How Open Source Projects Change Hands
There are fewer ways to leave your package than to kill it.
TIL dragonflies bite when threatened
Can dragonflies bite? Can dragonflies sting? Are dragonflies dangerous? They're all common questions, and we've got all the answers!
Some power companies are using eminent domain to seize land for data centers, as 70% of Americans say not in my backyard
It's a new legal fight over "public use," but 45 states have already enacted eminent domain reform laws in response to Supreme Court rulings.
'My heart is empty': Millions of Chinese forced to end AI relationships
A boyfriend betrayed 17-year-old Xiaoxue, so she made an AI partner. But now the government is trying to end her relationship.
CookTrace v1.0.0: Semver Adoption, Email Overhaul, Mobile Sync Date Fix [AIP]
Retiring -rc.N and moving to strict semver. Docker images now publish under multiple tags so you can pin :1.0, :1, or :latest depending on how aggressively you want updates. Also delivers a real Se...
The White House is dictating access to frontier AI models, shifting power from tech giants, sources say
The Trump administration is taking steps to control who gets access to the latest frontier models, people familiar with the matter told CNBC.
Meta trying to destroy whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, US senator says
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg regarding his company’s vile treatment of whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams. Ms. Wynn-Williams testified to Senator Hawley’s subcom…
Facebook and Instagram down in mass outage for thousands of users
Users are unable to access the platforms after an outage
SpaceX stock falls back to earth shortly after Wall Street analysts release florid targets: ‘Paving the superhighway to the stars’
A wave of wildly bullish price targets from Wall Street's SpaceX underwriters arrived just before the stock fell—raising questions about how much analysts really know.
I Put a Datacenter GPU in My Gaming PC for £200
I bought a datacenter GPU that doesn't fit in a normal motherboard, macgyvered the fan with jumper wires, and now I'm running a model that ties with Claude Sonnet 4.6 on benchmarks, all for £200.
An update on the scraper situation
Our article 'Fighting the AI scraper bot scourge', published in early 2025, discussed the probl [...]
Just Let Me Write Digits | Blog | Guillaume Endignoux
Digital identities and what they mean for the web have become a hot topic of discussion in the last few years.They have also brought many controversies: age ...
Terrified Tech Execs Are Traveling With Armed Bodyguards as AI Backlash Grows
"It really feels like the people in power want to be kings. Historically, that doesn't work out for kings..."
San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores
The City Attorneyâs Office sent the tech giants cease-and-desist letters this week telling them to stop profiting from 13 âface-swapâ apps that are overwhelmingly used to target women and girls.
Goodnight Punpun creator Inio Asano says the manga scene’s attitude towards AI is one of the reasons he put Mujina Into the Deep on hiatus …
Inio Asano recently appeared on the WEEKLY OCHIAI talk show, where he discussed the use of generative AI in the manga industry.
AI hype seems to be cooling as tech stocks dramatically plunge
Investors seem to be worrying that artificial intelligence rally might not last
Flock Said Its Cameras Don't Track People. Then a Reporter Proved Them Wrong On Video
Flock Safety's Condor camera tracks and zooms on people in real time, contradicting the company's own public claims about its surveillance technology.
SpaceX stock drops to a new low and loses $1 trillion in value in a month
SpaceX's market cap has lost about $1 trillion in value since its June 16 peak and hit a new low since its record-breaking IPO.
Smart glasses are deeply creepy. Why are celebrities like Kylie Jenner endorsing them?
Meta touts safety features – but for women, the dangers of these recording devices are obvious
120 Protests in 37 States: The Grassroots War Against AI Data Centers
AI data center protests span 120 locations in 37 states July 18, driven by rising energy bills, water use, and $130B in stalled projects.
Spotify Deleted 75 Million AI-Generated Tracks – and It’s Not Done Yet
Spotify removed 75 million AI-generated tracks to protect artist royalties, targeting spam bots while keeping legitimate AI music on the platform.
pvectl - a command-line companion for Proxmox
A command-line companion for Proxmox. Contribute to davegallant/pvectl development by creating an account on GitHub.
Proton Age Verification online map
Learn about the spread of age verification laws across the world.
Europei U18 Rieti: Antonio del Pioluogo è d'Argento nel Getto del Peso! - Atleticanotizie
RIETI – Una finale al cardiopalma consacra il giovane lanciatore italiano sul secondo gradino del
Valve says there's no end in sight to the memory crisis, and prices are only going to increase: 'Honestly, it's still getting worse'
Retail availability is lagging bulk supply by "at least three to six months" according to a Valve engineer.
AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decisionmaking
The reality of how much damage AI mania is doing to our ability to run institutions effectively.
[AIP] Wardnet: An open-source (GPL-3) network privacy gateway: per-device VPN routing, DNS ad-blocking, and firewall-enforced zones, all se…
Wardnet is a self-hosted network privacy gateway. Per-device VPN routing, network-wide DNS ad blocking, and firewall-enforced zones, on hardware you own. No cloud, GPL-3.0.
Change your server's alert rules from the couch
Every DeviceShelf release on one page — newest first. Expand a version for the full notes.
Nasdaq, S&P 500 drop 1% after China’s latest AI breakthrough rattles tech stocks
By John Towfighi, Chris Isidore, CNN
Kaiser nurses say AI, workplace surveillance are making their jobs and patient care worse
Call center nurses at Kaiser Permanente said workplace surveillance tools and AI prioritize speed and cost savings over quality and safety.
WordPress Core flaw 'wp2shell' prompts emergency security updates
A critical WordPress core vulnerability dubbed wp2shell allows unauthenticated remote code execution on default installs. Update to 7.0.2 for patch
The Email They Shouldn't Have Read
A real-world horror story about contracts, control, and the dark side of managed open source.
About 300 Netflix Titles Used Generative AI This Year, Company Reveals
Roughly 300 Netflix programs across the streamer's library have used generative AI across their production process this year, the company revealed.
Redditors Are Celebrating the Cutting Down of Flock Surveillance Towers With Based Memes
"Even a single grain of rice can tip the scales."
SpaceX Stock Plummets Below IPO Price as $1 Trillion Vanishes
SpaceX shares crashed below the $135 IPO price, wiping out $1 trillion since June. A scrubbed Starship launch and upcoming investor lockups triggered the selloff.
TIL the word "fnord," from The Illuminatus! Trilogy, gives characters subconscious feelings of unease and confusion, thus preventing ration…
Fnord (/fnɔːrd/) is a word coined in 1965 by Kerry Thornley and Greg Hill in the Discordian religious text Principia Discordia. It entered into popular culture after appearing in The Illuminatus! Trilogy (1975) of novel…
Deleting Systems You Don't Understand
When I was a kid, my father bought a family home computer and placed it in the living room for all to see. When guests came to our house, they would stop by the computer and admire its marvel without
Steam Input is an Embarrassing Disaster
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Mixfont creator develops anti-AI Decoy Font to mask text using optical illusion
Decoy Font combines every letter with a decoy, making it harder for AI to read what you type. Type a message to try it out or download the TTF directly.
Making sure you're not a bot!
TL;DR: is your refrigerator running malware? If so, you better catch it!
Flock Says Its Cameras Worked 'Correctly' When Police Tracked and Ambushed Me for No Reason
Flock says its AI-powered surveillance cameras need humans in the loop to input target license plates correctly and verify its alerts.
Thousands of Google workers demand layoff protections amid AI boom in petition to CEO
The petition to Sundar Pichai, the CEO, included more than 4,500 signatures and included calls for buyout options
ZA/UM potentially laying off 32 employees after Zero Parades fails to reach commercial success
This is a heavily interactive web application, and JavaScript is required. Simple HTML interfaces are possible, but that is not what this is.
How Cops Use Flock to Track People, Not Cars
<blockquote><br /><strong><em>Cops have used Flock's FreeForm search feature to look for people with tattoos and wearing specific sport shirts, and searches sometimes incl...
Chinese startup Moonshot AI unveils Kimi model it says rivals OpenAI, Anthropic
It's the latest AI model from China to close the performance gap with leading U.S. AI labs.
Camera Chase Vehicle
You stumble on a weird robot chassis in an industrial warehouse. Its adorable, enormous and will likely be scrapped.
Closed game studio returns to un-live service its game with community servers before shutdown: 'We don't believe Deceive Inc. should quietl…
Deceive Inc. was great, and now it'll live on.
Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now
Old and forgotten "shims" Microsoft failed to revoke have made Secure Boot bypasses simple.
LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking
Anyone who owns an LG smart TV must inform all guests and family members that they are being monitored – this is required by LG’s current terms of use. Meanwhile, LG monitors install potential malware and surveillance s…
Hands On With The Hidizs AP30 Music Boy; A Game Boy-Inspired Music Player With Audiophile Ambitions
A tiny Linux-powered Hi-Fi player with physical controls, a whale on its back, Tetris inside, and far more personality than I expected.