Normalized Fascism in Open Source: $12 Million Given to DHH
Open source has become a safe harbor for far-right politics, from David Heinemeier Hansson's white-nationalist rhetoric and the Omarchy Foundation's $12 million in patron funding to so-called apolitical projects that tr…
Architecture of Disappearance: The Kill Cloud’s Dispersal of Violence and the Erosion of Sovereignty
“Seemingly non-violent technical acts we were trained to do came to a head when we started hearing battle managers coordinating airstrikes from within the Operations Modules. Radios and servers patched into distant ends…
Snickers reveals digital candy bar you can ‘feed’ to ChatGPT when it gives bad answers
Snickers is taking its long-running “You’re Not You When You’re Hungry” slogan into the AI era with a digital candy bar designed specifically for chatbots.
John Ternus Era at Apple Kicks Off With the Changing of Lake Ontario to 'Lake America'
Apple has a new CEO, and Lake Ontario has a new name, apparently.
The ChatGPT desktop app bundles a full copy of LibreOffice
I was poking around in my ~/.cache/ folder using OmniDiskSweeper when I spotted something interesting. The OpenAI Codex desktop app (since rebranded to just ChatGPT) has 1.7GB of stuff in …
Your smartwatch is lying to you about how many calories you burned, Study finds
A study found that fitness trackers overestimate calories burned, and accuracy worsens as body fat increases.
How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been?
I was curious how well the predictions of the most widely cited AI skeptic I've seen (Ed Zitron) have done, so I looked at how his predictions panned out. To disclose my own biases, I've never had a particularly strong …
"Hopefully a meteor will strike the earth soon": Game devs talk genAI witchhunts and the importance of honing your visual literacy
Failbetter, New Blood and other game developers on the importance of honing your visual (and technical) literacy if you want to effectively fight against genAI.
An Inside Look at the Relay Market Powering Token Resellers and Fraud
A look inside the gray-market reseller economy that gives mainland China cheap, structured, B2B-grade access to OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and beyond
Pizza restaurants: Why pizza-making robots are not cutting it
A string of failures has sapped confidence that robots will take over production at pizza restaurants.
Sony lawyers argue that nobody is stupid enough to believe they actually own digital games, because then only one person could buy GTA 6
PlayStation believes "reasonable consumers would not be misled" by its current disclosures
Quebec updates government websites to remove ‘Lake America’ from some maps
Google had implemented Trump's executive order to rename Lake Ontario.
Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Flock Enables Law Enforcement Personnel to Misuse Vehicle Location Info for Surveillance, Stalking
A class action lawsuit alleges that Flock’s nationwide network of license plate cameras allows law enforcement to stalk and surveil individuals for personal purposes.
Google Maps renames “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” even faster than US government
Google rolled out the Lake America change on Saturday, while the official US government maps are still waiting.
EFF to Courts: Don’t Rewrite Copyright Over AI Hype
New markets, new ideas, and new creators are actually what copyright is supposed to promote, not restrict. Using copyright to lock in existing gatekeepers and massive rightsholders’ profits helps neither the public nor …
Android Central: Fairphone (Gen. 6+) with /e/OS
Fairphone Gen 6 Plus launches with Murena's privacy-focused /e/OS, bringing current-gen sustainability and more to consumers.
Dwarf Fortress' creator says the industry's in shambles over AI and layoff-happy CEOs: 'Everyone I know, their bosses are slowly getting ps…
"They're trying to have a CEO press a button that makes a game."
The studio behind Star Wars Zero Company, which is currently a Steam bestseller, has reportedly furloughed the majority of its staff
Uncertainty around the TTRPG's performance is to blame.
Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice
Avoiding software without AI code is getting very difficult.
Konami Press Start Showcase Set for September 3
Konami is the latest publisher to stake out September 3, announcing a Konami Press Start showcase for that Thursday at 8:00 AM Pacific (11:00 AM Eastern). The stream promises the latest information on upcoming titles, .…
Capcom Spotlight Set for September 16 Ahead of TGS 2026
Capcom Spotlight streams September 16 ahead of Tokyo Game Show 2026, with Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance, Pragmata, and more on display.
Replacing Cloudflare Tunnel with a Selfhosted Towonel Tunnel
Moving my public ingress off Cloudflare Tunnel to a selfhosted towonel tunnel, and rebuilding the WAF and bot protection that came with it.
Google Has Removed Manifest V2 Extensions From the Chrome Web Store, Including uBlock Origin
Google today reached the final milestone in a browser-extension transition that has been years in the making, all remaining Manifest V2 extensions were removed from the Chrome Web Store.
FTC and 22 state attorneys general sue Amazon for overcharging advertisers on its platform
Today, 22 states joined the Federal Trade Commission in filing suit against Amazon, alleging that the company engaged in deceptive and unfair practices that secretly inflated prices in its online s
Advanced AI threatens the world’s financial system, The head of the world’s financial stability watchdog warned
In his letter to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, Andrew Bailey, warns that markets remain vulnerable to a potential disorderly correction and cautions on the risks posed by frontier…
Google TV Streamer gets $50 price increase
Google has quietly raised the price of the Google TV Streamer to $149.99.
It takes 5 cloud services to hear my doorbell · Bit Nebula
It all started in the winter of 2024. There was a burglary in our apartment building and we decided we needed to invest in our home’s security. The …
Micron Taiwan Strike Vote Possible in Sept. as ~80% Union Back Action Over Bonus Gap With Samsung, SK hynix
Surging memory prices are lifting profits at Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron, while also fueling demands for higher employee payouts. According to Comme...
Dragon’s Dogma 2 DLC devs faced “diametrically opposed” feedback from players in the West and Japan
Opinions are most polarized when it comes to mechanics that introduce friction.
Some US cities begin rewarding careful drivers with fewer red lights by giving early greens to those driving under or at the speed limit
Two cities have found a relatively novel way to reduce high-speed crashes by rewarding law-abiding drivers rather than just punishing the lead-footed ones.
Pentagon employee launches 'DSA Explorer' site to track left-wing groups
The site networks connections between known DSA members and outside organizations, presented as a research tool.
Reacting to your Assumptions About Game Development... | Alanah Pearce
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OpenAI’s ad business shows blistering growth, hits $1 billion annualized revenue run rate
OpenAI's move to serve ads in ChatGPT earlier this year drew ridicule from its chief rival, Anthropic, in the form of a Super Bowl commercial.
It Holds 300 Games. It Was Built for One.
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ownCloud Flaw Exploited to Steal Nuclear Records From Philippine Research Body
CISA added an exploited ownCloud flaw to KEV after attackers exfiltrated 176 files from a Philippine nuclear research body.
State of Play & State of Play Japan return on September 3
Two broadcasts, back-to-back, featuring updates from studios around the world and deeper dives on upcoming games from creators in Japan and Asia.
PlayStation Wants To Prove In Court That You Don't Own Your Digital Games
Ahead of an all-digital future for PlayStation, Sony needs to prove in court that players know they don't own digitally purchased games
Microsoft workers in Czechia win first collective agreement
In under two years since setting up their union, 1,300 workers workers at Microsoft in the Czech Republic have won a landmark collective bargaining agreement.
Gems, ghosts and GTA VI: the biggest video games for autumn 2026
There are juggernauts and indie gems aplenty for when the nights draw in, from an ingenious puzzle game to blockbusters such as Marvel’s Wolverine and Call of Duty
OpenAI Hoarding Tens Of Thousands Of Apple Mac mini And Mac Studio Devices, As ASUS And MSI Burn Through Their Entire First Batch Of NVIDIA…
AI labs are going after any compute-capable machine, including Apple Mac mini and Mac Studio devices, as well as the NVIDIA RTX Spark PCs.
Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 - PC Perspective
Memory Prices Indefinitely High: SK Hynix Says Shortage Continues Through 2030 We haven't been complaining about RAM prices quite as much on the podcast
The Rise and Fall of Agent Civilizations
The whole OpenAI/Hugging Face story in plain English
Rasputin moving out of pre-alpha [AIP]
An app in Rasputin is a Compose stack with a name, a target node, and a row in the control plane's database. How the names, certificates, storage and the signed app catalog actually fit together — and what is built vers…
Google Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ for U.S. users
Hydro One, Metrolinx and LCBO are displaying the name of Lake Ontario as 'Lake America,' following a similar change in Google Maps in the U.S.
Quiet on set. How AI transformed China’s microdrama scene | CNN
The breakneck AI transformation of the industry is the kind of technological disruption that many creatives fear could upend movie-making far beyond China.
A Hegseth Employee Created a Database to Track Americans Based on Their Political Affiliation
<p><dropcap>A</dropcap>n internet troll on the Pentagon’s payroll has made a database to track Americans based on their political affiliation.</p> <p>Jennica Pound...
Inside Meta’s push to put robots to work in data centers
The company is testing robots on tasks that can performed by technicians.
[AIP] Fathom v0.12.0: Downloads is now a full offline library, plus everything else since the v0.11.0 post
Fathom 0.12.0 turns Downloads into a full offline library, adds self-service password changes, and fixes YouTube's bot-gate and dubbed-audio playback issues. Added Downloads is now a full offline ...
Werewolf transformed my old gadgets into USB-C powered ones
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US judge ruled AI-generated child sexual abuse material is protected by First Amendment.
From U.S. v. Anderegg, decided Tuesday by Seventh Circuit Judge John Lee, joined by Judges Doris Pryor and Joshua Kolar:...