KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images. The moves reflect growing global concern over generative AI tools thatContinue Reading
A late operating system, a stopgap deal, and the accident that made DOS dominant A blog post by programmer Nemanja Trifunovic, The Late Arrival of 16-bit CP/M, is on the face of it an interesting little excursion into the late delivery of a long-forgotten bit of software – one thatContinue Reading
Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch pitches age limits and classroom curbs as fixes for behavior and mental health The Tories have pledged to kick under-16s off social media, betting that banning teens from TikTok and Instagram will fix what they see as a growing crisis in kids’ mental health and classroomContinue Reading
We round up the top features of the Cinnamon 6.6 desktop and point releases in this page. Cinnamon 6.6 released a few months back on November 2025 with month worth of bug fixes and feature enhancements. Linux Mint team is incrementally updating this core desktop environment for their Mint offerings.Continue Reading
The Rust-based ALPM project is looking suspiciously like Pacman’s replacement., Read More From It’s FOSSContinue Reading
This four-week consultation on open source software tackles the cloud, AI, cybersecurity, and automotive sectors., Read More From It’s FOSSContinue Reading
For the September 2025 quarter, xAI reported a net loss of $1.46 billion, up from $1 billion earlier in the year. The company burned through $7.8 billion in cash during the first nine months alone, driven by heavy spending on data centers, Nvidia GPU purchases, and compensation tied to AI…Read Entire Article…Continue Reading
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this sponsored Spotlight episodeContinue Reading
HONG KONG (AP) — China said on Thursday it would assess and investigate Meta’s acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus, in a move highlighting its technology rivalry with the U.S.. Meta announced last week it was buying Manus, which is Singapore-based with Chinese roots, as the California tech giant behindContinue Reading
Except for some circumstances, “a student may not use a cellphone, smart watch, or emerging technology at a school during school hours.”, Except for some circumstances, “a student may not use a cellphone, smart watch, or emerging technology at a school during school hours.”, from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Ethereum is often described as a blockchain for money, but that description is too narrow. At its heart, Ethereum is trying to become a shared infrastructure for value, identity, and coordination on the internet. To understand what Ethereum is building, it helps to look at two older technologies…Read MoreContinue Reading
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to stand firm when he travels to China later this month and keep the steep tariffs on its electric vehicles in place…Continue Reading
Refresh 2026-01-11T22:28:51.915Z SpaceX splashdown options for Crew-11 astronauts 2026-01-11T19:58:16.092Z SpaceX details 11-hour return to Earth for Crew-11 astronauts “After performing a series of departure burns to move away from the space station, Dragon will conduct multiple orbit-lowering maneuvers, jettison the trunk, and re-enter Earth’s atmosphere for splashdown off the coast of California approximately 11 hoursContinue Reading