destroy-any-website-is-a-browser-game-that-does-what-it-says

Destroy Any Website is a browser-based run-and-gun that lets you run amok on any public-facing website – with an array of destructive weapons. You take command of a character and run, jump and jetpack around website site elements using traditional WASD controls, taking aim with your mouse to score pointsContinue Reading

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One of the most rewarding parts of being a Certified Android Explorer™ is the geeky pleasure that comes with uncovering a hidden shortcut Google snuck somewhere into its smartphone software. One of the most exhausting parts, in contrast, is realizing that Google randomly changed a bunch of the shortcuts you’dContinue Reading

anthropic’s-lack-of-revenue-diversification-gives-it-buyers-negotiating-power-—-and-risk

The fact that almost one-fourth of Anthropic’s revenue last year came from just two customers, and that many of its largest customers have not signed long-term contracts, could translate into a much stronger negotiating position for enterprise CIOs. According to a detailed analysis by Reuters, the company’s confidential prospectus depictedContinue Reading

the-netherlands-picked-nixos.-france-was-already-using-it

When we heard about the Netherlands’ DAWO initiative, a formal mandate to replace outside software across Dutch public institutions with a NixOS-powered platform, we asked ourselves: How could France miss out on this? Turns out, they didn’t. DINUM, the country’s Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs, has been running its ownContinue Reading

right-livelihood-award-honors-women-taking-on-autocrats,-discrimination-and-unchecked-ai

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Right Livelihood Award was awarded Wednesday to two women and two women-led organizations challenging authoritarian rule, violence and discrimination against women, and the harms caused by artificial intelligence, the Stockholm-based foundation said. The recipients of the international award are a Pakistani lawyer, an Ethiopian-born AI researcher,Continue Reading

cyclic-materials-opens-its-first-commercial-scale-rare-earth-magnet-recycling-plant

Cyclic Materials‘ new plant in Mesa, Arizona can process up to 25,000 metric tons of magnet-bearing end-of-life products a year, and it yields the company’s Mag-Xtract rare earth magnet material along with copper, aluminum and steel. Commercial operation has begun. MagCycle, Cyclic Materials’ process for automated mechanical separation of magnetsContinue Reading

vlc-makes-its-‘biggest-security-release-ever’

VLC 3.0.24 is out, billed as the video player’s ‘biggest security release ever’ with more than 130 fixes across the app and its bundled libraries. VideoLAN president Jean-Baptiste Kempf says the bulk of security flaws patched by the update are “hard to exploit in practice” but adds that not all of themContinue Reading