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Saturday April 19, 2025. 11:00 AM
A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain receives.
Oh. You expected serious suggestions? It isn't just devices unable to upgrade to Windows 11 that are headed to digital landfill this year. The first version of Microsoft's Surface Hub is also destined for the tech trashcan as Windows 10 support ends. So, what do you do with...
Researchers at UC Berkeley claim to have induced a previously unseen color by using lasers to stimulate only the M cones in the retina, creating a visual experience beyond the natural limits of human perception. Called olo, the color is described as a highly saturated...
Longtime Slashdot reader hackingbear shares a report from Interesting Engineering: A research team at Fudan University in Shanghai, China has built the fastest semiconductor storage device ever reported, a nonvolatile flash memory dubbed 'PoX' that programs a single bit in...
Super Snõõper by Snooper 'No stage diving, no crowd surfing,' read a sign at the side of the stage—half facing the audience, half posted in the band's domain. Neither side paid it much mind. Snõõper has been hurling their 'egg punk' creations since 2020. — Read the...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Popular Mechanics: American composer Alvin Lucier was well-known for his experimental works that tested the boundaries of music and art. A longtime professor at Wesleyan University (before retiring in 2011), Alvin passed away in 2021...
OpenAI's latest reasoning models, o3 and o4-mini, hallucinate more frequently than the company's previous AI systems, according to both internal testing and third-party research. On OpenAI's PersonQA benchmark, o3 hallucinated 33% of the time -- double the rate of older...
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With macOS now 24 years old and Apple officially designating all Intel-based Mac minis as 'vintage' or 'obsolete,' The Register takes a look at new internet tools that help keep vintage Macs online and surprisingly relevant: Cameron Kaiser of Floodgap Systems is a valuable...
ASUS is bringing some much-needed excitement to the Chromebook market with its newly announced CX14 and CX15 series computers. These new ChromeOS laptops deliver a fresh mix of style, performance, and environmental awareness. These 14-inch and 15.6-inch laptops are built for ...
Bluesky is testing a new verification system featuring blue checks issued by 'Trusted Verifiers' like news organizations, rather than a centralized authority or pay-to-play model like X (formerly Twitter). 'Looking at the comments on the pull request, it's clear this idea...
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Just us or is AI increasingly appearing like an unwanted party guest? Microsoft customers are claiming the Windows giant's Copilot AI service sometimes ignores commands to disable the thing, and thus turns itself back on like a zombie risen from the dead.…
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Amy Eickmeyer has announced the release of Edubuntu 25.04, the latest stable version of the project's official Ubuntu variant designed to bring the freedom of the Linux desktop and the vast library of...
Netflix's Q1 revenue rose to $10.5 billion, a 13% increase from last year, while net income grew to $2.9 billion. The company says it expects more growth in the coming months when it sees 'the full quarter benefit from recent price changes and continued growth in membership...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from SecurityWeek: An October 2024 study by Software AG suggests that half of all employees are Shadow AI users, and most of them wouldn't stop even if it was banned. The problem is the ease of access to AI tools, and a work environment...
Backdooms is a Doom-like game that fits inside a QR code. That's to say, the code of the game is so concise that it can be represented by a legit QR code, which offers a maximum of 3 kilobytes of data. — Read the rest The post Doom in a QR code appeared first on Boing Boing.
Gemini Advanced users can now create and share high-resolution videos with its newly released Veo 2. The AI video generator Veo 2 lets users generate a cinema-quality eight-second, 720p video delivered as an MP4 file in a 16:9 landscape. Veo 2 understands real-world physics...
Some actors who sold their likenesses to AI video companies like Synthesia now regret the decision, after finding their digital avatars used in misleading, embarrassing, or politically charged content. Ars Technica reports: Among them is a 29-year-old New York-based actor,...
Friday April 18, 2025. 11:56 PM
When it comes to mobile storage, speed and reliability can be absolutely crucial -- especially if you’re a content creator. Recognizing this growing need, ADATA today unveiled a trio of new products designed specifically to keep up with the demands of creative...
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