RIP Discord: Self-Hosted Discord Alternatives Tested (TeamSpeak, Stoat, Fluxer, Matrix, & More)
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Hacked data shines light on homeland security’s AI surveillance ambitions
Records show DHS tech incubator spending large sums on partnerships that would expand surveillance capabilities
Google Korea union warns of strike over stalled talks
Google Korea union warns of strike over stalled talks
He was a perfect hire — until a U.S. company exposed him as a likely North Korean operative
He was a perfect hire — until a U.S. company exposed him as a likely North Korean operative.
Tennessee grandmother wrongly jailed for six months, latest victim of AI-driven misidentification — facial recognition is jailing the wrong…
Angela Lipps spent nearly six months behind bars after AI software misidentified her. She's at least the ninth American it's happened to.
‘Pokémon Go’ players have been unknowingly training delivery robots
The massive crowdsourcing effort could use real-world to help robots deliver pizza.
Teens using AI meal plans could be eating too few calories — equivalent to skipping a meal
AI models generate meal plans that get necessary calories and macronutrients wrong, posing potential health risks to teenagers trying to lose weight
VoidAuth Release v1.10.0 - Declared OIDC Clients and Passkey Management
What's Changed Features 🚀 Unix Socket Connections for Postgres DB by @repomaa in #303 Environment Variable and Container Label Declared OIDC Clients by @MrNavaStar in #288 Passkey Management by @n...
Pokemon tree of life
To celebrate 30 years of catching ’em all, discover the parallels between the Pokemon universe and our own.
Asset reuse in videogames is essential, and we need to embrace it, says Assassin's Creed and Far Cry director: 'We redo too much stuff'
Is that developer actually lazy for leaning on an old reload animation, or are they simply smart?
The RAM crisis could completely change how developers make video games
Developers at GDC 2026 shared a common anxiety
Self-hosting a crypto portfolio tracker with exchange API integrations
通过 BTC66.ME 注册顶级交易所，享受专属交易手续费返佣优惠。一站式对比12+交易所。
49MB download: one NYTimes webpage
A look at modern news websites. How programmatic ad-tech, huge payloads and hostile architecture destroyed the reading experience.
Harmony - Yet Another Discord Alternative
A self-hosted, open-source messaging platform with text, voice, and screen sharing. - Harmony-Messenger/Harmony-Frontend
20 Years of Amazon S3: The Golden Cage of the Cloud Era
On March 14, 2006, Amazon S3 launched with two operations. Today, the service stores 500 trillion objects and is the industry standard – controlled by AWS.
Goodbye Google - I self-host everything now on 4 tiny PCs in a 3D printed rack (CaptainRedsLab)
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The small tech neighborhood
Building and supporting sustainable small tech on a human scale
Meet the AI rapper funded by a far-right party— Advance UK has hired the mystery ‘collective’ behind Danny Bones, a white-nationalist music…
Advance UK has hired the mystery ‘collective’ behind Danny Bones, a white-nationalist musician and activist – who isn’t real
The Productivity Paradox: Why Technology Makes the Economy More Efficient But Most People No Richer
Every decade, technology makes us dramatically more productive. Every decade, GDP growth slows. These two facts should not coexist — and understanding why they do reveals the defining economic tension of our era.
The 7 Most Influential Papers in Computer Science History
This post celebrates influential papers that shaped technology and communication. Their foundational concepts inspire continued innovation, highlighting the importance of understanding our roots fo…
79% of smart dash cams we tested had security flaws and concerns, and in some cases they were breaking the law - Out of 28, only six didn't…
Out of 28, only six didn't have any concerns. Find out what problems we uncovered and how to keep your dash cam secure
A Fallout 4 QA tester nuked the RPG so hard that Zenimax executives got emails about it: "I was running around super-nuking the entire wast…
"I am professionally stupid in a way that a machine could not even dream of"
Federated Replies and Reactions in Madblog
Engage with the Web from plain text files
Intel Demos Chip To Compute With Encrypted Data
Intel's Heracles chip speeds up encrypted data processing by up to 5000 times.
China approves launch of world first brain-computer interface device
China could see brain-computer interface (BCI) technology move into practical public use within three to five years
Federal pilot program launches flying cars in 8 U.S. regions summer 2026
The federal government announced a new pilot program designed to get new kinds of ultralight vehicles and âeVTOLsâ up and running around the countryâeven if theyâre not fully FAA-certified.
'Icky and heartbreaking': The $2 per hour worker behind the OnlyFans boom
The BBC talks to a Philippines-based woman paid to pretend to be an OnlyFans star in online chats.
Baochip-1x: What it is, why I'm doing it now and how it came about
As a subscriber to the “Dabao” campaign, you’re already aware of the Baochip-1x. This update fills in the backstory of what it is, why I’m doing it now, and how it came about.
AI Agents Can Autonomously Coordinate Propaganda Campaigns Without Human Direction
The findings carry stark implications for elections, public health, and anyone who relies on social media for information
How Switzerland could shape the chip industry’s power balance
Swiss-based RISC-V open-source movement frees chip designers from extra cost and restrictions.
“ChatGPT said this” Is Lazy
When you paste ChatGPT’s response instead of your own feedback, you’re not being helpful. You’re being lazy and creating more work for everyone.
Ford, Take Note: Classic Pickup Becomes The EV We Want
Ford does sell an electric pickup, but not very many of them. We can’t say for sure, but it’s possible that if the F150 Lightning had the classic cool of [ScottenMotors] 1977 F150 Super…
New ‘negative light’ technology hides data transfers in plain sight
Researchers have developed a ‘negative luminescence’ system to create an innovative way of sending hidden information.
Three more AI psychoses
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Cambodia aims to shut down all online scam centers within weeks
Cambodia says it is close to shutting down all online scam centers operating in the Southeast Asian country.
Arc Raiders Has Started Replacing AI Voices With Human Ones
Embark's CEO says 'most' of the in-game voice lines are now recorded by real actors
Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core - Early Access Release Date Trailer
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Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company
GFiber and Astound to merge with Alphabet selling majority stake to Stonepeak.
Xbox just revealed Gaming Copilot is coming to "current-generation consoles" later this year
"We will continue to bring it to more services that players are playing"
The surreal joy of having an overprovisioned homelab (2025) - from Anubis creator
Stand-up comedy about having a homelab.
Firefox’s new AI ‘Smart Window’ (only in beta builds so far) surprises reviewer by unexpectedly handing browsing history to 3rd party hoste…
Firefox's new AI-powered 'Smart Window' feature is taking shape in development builds – I gave it a hands on in the latest v149.0b7 beta (on macOS).
Instagram is getting rid of end-to-end encrypted DMs that ‘very few’ people used
E2EE has become a target of federal regulators.
AI bot spam
Digg is going away again, but Kevin Rose is coming back.
Rubenerd: Using Thunderbird for RSS
It adds RSS to my primary communications application, which works great.
Digg Shut Down Again
Thanks for being part of our beta. Stay tuned for what comes next.
TIL : Mount Olympus is the highest planetary mountain in our solar system (21.28km or 69,840ft)
Olympus Mons (/əˌlɪmpəs ˈmɒnz, oʊ-/;[5] Latin for 'Mount Olympus') is a large shield volcano on Mars. As measured by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), it is 21.1 kilometres (69,000 ft)[3] or, more precisely, 21.2…
Human Rights and Health Groups(including Amnesty) Urge Hospitals Not to Use Palantir Software and Demand That NHS England Cancels the Contr…
This briefing document outlines the key concerns regarding the involvement of Palantir Technologies in NHS data infrastructure and operations, including via their delivery of the FDP.
Biological computer with real human neurons learns to shoot in Doom
Australian biotech startup Cortical Labs claims have successfully programmed living human neurons to play the cult-classic 1993 video game Doom.