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When mind and machine become one – what will remain of humanity? Berlin, 2048 – The world
UN Human Rights Chief Says a ‘Handful of Men’ Have ‘Almost Unlimited Power’ Over AI
He also warned that advanced AI could pose an “existential risk” to humanity.
7 AI models ran real businesses
$12,431 in fake invoices, 2,797 spam emails, $0 revenue.
Dutch foundation(SMC) sues Snapchat over addictive design
Stichting Massaschade & Consument heeft vandaag Snap, het bedrijf achter Snapchat, gedagvaard bij de rechtbank Amsterdam vanwege het verslavende ontwerp van de app. Het is voor het eerst dat een…
Conan O'Brien with Matt Groening
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Tesla killing Solar Roof is leaving installers with six-figure losses
Tesla killed its Solar Roof and told certified installers it will ship only panels. Contractors tell Electrek they sank six figures into the program.
Tiny E-Reader Is the Best Piece of Technology in Years - The Atlantic
The $70 Xteink X3 puts Silicon Valley to shame.
If a Tesla Cybercab fleet were profitable, Tesla wouldn't sell you one
Tesla is asking fleet buyers to purchase and run Cybercab robotaxis for profit, the same pitch that bankrupted MisterGreen. It does not add up.
Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home - Modern Trailer (2026)
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Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairability requirements
Written by Thomas Opsomer, iFixit’s EU policy spokesperson. Mandatory repair information for smartphones Since June 20th, 2025, smartphones and tablets sold in the EU are subject to repairability requirements. These als…
There’s a new “Google Jail” for independent wikis
Big week! We just finished moving the Overwatch and Fortnite wikis off of Fandom. It’s still my favorite thing in the world to help wiki editors grab control of their projects and make them awesome (and not covered with…
Pilot: Switzerland's Government is Replacing Microsoft on 3,000 Computers (7% of the staff)
MedienmitteilungVeröffentlicht am 2. September 2026
Werner Herzog on David Lynch, AI, and Why His Unhinged New Film ‘Bucking Fastard’ Skipped Cannes for Venice
Werner Herzog talks to IndieWire at the 2026 Venice Film Festival about his new film 'Bucking Fastard,' starring Kate and Rooney Mara.
Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation
Firms like Meta, Google and TikTok should face "substantial" penalties if they don't give the option, minister says.
The complex corporate web behind a $3.2 billion AI data center
When multiple companies are behind one project, who bears responsibility for problems?
Nobody Will Say Why Every Major AI Chatbot Suddenly Went Down Yesterday
OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Anthropic have offered little explanation for why their chatbots all went down at the same time yesterday.
New Inbetweeners film confirmed by Netflix as lead stars return
Netflix has confirmed the original stars of the coming-of-age sitcom are set to reprise their roles for the film.
Tracking down a Zsh history data loss bug 🐞
For many years, I sometimes discovered that commands I was sure I had run were no longer present in my Z shell history file (~/.zsh_history). In this article, I will show you how I tracked down the bug. Spoiler: ultimat…
Your LG TV Might Be Spying on Your Entire Network While You Think It's Turned Off
LG smart TV spying is real: a Gamers Nexus probe found network scanning, plain-text audio logs, and uploads even offline. Full findings and fixes here
OpenAI chief scientist warns no one is prepared for consequences of AI
The post comes as the firm releases GPT-6 Astra, which it says is its most powerful product yet.
My Homelab Got Hacked - A Postmortem – Phunky Cafe
A postmortem on the hack of my self-hosted Forgejo instance and a reminder to patch your software.
ODF instead of Lock-in: Who controls our document files?
Italo Vignoli of The Document Foundation explains why digital sovereignty starts with file formats — and why ODF is superior to proprietary formats.
I refused to train the AI that could replace me
AI companies are paying highly educated workers to teach machines the judgment they spent years developing — even when those systems could eventually replace them.
216,000,000 LG Smart TVs are spying on you - Gamers Nexus
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Before Backrooms, There Was This Soviet Film
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Microsoft Authenticator Spams Sign-In Requests Without Even Needing Your Password - André Klein Dot Net
I’ve recently migrated all my work machines from Windows to Linux because I finally grew tired of Microsoft’s adware nonsense. And yet, they still managed to throw a wrench into...
TiVo Plans to End Free Automatic Commercial Skipping in November, Tests Paid Premium Replacement Service
TiVo has begun notifying customers of a significant change to one of its longest-standing and most popular DVR features. Starting November 2, 2026, the current version of SkipMode that allows users to jump over commerci…
GrapheneOS Will Overhaul Default Apps and Implement a Secure Clipboard
We're well into the process of converting the Messaging app included in GrapheneOS into a modern app. We'll be making a new release later today with a completely overhauled user interface written in Android Compose. We'…
LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices
An investigation by Gamers Nexus found LG smart TVs sweep local networks to map phones and nearby devices. Tests also showed the sets can capture microphone audio with the screen off — they then upload data once reconne…
OpenAI admits it didn't disclose rogue AI wiki hijacking incident
OpenAI admits it did not disclose an incident where autonomous AI agents hijacked a German wiki, created 18,000 posts, shared answers, and bypassed restrictions, saying it treated the activity as model "misalignment" ra…
You Can See Everything - Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, Elizabeth Holmes
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TIL about Lithium + Fluorine liquid rocket propellant
The highest specific impulse chemical rockets use liquid propellants (liquid-propellant rockets). They can consist of a single chemical (a monopropellant) or a mix of two chemicals, called bipropellants. Bipropellants c…
100R — permacomputing 101
This is a blog post based on a transcript of a talk by Devine that took place on August 11th for Critical Signals 2025. Watch the video version on (YouTube). The slideshow presentation was made using Adelie.
TIL Tolkien supported fascist Spain
Web de Jose Manuel Ferrandez - Gimli - y sus actividades sobre TOLKIEN
KytyPS5 (PS5 Emulator) can now run GTA V at 60fps for few minutes before crashing
Can we really play GTA VI on PC before an official port?
Are Q's Actions "Good"? | Certifiably Ingame
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I changed my license
In the last 28 years of publishing software, I’ve had three distinct eras of software licensing. All of my recent stuff is available under the European Union Public License 1.2, and I thought to explain why.
Household Laser Cuts
After making my keyboard holders I did some other laser-cutting projets. Here’s a bit of that journey.
TIL about The Law of the Tongue
This is the story of an orca named Old Tom, who during the early 20th century spent almost four decades helping fishermen catch baleen whales off the coast of Australia.
Faulty Towers, vibe sickness, and the vibe bobsled -- Dustycloud Brainstorms
By Christine Lemmer-Webber on Fri 17 July 2026
Tim Cook handed $47m package for new role as executive chair of Apple
Pay and shares deal nearly matches $58m award to John Ternus, his successor as CEO at the $4.7tn tech company
Cloud in a Bottle: making self-hosting accessible to everyone
Your open-source personal cloud: containerized apps, unified auth, good UX. Self-hosting should feel like using a smartphone that serves webapps, not a sysadmin side job.
Microsoft announces Project Zenith, a clutter-free Windows experience meant to entice developers - Engadget
But you'll need a powerful system with 64GB of RAM to use it.
QBittorrent breaks out of sandbox to commit crimes
I regret to inform everyone that my copy of QBittorrent escaped its sandbox last night and downloaded a whole bunch of content owned by major corporations, and then my copy of Jellyfin broke containment and added those …
There’s Whole Computer Inside This Mouse
[Gadget Industry] bills it as “a PC inside a Mouse”, but that depends on your definition of a “PC”. This is a Personal Computer inside a mouse, yes, but there’s nothin…
Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA
U.S. workers form first recognized unit as global union movement builds across Wikimedia Foundation
Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings
Six years ago I published a blog post Chrome exempts Google sites from user site data settings that received quite a bit of attention: Michael Tsai, Hacker News The Register, The Verge, and Gizmodo, among others. The bl…
People Are Telling Their Darkest Thoughts to AI Without Realizing They Can Easily Become Public: a full third of all AI users admit to havi…
Chatbot users are shockingly comfortable sharing their intimate details with AI, despite the many people watching on the other side.
Asahi now officially supports the Apple M3 CPU series
Porting Linux to Apple Silicon