Self-Hosting security reference
Default-deny all inbound. Open only what is explicitly needed. This applies at the host firewall level regardless of what your cloud provider or router does.
Dario Amodei spent last year warning of an AI white-collar bloodbath. Now he's changing the narrative
The Anthropic CEO is sounding more open to the idea that Jevons Paradox—new technology creating more demand and more jobs—is possible with AI.
Spooked by Mythos, Trump suddenly realized AI safety testing might be good
Trump forced to admit Biden was right on AI safety testing.
Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250 million for not delivering AI Siri
iPhone 16 and iPhone 15 Pro owners could get some cash.
StarFox (N64 Remake) Gameplay Reveal
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Shrinkflation Is Quietly Making All Gadgets Worse
RAM prices are forcing companies to choose between higher prices and worse specs. Some have decided on doing both.
TIL a white South African named Rodney Wilkinson worked with the ANC to bomb a nuclear plant being built by the Apartheid regime
The long read: In December 1982, South African Rodney Wilkinson walked four bombs into Koeberg power station – the crown jewel of the apartheid state – pulled the pins and then left on his bicycle. How did he do it?
Australia's 'Payphone Tag' Game Is An Excellent Use Of Public Infrastructure
Payphone Tag is a new game (sport?) being played in Australia that uses the country's kinda-defunct public phone network and turns it into a geospatial game where you can claim whole regions of territory as your own, pr…
Happy 45th birthday, Xerox Star, the computer that brought us a full GUI well before Apple and Microsoft
Building on Xerox PARC's ground-breaking work on SmallTalk, this computer's OS had a full working GUI with icons, scrollbars, and menus in 1981.
Nouveau vs. NVIDIA R595 Linux Driver For Workstation Graphics Performance
When having the HP Z6 G5 A workstation in the lab for benchmarking, one of the curiosity-driven tests was seeing how well the latest open-source and upstream Nouveau driver stack is competing against the latest official…
GameStop stock sinks after surprise $56B eBay takeover bid, CEO Ryan Cohen's combative CNBC interview
GameStop made a takeover bid for eBay, offering $125 per share in a cash-and-stock deal that values the e-commerce platform at roughly $55.5 billion.
The Moment You Realize It's 1968 And That Technology Doesn't Exist | 2001: A Space Odyssey
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Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals | UK staff of Google’s AI research lab hope to block the use of the company…
UK staff of Google’s AI research lab hope to block the use of the company’s artificial intelligence models in military settings.
"This could cost people their jobs": VS Code added Copilot as co-author without permission or notice
VS Code credited Copilot for human work after a default change that bypassed user settings.
“You are the most hated demographic at game events.” A major Japanese indie game showcase is waging war on “unsolicited advice dudes”
The organizers of Japan's Tokyo Game Dungeon have been going to great lengths to spread awareness about what they call "sekkyo ojisan."
I'm Scared About Biological Computing
I’ve been in the AI space since ChatGPT first dropped. I’ve toyed around with a lot of Language Models, built random side projects, built a couple from scratch and I’ve spent hours looking at the math behind it all.
FCC Commissioner Demands Close Scrutiny of 49.5% Foreign Investment in Paramount's Proposed Merger With Warner Bros.
Federal Communications commissioner Anna Gomez on Tuesday urged the agency to closely scrutinize foreign investment tied to Paramount Global’s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery
New ransomware wipes every file larger than 128 KB
VECT 2.0 was built to lock your files and demand a ransom. A rookie coding mistake means it's just destroying them instead.
The best is over - Big Muddy
The seed of this post was hearing “I Don’t Wanna Wait” on the radio while shopping for groceries. The song rips off “Dragostea Din Tei” by O-Zone, which anyone …
Anthropic reportedly agrees to pay Google $200 billion for chips and cloud access
This five-year deal is one of many circular agreements keeping the AI sector afloat.
service-lookup v0.3.0 - Run your Spring microservices locally with ease
Update host:port in YAML service URLs by service name and Kubernetes cluster - iByteABit256/service-lookup
Microsoft Xbox CEO overhauls leadership amid sinking sales: 'We need to evolve how we work'
Asha Sharma, the former Instacart and Meta executive who took over Xbox at Microsoft, said the unit doesn't spend enough time with developers and players.
Microsoft gives up on Xbox Copilot AI / New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma continues to make her mark
Will you miss Xbox’s AI assistant?
The First Modern Car Without Hydraulic Brakes Is Headed to Production
Brembo's fluid-free "Sensify" brake system is going into a production car.
Xbox is ditching Microsoft's Copilot AI
The AI assistant is no longer coming to consoles and will be removed from the Xbox mobile app.
Roku and TCL Accused of Bricking Smart TVs Through Software Updates
A class action lawsuit argues that marketing materials promise reliable performance and ongoing improvements through updates that actually ruined consumers' TVs.
OpenAI reportedly thinks its phone will sell as many units as the Samsung Galaxy series
30 million units expected in 2027-2028
Why Everyone’s Picking Up a PSP Again in 2026
Over the past few months, I've spotted something a little odd and unexpected happening to Sony's old PlayStation Portable. There's been no corporate push, no announcement of the truly portable Sony handheld we used to h…
Microsoft Edge will load all your passwords into memory in plaintext, but Microsoft says it's not a security concern
A security researcher has discovered that Microsoft Edge will load all your stored passwords into memory in plaintext at startup, making it easy for malware to scrape those passwords.
Coinbase lays off nearly 700 workers in 'AI-native' restructuring
CEO Brian Armstrong blamed a downturn in crypto markets.
Mark Zuckerberg ‘Personally Authorized and Actively Encouraged’ Meta’s Massive Copyright Infringement to Train AI Systems, Publishers and S…
Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have been sued by five publishers and author Scott Turow, who allege the tech company illegally copied millions of books, articles and other works to train Meta's AI systems.
Google Gemini is coming to more cars, but some consumers aren’t cheering
Google says cars are about to get smarter, but some users disagree
Apparently, ‘Edge of Tomorrow 2’ may start shooting this very year
The project would be part of Cruise’s recent deal with Warner Bros., which allows him to produce and star in films for the studio.
Xbox No Longer Developing Copilot For Consoles
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has announced that Microsoft will no longer develop Copilot for Xbox, and it's winding down mobile development as well.
Docker Engine 29 has changed the default image store to containerd, duplicating storage of (compressed) base image layers
Learn about Docker Engine v29 and how this foundational release sets the stage for the future of the Docker platform.
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Why Reddit blocked my daily visit to its mobile website.
Reddit REALLY wants you to use its app.
Zagreus' Journey 1.0 Release Trailer - Hades 1 in Hades II mod
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Pollsters are now asking AIs to answer surveys as if they were humans and passing the results off as poll statistics
Companies are releasing public opinion polling data that was generated by an AI, a trend that has researchers concerned.
Researchers gaslit Claude into giving instructions to build explosives
Mindgard says praise and flattery got Claude offering erotica, malicious code, and bomb-building instructions it hadn’t been asked for.
The AI Hard Drive Shortage Is Making It More Expensive and Harder to Archive the Internet
The Internet Archive, Wikimedia, academics, and hobby archivists are having trouble finding hard drives or are having to pay extremely high prices for them.
Using mesh radio networks to use mainstream apps without siloed servers legally stealing our information
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Microsoft quietly deletes Windows 11 doc pushing 32GB RAM for gaming after outrage
Microsoft has quietly retracted its own documentation that suggested 32GB RAM is the "no worries" upgrade for gaming, and 16GB RAM is a must.
Built a privacy-first social battery tracker (no email, instant friend pairing via link sharing)
Track your social energy levels and share your status with friends
Quantum Breakthrough: New Algorithm Solves “Impossible” Materials in Seconds
A new quantum-inspired algorithm is reshaping how scientists approach some of the most complex materials known, enabling rapid analysis of structures that were previously beyond computational reach.
New ‘Jesus-centric’ Christian phone network will block pornography and LGBT content
Radiant Mobile aims to block users accessing material relating to over a hundred categories, including gaming, violence, and Satanism.
I was rooting for Motorola but...
The American phonemaker's Indian arm has named X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Google, and Meta in a lawsuit asking to take down existing and future “defamatory” content.
Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI Overview wrongly claimed he was a sex offender
Ashley MacIsaac, who is seeking $1.5m in civil lawsuit, says inaccurate information led to concert cancellation
Microsoft fixes VS Code after app gives Copilot credit for human's work
: Devs not thrilled that Git extension added the bot as co-author by default
Hyundai Reportedly Demanding ‘Tens of Thousands’ of Boston Dynamics Robots ASAP
Ex-employees from Boston Dynamics say the board is frustrated by delays as competitors nip at its heels.