DI.DAY is a Movement to Encourage People to Ditch Big Tech
A new day for privacy advocates to look forward to.
Building OpenWatch: an open-source alternative to YouTube
An open-source alternative to YouTube. Contribute to openwatch-app/openwatch development by creating an account on GitHub.
Anna's Archive Loses .PM Domain, Adds Greenland (.GL) Backup
Anna's Archive has lost yet another domain name as legal pressure on the shadow library continues to mount.
A new bill in New York would require disclaimers on AI-generated news content
A new bill in the New York state legislature would require news organizations to label AI-generated material and mandate that humans review any such content before publication. On Monday, Senator Patricia Fahy (D-AlbanyâŚ
Europe Accuses TikTok of âAddictive Designâ and Pushes for Change
European Union regulators said the appâs infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to âcompulsiveâ behavior, especially among children.
TikTok's 'Addictive Design' Found to Be Illegal in Europe in breach of the Digital Services Act
Today, the European Commission preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act for its addictive design.
Windscribe alleges warrantless seizure of VPN server by Dutch authorities
Windscribe VPN has alleged that local authorities in the Netherlands seized one of its servers without a warrant, sparking concerns about procedural overreach and potential implications for user privacy. The incident waâŚ
Xbox is planning a summer release for Halo remake and a late 2026 launch for Gears of War E-Day according to a new report
A new report claims that Halo: Campaign Evolved and Gears of War E-Day have set release windows, and the Fallout 3 Remake is in "active development".
Japanese Developer Behind Tech That Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki Called an 'Insult to Life Itself' to Release Cosy God Sim Game - IGN
A machine learning animation technology from the same creator whose work was infamously shot down by Studio Ghibliâs Hayao Miyazaki in a viral video almost 10 years ago, will be used in a new evolution/god-sim game comiâŚ
Self-Host Weekly (6 February 2026)
Jellyfin <3 Samsung, beating a dead lobster, and the birth of a self-hosted meme
Interview with a âJust use a VPSâ bro (OpenClaw version)
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What police surveillance technology looks like in Cleveland
Video cameras and license plate readers are just some of the surveillance tools Cleveland police are using across the city.
Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder
: The end isn't nigh after all
Privacy vs. Profit: The Impact of Google's Manifest Version 3 (MV3) Update on Ad Blocker Effectiveness
Authors: Karlo Lukic (Goethe University Frankfurt), Lazaros Papadopoulos (Goethe University Frankfurt)
A Baldur's Gate HBO series is in the works, will be set directly after Baldur's Gate 3 with new and returning characters
Craig Mazin, co-creator of HBO's Last of Us series, is at the helm, reports Deadline.
Why Cops Frequently Got Caught Planting Drugs in 2017 | Look. All technology comes with a learning curve.
Look. All technology comes with a learning curve.
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup: 0.34 âDoomed Geometriesâ has been released (+ tournament announcement)
We are pleased to announce the release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup: 0.34 âDoomed Geometriesâ!
FBI controversial smartphone sting operation led to nearly 800 arrests in 16 countries
A major sting operation overseen by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) led to 28 arrests in Estonia, while at least one suspect is still on the run.
AWS intruder pulled off AI-assisted cloud break-in in 8 mins
UPDATED: LLMs automated most phases of the attack
'How Resident Evil 2 For The N64 Kept Its FMV Cutscenes' - Hackaday
Originally released for the Sony PlayStation in 1998, Resident Evil 2 came on two CDs and used 1.2 GB in total. Of this, full-motion video (FMV) cutscenes took up most of the space, as was rather câŚ
Epstein files leak personal passwords including #1Island and ghislaine
A massive security failure by the U.S. Department of Justice has exposed active passwords for Jeffrey Epsteinâs personal accounts.
FF7 on Steam Is Being Replaced (And Your Saves Wonât Carry Over)
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Recreating uncensored Epstein PDFs from raw encoded attachments
There have been a lot of complaints about both the competency and the logic behind the latest Epstein archive release by the DoJ: from censoring the names of co-conspirators to censoring pictures oâŚ
Amazon misses 4Q profit estimates despite better-than expected growth in cloud computing business
Amazon sales surged 14% during the fourth quarter, helped by strong holiday spending and a better-than-expected growth in its prominent cloud computing unit.
Three Decades Of ReactOS
Over the past couple of years with the Jennyâs Daily Drivers series, weâve looked at a number of unusual or noteworthy operating systems. Among them has been ReactOS, an open source cloâŚ
TIL that Adobe doesn't just sell expensive software. They also do research
Look into the future of innovation at Adobe Research
This Tool Searches the Epstein Files For Your LinkedIn Contacts
EpsteInâas in, Epstein and LinkedInâsearches your connections on the social network for names that match those in the released files.
Timberborn - 1.0 release date and lore trailer
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European Commission Trials Matrix to Replace Microsoft Teams
The Matrix protocol is being lined up as a sovereign backup to Microsoft Teams
Unsealed Court Documents Show Teen Addiction Was Big Tech's "Top Priority"
New documents show the tactics Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok execs used to disrupt learning, prey on minors, and co-opt the PTA to control the narrative with parents WASHINGTON, DC â Today, The Tech Oversight Project pâŚ
TIL: Besides offering a free compromised email check, haveibeenpwned.com also offers a free password compromise checking service (It's alsoâŚ
Pwned Passwords is a huge corpus of previously breached passwords made freely available to help services block them from being used again.
Horizon Hunters Gathering - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games
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Orbitals â Nintendo Direct Trailer
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Bethesda x Nintendo Switch⢠2 â Oblivion, Fallout 4, and Indiana Jones Coming to Switch 2
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FCC Fast-Tracks SpaceX's Plan for 1M Satellites. And It Wants Your Thoughts
Usually, the commission takes weeks or months to respond to a filing, but it kicked off a public comment period for SpaceX's orbital data center plan in just a few days.
How ICE is watching you: A rundown of some of the tech the government is deploying to identify and spy on us
Once delivered via text message â no link required â Paragonâs spyware gains broad access to a phoneâs contents, including encrypted messages.
Steam Hardware: Launch timing and other FAQs - Steam News
Answering some of your most-asked questions about Steam HW
âIn the end, you feel blankâ: Indiaâs female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies
Voxtral Transcribe 2: transcribes at the speed of sound
Precision diarization, real-time transcription, and a new audio playground.
LLM's poisoned with sleeper agent backdoors is the latest fun security threat to worry about
: It's a threat straight out of sci-fi, and fiendishly hard to detect
Waymo raises massive $16 billion round at $126 billion valuation, plans expansion to 20+ cities
Waymo just closed a $16 billion funding round at a $126 billion valuation, the largest investment ever in an autonomous...
TSMC to make advanced 3nm chips in Japan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) will produce 3 nanometer chips at its second, still-under-construction plant in Kumamoto, Japan, the company announced Thursday.
Was there censorship on TikTok after the U.S. takeover?
A TikTok outage more likely explains recent anomalies â thereâs no evidence of larger platform changes so far.
ICE seeks industry input on ad tech location data for investigative useâ RFI signals growing interest in ad tech platforms that collect devâŚ
(ICE) is surveying the commercial advertising technology market for tools capable of supplying location data and large scale analytics.
Addicted to the algorithm: New research exposes how Big Tech lobbies to keep us hooked on social media
As the European Commission prepares a new Digital Fairness Act (DFA) to tackle addictive design of social media and other harmful digital practices, new research by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) reveals intense lobâŚ
"This game is my apocalypse" - A thoughtful review of Terra Nil from a Solarpunk's perspective
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Union leaders have a message for Newsom: Regulate AI if you want to be president
The governor will need workers and unions in 2028. They are trying to push him to the left on AI â even as business interest push the other way.
Tear gas and pepper spray can have lasting health effects
The chemicals are widely used for crowd control, but their long-term health risks are poorly understood.
Microsoft releases urgent Office patch. Russian-state hackers pounce.
The window to patch vulnerabilities is shrinking rapidly.
Intel announced plans to start making GPUs, challenging NVIDIA's dominance
Intel has been bulking up a team to focus on this effort and will develop its GPU strategy around customer needs.