Facial recognition to be rolled out nationwide in major police reforms
The home secretary has unveiled sweeping reforms billed as the biggest policing overhaul in 200 years
Perceiving AI as a 'job killer' negatively influences attitudes towards democracy— When people perceive AI as replacing human labour, trust…
When people perceive artificial intelligence as replacing human labour, trust in democracy and political participation decline
UK announces largest ever facial recognition rollout as part of policing reforms
The UK has announced large-scale policing reforms, including new investments into artificial intelligence and increased Live Facial Recognition deployments.
TIL putting solar panels on land currently used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks to go electric
The world dedicates a Poland-sized area of land to liquid biofuels. Is there a more efficient way to generate energy?
Is OpenAI dead yet?
Tracking the demise of OpenAI. Is it dead yet? Check here to find out.
noyb win: Microsoft ordered to stop tracking school children
The DSB decided that Microsoft unlawfully placed tracking cookies on the devices of a pupil
Cursor is better at marketing than coding
Opinion: Autonomous agents may generate millions of lines of code, but shipping software is another matter
Eric Schmidt: ‘Europe doesn’t have an AI strategy. If it doesn’t invest heavily, it will end up using Chinese models’
The former Google leader warns about the risks to Europeans of their technological dependence
Sam's Stuff - The State of Modern AI Text To Speech Systems for Screen Reader Users
If you're not a screen reader user yourself, you might be surprised to learn that the text to speech technology used by most blind people hasn't changed in the last 30 years. While text to speech has taken the sighted w…
China’s new flexible fibre chip can survive being run over by a 15.6-ton truck
Chinese scientists have built a working computer chip inside a flexible fiber thinner than a human hair.
UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs
The vote marks a stunning turn, pulling VPNs and private platforms into an age-check regime once unthinkable in a democracy.
China reveals 200-strong AI drone swarm that can be controlled by a single soldier — ‘intelligent algorithm’ allows individual units to coo…
The PLA just introduced a new weapon in the drone arms race.
TikTok uninstalls are up 150% following U.S. joint venture
TikTok users have been deleting the app at a higher rate since the company announced that its U.S. operations would be housed in a new joint venture.
France will replace Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom, Webex and others with its own sovereign video conferencing application "Visio" for …
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE Paris, le 26 janvier 2026 N°295 Souveraineté numérique : l’État généralise « Visio », sa solution de visioconférence sécurisée et souveraine à destination des agents publics David Amiel, ministre dé…
Approaching Docker, Containers, and Compose for curious Self-hosters - Linux Prepper episode
This is a bonus Linux Prepper podcast, available as a detailed companion to “A Great Year for Linux”. This is a discussion with HB, stemming from this post on Lemmy learning from admins who avoid container technology. W…
Blizzard Entertainment dates ‘next chapter’ reveals for World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and Diablo
Blizzard Entertainment will showcase “what comes next” for World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and Diablo over the next few weeks, starting January 29 and ending February 11, the…
Highguard | Official Launch Showcase
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Cooperative european Search index (French Qwant & german Ecosia)
Promoting digital pluralism, data security, and sustainability through a European Web Index.
TIL: 70% of ICE Detainees Have No Criminal Record
Only 5 % of detainees have been convicted of violent crimes
Microsoft Issues Emergency Windows 11 Out-of-Band Update
Windows 11 users receive an emergency out-of-band update fixing freezes, Outlook and OneDrive issues, and system instability.
AI bot swarms threaten to undermine democracy
When AI Can Fake Majorities, Democracy Slips Away
🪟 Prediction: Microsoft Is Going To Do The Funniest Thing Imaginable - Games by Mason
When you think Microsoft you probably don't think sense of humor. And yet, I'm convinced that Microsoft is going to do a very specific *very* funny thing within our lifetimes.
TIL getting married young during the European Medieval times was rare.
A lot of people still believe that in medieval Europe everyone got married at a very young age, that child marriages were very common.This is not the case. Please note: this article is a work in pr…
Big Tech is racing to own Africa’s internet
Amazon has joined Starlink, Google, and Meta in the scramble to control how Africa goes online.
This New Android Smartphone Is For Everyone Who Misses the Blackberry
Clicks Communicator is a BlackBerry-like smartphone with a physical keyboard. There's also the Clicks Power Keyboard, which is a power bank with a sliding keyboard.
Jensen Huang: Israel has become Nvidia’s second home
Nvidia has confirmed "Globes" report that it has chosen the Israel Land Authority (ILA) area in Kiryat Tivon to build its huge campus that will accommodate up to 10,000 employees. According to the illustration published…
Meet ‘Amelia’: the AI-generated British schoolgirl who is a far-right social media star
The avatar, created to deter young people from extremism, has been subverted and is breaking out of niche online silos
Inside Xiaomi’s near-fully automated factory that assembles a smartphone in 6 seconds
A Xiaomi factory in Beijing, China is 100% automated in key stages with AI systems capable of making real-time decisions without human intervention.
OnePlus update blocks downgrades and custom ROMs by blowing a fuse
The OnePlus ColorOS 16.0.3.501 Anti-Rollback Fuse Incident refers to the January 2026 deployment of firmware updates by OnePlus that introduced a hardware-level anti-rollback mechanism. This permanently prevents users f…
Stuck on the Dragon Traveler mid-game wall. Should I pivot my team or just grind?
Tier List for DragonTraveler about all characters and levels. See the strongest characters ranked from T0 to T4 tier.
New York Startup Builds Fridge-Sized Machine That Can Turn Air Into Gasoline
While it's not quite the free energy it sounds like at first, Aircela's technology in its current state has some practical, small-scale applications.
Meta’s Reality Labs cuts sparked fears of a ‘VR winter’
Meta's recent cuts in its Reality Labs division, which focuses on virtual reality (VR), have raised concerns about a potential 'VR winter'. The company laid off 10% of its Reality Labs employees, primarily affecting VR-…
OnePlus update blocks downgrades and custom ROMs by blowing a fuse
The OnePlus ColorOS 16.0.3.501 Anti-Rollback Fuse Incident refers to the January 2026 deployment of firmware updates by OnePlus that introduced a hardware-level anti-rollback mechanism. This permanently prevents users f…
TIL “sleet” does not have the same meaning in all English speaking countries
Ice pellets (Commonwealth English) or sleet (American English) is a form of precipitation consisting of small, hard, translucent balls of ice. Ice pellets are different from graupel ("soft hail"), which is made of frost…
US controls 90% of AI chip markets and produces far more advanced AI models than China, yet it has lost much of manufacturing capacity need…
Winning the tech race is not about any single breakthrough. Leadership requires competing across the full menu of technologies, developing the dexterity to build at speed and scale, and defending our domestic markets fr…
Wifi 15 gigabytes per second — Researchers demo invention
The future is analog.
Congress members voice 'serious concern' over Saudi-led EA buyout
The proposed acquisition will place EA under the private ownership of investors including Saudi sovereign wealth fund, PIF.
RAM Prices Got You Down? Try DDR3. Seriously!
DDR3 seemed plenty fast when it first showed up 19 years ago. Who could say no to 6400 Mb/s transfer speeds? Of course compared to the modern DDR5 that’s glacially slow, but given that RAM is…
I accidentally became a FOSS maintainer and all I got was this lousy new perspective on librarianship
I delivered this talk at the Everything Open 2026 conference in Canberra
memos migration strategy?
Describe the bug I recently updated to version 0.22.4 and found that the automatic backup function is gone. I remember that in previous versions, I could set automatic backup and a database backup ...
TIL that "aspirin" was actually originally a trademarked brand name owned by Bayer.
In the trademark world, "genericide" describes how a brand name can become so common it turns into a generic term for a product or service, irrespective of its origins. This scenario signals a brand's widespread accepta…
How GOG fixed Cold Fear | GOG Tech Talk
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Minnesota activist releases video of arrest after manipulated White House version
A Minnesota activist who was charged for her role in an anti-immigration enforcement protest at a church has released her own video of her arrest, after the White House posted a manipulated image online.
Terraria 1.4.5: Bigger & Boulder - Official Trailer
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New game for zombie and action lovers!
Experience the thrill of Rise of the Dead online game unblocked on Playgama! 🎮 Enjoy a seamless, no-download, no-registration gaming adventure on desktop, tablet, and mobile. 🚀 Play Rise of the Dead online today and d…
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.
Microsoft Windows 365 goes down the day after Microsoft celebrates 'reimagining the PC as a cloud service that streams a Cloud PC'
That cloud is looking a little grey.
Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots
Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.
Does TikTok's new Terms of Service track race, gender identity, and immigration status?
Users are concerned TikTok is collecting new kinds of personal data. It's more complicated.