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.
AI is making me paranoid about contributions
A<!---->I has gotten to a point where I can no longer tell to what extent I’m dealing with a human online, and it’s taking a toll on my mental health.
Just tried UFO 50 Nonograms - Name your own price on itch.io
Incremental Picross / UFO 50 Fangame. 250+ puzzles
Fumito Ueda Reveals gen ATLAS Game
Single-player open-world action-adventure game was previously known as "Project: Robot"
The Complete Guide to Self-Hosting: From Hardware to Nextcloud
Ready for Self-Hosting? Our ultimate guide teaches you to reclaim data privacy & ditch costly subscriptions. Learn to build a personal cloud!
‘Big Tech is desperate’: Amazon engineers criticize tech giant for its $200 billion in data center spending amid slashing 30,000 corporate …
A group of Amazon employees spoke out against unfettered AI infrastructure expansion at a Seattle Land Use and Sustainability Committee hearing this week.
NSFW TIL sperm during ejaculation can travel up to 28mph
Have you ever wondered how fast sperm travels, how long it can survive and how sperm is made? We're here with all the info you'll ever need about sperm.
Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.
NASA orders International Space Station astronauts to shelter, prepare for evacuation due to air leak
A worsening air leak aboard the International Space Station (ISS) prompted five astronauts to take shelter and prepare for evacuation for roughly two hours on Friday as Russia attempted to fix a crack on its portion of …
'Ethical and Moral Considerations in Proprietary Software Usage' by Bradley M. Kühn
In this philosophical essay, I explore the question: “When (if at all) is it ethically and morally acceptable to use proprietary software in the production and/or improvement of urgently needed copylefted FOSS?”The ques…
McDonald's Introduces AI Drive-Thru System, Sparking Customer Backlash
'God no,' one declared in a video demonstration of the update.
Kdenlive 26.04.2 released 🎉 🥳
The second maintenance release of the 26.04 series is out with the usual batch of bug fixes and improvements for workflow and stability. This update comes with fixes to rendering, timeline editing, project file handling…
Google To Pay SpaceX $920 Million Per Month For Massive AI Compute Power
Google will pay SpaceX $920 million per month for access to ~110,000 NVIDIA GPUs under a new multiyear deal.
hollywood when Backrooms makes $1,000,000,000 | Man Carrying Thing
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Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee: Remastered Official Announce Trailer
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Blasphemous 2: The Third Sin - Free update
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ntsc-rs - an accurate VHS video effect
ntsc-rs is a free, open-source VHS and analog TV video effect. Use it online in your browser, as a standalone application, or as a plugin for DaVinci Resolve, After Effects, and more.
BACKROOMS Ending Explained - What it's REALLY about
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Nintendo Confirms EU‑Only Switch 2 Revision With User‑Replaceable Batteries
Performance won't differ between the new EU model and the one you've already come to know.
Future of Guild Wars franchise.
Hear directly from our leadership team about our plans and how you can help shape what comes next in Guild Wars 2.
Free Apps Are Quietly Turning Smart TVs Into Web-Scraping Proxies for AI
Bright Data SDK relays scraping via 150M+ consent-sourced IPs, bypassing VPNs and using up to 200GB/month bandwidth.
'At some point you've got to make money': Goldman's top AI skeptic warns the clock is running out ahead of OpenAI and Anthropic IPOs
Jim Covello has been Wall Street's most consistent voice of AI doubt. Two years on, he asks:"when does the short term become the long term?"
Researcher who found Zcash's bug adds Monero to his audit queue
Taylor Hornby, who uncovered the Orchard flaw that sent Zcash down 38%, says other privacy coins are on his list too.
Cardano social activity surges as ADA falls under 20 cents to four-year lows - Founder warned of a "wave of failures" in the ecosystem.
Santiment data show active addresses at a four-month high and social dominance near a 2026 peak after Charles Hoskinson warned of a "wave of failures" in the ecosystem.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to suspend tax breaks offered to data centers
Pritzker, who is widely viewed as having 2028 White House aspirations, is tapping into an issue seen as important to voters.
S&P 500 rejects SpaceX, also blocking entry for OpenAI and Anthropic
SpaceX won’t get easy access to billions of dollars from passive investors.
Subject-Avatar in Computerized Enunciative Spaces: Between Technical Standardizations and Practices of Resistance
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TIL that orgasm via masturbation or sex can provide relief for sinus pressure and nasal congestion.
Medical news is full of stories about promising new treatments for challenging conditions, or for additional health benefits of routine behaviours and habits. Who doesn’t want to feel good about drinking coffee or eatin…
Take This Data Center and Shove It -- Americans ain’t puttin’ up with these things no more
Americans ain’t puttin’ up with these things no more. Welcome to Virginia, ground zero for data center defiance.
How a USB-connected speaker can infect a PC without ever being touched
Seller of the Sound Blaster Katana V2X doesn't consider the behavior a vulnerability.
Anthropic (Sorta) Calls for Pause on AI Development. You Should (Sorta) Take It Seriously
With its highly anticipated IPO around the corner, the company is balancing its long-held reputation as a leader in safety with the demands of its future shareholders.
Sony/Yoti reporting users to authorities for using GrapheneOS
I saw this on that site earlier today, thought it'd be worth a post. [...] Yoti automatically flags [...] any devices running GrapheneOS. These instances are automatically reported both to the authorities and our securi…
*SPOILERS* The Backrooms Movie Is Much Deeper Than You Think
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Leak Reveals Microsoft Wants Its AI To Be 'Addictive'
The new 'AI personal assistant' Scout has apparently already hooked its own employees
Anthropic says the world should have option to ‘pause’ on AI
US firm says it will convene policymakers for discussion of dangers, in post detailing progress of its Claude model
Did Claude Increase Bugs in rsync?
A simple distributional analysis of every rsync release with bug data. Nothing complicated, answers only one question: are the Claude-assisted releases unusually buggy?
Let us filter AI slop, you cowards - Online platforms could prove whether AI labels work by giving us a filter option, but then they’d have…
Let’s put those AI labels to the test.
Flood of AI 'garbage' is pushing open-source developers to the limit
The modern world depends on open-source software maintained by volunteers, but the added demands of checking and fixing AI-written submissions are causing some to burn out and quit
The Infosec Phrasebook
Spend enough time around security people and you pick up a second vocabulary. It has a faintly military air and a noticeable per-syllable markup on vendor invoices.