Donating our open-source alignment tool - Anthropic
Updating Petri to version 3.0 and donating it to Meridian Labs
Google Cloud Fraud Defence is just WEI repackaged
In May 2026, Google announced āGoogle Cloud Fraud Defense - the next evolution of reCAPTCHA.ā The announcement described a QR code challenge where users scan a
Concerns Mount That EU Will Demand Age Verification for VPNs
A European Union research service publishes a paper about calls for VPN regulation, noting that they're 'increasingly used to bypass online age verification.'
What makes a good smartphone camera? - cadence's weblog (personal blog)
There are lots of things that affect the quality of photographs. The biggest one is the skill of the photographer behind the camera.
AI Slop is Killing Online Communities
06 May 2026 by Ā· Rant, AI at https://rmoff.net/2026/05/06/ai-slop-is-killing-online-communities/
Claude Code's creator is sick of the phrase 'vibe coding.' Suggest your alternative here.
The creator of Claude Code spoke with Business Insider at Anthropic's developer conference in San Francisco on Wednesday.
āPuke or be puked on for your soul.ā Russian Roulette drinking game Drunken Goddess Reflux gets over 200,000 Wishlists on Steam
Publisher Alliance Arts announced that their upcoming game Drunken Goddess Reflux had reached over 200,000 Steam Wishlists.
Google's next-gen reCAPTCHA system could spell trouble for de-Googled phones - Android Authority
Google has introduced a Play Services requirement for passing its next-generation ReCAPTCHA system, which is bad news for de-Googled phones.
Extortion Using Smart Glasses Is a Thing Now
A woman in London was asked to pay up if she wanted a video of her removed from social media.
Sony PS5 sales drop 46%, even before recent price increase
Game consoles usually become cheaper in the years following their launch. Not so the PlayStation 5, which was launched in November 2020 for $399, but five and a half years later costs $599. This obviously has a drastic ā¦
What We Lost the Last Time Code Got Cheap
I worked at a startup in Toledo called Heartland Information Services. We ...
A web page that shows you everything the browser told it
A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.
The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Game
2,000 ships stranded. 3 transit slots per day. You decide who eats. A journalistic newsgame built on verified reporting about the 2026 Hormuz crisis.
LG Wing - A Missed CyberDeck Opportunity
Get the LG WINGā¢ 5G Smartphone. Designed For The Way You Live, it Features a Fast Processor, Long Battery Life, OLED Screens, Incredible Cameras & More!
The Anti-AI Data Center Rebellion Keeps Growing Bigger - Public support for AI infrastructure has fallen sharply across party lines
Americans are turning against AI data centers over rising energy costs, tax breaks, and layoffs. Discover whatās driving the backlash.
Dirty Frag: Universal Linux LPE - CVE similar to Copy Fail
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Sony and Bandai Namco announce generative AI collaboration to find how the tech can "effectively contribute to realising a creator's vision"
Sony and Bandai Namco have announced a "collaborative initiative" focused on AI and the latest technologies can aid game development.
Sony hasn't decided on PS6 release date or price yet, and may even "change business models" in response to the memory crisis
"We have not yet decided on at what timing we will launch the new console, or at what prices," says Sony CEO.
Frame-Gen to 30fps? Lego Batman's "Bizarre" PC Specs Sheet Is a Case Study in How Not To Market a Game
"It's a bad decision and kind of funny."
Fitbit Ditches the Screen With Its New $99 Whoop Rival
With a simple, screenless design and long battery life, the Fitbit Air has a lot of similarities to the Whoop 5.0, but costs a lot less. It marks a sharp turn for the Fitbit brand under Google.
Microsoft finally open sources DOS 1.0 - and it's so much more than the code
Want a blast from the past? Microsoft just open-sourced its very first operating system, offering a rare insight into the PC's earliest days.
Appearing Productive in The Workplace ā No One's Happy
AI can produce work that looks expert without being expert. The failure arrives in two shapes, and both are reshaping the workplace.
Pixel Airport Tycoon, a top down airport management and construction game, with extensive airport operations gameplay, released on Steam
Build your own airport from the ground up! Construct terminals, runways, and refueling stations, manage baggage handling and catering, research new technologies, and expand your grounds. Become the most successful airpoā¦
Millions of students' personal data stolen in major education breach
ShinyHunters claims it stole personal data from 275 million users on Instructureās Canvas platform across schools and education providers.
Stepping Away from Streaming with the Snowsky Echo Digital Audio Player
Iāve already spent some time stepping away from streaming with another digital audio player, but the Snowsky Echo sits in a slightly different space. Where something like the Innioasis Y1 leans heavily into affordable nā¦
Appleās AirPods with cameras for AI are apparently close to production
The new headphones might help you decide what to make for dinner.
Nintendo is raising the price of the Switch 2, blaming 'market conditions'
A $50 increase in the US. Further increases rolling out in Japan, Europe, and Canada.
The devout Muslim making a living from Islamophobic AI slop ā A content creator in Pakistan is earning money from viral videos that stir upā¦
A content creator in Pakistan is earning money from viral videos that stir up hate in UK
Amazon Ads lets advertisers use your LinkedIn data to send taregetd ads on TVs and streaming platforms
Precise LinkedIn targeting via job title, industry and more is coming to B2B marketers within Amazon DSP.
Hollow-Earth myths and Nazi UFOs on TikTok are bringing white supremacism into the mainstream
The online Agartha trend blends occult pseudoscience with neo-Nazism and weaponised irony to open a doorway to radicalisation.
RIP social media. What comes next is messy.
As social media splinters, how can we keep the new online spaces from devolving into toxic pits of despair?
Website with videos of sex abuse of drugged women, girls hosted in the Netherlands
The case of GisĆØle Pelicot, whose husband drugged her and lent her unconscious body to dozens of men to rape her, made headlines worldwide. But it turns out that her case is not one horrifying incident. Itās a genre witā¦
Verizon cuts several hundred US workers months after slashing 13,000 jobs
Verizon cuts hundreds of jobs across the US, impacting less than 1% of its head count, as it continues to reduce costs beyond 2026.
Canadian sues U.S. Homeland Security, which allegedly sought his Google data after critical social media posts
A Canadian is fighting back in U.S. federal court over what he says is an attempt by the Department of Homeland Security, through Google, to seek "vast swaths of information" about his personal life following social medā¦
Cloudflare to fire 1,100 staff whose jobs just arenāt AI enough
Around 20 percent of staff get an āIn one hour, you might not work here anymoreā email
Can we build our own software based firewall ?
Learn what a firewall is, why it is important, how it works, and firewall best practices. Learn how a firewall can ensure the data is harmless and prevent data from being stolen or compromised.
More Than Half of Gen Z Users Cancel and Renew Streaming Services for a Single Title, Wonāt Purchase Full-Price Video Games, New Study Finds
A study has found that more than half of Gen Z cancels and renews streaming subscriptions based on the availability of one TV series or film.
Canvas hack strands university students during finals week
An apparent cyberattack shut down an education platform used by universities and K-12 schools across the US Thursday, depriving students and teachers of essential classroom materials Ć¢ĀĀ at a time when many are taking oā¦
Apple Faces Ā£3 Billion UK Trial Over iCloud Lock-In Claims
Apple was not able to narrow the scope of a UK lawsuit accusing it of locking 40 million UK consumers into iCloud, to the detriment of third-party cloud storage providers. British consumer group Which? first filed the lā¦
Cloudflare lays off 1,100 people(20% of staff)
This afternoon, we sent the following email to our global team. One of our core values at Cloudflare is transparency, and we believe it's important that you hear this directly from us because itās a major moment at Clouā¦
Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview ā Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog
New details about what we found, and how agentic harnesses are now able to reproduce real bugs and dismiss false positives.
Mozilla, Stop Killing Games and more team up to tell the UK to stop making the internet worse
'Even targeted age restrictions of specific features could mean that all users are required to complete intrusive age assurance processes'.
A hacker ran me over with a robot lawn mower | The Verge
Iām fine. Yarbo owners might not be.
Meta takes Ofcom(UK media regulator) to court over the Online Safety Act, which calculates fees based on global, not UK, revenue, in a caseā¦
Meta has launched a judicial review against Ofcom's calculation of fees and penalties under the UK's Online Safety Act.
Announcing the new LibreOffice website! - TDF Community Blog
LibreOfficeās website is the main source of information about the software (and project), and typically has 45,000 ā 65,000 visitors every day. It is also the place to download the suite, of course, and make donations tā¦
Spending Just 10 Minutes With AI Can Fry Your Brain, Researchers Find
This is your brain on AI. Any questions?
TikTokās algorithm favored Republican content in 2024 US elections, study finds
For You pages prioritized pro-Republican content in three states, researchers say, but TikTok says study does not reflect real user behavior
Google's next-gen reCAPTCHA system could spell trouble for de-Googled phones
Google has introduced a Play Services requirement for passing its next-generation ReCAPTCHA system, which is bad news for de-Googled phones.
2K lays off staff working on free-to-play shooter Project Ethos, while hinting at "new direction and focus"
Studio head has "never been more confident in the future of our game" but needed to "scale back our team to better align with where we are in development"
GrapheneOS patches an Android VPN bypass that Google decided to leave alone
A small flaw in Android 16's networking stack let ordinary apps leak data outside the VPN tunnel, exposing real IP addresses