Broken speaker? Finicky zipper? Anticonsumerist Repair Cafes urge you to fix it instead of pitch it
Repair Cafes are part of a new brand of anticonsumerism. The cafes and other efforts try to offer an alternative to mass-produced, disposable goods that have dominated the economy for the last half-century.
Why I moved my Plex library to Jellyfin after 14 years
After 14 years with Plex, I finally moved my video library to Jellyfin. Why rising costs, feature restrictions and digital ownership pushed me towards FOSS.
By 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investiga…
By 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warns
Engineer turns disposable vape pen into a working web server
Engineer Bogdan Ionescu repurposed a discarded vape into a web server, showing how e-waste holds hidden potential far beyond its nicotine lifespan.
Microsoft is letting you kill Bing in Windows 11 Search, after years of forcing it on every PC
Microsoft is testing a new Windows 11 Search toggle that disables Bing, MSN, and Microsoft Store results, ending years of forced web results.
Anthropic Says We Must Stop Authoritarian AI. But What About Its Authoritarian Investors?
Anthropic wants to keep AI away from repressive regimes. But what about its part-owner, the repressive dictatorship of Abu Dhabi?
Thiel’s Vision Blooms in Argentina
Peter Thiel relocates to Argentina as Javier Milei unveils legislation to make it a lawless paradise for AI billionaires and their machines.
Fear, greed, and Claude: Meet the day traders vibe coding AI bots to beat the market
More day traders are vibe-coding their own AI trading agents in their quest to beat the market.
SpaceX has to grow 60x in a decade to justify a $1.75 trillion valuation. It's an impossible bar | Fortune
SpaceX's valuation will set the bar for what the must achieve going forward to reward investors.
Thief: The Dark Project Remastered - Reveal Trailer
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Valheim 1.0 & Deep North: Sept 9.
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Why Ro Laren is the Best Choice | Certifiably Ingame
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DOGE whistleblower claims brakes were cut after post from Elon Musk
A US government agency worker who exposed alleged misuse of data by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) crashed his car after the brakes were cut, court documents show.
Magicians: The Devil's Deal - Reveal Trailer | XBOX Games Showcase 2026
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Bad Magpie | Official Announce Trailer
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Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse - Announcement Trailer | XBOX Games Showcase 2026
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Spyro™: A Realm Beyond | Cinematic Announce Trailer
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Clockwork Revolution - The Heist | XBOX Games Showcase 2026
An XBOX Console Exclusive.Change the past. Control the future.When your gang’s heist goes sideways, you’re thrown back in time and discover your reality has ...
Vivarium - Official Announce Trailer
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Persona 6 Has Finally Been Revealed, More Than 9 Years After Persona 5 Launched
Sam Woods is TheGamer’s Senior Reporter. He’s been in games journalism since 2020 and has undertaken a variety of roles in that time. These have included roles such as SEO Editor, Managing Editor at DualShockers, and Gl…
DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations - Official Trailer
HELL FREEZES OVER in DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations, an all-new campaign expansion that unleashes a brutal new chapter of the Slayer’s saga. Wounded and ...
Crazy Taxi: World Tour | Announcement Trailer
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Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember – Reveal Trailer
KOEI TECMO America and developer Team NINJA reveals that their dark Three Kingdoms action RPG, Wo Long 2: Wings of Ember, is currently in development and wil...
METRO 2039 | Gameplay Reveal
There's a liar in these tunnels... In the Xbox Games Showcase, we revealed our first full gameplay trailer for METRO 2039, featuring nearly three minutes of ...
Gears of War: E-Day | Gameplay Demo Reveal | XBOX Games Showcase 2026
An XBOX Console Exclusive.Experience the horror and brutality of Emergence Day. Fourteen years before the original Gears of War, join Marcus Fenix and Domini...
Fable | Xbox Games Showcase Trailer
Fable launches February 23, 2027.Become the Hero you want to be in an immersive open-world action-RPG where each choice shapes your journey, reputation is ev...
Halo: Campaign Evolved | New Missions Trailer
Before the events of Halo: Combat Evolved, the Master Chief and Sgt Johnson take part in Operation: Meteorite, in which they infiltrate a mysterious Covenant...
Resonance: A Plague Legacy - Release Date Reveal Trailer
Pre-order Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy on XBOX Series X|S today: https://www.xbox.com/games/store/p/9NFW93G1GFXGVenture into the world of Resonance on Aug...
Persona 4 Revival: Pre-order Trailer
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Anthropic/OpenAI may be spending more than $1000 for every $100 you pay them
Coding with LLMs (Claude Code, OpenAI Codex) is often presented as the ‘killer app’ for Generative AI. But looking at data, it seems the one piece of the puzzle missing is actual cost. …
How Did The Real Ghostbusters (1986–1991) End?
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US-backed microreactor reaches criticality in major nuclear step
Antares reaches reactor criticality milestone, advancing plans for military microreactors by 2028
A Louisiana state senator helped secure Meta’s largest datacenter. Then he sold the land beside it
Jay Morris denies expertsâ claims that he violated ethics rules over land deals near the site of Metaâs Hyperion datacenter
School shooting survivor sues AI gun detection firm after system failed to spot weapon
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Canadian special forces Palantir deal reveals decay of Western ‘democracy’
The Canadian govt claimed Palantir is the only firm able to provide the tech — that's not enough reason to make more deals with the devil
The US needs drones, not Trump-class battleships, Democrats argue
Lawmakers struck down a Democratic measure Thursday that would've scrapped $1 billion in defense funding to begin work on the Trump-class battleship.
LIPS Is An Open Source Sip-And-Puff Interface
Lots of us have– thanks to repetative stress injuries– developed mobility issues that we have to work around when using computers. Maybe it’s a trackball instead of a mouse, or a …
AI Agents Now Generate More Web Traffic Than Humans
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says he didn't expect this milestone until 2027.
The AI boom is gobbling up power faster than ever
If all data centers permitted through 2025 come online, they will use more than all the electricity used by any one US state in 2024, except Texas.
Women in Brussels 'filmed without their knowledge' by men wearing Meta smart glasses — Some of the footage was allegedly intended for socia…
Experts in Europe warn that these devices are used to record strangers without their consent, possibly breaching EU law.
TIL they are currently testing a needleless SARS/COVID vaccine that was developed by AI.
Scientists have successfully tested an AI-designed universal coronavirus vaccine in humans for the first time, finding it to be safe and well tolerated. The vaccine generated immune responses against multiple coronaviru…
CEO Says There Will Be No Raises Because He Spent All the Money on AI
"We will fund this AI investment by reallocating the budget from 2026 annual salary adjustments."
UN food agency discloses breach affecting 600,000 Gaza households
The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP), the world's largest humanitarian organization, revealed over the weekend that its self-registration application (SRA) for Palestine was breached.
AI Agent Uncovers 21 Zero-Days in FFmpeg; Chrome Patches Record 429 Bugs
AI found 21 FFmpeg zero-days, some 20 years old; Chrome 149 patched 429 bugs, including 100+ critical/high flaws.
'We Are Well Above Our Forecasts' — 007 First Light Sales Are Now at 3 Million, IO Interactive 'Very Confident' It Will Be Profitable
Developer IO Interactive is celebrating after 007 First Light sold 3 million copies in less than two weeks.
Was the Starbucks Korea 'Tank Day' fiasco caused by AI?
When Starbucks Korea launched its “Tank Day” coffee promotion on May 18 — the day South Koreans commemorate the 1980 massacre of protestors in Gwan...
Motorola effectively bricked its entire line of WiFi routers without explanation
MotoSync+ is a mobile app required to set up and troubleshoot Motorola WiFi routers. It suddenly stopped working, and no one knows why.
Fedora Linux 43 exposes 20-year-old Microsoft Outlook security failure
A Fedora 43 and Dovecot 2.4 upgrade may have uncovered an old Microsoft Outlook behavior where SSL/TLS settings allegedly failed to properly encrypt POP3 email connections.
Helium Crisis Tightens Grip On Global Chip Supply Chain
Helium gas powering the world’s most advanced semiconductor processes is suddenly in short supply, threatening to slow down production of the chips driving the AI boom
Password strength explained
I try to explain how attackers would guess your password, should they get their hands on your encrypted data. There are some thoughts on the strength of real-world passwords and suggestions for your new password.