Valve is ready to rejoin the VR hardware race with the Steam Frame, a lightweight standalone SteamOS headset

At the same time, though, the scope of private life itself seems to be shrinking. Our experiences are flattened by the mass culture that everyone consumes, regurgitates, remixes (and that AI is now beginning to remix for us). Social science and marketing—combined with coercive technology—turn what seem, from the first-person perspective, like deeply personal choices into statistically predictable and controllable behaviors

Meta is retiring Facebook's external Like and Share buttons for third-party websites on February 10, 2026, officially closing the book on a once-dominant traffic driver as usage declines and Facebook's role within Meta continues to shrink

Neom -- Saudi Arabia's hugely expensive, architecturally bizarre urban development project -- is floundering and close to collapse

Hobart woman Renee Woodleigh is selling a 1937 edition of JRR Tolkien's classic The Hobbit.

She says it is a first edition, which a rare book specialist says could "absolutely" be true

The 512KB Club is a collection of performance-focused web pages from across the Internet.

To qualify your website must satisfy both of the following requirements: It must be an actual site that contains a reasonable amount of information, not just a couple of links on a page; Your total UNCOMPRESSED web resources must not exceed 512KB

Steil. Diese Aussage nach nur 3 Jahren Beta-Software-Veröffentlichungen ist richtig, richtig steil.

A "Keep Android Open" campaign is pushing back on new rules from Google that will reportedly block users from sideloading apps on Android phones

WTF!? oder WTF!

Wayback Machine is projected to hit a once-in-a-generation milestone: 1 trillion web pages archived. That's one trillion memories, moments, and movements -- preserved for the public and available to access

The European Union was designed for peace – it is never going to be a war machine

A Technical Analysis on How a Chinese Company is Exporting The Great Firewall to Autocratic Regimes

The Museum of Ridiculously Interesting Things is an imaginary museum showcasing a collection of peculiar art, objects, ideas, and history

Nearly one-third of internet traffic is bots, raising concerns about the 'dead internet theory'. Altman acknowledges AI-driven content feels increasingly fake, suggesting bots may control online interactions and revenue

A creator explores the concept of a Doom-inspired game where the only action is scrolling, detailing the challenges and eventual success using GPT-5 to bring the idea to life

How AI infrastructure is driving a sharp rise in electricity bills

Is Meta secretly scanning your phone's camera roll? Check this setting to find out

Managers and supervisors brace yourselves: calling the boss a dickhead is not necessarily a sackable offense

The Pleasure of Patterns in Art
The interplay between repetition and variation is central to how we perceive structure, rhythm, and depth across mediums

Street Fighter 6 pro MenaRD is so good at the game his country gave him an award