Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI deemed him a sex offender
Coveted fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has launched a civil lawsuit against Google after being wrongly identified as a sex offender in the AI-generated summary.
Samsung crosses $1 trillion valuation as AI frenzy drives historic rally, lifting shares over 15%
The rally comes after the company reported an over eightfold increase in first-quarter operating profits last week.
Go Away Microsoft! The Netherlands is Quietly Building Its Own GitHub Replacement
The self-hosted, FOSS-only platform is still in the pilot phase, but government agencies are already signing up.
Your feed is overrun with clips — this is the cutthroat community of “clippers” behind it
In the age of clips, what’s the value of the full-length work?
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Apple picks Google’s Gemini AI for its big Siri upgrade
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Smart Home? Make It Smart Quarters With This LCARS Dashboard
At the risk of starting a controversy: is there anyone who goes to the effort of setting up Home Assistant who wouldn’t really rather be living on the Enterprise-D? If such a person exists, i…
Nintendo Switch 2 sales stumble over Christmas
Plus, Nex Playground heads to Europe and Phasmaphobia devs launch publishing arm
Package managers keep using git as a database, it never works out
Git repositories seem like an elegant solution for package registry data. Pull requests for governance, version history for free, distributed by design. But as registries grow, the cracks appear.
TIL there is a shark that bites perfect circles because it has only one tooth (kind of)
A detailed investigation into these strange creatures is finally giving scientists and fishermen valuable clues about when and where they strike.
AI Translations Are Adding ‘Hallucinations’ to Wikipedia Articles
AI translated articles swapped sources or added unsourced sentences with no explanation, while others added paragraphs sourced from completely unrelated material.
DI.DAY is a Movement to Encourage People to Ditch Big Tech
A new day for privacy advocates to look forward to.
Meta found liable in child sexual exploitation case
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Disney Exits OpenAI Deal After AI Giant Shutters Sora
The studio giant will no longer move forward with its OpenAI investment, as the AI company exits the video generation business.
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Check your storage: Chrome may be downloading a 4GB AI model — here’s what we know
Chrome may be downloading a hidden 4GB AI file to your PC — here’s what it is and how to check if it’s there.
The AI Malware Surge: Behavior, Attribution, and Defensive Readiness - Arctic Wolf
Arctic Wolf Labs analyzed over 22,000 AI‑assisted malware samples to measure how broadly threat actors have adopted AI. While AI is accelerating malware development, the core behaviors needed for execution, persistence,…
Who will buy your services if you fire us all?
The AI Paradox, Economic Servitude, and the Myth of Billionaire Altruism
Interview with a ‘Just use a VPS’ bro (OpenClaw version)
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This Star Trek Cult Reminds Me of MAGA
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A new bill in New York would require disclaimers on AI-generated news content
A new bill in the New York state legislature would require news organizations to label AI-generated material and mandate that humans review any such content before publication. On Monday, Senator Patricia Fahy (D-Albany…
CPU scam: Chuwi CoreBook X uses AMD Ryzen 5 5500U instead of 7430U
A supposed bargain is currently causing considerable discussion: The Chuwi CoreBook X, which is officially advertised with an AMD Ryzen 5 7430U, has an older Ryzen 5 5500U installed. This not only raises the question of…
ICE Arrests Beloved Fighting Game Community Member Ludovic
His family has been working non-stop, even in the face of the grief of losing a family member, to bring him home before the government can deport him
After RAM and SSDs, PSUs and CPU coolers are next in line for price hikes
After memory and SSD prices surged due to the AI boom, power supplies and CPU cooling solutions now appear to be next in line for price increases, per the latest news from China.
Flying Car Laws EXPLAINED on Road with SkySurfer Aircraft 🚁 Flying Drone Vehicle
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Bobo Bay is RELEASED (Reminds me of Sonic Adventure 2 Battle Chao Garden)
Bobo Bay is a pet simulation game where you collect, mash(breed), accessorize, and train little creatures to compete in races and other competitions.
A Wired analysis shows that ICE & CBP have collectively spent at least $515 million on products from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Palanti…
A WIRED analysis shows that ICE and CBP have collectively spent at least $515 million on products from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Palantir in the last few years alone.
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Xbox Co-founder Says Microsoft is Quietly Sunsetting the Platform
Seamus Blackley was one of the renegades who got the Xbox started. We asked him what he thinks of the big executive changes at Xbox.
Samsung meeting transcripts show memory workers offered incredible 607% bonus worth $477,000, while logic chip staff get as little as 50%
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Airbus moves critical apps off AWS to a French cloud
Airbus is moving 70 critical apps from AWS to France's Scaleway for digital sovereignty, keeping sensitive data shielded from US extraterritorial law.
Nvidia launches ‘superchip’ putting AI power into laptops and PCs
Firm says its RTX Spark PC chip for Microsoft Windows will let AI agents replace the mouse and keyboard
Pluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Mike Hardaker accuses Reddit of holding organic posting ‘hostage’ unless he buys ads, shares email screenshot
After a shadowban that even moderators were unable to reverse, a Reddit user was asked to pay for ads to get the ban removed.
Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250 million for not delivering AI Siri
iPhone 16 and iPhone 15 Pro owners could get some cash.
Japanese researchers achieved a record 112 Gbps wireless transmission at 560 GHz using optical microcomb technology, marking the first 100 …
Researchers have developed a new microcomb-driven terahertz (THz) wireless communication system that achieves data rates up to 112 Gbps.
RAIDED BY THE POLICE | Investigating Nintendo, Sega, & Devkit Arrests - Gamers Nexus
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Teach Your Kids To Pirate. Now.
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Forced age verification is comming sooner than we thought.
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New York sues Valve for enabling "illegal gambling" with loot boxes
The ability to resell Steam items for real value is key to the state's case.
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Hands-On With the TRIMUI Brick Pro: A Better Handheld, but Not a Faster One
TRIMUI's latest vertical handheld keeps the same processor but adds a larger display, Hall effect thumbsticks and a refined design.
Spooked by Mythos, Trump suddenly realized AI safety testing might be good
Trump forced to admit Biden was right on AI safety testing.
Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder
: The end isn't nigh after all
Why Cops Frequently Got Caught Planting Drugs in 2017 | Look. All technology comes with a learning curve.
Look. All technology comes with a learning curve.
FBI controversial smartphone sting operation led to nearly 800 arrests in 16 countries
A major sting operation overseen by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) led to 28 arrests in Estonia, while at least one suspect is still on the run.
An AI Thought Experiment on Substack Is Sending The Stock Market Spiraling
AI is coming for everything, Wall Street seems to believe.
China says 'world's first' offshore wind-powered underwater data center has entered full operation, houses 2,000 servers — 24 megawatt subs…
The subsea facility reportedly achieves a PUE below 1.15, far below the 1.5 industry average
Shrinkflation Is Quietly Making All Gadgets Worse
RAM prices are forcing companies to choose between higher prices and worse specs. Some have decided on doing both.