What addiction medicine can teach us about depending on AI
People gradually rely on AI to reduce the discomfort of thinking. For some, that can become a problem.
Google AI engineer claims dismissal for opposing tech sales to Israel
‘Our work on AI was sold to facilitate genocide’: Artificial intelligence engineer claims Google unfairly sacked them for internally criticising the company’s decision to continue supplying technology to the Israeli mil…
Meta and Snapchat blocking Saudi dissidents’ accounts
US social media firms acting on orders from Middle East kingdom accused of being âinstruments of repressionâ
Independent Review Confirms Critical Telegram Vulnerability, Leaking Persistent Identifiers Enabling User Tracking, Previously Exposed by I…
The privacy of hundreds of millions of users is at risk, experts say
SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight
SpaceX has launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet. The rocket blasted off from the southern tip of Texas on Friday, carrying 20 mock Starlink satellites on a test flight extending halfway around the world.
Fallout lead Tim Cain argues games industry crisis hasn't reached the level of the 1983 crash: 'I don't think there's ever been a worse tim…
He doesn't want to diminish the current crisis, though.
They just formed the biggest tech worker union in the US. The plan is to take on AI and industry layoffs
"Who AI benefits and who it immiserates often is based on who gets to decide how it’s used. We know how tech is used on the day to day. We should be at the table as well."
Police boast of hacking VPN where criminals "believed themselves to be safe"
Law enforcement intercepted VPN traffic, seized domains, and arrested its operator.
Destiny developers reflect on the end of an era: 'We all worked so hard to maintain the quality bar under unrealistic constraints'
"I logged in to the Tower and found a horde of guardians kneeling by Zavala, others saluting. It was like that from server to server."
Meta's Latest App Looks Like Reddit
Forum is a standalone version of Facebook Groups plus AI assistants.
Departing Meta staffer posts biting anti-AI video internally amid mass layoffs
The tech giant made thousands of engineers train their AI replacements—then fired them.
A Meta employee gets real about the horror of working there right now
Crying in the shower. Taking mental health leave. This is what it’s like to work at the tech giant during the AI job apocalypse.
China's new homegrown gaming GPU flops in performance and price — flagship $485 LX 7G100 can't keep pace with Nvidia's older RTX 4060
The LX 7G100 doesn't come close to an RTX 4060, despite what early benchmarks might suggest.
Steam removes horror game after malware steals player data
A free horror game on Steam turned into a real-world cybersecurity threat after a gamer discovered malware hidden within it.
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak got cheers, not boos, after telling students they 'all have AI — actual intelligence'
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak's speech about AI at Grand Valley State University earlier this month got a laugh and applause from graduates.
FTC to Require Cox Media Group, Two Other Firms to Pay Nearly $1 Million to Settle Charges They Deceived Customers About “Active Listening”…
The Federal Trade Commission will require Cox Media Group (CMG) and two smaller marketing firms to pay a total of $930,000 to settle allegations they deceived customers by falsely claiming to offer
CRTC to require online streamers to pay 15% of annual revenues to support Canadian content
Decision is sure to anger U.S. tech giants already fighting existing 5% base contribution in federal court
'I think those people are dead wrong': Jeff Bezos slams AI naysayers, plays down job fears for young workers, and defends billionaires and …
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos unsurprisingly thinks billionaires are doing a good job, and AI is pretty swell too.
A hacker group is poisoning open source code at an unprecedented scale
GitHub is just the latest victim of TeamPCP, a gang that has carried out a spree of software supply chain attacks.
The AI Backlash Could Get Very Ugly. Imagine what happens if jobs actually start disappearing.
Imagine what happens if jobs actually start disappearing.
Zillow loses thousands of listings in fight over “hidden” homes | Zillow asked for a preliminary injunction as real estate industry fight h…
Zillow asked for a preliminary injunction as real estate industry fight heats up.
Lastest Riot Vanguard Update Can Brick Your Hardware (If You're a Cheater)
Riot Games' kernal level anti-cheat, Vanguard, has received an update which is allegedly altering system firmware associated with cheating.
Meta data center allegedly muddies Georgia town's drinking water, investigation underway — EPA promises immediate investigation after congr…
Muddy water is coming out of Morgan County taps.
London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50M Metropolitan police deal with Palantir
Exclusive: Scotland Yard criticises London mayorâs decision as disappointing and warns it could hit policing
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Google's Antigravity Bait and Switch
The day was to begin like any other, with Antigravity open (yes, there are tens of us!), expecting to get some work done before my attention fragments. But Google had other plans. They had rolled out a new version of An…
Magnets Are Bad For Hardware Again
If you were around tech in the bad old days, magnets could be really bad news. They were fine on the fridge, no problem at all. Put one near a floppy disk, or a hard drive, or even a computer monit…
NutriTrace v1.0.0-rc.35 released!
Self-hosted personal nutrition tracker — single Docker container, AGPL-3.0, no telemetry, no cloud sync. - TraceApps/nutritrace
What do cloud service companies disclose about their use of fossil fuels?
In this post, we explain why the dataset was chosen, and the approach taken about the data visual.
Trump Mobile exposes data of customers who ordered the T1 phone
Trump Mobile is reportedly exposing sensitive customer information through an easily exploitable flaw on its website.
Why new grads are booing commencement speakers: There's an 'ambient anxiety that AI is going to make things dramatically worse'
Recent commencement speakers including Google's Eric Schmidt have been booed for praising AI and encouraging students to use it as they embark on their careers.
GitHub faces a fight for its survival at Microsoft
GitHub is battling outages, security issues, and a talent exodus.
Samsung reportedly set to distribute up to $26.6 billion to staff in AI-driven semiconductor bonuses after last-minute union deal — average…
Employees to receive bonuses in stock and cash
FCC Official Warns Against Giving Starlink Too Much Control Over Rural Broadband
The FCC votes to examine the rules governing subsidies for ISPs in rural areas. But following a Starlink price hike, Commissioner Anna Gomez notes that affordability is a priority.
Voiden CLI Runner
Design, Test and Document APIs in plain Markdown. Compose Requests with API blocks. Reuse, Replace & Version everything just like code. Offline, Truly Git Native, No Lock-in. - VoidenHQ/voiden
Intuit to lay off over 3,000 employees to refocus on AI
In a memo to employees, CEO Sasan Goodarzi said the layoffs are meant to reduce complexity, simplify the company's corporate structure, and deliver better AI products.
Ontario Police Deploy Secret Spyware That Lets Them Remotely Take Over Your Phone
Ontario police secretly deploy phone spyware that captures keystrokes, screenshots, and encrypted messages without user knowledge in major criminal cases.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is going live on Twitch in new streaming series 'Talk with the People'
The mayor of New York is making history as the first elected official to host a recurring cross-platform stream.
To study how chips really work, MIT researchers built their own operating system
When security researchers want to understand what a modern processor is really doing with the kind of detail that determines whether attacks like Spectre and Meltdown are possible, they usually run their experiments on …
Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting 'deepfakes'
Federal prosecutors have charged two men with using artificial intelligence to create nude videos and photos of female celebrities under a newly enacted law meant to halt the spread of deepfake pornography.
Subnautica 2 Early Access sales top four million in under a week
Total sales for the Early Access version of Subnautica 2 surpassed four million copies sold just five days after release, developer Unknown Worlds Entertainment announced.
007 First Light – Official Launch Trailer
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China unveils first humanoid robot for household chores, ready as early as 2027
Companies are still improving data required for robots to perform complex household tasks, some of which require embodied AI.
Focused open source attacks. Smells like a corporate sponsored action.
GitHub is just the latest victim of TeamPCP, a gang that has carried out a spree of software supply chain attacks that has impacted hundreds of organizations.
Echoes of Aincrad Gameplay Trailer Highlights Mechanics
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Destiny 2 is dead: "active development" ends next month after one final update, but Bungie says the MMO will still be "playable"
The Final Shape will remain final
Flipper Unveils New Flipper One Modular Linux Cyberdeck: Flipper One hacking multitool offers 5G, Wi-Fi 6E and Linux on ARM
With Flipper One, we're reimagining what a Linux cyberdeck can be â it's a huge project. We're opening up the development process and asking the community for help.
Samsung chip workers offered a $340,000 average bonus as union pushes toward $1M and an 18-day strike
Samsung Electronics will pay its chip workers an average bonus of about $340,000 for the year, as the union pushes for compensation closer to $1m per employee and prepares for an 18-day walkout.
Mecha-Driven Sci-Fi JRPG STARBITES Is Out Now on PC and Consoles - Turn Based Lovers
STARBITES is now available in the West for PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.
Polaris: a Sunshine fork for Linux
Linux GameStream host for Nova and Moonlight-compatible clients - papi-ux/polaris