Zohran Mamdani hints he will continue taking on delivery apps like Uber Eats and DoorDash
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the city's crackdown on delivery apps like DoorDash and Uber Eats is working.
This free font can trick AI scrapers into swallowing gibberish instead of your content
A Brazilian creative studio called Seneda & Abrucio has teamed up with Playtype, a Copenhagen-based type foundry, to build something that doesn't rely on asking nicely to...
China Crosses Energy Milestone as Coal Falls Below 50% of Power
Less than half of China’s electricity came from coal in the first six months of the year for the first time, a symbolic milestone in the country’s shift toward
BMW Is Showing Full-Screen Ads on Its Cars' Main Dashboard Control Display
On July 27, 2026, BMW began delivering a full-screen Spider-Man: Brand New Day movie advertisement to the dashboard Control Display (the car's main center screen...
Sony doubles down. Only responds to their investors, not the consumers. I've never bought a digital console title. That will continue.
The era of physical games for PlayStation players is officially coming to an end.
Dario Amodei's stance on open weights is self-serving and short-sighted
Leaders are often conflicted people. Marcus Aurelius wrote about the common humanity of all rational beings in "Meditations" while commanding invasions. Abraham Lincoln thought of slavery as morally wrong, yet his "pa...
Apple stockpiles inventory as it braces for ‘significant supply constraints’
Apple is worried enough about supply shortages that it reported about $11.1 billion in inventory, which is almost double the $5.7 billion it reported last September.
EPIC and the National Institute for Workers’ Rights Release White Paper on Algorithmic Unionbusting
Washington, D.C. — Today, EPIC and the National Institute for Workers' Rights (NIWR) released a white paper titled Who's Got the Power? Restoring Worker Power in the Age of Algorithmic Unionbusting, documenting how empl…
Reddit stock tumbles the most on record as lack of new AI deals, US daily users metric disappoints
Reddit shares plunged the most on record on Friday after US daily users, lack of new AI deal announcements dissapointed investors.
Flock misread license plates in 71% of the alerts it sent to police in one California town
Flock sent 1,427 alerts to Roseville police over two years, flagging cars as stolen or used in a felony. In 71% of them, Flock read the plates wrong.
PricewaterhouseCoopers just got caught trying to pass AI slop as authentic research
The AI hallucinations were confirmed by multiple leading publications, including the Financial Times. The so-called "Thought Leadership" reports were intended to articulate PwC's insights into some of...
U.S President FCC faces blowback in attempt to police speech on broadcast TV: “Chilling message to all broadcasters: carry speech we don’t …
Chilling message to all broadcasters: carry speech we don’t like at your peril."
The Bayeux Tapestry: how optical techniques have let this artwork come home
Honor Powrie celebrates the optical techniques that have digitized, restored and protected the Bayeux Tapestry
Just found out tracking pixels have a 3-5x 60 days ROI
Tracking pixels undercount conversions 20-40% due to ad blockers and Safari ITP. Learn how pixels work, when they fail, and server-side alternatives for 2026.
Self-Host Weekly (31 July 2026)
Over the last year, exploring and digesting content for this newsletter has become more demanding than ever. My content submission form receives upwards of 25+ submissions a day (keep them coming!), and controversial to…
Company Offering Printed Books to Train AI Stops After 404 Media Coverage
Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of market interest."
Flock cameras are getting mobbed | CNN
From coast to coast, Americans across the political spectrum have been taking official or vigilante action against the always-on, searchable camera network.
New York Has Sued Kalshi for Running Illegal Gambling Operation
NEW YORK – New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James today announced that New York has sued KalshiEX, LLC (Kalshi) for running an
Microsoft confirms an AI worm is propagating through Copilot and other MS apps | CSO Online
Although there are a few ways to mitigate the risk, the only way to block it is to get AI to differentiate instructions from data, which is impossible today.
Online scams cost Americans almost $150B last year – 7x more than reported
The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) estimates that online scams cost Americans almost $150 billion last year – seven times...
I just released my first fully free Android game: Wandering Alchemist (GPS walking game)
An ad-free offline GPS foraging RPG. Walk, collect resources, and brew potions.
Anthropic's Claude AI escapes tests to hack three organisations
It comes just days after rival OpenAI said rogue AI agents had breached other firms' networks.
‘I messed up’: In rough job market, tech founder offered tattoos for interviews
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Open Source isn't enought, we need governance
What if the apps we use were owned by the people who use them? A dive into platform cooperatives, the internet we could have, and why open source and open protocols alone aren't enough.
White House Calls for Science Funding Shake-Up
A new OSTP report recommends channeling funding to researchers with big ideas, not elite universities.
ASML shares plunge following reports of Chinese breakthrough in chip manufacturing. China has begun producing advanced chip manufacturing e…
China is begonnen met de productie van geavanceerde chipmachines, dezelfde apparatuur waarmee ASML groot is geworden. De berichtgeving van technieuwssite The Information had direct gevolgen op de beurs: de Nederlandse c…
Anthropic says Claude AI hacked 3 companies during cyber tests
In a review of our cybersecurity evaluation transcripts, we found three incidents in which a Claude model reached the internet from within or while interacting with a third-party evaluation environment, and then gained …
We Gave GPT 5.6 Sol a Real Business. It Lied, Spammed, and Lost $447.
If an agent had a wallet, a computer, and 24 hours, could it run a profitable startup?
Exploring the "Dario and Amanda" Prompt | Alec Armbruster - 'Claude Opus 5 may have just leaked a trove of private 2024–2025 chat logs from…
Principal software engineer with deep experience in full-stack TypeScript, custom web browsers and real-time, media-focused systems.
Tim Cook sees Apple’s hybrid AI strategy as a ‘competitive weapon’: Apple emphasizes that much of its AI suite — Apple Intelligence — can b…
Ahead of the launch of Siri AI, Apple's outgoing CEO Tim Cook said the company will charge for artificial intelligence through iCloud.
Anthropic says its own AI models breached three companies during security tests
After OpenAI's models broke into Hugging Face, Anthropic checked its own history and found three similar incidents
Russian man buys $1,100 RTX 5070 Ti and gets a water bottle instead
A Russian man who spent roughly $1,100 on an RTX 5070 Ti avoided a costly mistake by opening the sealed box before leaving the pickup point.
Friend Is Back With a New AI Pendant, and Its Marketing Is More Depressing Than Ever
If AI is going to help mitigate human loneliness, this sure is an odd way to show it.
Navidrome can do lyrics now - but how?
Navidrome 0.63 brings a long-awaited upgrade to lyrics: full support for synced sidecar lyrics in multiple formats (TTML, ELRC, SRT, YAML and LRC), including word-by-word karaoke timing and multi-v...
Netflix Sued For $105 Million After Hard Drive of Unreleased Nicolas Cage Movie Was Stolen From Its Office
The lawsuit faults Netflix for losing a drive that contained a copy of World War II thriller 'Fortitude.' The company maintains it's not responsible for the loss of the movie, which it says was delivered "without proper…
The Programming Tourist
My first introduction to programming was the blue screen of Quick Basic — bear with me, there is a point to this, I promise. My first real introduction to programming was C++, using the Eclipse IDE, in an introductory C…
Read This Before You Buy That TV Streaming Stick
Security experts have been sounding the alarm for years about the risks of using generic TV boxes that promise unlimited content streaming for a one-time fee, warning that they secretly rent the user's Internet connecti…
A major Windows 11 UI redesign is coming, Microsoft is dumping legacy code for WinUI
Microsoft confirms Windows 11's File Explorer Properties dialog is a real WinUI rebuild, and more legacy dialogs are moving to WinUI next.
How to Get Into Tech For Free: UK & Global Apprenticeships
Discover how UK and global technical apprenticeships let you get into tech for free while gaining hands-on experience and earning a wage.
Some people's chats with Claude AI found publicly available online
Hundreds of conversations with Anthropic’s chatbot were discovered as being publicly accessible.
Be careful downloading Windows 11 apps from Google, 70+ fake sites are pushing malware right now
Over 70 Windows apps, including PowerToys and CrystalDiskMark, have fake lookalike sites distributing malware. See the full list to avoid.
ChatGPT and Roblox will be subject to tighter rules in the EU. They will be added to the EU’s ‘very large online platform’ VLOP list, subje…
Bloomberg says ChatGPT and Roblox will soon be added to the EU’s ‘very large online platform’ list, which subjects them to stricter rules.
Why too much time online makes us unhappy
If youâre feeling grumpy or stressed at work, school or in your relationships, you may be spending too much time online. Hereâs what you can do next.
NaviDash — A lightweight self-hosted start page with a free-form canvas
Contribute to wtfllix/navidash development by creating an account on GitHub.
It’s official: Data centers are slowing America’s shift away from coal
New federal data shows that AI demand helped push U.S. power sector emissions up last year.
Colorado River crisis threatens water supply, hydropower for millions
With seven Colorado River Basin states unable to agree on how to divide the river’s water, the federal Bureau of Reclamation is expected to step in and decide for them.
photon selfhosted lemmy client is absolutely nice
A faster, prettier, and nicer fediverse client. Contribute to Xyphyn/photon development by creating an account on GitHub.
South Korean Authorities Scrambling to Save Stock Market From AI Bubble
The Korean government is weighing measures to save the Korean Exchange as a massive financial panic spreads throughout the country.
Google goes cash flow negative for the first time as AI data center buildout increases capex to a staggering $44.9 billion in a single quar…
The company raised its 2026 spending guidance to as much as $205 billion and quadrupled its inventory to $10 billion.
Anthropic’s New AI Model Can Identify More Software Bugs Than Ever. Microsoft Is Struggling to Fix Them Fast Enough.
Anthropic’s Mythos has flagged bugs faster than Microsoft can fix them. Documents reviewed by ProPublica reveal the tech giant's “mad dash” behind the scenes to patch holes before hackers can find and exploit them.