Gavin Newsom is pushing for an AI kill switch
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is positioning the state to take the lead on AI oversight, including the potential to mandate a "kill switch" for frontier...
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2026.38: Doomforce
The best Stratechery content from the week of September 14, 2026, including the view from anywhere but San Francisco, the limited potential for a pacing deal,...
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New WordPress Click2Shell Flaw Forces Theme Installs, Can Chain to Code Execution
WordPress today released patches to fix a new set of vulnerabilities in its core software, one of which could allow a crafted web link, opened by...
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Despite controversial reviews and online mockery, Marvel's Wolverine looks to have sold 1.9m on PS5 – and over 1 in 5 sales are physical
Marvel's Wolverine has been in the hot seat over the last week or so, but mixed reviews and internet memes seemingly haven't put a dent in...
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Hackaday Podcast Episode 387: Superhuman Clocks, CAN in USB-C, and the Joys of Bare Metal
This week, Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start the episode off by discussing the latest CircuitPython developments before covering some impressive reverse engineering efforts,...
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In the absence of a new Deus Ex, indie imsim Tokyo Walled City may scratch that stealth 'n' stolen passwords itch
From the buzzing tube lights of TGS 2026 emerges Tokyo Walled City, a (deep breath) "stealth action retro-cyberpunk immersive sim with survival horror and RPG elements"...
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What Hollywood thinks about existential AI warnings
As the tech sector sounds alarms about AI's potential to destroy humanity, entertainment labor groups are urging the public to stay focused on what's already happening....
Read moreResearch Shows ICE Raids Are Killing Local Economies
Contrary to the “worst of the worst” posturing presented by the Trump administration, it’s long been known that immigrants (both legal or otherwise) commit fewer crimes...
Read moreGoogle's "Painful To Maintain" Binder C Linux Driver Being Removed In Favor Of Rust
Google's Binder driver written in the C programming language has long been part of the mainline kernel as the inter-process communication (IPC) mechanism used on Android....
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I just learned there's a camera that proves its photos are taken by a human, and Noctua makes the fan inside it
And now you know, too. You're welcome.
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Tractor-battling teenage road trip RPG Keep Driving is getting official mod support via Steam Workshop later this month
Brendy (RPS in peace) liked Keep Driving. Nic (RPS in peace) liked Keep Driving. I (RPS still alive) liked Keep Driving. Julian (RPS currently boss) liked...
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