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Wednesday April 30, 2025. 01:28 PM
Sycophantic update to GPT-4o rolled back after AI gets over-enthusiastic with the 'glaze' OpenAI has hurriedly rolled back the latest ChatGPT model days after it was released because it was deemed to be too 'sycophant-y and annoying.'…
Age 30 is a milestone in anyone's book, but inveterate prankster and professional silly person Max Fosh clearly wasn't satisfied with just cutting a cake and putting up some banners for his birthday. In celebration of his thirtieth, Fosh embarked on a colossal odyssey to...
Fans of the Blackwing 602 pencil, or any connoisseur of fine writing utensils, will enjoy Caroline Weavers' book 'The Untold Story of a Cultural Icon.' This short book is well researched and full of fun facts about the history of pencils, like, the tale of pencilmaker...
Have you ever wanted to start a podcast to share your ideas with the world, but were stopped by equipment costs before you ever got off the ground? This may be a niche problem that affects only the most pretentious and the most cash-strapped of us, which is a somewhat odd...
It's a classic problem, really. You sit down to play a refreshing game of Uno, only to realize you've accidentally gotten out your laptop computer instead of your deck of cards. It's a rookie mistake that's gotten me kicked out of several parties, but luckily you can now...
While dinosaur cloning is still confined to the realm of science fiction, the company that created Mammoth Meatballs is working on creating T. Rex leather. Scientists have yet to discover an insect entombed in amber to use in creating a dinosaur theme park, but collagen...
Laptops are great, but you don’t have to limit yourself to a tiny laptop screen — especially when you’re using a laptop at a desk. Adding a second screen is easier and cheaper than ever. The same is true if you’re using a desktop PC, too. No matter how you’re...
A new AI security report from Check Point Software shows how cybercriminals are co-opting generative AI and large language models (LLMs) in order to damage trust in digital identity. At the heart of these developments is AI's ability to convincingly impersonate and...
Snappy surfer eyes Apple's EU engine requirements Alternative browser Flow now passes 90 percent of web-platform-tests.…
Firefly Aerospace's sixth Alpha rocket launch failed on April 29, 2025, after an upper-stage anomaly prevented a Lockheed Martin satellite demo from reaching orbit. Both the stage and payload fell into the Pacific Ocean near Antarctica. Space.com reports: The two-stage,...
The Trump administration aims to make fossil fuels cheap—so cheap they wouldn’t be worth extracting. “‘Drill, baby, drill’ is nothing short of a myth,” one oil executive has said.
Microsoft is worth roughly $1 trillion today, but that sky-high valuation didn’t come without a few train wrecks during its first 50 years. I’m not talking about smaller screwups like the brain-dead Clippy, Microsoft’s intrusive Office helper from 1995. Instead, I’m...
Powerful new tools are only useful if people know what they can do and how to get them to do those things. For what feels like an eternity, Microsoft has been pushing Copilot as the greatest addition to Windows since... well, since Cortana it probably thinks. For tech heads...
Hey — have ya heard? Google’s got a simple-sounding but supremely useful new trick in the works for its homemade Pixel phones. Under-development code spotted in the latest Android beta reveals plans for adding a new double-tap gesture into future Pixel devices. It may or ...
The browser space, like so many other areas of software design, is one filled with inspiration and plagiarism. When one browser adds a new feature, you know it’s probably not going to be long before its rivals follow suit. Firefox is no different, but it likes to take its...
Go ahead, please do Bash static analysis Shell scripting may finally get a proper bug-checker. A group of academics has proposed static analysis techniques aimed at improving the correctness and reliability of Unix shell programs.…
Artificial intelligence has found its way into many areas, not least software development. But using this technology isn't without problems around security, code quality and more. We talked to Vibor Cipan, senior manager -- developer relations, community and success at AI...
Angular 19 continues its ongoing project of simplifying and improving developer experience while boosting performance. The development team’s well-publicized attention to these goals has paid off in the general perception of Angular as a project on the upswing. The most...
Somewhere between marching to a screaming Marine Corps drill instructor, watching Naval Aviators smash into a steel deck, and living in constant fear of getting chewed out for an “Irish pennant,” I learned some valuable lessons about writing good code. In the fall of...
Minister, platform providers disagree on whether law would have helped avoid last summer's riots MPs heard a range of interpretations of UK law when it comes to the spread of misinformation online, a critical factor in the riots across England and Northern Ireland sparked by ...
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