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.
OpenAI Codex bombards SSDs with needless write operations, costing millions
Clumsy logging implementation squirrels away data without regard for cost
I built Raza Photos: a local, distributed photo library for your Apple devices if you are tired of clouds and subscriptions.
Download Raza Photos by RADU ZAHARIA on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips and more games like Raza Photos.
MoodPin | Wear your state. Capture what matters.
MoodPin is a magnetic AI status badge that shows your real-life state and captures conversations, ideas, and follow-ups you do not want to lose.
Valve Says The Companies Making RAM Give Them A Price And If They Say No, They ‘Never Talk To Us Again’
If that sounds a lot like a cartel, well, you wouldn't be the first person to point that out
Software engineers are facing an 'identity crisis bordering on depression,' Menlo Ventures partner says
Some companies' push to maximize AI use is leaving some engineers fixing AI-generated code, fueling burnout and frustration, a VC partner said.
AI stock slump raises the question if investors are just taking profits or getting very nervous
Tech companies are spending big on AI, but investors might be getting nervous. Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft plan to spend up to $720 billion this year on AI data centers.
Cloudflare, Chrome, Firefox Developing Next-Gen Privacy Pass: PACTs
Makers of Chrome, Edge, Firefox back bot-fraud defense called Private Access Control Tokens
The hidden cost of your AI rollout: burning out the high performers running it
Companies are leaning on their best people to lead the AI charge. A Wellhub executive explains why that strategy could backfire—and what HR is doing about it.
USA: Slate's New Electric Truck Will Cost Slightly More Than $24,950
The bare-bones Blank Slate's base price will rise to over $25,000 once its mandatory destination fee is finalized.
TIL about the card game BattleCards
BattleCards was a fantasy-themed card game published in 1993 by Merlin Publishing. The game features a unique "Scratch and Slay" system created by Steve Jackson. The cards came in 10 card booster packs which included wa…
LiftTrace v1.0.0-rc.5: Scheduled Automatic Backups + Raspberry Pi support
v1.0.0-rc.5 — 2026-06-10 Added Scheduled Automatic Backups for both server mode and Android local-only mode. Pick daily or weekly, server backups land in the same directory as manual full-backups,...
“Gaming is becoming unaffordable” — Xbox CEO says the industry has an accessibility crisis
New comments from Xbox leadership highlight concerns over affordability, accessibility, and how more players can be brought into gaming.
GTA 6 Price Finally Confirmed, Features a 'Single-Player Experience' at Launch
Rockstar Games has finally announced the price of GTA 6, while confirming it features a “single-player experience” at launch.
We’re making Bunny DNS free
Your DNS bill shouldn't scale with your traffic. So we removed query fees from Bunny DNS entirely. No per-request billing and no query limits.
US president may be mystery patient in odd case of 79yo getting experimental obesity drug — Public notice of a single “compassionate use” c…
White House spokesperson denied it was Trump only after story was published.
The Other Side of Android: My Favorite F-Droid Apps
Time to look beyond the Play Store
TIL that cars in Europe have grown average 1.2cm longer every year since 2000
Analysis shows cars in Europe have grown longer, taller and wider every year since 2000
Mark Zuckerberg wants Meta to launch its own prediction market
The app would be independent of Meta's other social media offerings, although sources told the NYT that those social sites could direct users to engagement with the app.
TIL you can look at the very first commit of git
Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/). Please follow Documentation/SubmittingPatch…
60% of TikTok videos are AI slop; 21% of YouTube ones
Studies by online video editing platform Kapwing have revealed that almost 60% of TikTok videos are AI slop, while the...
Meta's Program That Spies on Every Employee's Computer Just Blew Up in Its Face in Spectacular Fashion
A Meta initiative to spy on employee's computers to gather data for training has caused an internal leak at the company.
SpaceX Shares Fall Below $150 Debut Price For First Time
A losing streak for Elon Musk’s rocket maker cut its market value by nearly $1 trillion.
Stanford graduates rethink their futures as AI transforms tech
The BBC spoke with Stanford University graduates about what they really think about artificial intelligence.
‘Who is going to pay us when we’re replaced by robots?’ Indian factory workers told to film themselves for AI
When workers had cameras attached to them, they found it funny at first. But novelty soon turned to concern
Chinese supercomputer leapfrogs best US machines to be ranked world’s fastest
Chinaâs LineShine debuts at number one in Top500 â a list sometimes viewed as a national measure of global tech prowess
Advanced AI models suffer a near-total collapse on classic psychology test as cognitive demands increase
When tested with a classic psychological assessment, advanced AI models experienced a total breakdown in focus. A new PNAS Nexus study suggests these systems lack the human-like executive control necessary to override a…
usbliter8: An A12/A13 SecureROM exploit
This write-up details a novel iPhone BootROM vulnerability discovered and exploited by our team. It covers the underlying bug, the associated exploitation techniques, and the post-exploitation steps required...
Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 26H2 Update With Faster Upgrade Process for Eligible Devices.
Microsoft has confirmed Windows 11 26H2 latest update, introducing a faster enablement package upgrade for eligible devices running 24H2 and 25H2, while older versions require full installation.
ABC Escalates Battle With FCC, Launches On-Air Campaign Urging Public Support
The spots debuted today, asking ABC viewers to support 'The View' and its local stations amid an FCC review of its licenses.
AI companies should release environmental impact, commit to clean energy, says UN chief
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is calling on artificial intelligence companies to release information about the carbon, water and land used to power their systems.
AI’s environmental costs threaten water, land and climate
Artificial Intelligence is not only responsible for worrying amounts of earth-warming greenhouse gases: the technology's environmental footprint is also expanding at a pace that could strain the planet’s natural resourc…
Wikipedia Cofounder Larry Sanger Banned From Site for ‘Canvassing’
“All he has done is try to start a right-wing/conservative pressure group within Wikipedia.”
15 Most Recognized Cybersecurity Certifications to Get in 2026 (All Levels)
Cybersecurity has moved from a specialized IT function to a core business priority across every industry. Organizations are facing constant..
TIL about Thermoelectricity
The thermoelectric effect is the direct conversion of temperature differences to electric voltage and vice versa via a thermocouple.[1][2] A thermoelectric device creates a voltage when there is a different temperature …
This free tool is helping drivers avoid automatic license plate readers — as fears grow around 'intrusive' new devices that could track you…
Automatic license plate readers are getting worryingly smart, so drivers and privacy advocates are fighting back with a free tool called DeFlock.
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says new multiplayer games are failing because players have no reason to leave their friend groups, touts Unreal Engin…
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney recently talked to South Korean outlet Inven Global about how UE6 will indirectly help new multiplayer games attract players.
Cloudflare teams up with Chrome, Edge, and Firefox to tackle bot traffic without CAPTCHAs
Cloudflare says it's developing the protocol with Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, and Shopify, with the group planning to submit it for standardization.
California drivers sue gas stations for allegedly using AI to inflate prices
Firms including BP and 7-Eleven accused of coordinating prices to ‘wring more money from pockets of consumers’
AWS Container Security: Best Practices & Solutions in 2026
Discover AWS container security best practices for ECS, EKS, and Fargate workloads to enhance your cloud security.
TIL Humans have a tendency to walk counterclockwise over walking clockwise
From Spain to Japan, experiments have repeatedly shown a left-turn bias, but exact mechanic âis still an open questionâ
Big Tech is a thief and a liar, says New York Times publisher — ‘Hijacking of the public square is made possible by the original sin that a…
A.G. Sulzberger urges the media to unite and fight back.
Agent Auth: A lawyer’s day in court
Explore the complexities of agent authentication in AI systems through a courtroom analogy.
DeFi Theater: Why Polymarket's Incentives Don't Reward the Truth
How Polymarket's resolution system punishes voters who defy the crowd, not those who are wrong.
Tech giant Oracle cuts 21,000 jobs as it embraces AI
The cuts are part of a wider trend among tech firms as they spend hundreds of billions of dollars on AI.
Valve prices the Steam Machine at $1,049
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Google will make you wave at your computer to check you are real
New system is latest fight between website owners and automated bots that try and attack them
Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles
Exploring cyberspace with a thumbstick.
Nearly Half of LG Smart TV Apps Contain Residential Proxy SDKs
Spur scanned 6,038 LG and Samsung smart TV apps and found 2,058 with residential proxy SDKs, exposing privacy and home network risks.