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
Surveillance Pricing Is Making Life More Expensive. Here's How It Works and What You Can Do
California’s attorney general says the state is looking into surveillance pricing, in which companies use personal data to determine the cost of items. But what does the practice look like in action — and how can custom…
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.
Starmer is gone, but the "Vicious Circle" of surveillance remains.
As the faces at Number 10 change, the surveillance contracts stay. Why the Online Safety Act is a âVicious Circleâ and how to exit the rigged market.
Valve prices the Steam Machine at $1,049
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Why I cancelled my Cursor subscription - it is not what you think
I loved Cursor until it started forgetting. Then I found out what it actually is. So I moved to VS Code with Claude.
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.
Windscribe VPN CEO warns your favourite Facebook quizzes are actually stealing your bank details
Don't let a "stripper name" quiz hand hackers the keys to your financial accounts
GM installs robots at flagship EV factory after laying off 1,300 workers
US autoworkers union warns of robot automation as dark factory future looms.
Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People
There have been more than a dozen cases around the country where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk people.
Western Australian Police to Use Live Facial-Recognition Tech at "Major Events" and "Crowded Areas" for the First Time
WA Police are set to become the first in the country to trial live facial recognition of crowds, describing the technology as safer than standard CCTV cameras.
Tesla Allegedly Showed Cooked Data to Get Full Self-Driving Approved
"Give the data to a university, have it independently verified by a qualified researcher, and then let’s talk."
Microsoft and Chevron plan one of the largest gas-powered data center projects in US
Microsoft inked a 20-year power purchase agreement with Chevron, locking in decades of carbon emissions from a new natural gas power plant.
Sam Altman's Orb startup investigated financial misconduct allegations
Tools for Humanity hired two law firms to investigate alleged financial irregularities and bribery of foreign officials, sources say.
A24 Films signs $75 million AI partnership with Google Deepmind
Google DeepMind is investing in A24 as it unveiled a research partnership that will let the studio and its filmmakers help shape new technology.
Former Unreal Engine 'lead evangelist' Sjoerd De Jong leaves Epic Games, says the industry is reaching a 'pivotal' moment that he must 'com…
"After 27 years of Unreal Engine, and 12 years at Epic Games and Unreal Engine I have decided to move on."
Valve describes just how brutal RAM negotiations are in 2026
Valve, like other companies, is stuck with take-it-or-leave it prices.
Google preps Pixel ‘Audio Memory’ that ambiently tracks your ‘important conversations,’ like AI notetaker pins
Google is working on a new feature called “Audio Memory” for Pixel phones that will “keep track of what you hear throughout your day.”
A Microsoft researcher built a goat-powered LLM in Age of Empires II to prove it's not sentient
Careful, you'll hurt its feelings.
Airbnb opposes Sydney’s call to restrict short-term rentals — But people “rely on it to pay for their mortgages and artificially inflate th…
The global short-term accommodation platform suggests that many Sydneysiders rely on Airbnb to help pay their mortgage and alleviate other costs.
Komi-store: Android app store to install and update apps hosted on GitHub, Codeberg & Forgejo
🩵 A free, open-source app store for developers' releases on GitHub, Codeberg & Forgejo — browse, discover, and install apps with one click. Formerly GitHub Store. - kurikomi-labs/komi-store
Hollywood and 9/11 | GDF
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BlackVue's dashcams broadcast users' live location and footage to public
It may be a good idea to double check your dashcam settings.
Kansas City Pushes Ahead With Facial Recognition on Buses
Images captured by onboard cameras will be cross-referenced against facial scans if there is an active alert from police, including databases of banned riders or missing persons.
Zionists are Spying On Millions Of Christian Americans In Their Churches
Newly released FARA documents with the DOJ reveal that the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs paid U.S. company “Show Faith By Works” $4.1 million to carry out a massive, covert, digital surveillance and geofencing ope…
Kingdom Hearts AI art accusations hit Square Enix, and that sure looks like slop to me
Sora, you feeling alright, buddy?
AI models that can take down governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns
Signal agencies in Australia, the US, the UK, New Zealand and Canada sound alarm after Trump blocks foreign nationals from Anthropic’s Fable AI model
If you thought flock was bad, check out Leonardo SignalTrace - this is stalking on a whole new level
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Windows 11 hibernation has been silently hammering your SSD this whole time
This didn't matter much, but with the current SSD prices, it does again
SignalTrace identifies people by the signals emitted from their electronic devices they travel with, such as fitness trackers, smartwatches…
ELSAG SignalTrace is a groundbreaking electronic signal intelligence system for law enforcement, designed to identify suspect people or vehicles.
A Microsoft researcher built a goat-powered LLM in Age of Empires II to prove it's not sentient
An operational NAND gate in Age of Empires II, built with the game's scenario editor. This one can also be built within the game in a two-player setup but it's a lot easier (so to speak) to just script it.
Canadian government spent tens of millions on secret Palantir contract
Records from the IJF’s Open By Default database reveal the government made over a dozen amendments to a contract with Palantir Canada to provide services to an elite unit of the military
Meta Exec Admits Zuckerberg Has Crushed Workers’ Spirits
Meta's chief technical officer recently admitted that workplace morale is "probably one of the worst it's ever been."
Tested: Microsoft just debloated Windows 11 Search without Bing, and it's crazy fast
Windows 11 build 26300.8697 hides a toggle to remove Bing from Search. We tested it hands-on: faster results, cleaner UI, local files first.
When Rod Serling Lost His Nerve | Steve Shives
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Meta Exec Admits Zuckerberg Has Crushed Workers’ Spirits
Morale is "probably one of the worst it's ever been."
PdfDing v1.9.0 - Share collections with the public, bulk actions, MFA and more | survey
Selfhosted PDF manager, viewer and editor offering a seamless user experience on multiple devices.
Is Big Tech Facing Its “Big Tobacco Moment”? - Tech giants including Meta, Google, and Apple are facing increasing popular resentment and l…
Tech giants including Meta, Google, and Apple are facing increasing popular resentment and losing more and more major court battles. Yet their profits and power look about as secure as ever.
Americans Have Turned Against AI in Incredible Numbers
Who thinks AI is a good thing? Not that many people, it turns out.
Bill that would mandate AI chip location tracking gains industry support
Half a dozen companies have come out in support of the Chip Security Act, which would require location-tracking mechanisms for America’s most advanced computing chips.
Texas government data breach allowed hackers to steal 3 million driver's licenses and passports
A data breach involving government-issued ID documents affects over 3 million people in Texas.
ChatGPT told me it uses an instant-read thermometer and I had questions
I asked ChatGPT for help grilling a tomahawk steak. The advice was fine, but one sentence stopped me in my tracks. The AI casually claimed it uses the same thermometer I do. Naturally, I had questions.
Man with severe paralysis regains his 'voice' with brain-computer interface
UC Davis researchers have developed a faster brain-computer interface that can instantaneously translate brain activity into voice as a person tries to speak.