OldVersion.com Archive Facing Shutdown Due to Financing Issues - Finding older versions of particular software can be a real chore, all too often o... - https://hackaday.com/2025/11/07/oldversion-com-archive-facing-shutdown-due-to-financing-issues/ #softwarepreservation #digitalpreservation #softwarehacks #news
Grand Theft Auto 6 delayed again until November 2026 - The most anticipated video game of all time receives a second official delay from makers ... - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwypgvd9j8qo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
The Water-Cooled PS3 Sony Never Made - The Playstation 3 had a dizzying number of variants from its first launch in 2006 ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/11/06/the-water-cooled-ps3-sony-never-made/ #playstationhacks #playstation3 #watercooling #3dprint #3dscan
Tesla Investors Back Musk’s Trillion Dollar Payday - Shareholders approved a plan to grant Mr. Musk shares worth nearly $1 trillion if he meet... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/business/elon-musk-tesla-pay-vote.html #driverlessandsemiautonomousvehicles #internal-open-access-from-nl #electricandhybridvehicles #highnetworthindividuals #recordsandachievements #executivecompensation #boardsofdirectors #robotsandrobotics #teslamotorsinc #stocksandbonds #denholmrobyn #muskelon #texas
Google Removed 749 Million Anna's Archive URLs From Its Search Results - Google has delisted over 749 million URLs from Anna's Archive, a shadow library an... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/11/05/0018255/google-removed-749-million-annas-archive-urls-from-its-search-results?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #piracy
No Easy Fix for Easy A’s - Harvard is worried about going soft. Specifically, about grade inflation, the name for gi... - https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/11/grade-inflation-college-fix/684808/?utm_source=feed
OpenAI completes shift to becoming for-profit - The deal will see long term investor Microsoft retain a 27% stake in the ChatGPT-maker. - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgv38py7ewo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Pi Zero Powers A Little Indoor Rover - Not every robot has to be big. Sometimes, you can build something fun that’s bette... - https://hackaday.com/2025/11/02/pi-zero-powers-a-little-indoor-rover/ #robotshacks #raspberrypi #rover #pi
Google To Offer Free Gemini AI Pro, 2TB Storage To India's 505 Million Reliance Jio Users - Google will offer 18-month free access to its Gemini AI service for all 505 millio... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/30/1457216/google-to-offer-free-gemini-ai-pro-2tb-storage-to-indias-505-million-reliance-jio-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #google
AWS outage strikes again — colossal internet breakdown for the second time in days, Zoom, Starbucks, and Capital One all affected - There's another AWS outage.
... - https://www.tomshardware.com/news/live/aws-outage-strikes-again-colossal-internet-breakdown-strikes-again #techindustry
Nearly 90% of Windows Games Now Run on Linux, Latest Data Shows - Nearly nine in ten Windows games can now run on Linux systems, according to data f... - https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/10/28/206219/nearly-90-of-windows-games-now-run-on-linux-latest-data-shows?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #linux
Elon Musk's Grokipedia launches, filled to the brim with plagiarism and AI slop - Scratch Grokipedia and Wikipedia bleeds What do you do if you're the richest man on Earth... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/10/28/elon_musks_grokipedia_launches/
First Shape Found That Can't Pass Through Itself - Mathematicians have identified the first shape that cannot pass through itself. Ja... - https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/10/27/1749229/first-shape-found-that-cant-pass-through-itself?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #math
Pitchfork Is Beta Testing User Reviews and Comments As It Approaches 30 - As it nears its 30th anniversary, Pitchfork is testing user reviews and comments i... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/22/2030236/pitchfork-is-beta-testing-user-reviews-and-comments-as-it-approaches-30?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #music
Should We Edit Nature to Help It Survive Climate Change? - A recent article in Noema magazines explores the issues in "editing nature to fix ... - https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/10/20/0514246/should-we-edit-nature-to-help-it-survive-climate-change?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #biotech
Reddit Mod Warns 'Do Not Trust' AI-Powered 'Reddit Answers' After It Posts Dangerous Health Advice - In Reddit's "Family Medicine" subreddit, a moderator noticed earlier this week tha... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/18/086208/reddit-mod-warns-do-not-trust-ai-powered-reddit-answers-after-it-posts-dangerous-health-advice?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #social
Ruby Central tries to make peace after 'hostile takeover' - Taps Ruby core to oversee RubyGems, Bundler Ruby Central, the non-profit that recently se... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/10/18/ruby_central_taps_ruby_core/
Apple, Samsung Report Underwhelming Sales of Their New Thin Smartphones - In two separate reports, Apple and Samsung are said to report underwhelming sales ... - https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/10/18/0213223/apple-samsung-report-underwhelming-sales-of-their-new-thin-smartphones?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #cellphones
Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference - A potential tragedy was narrowly averted at a Wikipedia conference in Manhattan wh... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/18/023257/wikipedia-volunteers-avert-tragedy-by-taking-down-gunman-at-conference?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #wikipedia
Common Yeast Can Survive Martian Conditions - A new study shows that common baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) can survive... - https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/10/15/032207/common-yeast-can-survive-martian-conditions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #mars
PVC Pipe Structure Design That Skips Additional Hardware - [Baptiste Marx] shares his take on designing emergency structures using PVC pipe i... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/12/pvc-pipe-structure-design-that-skips-additional-hardware/ #greenhacks #structural #salvaged #cintre #pvc
Discord says hackers stole government IDs of 70,000 users - Discord says that hackers made off with images of 70,000 use... - https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/10/discord-says-hackers-stole-government-ids-of-70000-users/ #ageverification #security #discord #privacy #biz #id
Discord says 70,000 photo IDs compromised in customer service breach - No word on why the outsourced supplier was storing this data in the first place Communica... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/10/09/discord_photo_ids_leaked/
Survey Shows Extent of Digital Device Use Among America's Youngest - A Pew Research Center survey, released today, found that TV remains the dominant s... - https://slashdot.org/story/25/10/08/1540225/survey-shows-extent-of-digital-device-use-among-americas-youngest?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai
Weaving Circuits from Electronic Threads - Though threading is a old concept in computer science, and fabric computing has b... - https://hackaday.com/2025/10/06/weaving-circuits-from-electronic-threads/ #flexiblecircuitboard #flexiblecircuits #wearablehacks #e-textiles #stm32duino #e-textile #knitting #wearable #weaving #thread #fiber #stm32
Best Amazon Prime Day Deals Live — The Best Tech & PC Hardware Deals on GPUs, CPUs, SSDs, and more - Here is live coverage of the best Amazon Prime Big Deals Da... - https://www.tomshardware.com/gift-guides-seasonal-sales/live/best-amazon-prime-day-deals-live-the-best-tech-and-pc-hardware-deals-on-gpus-cpus-ssds-and-more #giftguidesandseasonalsales
UK cops busted for faking productivity while working from home by holding down keys on keyboard — 26 officers and staff reportedly caught trying to trick keylogging software - Officers and staff are finding creative ways to trick the s... - https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/uk-cops-busted-for-faking-productivity-while-working-from-home-by-holding-down-keys-on-keyboard-26-officers-and-staff-reportedly-caught-trying-to-trick-keylogging-software #cybersecurity
Japan Saw Record Number Treated For Heatstroke in Hottest-Ever Summer - More than 100,000 people were sent to hospitals due to heatstroke in Japan between... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/02/0811215/japan-saw-record-number-treated-for-heatstroke-in-hottest-ever-summer?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #japan
Government issues new data demand for UK Apple users - It is the latest development in a privacy row which has pitted the UK against the tech gi... - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c740r0m4mzjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Improved 3D Printer Cannibalizes Two Older Printers - In the late 2010s, the Ender 3 printers were arguably the most popular line of 3D ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/30/improved-3d-printer-cannibalizes-two-older-printers/ #3dprinterhacks #kinematics #3dprinter #duender #corexy #ender3
Custom Windows 11 builder axes Microsoft's AI features, whack-a-moling Copilot, Outlook, and Teams — new Tiny11 Builder release should be Windows 11 25H2 ready - Windows bloat hater NTDEV has released an updated version o... - https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/custom-windows-11-builder-axes-microsofts-ai-features-whack-a-moling-copilot-outlook-and-teams-new-tiny11-builder-release-should-be-windows-11-25h2-ready #operatingsystems #software
Eight-year-old gaming PC with Nvidia GTX 1080 found in the trash room gets a second life — offered a substantial upgrade to the finder despite age - The old Enermax gaming PC still has a few years left in it.... - https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/gaming-pcs/eight-year-old-gaming-pc-with-nvidia-gtx-1080-found-in-the-trash-room-gets-a-second-life-offered-a-substantial-upgrade-to-the-finder-despite-age #gamingpcs #desktops
The Spectacular Comeback Tour of Ross Ulbricht, the Founder of Silk Road - Ross Ulbricht, who created the Silk Road dark web marketplace and was serving a life sent... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/technology/ross-ulbricht-silk-road-comeback.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #amnestiescommutationsandpardons #documentaryfilmsandprograms #presidentialelectionof2024 #audio-neutral-informative #computersandtheinternet #drugabuseandtraffic #ulbrichtrosswilliam #kraken(paywardinc)
CME Group and FanDuel partner for event contracts platform - Derivatives marketplace CME Group and gaming company FanDuel announced a new partn... - https://readwrite.com/cme-group-and-fanduel-partner-for-event-contracts-platform/ #gambling
One File, Six Formats: Just Change The Extension - Normally, if you change a file’s extension in Windows, it doesn’t do anything posi... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/08/one-file-six-formats-just-change-the-extension/ #softwarehacks #fileformats #fileformat #mp4 #pdf #png
Mistakenly sold NASA command trailer could be yours – for $199K - Former Space Shuttle support vehicle surfaces after surplus slip-up Space fans looking to... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/08/06/nasa_airstream_trailer/
DIY MP3 Player Inspired By The iPod - These days, the personal MP3 player has been largely replaced by the the smartphon... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/diy-mp3-player-inspired-by-the-ipod/ #digitalaudiohacks #mp3player #esp32 #ipod
A Modern Version of Famous, Classic Speaker - Modern musicians may take for granted that a wide array of musical instruments can... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/25/a-modern-version-of-famous-classic-speaker/ #musicalhacks #amplifier #doppler #hammond #speaker #vibrato #leslie #motor #music
Kill Russian Soldiers, Win Points: Is Ukraine's New Drone Scheme Gamifying War? - ABC News reports that Ukrainian drones struck Moscow last night — over 100 of them... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/20/1714257/kill-russian-soldiers-win-points-is-ukraines-new-drone-scheme-gamifying-war?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #military