YouTube locked my accounts and I can't cancel my subscription
https://pocketables.com/2026/04/ai-music-corporate-control-and-the-creator-who-cant-even-leave.html
https://pocketables.com/2026/04/ai-music-corporate-control-and-the-creator-who-cant-even-leave.html
Pocketables
AI Music, Corporate Control, and the Creator Who Can't Even Leave - Pocketables
A fight over AI music is spilling far beyond artists and labels, quietly reshaping how platforms treat the people who use them. When enforcement scales faster than accountability, users can lose access to their own accounts, their data, and even the ability…
Penguin 'Toxicologists' Find PFAS Chemicals in Remote Patagonia
https://www.ucdavis.edu/health/news/penguin-toxicologists-find-pfas-chemicals-remote-patagonia
https://www.ucdavis.edu/health/news/penguin-toxicologists-find-pfas-chemicals-remote-patagonia
UC Davis
Penguin ‘Toxicologists’ Find PFAS Chemicals in Remote Patagonia
Penguins can serve as living monitors of their environment by using small, chemical-detecting leg bands, according to a study from UC Davis and SUNY-Buffalo.
Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y
Nature
Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real
Nature - Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?
France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins
https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/souverainete-numerique-reduction-dependances-extra-europeennes/
https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/souverainete-numerique-reduction-dependances-extra-europeennes/
White House staff told not to place bets on prediction markets
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgld65x396go
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgld65x396go
BBC News
White House staff warned not to place bets on prediction markets
The gambling platforms have grown in popularity, with some users making wagers on conflicts.
The effects of caffeine consumption do not decay with a ~5 hour half-life
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/vefsxkGWkEMmDcZ7v/the-effects-of-caffeine-consumption-do-not-decay-with-a-5
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/vefsxkGWkEMmDcZ7v/the-effects-of-caffeine-consumption-do-not-decay-with-a-5
Lesswrong
The effects of caffeine consumption do not decay with a ~5 hour half-life — LessWrong
tldr: The effects of caffeine consumption last longer than many assume. Paraxanthine is sort of like caffeine that behaves the way many mistakenly be…
Bluesky users are mastering the fine art of blaming everything on "vibe coding"
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/bluesky-users-are-mastering-the-fine-art-of-blaming-everything-on-vibe-coding/
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/bluesky-users-are-mastering-the-fine-art-of-blaming-everything-on-vibe-coding/
Ars Technica
Bluesky users are mastering the fine art of blaming everything on "vibe coding"
Use of AI coding tools has become a convenient boogeyman for any tech issues.
Supply chain nightmare: How Rust will be attacked and what we can do to mitigate
https://kerkour.com/rust-supply-chain-nightmare
https://kerkour.com/rust-supply-chain-nightmare
Sylvain Kerkour
Supply chain nightmare: How Rust will be attacked and what we can do to mitigate the inevitable
An essential part of being able to say "I told you so" is in fact having told you so. Well, here we are. For those living under a rock (lucky
France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/10/france-to-ditch-windows-for-linux-to-reduce-reliance-on-us-tech/
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/10/france-to-ditch-windows-for-linux-to-reduce-reliance-on-us-tech/
TechCrunch
France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech | TechCrunch
France's move to ditch Windows for Linux is its latest effort to reduce its reliance on American tech giants.
Bluesky April 2026 Outage Post-Mortem
https://pckt.blog/b/jcalabro/april-2026-outage-post-mortem-219ebg2
https://pckt.blog/b/jcalabro/april-2026-outage-post-mortem-219ebg2
Jim's Pckt
April 2026 Outage Post-Mortem - Jim's Pckt
Hey all! I'm Jim, and I do system-y things at Bluesky. I'm here to give you some details about what happened on Monday of this week that caused Bluesky to go...
Why I'm Building a Database Engine in C#
https://nockawa.github.io/blog/why-building-database-engine-in-csharp/
https://nockawa.github.io/blog/why-building-database-engine-in-csharp/
Nockawa’s Blog
Why I’m Building a Database Engine in C#
Everyone says you need C, C++, or Rust for a high-performance database engine. I chose C# — here’s why that’s not as crazy as it sounds.
Peers vote to ban pornography depicting sex acts between stepfamily members
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/10/porngraphy-depicting-sex-acts-between-stepfamily-members-banned-in-uk
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/10/porngraphy-depicting-sex-acts-between-stepfamily-members-banned-in-uk
the Guardian
Peers vote to ban pornography depicting sex acts between stepfamily members
Amendment calling for step-incest to be included in ban on harmful content passes by just one vote
Bild AI (YC W25) Is Hiring a Founding Product Engineer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/bild-ai/jobs/dDMaxVN-founding-product-engineer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/bild-ai/jobs/dDMaxVN-founding-product-engineer
Y Combinator
Founding Product Engineer at Bild AI | Y Combinator
We founded Bild AI to tackle the mess that is blueprint reading, cost estimation, and permit applications in construction. It's a tough technical problem that requires the newest CV and AI approaches, and we’re impact-driven to make it more efficient to build…
Adobe Diddles with Your /etc./Hosts File
https://old.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1sb6hzk/adobe_wrote_to_my_hosts_file_ive_never_had_an_app/oe1ap9h/
https://old.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1sb6hzk/adobe_wrote_to_my_hosts_file_ive_never_had_an_app/oe1ap9h/
Reddit
From the webdev community on Reddit: Adobe wrote to my hosts file. I’ve never had an app do this before
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Molotov Cocktail Is Hurled at Home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/us/open-ai-sam-altman-molotov-cocktail.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/us/open-ai-sam-altman-molotov-cocktail.html
Nytimes
Molotov Cocktail Is Hurled at Home of Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO
The device burned an exterior gate of the house in San Francisco, the police said, and it was unclear whether the artificial intelligence executive was home. The authorities arrested a suspect.
DOJ Top Antitrust Litigators Exit After Ticketmaster Accord
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-08/doj-top-antitrust-litigators-exit-after-ticketmaster-settlement
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-08/doj-top-antitrust-litigators-exit-after-ticketmaster-settlement
Bloomberg.com
DOJ Top Antitrust Litigators Exit After Ticketmaster Settlement
The US Justice Department’s top antitrust litigator and three senior trial attorneys that led cases against Live Nation Entertainment Inc., Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are leaving the agency, according to people familiar with their plans.