Israel creates fake think tank in likely attempt to dupe AI chatbots /// In just over a week, the Hanover Institute has published at least …
In just over a week, the Hanover Institute has published at least 100 articles that appear tailor-made to influence chatbots
Amazon Caught Destroying Rare Books to Train AI
An investigation by 404 Media found that Amazon bought a shipment of rare books so it could scan and destroy them to train AI.
The LibreOffice Conference 2026 will take place in Pordenone, Italy, from September 10 – 12
Schedule, talks and talk submissions for LibreOffice Conference 2026
GitHub Has an Availability Problem. Is It Time to Look Elsewhere?
GitHub has been having enough outages lately that people are starting to ask whether it makes sense to look elsewhere. Ever since Github got acquired by ...
Woman claims her stepfather used Grok to transform childhood photo into explicit imagery
The woman claimed that AI tools are "taking everyday life and turning it into child sexual abuse."
Movie that went viral for terrible animation becomes China box office hit
Niu Lai's confusing plot and laughable animation quality has won ironic fans on the internet.
GitHub has been down for most of the morning - Engadget
If you hear lots of grumbling in coffee shops today, GitHub's outage may be why.
May This Balloon Banjo Resonate With You
Most instruments, with maybe the exception of pianos, have consumable parts. Guitars need string changes, bows need rosin, saxophones need reeds. [Co:Creation Lab]’s balloon banjo requires bo…
Regulate me, please...
An article about regulation of Big Tech AI and what we can do about it writen by Marek Tuszunski
Kansas Schools Now Collect Phones at the Door – Spends $180K On Smartphone Lockers
Kansas HB 2299 bans phones and smartwatches in K-12 schools starting fall 2026, leaving districts to cover storage costs up to $180,000.
DDR5 RAM Prices Explode To Nearly 5X July 2025 Levels In Germany As AI Boom Chokes Budget PC Builds
DDR5 RAM prices soar to nearly 5X July 2025 levels in Germany amid ongoing supply issues and high demand, severely impacting PC building costs
How the World’s Largest Electric Company Fell Quiet on Renewable Energy
For years, NextEra Energy boasted it was a “leading clean energy company.” Now, as renewable energy faces political opposition, it’s stopped emphasizing that.
Anthropic’s ‘Watermark’ Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of Writing
It’s unacceptable for a tool to sacrifice an iota of clarity, coherence, meaning, quality, etc. for the purpose of embedding hidden clues within the text to suggest its provenance. The idea that anything other than *my*…
Torvalds: AI Is the New Compiler, Not the New Programmer
Torvalds: "100% of Their Code Is Written by Compilers" Too. The Linux creator argued that AI-written code claims are misleading — and warned that a wave of low-quality, AI-generated bug reports is quietly burning out th…
New website lets drivers check whether their license plate has been searched on Flock database - Dexerto
A new website allows users to check if their license plate has been searched through the Flock system database.
The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensible
The extent of the pollution being put out by thousands of data centers is shocking. Some developers are exploiting regulatory loopholes.
Hayden Panettiere, actor in Heroes and Nashville, dies aged 36
Panettiere’s death was announced by her father, who called her ‘an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy’
Cars are surveillance devices. Here's the proof.
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Two Simple Steps Toward De-MAGAfication
A big reason why Trump II is so much worse than the first time is that the world’s richest man bought Twitter and turned it into a fascist cesspit.
What to do when tokens run out - by Alain Di Chiappari
If in the '80s we fought to squeeze a program into a few kilobytes, we now have to squeeze the most useful LLM work into the tokens we can afford. You ready?
GIMP is gearing up for a massive upgrade
Development Update, August 2026
State judge orders Kalshi to stop offering sports bets and other wagers
Kalshi ordered to stop offering bets in Washington, must implement geofencing.
Can public media build its own social network? Chicago Public Media teams up with New_ Public to try: chicago.com
"This is a community platform, not a news site — it's very much not a news site."
Open CAD Studio
Open CAD Studio: 2D + 3D CAD-applicatie in Rust met GPU-versnelde rendering. Native DWG/DXF lezen en schrijven, paper space, ACIS solids — een open source community-project door Hakan Seven, herkend door de OpenAEC Foun…
Twitch Adds Opt-Out for Amazon AI Training After Enrolling All Creators by Default
Twitch has added an opt-out for Amazon AI training, but the setting arrived switched on for every account by default.
California just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printers
Last-hour amendments aim to allay privacy concerns, but broad scepticism about feasibility remains
Here’s The Argument For Why A Disc-Free PlayStation Could Actually Drive Game Prices Down
Jacob Navok says that a world without physical media will put major publishers in constant competition with each other, though how that would drive costs down is just a theory
[AIP] IRI: backlog / game library manager with Steam, GOG, EGS, PSN and XBOX integrations
self-hosted backlog management game library exploring thingy - graynk/iri
You Should Stop Using Meta (Facebook) Products at All Costs | MindDump
Stop using Meta products at all costs.
GIMP is gearing up for a massive upgrade
Development Update, August 2026
‘We detected unusual activity’: the scam that uses AI to exploit your holiday photos
Fraudsters use pictures posted on Instagram or Facebook to create emails seeking bank account details
Survey-Study reveals future college grads’ answer to the AI ‘job apocalypse’; 22% are changing their major due to AI anxiety
A new survey of 2,000 U.S. students pursuing higher education revealed that just 45% of students surveyed are optimistic about the job market they’ll enter post-graduation.
The CEO who fired 900 people on Zoom just before Christmas wants his job back | CNN Business
Former Better Home & Finance CEO Vishal Garg says he was just about to deliver on the companyâs unlikely turnaround.
The AI boss at a San Francisco store just fired its first human
Andon Labs, which is experimenting with letting an AI have majority control over a retail store, said that it fired an employee with good reason.
Young people increasingly don't trust AI - or the billionaires that keep telling us we should all love AI, survey finds
Are we really surprised at that?
The Gemini Protocol in 2026: growing, but still not setting the Internet aflame
The Gemini protocol has been around for over five years, but the world-wide web remains broken. This articles reviews what’s changed for the better over the last five years – and what hasn’t.
France’s nuclear fleet gives it one of the world’s lowest-carbon electricity grids
France generates two-thirds of its electricity from nuclear power, making it the country’s dominant power source.
Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power – even if they don’t have solar panels
Labor announces âsolar sharerâ program for households in NSW, south-east Queensland and South Australia
What if we measure how bad code is using AI and math?
SNAFU. Agentic LLM flow to help you with "naming things" in source code. - sebastiancarlos/snafu
Steam’s Controversial Refund Decision Could Set a Dangerous Precedent
Could Steam refund policies change in the future?
RICH FLU Official Trailer (2026) Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Sci-Fi, Thriller Movie
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Oblivion Remastered Switch 2 sold out on release date, showing appeal of physical games
Digital may be the only option for Switch 2 owners who haven’t purchased Oblivion Remastered. On its release date, The Elder Scrolls game is out of stock at popular retailers. Collectors rejoiced after learning that Bet…
Competendo - Digital Toolbox - Apps and Tools
Democratic civic education in particular is called upon to make conscious choices based on critical thinking not only in its content but also in its tools. At Competendo we are convinced that Open Software, Open Educati…
gethomepage 2.0 with authentication
What's Changed ⚠️ Breaking Changes Feature: homepage auth (#6769) @shamoon 🚀 Features Enhancement: Add album count to Jellyfin widget (#6974) @alexclarke Enhancement: signout button (#6962) @sha...
Sensing He's in Deep Trouble, Flock Safety CEO Says It's All Been a Big Misunderstanding
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley remains adamant that it's just one big misunderstanding, arguing that "we're not Big Brother."
‘X-Men’ Finally Unveils Its Cast, Including Adam Driver (Mr Sinister) , Inde Navarrette (Rogue) , Christopher Abbott (Professor X)
Broadway star Maya Boyd will play Storm in the feature, which has a May 2028 release date.
A Spectre Is Haunting Unicode
In 1978 Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry established the encoding that would later be known as JIS X 0208, which still serves as an important reference for all Japanese encodings. However, after the JIS s…
Critics Slam Tesla's Gamification Of FSD As Driver Hits 25,000-Mile Streak
A driver just surpassed 25,000 miles while operating on Tesla's Full Self-Driving software, but some critics argue that the gamification is dangerous.
HDMod - A Spelunky Remake
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TIL that 4 out of 5 toddler foods are ultraprocessed. Nearly half fail to meet nutrition standards
Over 80% of foods marketed to toddlers in the United States are ultraprocessed, while nearly half also fail to meet global nutritional guidelines, a new study found.