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This free font can trick AI scrapers into swallowing gibberish instead of your content
Posted on Friday July 31, 2026
A Brazilian creative studio called Seneda & Abrucio has teamed up with Playtype, a Copenhagen-based type foundry, to build something that doesn't rely on asking nicely to keep crawlers away. They call it ShieldFont, and it's essentially a free, open-source web font with a twist. It works by showing you...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Intel is giving a startup the keys to its x86 (Atom) CPU kingdom
Posted on Friday July 31, 2026
Reuters sources claim that Intel is entering into a secret agreement with RosaicLabs Inc., a company incorporated in Delaware just a couple of months ago. The agreement covers the register-transfer level (RTL) code for Intel's Atom CPUs, although we don't have any specific clues about which generation of Atom chips...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
X settles with advertising group after accusing it of coordinating a boycott
Posted on Friday July 31, 2026
In a joint statement, X Corp. and the WFA said they were "putting the litigation . . . behind them" and that the agreement "resets the relationship between the two organizations." Neither side disclosed the terms.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A third of physical PS5 games and half of Xbox Series discs need downloads to work properly, report shows
Posted on Friday July 31, 2026
From Sony's decision to end production of discs for new PlayStation games in 2028 to the Xbox network outage that stopped some disc-based titles from working, there's been a lot of conversation about physical media recently.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Amazon spent $1.8 million on a failed AI project, and didn't notice the overrun for five months
Posted on Friday July 31, 2026
In one case, Amazon spent $1.8 million on a project that used Anthropic's Claude Sonnet model to match author information with product listings. The system ultimately failed, and spending exceeded the original budget by 860%. The issue went undetected for five months.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
PwC just got caught trying to pass AI slop as authentic research
Posted on Friday July 31, 2026
The AI hallucinations were confirmed by multiple leading publications, including the Financial Times. The so-called "Thought Leadership" reports were intended to articulate PwC's insights into some of the fastest-growing businesses in the Middle East, including agentic AI, public services, and electric vehicles. However, the bizarre turn of events suggests that...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AI is finding so many Chrome security flaws that Google may start updating it twice a week
Posted on Friday July 31, 2026
These tools are scanning code at a scale and speed that were not previously possible. In at least one case, the technology exposed a flaw that had remained in Chrome for 13 years. If exploited, the bug could have allowed attackers to bypass the browser's sandbox protections and access local files.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Qualcomm's humanoid robot demo went hilariously wrong when the machine just dropped dead on stage
Posted on Friday July 31, 2026
The incident occurred during Computex 2026, but it seems video of what happened has only recently surfaced online.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Meta's Reality Labs division lost $4.6 billion in Q2 2026, pushing total losses toward $88 billion
Posted on Friday July 31, 2026
Meta's earnings report for the second quarter of 2026 primarily focuses on the company's AI and smart-glasses-related ambitions, but buried in the numbers is yet another multi-billion-dollar loss from the Reality Labs division. Meta may have shifted priorities, but it has apparently not completely given up on the dream of...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
More Americans now support banning phones all day at school, not just in class
Posted on Friday July 31, 2026
According to Pew Research Center, 77% of US adults now support in-classroom phone bans for middle and high school students, marking the second consecutive year that support has increased – the figure stood at 68% in 2024. Just 18% now oppose such a ban, while 6% are unsure.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »