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AI is mass decompiling games. That’s both awesome and scary
AI is mass decompiling games. That's both awesome and scary. Indie game developer Popcar talks about the recent wave of AI-powered decompilation of existing games, enabling weird mashups between existing games, and producing a boom in game preservation projects to get old games working on new hardware (often in a browser using WebAssembly). I like how this piece captures both the positives and the negatives of this new development: Most people already realized the scary part by now.
There’s Nothing Mysterious or Unusual About the Viral German Sexual Harassment Robot
Livestreamers used a robot to harass a woman for social media clout on the street in Germany.
After using Apple HomeView I think it’s the smart display you’ve been waiting for – just don’t bring your Ring doorbell
A cute, colourful smart display that's brilliant if you live in Apple's world
Character.ai Bankruptcy Is First AI Bubble Domino to Fall
New music genre just dropped. Also: A Tesla locks out cops, and more from around the web.
World’s largest health appointment platform dumps its web trackers after Markup investigation
Doctoralia said it was removing trackers that communicated with social media companies out of an abundance of caution The world’s largest health appointments platform, Doctoralia, removed web trackers sending personal information to tech companies following an investigation by The Markup and Brazil’s Agência Pública.
Glasses-free 3D gaming on this laptop was fun – but I don’t think I’d use it enough to justify the price premium
There’s probably a reason Chillblast’s Arc Vision Pro 3D is in a class of one, even if the hardware ticks plenty of boxes
Apple HomeView, The New Apple TV, The App Story
The Apple Homeview is official, and the question is how big is the addressable market for expensive devices based on subpar AI.
Meta launches new Your Algorithm options so you can control your Facebook algorithm
Meta is introducing new controls to help Facebook users customize the algorithm used to deliver content to them. Powered by AI, the new Your Algorithm tools allow for natural language prompts and make it possible to fine-tune what appears in Feed and Reels on the social network. Fast Facts Meta says that the recommendations it makes on Facebook will immediately take into account the customizations that users put in place so changes will be noticeably straight away.
How lab grown diamonds are made and 5 reasons you should choose them over natural diamonds
Lab-grown diamonds are chemically identical to mined stones, but cost far less and come with a clearer conscience, and here’s how they’re made and why they might be the smarter buy
Apple’s smart display looking like the lovechild of my favourite Mac and an Apple Watch isn’t nearly enough for me to buy one
HomeView has a lot going for it, but it feels like another unnecessary device in a world already awash with unnecessary devices
Redesigning source control at Anthropic
Redesigning source control at Anthropic Interesting piece from Anthropic describing why and how they built their own custom alternative to Git, based on the dramatic increase in rate of changes to their code after the past six months. In May 2026, Anthropic averaged around 2,500 code changes merged per day; as of September, we merged over 30,000 per day. They included a chart showing those changes. I had Claude modify their chart (code here) to add markers for the public releases of each of their models in 2026:
Apple’s wall-mounted HomeView costs the same as the regular one, despite missing its bottom half
There might be good reasons for Apple charging the same for the wall-mounted HomeView, but it’s certainly not obvious from the specs alone
Llm-gemini 0.35
Release: llm-gemini 0.35 I added support to llm-gemini for the new Gemini 4 Argon model, made available today via the Gemini API and for customers of their $100/month subscription plan. Here are the low, medium and high pelicans. As expected, they are all excellent: Gemini has a track record of producing great SVGs, and are the only lab where I know their staff have invested in SVG specifically (and who have boasted about their pelicans before.) Here's the "high" illustration, which cost me 17.166 cents: The pricing is interesting.
Disney strikes $20-million deal for Character.ai’s assets as AI startup files for bankruptcy
The AI company has faced lawsuits over child safety and copyright issues involving Disney.
Character.ai’s Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don’t Work
Character.ai enshittified its product but was still burning tons of cash, its bankruptcy documents say.
Discovery+ now costs up to $11.99 a month as Skydance takes over
Discovery+ is getting more expensive just a week after Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery became Skydance. Here's what subscribers will pay, and when.
‘Human vs. Robot’ cage match was a hit. State says event was illegal, but organizers aren’t concerned
A human beat two out of three robots, including one inspired by 'Terminator,' during a recent cage match in San Francisco. The California State Athletic Commission says the event shouldn't have happened.
Kodi 22 Piers RC 1 adds game cheats, deep links and FFmpeg 9
Kodi 22 Piers RC 1 is out with FFmpeg 9.0.2, HDR PGS subtitle upgrades, a RetroPlayer cheat engine, Android deep links and smarter Blu-ray playlist detection.
I was excited to buy Apple HomeView, but after today’s surprising reveal I’ll be giving it a miss
HomeView has a different focus than I expected and hoped.I'm not sure Apple has made the right move.
French supermarket fridge attack hit outdated Danfoss units
Danfoss says many fridge controllers hijacked at 350+ French supermarkets were end-of-life or on outdated firmware as investigators hunt the unknown attackers.
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