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Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 19:33:15 +0000

A federal judge ruled that a sheriff’s deputy violated a woman’s Fourth Amendment rights when using Flock to search for her license plate without a warrant.

I squeezed my entire network stack onto a Raspberry Pi Zero, and it broke my assumptions about what's essential

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 19:30:17 GMT

A compact home network stacks Pi-hole, Unbound, Tailscale, and monitoring onto a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W with headroom.

I wrote 12 lines of code and made my keyboard do things Windows won't

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 19:30:14 GMT

I turned one neglected key into shortcuts I actually use.

Zelensky asked Trump to block Russia’s Starlink rival, FT reports

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 19:23:52 +0000

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked Donald Trump to sanction the Russian and Chinese companies building Russia’s answer to Starlink, the Financial Times report

Jackery used a well-known EV trick to slash dimensions of its new portable power stations — CTB shrinks Explorer 2000 Plus v2 PPS by 60%, makes it 33% lighter

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 19:20:00 +0000

AI may cost us our ability to listen, oral historian warns in the Guardian

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 19:18:28 +0000

Much of the worry about AI is that it will erode how well we write. Australian oral historian Shirleene Robinson thinks the bigger loss may be our ability to listen. She made the c

US charges California man with smuggling $300mn of AI servers to China

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 19:04:51 +0000

US authorities have arrested a California man accused of smuggling more than $300mn of computer servers packed with AI chips to China, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Greg Lui,

I ditched Google TV's cluttered home screen for a lightweight launcher, and the setup took less time than brewing coffee

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 19:00:17 GMT

You can have a new home screen in minutes.

RBI chief says the next financial crisis may start with a cyberattack

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:50:53 +0000

The next financial crisis may not start in a bank at all, India’s central bank governor has warned. Sanjay Malhotra said it could come from a war, a cyberattack or a tech failure, as B

How to check the temperature of your PC's CPU

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:45:00 +0000

There's some solid free software that can help you keep tabs on your computer's health.

Amazon responds to data center backlash, says it no longer uses NDAs

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:43:57 +0000

The CEO of Amazon Web Services tried to push back against widespread suspicion of data centers.

OpenAI safety staffer quits, says AI labs should run like nuclear plants

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:35:53 +0000

A member of OpenAI’s safety team has quit, warning that the company is not taking enough care with AI’s risks. David Robinson set out his reasons in an essay for Th

5 reasons your Wi-Fi is slow even though your internet is fast

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:31:15 GMT

Fast internet doesn't always mean fast Wi-Fi. Here's what could be wrong.

I turned my old Windows Home Server into a dumb NAS for Plex and Jellyfin

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:30:20 GMT

Who says a failed concept couldn't be reinvigorated?

Ethernet cables can do more than just improve home internet

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000

With some add-ons, these can gain a second life.

Capcom plans to use AI to speed up the game development process

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:27:15 +0000

The company previously said it won't use AI-generated content in its games.

Bessent says AI alarmism without solutions is not leadership

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:26:38 +0000

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has criticised AI leaders who warn of disaster but offer no fixes. He made the remarks in an interview with Axios published on Saturday. “This a

A hyperscaler wants to buy a site almost 3X bigger than Central Park in Osceola County, Florida — as its residents worry about a future surrounded by data centers

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:05:00 +0000

Microsoft keeps fumbling Halo, so fans are fixing it themselves with 64-player Halo 3: Project Reclaimer

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:02:54 GMT

The impressive project aims to modernize the iconic first-person shooter in a more authentic way.

I replaced Grammarly with a local LLM, and none of my writing leaves my laptop anymore

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:00:18 GMT

My proofreader lives on my laptop now

The original PlayStation 2 security chip has been reverse engineered

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0000

A long‑hidden PS2 security component has finally been decoded, revealing surprising design choices and opening the door to fresh hardware insights.

Noble Audio FoKus Artemis review: the most hypnotic-sounding pair of headphones I’ve tested

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Take 25% off this potent power station from Anker

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:55:59 +0000

Enjoy the peace of mind of a backup power station with this fantastic Big Deal Days deal on the Anker SOLIX C1000.

Windows has been slowing down every USB drive you plug in for 8 years, and one setting fixes it

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:30:20 GMT

I was blaming my USB 2.0 stick before I discovered this toggle

Anthropic says Claude can work with Android apps now, so I tested it against Gemini

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:30:15 GMT

I badly wanted Claude to replace Gemini on my Android smartphone, but it seems I may have to wait for a while

An officers use of Flock cameras was unconstitutional, judge rules

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:06:02 +0000

A federal judge ruled a deputy's use of Flock data to apprehend a suspect, and the proliferation of ALPRs at large, amounts to "indiscriminate mass surveillance."

One VLAN setting locked down my smart home and stopped every device from phoning home

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:00:20 GMT

My smart devices finally stopped snooping

These Lenovo headphones finally made multi-device switching effortless

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:00:18 GMT

These headphones make it easy to use across multiple devices.

iPhone 18 Pro Max vs Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra: which should you choose?

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000

7-year-old Nvidia Shield TV Pro gets shocking 50% price hike driven by AI memory shortage

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:59:51 +0000

Coffee lovers rejoice: the Ninja Luxe Café Pro is heavily discounted for Big Deal Days

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:57:04 +0000

Take $150 off this extra-versatile espresso machine from Ninja.

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After a month with VS Code, Cursor, and Zed, I finally found the editor that gets out of the way

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:31:18 GMT

I spent a month switching editors, and one finally made me stop looking.

OpenAI safety employee resigns, claiming the company’s ‘culture is broken’

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:30:01 +0000

By his own admission, David Robinson is “something of a cliché”: an employee at a leading AI company who issues a dire warning while resigning from their job.

How to customize Camera Control on your iPhone

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Take a closer look at the iPhone's Camera Control feature and why tweaking it can change the way you shoot, even if you've never touched it before.

Former OpenAI employee says AI should be regulated like nuclear power plants

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:25:15 +0000

The company's former safety lead said frontier AI model releases should have "layers of redundancy and careful, time-consuming planning."

2026-10-03T12:22:40-04:00

Seattle and San Francisco: Big tech, political backlash and the AI boom

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:04:47 +0000