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looorg writes:It's a whole new world. Or at least the UN has now voted asking it's members to adopt a new world map projection. Dropping the classic Mercator projection for the newer Equal Earth projection.

canopic jug writes:Writer, activist, and entrepreneur Anil Dash discusses how venture capital has become a front for billionaires to advance outrageous agendas in which they are accountable to no one.

Lake Ontario Renamedsrobert writes:Just a note for American users of Google Maps. As with the "Gulf of Mexico", "Lake Ontario" has been renamed.https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4681432,-77.9436742,8.5z?authuser=0&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDgyNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3DLake of many names. looorg writes:Tech-companies are starting to fall in line with Trumps latest name change -- Lake Ontario is now Lake America, at least if you are in the USA. No change for the rest of the world. This follow the previous change of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, then also that mountain in Alaska that reverted back to Mount McKinley instead of being Denali.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:McKesson admits breach as ShinyHunters demands $55.2M:

Cyrix6x86 writes:G20 ministers adopt 'Carolina principles' for emerging technologies:

Anonymous Coward writes:"We Have to Assume That The Internet Will go Offline in the Next Few Years"

Due to rising costs Microsoft intends on capping how many hours gamers who pay for subscriptions can play on its online service. Gamers can pay for additional hours beyond the set caps.Microsoft's Xbox unit said:

owl writes:https://dfarq.homeip.net/commodore-64-released-september-1-1982/

AnonTechie writes:An interesting analysis of the recent Meta settlement ...

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Spending watchdog says fragmented data and inconsistent standards would constrain any future attempt:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Instruments reactivated for a final hurrah before reentry:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/09/rassvet-russias-rival-to-starlink-is-getting-off-to-a-slow-start/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/09/without-new-landers-or-rovers-its-helicopters-or-bust-for-nasas-mars-program/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/chinas-euv-technology-at-a-similar-stage-to-asml-in-2004-analyst-claims-beijings-semiconductor-industry-remains-well-behind-western-rivals

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/30/turns-out-brits-would-quite-like-their-private-messages-to-stay-private/5292994

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/fbi-investigating-153-million-us-and-canadian-drivers-licenses-leaked-on-russian-cybercrime-forum-including-that-of-us-secdef-pete-hegseth-data-is-suspected-to-have-come-from-an-id-authentication-service-provider

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.engadget.com/2249655/rare-working-apple-1-computer-heads-to-auction/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:Another major investmnet in AI ecosystem?:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:Standardized driver interface aims to let devices talk to AI and each other:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:'These are test runs for a larger-scale attack':

Arthur T Kanckerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/california-lawmakers-unanimously-pass-linux-exemption-from-age-verification-law-software-distributed-under-the-gpl-mit-bsd-and-apache-licenses-are-exempt

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/virtualization/2026/08/31/the-balkanization-of-virtualization-will-de-throne-vmware-which-doesnt-mind-a-bit/5292488

owl writes:https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/a-matter-of-millimeters-the-story-of-qantas-flight-32-bdaa62dc98e7

An Anonymous Coward writes:Hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic pollution are created each year. One option may be to turn the pollution into food, but critics voice concerns :

canopic jug writes:Christine Hall of FOSS Force has interviewed Richard Stallman with a series of seven questions. The interview wraps up with a question about LLMs and a question about service as a software substitute which leads to a discussion about digital surveillance.

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Meta to impose daily limit on child social media use in deal with nearly every state:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Disclosure optional, quality mandatory:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Biz describes its act of automated irresponsibility as 'a warning shot':

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:The saying "cleared for takeoff" has a whole different meaning in space:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/27/fbi-seizes-hacking-tools-it-says-china-used-to-attack-nasa-doe-us-senate-and-other-critical-networks/5292742

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/spy-to-space-the-science-behind-nasas-roman-space-telescope

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:*** Note that Proton has a commercial interest in VPNs. This may be biased reporting ***https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/proton-vpn-report-location-tracking-privacy/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/metas-scrapped-plans-to-go-ai-native-included-slashing-teams-by-60-percent/

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/sony-is-reminding-us-again-that-we-dont-own-our-playstation-games/

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.theregister.com/legal/2026/08/26/flock-shock-rocks-cop-cam-vendor-as-protests-mount/5292691

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/08/26/indias-crewed-space-program-will-fly-this-year-after-missing-2022-and-2025-targets/5292478

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.engadget.com/2246131/judge-rules-that-pentagon-anthropic-ban-illegal-and-baseless/

fliptop writes:The Global Government Affairs team over at X dropped a bombshell Thursday night, revealing that the X Safety team had uncovered proof positive of a foreign influence campaign targeting the build out of AI and data centers in the United States:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/site-provides-instructions-to-get-up-to-usd175-back-for-your-pre-installed-windows-11-license-new-portal-provides-legal-forms-but-warns-buyers-not-to-wipe-storage-first

fliptop writes:PayPal shares plunged as much as 16% in premarket trading Friday, the most in months if the losses hold through the cash session, after a consortium led by private-equity firm Advent International and payments giant Stripe abandoned its takeover bid for the struggling payment processor (paywalled, use Reader mode in Firefox):

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.engadget.com/2242192/uber-hit-with-1-billion-fine-for-automatically-deactivating-drivers-in-europe/

fliptop writes:Brave 1.94 adds Email Aliases, giving users five free forwarding addresses to hide their real email from websites:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/death-threats-hit-data-center-opponents-as-towns-cancel-votes-and-close-public-comment

coolgopher writes:Following Codeberg already doing so, independent software development platform SourceHut moves to prohibit LLM content on their platform. Their announcement is quite informative and with plenty of references to back up their reasoning. I particularly like this part:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:Nvidia Reportedly Warns Biggest Customers Of 15% Price Hikes On AI ServersVera Rubin and Grace Blackwell systems shipped from early 2027 affected:

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" writes:https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/08/26/self-hosted-email-is-in-steep-decline-microsoft-and-google-are-taking-over/5292471

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260821-why-older-tech-is-sometimes-safer-from-hackers

An Anonymous Coward writes:HaikuOS is proud to release Version: R1/beta6. (release notes)

The Human Reservation Planlooorg writes:Bill doesn't want to be left behind by Zuckerberg so he decided to share his own thoughts on AI. Different from his previous shared ideas about how great it was. Now there is a bit more doom and gloom. Crime. Unemployment. Healthcare. Horrible things. What the world needs is a plan. Guess who has a plan ... It's the pope, and Bill and "the government".

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.ghacks.net/2026/08/24/aliexpress-ran-silent-browser-audio-to-fingerprint-and-track-devices-researchers-find/