is doubling every 7 months, with Nvidia chips accounting for over 60% of…
Total available computing capacity from AI chips across all major designers has grown by approximately 3.3x per year since 2022, enabling larger-scale model development and consumer adoption.
Hurray! This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source
Schleswig-Holstein's migration to LibreOffice reaches 80% completion, with a one-time €9 million investment on cards for 2026.
Digg Is Back Again, but With a New Format and Focus on AI
Using the 1,000 most influential voices in AI that also happen to be on X, Digg wants to be your source of AI news.
Zuckerberg eyes massive [datacenter] expansion with Meta Compute play
: No wonder he's going nuclear
Dragon Age veteran says scrapped Anthem Next "could have been" up there with No Man's Sky's legendary turnaround
Anthem Next was canned in early 2021
120 Protests in 37 States: The Grassroots War Against AI Data Centers
AI data center protests span 120 locations in 37 states July 18, driven by rising energy bills, water use, and $130B in stalled projects.
AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decisionmaking
The reality of how much damage AI mania is doing to our ability to run institutions effectively.
Myanmar junta deploys AI-powered Russian and Chinese tracking system to target 50,000 individuals for new wave of arrests
Mizzima The Spring Revolution Database (SRD) has issued an urgent public security warning, revealing that the Myanmar junta is utilizing…
ESCAPE FROM EVER AFTER (Impressions)
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
'Everyone is unhappy': Meta employees describe a grim environment as the company reportedly prepares to axe roughly 8,000 workers
Meta's forthcoming layoffs will reportedly eliminate about 10% of its workforce, even as Q1 profits hit $26.8 billion and AI spending rockets toward $145 billion this year alone.
‘Unbelievably dangerous’: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies
Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases
AGDQ 2026 Schedule
Check out the schedule for Awesome Games Done Quick 2026!
Change logs for security intelligence update version 1.449.425.0
This page lists newly added and updated threat detections included in security intelligence updates for Microsoft Defender Antivirus and other Microsoft antimalware. If you don’t find the latest security intelligence up…
iPhone and iPad approved to handle classified NATO information
Today, Apple announced iPhone and iPad are the first and only consumer devices in compliance with information assurance requirements of NATO nations.
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
Bully Online, the ambitious mod that brought multiplayer and more to Rockstar's classic school sim, shuts down a month after launch: 'This …
An official explanation for the shutdown hasn't been shared yet, but it sure looks like a C&D dropped hard.
US state laws push age checks into the operating system
: Bad legislation, but an especially big headache for FOSS
Highguard will permanently shut down on March 12th.
"Servers will remain online until March 12th"
Smart glasses are deeply creepy. Why are celebrities like Kylie Jenner endorsing them?
Meta touts safety features – but for women, the dangers of these recording devices are obvious
At least 4 Wisconsin communities signed secrecy deals for billion-dollar data centers
Massive data center proposals are often developed in secret. Wisconsin has now joined several states with legislative proposals to make the process more transparent.
Self-Host Weekly (1 May 2026)
AI and its terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week
TIL: A study found that all major AI models, deployed in a hypothetical corporate environment, tend to blackmail employees or act against c…
New research on simulated blackmail, industrial espionage, and other misaligned behaviors in LLMs
Zero-day exploit completely defeats default Windows 11 BitLocker protections
It's not entirely clear how the exploit works. Microsoft says it's investigating.
Wing's drone deliveries are coming to 150 more Walmarts
The drone delivery service will be available to 40 million customers in the US from Los Angeles to Miami.
Microsoft's new mini PCs gives you the power of Windows on minimal hardware
These PCs boot straight to Windows 365 in the cloud.
Anthropic says it ‘cannot in good conscience’ allow Pentagon to remove AI checks
A statement from our CEO on national security uses of AI
The Making of Disco Elysium - Part One: Foundations
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
TIL How Actors Memorize A CRAZY Amount Of Lines
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
DOJ Just DELETED This Document from the Epstein Files. We Saved It.
The Trump Department of Justice has done it again.
Satya Nadella insists people are using Microsoft’s Copilot AI a lot
With Microsoft spending many billions on data centers, and rumors that no one is using its AI, CEO Satya Nadella shared some usage numbers.
Worldwide Smartphone Market to Decline 13% in 2026, Marking the Largest Drop Ever Due to the Memory Shortage Crisis, according to IDC
Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to decline 12.9% year-on-year in 2026.
EnshittifAIcation
Three episodes, one week. AI bots that hallucinate VPN requirements, recommend Apache configs on nginx servers, and suggest replacing 128 GB of RAM with a cloud VPS. A field note on the cost of mistaking confidence for …
Meta names Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump adviser, as president and vice chairman
Facebook owner Meta has named Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump administration adviser and longtime finance executive, as its new president and vice chairman.
Revised Steam Survey For December 2025 Puts Linux Gaming Marketshare At 3.58%
Back on the 1st Valve published the Steam Survey results for December 2025 and they put the Linux gaming marketshare at 3.19%, a 0.01% dip from November
ISIS teaching recruits how to use AI ‘responsibly’
British experts warn the Islamist group’s use of AI should alarm lawmakers.
The Compose key is magic
Fast emoji and special character input on your Linux desktop? For free? In THIS economy?
Portugal’s New Anti-Corruption Tool: Flagged €110B in Suspicious Contracts
iscover how Portugal’s new transparency initiative, Observatório de Integridade, is using open data to flag irregularities in public procurement. Learn how this database tool turns transparency into a proactive workflow…
Iran’s internet blackout extends into second week: NetBlocks
Iran's government cut internet connectivity shortly after start of U.S.-Israeli attacks on Feb. 28.
Europe Has a New Plan to Break Free from US Tech Dominance
This four-week consultation on open source software tackles the cloud, AI, cybersecurity, and automotive sectors.
Elon Musk’s AI Grok Goes Rogue with Posts Suggesting Trump Is a Pedophile and Erika Kirk Is JD Vance in Drag
Grok, the AI chatbot on the X social media platform, has issued answers recently that have startled and amused users, including insinuating that President Donald Trump is a pedophile and that Erika Kirk is actually Vice…