Netflix Launches First AI-Branded Content Recommendations Feature on TVs
Netflix is testing its first consumer-facing feature explicitly branded as AI-powered. Called “AI Discover,” the feature generates personalized TV and movie recommendations in real time based on viewing history, preferences, trending content and selectable themes like “Something Light” or “Quick Watches.” Variety reports: … ⌘ Read more
Netflix Launches First AI-Branded Content Recommendations Feature on TVs
Netflix is testing its first consumer-facing feature explicitly branded as AI-powered. Called “AI Discover,” the feature generates personalized TV and movie recommendations in real time based on viewing history, preferences, trending content and selectable themes like âoeSomething Lightâ or âoeQuick Watches.â Variety repo … ⌘ Read more
SUSE To Cut One In Ten Employees Because of AI
SUSE plans to cut roughly 10% of its 1,900-person workforce, with CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen saying “automation and AI” are reducing the need for some roles and allowing the open source software company to operate with less overhead and flatter management structures. “We are announcing a reduction of SUSE’s global workforce of approximately 10 percent,” said Van Leeuwen in an emai … ⌘ Read more
Religious Exemption from Using AI in Workplace Granted to Humanist
“David Durman, a nontheistic humanist, recently secured a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace,” reports TechCrunch.
Durman, a University of Kentucky administrator, told TechCrunch that humanism centers on “human well-being and flourishing, both individually and collectively … and implores a person to try to improve both their wel … ⌘ Read more
Bank of America Kindly Asks That You Don’t Share Your Password With Your AI Assistant
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from TechCrunch: In an email blast to customers titled “Protecting your finances in the Al World,” Bank of America urged customers to never share their username and password with another person or an outside service, “including an Al-enabled tool or agent tha … ⌘ Read more
Steam’s useful Personal Calendar gets a full release
I forgot it was ever a Beta, because Steam’s Personal Calendar is actually one of the most useful features they’ve added to the store recently.
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Google Says Gmail and Photos Data Shared with AI Search Could Be Used for Targeted Ads
The blog Android Authority offers this TLDR:
Google updated its privacy policy to clarify that it could use information shared through Personal Intelligence to personalize ads. Gmail, Drive, and Photos content isn’t used for targeted ads by default, but connecting them to eligible Google services could … ⌘ Read more
Free Software Foundation Hosts Free ‘Encryptfest’ Event on Sunday
The Free Software Foundation’s “EncryptFest” today covers both encryption and privacy. The free two-hour event runs from 13:00-15:00 Eastern Daylight Time (17:00-19:00 UTC), and includes:
— A discussion on “bulk surveillance, and how encryption protects personal privacy”
— A short video from renowned cryptographer Bruce Schneier.
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Moderna Shares Plunge After Leak of Cancer Vaccine Data
Moderna shares plunged as much as 25% after partial clinical trial data leaked for its personalized cancer vaccine developed with Merck, despite the full results showing promising outcomes for melanoma patients. Analysts attribute the selloff largely to inflated investor expectations rather than disappointing clinical results. CNBC reports: The personalized vaccine, kno … ⌘ Read more
More Than 1.5 Million Canadian Crime Stoppers Tips Leaked
A CBC investigation found that more than 1.5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips spanning 25 years were exposed in a breach of the P3 Global Intel tip-management platform. About 850,000 records contained personally identifiable information, including addresses, phone numbers, emails, license plates and some banking details. Longtime Slashdot reader doconnor sha … ⌘ Read more
THE FINALS gets a huge update with enhanced destruction and a free for all mode
One of the few competitive online first-person shooters that works on SteamOS / Linux, THE FINALS just had a massive upgrade.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/the-finals-gets-a-huge-update-with-enhanced-destruction-and-a-free-for-all … ⌘ Read more
Meta Muse Exposes Users’ Personal, Business Secrets When They Share Conversations
Security researchers say Meta’s Muse AI assistant exposed thousands of users’ shared conversations because conversation titles were placed in subdomains that could be discovered through public DNS records. Meta has since suspended the sharing feature while it considers making changes. Ars Technica reports: Like many … ⌘ Read more
Nscale, Anthropic In Talks For New $45 Billion AI Cloud Deal
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Nscale is in talks to sell AI computing power to Claude maker Anthropic in a new deal that could be worth about $45 billion, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. The data center developer is seeking another major deal with the AI lab for a second facility at its Monarch data center campus in … ⌘ Read more
Dark first-person fishing adventure DREADMOOR looks awesome, arrives November 9
DREADMOOR is probably one of the most interesting looking fishing games ever - with a dark post-apocalyptic world.
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Dungeonbound is a unique dungeon crawler blending in auto-battlers, incrementals and inventory management
Dungeonbound is an upcoming first-person auto-battler dungeon crawler with some fun ideas and a mixture of modes that change how you play.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/dungeonbou … ⌘ Read more
Personal Data for Millions of California Students Stolen in Massive Breach
Millions of current and former students at California’s public school have had their data stolen — including names, date of birth, and addresses — stolen in a breach, reports the Los Angeles Times.
The breach affects students “who took the state’s mandated standardized tests that annually assess their academic proficiency, ed … ⌘ Read more
Amazon Launches New Bee ‘Personal AI’ Devices That Listen to Conversations
Amazon has unveiled two new Bee “personal AI” devices designed to continuously record, transcribe, and analyze conversations: the $75 wearable Bee Frontier and the $100 phone-mounted Bee Eclipse. Amazon says the devices can generate conversation summaries, surface recurring themes, and recommend actions or purchases, while claimi … ⌘ Read more
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AI usage at work has risen to absurd and moronic levels.
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Yeah, things aren’t quite that bad where I work yet (thanks to no one wanting to pay the outrageous bills associated with the “frontier models”), but some people keep pushing for it. Personally, I’m still hoping that either the bubble bursts real soon and/or the people in charge realize that “enterprise-class” and “vibe-coded” are mutually exclusive software concepts, but who knows.
In the meantime, at my work, we’re still doing mandatory human PR reviews (with optional copilot ones), and there’s a big push for “respectful” AI use (as in being respectful of others, like always reading any text / code the AI generated for you before asking someone else to). We’ll see how it goes.
I hope things get better for you, @movq@www.uninformativ.de (and for anyone else dealing with the same issues).
Google Play Now Lets Anyone Build Private, Vibe-Coded Apps That Run On Android
Google Play is adding support for private personal Android apps, allowing users to build an app with tools like Google AI Studio and run it on their own devices without publishing it publicly to the Play Store. “These personal apps won’t show up in Google Play’s search or listing pages, and won’t be shared with anyone e … ⌘ Read more
Apple Launches HomeView, Its First Smart Display For the Home
Apple has unveiled the $299 HomeView, a 7-inch smart display that combines Siri AI, FaceTime, customizable widgets, and Apple Home controls in a countertop or wall-mounted design. It also acts as a Matter controller and Thread Border Router, supports up to six facial-recognition profiles, and can use personal context from messages, calendars, and email … ⌘ Read more
Chilly 15°C in the shade with a slight breeze, but it was very nice in direct sun. I jumped outside after calling it quits. There were five herons on that meadow, super sweet. One even caught something fairly large when I returned, but it was already too dark, so my camera just cooked up a blurry pixel soup.
The country road is closed for construction. There’s now a one-way detour on the field road. For the opposite direction, you need to take a giant detour. It looks like they installed a temporary traffic light just for that one dairy farm, so that the farmer can also go in the opposite direction, just like before. Surprisingly to me, the traffic wasn’t too heavy on that field road. Of course, I really don’t wanna walk there anymore for the time being, but I expected a hell lot more.
As always, the sunset looked much cooler in person.
Claude Sent Police a Fake Murder Tip. White House Mandates AI Companies Report Security Incidents
AFP reports that an AI model from Anthropic “submitted a fabricated tip about an unsolved homicide to Philadelphia police, authorities said Friday.”
Claude “was instructed never to log in, create accounts, enter personal data, make purchases, or submit anything destructive, but the inst … ⌘ Read more
Ubuntu 26.10 Sticks To Using GCC 15 By Default
From a performance and enthusiast perspective, what I personally find most disappointing and puzzling with the imminent release of Ubuntu 26.10 comes down to its default compiler version… ⌘ Read more
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Today, I released a new update to my TTRPG project, The Planar Vagabond's Guide to the Multiverse, adding a handful of new spells, monsters, magic items, and races.
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@prologic@twtxt.net Yes, @david@daiwei.me is correct - it is a website with (most) everything one would need to run a fantasy tabletop role-playing game, either in-person or online. I use a service called Roll20 which provides a “shared” tabletop with virtual maps, dice, and character sheets that all the players can see (and I can control). It’s really alot of fun - it’s basically adult make-believe, but with a shared set of rules and a “game master” to keep the story moving. 😁
Star Labs StarFighter Ultra: A Modern High-End Linux Laptop With Coreboot
When it comes to Linux pre-loaded laptops, I have looked at hardware from most of these vendors over the past 22+ years of Phoronix. One vendor I haven’t had the chance to personally test until now is the UK-based Star Labs. That changed recently and over the past few weeks I have been testing out their new StarFighter laptop that offers great Linux support and comes pre-loaded with Coreboot and streamlined firmware updates via LVFS. For tho … ⌘ Read more
Asos Confirms Hackers Sent ‘Unauthorized’ Notification to App Users
ASOS says hackers gained unauthorized access to third-party platforms it uses and sent an “ASOS HACKED” push notification directly to customers, apparently as part of an extortion attempt. The clothing and beauty store says some basic personal information may have been accessed but does not believe payment-card data or passwords were affected. T … ⌘ Read more
Hackers Steal 8 Million Citizens’ Records From Danish Government Database
Hackers stole records belonging to roughly 8 million Danish citizens and residents from Denmark’s Central Person Register (CPR), including names, addresses, social security numbers and other personal information. The breach is believed to be the largest in Denmark’s history. TechCrunch reports: The CPR is a government database of … ⌘ Read more
Long-Time Slashdot Reader Announces New Open Source Web Browser ‘Northstar’
Long-time Slashdot reader Andreas® announces Northstar, a “minimalist” web browser written entirely from scratch in C — now available in version 1.0.11:
One window, one page, one process — about 160,000 lines of original C, small enough for one person to read and audit end-to-end. It carries no upstream browser engine: no … ⌘ Read more
ALLFATHER is an upcoming brutal, first-person roguelike with precise, stamina-driven combat
Coming from one of the devs of the excellent tower-defense game Gnomes, ALLFATHER is a new brutal, first-person roguelike with precise, stamina-driven combat.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/allfather-is-an-upc … ⌘ Read more
Hackers Stole Millions of US Military Personnel Records During Months-Long Data Breach
A months-long breach of the Defense Manpower Data Center exposed personal information belonging to roughly 2.8 million living current and former U.S. military personnel and staff, plus records for nearly 300,000 deceased people. Attackers reportedly exploited a file-sharing vulnerability between October … ⌘ Read more
TikTok to Pay Alabama $100 Million, Limit Teen Use In First State Settlement
TikTok has agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and adopt new restrictions for teenage users, including a two-hour daily limit, overnight access restrictions, stronger age verification, a ban on beauty filters, and an option for a non-personalized feed. The settlement could grow to as much as $300 million if enough oth … ⌘ Read more
Amazon Evaluating Drone Deliveries In Australia, Asia
Amazon is preparing to expand Prime Air drone deliveries into Australia and potentially other Asia-Pacific markets, with a new regulatory role tasked with securing the approvals needed to launch service there. The Register reports: “As Prime Air evaluates Australia and other countries, we are hiring a Head of Regulatory Approvals, Australia – the person responsible fo … ⌘ Read more
Walmart Says It’s Not Using Personal Info To Set Prices As It Expands Digital Shelf Labels
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: Walmart is aiming to assuage customers’ fears about its new pricing technology as it rolls out digital price labels at its stores. In a statement posted on the company’s website, Walmart’s CEO John Furner vowed that the Bentonville, Ar … ⌘ Read more
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@prologic@twtxt.net Right, sorry!
It’s a video filmed by a person standing on a beach. The hero of this little movie is a guy on a stand-up paddle board: He’s out on the ocean and tries to reach his air mattress, which is floating on the ocean next to him. But it’s a cloudy and windy day, and he can’t quite reach it. So he keeps paddling and paddling, until he almost got it. Then, another gust of wind – the mattress is gone again. But he doesn’t give up! He keeps paddling, almost reaches it – and another gust of wind. This keeps going for quite a while. Eventually, he is so close to his air mattress that he jumps off his board and tries to truly grab the mattress. And he aaaaaaalllllmooooooooost got it! But then, of course, another big gust of wind and the mattress gets pushed far, far away. Probably gone for good. 🥲
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As my wife was driving and towing us us to our final destination.. Just before a little locality called Mount Larcom, we went past a soan on the side of the road doing a full dump! 🤯 💩 So disgusting 😢
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@prologic@twtxt.net A person? Pooping on the street? Yikes.
First-person horror flight sim ‘The Hollowing’ revealed by the Lorn’s Lure developer
The Hollowing is an atmospheric first-person horror flight sim where you fly alone across a mist-shrouded Megastructure, from the Lorn’s Lure developer.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/first-person-horror-flight-sim-the-hollo … ⌘ Read more
Meta’s New ‘Personal AI Agent’ Muse Beats ChatGPT in Downloads - and Get Blocked by Amazon
Meta’s AI “personal agent” Muse overtook ChatGPT as the #1 iOS free app in the U.S. on Friday, reports CNBC — and it’s still showing more downloads as of Monday night.
Muse now has over 2.5 million downloads since its debut less than two weeks ago, according to analytics firm Sensor Tower…
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As KDE Turns 30, Contributors and Commits are Going Strong
“In a few weeks, KDE will turn 30 years old,” writes core contributor Kevin Ottens, celebrating with some special KDE community data analytics (including a 30-year graph of the number of contributors):
It peaks around 180 on average (and sometimes reaches towards around 200 people) then shrinks again hitting bottom around 110 persons on average in 2017… Si … ⌘ Read more
VR shooter Forefront adds Steam Frame support
Forefront is a multiplayer first-person shooter from Triangle Factory, and now they’ve upgraded it with support for Valve’s Steam Frame.
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SUPERHOT VR gets various upgrades ready for the Steam Frame
SUPERHOT VR has been upgraded with a number of improvements to make the first-person shooter better on Valve’s Steam Frame kit.
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Get plenty of action in the Sniper Elite Classics Collection Humble Bundle
Need some first-person shooter action? The Sniper Elite Classics Collection Humble Bundle is live now with a good price for multiple games.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/get-plenty-of-action-in-the-sniper-elite-classics-collection-humble-bu … ⌘ Read more
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I've been away with the scouts in our district summer camp. The nearly two weeks were absolutely amazing, mentally a great vacation. On the other hand, physically not so much. But I've still got Monday to recover from my holiday. :-)
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Something felt definitely wrong, I got up much earlier during the camp than when I have to work. Typically, I woke up beween 6 and 7 because I really had to go to the loo. There was almost always somebody already awake from the kitchen teammates or leaders. So, I always decided to not return to bed. When I was the very first one, I turned on the coffee machine and water kettle to the delight of the others and five minutes later, another person arrived at the kitchen. As a bonus, we sometimes got to enjoy the sunrises, like this one: https://lyse.isobeef.org/2026-09-07-morgensonne/
Story-driven third-person sci-fi shooter - The Wandering Earth: The Last Full Moon announced
Adapted from Liu Cixin’s The Wandering Earth, Studio Surgical Scalpels and publisher Starry Dome revealed The Wandering Earth: The Last Full Moon.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/story-driven-third-person-sci-f … ⌘ Read more
Active Matter developers put up an incredibly distasteful AI notice on Steam
Active Matter from Gaijin Network Ltd looks like a lot of fun for fans of first-person shooters, but they soured it with a truly distasteful AI notice.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/active-matter-developers-put-up-an-incredibly-distastef … ⌘ Read more
Anthropic Reveals Fourth Likely Crime Committed By Its AI
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Amid industry soul-searching about the possibility of AI improving itself to the point that it kills everyone, Anthropic has revealed yet another incident that would qualify as a crime if perpetrated by a person. The AI biz published “an alignment assessment” detailing four times Claude models accessed thir … ⌘ Read more
The classic free No More Room in Hell gets a massive update with 64-bit, Vulkan, Steam Networking and more
Time to give No More Room in Hell another spin? This classic free first person survival horror just levelled up with a major upgrade.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/the-classic-fre … ⌘ Read more
systemd 262-rc2 Adds An AI Canary For Detecting Unreviewed AI/LLM Code Contributions
One week after releasing systemd 262-rc1, systemd 262-rc2 is now available with further fixes and refinements for this init system and service manager. Systemd is also the latest open-source project introducing an AI canary for aiming to detect AI/LLM-based code contributors that weren’t reviewed by an actual person in advance of the pull request… ⌘ Read more
Meta Debuts Muse, Its Long-Planned Personal AI Agent
Meta has launched Muse, a personal AI agent developed under chief AI officer Alexandr Wang. “The product, long in development, was touted as a key next step by CEO Mark Zuckerberg in his recent 6,500-word manifesto,” reports Axios. From the report: Muse, as the agent is known, exists in a chat interface, similar to a text thread. It’s designed to be more proactive and lo … ⌘ Read more
Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Keeps Man Alive For Record Nine Months
A genetically modified pig kidney kept a 66-year-old man off dialysis for a record nine months, marking the longest survival yet for a pig kidney transplanted into a living person and the first time such an organ successfully served as a bridge to a later human transplant. The Guardian reports: Tim Andrews was seriously ill with en … ⌘ Read more
Nvidia Launches Free Tool That Links Idle Computers Into a Personal AI Data Center
Nvidia has launched PAIR, a free open-source tool that links compatible computers on a home network so they can pool idle processing power for local AI inference and agentic workloads. “While the compatible devices are mostly Nvidia GeForce GPUs (PAIR works with RTX 20-series cards and newer, as well as RTX Pro … ⌘ Read more