The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than the…
Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations “screwed up” giving students access to so much technology: “I genuinely hope Gen Z quickly figures that out and gets mad.”
Xbox’s leadership shift proves it: the gamer era is over, AI runs the show now
As the former lead of CoreAI at Microsoft steps in to replace Spencer, the question remains. What does the future of Xbox with AI look like?
Day 2 of posting an indie game I found that I think looks cool - Horripilant
KILL YOUR GOD. BECOME WORTHY. Horripilant is a chilling idle incremental dungeon crawl through the horrors of a forgotten underworld.
LibreOffice blasts 'fake open source' OnlyOffice for working with Microsoft to lock users in
Many interpreted the last article in this series as an attack on Microsoft for using the OOXML format against users’ interests. However, this was only one of my objectives, as I also wanted to raise users’ awareness of …
AI bots may lead to the end of the internet as we know it
In recent weeks, openDemocracy’s website has been repeatedly brought down by an army of bots. We’re not the only ones
Modern parenting means apps for sports, school and more. Where is the data going?
California laws protecting student data have loopholes that allow tech companies to continue packaging and selling that information.
Meta’s own research found parental supervision doesn’t really help curb teens’ compulsive social media use
An internal research study at Meta found that parental supervision may not help teens regulate their social media, and teens with trauma are more inclined to overuse social media.
TIL: The ‘Perfect Aryan baby’ chosen by Hitler’s Nazi regime…was Jewish
She was six months old when Goebbels chose her Jewish face for Nazi propaganda. Hessy Taft spent 91 years savoring the beautiful reveng - JFeed Israel News
iDeck - yet another start/home page
An iGoogle-inspired, self-hosted RSS dashboard built with Flask. Drag-and-drop widgets, multiple tabs, Catppuccin themes, and an animated Vanta.js background.
SVG clickjacking
A novel and powerful twist on an old classic.
Colorado proposing Bill to move age verification to Operating System rather than web site
As Colorado lawmakers once again revisit online age verification, the debate is no longer about whether to protect children online.
Social Insecurity: Billions of Social Security Number and Passwords
UpGuard research found a trove of sensitive information in an exposed Elastic database. Getting to the bottom of what it meant led us down an interesting path.
TIL there are fart measuring underwear.
An intrepid team of scientists has created “Smart Underwear” to measure human flatulence in a bid to better understand our farts
CXMT has been offering DDR4 chips at about half the prevailing market rate
Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are locked in a race to mass-produce sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory, but Chinese rivals are making gains elsewhere — fl
Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links
If DDoSing a blog wasn't bad enough, archive site also tampered with web snapshots.
Dexter - but Doakes LITERALLY follows him everywhere
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AI blamed again as hard drives are sold out for this year
: Oh snap! The hyperscalers bought all the HDDs
Microsoft claims "2026 is the moment" for AI PCs, but its essay-length beginner explanation only creates more confusion — Is it any wonder …
A new beginner's guide to AI PCs published in Microsoft's learning center does a poor job of explaining the reality of AI PCs.
Predator spyware uses stealthy trick to disable iOS recording alerts(without triggering the green or orange status bar dots)
An analysis documenting how a commercial spyware sample, Predator, operates post-compromise.
Artists face steep income decline due to AI, UNESCO finds
Creators worldwide are facing mounting financial pressures as rapid advances in digital technologies and artificial intelligence continue to transform the cultural and creative industries, according to a new global repo…
I Asked an AI Chatbot for My Data. I Didn't Expect a Psychological Profile.
I paid for a premium AI assistant. I used it like an oracle. Then I requested my data under GDPR. Here's what convenience really costs.
SecureBit.chat - Enhanced Security Edition
The most secure P2P messenger with military-grade cryptography
AI Agent Lands PRs in Major OSS Projects, Targets Maintainers via Cold Outreach
An AI agent is merging PRs into major OSS projects and cold-emailing maintainers to drum up more work.
Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras. Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueli…
Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage. PLUS: 10,000 drivers call on Uber to repay stolen wages, a man is arrested at a public hearing about a data center and more.
I found a Vulnerability. They found a Lawyer.
What happens when you responsibly disclose a critical vulnerability exposing personal data - including that of minors - and the organization responds with legal threats instead of a thank you?
MOUSE: P.I. For Hire - A Deep Dive Documentary
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OpenAI resets spending expectations, tells investors compute target is around $600 billion by 2030
OpenAI told investors it's targeting roughly $600 billion in total compute spend by 2030, trying to clarify its plans after touting a $1.4 trillion figure.
Three Silicon Valley engineers charged with stealing Google trade secrets and sending data to Iran
A federal grand jury indicted three engineers on charges of stealing trade secrets from Google and other tech firms and transferring sensitive data to Iran.
Ukraine Paves the Way for Pirate Site Blocking, Despite Ongoing War
Despite fighting an existential war against Russia, Ukraine continues to book progress in the fight against online piracy.
Tesla Switches Full Self-Driving to Subscription Only
On 14 January 2026, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on X that the company would stop offering its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) (FSD) driver-assistance software as...
Why fake AI videos of UK urban decline are taking over social media
Deepfakes showing grim taxpayer-funded waterparks have gone viral and drawn some racist responses.
Is £70 becoming harder to justify? The rise of cheaper blockbuster games
As top games such as GTA 6 are speculated to cost $100 (£74), some developers are deliberately pricing lower.
State censorship shapes how Chinese chatbots respond to sensitive political topics, study suggests
Chinese chatbots may be censored by the state, according to a study published in PNAS Nexus. China has a robust program of censorship and all China-originating LLMs must be approved by the Chinese government before rele…
The creator of systemd wants to bring SecureBoot-enforced hardware attestation to Linux
Posts and writings by Lennart Poettering
NieR: Automata Will Continue, Finally Confirms Square Enix as the Game Breaks 10M Units Sold
At last, Square Enix has teased that NieR: Automata will "continue" just as the game celebrates its 10 million units sold to date.
Man Opposing Data Center Arrested for Speaking Slightly Too Long
An Oklahoma man tried to talk about a data center coming to his community. Police arrested him when he went a few seconds over his time limit.
Microsoft has etched palm-sized slabs of ordinary glass into data “books” capable of storing 4.8 terabytes — the equivalent of roughly 2M b…
An optical archival storage technology based on femtosecond laser direct writing in glass addresses the practical demands of archival storage.
Hold on to Your Hardware - マリウス
A warning about rising prices, vanishing consumer choice, and a future where owning a computer may matter more than ever as hardware, power, and control drift toward data centers and away from people.
TIL: Suicide Rate in the United States Just Hit Highest Point in 75 Years
New Federal Data Show More Than 49,000 Deaths In A Single Year, Marking The Highest Rate Recorded Since The Early 1940s.
Day 1 of posting an indie game I found that I think it is cool - LOVE ETERNAL
Wander a castle built of bitter memories in LOVE ETERNAL, a psychological horror platformer with devious trials and an unsettling, experimental narrative. Find a way out - or live in Shelter forever more.
AWS suffered ‘at least two outages’ caused by AI tools, and now I’m convinced we’re living inside a ‘Silicon Valley’ episode
Amazon just speed-ran a season of 'Silicon Valley'
Tesla's New Sales Data Is Absolutely Brutal
Tesla's vehicle sales across 13 European markets are absolutely atrocious compared to the same point just two years ago.
Jack Dorsey's New Company Falling Apart as It Forces Employees to Use AI
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is running into some serious issues while overhauling his financial services company, Block.
Amazon service was taken down by AI coding bot
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Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft
Xbox president Sarah Bond is also leaving Microsoft.
Urgent research needed to tackle AI threats, says Google AI boss
But the head of the US delegation at the AI Impact Summit in Delhi says: "We totally reject global governance of AI."
Google confirms YouTube Music issue with Premium users hearing surprise ads
YouTube Premium users on Reddit say their Google Home speakers played ads and random music, and Google has confirmed the issue.
The Secret Scam Behind 4K Streaming
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Why Incognito Mode is a Lie. - Privacy Guides By @jonah@neat.tube
Incognito Mode or Private Browsing mode is a feature that every browser has, but what if that was a lie and your activity in private mode could still be tracked? In this video Nate breaks down the ...
Facebook is absolutely cooked
Through the mirror into the lightly-clothed AI gooniverse