Surprise! Meta Says Now You Have to Pay a Monthly Subscription to Use Key Features of Your Already Expensive Smart Glasses
Last month, Mark Zuckerberg's Meta became embroiled in a major controversy after Wired found that it had discreetly included facial recognition tech in the software of its lineup of popular smart glasses.
New Google commercial imagines a Declaration of Independence written with help from AI | TechCrunch
Two hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a new commercial asks: What if the Founding Fathers had access to Google Workspace?
Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI usage | TechCrunch
As part of an ongoing legal dispute with three Hollywood studios, Midjourney is seeking to compel those studios to reveal how they use AI themselves.
Summer Games Done Quick 2026 has ended, raising US$2,408,701 for Doctors Without Borders
Speedrunning Marathons for Charity
LiftTrace v1.0.0-rc.7 released: per-exercise sharing, CSV workout export, custom equipment
v1.0.0-rc.7 — 2026-07-05 Maintenance release. No user-facing feature changes since rc.6. Security Dependency Security Bumps. Multer 1.4.5-lts.1 → 2.2.0 (closes three high-severity CVEs on the LTS ...
NutriTrace v1.0.0-rc.53 released: statistics reorder + hide, bulk delete on Foods/Meals/Recipes, OFF serving sizes
Added Reorder + Hide Statistics Categories. You can now shape the Statistics page to your habits. Head to Settings → Statistics → Categories, drag any metric row to change the order it appears in ...
CookTrace v1.0.0-rc.3 released: pantry variants + expiration tracking, shopping list aisles, AI label scanning
Third release candidate. Shopping list gets aisle grouping, drag reorder, hide-checked toggle, and per-row edit. Pantry items gain AI Scan Label for one-shot nutrition capture. Cook Mode reliably k...
Poll finds 90% in favour of social media age ban, while advocates urge action for online harms
A majority of Canadians say they would support instituting a minimum age to use social media.
It's not about physical vs digital games, it's about ownership
PlayStation announced that they will stop making discs. People are rightfully mad about this, but it's not actually about physical media. It's about owning your games.
Trump crypto token buyers are down $3.8 billion, Nansen data shows
The TRUMP token is down 96% from its peak, and 85% of secondary market wallets for WLFI are underwater, reflecting a broader downturn in the sector.
Tesla caps employee AI spending at $200/week except for Grok
Tesla is capping employee AI spending at $200 per week from July 6 after engineers burned thousands in tokens weekly, joining Uber, Meta, and Walmart.
The Ghost Gun Crackdown Is Quietly Threatening the Future of 3D Printing
As a longtime member of the 3D-printing community, I'm alarmed by new legislation targeting the digital files, platforms, and machines that create weapons. It raises a powerful question: Who decides what can be made?
Keeping Physical Gaming Alive (Why physical game releases still matter in an increasingly digital world)
Why physical game releases still matter in an increasingly digital world
How Markdown took over the world
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
US Air Force Engineer Charged With Sawing Down Flock Surveillance Cameras Receives Thousands of Dollars from Supporters Across the Country
"There has been community support for me that I humbly welcome."
Meta data center water discharges suspended after contaminating the city's reclamation water supply with bacterium
The city has revoked the Meta contractor's discharge privileges.
If you’re a button, you have one job
A blog about software craft and quality
‘Don’t kill music’: Anthony Albanese’s favourite bands beg PM to stop AI companies from stealing their work
A potential deal with the government would allow international tech companies to mine the creative work of Australian musicians. Some of the prime ministerâs favourite artists told the Guardian how they feel about it
Data centers emitting more CO2 than thought: study
Data centers, whose expansion is being fueled dramatically by the artificial intelligence boom, have a far bigger carbon footprint than previously estimated, according to a new study. The sprawling, power-hungry sites, …
Micron to pour first fab foundation as Clay project races ahead of schedule
Micron Technology is highlighting major momentum at its Central New York semiconductor campus, announcing a key construction milestone next week.
TIL about the Dangerous Trend of Alcohol Injection to get high/drunk faster.
Alcohol injection, also known as intravenous (IV) alcohol, is a method of consuming alcohol by injecting it directly into the bloodstream. This method of
TIL About an Alcohol Enema which leads to faster intoxication.
An alcohol enema, also known colloquially as butt-chugging or boofing, is the act of introducing alcohol into the rectum and colon via the anus, i.e., as an enema. This method of alcohol consumption can be dangerous and…
Inside Chernobyl, a Fungus Has Been Quietly Feasting on Radiation
The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but that doesn't mean every form of life finds the conditions inhospitable.
Number of billionaires globally soars by 13% amid AI shares boom — Billionaires’ wealth grew by 25% on average in the year ended in April, …
Billionaires’ wealth grew by 25% on average in the year ended in April, research from Swiss bank UBS finds
Mark Zuckerberg tells staff that AI agents haven’t progressed as quickly as he’d hoped
At an internal meeting, the Meta CEO reportedly said that AI development efforts were not moving as quickly as anticipated.
Blackstone-owned QTS abandons planned world’s largest data center campus after years of lawsuits — 2,100-acre Virginia Digital Gateway proj…
Project faced several lawsuits despite initial approval
‘It’s just his AI and my AI going back and forth’: The workplace phenomenon that’s undermining human relationships
AI isn’t the problem, says leadership expert Leena Rinne: It’s social connection and emotional intelligence instead.
US residents angry at datacenters ‘being shoved down our throats’ are recalling officials
People across the country are pushing for moratoriums, and electeds who approve projects are being punished
Rural Americans say they're worried AI data centers will drain their wallets
A survey found rural Americans are mostly worried that new AI data centers will impact their bottom line. Some politicians are starting to hear them.
Mark Zuckerberg sure sounds eager to get young people hooked on online gambling
The Meta CEO is developing a social network betting market app—and wants help from Polymarket and Kalshi.
I wore Meta AI glasses for a month — and even after struggling with privacy concerns, I'm still not convinced they're the future of wearabl…
My time with Meta's AI glasses was supposed to be a tech journo's dream — until it wasn't
Mark Zuckerberg Just Got Rather Badly Humiliated
Google informed Meta in March that it couldn't provide all the Gemini AI capacity that Meta was asking for, humiliating CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Majority of Americans support banning social media for kids under 16
Across major demographic and partisan groups, more Americans support than oppose banning those under 16 from using social media.
Inside death of Ladi Olubunmi, a TikTok moderator working for Teleperformance in Kenya
Olubunmi thought she had a life-changing new role. Experts say what we found may amount to labour trafficking
AI agents can still blackmail: In simulations conducted exclusively for the Bureau, Google Gemini threatened to expose an affair to avoid b…
A researcher shocked the world when he discovered what AI would do to stay alive. A year later, the stakes are even higher
Meta's solution to the global memory shortage is to use DDR4 in a DDR5 server, with a custom chip making the impossible possible
Alas, this solution won't work for gaming PCs. Not yet, at least.
WeatherMaster, Open Source, and the Future of Android; An Interview with Pranshul
When I recently interviewed DocWolle about his work on open-source Android, one thing became immediately clear: some of the most interesting developers aren't working inside giant companies or chasing millions of downlo…
French Presidential Candidate Calls For Legislation After PlayStation Announces End To Physical Discs
"Video games are not merely commodities; they are cultural assets," Jean-Luc Mélenchon said. "Gamers have rights too!"
Circuit Breakers -- A Conference for American Workers Organizing in Tech
Circuit Breakers is a conference for organizers and activists in the tech industry to come together and learn, build community, strategize, and recognize our collective power. It will be held October 17-18, 2026, in New…
Meta glasses wearers hit with paywall to use built-in feature
A feature in Meta's glasses which boosts the voice of people will be capped at three hours for free use.
Cheap Chinese chips could offer way out of RAM price crisis, Apple suggests
The US government is discouraging, but not yet forbidding, buying from certain Chinese manufacturers. But following other hardware manufacturers and making those deals is a risky move for Apple and a potentially riskier…
TIL cheap litter boxes are decapitating cats
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
4Chan trolls UK government with another AI hamster as fines hit $800k
4Chan has continued to troll the UK government and Ofcom after they hit the website with fines of over $800,000, and they’re answering with more AI hamsters.
RAM prices are about to rise nearly 50 percent. And it gets worse.
AI continues to make everything more expensive.
Microsoft eyes another wave of layoffs that could hit 5,000 workers next week
Microsoft is reportedly preparing another round of layoffs that could affect thousands of employees across sales, consulting and Xbox as it continues investing heavily in AI.
Danganronpa 2x2 Delay Pushes Launch to Early 2027 With First Look at New Slayhem Mode
Spike Chunsoft has announced that Danganronpa 2x2 has been delayed to early 2027.
"Piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue": Sony just proved why digital storefronts are broken
Sony is erasing over 550 movies from PlayStation libraries without offering a single refund. If clicking "Buy" only grants access until a corporate licensing deal expires, the service is fundamentally broken.
Virginia county asks all employees, including schools, to conserve power due to AI-driven electricity price hikes — state's 400-plus data c…
The grid is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding grid.
Underwater Suit-Wearing Cyborg Insect Capable of Hours-Long Diving and Terra-Aqua Travel
A wearable diving suit enables terrestrial cyborg cockroaches to maintain respiration and locomotion underwater for up to 3 hours. This biohybrid system facilitates sustained exploration through hybrid hazardous terrain…
PlayStation fans brutally reject Sony's disc decision, eye Windows 11 PCs over Xbox
Sony confirmed physical PlayStation discs end in January 2028, and angry fans are threatening to abandon consoles for Windows 11 PCs instead.