TIL that medical consensus classifies Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI, including concussion) as a progressive, lifelong chronic disease rather …
The first aim of the workshop was to describe the evidence for characterizing traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a chronic condition. Presentations and discussions over three sessions explored epidemiological data on the i…
TIL during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Usain Bolt ate almost nothing but chicken McNuggets. He went on to win 3 gold medals and set 3 world …
Usain Bolt estimated he ate 1,000 McDonald's chicken nuggets during the Beijing Olympics -- or 100 per day over 10 days at the Athletes' Village.
TIL Muscular Christianity was a Victorian doctrine which suggested that participation in sport could contribute to the development of Chris…
Muscular Christianity is a term applied to a religious movement that originated in England in the mid-19th century. It is an approach to life and social outreach which emphasizes the benefits of sport and other physical…
SpaceX Stock Plunge Wipes Out $600 Billion After Cursor Deal Spooks Investors
Elon Musk’s rocket firm pulled back from a rally that pushed its market value ahead of Amazon and Microsoft.
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Japan's Semiconductor Gas Production Collapses To Zero After China Cuts Off Tungsten, Leaving TSMC, SK Hynix And Samsung Exposed
China has stopped exporting a critical gas to Japan, leading to severe shortages of semiconductors that affect TSMC, SK Hynix & Samsung.
Vulnerability Disclosure: Stealing Emails via Firefox’s AI Features
Imagine the following: You visit a webpage with a lot of text you don’t want to read and ask your AI assistant for a summary. A few moments later, the AI assistant has extracted one of your emails and sent it to an atta…
To study how chips really work, MIT researchers built their own operating system
The new "Fractal" operating system kernel, developed at MIT, gives researchers a clearer look at how computer chips work internally. It was used to study the branch predictors inside Apple's M1 processor, where it revea…
The Onion’s rebooted InfoWars is coming July 2nd / In the midst of a prolonged fight in court, the satire news site is officially relaunchi…
InfoWars has been in ownership limbo for more than a year
Apple CEO Tim Cook warns AI-driven price increases are unavoidable
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Transparent Data Tiering on Linux: Why I chose fanotify over FUSE for HuskHoard
HuskHoard is an automated, transparent data-tiering engine for Linux. It keeps your NVMe drives fast by silently archiving cold data to LTO tape, spinning drives, or cloud — while every file stays fully visible to your …
'The retail SSD market has almost disappeared,' says Silicon Motion exec — PC OEMs are buying third-party drives as direct NAND supply drie…
But developers of SSD controllers still benefit from the situation.
Burning Gas Pollutes So Much, Dirty EV Battery Manufacturing Evens Out In About 2 Years
Studies show that getting the minerals to make an EV battery is bad for the environment, but driving a gas-powered car is far worse.
Article by IO+ about alternatives to Outlook and Gmail
Protect your data from espionage and comply with the NIS2 Directive. Discover eight secure, European alternatives to American email services
Americans to be hit with record-high electricity bills this summer
Cooling costs have increased 40 percent since 2020
Mark Zuckerberg Orders His Employees to Start Having Fun Again After Brutal Layoffs Culled Their Colleagues
"I’m not sure that this company supports a hackathon culture anymore."
Meta CTO reports employee morale is near historic lows, prompting leadership to propose boosting workplace snack budgets
The internal report first circulated via Polymarket.
MIT Study Finds Gas Cars Aren't Secretly Better For The Planet Than EVs, Despite What Everyone On Facebook Says
MIT's researches found that EVs save 40%–60% of emissions compared to gas cars, with that going up to 90% in urban driving.
‘Popa’ Botnet Linked to Publicly-Traded Israeli Firm – Krebs on Security
For the past four years, a sprawling Android-based botnet called Popa has forced millions of consumer TV boxes to relay Internet traffic linked to advertising fraud, account takeovers, and mass data-scraping efforts. Th…
Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's “abusive conduct”
Tesco claimed Broadcom hiked its VMware prices by about 175 percent in UK court filings.
UK attorney general tells staff to stop using X amid disinformation concerns— Richard Hermer’s department understood to be first in governm…
Exclusive: Richard Hermer’s office understood to be first in government to restrict use after recent riots
Bernie Sanders Introduces Legislation to Create $7 Trillion AI Sovereign Wealth Fund
This Bill Would Give the American People, Not Oligarchs, Control Over the Future of AI WASHINGTON, June 18 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act to give the public a 50…
MIT Researchers: Russia's nuclear-powered 'Skyfall' missile is dirty and dangerous
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EU Commission meets behind closed doors with Ubisoft, other corporations, and exhibits blatant corruption attempting to neuter SKG.
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EU Commission meets behind closed doors with Ubisoft, other corporations, and exhibits blatant corruption attempting to neuter SKG.
The European Commission has rejected a petition bearing 1,294,188 verified signatures to propose legislation against making end-of-life premium games permanently unplayable.
After unveiling ridiculously expensive AR glasses, Snap's stock takes a dive
Snap's long-awaited smart glasses debut hasn't exactly done wonders for the company's stock.
Witchfire - Official Revelations Update Trailer
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Pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI will officially begin on June 25
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month
Mozilla is trying to innovate and bring new features to Firefox, but the browser continues to lose users. Despite these concerning market trends, the company is actively...
AMD ‘had to re-engineer’ the Ryzen 7 5800X3D for a re-release — 10th Anniversary Edition chip had ‘a whole body of engineering work’ put in…
It’s possible AMD planned to bring the Ryzen 7 5800X3D back sooner, but a lot of development work was going on behind the scenes.
Internet Age-Gates Are A Growing Global Threat | Techdirt
The internet is an essential resource for young people and adults to access information, explore community, and find themselves—both inside countries and across continents. Yet government…
Commodore 64's New Flip Phone Skips Android for Linux-Based Sailfish OS
The Callback 8020 still runs apps made for Android, btw.
Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows
Although Wall Street loves AI, every day Americans are significantly less optimistic about the industry, a new report from Pew Research shows.
Dear Pinboard, I'm breaking up with you. It's me and it's you.
I'm ditching Pinboard after 15 years because I've outgrown paying for a service that feels abandoned when I can just self-host the thing myself.
OpenAI made $13 billion in 2025 and lost $21 billion doing it
Revenue growth has been dramatic. OpenAI generated $3.7 billion in revenue in 2024 before jumping to $13.07 billion in 2025. By the end of that year, monthly...
AMD silently removes memory encryption from consumer Ryzen CPUs, leaving users unaware that they may be vulnerable
AMD engineer shuts down discussions on the issue
ChatGPT can be made to generate sexualised and violent images, researchers find
Researchers say it is still possible to trick the AI chatbot into producing graphic content.
Apple to raise prices as AI boom pushes up chip costs
The firm's outgoing boss Tim Cook did not say when prices would rise or which products would be affected.
Gig workers are endlessly exploited. AI could make more of us share their fate
As companies integrate AI and hire fewer employees, a shift toward a ‘gig economy’ will commence
GitHub - sv1sjp/geotagphotos: Add GPS EXIF metadata to JPEG photos directly from the Nextcloud Files app with one click!
Add GPS EXIF metadata to JPEG photos directly from the Nextcloud Files app with one click! - sv1sjp/geotagphotos
Over 200 organizations call for a ban on "artificial intelligence" in military kill chains
More than 200 human rights and civil society organizations are calling on governments and tech companies to stop the use of AI for military purposes, warning that it turns war into a "death conveyor" without sufficient …
FortiBleed leak exposes Fortinet VPN credentials for 73,000 devices.
A newly discovered data leak dubbed "FortiBleed" has exposed what appears to be a collection of Fortinet and FortiGate VPN credentials for 73,932 firewall URLs at organizations worldwide.
Commodore Callback 8020: Flip phone without browser, social networks, and 5G
Commodore is launching the Callback 8020, a flip phone for retro fans. With no browser or social media, digital detox is the focus.
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Pentagon used Grok AI to fire 2,000 missiles at Iran, official says
Top defense official says data centers powering trillionaire’s chatbot are critical to national security
The Millions of Songs Mashed Into AI-Generated Music
Explore the astonishing amount of music available to AI developers.
The Invisible Energy Crisis (Access to Electricity) Threatening to Derail the AI Boom | OilPrice.com
Nearly every AI bull case in 2026 makes the same assumption: the electricity will be there when they need it. It won’t. One company already has what the rest of the industry is still waiting for.
The all-new Google Home speaker has finally arrived for $100
The all-new Google Home speaker has finally arrived for $100 and it comes with 360-degree audio and deeper integration with Gemini.