Sovereign Tower Turns Life Inside A Magical Kingdom Tower Into A Deep Management RPG
I recently had the chance to try Sovereign Tower, a very intriguing management RPG that puts players in control of a tower that could be described as not only
The Anatomy of Search Engine Spam
Black hat SEO is endlessly fascinating phenomenon to study. This post is about some tactics they use to make their sites rank higher. The goal of blackhat SEO is to boost the search engine ranking of a page nobody partiā¦
RAM Shortage Expected to Continue Into Next Year or Later
No relief in sight from the RAMpocalypse.
Humanoid robots show rapid advances as they race past humans in Beijing half-marathon
Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism as they whizzed past human runners in Beijing
post-American, enshittification-resistant internet
L'internet Post-Americain, par Cory Doctorow Source : https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition Transcription franƧaise : en attente.
Iranās AI memes are reaching people who donāt follow the news ā and winning the propaganda war
In an online environment which blurs news and entertainment, Iranās AI propaganda videos are reaching a huge audience globally.
The Downfall and Enshittification of Microsoft in 2026 | Caio Bianchi
For years, Microsoft survived on inertia. Windows was the default. Office was the default. GitHub, after the acquisition, became the default forge for softwa...
A Cryptography Engineerās Perspective on Quantum Computing Timelines
The risk that cryptographically-relevant quantum computers materialize within the next few years is now high enough to be dispositive, unfortunately.
Exclusive: Can AI judge journalism? A Thiel-backed startup says yes, even if it risks chilling whistleblowers
Objection, a Thiel-backed startup, aims to use AI to judge journalism, letting users pay to challenge stories. Critics warn it could chill whistleblowers and reshape how media accountability works.
The AI Doomers Who Are Playing With Fire
For years, the dangerous rhetoric has been out of control. And things are turning violent.
VPN providers will need to obtain a license from the government to operate in Turkey.
TĆ¼rkiye'de VPN servislerine yƶnelik radikal bir yasal dĆ¼zenleme yolda. Lisans almayan uygulamaların eriÅimi tamamen engellenecek.
It's Official - TurtleWoW is Over
After 8 years of operation, the largest Classic+ private server, TurtleWoW, will be shutting down on May 15th, in compliance with Blizzard's cease & desist order.
Backblaze silently redefines 'unlimited' backups and users discover it's not backing up DB and OD ā as firm leans heavier into AI storage sā¦
The difference between a sync and a backup is illustrated quite adeptly.
NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating
On April 17, engineers at NASAās Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands to shut down an instrument aboard Voyager 1 called the
The deepest strategy e-sport you've never heard of.
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State of Kdenlive
In 2025, the Kdenlive team continued grinding to push the project forward through steady development, collaboration, and community support. Over the past year weāve found a nice balance between adding new features, bug ā¦
Playnix: Boutique Linux PC released with better gaming performance than Valve Steam Machine
Valve has still not confirmed pricing or availability for the Steam Machine. In the meantime, the developer of EmuDeck is selling an alternative called Playnix, which should outperform the Steam Machine thanks to an AMDā¦
Chinese carmaker Seres patents voice-controlled "in-vehicle toilet"
Seres' plans show how stiff competition in the EV space is putting pressure on carmakers to innovate.
The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't
The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't
Every dependency you add is a supply chain attack waiting to happen
Dependencies are a huge supply chain security risk; the more of them you have, and the more often you update, the bigger the attack surface.
How many products does Microsoft have named āCopilotā? This is a map with all of them
Update (9 Apr 2026): Another one. A helpful person sent in Microsoft 365 Copilot for US Government. That's 81. Chart updated.
The Big Cloud Exit FAQ (2023)
Just over a year ago, we announced our intention to leave the cloud. We then shared our complete $3.2 million cloud budget for 2022, and the fact that we were going to build our own tooling rather than pay for overpriceā¦
AI warfare triggers Putin, as Kremlin moves to dismantle the last pieces of Russian internet: More and more restrictions are being imposed ā¦
Telegram is blocked, VPNs are being chased after, but Putin suddenly talks about a national AI again.
'My Brain Chemically Desires Wizordum' - Civvie11
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'Video Game Review: Hades II' - No Rerolls
Hades II opens into ritual. Where the first game hurled you into rebellion with Zagreusās fireābright defiance, the sequel begins in the hush of a forest clearing, lit by witchāflame and shadow. Meā¦
'System Shock Remake Review' - MandaloreGaming
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The Small Website Discoverability Crisis
There are a lot of small websites on the Internet: Interesting websites, beautiful websites, unique websites. Unfortunately they are incredibly hard to find. You cannot find them on Google or Reddit, and while you can sā¦
A flowing WebGL gradient, deconstructed
An introduction to writing WebGL shaders using gradient noise and cool math.
Cracking a Malvertising DGA From the Device Side
When piracy streaming sites inject third-party JavaScript into your browser, the domains hosting that JavaScript are designed to be invisible. They rotate every three hours, use algorithmically generated names on cheap ā¦
Sam Altman's 'human verification' company thinks its eye-scanning orbs could solve ticket scalping
Sam Altman's cryptocurrency turned identity verification startup Tools for Humanity is offering a new set of perks to people who scan their eyes at one of the company's orbs.
NES composer Masanori Miyamoto uploaded original synth compositions before they're converted
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Radicale v3.7 collection sharing?
A simple CalDAV (calendar) and CardDAV (contact) server. - Kozea/Radicale
YouTube now lets you hide Shorts
You now have the power to remove short-form videos from your YouTube feed if you donāt want to see them.
China exports a ton of cleantech ā and the world is poised to want more
The nationās battery and EV exports in particular have grown in recent years. Now, the Middle East war could spur even more demand for Chineseā¦
Failed Companies Are Selling Old Slack Chats and Email Archives to Train AI
Defunct startups are pawning off their former employees conversations for up to $100,000, according to a new report.
Apple's Spotlight Search Results Come With Engagement Metrics. No One Knew.
How Apple's Spotlight API exposes undocumented interaction data for every search result it serves to over a billion devices When an iPhone user types a query into Spotlight, Apple's servers return ranked results spanninā¦
BIGO Ads Deploys C2-Style Infrastructure to Survive Domain Bans. Here's the Decrypted Config.
The BIGO Ads SDK ships with an encrypted configuration file that maps out a global network of ad-serving domains, backup hosts, and failover infrastructure. The file is AES-encrypted with a hardcoded key, served from Alā¦
Slay The Spire 2 Getting Review-Bombed Again After Latest Update
Steam reviewers, predominantly in China, have once again decided to review bomb Slay the Spire 2 following today's update
PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 can now auto-configure games for you
Emulating the Sony PlayStation 3 just got even better, with the open source RPCS3 now configuring games for you.
App turns phones into at-home ultrasound devices
A new app will allow pregnant women to conduct an ultrasound and receive an accurate fetal heart rate from their mobile phones.
Stop Killing Games: EU Parliament Hearing on the āStop Destroying Videogamesā ECI
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Self-Host Weekly (17 April 2026)
Indie computing, Linux 7.0, and a new Jellyfin client for...the Wii?
The Foundation Is Strong: What TDF Is, Why It Matters, and Where It Is Going - TDF Community Blog
The Document Foundation was created in 2010 with a single, non-negotiable premise: that a free, fully-featured office suite, built on open standards and governed in the public interest, is infrastructure for democracy. ā¦
How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centresā environmental toll
Environmental footprint of Europe's data centres kept secret after industry lobbying in a move legal experts warn could violate transparency rules.
Recent advances push Big Tech closer to the Q-Day danger zone
Here's which players are winning the race to transition to post-quantum crypto.
Mozilla Introduces Thunderbolt: An Enterprise AI Client Built for Control and Independence
The Open-Source, Cross-Platform, Extensible AI Client
Reese Witherspoon Doubles Down on Telling Women to Learn AI: Jobs We Hold Are āThree Times More Likely to Be Automated By AIā
Reese Witherspoon is again advising her followers that there's no time like the present to start learning about and using artificial intelligence.
Gen Z Sabotaging AI at Work So It Won't Take Their Job
A new survey found that Gen Z workers are particularly invested in sabotaging their company's AI deployments.
Japanās biggest āghost developerā known for working for Atlus and Square Enix sees significant growth in console sector following shift awaā¦
Tose recently announced its financial results for the second quarter of th current fiscal year, reporting significant growth in sales.
Newly unsealed records reveal Amazonās price-fixing tactics, California attorney general claims
Exclusive: A trove of previously redacted documents was filed as part of the tech giantĆ¢ĀĀs anti-trust battle with the state of California. Amazon denies it engages in price-fixing