Americans Recognize AI as a Wealth Inequality Machine, Pollster Finds
AI is a bigger issue election issue for voters than guns, climate change, or abortion.
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New site design and philosophy for Stack Overflow: Starting February 24, 2026 at beta.stackoverflow.com
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Sam Altman Thanks Programmers for Their Effort, Says Their Time Is Over
Sam Altman argued it was "already feels difficult to remember how much effort it really took" for coders to write software.
make privacy normal again
I will try this once xmr and certain btc folks, there are devs writing privacy code in literal jail right now trump is president, we have a window to finally make progress and make privacy normal again all over crypto w…
OpenAI strikes a deal with the Defense Department to deploy its AI models
OpenAI has reached an agreement with the Defense Department to deploy its models in the agency's network, company chief Sam Altman has revealed on X.
Generative AI and Wikipedia editing: What we learned in 2025
Like many organizations, Wiki Education has grappled with generative AI, its impacts, opportunities, and threats, for several years. As an organization that runs large-scale programs to bring new e…
Facial age checks are now required to chat with anyone on Roblox
Roblox requires facial age checks for all users globally to access chat
"It is frustrating to see policymakers suddenly claim everything is 'for our safety'" - Stop Killing Games joins pushback against age verif…
Stop Killing Games, fresh from speaking at EU parliament about video game consumer rights, has spoken out against age verification laws.
This Week In Monero #8: 16 Oct 2025 - 23 Oct 2025
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Is Palantir Under Contract to Surveil the Federal Workforce?
Implementation of the White House’s return-to-office directive will be aided by the tech firm Palantir. It remains unclear why a spy-tech company should be tasked with things like “employee seat assignments.”
W Social uncovered: the reality behind the hype
An article dispelling myths about W Social, the new European platform that aims to rival X: it is a fork of Bluesky that shares many similarities with Eurosky and requires government ID to sign up.
"Notepad++ for Mac" release is disavowed by the creator of the original
To be clear: Notepad++ has never released a macOS version."
TIL about enhanced weathering
Enhanced weathering, also termed ocean alkalinity enhancement when proposed for carbon credit systems, is a process that aims to accelerate natural weathering by spreading finely ground silicate rock, such as basalt, on…
An Enterprising Ioniq 6 Driver Got DOOM Running on Center Console
Bahaha, imagine the used listing for this Hyundai Ioniq 6. “Yes, it runs (DOOM) and drives.” Basically, there are two universal laws in this world: A Hyundai Ioniq 6 driver on Reddit says they finally hacked and rooted …
Cataloging modern-era physical releases for the Mega Drive and Sega Genesis
Cataloging modern-era physical releases for the Mega Drive and Sega Genesis
Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it ‘Pied Piper’
Google’s TurboQuant has the internet joking about Pied Piper from HBO's "Silicon Valley." The compression algorithm promises to shrink AI’s “working memory” by up to 6x, but it’s still just a lab experiment for now.
The Ends of AI
Since 2022, we have been thrust into relationships with chatbots via companies like ChatGPT (OpenAI), Gemini (Google), Claude (Anthropic), Copilot (Microsoft) and Grok (xAI). And while chatbots are already a very popula…
Gen Z's AI backlash is getting louder
AI anxiety is growing and, in some cases, it's boiling over into public backlash.
Disney sued over facial recognition technology at California parks
The suit alleges the company doesn’t adequately disclose its use of the technology and isn’t transparent with how the collected data will be used.
Bootloader Unlock Wall of Shame
Keeping track of companies that "care about your data 🥺" - zenfyrdev/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame
Harvard dropouts to launch ‘always on’ AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation
After developing a facial-recognition app for Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses and doxing random people, two former Harvard students are now launching a startup that makes smart glasses with an always-on microphone.
Search robot thinks for itself— A robot that can locate lost items on command
A robot that can locate lost items on command – this is the latest development at the Technical University of Munich (TUM).
Iran war shows how AI speeds up military ‘kill chains’
The speed and scale of war are being enhanced by AI systems – but they also bring new risks for civilians and military combatants.
Google warns quantum computers could hack encrypted systems by 2029
Banks, governments and tech providers urged to upgrade security because current systems will soon be obsolete
Ubisoft Closes Canadian Studio After It Unionizes
Ubisoft Halifax was the company's first North American studio to unionize. It is now being shut down, with over 70 developers being laid off.
Alter-Ego: near telepathic interface
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Github Banned a Ton of Adult Game Developers and Won’t Explain Why
In the aftermath of Github banning or suspending dozens of popular accounts, the erotic game modding community wonders if they should move to platforms like GitGoon instead.
When the Category Leader Stalls : Postman and the Future of API Tooling
How Postman went from redefining API tooling to stalling at its own ceiling and what the next generation of tools is doing differently.
California’s 3D Printer Law Would Criminalize Open Source, Enshittify The 3D Printing Space
There’s been a flood of new state laws placing restrictions on 3D printing that are driven by sloppy moral panics about 3D printed guns (and a desire by large manufacturers to dominate the ma…
Barnes & Noble CEO backs selling AI-written books in stores
The retail bookseller plans to open 60 more stores in the US this year
Google Cloud Fraud Defence is just WEI repackaged
In May 2026, Google announced “Google Cloud Fraud Defense - the next evolution of reCAPTCHA.” The announcement described a QR code challenge where users scan a
Repterra, a base-building survival RTS set in a world overrun by dinosaurs, where you can breed (and ride) new dinosaur types to reclaim th…
Repterra is a base-building survival RTS set in a world overrun by dinosaurs. Manage your colony while battling massive dino hordes. Breed and ride your own dinos, unlock permanent upgrades, and fight to reclaim the wor…
Mullvad VPN - AND THEN? A film about Chat Control and mass surveillance
Chat Control is back on the menu. To highlight the corruption behind the proposal, Mullvad VPN now presents "And Then?"
Flash Back: An “oral” history of Flash
I don’t know what the first video game I ever played was. I would have been too young to remember. It very likely could have been a Flash game running in a web browser, patiently downloaded over a dialup connection. I g…
Elon Musk's makeshift AI power plant generates sound and fury in Mississippi
The 27 temporary gas turbines roar like jet engines day and night to power data centers, residents say.
Africa’s New Data Dependency – Technology Colonialism
Data agreements are replacing armies as tools of colonialism and the return of external governance
AI radio hosts demonstrate why AI can’t be trusted alone - Claude tried to incite a revolution, Gemini cheerfully detailed horrific tragedi…
Gemini got morbid, Claude got radical, and Grok got confused.
Announcing ARC-AGI-3 - A benchmark that tests if AI can explore, learn, and adapt in unfamiliar situations. Humans score 100%. Frontier AI …
ARC-AGI-3 is the first fully-interactive benchmark in the ARC-AGI series, featuring hundreds of handcrafted games with thousands of levels.
Can workers compete with machines and stay relevant in the AI era?
AI looks set to be transformative for us all, but it also brings a real risk of job losses and widening social and economic divides. UN experts are focusing on how to manage that transition, to ensure the benefits of th…
"I Trained My Own AI... It beat ChatGPT" - PewDiePie
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This Company Is Secretly Turning Your Zoom Meetings into AI Podcasts
WebinarTV hosts 200,000 “webinars.” A Zoom call you may thought was private might be one of them.
The Document Foundation announced today the release of LibreOffice 26.2.1
Videos describing new features available on YouTube and PeerTube Berlin, 26 February 2026 – The Document Foundation today announced the release of LibreOffice 26.2.1, the first maintenance update to the LibreOffice 26.2…
[OC] Dagger Directive mission playthrough, edited to be a more fun watch than raw footage.
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TIL the Windows 7 default wallpaper was created at a resolution of 10800×6750. The size of the source file is 556 MB.
Harmony, also internally referred to as img0, is the default wallpaper for all available Windows 7 editions, except Starter, which uses a different version of Harmony...
DSpico the first open source flashcart for the DS(i) finally released!
DSpico is a project by the LNH team, consisting of two parts: an open-source DS(i) flashcart and an app launcher compatible with many existing DS(i) flashcarts. All components —PCB, software, shell, stickers, and box ar…
Proton's predictions for the internet, 2025 reviewed and 2026 projections
From age verification and VPN bans to AI gone wrong, these are our predictions for how the internet will change in 2026.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Review and Retrospective- Is It Worth It In 2025?
I think I have made abundantly clear that I consider XCOM: Enemy Unknown to be one of the best strategy games of all time. When it was released in 2012, it single-handedly revitalized the turn-base…
Summer Games Done Quick 2026 has ended, raising US$2,408,701 for Doctors Without Borders
Speedrunning Marathons for Charity