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?"
GTA6 Extended Look
Captured entirely from in-game footage on PlayStation 5, this extended look at the next Grand Theft Auto showcases the biggest, most immersive evolution of t...
Mario Kart Wiicompiled + Retro Rewind | Trailer
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Signal Messenger: Introducing Automatic Key Verification
Signal now offers a feature called “automatic key verification” which complements the existing safety number system. Signal is always end-to-end encrypted, and automatic key verification provides an additional, streamli…
Sovereign Tech Agency Invests €500k in Flatpak
We’re building new Portals for audio, network, VPNs, and more!
First patient to have brain surgery with real-time AI assistance
Without brain surgery guided by live AI assistance, Rhys Hibbert could have lost his sight to a tumour.
AI industry says Trump plans to tax chips in the “single dumbest way imaginable”
Tech industry is perplexed by Trump’s plan to win AI race by taxing data centers.
Push for import ban on 'pervert' smart glasses amid privacy concerns
Support is growing for a ban on the import of so-called “smart glasses”, amid an influx of low-cost devices that are being used to film Australians without their consent.
Monty's 3rd Videon on Wolfenstein - And on fascists
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Flock CEO Garrett Langley targeted as address shared online
Flock Safety has been facing scrutiny amid concerns about privacy and police misuse of its surveillance technology.
Real Science Is Harder Than Benchmarks: University students find that AI isn’t the cure-all in drug discovery, as AI isn’t as capable as hu…
Can AI discover new drugs on its own? Northeastern students tested top AI models and found they still can’t replace human researchers.
Visio-Display: a self-hosted digital signage platform with one-command deployment
Visio-Display is a digital signage platform that enables remote management and control of connected displays. - woofix/visio_display
Please stop flooding our projects with AI slop to furnish your CV
Successful contributions to open source projects are a kind of currency. GitHub in particular encourages this in a number of ways: by showing avatars of contributors on repository pages, by showing your contributions to…
Paramedic cockroaches: cyborg care when rescuers can’t reach
‘Swarms’ of cyborg cockroaches with cameras and medical injectors could deliver supervised emergency care to people trapped in collapsed buildings, caves or other places too dangerous for rescuers to reach.
Employee revolt and failing agents forced Meta to scrap its AI layoff plan
Meta wanted to replace far more of its workforce with AI than previously known, according to Reuters, but the plan collapsed under rebellious employees and agents that failed to deliver.
As Ubuntu embraces AI, Debian discusses banning all AI-generated code
Linux distros are defining the line in the sand.
Decompiling a Nintendo 64 Game in 84 Days
The original Snowboard Kids has been fully decompiled in only 84 days! In this post I delve into what changed and what lessons might apply to future projects.
GTA6 Extended Look
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With the backlash to data centers, Flock and AI glasses, a mass opposition to big tech is underway. Silicon Valley is in denial.
The backlash against data centers is difficult to understand if your salary depends on your not understanding it.
Inside Games on the GTA 6 Extended Look [SPOILERS]
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Exploited Data Workers in the Global South Are “the Secret Ingredient of AI Itself”
Despite being branded as autonomous and self-sustaining, artificial intelligence relies heavily on human labor — an army of data workers all over the world, primarily in the Global South. These workers “are purposely hi…
NVIDIA reportedly buys HuggingFace for 13 billion
The apparent deal values the company at about $13 billion.
Americans are cheering for vigilantes who take down Flock cameras | The surveillance cameras have become another flashpoint of growing bipa…
The surveillance cameras have become another flashpoint of growing bipartisan anger against tech industry excess.
Panic passes Trump tariff refunds back to the Playdate customers who paid them
It just felt like the right thing to do."
Nitter might be no more, but Twitter is back (sort of)
Twitter.now aims to fill the bird-shaped hole left by X. For a fee
EPA faces lawsuit over claims it fast-tracked approval of toxic 'data center chemicals' — exposure to photoacid generators used for semicon…
These chemicals are crucial for semiconductor manufacturing, but they must also come with a lot of safety rules to prevent them from leaking out and poisoning the environment.
TIL about Carnegie Mellon University's Buggy Races which is a relay race with five runners, using the buggy vehicle as the baton
Carnegie Mellon University is home to a variety of unique traditions, some of which date back to the early days of its over 100-year history. Many of these traditions hearken to the university's strength in engineering,…
Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform
By now you’ve almost certainly heard the news that Meta has settled with 52 state and local Attorneys General who had sued the company in some form or another over child safety on Meta’…
Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds
Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running
Microsoft's latest AI rebrand beats its own history of terrible rebrands, renaming Microsoft 365 Roadmap to "AI at Work"
If you use Microsoft 365 and want to know what’s coming next, what would you search for on Google/Bing? Microsoft 365 Roadmap, right? Wrong. Microsoft now wants you to search for “AI at Work Roadmap,” as it “centralizes…
Charges Dropped Against Person Who Clapped at a City Data Center Meeting / Lux Claridge was dragged from a city meeting about data centers …
Lux Claridge was dragged from a city meeting about data centers and charged with interfering with the police after they clapped during a presentation.
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Anthropic’s Claude now has a browser of its own: Anthropic added a built-in browser to Claude's Cowork desktop app, ending the need for the…
Anthropic added a built-in browser to Claude's Cowork desktop app, ending the need for the Chrome extension for many web tasks.
Nvidia has been in talks to acquire Hugging Face for more than $13 billion
Nvidia has held talks to acquire Hugging Face for more than $13 billion as the chip giant expands its AI dealmaking.
BBC: “It shouldn’t have taken a lawsuit for Meta to implement safety measures, whistleblower says”
The Facebook and Instagram owner, which denies wrongdoing, says the agreement builds on its "longstanding efforts to empower parents and support teens".
AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions”
Report shows Meta's challenges replacing people with AI agents.
Meet Orexin, The Brain Chemical Behind Staying Motivated
Motivation (or a lack of it) shapes our lives in ways large and small every day: From changing careers to changing TV channels, we're guided by what motivates us and what we find rewarding.
New Twitter launches, says Musk's X gave up the name
Judge hasn't ruled on X Corp’s preliminary injunction, but Operation Bluebird plows ahead...
Just 2 new data centres will pump out more planet-heating carbon emissions than ExxonMobil
There is simply no world in which such massive new carbon emissions are compatible with a serious plan for reaching net zero by 2050.
An ongoing 3D-printer AGPL violation
At FOSSY 2026, several people from the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), which organizes the [...]
Amazon shuts down Mechanical Turk: Why Jeff Bezos once called it ‘artificial artificial intelligence’
Amazon is shutting down Mechanical Turk, its crowdsourced work platform, on 30 September, 2026. Launched in 2005, the service connected workers with tasks such as data labelling and surveys, but faced declining investme…
New bootloader lets you take the "Meta" out of the original Meta Quest
Privilege escalation attack grants "full control" and freedom from Meta's servers/apps.
United States sanctions Autistici/Inventati for supporting far-left terrorism
The US designated Italy-based tech collective Autistici/Inventati as a global terrorist entity, freezing assets and banning transactions over
Why the global push to break free from Big Tech keeps falling short
In this excerpt from the book “The Rulers: Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud,” writer Cecilia Rikap examines how Europe, India, Brazil, and China are taking on big tech companies.
All AI Data Centers Under Construction Could Emit as Much CO₂ as 24 Million Cars
Big Tech's 60 planned US data centers could emit 101.5 million tons of CO2 yearly — equal to 24 million gas-powered cars.
Meta agrees to pay up to $17.1bn to settle claims its platforms harm children
The deal has been reached during a California federal court trial over claims brought by US states.
METRO 2039 | Gameplay Trailer - Renegade
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No Law - Official Gameplay Trailer | gamescom 2026
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New orbital power grid targets 10x boost for space-based computing and data centers
A new orbital power grid could help space data centers access up to 10x more power on demand for computing.
The Freshman Register
Social media is no longer social. What now? In 2004, a frenzy spread across Harvard Yard in days. Four billion users later, we are only just catching up. Harvard itself had planned to publish a col…