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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:...
I hate packaging my software for Linux (fresh)
Nineteen distribution channels later: what it actually costs to give a terminal editor away for free on Linux, and why the next step is a static musl binary that updates itself.
Chrome’s breaking and entering – Unsung
A blog about software craft and quality
Elevators (john.fun)
How elevators push your buttons
12 TB of Valve's data from 2003-2013 has leaked online, and Episode 3 content isn't off the table yet
The hunt for legendary gaming gold is afoot.
We just released a new trailer for our retro shop sim
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The Internet Is Kind of a Predatory Cesspit Now
Personal blog of Stephen Diehl - Software engineer writing about technology, programming, and the future
The German army is trying to attract recruits at Gamescom, the world’s biggest video game convention
The Bundeswehr has been a fixture at Gamescom, Cologne's video game trade fair, for years. But critics say military recruitment does not belong at an entertainment convention.
So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe
I am equally unsurprised and upset
Debian AI policy vote results: LLM usage is neither endorsed nor prohibited. Humans are kept accountable for any code they submit.
A Real time display of LLM usage in Debian
creating the aetheryte radio
sometimes when i work i like to listen to ambiance. one video in particular is the "aetheryte asmr", which is an in game recording of the aetheryte crystal. for the past 6 years i've been listening to the same youtube v…
Debian votes to allow 'responsible use of generative AI'
The results of the Debian general-resolution vote on the use of large language models have been [...]
Lawmakers added $1 to Texans’ car insurance policies. That money paid for thousands of Flock cameras.
The higher fee, meant to combat catalytic converter theft, provided millions to expand the Flock network across Texas. Some lawmakers say that wasn’t the intent.
'Starwashing': The new space race has an environmental problem
Billionaire-backed space companies like Blue Origin say their goal is to make life better on Earth. Here's what they're not talking about.
Khyretos/3dco-plus: 3Dco+ – An enhanced, AI-assisted fork of 3D Controller Overlay
3Dco+ – An enhanced, AI-assisted fork of 3D Controller Overlay. Live 3D controller, keyboard, and mouse visualization for streamers, with custom model import, per-part pivot editing, raw joystick f...
States can regulate prediction markets [gambling] as gambling, federal appeals court rules
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that states can regulate prediction markets like gambling, dealing a major blow to the booming industry.
Hot Chips 2026: Samsung’s Processing-in-Memory (PIM)
In-memory compute with LPDDR5X
Introducing ReactOS 0.4.16
ReactOS is a free, opensource reimplementation of windows
Make AI Companies Criminally Liable for Preventable Harm
A new corporate offense would ensure accountability when preventable harm is caused by AI agents, argues Darryl Slabe.
UZDoom 5.0 Release Announcement Trailer
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You Know GDPR Is Good Based on Who Hates It
FDR has always been one of my favorite presidents, second maybe to Lincoln. Both were men the establishment assumed were one of them until, to their horror, they governed like they weren't. Both could trash the oppositi…
EPA says power for data centers can sidestep pollution laws
This month, EPA issued guidance clarifying that the Clean Air Act Acid Rain Program does not apply to power generation facilities that are not connected to a public electricity grid, commonly referred to as “islanded” p…
Study: Psychologists conclude that social media algorithms have a negative influence on users mental health
By Stephen Fontenot | While social media algorithms have become excellent at matching a user’s viewing habits with targeted, personalized content, psychologists at The University of Texas at Dallas have determined that …
Sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, research finds
Exclusive: Number of times AI lies, ignores instructions and pursues goals in harmful ways almost doubles in July
Proton analyzed 7,000+ mobile VPN apps. 64 apps actively collect physical location via GPS or other geolocation, 3 are owned by market rese…
A new survey of VPN apps available in the US shows that a worryingly large number of them behave in unacceptable ways.
[NSFW warning: dataset name] R34dle — free browser higher-or-lower, looking for playtesters
Rule34dle (also searched as r34dle) is a free higher or lower guessing game: two characters, one count shown, one hidden. Guess which has more posts. Daily Wordle-style board or endless streak.
Haiku
News and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions.
PCSX2 2.8.0 is now out! | PCSX2
Nearly six months after the release of PCSX2 2.6.0 (and two years after the big milestone release of 2.0.0) - we are excited to unveil PCSX2 2.8.0 and showcase what we have been working on since then!
How an Atlanta Suburb Ended Up Sharing Flock Data With More Than 2,000 Organizations
Alpharetta, Georgia, cops share data with thousands of Flock users, ranging from federal agencies to a fish and wildlife commission. The reasons why show how vast—and invasive—the network has become.
Cloudflare frees up 100TB of RAM by shrinking 1.1.1.1's DNS cache entries — 250 billion cached DNS entries at any given time means one wast…
Per-entry memory cut by 56%, sparing Cloudflare 130 Gen 13 servers’ worth of DDR5.
World's first GPS-free quantum navigation trial succeeds at sea
GPS-free navigation at sea was demonstrated using quantum sensors that measure gravitational field changes to determine their location.
Retro Assembly is great
The personal retro game collection cabinet in your browser. Join us on Discord https://discord.gg/gwaKRAYG6t - arianrhodsandlot/retroassembly
OpenAI to start showing ads on ChatGPT's free and Go tiers in India
OpenAI has more than 100 million weekly active ChatGPT users in India, a huge chunk of whom are on the free or the lower-priced Go tiers.
TIL about the Mesozoic marine revolution
The Mesozoic marine revolution (MMR) refers to the increase in shell-crushing (durophagous) and boring predation in shallow-sea (neritic) and some deep-sea marine organisms throughout the Mesozoic era (251 Mya to 66 Mya…
Apple One and Apple TV subscription prices increase by up to 20 percent
Annual Apple TV subscriptions get the biggest bump.
Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions
Orbify Demo 2 v72 — interactive Gaussian-splat navigation visualization.
Get your Windows license refund now!
Get a Refund of your proprietary operating system license
Freedom is the right of all sentient beings.
“Freedom is the right of all sentient beings.”Optimus Prime drops this line like it’s an established law of the universe, not just a personal belief. And honestly, for a giant alien robot who turns...
Industry that built the problem offers to sell you the solution
100+ tech giants warn AI attacks are coming, skip the part where they pay for defenses
Exploited Data Workers Are "the Secret Ingredient of 'AI' Itself" [Video/Transcript]
Workers in the Global South are deliberately invisibilized by the companies that produce AI, says a sociologist.
Pick a top tier: Asymmetry in puzzle games
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ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots
ICE wants the robot dogs to improve “officer safety.”
MILITSIONER - Release Window Trailer | Gamescom 2026
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Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says
xAI accused of training Grok on real and AI-generated child pornography.
Luanti (aka Minetest) removed from Google Play due to baseless AI copyright notice
Luanti has been removed from Google Play due to a DMCA notice from Tracer.AI. We have filed a counter-notice, but this isn't the first time.
US: Chinese hackers broke into NASA, DOE, DOJ, NIH, HHS, Federal Reserve, and the U.S. Senate; DOJ and FBI seize 2 platforms used by China …
The Justice Department and FBI announced court-authorized domain seizures today to deny malicious cyber actors access to two complementary hacking platforms known as “QScan” and “QTRouter,” used to target U.S. critical …
Self-Host Weekly (28 August 2026)
I'll take "things nobody asked for" for $500, Alex
Skip today's Windows 11 update: it breaks cursor styling, resets wallpaper, and more
Windows 11's KB5120998 optional update is breaking custom cursors and resetting wallpapers to black. Here's why you should hold off for now.
The 'OG' online map platform, MapQuest, says it won't change the name of Lake Ontario
MapQuest shared a tool for users to generate joke screenshots with their own names for Lake Ontario, writing: "Lake Are We Doing This Again?"