Big Tech slapped with $3.5bn in fines for using your personal data to train AI — and 'it could be only the beginning,' warns Surfshark
Surfshark found that 9 out of 10 AI-related fines concern the unlawful use of personal data
2003-era DDR2 memory prices jump up to 60% — AI-driven DRAM shortage reaches the oldest standard still in production
TrendForce expects another 40% rise in Q3 as buyers downgrade specs to secure supply.
Whatever Happened to the Small Modular Reactor Revolution?
Governments and private companies continue to invest heavily in small modular reactors despite delays, licensing challenges, fuel supply constraints, and slower-than-expected commercial deployment.
FCC may kill $2B program that connects schools and libraries to Internet | FCC Chairman Brendan Carr cites screen time concerns, is accused…
Carr cites screen time concerns, is accused of trying to be "the nation’s parent."
Self-Host Weekly (26 June 2026)
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Feds Killed Polestar and Spared Volvo. That Should Terrify You
Polestar is done in the U.S. market. Its sister brand Volvo, owned by the same Chinese parent company, was spared. No one has explained why.
Ferrari marketing boss quits just weeks after EV launch backlash
The design of the luxury carmaker's first all-electric vehicle, the Luce, was heavily criticised.
Bodycam Shows Moment Cops Arrested a Man for Speaking Too Long at Data Center Meeting
We spoke to Darren Blanchard, the man arrested while speaking out against data centers at a community meeting. He's sharing the bodycam footage of his arrest for the first time with 404 Media.
Stop Killing Games Pivots To Amending Digital Fairness Act In EU After Loss
Well, perhaps the demise of the Stop Killing Games movement in the EU was overstated. We were just talking about how the attempt to introduce new legislation to support the goals of the movement we…
Ford had to hire back former engineers to fix mistakes made by its automated systems
Ford’s back on top in quality.
Apple raises prices on Macs, iPads, and more by hundreds of dollars
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AI Is Changing Work—Our Unemployment Insurance System Must Change With It
A functional unemployment insurance system for today’s economy would cover more workers, including part-time, gig, and temporary workers, and would provide benefits that actually allow families to survive while searchin…
Meta has reached it's breaking point
After years of layoffs, restructuring, and hard-charging management tactics, Meta's leaders are acknowledging a collapse in employee trust and morale.
A24 Fans Mourn Its Death Following $75 Million Google AI Deal
A24's 'artificial-intelligence research partnership' with Google DeepMind has, unsurprisingly, pissed off the studio's fanbase
Micron locks in historically high memory prices for five years
Big buyers agree to deals that will deliver historically enormous margins and profits
Family files wrongful death suit following Tesla crash in Texas
Victim's family files wrongful death suit following Tesla crash in Texas.
Windows 10 support quietly extended until Oct 2027, as users reject Windows 11
Microsoft extends Windows 10 ESU for home users to October 2027, one year longer than planned. Here's the changes, the cost and how to enroll
Notion killing Skiff-influenced email app since most users use AI agents instead
Notion is "going all in on using agents to run your inbox."
CookTrace 1.0.0-rc.1: Self-hosted Recipe Manager
CookTrace v1.0.0-rc.1 — first public release candidate. Self-hosted recipe, pantry, and cooking tracker. Single Docker container, AGPL-3.0, no telemetry, no cloud sync, all data on your hardware. T...
Brickadia | Early Access Update 3 Trailer
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Steam Summer Sale 2026 Has Begun
The Steam Summer Sale is on now — find great deals on thousands of games!
A Plastic Motor Just Defied a Century of Engineering Assumptions
Electrostatic forces enable low-voltage actuation without relying on rare earth materials.
Microsoft admits 8GB RAM is fine for Windows 11, after years of pushing 16GB as the baseline
Microsoft now tells that 8GB RAM is great for everyday use on Surface devices, after years of insisting 16GB was the minimum for Windows 11.
Microsoft Announces Significant Price Rises for Xbox Series X and S, 2TB Model Discontinued
Microsoft has announced significant price rises for Xbox consoles, blaming the ongoing “components crisis.”
Meta Halts Employee Data Tracking After Sensitive Info Reportedly Exposed
The company wanted to use the controversial program to help train its AI.
Bunjie Announces Mass Layoffs
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Bohemia Interactive released Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered as open source software
Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered Source Code Repository. - BohemiaInteractive/CWR
Two Game Retailers Are Refusing To Sell GTA 6 Until There’s A Disc
At least one of the companies has confirmed it will sell the big open-world game once a real physical copy is available
Would Claude Refuse an Illegal Military Order? The AI chatbot told me that it has misgivings about its role in modern warfare.
The AI chatbot told me that it has misgivings about its role in modern warfare.
How to burst the AI bubble: Strike at its roots. Sci-fi author/tech journalist Cory Doctorow on his new book, The Reverse Centaur’s Guide t…
Sci-fi author/tech journalist Cory Doctorow on his new book, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI.
Boffin Claims Microsoft's 'Quantum Leap' Is Invalid Due To 'Basic Python Errors'
A peer-reviewed Nature critique argues that Microsoft's 2025 Majorana quantum-computing breakthrough -- and its claim that it could enable "a truly meaningful quantum computer not in decades, as some have predicted, but…
Enshrouded - Official Version 1.0 Release Date Trailer [October 15]
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If Phones Are Killing Pedestrians, Why Is It Only Happening in America?
Smartphone adoption tracks America's pedestrian death spike almost perfectly. The problem: every other country has smartphones too.
SEGA under fire for Sonic the Hedgehog ARG, as its terms of service reveals participant data is harvested for AI model training
The Chaos Hunt ARG has players recovering chaos emeralds from around the USA.
New DLC Character Coming to BlazBlue: Central Fiction a Decade After It Was Released
Arc System Works is blowing the dust off its 2015 2D fighting game BlazBlue: Central Fiction and adding a new DLC character a decade down the track.
AI helps read papyrus scroll burnt to crisp during Vesuvius eruption
Previously hidden text revealed without unrolling scroll discusses stoic philosophy on ethics, art and human behaviour
The Tokenpocalypse Is Here: Companies Are Scrambling To Stop Spending So Much on AI | Leaked audio from Accenture says a big source of AI t…
Leaked audio from Accenture says a big source of AI token ‘chewing’ is people just converting PDFs to presentation slides.
AI crash coming closer? South Korea’s Kospi plunges 10%, triggers trading halt
South Korean stocks experienced a sharp decline, with the Kospi index plummeting nearly 10% from its record high. Chip giants SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics led the sell-off as investors grew concerned about an overst…
GTA 6 will cost £70 - and physical edition will not contain a disc
Rockstar has said physical copies of the game will contain a code for a digital download for the game.
Anthropic accuses Chinese rival Alibaba of illicitly extracting AI capabilities
The firm alleged that Alibaba used fraudulent accounts to access data from its Claude AI model.
Toyota And Nissan Admit Their American-Made Vehicles Aren't Up To Japanese Standards
Toyota and Nissan are warning Japanese buyers that US-made vehicles imported to the island nation might have quality issues. This is what automakers are saying.
UK Wikipedia Workers seek union recognition
Wikipedia workers in Britain request union recognition with UTAW, national branch of the CWU
Nvidia liquid cooling design claims 100% reduction in water use
The system circulates coolant at up to 45°C in a closed loop, but critics say it leaves out water consumed by power plants supplying the grid
Federal Workers Can’t Get the White House’s App Off Their Phones
âI deleted it as a test and it came immediately back,â says one government employee.
Some Retailers Are Refusing to Sell GTA 6 Due to the Lack of a Disc
Two retailers have announced that they will not be selling Grand Theft Auto 6 due to the game not releasing on a disc.
75% More Pedestrians Have Been Killed Since 2009. Giant Trucks and SUVs Are Why
A new NYT analysis found that anyone shorter than 5-foot-6 — about half of American adults — would frequently be knocked to the ground in front of today's average vehicle.
BlazBlue Centralfiction (2017) will be getting a new character; more details at Evo
new character coming to Blazblue Centralfiction. More info at EVO
GTA 6 Reveals $80 Price Tag And Ultimate Edition Bonuses
Take-Two is breaking the existing $70 price barrier for most games
Valve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its "religious" refusal to "build a more closed system"
The company says subsidizing hardware costs is ultimately worse for the consumer.
Laying the First Stones
A VPS, a reverse proxy, a password manager, and a DNS zone full of forgotten history. The autonomous stack begins to take shape.