2026-07-17

Quiche Browser Now Defaults to No-AI Web Search Results

Quiche Industries (Greg de J.): Starting today, Quiche Browser disables AI overviews in search results by default, out of the box. Compare how much space and time they waste. I...

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Firefox in WebAssembly

Firefox in WebAssembly

Firefox in WebAssembly This is absurdly cool: Puter compiled Firefox to WebAssembly such that the whole browser runs in another browser. Here's my blog, running in Firefox, running in WebAssembly,...

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81 years ago today, a 21-kiloton test in the New Mexico desert gave humanity the power to destroy itself — and in the eight decades since, no two nuclear-armed powers have ever fought a full-scale conventional war against each other

81 years ago today, a 21-kiloton test in the New Mexico desert gave humanity the power to destroy itself — and in the eight decades since, no two nuclear-armed powers have ever fought a full-scale conventional war against each other

On July 16, 1945, in a stretch of New Mexico desert called the Jornada del Muerto, scientists of the Manhattan Project detonated a plutonium device code-named Gadget. Some had theorized...

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Dithering: ‘Apple Sues OpenAI’

Dithering: ‘Apple Sues OpenAI’

Tuesday’s episode of Dithering was a good one, especially for the DF audience, so we’ve moved it outside the paywall and made it free-to-listen on the web. (We don’t (yet?)...

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Chinese memory ban would cut off RAMpocalypse relief

Chinese memory ban would cut off RAMpocalypse relief

Two US lawmakers push tighter curbs on chipmakers from the Middle Kingdom

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A USB Port by Any Other Color…

A USB Port by Any Other Color…

[Dr. Gough] bought a generic USB 3.0 hub on an Asian website. Surely, USB 3 is mature enough that even the cheapest hub will have some IC in it that...

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Can You Ethically Moonlight In Tech? Yes — Here’s How to Hold Down Multiple Jobs.

Moonlighting is one of the most contested topics in tech right now. Here's how to navigate it without compromising your integrity.

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OpenAI admits GPT-5.6 occasionally deletes files – but it's an 'honest mistake'

OpenAI admits GPT-5.6 occasionally deletes files – but it's an 'honest mistake'

Data purges deemed an example of 'misaligned behavior' that upstart is working to avoid

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GoldenEye 007 gets its best replacement in less than 1 month

GoldenEye 007 gets its best replacement in less than 1 month

Agent 64: Spies Never Die is the GoldenEye 007 replacement we've been waiting years for, and it's out sooner than expected.

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Your Plugin Call Doesn't Need an Isolate

Your Plugin Call Doesn't Need an Isolate

I answered a Flutter isolate question in 2024. Two years later I benchmarked it: the plugin call cost 1.8 ms, the Dart pipeline froze the UI for 5 seconds.

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After 13 years, Path of Exile's devs are finally ready to ditch one of its most iconic and frustrating mechanics

After 13 years, Path of Exile's devs are finally ready to ditch one of its most iconic and frustrating mechanics

Grinding Gear Games wants to find ways to get new players into the old action RPG.

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How to get and farm ore in Palworld

How to get and farm ore in Palworld

You’ll need lots of ore and ingots to progress in Palworld. Here’s where to farm a bunch of ore easily and which Pals to use to help you farm ore.

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Texas Democrats Ask for Investigation Into Ken Paxton After Our Reporting Found He May Have Violated Election Law

Texas Democrats Ask for Investigation Into Ken Paxton After Our Reporting Found He May Have Violated Election Law

The post Texas Democrats Ask for Investigation Into Ken Paxton After Our Reporting Found He May Have Violated Election Law appeared first on ProPublica.

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Short Sellers Are Having a Field Day Betting Against SpaceX as Shares Continue to Slip

Short Sellers Are Having a Field Day Betting Against SpaceX as Shares Continue to Slip

It could soon get even worse. The post Short Sellers Are Having a Field Day Betting Against SpaceX as Shares Continue to Slip appeared first on Futurism.

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Amsterdam activists throw acid at Microsoft datacenter project

Amsterdam activists throw acid at Microsoft datacenter project

Extinction Rebellion claims responsibility for chemical-filled balloon attack targeting concrete and steel

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Bungie announces new Marathon PvE mode, an experimental roguelite

Bungie announces new Marathon PvE mode, an experimental roguelite

Marathon's new Vault Breaker mode is coming to the extraction shooter in a mid-season 2 update, Bungie has revealed.

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Why This Medtech CEO Left Money on the Table

As rehabilitation moves into patients' homes, ROMTech's Peter Arn argues the hardest part of scaling a rapidly growing healthcare company is knowing which growth not to take.

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