Microsoft CEO Looking Ahead to 2026
As I reflect on the past year and look toward the one ahead, there’s no question 2026 will be a pivotal year for AI. Yes, another one. But this moment feels different in a few notable ways.
John Krasinski as Jack Ryan on Venezuela 🇻🇪
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Sega co-founder Dave Rosen passes away at 95
Rosen's early efforts to import arcade amusements overseas would lead to the formation of Sega and the foundation of Japan's arcade scene.
Microsoft says Windows 11 is leveling up agentic development
Microsoft wants Windows to become the home of 'agentic' experiences, and it quietly teased the future on X.
Has anyone used the Camoufox browser?
🦊 Anti-detect browser. Contribute to daijro/camoufox development by creating an account on GitHub.
Hyundai Introduces Its Next-Gen Atlas Robot at CES 2026
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Architecting Consent for AI: Deceptive Patterns in Firefox Link Previews
TL;DR: Mozilla has a new CEO and a new mission: transform Firefox into an AI browser. That has run into some snags, as Firefox users don’t seem that interested in AI. Mozilla is forging ahead, utilizing deceptive patter…
Spherical Snake
Snake on a sphere
TIL about “Second Screen Viewing” and that Netflix pushes writers to make scripts and dialogues simpler to keep viewers who are on their ph…
Amid a push to perfect 'casual viewing,' creatives say streaming execs are requiring them to remove nuance and visual cues, and do things like announce when characters enter a room.
These glasses solve many central-vision problems. For $5000.
People with macular degeneration and other forms of central vision loss can see details like text and faces with this device.
Vietnam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appear After 5 Seconds - Saigoneer
If things go our way, YouTube’s notorious unskippable ads might be a thing of the past come this February. ...
‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate?
Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and water costs leave experts worried
State of the Fin 2026-01-06 | Jellyfin
Happy New Year and welcome to the State of the Fin!
The Birth & Death of JavaScript
A talk by Gary Bernhardt from PyCon 2014
Electric motorcycles with solid-state batteries seem to be coming soon.
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That time Apple sent everyone a U2 album: 'I DONT WANT YOU.'
The release of U2's album Songs of Innocence spawned jokes, backlash, and arguably, a worse music industry.
Rockstar still hasn't offered a convincing reason for firing over 30 GTA 6 developers
Rockstar's alleged union busting has provoked protests and drawn skepticism from legislators.
NordVPN denies breach claims, says attackers have "dummy data"
NordVPN denied allegations that its internal Salesforce development servers were breached, saying that cybercriminals obtained "dummy data" from a trial account on a third-party automated testing platform.
'Microslop' is heading for Edge – major browser redesign is inspired by Copilot, and it's already seriously unpopular
From Micro$oft to Microslop? Copilot-inspired revamp for Edge stokes further AI rebellion
TIL encoding and decoding come from Claude Shannon’s work, and "Claude Code" is named after him
The encoding/decoding model of communication emerged in rough and general form in 1948 in Claude E. Shannon's "A Mathematical Theory of Communication," where it was part of a technical schema for designating the technol…
Dealing with faulty RAM modules in 2026
How to test and safely keep using your RAM
News: There Were BGP Anomalies During The Venezuela Blackout
The Low Orbit Security Radar is a weekly security newsletter from an offensive practitioner's perspective. One idea, curated news, and links worth your time. News: There Were BGP Anomalies During The Venezuela Blackout …
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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
Calling it now
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Spider-Man's own enemies started complimenting him
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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.
This Looks kinda cool, but does anyone have any experience at vetting a project like this?
Automated music discovery and search for Lidarr. Contribute to aquantumofdonuts/mixarr development by creating an account on GitHub.
Raspberry Pis are cheaper than Mini PCs again
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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.
"Microslop" trends in backlash to Microsoft's AI obsession
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella penned an AI-heavy blog post to close out 2025, leading to widespread mockery and a brand new moniker for the big M.
Moral Panic and Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban: A Critical Youth Work Perspective
John Sutcliffe critiques Australiaâs impending social media ban for under-16s.
Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacist websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
Valve & AMD Developers Delivered The Most Code Contributions To Mesa In 2025
A developer from Valve working on the RADV Vulkan driver was once again the most prolific contributor to Mesa in 2025 followed by AMD's Marek Olšák with continued improvements around RadeonSI and Gallium3D.
New Year, New Games - Big Releases in January 2026. Here's What to Expect - GameSpace.com
Not sure what to play in the new year? Open your calendar and mark the dates of the most anticipated games of January 2026. StarRupture Release Date: January 6 Platforms: PC Like most games in this genre,
‘I wanted that Raiders of the Lost Ark excitement – you could die any minute’: how we made hit video game Prince of Persia
âThere was no animation software in those days. So I videotaped my brother David running, jumping and climbing in a car parkâ
With OD and Physint in the works, Hideo Kojima says Kojima Productions is heading towards its "Third Phase," with the creator to focus on "…
The studio is set to "move forward with preparations for the espionage action title 'Physint'"
NVIDIA To Bring Back The GeForce RTX 3060 In Q1 2026 To Tackle Current-Gen GPU & Memory Shortages
NVIDIA is reportedly going to recommence production of its GeForce RTX 3060 GPUs owing to DRAM supply shortages.
TIL why María Corina Machado is relevant in the whole Venezuela thing
María Corina Machado wins the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for democracy in Venezuela despite her ties to the 2002 coup and support for U.S. sanctions. The Nobel Committee picked someone who supports war crimes over those who…
Post-American internet by Cory Doctorow - YouTube - Nimrod Kamer
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Speed test pits six generations of Windows against each other — Windows 11 placed dead last across most benchmarks, 8.1 emerges as unexpect…
More fuel for the Windows 11 hate train.
The Road to Quantum Teleportation
Researchers managed to “beam” something across the lab. This could change your life forever.
Awesome Games Done Quick 2026 has surpassed US$1,000,000 raised
Watch the stream with your best speedrun dinosaurs.
We were early but we weren't wrong about Venezuela...
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After 30 years, I finally realized why Spider-Man took his mask off in this scene
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The Witcher 3 is reportedly getting a surprise new expansion this year
Analyst expects the next Witcher 3 content to release in May…
Audio dongles and the ghost of USB 1
USB dongles with not enough bandwidth
Self hosting with subdomains
If like me you have several self hosted services, one challenge you may face is having a easy way to access them, this can be extra challenging if you have a single non fixed IP address.
Tokamak experiments exceed plasma density limit, offering new approach to fusion ignition
Researchers working on China's fully superconducting Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) have experimentally accessed a theorized "density-free regime" for fusion plasmas, achieving stable operation at …