Lawsuit claims Meta's layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans
Meta denies using AI to terminate workers with disabilities and medical problems.
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lobste.rs is now running on SQLite
This past Saturday, @pushcx and I deployed the SQLite pull request to production. We were waiting till this morning to see how it would react to the M…
Why this blog exists
Hi, I’m Marius Gjerd, a developer based in Bergen, Norway, working at the crossroads of code and physical infrastructure. I started out as an electric…
AI Daily Digest — July 12, 2026: GPT-5.6 Goes Public, Muse Spark 1.1 Arrives, Open Robotics Pipeline
🤖💻 AI Daily Digest — July 12, 2026 Another packed week in AI. OpenAI ended its 12-day restricted preview and opened GPT-5.6 to the world — three model…
Meta-Mitarbeiter vertrauen eigener KI nicht – Google muss Gemini-Nutzung begrenzen
Meta tut sich offenbar weiterhin schwer damit, im KI-Rennen den Anschluss zu finden. Intern sollen Mitarbeiter:innen statt der eigenen Llama-Modelle a…
What Meta Pulling an Instagram AI Feature Teaches Builders
Meta removed a controversial AI feature on Instagram after its own users pushed back, and the quiet reversal is more instructive than the feature itse…
Building a Fully Automated Facebook Post Scheduler using Node.js and GitHub Actions
How I Built a Zero-Cost Facebook Auto-Poster Using Node.js and GitHub Actions Automating social media management can save hours of manual work. In thi…
Disable auto-play and infinite scroll or risk massive fines, EU tells Meta
Digital Services Act may force Meta to make big changes on its platforms.
Thursday Thoughts: Why Anthropic Is the Next AWS, but Potentially Worse
A few weeks ago I wrote about how AI-native mirrors cloud-native — lift-and-shift now, real architectural rethink later. The same pattern enterprises …
You have violated the rules of our community
A friend was in the toilet, scrolling on his phone, when a message pops up very fast: ‘You have violated the rules of our community’. Panic! He sudden…
Friday Fixes: The Fix That Wasn't
Three bugs this month. All three looked fixed before they broke. The date was quoted in 51 out of 52 posts. The model was pinned to a specific version…
OpenAI oder Anthropic: Sind Open-Source-Modelle eine gute Alternative?
Experten gehen davon aus, dass frei verfügbare Open-Source-Modelle in wenigen Monaten so gut sind wie Top-Modelle von OpenAI oder Anthropic. Wie sie z…
Something Changed After the Sloan Articles. I Can't Prove It.
This is the third piece in a sequence. The first asked whether Sloan had flagged anyone else — it had . The second documented what I found out — Sloan…
What Is Loop Engineering? The New Meta for AI Coding Agents
What Exactly Is Loop Engineering? Loop Engineering is the practice of designing, optimizing, and governing the feedback loops that AI agents use to co…
How to Get Permanent Residency in Japan: The 2026 Breaking Changes Checklist
If you're trying to figure out how to get permanent residency in Japan under the 2026 rules, here's the release note you can't skip. On Feb 24, 2026, …
Has Sloan Flagged Your Article Lately?
Mine got flagged twice in one day. Both essays generated more engagement than anything else I've published here. One had a five-exchange technical com…
hello, world
A blog is a long-running argument with yourself about what you actually believe. I've been meaning to start one for years. This is mine. It will be ab…
$130 billion in data center projects blocked by protests so far this year
Winning fight against AI data centers gives people a "taste of political power."
Racist comments targeting politicians tripled since Meta relaxed its rules
Violent threats against lawmakers have also surged on Facebook.
One day after discovery, Meta pulls facial recognition code from its smart glasses
Meta won't say why or whether it's coming back.
Meta alleges NSO violated spyware injunction with new WhatsApp attacks
WhatsApp disrupted spear phishing attempts, asks court to hold NSO in contempt.
Can we stop tagging every thing as vibecoding?
Any article that even slightly mentions that AI exists is tagged as vibecoding, even when they have nothing to do with it. It:s getting out of hand. E…
Meta’s AI Support Hack Is a Warning for Every Team Automating User Access
The recent Meta AI support incident should make every engineering and security team pause. Not because Meta got hacked in some cinematic way. But beca…
Let's stop using flags as down-vote
From: https://lobste.rs/about Please don't use flagging to try to push down topics or people you don't like; click "hide" on the story and move on rat…
Friday Fixes: Housekeeping the Homelab and Hub
Some weeks you ship a big feature. Other weeks you sweep the floor so the big features keep working. This was a floor-sweeping week — two completely u…
How We Built a Dual-Fire Meta CAPI Tracking System for iGaming Landing Pages
If you run paid acquisition on Meta for landing pages, you already know the problem: iOS 14.5 gutted browser-side tracking. Meta's answer is the Conve…
Inside Meta's attempts to play catch-up with AI
Doubts linger over whether Meta can close the gap with rivals.
Hermes Agent: First Contact
Someone recommended I look at Hermes Agent as an alternative to OpenClaw. I've been running OpenClaw on the homelab since early May — it drives a Disc…
Hackers duped Meta AI support chatbot to steal celebrity Instagram accounts
Pricey Instagram handles were stolen and resold before Meta patched the exploit.
AI-Assisted Writing: Our Disclosure Policy and Ethics Stance
Every article on Pickuma is produced with AI assistance, and every article tells you so. The aiAssisted: true flag in our frontmatter is not a legal d…