President Donald Trump’s racist social media post featuring former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted after a backlash from both Republicans and Democrats who criticized the video as offensive. ...
My elderly mum has a Roku Express attached to a dumb 1080p TV, but it's experiencing ever more frequent "insufficient power" failures and she's thinking of buying a new one. ...
What's the alternative closest to the completeness of Instander at the moment? I have been using the last version of Instander still supporting v7a which is v16.0 for many years now and as it seems there is a chance it will finally stop working soon.
The Trevor Project, known for its hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, received $45 million from billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025, the organization said Monday. ...
I think that this would be great, since source code auditing would provide insight into anti-consumer additions like malicious backdoors, hidden spyware capabilities, unintended vulnerabilities, etc. However, this could be very bad if this passes and then escalates to mandatory source code modification at the request of a ...
In the old car, it was an analog system. These systems are digital in newer cars. So while you may get a knob or button, it's still sending digital signals. That's why there's no distinction when you turn the knob, because there literally isn't a distinction.
Not like I can watch movies on the thing, bub. It's navigation and 99% of the time my audiobook player. Which, guess what, I control from my steering wheel. And it's an audiobook. What's there to be distracted by?
I had the exact same thoughts when I first started seeing this story pop up on my news feeds. Like, this person will see the inside of a prison cell for this, especially given the type of content hosted and the current make-up of the Justice Dept. What they did was, quite literally, cyber-terrorism. Hope it was worth it, I guess, given that these sites are all back online now like it never happened.
So... Is this a good thing? Bad thing? Gut reaction says that probably not the greatest for GOG, being detached from a huge publisher like CD Projekt probably isn't great for a niche marketplace. In their faqs it states that GOG had a strong year financially but they would of course bill it that way. The question about why the ...
US senator Bernie Sanders amplified his recent criticism of artificial intelligence on Sunday, explicitly linking the financial ambition of “the richest people in the world” to economic insecurity for millions of Americans – and calling for a potential moratorium on new datacenters. ...
That took gov't intervention. Corps certainly didn't choose to stop using those ozone-damaging products out of the collective goodness of their hearts. The current gov't either doesn't have the spine or has no desire whatsoever, depending on which side you're talking about.
If they consolidated it all into a streaming service that was 30, even 40 bucks a month, I'd seriously consider it. Provided it was ad-free at that price point.
An engineer got curious about how his iLife A11 smart vacuum worked and monitored the network traffic coming from the device. That’s when he noticed it was constantly sending logs and telemetry data to the manufacturer — something he hadn't consented to. The user, Harishankar, decided to block the telemetry servers' IP ...
Why do you people oppose using a proper adblocker so hard? Know what I had to agree to in order to read the article? Nothing. No ads, no cookie popups, just a clean website. Learn how to browse the web in 2025 before you complain, please.
Hard to blame the Amazon worker though, they don't get paid enough to care.
That's where you're wrong. If they don't get paid enough to care, they need to find employment somewhere that they'll actually do the job they're being paid to do.
Tesla Robotaxis Reportedly Crashing at a Rate That's 4x Higher Than Humans ( gizmodo.com )
Self-driving cars are often marketed as safer than human drivers, but new data suggests that may not always be the case. ...
Microsoft's Notepad Got Pwned (They Added AI To It, So...) ( foss-daily.org )
Remember when Notepad was just… Notepad? A simple text editor nobody asked to be modernized? ...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters— Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism ( www.theguardian.com )
Trump’s racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash despite White House earlier defending it ( apnews.com )
President Donald Trump’s racist social media post featuring former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted after a backlash from both Republicans and Democrats who criticized the video as offensive. ...
Archive.is/today down?
Both pages show me only a captcha, and if I solve it they just show me another one. Is there a working alternative?
Trump Sues IRS, Treasury for $10 Billion for Tax-Return Leak ( www.bloomberg.com )
Morale is plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports ( www.independent.co.uk )
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US warns they will send fighter jets into Canadian airspace if F-35 deal doesn’t go through | The Independent ( www.independent.co.uk )
Nurses Union calls ICE agents a "public health threat" after Alex Pretti killing ( www.motherjones.com )
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Replacement for Roku?
My elderly mum has a Roku Express attached to a dumb 1080p TV, but it's experiencing ever more frequent "insufficient power" failures and she's thinking of buying a new one. ...
Instander will stop working..
What's the alternative closest to the completeness of Instander at the moment? I have been using the last version of Instander still supporting v7a which is v16.0 for many years now and as it seems there is a chance it will finally stop working soon.
Hartford investigating after apparent federal employees deploy pepper spray, drive through protesters, mayor says ( www.boston.com )
The Trevor Project receives $45M from MacKenzie Scott after difficult years and federal funding cuts ( apnews.com )
The Trevor Project, known for its hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, received $45 million from billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025, the organization said Monday. ...
India proposes forcing smartphone makers to give source code in security overhaul ( www.reuters.com )
I think that this would be great, since source code auditing would provide insight into anti-consumer additions like malicious backdoors, hidden spyware capabilities, unintended vulnerabilities, etc. However, this could be very bad if this passes and then escalates to mandatory source code modification at the request of a ...
Epic Games Store Users Have Grown by 173% in Six Years, But Revenue Only by 1.6% ( www.eteknix.com )
Cloudflare defies Italy’s Piracy Shield, won’t block websites on 1.1.1.1 DNS ( arstechnica.com )
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Finland: For the first time, a Russian grey-zone sabotage relying on unclear responsibility was exposed by enforcement rather than inference, making the shield protecting hybrid warfare disappear ( euromaidanpress.com )
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Volkswagen shifts back to physical buttons on dashboards ( www.semafor.com )
Volkswagen will restore physical buttons to the dashboard in its latest compact car, part of a wider move away from touchscreens. ...
Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference ( techcrunch.com )
PlayStation 5 Jailbreak Rumors Have Caused A Star Wars Game to Increase 1000% in Price ( insider-gaming.com )
NVIDIA GeForce NOW adds a 100-hour monthly playtime cap for all subscribers ( videocardz.com )
All Delisted Steam Games ( delistedgames.com )
GOG is Getting Acquired By Its Original Co- Founder: What It Means For You ( www.gog.com )
So... Is this a good thing? Bad thing? Gut reaction says that probably not the greatest for GOG, being detached from a huge publisher like CD Projekt probably isn't great for a niche marketplace. In their faqs it states that GOG had a strong year financially but they would of course bill it that way. The question about why the ...
Bernie Sanders criticizes AI as ‘the most consequential technology in humanity’ ( www.theguardian.com )
US senator Bernie Sanders amplified his recent criticism of artificial intelligence on Sunday, explicitly linking the financial ambition of “the richest people in the world” to economic insecurity for millions of Americans – and calling for a potential moratorium on new datacenters. ...
Florida man kills wife, shoots stepdaughter after fight over NFL game: Don't shoot me' ( www.usatoday.com )
UK to “encourage” Apple and Google to put nudity-blocking systems on phones ( arstechnica.com )
Online Piracy Can Boost Box Office Revenue, Study Suggests ( torrentfreak.com )
Meta was one of the few US companies doing Open-Source AI, now they're stopping it. ( qz.com )
A closeup look of Betelgeuse a red supergiant 650 light years away from Earth
Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline ( www.tomshardware.com )
An engineer got curious about how his iLife A11 smart vacuum worked and monitored the network traffic coming from the device. That’s when he noticed it was constantly sending logs and telemetry data to the manufacturer — something he hadn't consented to. The user, Harishankar, decided to block the telemetry servers' IP ...
Building the PERFECT Linux PC with Linus Torvalds ( www.youtube.com )
A 76-Year-Old Gamer Plays Much Better Than Most of You, Takes Out an Entire Opposing Team in Counter-Strike ( mein-mmo.de )
Busted box inside of a pristine Amazon box
See box that looks like it's 3/4 ripped in half from stacking damage: ...