Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows
App is installed through Windows Update when certain LG monitors connect to a PC.
Defcon's new badge is a security key you can see inside
A removable chip lets hackers inspect their badge—and keep using it after Defcon.
Sony Q1 FY2026 results - 37% increase in profits thanks to US tariff refunds - No planned refunds to customers
PlayStation saw "essentially flat" sales in Q1 FY2026 due to decreased console sales, but saw a boost in profits thanks to US tariff refunds
Flock Cameras Got the Wrong License Plate 71% of the Time in California City
Good thing we're passing along so much responsibility to these systems.
AI labels to be compulsory on authentic-looking content under EU rules
Companies must ensure people know when they are interacting with artificially generated images, audio and text designed to look real
FANTASTIC video on configuring Openwrt VLANs
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FANTASTIC video on configuring Openwrt VLANs
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Sweeping cyberattack on water systems in multiple states has US officials on edge
Hackers have targeted water systems in several US states in a coordinated cyberattack that has caused some utilities to issue boil-water notices and switch to manual mode, taking their systems offline, according to US o…
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.
Send files between two devices using nothing but a screen and a camera
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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...
Rep. Thomas Massie Announces Federal Bill to Defund Flock Surveillance Cameras - Don't Flock
25 July 2026. Representative Thomas Massie announced that he will introduce a federal bill to withhold federal money from municipalities and police departments that deploy Flock-style automated license plate reader
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.
95-Year-Old William Shatner Reacts to His Life in Photos with Daughter Melanie: ‘Star Trek’ & More
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Star Trek Colony vs Starbase | Certifiably Ingame
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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
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man (Odyssey review)
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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…
Emily Wilson, whose recent translation of The Odyssey was cited as inspiration, trashed the film in a 4,000 word review.
Emily Wilson used baffling arguments to flay Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s poem.
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.
EU commission mastodon account says right to repair is going to be real in EU with parts available up to 10 years
Attached: 1 image Your phone breaks. Your washing machine gives up. Somehow, buying new seems cheaper than repairing. The EU is making the Right to Repair the new standard in Europe. ✅Repairs must be offered even after…
Decades after it was lost, original 'Star Trek' USS Enterprise model found and restored
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‘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…
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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 was having FOMO with OpenAI getting all the attention so they let Claude out to play
Company says it discovered unauthorized access during âproactive reviewâ after rival OpenAI revealed rogue agent
computer simulated female
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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.