TIL there are therapy horses.
Mini Therapy Horses is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) non-profit. Our team of highly trained horses and handlers works closely with hospitals, facilities and other organizations across Los Angeles to provide equine assisted…
Trailer - Hypernet Explorer
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Googlers Demand: Worker Safety & ICE Contract Transparency
We are Google workers appalled by the violence inflicted by United States Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs & Border Protection (CBP). In cities across the country we have witnessed these agencies cond…
The Linux kernel is just a program
Most books and courses introduce Linux through shell commands, leaving the kernel as a mysterious black box doing magic behind the scenes. In this post, we will run some experiments to demystify it: the Linux kernel is …
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.
Spotify changes developer mode API to require premium accounts, limits test users
Spotify is now limiting each app to only five users and requires devs to have a Premium subscription. If developers need to make their app available to a wider user base, they will have to apply for extended quota.
TIL that only 7 petrol-powered cars were sold last month in Norway
Data shows 29 hybrid and 98 diesel cars also sold, while the figure for battery electric vehicles was more than 2,000
ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App (Mobile Fortify) Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like thatâand only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy rules.
Offdem Browser Extension
Open-source browser extension that helps you stay focused by temporarily blocking distracting websites. Available for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. 100% free and privacy-focused.
DI.DAY is a Movement to Encourage People to Ditch Big Tech
A new day for privacy advocates to look forward to.
Building OpenWatch: an open-source alternative to YouTube
An open-source alternative to YouTube. Contribute to openwatch-app/openwatch development by creating an account on GitHub.
Anna's Archive Loses .PM Domain, Adds Greenland (.GL) Backup
Anna's Archive has lost yet another domain name as legal pressure on the shadow library continues to mount.
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…
Europe Accuses TikTok of ‘Addictive Design’ and Pushes for Change
European Union regulators said the app’s infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially among children.
TikTok's 'Addictive Design' Found to Be Illegal in Europe in breach of the Digital Services Act
Today, the European Commission preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act for its addictive design.
Windscribe alleges warrantless seizure of VPN server by Dutch authorities
Windscribe VPN has alleged that local authorities in the Netherlands seized one of its servers without a warrant, sparking concerns about procedural overreach and potential implications for user privacy. The incident wa…
Xbox is planning a summer release for Halo remake and a late 2026 launch for Gears of War E-Day according to a new report
A new report claims that Halo: Campaign Evolved and Gears of War E-Day have set release windows, and the Fallout 3 Remake is in "active development".
Japanese Developer Behind Tech That Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki Called an 'Insult to Life Itself' to Release Cosy God Sim Game - IGN
A machine learning animation technology from the same creator whose work was infamously shot down by Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki in a viral video almost 10 years ago, will be used in a new evolution/god-sim game comi…
Self-Host Weekly (6 February 2026)
Jellyfin <3 Samsung, beating a dead lobster, and the birth of a self-hosted meme
Interview with a ‘Just use a VPS’ bro (OpenClaw version)
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What police surveillance technology looks like in Cleveland
Video cameras and license plate readers are just some of the surveillance tools Cleveland police are using across the city.
Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder
: The end isn't nigh after all
Privacy vs. Profit: The Impact of Google's Manifest Version 3 (MV3) Update on Ad Blocker Effectiveness
Authors: Karlo Lukic (Goethe University Frankfurt), Lazaros Papadopoulos (Goethe University Frankfurt)
A Baldur's Gate HBO series is in the works, will be set directly after Baldur's Gate 3 with new and returning characters
Craig Mazin, co-creator of HBO's Last of Us series, is at the helm, reports Deadline.
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.
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup: 0.34 “Doomed Geometries” has been released (+ tournament announcement)
We are pleased to announce the release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup: 0.34 “Doomed Geometries”!
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.
AWS intruder pulled off AI-assisted cloud break-in in 8 mins
UPDATED: LLMs automated most phases of the attack
'How Resident Evil 2 For The N64 Kept Its FMV Cutscenes' - Hackaday
Originally released for the Sony PlayStation in 1998, Resident Evil 2 came on two CDs and used 1.2 GB in total. Of this, full-motion video (FMV) cutscenes took up most of the space, as was rather c…
Epstein files leak personal passwords including #1Island and ghislaine
A massive security failure by the U.S. Department of Justice has exposed active passwords for Jeffrey Epstein’s personal accounts.
FF7 on Steam Is Being Replaced (And Your Saves Won’t Carry Over)
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Ardour 9.0 — What's new | Ardour DAW
What's new in the latest release of Ardour
"ICE Out of Our Faces Act" would ban ICE and CBP use of facial recognition
Senator: ICE and CBP "have built an arsenal of surveillance technologies."
Recreating uncensored Epstein PDFs from raw encoded attachments
There have been a lot of complaints about both the competency and the logic behind the latest Epstein archive release by the DoJ: from censoring the names of co-conspirators to censoring pictures o…
Amazon misses 4Q profit estimates despite better-than expected growth in cloud computing business
Amazon sales surged 14% during the fourth quarter, helped by strong holiday spending and a better-than-expected growth in its prominent cloud computing unit.
Three Decades Of ReactOS
Over the past couple of years with the Jenny’s Daily Drivers series, we’ve looked at a number of unusual or noteworthy operating systems. Among them has been ReactOS, an open source clo…
TIL that Adobe doesn't just sell expensive software. They also do research
Look into the future of innovation at Adobe Research
Darktable 5.4.1 is released 🥳
We’re proud to announce the bug-fix release of darktable, 5.4.1! The github release is here: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/releases/tag/release-5.4.1. To build from source, do not use the autogenerated tarb…
This Tool Searches the Epstein Files For Your LinkedIn Contacts
EpsteIn—as in, Epstein and LinkedIn—searches your connections on the social network for names that match those in the released files.
Timberborn - 1.0 release date and lore trailer
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Star Trek needs to go back to 20+ episode seasons — and there's never been a better time
It is time for Star Trek to boldly go where no streaming series has gone before: back to the 20+ episode seasons of old!
European Commission Trials Matrix to Replace Microsoft Teams
The Matrix protocol is being lined up as a sovereign backup to Microsoft Teams
Unsealed Court Documents Show Teen Addiction Was Big Tech's "Top Priority"
New documents show the tactics Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok execs used to disrupt learning, prey on minors, and co-opt the PTA to control the narrative with parents WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech Oversight Project p…
TIL: Besides offering a free compromised email check, haveibeenpwned.com also offers a free password compromise checking service (It's also…
Pwned Passwords is a huge corpus of previously breached passwords made freely available to help services block them from being used again.
Horizon Hunters Gathering - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games
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Orbitals – Nintendo Direct Trailer
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Bethesda x Nintendo Switch™ 2 — Oblivion, Fallout 4, and Indiana Jones Coming to Switch 2
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FCC Fast-Tracks SpaceX's Plan for 1M Satellites. And It Wants Your Thoughts
Usually, the commission takes weeks or months to respond to a filing, but it kicked off a public comment period for SpaceX's orbital data center plan in just a few days.
How ICE is watching you: A rundown of some of the tech the government is deploying to identify and spy on us
Once delivered via text message — no link required — Paragon’s spyware gains broad access to a phone’s contents, including encrypted messages.
Steam Hardware: Launch timing and other FAQs - Steam News
Answering some of your most-asked questions about Steam HW