EU to crack down on TikTok, Instagram ‘addictive design’ hooking kids
"We are investigating platforms that allow children to go down "rabbit holes" of harmful content," EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday.
Forget the AI job apocalypse. AI’s real threat is worker control and surveillance
A new divide is emerging: between workers who use AI at work and those who are managed by it
Twin brothers wipe 96 gov't databases minutes after being fired
A case study in why credentials are revoked before firings.
EBay rejects GameStop's audacious $56 billion takeover bid
Many analysts questioned the deal, citing concerns about how GameStop would finance the transaction and the strategic rationale.
Tesla Has 39 Unsupervised Robotaxis Nearly a Year After Launch. At This Rate, They’ll Catch Up to Waymo in 85 Years.
TLDR: Since Tesla’s June 2025 robotaxi launch, Tesla has built a 39-vehicle unsupervised fleet, while Waymo has a newly disclosed 3,791-vehicle U.S. fleet. So Tesla appears to be on pace to catch up with Waymo’s autonom…
TIL about Epstein's surveillance dealings
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Google Chrome's silent 4GB AI download problem [updated]
Google Chrome writes a 4GB AI model to users’ devices without asking, and reinstalls it if you delete it.
AI chatbots could be making you stupider
As large language models take over more and more cognitive tasks, researchers are warning this mental outsourcing comes with a cost.
Oregon data centers now have to pay full costs of expanding the power grid to meet their needs
Newly approved rules aim to ensure that smaller ratepayers don't wind up footing the bill for power grid upgrades that are primary needed to serve big new users.
AI coders are carrying half-open laptops
Techies are walking with their laptops open to keep their agents running. They told Business Insider their stories, from offices to school halls.
Pirates are already playing Microsoft’s 'Forza Horizon 6' days before its official launch | Crackers take advantage of unencrypted files th…
Crackers take advantage of unencrypted files that briefly appeared on Steam.
AI coders are carrying half-open laptops
Techies are walking with their laptops open to keep their agents running. They told Business Insider their stories, from offices to school halls.
ExcaliDash: self host ExcaliDraw with multi user and server side storage
A self-hosted dashboard and organizer for Excalidraw with multi-user collaboration and scoped sharing. - ZimengXiong/ExcaliDash
99% Invisible - Enshittification
Jared Wilson is a seventh-generation farmer. He runs a family farm in Missouri, and like most farmers today, he’s facing a lot of challenges, including inconsistent weather and a shaky global economy. But one problem th…
Pain of Command [WIP #2] Sopranos: The Next Generation (Star Trek Sopranos Mashup Edit)
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Instagram privacy tech turned off - what does this mean for DMs?
The platform said it would remove end-to-end encrypted messages, a major U‑turn by parent company Meta.
Meta AI will analyze faces of teen users 'but it's not face recognition'
Meta’s latest attempt to comply with age verification requirements in Europe, Brazil and the US is to roll out AI-powered...
People Who Don’t Like People Are Making All Our Decisions | Robotaxis are the beginning
Robotaxis are the beginning.
"Unethical use of Azure" reportedly leads to firing of Microsoft Israel execs — Microsoft has been investigating potential abuse of its pro…
Microsoft fires several senior Israeli staffers an internal investigation reportedly uncovered "unethical" use of its products.
China’s Smart Glasses Are Already Leaving Ray-Bans in the Dust
Meta's Ray-Bans are falling further behind as competing smart glasses bring the heat.
ChatGPT's New Safety Feature Could Alert 'Trusted Contact' to Risk of Self-Harm | A designated contact may be notified if a chat discussion…
A designated contact may be notified if a chat discussion indicates a possible safety concern.
Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada has joined SNK | VGC
The former Bandai Namco GM has formed a new studio in Tokyo with the King of Fighters firm…
Sega has canceled development of its ‘super game’, as it pivots away from live service games | VGC
The ambitious project was set to receive millions in investment…
Sony's new wearable air conditioner runs even cooler
And it should be more comfortable, too.
EU browser choice rules send millions more users Firefox's way
Mozilla claims the Digital Markets Act delivered lasting bump, invites Britain to do similar
Nintendo Confirms It Has Under-Wraps Switch 2 Games Due Later This Year, as Share Price Drops Following Console Price Hike
Nintendo has confirmed it has multiple unannounced Switch 2 games set for launch later this year, as the company responds to questions about its decision to raise console prices.
TIL that in fiscal year 2026, the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program has admitted 6,066 South Africans, 3 Afghans and nobody else
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Students Boo Commencement Speaker After She Calls AI the ‘Next Industrial Revolution’
A commencement speaker at the University of Central Florida was booed, with graduating humanities students yelling out, "AI SUCKS!"
Microsoft's massive Kenya AI data center would require switching off 'half the country' to meet power requirements, government says
“We would need to switch off half the country for the data center to be powered."
PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 developers battling "AI slop code pull requests"
The team behind the popular PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 have seen a rise in what they say are AI slop code pull requests.
Any app on recent Android versions can leak certain traffic
A recently discovered bug in Android 16 allows any app to leak traffic outside the VPN tunnel.
Replacing Tailscale with a 2-VPS WireGuard setup (No port forwarding)
I replaced Tailscale with a self-hosted WireGuard setup using two VPSes to securely expose home lab services without port forwarding or SaaS.
The Walls Don’t Have Ears, But Fiber Optic Does
You normally think of fiber optic as something used in network cables. However, scientists employ dedicated fibers to detect earthquakes. In simple terms, they fire a laser down the fiber and watch…
Round-the-clock renewables: New report says clean energy now challenges fossil fuels on price
The cost of battery storage has dropped more than 90 per cent since 2010, bringing the cost of renewable energy down with it.
GitLab Act 2 - A letter to our customers and our investors.
A letter to our customers and our investors.
‘A consistent pattern of lying’: Musk v OpenAI trial exposes what insiders think of Sam Altman
The trial has exposed even more details about OpenAIâs fractious corporate past than previously documented
Ricardo Montalban Forced Everyone to Raise Their Game | TREK WORLD
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The Muppets Brought Out the Best in Tim Curry
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Star Trek Voyager but the Computer is Australian
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Every Type Of Phaser Explained | Trek Explained
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IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps)-linked media outlines plan to tax and control undersea internet cables in the Hormuz Strait — Iran…
If data is the new oil, we will be down two oils.
TIL about system justification theory and how people defend unfair systems because it’s easier than admitting they’re being screwed
System justification theory is a theory within social psychology that system-justifying beliefs serve a psychologically palliative function. It proposes that people have several underlying needs, which vary from individ…
Nick Bostrom Has a Plan for Humanity’s ‘Big Retirement
The philosopher thinks humans should pursue advanced AI and the promise of a âsolved world.â
The Web Design Museum released 44 classic Cartoon Network Flash games from the early 2000s, now playable in the browser.
The Web Design Museum released 44 classic Cartoon Network Flash games from the early 2000s, now playable in the browser. Play them here: https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/flash-game-exhibitions/cartoon-network-flash-games
AI data center project secretly sucked 29 million gallons of water over 15 months before detected by residents complaining about low water …
County's soft touch is attributed to the data center being 'our largest customer, and we have to be partners.'
While refrigerators and air conditioners still rely on gases that can leak, a Cambridge startup raises $10 million to create refrigeration …
A Cambridge startup is betting on plastic crystals to transform refrigeration by replacing gases with solid materials that change temperature under pressure, in a technology still under development and initially aimed a…
Software bloat (2026)
What is software bloat? Throughout my life, and the decades before, I have heard over and over again about the advances in computer hardware. I have studied how computers execute instructions, designed simple ones in RT…
When Escalator Breaks, It Turns Stairs
We need resilient systems that fall back to sanity when broken / discriminating. And not whatever.
Texas Sues Netflix for Spying on Kids and Consumers by Illegally Collecting Users’ Data Without Their Knowledge or Consent
Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Netflix for spying on Texans, including children, and collecting users’ data without their knowledge or consent.
Ryan Cohen Says He ‘Isn’t Passionate’ About GameStop As He Makes Desperate Bid For eBay
Failing to convince eBay leadership on other stakes, the GameStop CEO leverages his emotional investment