Canada fans go wild in Bosnia draw
A special moment for Canada as their notch their first World Cup point after a 1 - 1 opening game in Toronto with Bosnia and Herzegovina. ⌘ Read more

Canada claim first World Cup point
Spurred on by a home crowd in Toronto, Canada was able to draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina for a historic first point in a World Cup. ⌘ Read more

Canada hold for first World Cup point
Spurred on by a home crowd in Toronto, Canada was able to draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina for a historic first point in a World Cup. ⌘ Read more

FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE updates: Canada draw 1-1 with Bosnia and Herzegovina as US prepares for campaign against Paraguay
Host nation Canada have kicked off their World campaign against Bosnia and Herzegovina, before the United States take on Paraguay at 11am. Follow all the action. ⌘ Read more

FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE updates: Canada draw 1-1 with Bosnia and Herzegovina as US prepares for campaign against Paraguay
Host nation Canada have kicked off their World campaign against Bosnia and Herzegovina, before the United States take on Paraguay at 11am. Follow all the action. ⌘ Read more

One club, seven Socceroos: How City is drawing pride and profit from the World Cup
The Socceroos have a squad of 26 at the World Cup, and a quarter of those have close links to one A-League club. ⌘ Read more

SpaceX IPO draws at least US$5b order from BlackRock
By Corrie Driebusch and Jack Pitcher

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing to stage the largest public offering ever, selling US$75 billion (NZ$128.5b) of shares in one fell swoop. Investors are showing up. ⌘ Read more

Massive Effigy of Elon Musk Raised Over Times Square to Protest Grok
Activists raised a 40-foot-tall inflatable Elon Musk in Manhattan to draw attention to the risk he allegedly poses to investors. ⌘ Read more

One-off treats, lush surrounds and ‘greatest hits’: How restaurants keep you coming back
Good food isn’t enough to draw a crowd in 2026. We take a look at what else Melbourne venues do to get your attention, and keep it. ⌘ Read more

Martin Scorsese’s AI Support Draws Pushback From Art Directors Guild
Just days after declaring his support for the use of AI in filmmaking by collaborating with Black Forest Labs, Martin Scorsese has garnered criticism for his stance, with the Art Directors Guild issuing a lengthy statement against him. The IATSE union released a strongly worded message against the legendary director, describing his backing of artificial […]

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Obsession: Curry Barker Reveals What Really Happened to Nikki After That Ending
As Obsession continues to draw attention, director Curry Barker revealed what happens to the film’s central character, Nikki, after the ending. In a recent interview, he suggested a grim fate for her after the harrowing events she experienced during the course of the movie. Curry Barker on what happens to Nikki after Obsession’s ending The […]

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Minister in crosshairs as damning report lays bare ‘systemic failure’ in WA prisons
The report draws parallels between the state of the current prison system and the conditions that led to the Greenough Regional Prison riot in 2018. ⌘ Read more

Xi Jinping is feted in Pyongyang as Kim Jong-un swivels to Moscow
In a rare visit to Pyongyang, Xi and Kim talked up China-North Korean ties, even as Kim draws closer to Vladimir Putin. ⌘ Read more

PLC Resources flies geophysics for gold as WA assays draw near
PLC Resources has launched an airborne geophysical survey at Abbotts North while awaiting maiden drill results from Rochefort, aiming to unlock new gold targets. ⌘ Read more

Jennifer Lopez’s Raunchy R-Rated Comedy Has Taken Over Streaming by a Storm
Jennifer Lopez’s latest Netflix comedy, Office Romance, is drawing huge viewing numbers despite mixed reviews. The R-rated workplace rom-com has climbed to the top of Netflix’s U.S. movie chart. While critics remain divided, the film’s strong streaming performance has quickly turned it into one of the platform’s biggest current hits. Jennifer Lopez’s Office Romance is […]

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School lunch tray recycler faces council action over backlog attracting rats, maggots and flies
Two councils took enforcement action against a company recycling the Government’s school lunch trays after 120 tonnes of expired meals piled up at its Hamilton site, drawing maggots, rodents and a fly infestation.

Neighbouring businesses lodged at least nine formal complaints over a three-month period, according to Hamilton City … ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Oh, no, he was the one providing the feedback. 😅

mgk appears to be everywhere. His Unicode box drawing demo has been part of my unicode-test script for a long time: https://movq.de/git/bin-pub/file/unicode-test.html#l23

All Critics Aren’t Loving Jennifer Lopez’s R-Rated Netflix Movie
Jennifer Lopez’s latest Netflix comedy is drawing a mixed response from critics. While some enjoyed its charm, many felt the movie falls short of rom-com expectations. The new release pairs Lopez with Brett Goldstein in a workplace romance filled with secrets, awkward situations, and adult humor. However, early reviews suggest the film is struggling to […]

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Google Shares Fitbit Air Blueprints So Anyone Can 3D-Print Accessories
Google has released (PDF) technical specs and 2D CAD drawings for the Fitbit Air to encourage users to make their own accessories. “These CAD drawings include crucial mating dimensions, tolerances, and mating force specifications – including attach and detach force – to help you build a high-quality accessory band,” Google says … ⌘ Read more

Ballots Have Been Seized Across the US. No One Knows What Will Happen Next
So far this year, authorities have seized or demanded ballots from elections in four states. Experts fear the trend could throw the midterms into chaos unless courts draw a line. ⌘ Read more

Pentagon Begins Releasing New Files On UFOs
The Pentagon has begun releasing new UFO/UAP files through a newly launched public website, starting with 162 documents from agencies including the FBI, State Department, NASA, and others. Officials say more files will be released on a rolling basis. The Associated Press reports: The Pentagon has begun releasing new files on UFOs, saying members of the public can draw their own c … ⌘ Read more

Kids Bypass Age Verification With Fake Moustaches
A new Internet Matters survey suggests the UK’s Online Safety Act age checks are easy for many children to bypass. Reported workarounds include fake birthdays, borrowed IDs, video game characters, and even drawing on a fake mustache. The Register reports: The group surveyed over 1,000 UK children and their parents, and while it did report some positive effects from changes ma … ⌘ Read more

Retina Scan for Diabetes Could Also Reduce Deaths During Pregnancy in Developing Countries
This week Bill Gates wrote a blog post about a special camera from medtech startup Remidio, which delivers high-resolution images of a patient’s retina in seconds. The camera plugs into a phone running an AI system that watches for early signs of diabetes — all without needing a blood draw, e … ⌘ Read more

The New Linux Kernel AI Bot Uncovering Bugs Is A Local LLM On Framework Desktop + AMD Ryzen AI Max
Earlier this month on Phoronix we were the first to draw attention to a new fuzzing tool / AI bot uncovering kernel bugs by Greg Kroah-Hartman, the “second in command” for Linux kernel development and stable maintainer. Greg has now shared more light on the “gregkh_clanker_t1000” for this tool that has been uncovering more Linux kernel bugs the past few weeks… ⌘ Read more

浏览器里跑 Gemma 4：不用 API、不花钱，无限量生成 Excalidraw 流程图
手机上能跑 Gemma 4 大模型已经不新鲜了（iPhone、安卓现在就能跑 Gemma 4 了），现在浏览器也可以了。@Appinn 有开发者利用 Google 新提出的 TurboQuant 算法，把 Gemma 4 放进浏览器里运行。 直接打开网页，就能在 Excalidraw 里用 AI 画 ⌘ Read more

Rednote Draws a Line Between China and the World
As the platform expands abroad, it’s taking steps to separate Chinese users from the international audiences it once brought together. ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de “out of morbid curiosity” LOL. That draw a laugh out of me, so easily! 🤭

本周赛博领鸡蛋[4.10~4.16]
本周赛博领鸡蛋略敷衍，Epic 把上周厂商限免的游戏《女神救地球：重生》算进了自己的限免，实际上上周的限免截止日期就是4.16。所以，本周只有一款 PC 新游戏《Prop Sumo》和一款手机游戏《Dumb Ways to Draw》。 可以直接通过网页领取，无需安装客户端，无需真的玩。 《Prop ⌘ Read more

This one comes from this years (now scrapped) April 1st DLSS 5 gag, that was originally supposed to use Microsofts AI - in ways similar to the Nvidia technology, which produced interesting, overly detailed results. I wanted to see if I could beat the AI thing at drawing something like that myself and many redraws later, this is my best result.

Sam Altman Says OpenAI Shares Anthropic’s Red Lines in Pentagon Fight
An anonymous reader shares a report: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote in a memo to staff that he will draw the same red lines that sparked a high-stakes fight between rival Anthropic and the Pentagon: no AI for mass surveillance or autonomous lethal weapons. If other leading firms like Google follow suit, this could massively complicate the Pentag … ⌘ Read more

Oh, and @thecanine@twtxt.net has new pixel drawings! If there is something you can say about them is that they stay faithful to their pixelated, digital companion. They have a good friendship!

Discord Tries To Walk Back Age Verification Panic, Says Most Users Won’t Need Face Scans
Discord has moved to calm a user backlash over its upcoming age verification mandate by clarifying that the “vast majority” of people will never be asked to confirm their age through a face scan or government ID.

The platform said it will instead rely on an internal “age prediction” model that draws o … ⌘ Read more

Encouraging my kids to program as they draw: https://akkartik.name/post/2026-01-28-devlog

UK Mulls Australia-Like Social Media Ban For Users Under 16
The UK government has launched a public consultation on whether to ban social media use for children under 16, drawing inspiration from Australia’s recently enacted age-based restrictions. “It would also explore how to enforce that limit, how to limit tech companies from being able to access children’s data and how to limit ‘infinite scrolling,’ as well as … ⌘ Read more

Another successful playthrough of Symphony of the Night draws to a close… And Richter’s story begins once again…

Dumbphone Owners Have Lost Their Minds
The growing enthusiasm among Gen Z for ditching smartphones in favor of basic “dumbphones” may be overlooking a significant cognitive reality, according to a WIRED essay that draws on the 1998 “extended mind hypothesis” by philosophers Andy Clark and David Chalmers. The hypothesis argues that external tools can extend the biological brain in an all but physical way, meaning your phone isn’t just a … ⌘ Read more

Anthropic’s Index Shows Job Evolution Over Replacement
Anthropic’s fourth installment of its Economic Index, drawing on an anonymized sample of two million Claude conversations from November 2025, finds that AI is changing how people work rather than whether they work at all. The study tracked usage across the company’s consumer-facing Claude.ai platform and its API, categorizing interactions as either automation (where AI co … ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Oh, I see. Unfortunately, there seems to be no box drawing character for a corner with a diagonal line. Indeed, this is probably the best you can do.

Is the single character enough to hit it comfortably with the mouse, though? Maybe one additional to the left and above could be something to think about. Not sure. Of course this complicates it a bit more. Personally, I like fullscreen windows, so I’m definitely the wrong guy to judge this or even comment on. :-)

Craigslist at 30: No Algorithms, No Ads, No Problem
Craigslist, the 30-year-old classifieds site that looks virtually unchanged since the dial-up era, continues to draw more than 105 million monthly users and remains enormously profitable despite never spending a cent on advertising or marketing. The site ranks as the 40th most popular website in the United States, according to Internet data company Similarweb.

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DRM Splash Screen Updated To Simply Drawing A Colored Background, Displaying A BMP Image
Back in October was an initial proposal for a DRM splash screen client for the Linux kernel that would be primarily useful for embedded systems for rendering a simple “splash screen” when updating the system firmware/software, early display activation at boot, during system recovery, or similar processes. Sent out today was a second revision to the DRM splash screen code… ⌘ Read more

Stratechery Pushes Back on AI Capital Dystopia Predictions
Stratechery’s Ben Thompson has published a lengthy rebuttal to Dwarkesh Patel and Philip Trammell’s widely discussed winter break essay “Capital in the 22nd Century,” arguing that even in a world where AI can perform all human jobs, people will still prefer human-created content and human connection.

Patel and Trammell’s thesis draws on Thomas Piketty’s wor … ⌘ Read more

Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: South Africans … have found a remedy for power cuts that have plagued people in the developing world for years. Thanks to swiftly falling prices of Chinese made solar panels and batteries, they now draw their power from the sun. These aren’t the tiny, old-school solar lanterns that once … ⌘ Read more

Linux Kernel Highlights For 2025: Schedulers, Rust & Torvalds’ Commentary
With the end of the year quickly drawing to a close, here is a look back at the most-viewed Linux kernel news of 2025… ⌘ Read more

Cursor CEO Warns Vibe Coding Builds ‘Shaky Foundations’ That Eventually Crumble
Michael Truell, the 25-year-old CEO and cofounder of Cursor, is drawing a sharp distinction between careful AI-assisted development and the more hands-off approach commonly known as “vibe coding.” Speaking at a conference, Truell described vibe coding as a method where users “close your eyes and you don’t look at … ⌘ Read more

Artist Nnena Kalu earns ‘historic’ Turner Prize win
Kalu wins for her sculptures and drawings, becoming the first learning disabled artist to scoop the award. ⌘ Read more

**Boulter misses out on Australian Open main draw **
Former British number one Katie Boulter will have to go through qualifying in January to secure a place at the Australian Open. ⌘ Read more

‘Disrespectful’ Salah comments threw club under bus - Rooney
Wayne Rooney says the critical comments made by Mohamed Salah after Liverpool’s 3-3 draw with Leeds were “disrespectful” and have thrown the club “under the bus”. ⌘ Read more

The Papers: ‘Netflix seals $85bn Warner Bros deal’ and ‘One L of a draw’
The Fifa World Cup 2026 draw features on several Saturday editions. ⌘ Read more

No perfect draw but nothing to fear for Socceroos in World Cup grouping
Nothing can be guaranteed in a World Cup, but the Socceroos’ draw alongside the United States, Paraguay and a European qualifier gives a solid shot at advancing, with the Australians avoiding most of the big names. ⌘ Read more

‘Netflix seals $85bn Warner Bros deal’ and ‘One L of a draw’
The Fifa World Cup 2026 draw features on several Saturday editions. ⌘ Read more