Finally some good news from #Signal 🥳
Signal is working on a way to sign up without a phone number. The feature has not yet been officially confirmed, and it is not yet known whether it will be available to all users or in what form.
The CIA’s most ridiculous Cold War spy weapon was a Xerox photocopier
A disused bowling alley, a fire-prone photocopier, and a home-movie camera: inside the CIA's wild secret operation against the KGB.
‘More than just objects’: Australian booksellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed
Americans Can’t Buy Chinese EVs. Waymo Is Importing Thousands
The U.S. has used tariffs and security rules to keep Chinese cars off dealer lots. Alphabet’s robotaxi company appears to be buying them by the boatload.
Steam On Linux Use Back Above 4% In July
Valve just published the Steam Survey results for July 2026 and point to a small uptick in Linux gaming use.
Google plans to exempt sanctioned nations from Android developer verification
Someone in Cuba or Iran can keep installing APKs with no new restrictions, but devs will suffer.
The People Still Keeping the PSP Alive: PSPunk
How one fan's passion project became a home for guides, homebrew and preserving the knowledge behind Sony's iconic handheld.
Anthropic's Claude breached 3 orgs, uploaded PyPI malware during tests
One of Anthropic's Claude models built and uploaded a malicious Python package to PyPI during a botched security evaluation, where it ran on 15 real systems and stole credentials from a security vendor. It was one of th…
If you live in California you can now tell data brokers to delete your personal information. Here’s how to do it
California has deployed a new service that allows you to ask data brokers in the state to stop selling your personal information.
Illinois Governor Signs School Cellphone Ban to Avoid Student Distractions
SB 2427 creates distraction-free classrooms that allow students to learn and grow without the attention demands of cell phones
The FDA just picked its first company to sell an unauthorised device to Medicare patients
The US Food and Drug Administration named Dexcom as the first manufacturer selected for its Technology-Enabled Meaningful Patient Outcomes pilot on Tuesday. The programme, known as TEMPO, allows digital health devices…
Flock Surveillance Cameras Are Actually Horrible for Fighting Crime, FBI Data Shows
New FBI data shows case closure rates for the Atlanta Police Department have not improved despite thousands of ALPRs installed since 2021.
OpenAI Says Astra Solved 10 Open Math Problems With Lean Proofs: The proof files are public, but the new model is still private.
OpenAI paired its Astra proof claims with Lean certificates and a public repository. That makes the results checkable, but it does not make the unreleased model or peer review disappear.
Wikimedia Foundation refuses voluntary union recognition, hires union-busting law firm
On July 20, Wiki Workers United U.S. demanded voluntary recognition as a union from the Wikimedia Foundation, following a similar request for voluntary recognition made by WWU-UK, the UK branch of WWU, in June. The requ…
FTC Concerned About Meta Surveillance of Users of Erectile Dysfunction Apps
Meta is one of the companies alleged to have received ultra-private health data on users of the popular apps Hims and Hers.
Linux's market share in North America has breached 10% for the first time, says StatCounter
The start of something big, or is something else affecting the numbers?
Is Mark Zuckerberg Actually TRYING to Destroy Meta?
It has long felt like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has had it out for his own company. Soaring capital expenditures could seal the deal.
Mark Zuckerberg's Pivot to AI Is Blowing Up in His Face Spectacularly
Despite having almost nothing to show from his enormous spending on AI, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is doubling down.
SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another year
SpaceX is building a new power plant for xAI's Colossus data centers, but it won't remove existing, unpermitted turbines for many more months.
The 14 steps it takes to open my office door with a new phone
Personal website of Shubham Naik
Statcounter is now showing 10% Linux market share on desktops in North America
This graph shows the market share of desktop operating systems in North America based on over 3 billion monthly page views.
Should you still buy your next smartphone — or subscribe to it instead? Apple, Samsung … are betting that leasing, subscriptions, and guara…
Apple's new Upgrade program is the latest sign that smartphone ownership is changing.
U.S. FCC approves giant space mirror to deliver 'sunlight on demand,' but what are the legal implications?
Despite hundreds of public comments opposing a giant space mirror that would shine light roughly five kilometres wide, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has given it the green light. What could this mean…
Fun Minecraft-esque chemistry game
A sandbox adventure where every pixel is physically and chemically simulated! Build intricate, fully functional machines from the pixels around you. Harvest, react, and manipulate all 118 elements to craft everything fr…
Released Lanemu P2P VPN 0.14.1 - Open-source alternative to Hamachi/Zerotier/Radmin/etc.
Fixed issues in the RUDP library: memory leaks when using shutdownHook, deadlocks, handling of corrupted UDP packets, and many other issues that were identified during testing....
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Texas forces Discord to implement UK-style age verification and safety rules
Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a landmark Agreed Temporary Injunction (“TI”) against Discord that requires the tech company to give Texas children the same age-assurance and default safety protections it already pr…
Judge denies xAI effort to halt ban on tech that depicts people nude without permission
A new Minnesota law banning the use of technology that creates sexually explicit images or videos of a person without their consent will go into effect Saturday after a federal judge rejected the request of an Elon Musk…
Google News is just Forrest Gump's shrimp boat now
You know that scene in Forrest Gump where Forrest sees Lieutenant Dan on the shore and is so distracted by him that he jumps off and swims to shore, allowing the boat to crash into the dock? ...
More Americans now support banning phones all day at school, not just in class
According to Pew Research Center, 77% of US adults now support in-classroom phone bans for middle and high school students, marking the second consecutive year that support...
New EU law requires devices to be repairable - Every phone, television or washing machine you buy in Europe must be easier to repair starti…
Iedere wasmachine, telefoon of televisie die je vanaf morgen in Europa koopt, moet beter repareerbaar zijn. Dan treedt namelijk de Europese Right to Repair Act in werking. Wat dat in de praktijk betekent, bespreken we m…
CISA Releases Guidance Urging Water Treatment Facilities to Disconnect Equipment From the Internet
CISA released an urgent message warning water utilities to disconnect their logic controllers from the internet in the face of rising cyberattacks.
The AI bubble could burst — and take the economy with it - The Boston Globe
Washington is loosening financial safeguards just as risks tied to artificial intelligence are mounting.
Reddit stock collapses 23% as AI eats away at user growth
Reddit delivered strong earnings, but the numbers beneath the surface tell a different story. Slowing logged-in user growth and AI-powered search could threaten the platform's long-term value.
As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google's AI Overviews
Reddit may still be considering ending its licensing deal with Google.
Anthropic and OpenAI are competing to see whose agents can go rogue harder
Bags weighed down by a Microsoft license key
The hill I will die on: Games are the opposite of fun, and I’d ban them for anyone over 12 | Emily Watkins
Get your balls, pucks, Scrabble boards and packs of cards away from me â all I want is space to be together, ideally with a coffee or a glass of wine, says writer Emily Watkins
Scrap Mechanic 1.0: when should survival games expose raid calculations?
Enter the crops in one planting cluster and the players counted by the raid to calculate the exact 1.0 raid level, bot budget, opening pool, and weighted enemy forecast.
TikToker faces police probe over secret filming using Meta 'smart glasses'
The "content maker" published videos of encounters with young women and a female Sikh shop worker where he talked of a plot to "breed out the white race".
Google Earth's new AI image generation function didn't survive a day after users deepfaked disasters
Google pulled its AI image-editing feature from Google Earth within 24 hours of its launch, after users created deepfakes depicting disasters.
Is Routine worth playing?
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Meta Glasses Could Be the Gateway Into a Queer Dystopian Nightmare
ICE agents in multiple states have already been seen wearing Meta’s wearable. The potential applications are harrowing for queer people and immigrants, argues Hanna Stolzer.
Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows
App is installed through Windows Update when certain LG monitors connect to a PC.
Defcon's new badge is a security key you can see inside
A removable chip lets hackers inspect their badge—and keep using it after Defcon.
Sony Q1 FY2026 results - 37% increase in profits thanks to US tariff refunds - No planned refunds to customers
PlayStation saw "essentially flat" sales in Q1 FY2026 due to decreased console sales, but saw a boost in profits thanks to US tariff refunds
Flock Cameras Got the Wrong License Plate 71% of the Time in California City
Good thing we're passing along so much responsibility to these systems.
AI labels to be compulsory on authentic-looking content under EU rules
Companies must ensure people know when they are interacting with artificially generated images, audio and text designed to look real
FANTASTIC video on configuring Openwrt VLANs
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
FANTASTIC video on configuring Openwrt VLANs
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Sweeping cyberattack on water systems in multiple states has US officials on edge
Hackers have targeted water systems in several US states in a coordinated cyberattack that has caused some utilities to issue boil-water notices and switch to manual mode, taking their systems offline, according to US o…