‘I Felt Super Violated’: Men Wearing Meta Glasses on Dates Is an Instant Red Flag

WIRED ‘I Felt Super Violated’: Men Wearing Meta Glasses on Dates Is an Instant Red Flag
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They met at a bar in midtown Manhattan. He arrived wearing a baseball cap pulled low and sported a pair of black-framed glasses, she says. As conversation flowed, from discussions about navigating life in New York to past relationships, he mentioned that his glasses were Meta Ray-Bans.

“I wasn’t familiar with them,” McAnuff, a 28-year-old project manager who now lives in Toronto, tells WIRED. It was her first time seeing the smart glasses up close, which can record images and video from the wearer’s viewpoint. He let her try them on and even showed her a couple of videos that he’d taken previously, she says. “That was it. We stopped talking about it after that. I figured that was the end of the use.”

The next day, checking her Instagram, McAnuff noticed she’d been tagged in one of his story posts. To her surprise, it was footage of them at the bar and on the subway together, en route to a basketball game uptown. In the video, McAnuff is captured from an above angle, sitting across from her date who is holding a drinking glass; WIRED has seen screenshots of the footage. “I felt super violated,” McAnuff says. “Like, what if I don’t want everyone knowing what I’m up to? He felt so free to film me and post it. There was no conversation about it.”

Meta sold more than 7 million pairs of the Ray-Bans in 2025, as its smart glasses have infiltrated public spaces thanks to pranksters with dreams of viral fame, some of whom even film people while they’re at work. The phenomenon, which has also spread to pickup artists hitting on women, has earned the hardware the nickname “creep glasses.”

Among singles, and particularly women, Meta’s AI-powered eyewear has become a recurring nuisance, as people share a spreading unease about being covertly filmed on dates.

How do Europeans feel about having a federated army stationed in Canada and Greenland?

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We could start with danish, french and british troops establishing bases in Canada with nordic troops in Greenland. These garrisons could be primarily used for training Ukrainians and Taiwanese defenders.

We could build more ice breakers to protect our North West Passage and infrastructure to support the locals in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Greenland with increased access to foods, medicine and opportunities.

As we need to secure democracy, local sovereignty and minerals from the fascist Washington DC’s encroachment on our countries. They have Alaska already, there’s no need for more entitlement.

We must stand together in the face of imperial Russia and USA.

Inside Azahar: Interviewing the Duo Keeping the 3DS Alive Through Emulation

The Bryant Review Inside Azahar: Interviewing the Duo Keeping the 3DS Alive Through Emulation
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Here’s my interview with OpenSauce and PabloMK7, the two developers behind Azahar, and as far as I can establish, this is the first and only interview the pair have done together about the project.

We talk about their very different routes into programming and 3DS development, their time working with Citra, how Lime3DS and PabloMK7’s fork eventually came together as Azahar, and some of the difficult problems involved in emulating the 3DS hardware accurately. We also get into what makes the original 3DS systems so interesting to emulate, and the new wave of dual-screen Android handhelds like the AYN Thor and Retroid Pocket Duo/Duo Lite that are bringing fresh attention to 3DS emulation.

There’s also plenty here about open source, preservation, the homebrew scene, and where they see 3DS emulation going next. It was a really interesting conversation, especially getting both sides of Azahar’s story in one place.

Hope some here enjoy it!

Warning, it is a bit of a long read, probably best for those who like articles instead of short form!

Kingdom Rising — Build, Raid, Rule

Kingdom Rising Kingdom Rising — Build, Raid, Rule
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I’m excited to share Kingdom Rising — a free strategy game where you build your kingdom, train your army, strengthen your defenses, raid real players, and compete for the top of the leaderboard.

Invite your friends, challenge each other, and see who can build the strongest kingdom. 🏰⚔️

🎮 Play in your browser: kingdomrising.sbs

📱 Also available on the App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/…/id6796983706

I’d really appreciate your support and feedback. Hope you enjoy playing!

Secret documents show German police don't need to break the encryption of chat apps, they have been systematically adding their own device to the messenger accounts of people under investigation.

netzpolitik.org Immer mehr Polizei überwacht Messenger wie WhatsApp
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1397415/secret-documents-show-german-police-don-t-need-to-break-the-encryption-of-chat-apps-they

CounterSide is fully free and single player now

GitHub GitHub - MadlyMoe/RevivalSide: Revival:Side is a private server implementation project for Counter:Side
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The Stop Killing Games folks will love this.

CounterSide is a gacha game. It died on August 26th this year. However, some modders have provided infrastructure to host your own local server, so it can still be played.

You can also use console commands to give yourself however many gacha pulls, other currency, or gear you want. The story is fully playable, so the game can be treated like a single player RPG.

Some of the gamemodes don’t work right (I hear Dive is broken), but the important stuff like the main story, side stories, and combat work fine.

The infrastructure that handles launching the server is here, though you will need to grab the assets (which the infrastructure calls a frozen client) elsewhere. The non-Steam variant seems to work best, though YMMV.

US data centers could consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 2035

TechCrunch US data centers could consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 2035 | TechCrunch
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cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/71553176

The AI frenzy could push U.S. data centers to become one of the largest consumers of natural gas in the world.

Archived version: archive.is/…/us-data-centers-could-consume-more-n…


Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Standalone cameras

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I’m looking at dusting off my motion setup. It was an old setup to monitor what my pets are doing in the house with a webcam.

However, I need cameras outside to monitor my gardens and the webcams are not really usefull for that (for one, the’re not waterproof and USB cams)

I try to look for stand alone cameras, but can’t find a good test of them. (probably user error) Any tips on good, safe, cameras for outside? (pref poe, wifi when it can’t be avoided, not battery powered)

Thanks in advance

Corsaro: Search torrents in the terminal (Bash)

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https://gitlab.com/christosangel/corsaro

corsaro is a script written in Bash that allows the user to search for torrents in the terminal .

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The functions and the data are taken from https://piratebay.live/

Opening the script, the user through the main menu, can:

  • Search for a torrent

  • Search for a torrent in a category

  • Search for a torrent in multiple categories

  • Check out top 100 torrents in a category

  • Browse torrents in a category

  • Browse the most recent torrents

  • Repeat previous torrent search

  • Browse torrent search history and repeat a search using a stored key word

  • Configure the parameters of the script

[Episode] That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 • Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken 4th Season - Episode 23 discussion

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Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken 4th Season, episode 23

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I have chip8 versions of my games and a doom mod that is a crossover between a doom engine game and 1 of my games

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Hello my name is Daniel Hanrahan and I have wonderful news to share and it is the announcement for my games now have chip 8 versions now and I have a doom engine game mod that is a crossover between any doom engine game and my puzzle shooter, here is the link: daniel-hanrahan-tools-and-games.github.io

Privacy-focused mail providers (FOSS preferred)?

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Hi all,

We’re looking to get off Rackspace’s email as the Spam filtering is pure garbage. We’re going to avoid the Googles and MS’s of the world, and I’m wondering if this community has suggestions for mail providers that run FOSS services (and are public about that via support), and/or are privacy focused. Note: Proton is a no-go due to having to run an IMAP middle-man service.

Thanks!

There's so much cheating in Fortnite it's getting unplayable.

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Been regularly playing for some years now and always encountered the occasional cheater, aim hacker, teamer and the likes. Although it’s never nice it was bearable.

This season is different: Getting beamed in three clean headshots from 80 metres away with a green ar while moving behind cover… Watching such players after elimination constantly hitting headshots over 50 metres while running and jumping wildly… Getting hit in bushes and trees without line of sight… And that happens nearly every fucking match. Reporting is pointless, epic is not even trying to contain the problem. Selling skins is more profitable, of course it is.

It’s so annoying when you just want to run around and have some shoot outs, and then some people who barely know how to navigate the map eliminate you out of the corner of their eyes.

If anyone knows a nice and relaxing shooter that runs on Switch 2 please let me know. Thanks.

Decided to play as Stephen from Django Unchained. No RP. I just liked how Stephen looks. They did a great job with L. Jackson’s makeup.

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And as a trader of Nuka-World, henceforth until the day you die, all day, every day, you will be sellin’ junk to suckers, turnin’ trash into caps. Now, when you get there, they gonna take away your name, give you a junk stall and say, ‘Get to work!’ One word of sass, they cut out your tongue. And they good at it, too. You won’t bleed out. Oh, they does that real good! They gonna work ya all day, every day 'till your back give out. Then they hit you in the head with a hammer, and throw your ass down the shitter.

Kingdom Rising — Build, Raid, Rule

Kingdom Rising Kingdom Rising — Build, Raid, Rule
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I’m excited to share Kingdom Rising — a free strategy game where you build your kingdom, train your army, strengthen your defenses, raid real players, and compete for the top of the leaderboard.

Invite your friends, challenge each other, and see who can build the strongest kingdom. 🏰⚔️

🎮 Play in your browser: kingdomrising.sbs

📱 Also available on the App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/…/id6796983706

I’d really appreciate your support and feedback. Hope you enjoy playing!

[AIP] Portabase v1.29 - database configuration from the dashboard, MongoDB SRV support and file availability checks

GitHub GitHub - Portabase/portabase: Portabase - Database backup & restore tool for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MsSQL, MariaDB, Firebird SQL, SQLite, MongoDB, Redis and Docker Volume
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DISCLAIMER: All the code was written by humans until December 2025. Since then, we have started using AI as an assistant, mainly to speed up debugging and for low-value-added tasks (UI and some simple logic). However, all code is reviewed by a human, and the architecture is designed exclusively by humans.

Hi everyone,

We’ve just released Portabase 1.29, with another round of improvements focused on configuration, reliability and reducing the amount of manual setup required.

Repo: github.com/Portabase/portabase

Quick recap if you’re new to Portabase

Portabase is an open-source, self-hosted backup and restore platform designed for data retention, disaster recovery and homogeneous database migrations. It uses a central dashboard with lightweight agents deployed close to your databases and workloads.

We currently support 9 database engines (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, SQLite, Redis, Valkey, Firebird SQL and Microsoft SQL Server) as well as Docker volume backups.

What’s new

You can now add new databases directly from the dashboard! Until now, databases were only declared through the agent’s configuration file (databases.json). Both approaches can be used depending on how you prefer to manage your infrastructure.

Portabase now checks whether backup files are actually still available in the configured storage. If a file has been deleted, moved, or is otherwise unavailable, it is now marked as unavailable instead of being presented as a valid restore candidate.

The new version of the agent (v1.19) adds support for MongoDB SRV connections, making it easier to connect to MongoDB deployments using mongodb+srv://, including managed/cloud MongoDB environments.

What’s next

We’re now working on several areas:

  • Deploying a public Portabase demo
  • Improving and restructuring the documentation
  • Enhancing the agent retry and resilience system
  • Additional dashboard UX/UI improvements
  • A database-specific options system, allowing advanced parameters to be configured for each supported engine
  • Audit logs across the ecosystem for better traceability

As usual, feedback is welcome. If you find bugs, have trouble with the new dashboard-based configuration, or need database-specific options we don’t support yet, feel free to open an issue on GitHub.

Thanks!

Hosting SearXNG behind a VPN

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If it helps others this was my config. To be honest I have a weak grasp of what it actually does so there might be some security issues with it.

Apparently you can also add lemmy as a search engine. Will work on that later.

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# docker-compose.yml name: searxng services: core: container_name: searxng-core image: docker.io/searxng/searxng:latest restart: always network_mode: “service:gluetun” volumes: - ./core-config:/etc/searxng - core-data:/var/cache/searxng gluetun: image: qmcgaw/gluetun:v3.41.3 container_name: gluetun cap_add: - NET_ADMIN environment: - VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=custom - VPN_TYPE=openvpn - OPENVPN_CUSTOM_CONFIG=/gluetun/custom.conf ports: - 8080:8080 restart: always volumes: - ./gluetun:/gluetun devices: - /dev/net/tun:/dev/net/tun nginx: container_name: nginx image: nginx:latest ports: - 80:80 - 443:443 volumes: - ./nginx:/etc/nginx/conf.d - ./cert:/etc/nginx/cert valkey: container_name: searxng-valkey image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:9-alpine command: valkey-server --save 30 1 --loglevel warning restart: always volumes: - valkey-data:/data/ volumes: core-data: valkey-data: # nginx/default.conf server { server_name localhost; listen 443 ssl; ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/cert/cert.pem; ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/cert/private.key; location / { proxy_pass http://gluetun:8080/; proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_set_header Connection $http_connection; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; } } server { server_name localhost; listen 80; location / { return 301 https://$host$request_uri; } }