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The Autistici/Inventati (A/I) collective, which for 25 years ran free, privacy-focused digital services, announced it is shutting down all operations. The decision follows being labeled a global terrorist organization, which the group says exposed users, contributors and their families to legal and physical danger.
Amazon is selling Samsung's new 990 PCIe 4.0 SSD in 2TB capacity for $339.99, a $190 cut from its $529.99 list price. The drive is a QLC variant of the 990 EVO Plus, built with Samsung's PiccoloQ controller and V9 QLC flash, offering full Gen 4 bandwidth. A 1TB version is also discounted, though the deal is time-limited.
Times columnist James Marriott has expanded his viral essay on declining reading habits into a new book, 'The New Dark Ages,' published this week. The reviewer, a fellow journalist and friend of Marriott's, describes it as an entertaining but troubling 50,000-word argument about how digital media, especially YouTube, is reshaping childhood attention and literacy for the worse.
A group of software engineers who say they lost their jobs to AI have built OpenExecutive, an open-source system meant to perform CEO-level work. It runs on Anthropic's Claude models, coordinating eight AI agents representing roles like chief strategy officer, CFO and HR head into one unified executive persona.
AI-powered dermatology tools designed to identify skin conditions like melanoma are becoming more accurate overall, but researchers have found these systems perform less reliably for patients with darker skin. The disparity stems largely from training datasets that contain far fewer images of skin conditions on non-white patients.
Andrew Lakeman, a former Jagex employee known as Mod Jed who worked on Old School RuneScape since 2015, received a three-year suspended prison sentence after being convicted of stealing over $400,000 worth of in-game gold and selling it on black market sites. Jagex uncovered the scheme after noticing suspicious account recovery patterns starting in 2018, then secretly altered its firewall setup to trace the thefts back to him.
Microsoft researchers identified a large phishing operation that inserts invisible Unicode 'Tags' characters inside finance-related keywords—splitting words like 'funding' into fragments—to slip past email filters that scan for suspicious terms. The campaign peaked at 2.37 million daily messages in late February and, despite a drop in volume by May, remains active, with Defender for Office 365 tracing it to 148 finance-themed sender domains.
Waterdrop's M6CG is a countertop reverse osmosis system that filters tap water through eight stages, removing contaminants like fluoride, lead, arsenic, chlorine and PFAS while also using UV light to kill germs. Unlike under-sink systems, it requires no plumbing installation and adds back alkaline minerals such as calcium, magnesium and zinc, while also offering hot and cold dispensing.
Researchers examining 53 skipjack tuna caught off southern Brazil found over 1,600 worms infesting nearly every organ, according to a report in Ocean and Coastal Research. Only the kidneys and hearts were free of parasites, while flatworms and roundworms were found throughout the muscle tissue people typically eat.
A reviewer chose the plain Obsidian colorway of the Pixel 11 Pro and found the matte metal rails a major upgrade over last year's glossy Pixel 10 Pro. The new finish resists smudges, skin oils, and slipperiness that plagued the previous model's shiny sides.
Fairphone has released the 6 Plus, a modest upgrade to last year's Fairphone 6 featuring a newer midrange Snapdragon chipset and a new cobalt color option, and it's now officially for sale in the US. The device costs $649, includes 12GB of RAM, a five-year warranty, and up to six OS upgrades, while maintaining Fairphone's signature repairability with 12 user-replaceable parts.
Jon Peddie Research found standalone GPU shipments rose 12.2% quarter over quarter and 14.1% year over year in Q2, even as the broader client CPU market shrank 1.1% annually and desktop PC demand softened. Total consumer PC GPU shipments, including integrated graphics, hit 75.5 million units, with notebook GPU shipments up 16.8% while desktop GPU shipments dropped 4%. Intel led the overall GPU market with 56% share from integrated graphics, followed by Nvidia at 23% and AMD at 21%.