Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task – MIT Media Lab
This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and …
T'pol time travels for the first time
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'Something really shifted': Inside the software company that laid off 40% of its staff
As big tech companies sack staff and say AI will pick up the slack, workers are left to grapple with what's really going on.
Sonora: Search & Listen to music privately (mostly from Youtube) blocking AI Music. Free. No Login.
Your AI Chatbot for latest music discovery. No login. Zero fees. No AI music. Just real artists.
See for yourself just how massive Meta’s Hyperion data center is
It’s hard to overstate just how massive Meta’s Richland Parish, Louisiana, data center site is. Use this tool to compare it to where you live....
He was a perfect hire — until a U.S. company exposed him as a likely North Korean operative
He was a perfect hire — until a U.S. company exposed him as a likely North Korean operative.
New Episode of The Amazing Digital Circus Soon
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Apple Faces £3 Billion UK Trial Over iCloud Lock-In Claims
Apple was not able to narrow the scope of a UK lawsuit accusing it of locking 40 million UK consumers into iCloud, to the detriment of third-party cloud storage providers. British consumer group Which? first filed the l…
Docker Engine 29 has changed the default image store to containerd, duplicating storage of (compressed) base image layers
Learn about Docker Engine v29 and how this foundational release sets the stage for the future of the Docker platform.
The Blood of Dawnwalker lets you complete areas in any order, kill any NPCs you like, and still complete the game after failing every quest…
"We've structured the game in a way where, after the prologue, you can do basically whatever you want."
Google accused of pushing 'free for life' G Suite users onto paid plans
Users claim personal family domains are being falsely flagged for commercial use, leaving long-time G Suite Legacy customers facing a pay-up-or-lose-access ultimatum
HP says RAM now accounts for more than a third of its PC costs
HP says the cost of RAM has doubled in its PCs.
Large-scale online deanonymization with LLMs
We show that large language models can be used to perform at-scale deanonymization. With full Internet access, our agent can re-identify Hacker News users and Anthropic Interviewer participants at high precision, given …
Google erasing immigrants’ accounts of experiences in ICE facilities /// Vanished review of Mississippi ICE facility raises questions about…
Vanished review of Mississippi ICE facility raises questions about who controls public records of immigrant detention
The Document Foundation is proud to release LibreOffice 25.8
The best open source office suite continues to evolve, while maintaining its focus on privacy and digital sovereignty Berlin, 20 August 2025 – The Document Foundation announces the release of LibreOffice 25.8. This late…
After 30 years, I finally realized why Spider-Man took his mask off in this scene
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Comcast keeps losing customers despite price guarantee and unlimited data
Comcast overhauled Internet plans to stop customer losses. It isn't working yet.
Manyverse – a peer-to-peer social network
A social network off the grid – mobile and available on Android
Sandisk Reports Fiscal Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
Sandisk Corporation (Nasdaq: SNDK) today reported fiscal second quarter financial results. "This quarter's performance underscores our agility in capitalizing on better product mix, accelerating enterprise SSD deploymen…
Why medieval city-builder video games are historically inaccurate - Leiden Medievalists Blog
This blog post explores the historical accuracy of medieval city-builder video games.
TIL there was a double barrelled cannon.
John Gilleland developed a revolutionary double-barreled cannon meant to sweep Union infantry off the field. On a spring morning in April 1862, a number
Deep Rock Galactic - The Season 06 Narrated Trailer is here! - Steam News
Full season details inside — and the Experimental Branch goes live today
A Canadian Sudoku Site!
Play Sudoku online for free! Enjoy unlimited puzzles, multiple difficulty levels, and helpful tips. Challenge your brain and improve your skills with our easy-to-use Sudoku game—no registration required.
Pope Leo XIV brings not peace but a sword to AI oligarchs and a slop-mad world in new address, says it's 'Turning people into passive consu…
Never thought I'd die fighting side-by-side with the Pope.
As new Yakuza announcements dropped, top walkthrough writing guy in anglosphere refuses to play these at all
Announcement: I will not be writing a GameFAQs guide for Yakuza Kiwami 3/Dark Ties. Full statement below:
Microsoft lost $357 billion in market cap as stock plunged most since 2020
As investors sold shares of Microsoft on Thursday, the $3.22 trillion company dragged down the software complex and the S&P 500 index.
Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
New details about what we found, and how agentic harnesses are now able to reproduce real bugs and dismiss false positives.
A hacker ran me over with a robot lawn mower | The Verge
I’m fine. Yarbo owners might not be.
TIL that Japan incorporates more disaster planning into its buildings and public spaces than any other nation
In her latest book, MIT Professor Miho Mazereeuw examines successful examples of “anticipatory design” in Japan, where structures and spaces are built with dual uses, for daily living and for when natural disasters or o…
The Physics of Data Centers in Space
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Guitar technology
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US Senator proposes bill permitting AI data centers to bypass federal power rules via off-grid energy infrastructure development
DATA Act of 2026 proposed by Senator Tom Cotton
The State of Anti-Surveillance Design
The most effective surveillance-evading gear might already be in your closet.
The Official 4D Miner Website!
4D Miner is a 4-dimensional survival sandbox game, where you can explore an infinite, procedurally-generated, 4-dimensional world!
Molten salt and human sweat: the weird batteries that could store renewable energy
From Nevada to Manchester, developers are trialling innovative solutions to clean energy’s biggest challenge
Data Center Opponents Stage 142 Protests Across 42 States
Opponents of the rapid buildout of data centers held 142 protests across 42 states Saturday, the first nationwide protest against data center growth.
No Shark is Safe: Millions of Shark Vacuums are Vulnerable to RCE
Millions of Shark vacuums are currently vulnerable to remote code execution. This critical vulnerability leaves hackable cameras with wheels inside the homes of Shark vacuum owners. The vulnerability is trivially exploi…
TIL almost half the states in the US ban buying alcohol on christmas
The holiday season might be the most wonderful time of the year, but it’s also undeniably one of the busiest. Between dashing from store to store to scoop up gifts to attending party after party, the hustle and bustle i…
id Software insists in new statement that it still has "the crew we need to build the games and tech we're known for"
id Software has posted a brief statement on social media, insisting, "We still have the crew we need to build the games."
Rockstar baulks as a Charlie Kirk assassination mission is created in GTA Online, bans it and censors his name, but there's more out there
There's inevitably plenty of reaction, little of it good.
Microsoft warns that China is winning AI race outside the west
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Anthropic ditches its core safety promise in the middle of an AI red line fight with the Pentagon
By Clare Duffy, Lisa Eadicicco, CNN
The Terminator 1984 | Dispatch Radio | 2 Hr 80s Horror Ambience | Audio Drama, Rest, Focus
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Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown
Hello Windows Insiders, today we are beginning to roll out updates for Notepad and Paint apps to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels on Windows 11. Notepad (version 11.2512.10.0) In this update, we’re introd…
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
Leaked Documents Show Meta Cracking Down on Access to Abortion Information
Its AI chatbot won't discuss the subject with teens—even as Meta fights claims it exposed kids to actual harm.
Amazon BUSTED for Widespread Scheme to Inflate Prices Across the Economy— Amazon, its vendors, and competing retailers are price fixing, hi…
New evidence shows Amazon, its vendors, and competing retailers are price fixing, hiking up prices for consumer products and making Amazon richer and richer OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta last night fil…
Techie banned from client site for outage he didn’t cause
Who, Me?: UPSes don’t work without power, or well-designed electricals
Plex increasing Lifetime Plex Pass cost to whopping $750
Plex has announced a massive price increase for the Lifetime tier of its Plex Pass plan. Starting in July, Plex...
“Age limits on social media are a dead end”
Public authorities should focus on regulating algorithms and imposing stricter controls on data collection instead, argues researcher.