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AI failure could trigger the next financial crisis, warns Elizabeth Warren

‘The first big stumble will have everyone running for the exits.’

Ars Technica

Musk’s “World War III” threat in Twitter lawsuit haunts him at OpenAI trial

OpenAI accuses Musk of trying to "coerce" a settlement days before trial started.

The Chatbot That Foretold Why People Share Secrets With ChatGPT

In the 1960s an MIT professor named Joseph Weizenbaum created a chatbot called ELIZA. The conversations people had with it set precedents for the chatbots to come.

Kotaku

Capcom Cannot Stop Deliberately Breaking Its Games With DRM

The original Resident Evil trilogy arrives on Steam with the ruinous Enigma DRM

PC Gamer

Microsoft hit with class-action lawsuit over Wisconsin data center noise

'Microsoft prides itself on being a good neighbor in the communities where we operate'

Amazon Web Services

Market surveillance agent with LangGraph and Strands on AgentCore | Amazon Web Services

Learn how to architect and deploy a production-ready multi-agent AI system using LangGraph for workflow orchestration and Strands for agent reasoning on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore. This post walks through a market surveillance example with state-driven orchestration, checkpoint-based recovery, and AgentCore memory and observability.

9 Best Free and Open Source UPnP Media Servers - LinuxLinks

A music streamer lets you share your music, photos and videos with your network. Here's the best free and open source music streamers.

'It's like we don't exist': Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents face power loss as utility redirects lines to data centers

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tuxmachines.org

Tux Machines — Clownflare: GNU/Linux Peaking at Around 10% in Canada

OMG! Ubuntu

Malware found in Linux builds of Cemu Wii U emulator

If you've downloaded the Cemu Wii U emulator for Linux from the project's official GitHub in the past few weeks, bad news: it added malware to your system

The OpenAI and Anthropic AI Hacking Sprees Are a Messy New Legal Frontier

Both major AI labs’ models broke containment, escaped onto the internet, and hacked other companies. If a human had done that, the law would likely be against them. But a bot?

Ars Technica

Texas halts data center connections to power grid amid overwhelming demand

Governor who touted Texas as AI “epicenter” pauses data center grid connections.

Ars Technica

Microsoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history”

Microsoft, OpenAI emails reveal fear of AI “doom loop” killing news orgs.

MIT Technology Review

4 ways to address the failures we found along the US border’s “virtual wall”

The US has spent billions on surveillance towers, but hundreds of people have died near them. Here’s how to strengthen federal oversight.

Google Chrome is closing the loopholes that let old ad blockers keep working

No more workarounds for running uBlock Origin.

Ars Technica

Google warns EU's plans to weaken its monopoly could expose user data

The EU wants Google to share search data with competitors and open up AI on Android, but Google alleges major privacy risks.

The EU AI Act makes failure to disclose AI-generated content (especially if it's hallucinated) illegal and costly.

SpiritRealistic8174

Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation running Linux: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - LinuxLinks

In this article I’ll walk through installing Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on the Minisforum MS-R1 ARM Mini Workstation.

Rock Paper Shotgun

Embark devs playtested Arc Raiders too viciously, so they found a system that let them be Care Bears one day and aggressive the next

Fingers crossed the Care Bears don't actually make it in as a crossover.

FrameExtractor - modern video frame extraction utility - LinuxLinks

FrameExtractor is a modern video frame extraction utility built with Flutter. It's written in the Dart language.

Claude is connecting directly to your personal apps like Spotify, Uber Eats, and TurboTax

Claude can make you a playlist or order groceries with new app connectors.

Polygon.com

House Flipper is free to keep on Steam

There's just one day left to get House Flipper for free on Steam

Retro Dodo

Retroid Pocket Nova Review: The 4:3 End Game Handheld

The Retroid Pocket Nova is finally here, and after having it for just over a week, I can confidently say this is likely going to be one of the best retro handhelds of 2026, primarily thanks to the sheer power, but also because that power pairs with a gorgeous display,

Retro Dodo

ModRetro Officially Reveals M64 Update Roadmap

So, you've ordered your brand new ModRetro M64, you're awaiting delivery and are curious as to what updates are on their way. If you've read our full written review and comparison video of the Analogue 3D, you'll know that there are lots of features I am

Can any AI models “hear”?

Joey-rogaine

the Guardian

AI companies want to water down Australia’s copyright laws. Artists are outraged, Labor is split

Anthony Albanese will deliver a landmark speech on AI this week as MPs are torn between attracting datacentre investment and protecting the rights of creatives

Game Developer

PlayStation users in the UK and Ireland told to verify their age

Users who fail to verify their age will lose access to communication features and some third-party services.

microfeed - lightweight content management system - LinuxLinks

microfeed is a lightweight content management system designed for self-hosting on Cloudflare. Free and open source software.

OMG! Ubuntu

Ubuntu websites hit by 'sustained, cross-border' attack

If you're having trouble accessing the Ubuntu website, the Snap store or Launchpad then you're not alone: Canonical's websites are currently facing a

Colorado Age Attestation bill gets amendments to have open source excluded

Carl Richell, the Founder and CEO of System76, has given an update on the upcoming Colorado Age Attestation bill that

Indie Retro News: Miracle Boy in Dragon Land - SamSoft’s highly anticipated Atari 1040STf and STE adventure as a nod to Wonderboy series

the Guardian

‘People are standing up and fighting back’: the north Devon revolt against a vast AI datacentre

Plans for one of Europe’s largest AI campuses in a Unesco-designated reserve have sparked a fierce local backlash

Airbus Migrating 70 Critical Apps From AWS to France's Scaleway - Slashdot

Airbus is moving 70 critical applications from AWS to French cloud provider Scaleway as part of a broader digital sovereignty push to keep sensitive data "under European control." Eventually, the migration will cover 900 applications, including ERP, CRM, manufacturing execution, and product lifecycl...

Polygon.com

David Hasselhoff's Iconic 90-Episode Sci-Fi Action Series Is Officially Free on Streaming

Knight Rider looked ridiculous in 1982, but KITT's relationship with Michael Knight feels surprisingly familiar in the age of AI.

tuxmachines.org

Tux Machines — Android Leftovers

Rock Paper Shotgun

The Video Game History Foundation calls on the ESA to offer "meaningful solutions" for preserving digital-only games

"Asking museums to download a copy of Grand Theft Auto VI and hope it'll run in 50 years is not a preservation solution."

Engadget

Donald Trump bought a bunch of tech stock the same day he announced his AI Action Plan - Engadget

Financial disclosures show how much Trump loves tech stocks.

Mozilla Accuses Microsoft of Sabotaging Firefox With Windows and Copilot Tactics - Slashdot

BrianFagioli writes: Mozilla is accusing Microsoft of stacking the deck against Firefox, arguing that design choices in Windows steer users toward Edge even when they explicitly choose another browser. According to Mozilla, parts of Windows still open links in Edge regardless of the default browser ...

bbc.com

Dancer with MND performs on stage again through digital avatar

Breanna Olson said brainwave tech was able to re-establish the expression and connection she felt had gone.

the Guardian

Should you use AI for a task? Here’s a simple way to decide | Bruce Schneier

Sometimes, what matters isn’t your output but what you put into the process. Think of it like work v the gym

OpenSuperClone - powerful data recovery utility for Linux - LinuxLinks

OpenSuperClone offers advanced drive cloning and extraction features for recovering data from failing storage media.

Gaming’s biggest horror series are more vital than ever

Just in time for spooky season.

tuxmachines.org

Tux Machines — Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers

How One Startup Built a (Mostly) China-Free Robot

Ati Robotics assembles its robots in India and uses just a few Chinese parts—a strategy that could pay off as the Trump administration cracks down on Chinese humanoids.

PdfPig - PDF library - LinuxLinks

PdfPig is a .NET library for reading text and other content from PDF documents. It provides access to low-level PDF structures.

Maple Linux - Debian based Canadian Linux distribution - LinuxLinks

Maple Linux is Canada’s only active Linux distribution which puts privacy, performance and ease of use first.

Browser Use - enables AI agents to interact with websites - LinuxLinks

Browser Use is a Python library and command-line tool that enables AI agents to interact with websites. Free and open source software.

the Guardian

How AI may drive union-resistant tech workers to the bargaining table

Tech workers are increasingly unionizing, trading Silicon Valley’s myth of exceptionalism for collective bargaining to contest the corporate deployment of artificial intelligence

Testing Hundreds Of Used LFP Cells Requires Some Automation

Although Li-ion cells have become a lot cheaper over the years, if you wish to buy hundreds of high-quality ones for that performance go-kart project, you may feel financially pressured into going …

PC Gamer

Arctic makes the most of US tariff refund with price rollback and help for community initiatives

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