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Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju made history by defeating China's Ding Liren to become the youngest world chess champion at 18, sealing a dramatic 7.5-6.5 victory in the 14-game match. The Guardian reports: The 18-year-old from Chennai dramatically snatched the decisive...
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In August 1996, hundreds of puzzling messages flooded Usenet newsgroups, each bearing the cryptic subject line 'Markovian Parallax Denigrate.' The posts contained seemingly random strings of English words, and to this day no one has figured out what they mean. These messages ...
Yahoo laid off around 25% of its cybersecurity team -- known as The Paranoids -- over the last year, TechCrunch has learned. From the report: Overall, the company has laid off or lost through attrition 40 to 50 people from a total of 200 employees in the cybersecurity team...
Independent reporter Ken Klippenstein writes that the New York Times has told staff to avoid posting photos showing the face of Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The reason for its decision is not disclosed in the leaked...
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An anonymous reader shares a report: Deep in the Canadian Arctic, scientists and entrepreneurs brave sub-zero temperatures, whipping winds and snowstorms to drill holes through the sea ice to pump out the seawater below and freeze it on the surface. The group from the UK...
Version 1.32 (dubbed 'Penelope') of Kubernetes has been released with 13 major features graduating to Stable status, 12 entering Beta, and 19 entering Alpha. If Kubernetes is Ancient Greek for 'pilot', in this release we start from that origin and reflect on the last 10...
Microsoft has offered a miniscule concession to users determined to install Windows 11 on PCs that don’t meet its minimum hardware requirements: you will be able to do it, but on your own head be it should things go wrong. The apparent moderation of its previously hardline ...
Apple's ambitious plan to create in-house components for its devices will include switching to a homegrown chip for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections starting next year, a move that will replace some parts currently provided by Broadcom. From a report: The chip, code-named...
Using recycled plastics to make railway ties reduces the carbon footprint of construction—especially when you consider what otherwise becomes of it. 'Recycled ABS is significantly more suitable for use in track structures due to its superior mechanical durability,' write...
The Gorge, Number One on the Call Sheet, and Blitz are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Apple TV+ this month.
Java would finally shed its Java Applet API under an OpenJDK proposal created December 4. The JDK Enhancement Proposal notes that the API not only has been deprecated for removal for some time but is obsolete, because neither the current Java Development Kit (JDK) nor...
Good news for techies pushing 'education, healthcare, and entertainment' gadgets in the US America's telecoms regulator has opened up the entire 6 GHz frequency band to very low-power devices, alongside other unlicensed applications such as Wi-Fi kit.…
Apple has introduced significant improvements for enterprise IT admins in the newly-released iOS 18.2, including the power to manage the latest salvo of additional Apple Intelligence features and more. Here’s a swift look at what’s new. Giving you control of Apple...
If you're fed up with endless robocalls about your car's extended warranty or fake IRS threats, here's good news. The FCC just launched its biggest crackdown ever on the companies that let these annoying calls reach your phone. Over 2,400 phone companies have been put on...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Dennis Winn, 72, heard a drone hovering outside his home in Clermont, Florida. Winn said he tried to 'shoo off' the drone but no luck. So he grabbed his Glock, aimed, and fired. — Read the rest The post...
Both Amazon and Apple are playing it safe when it comes to allowing generative AI on their respective smart speakers. On the other hand, you can already chat with Google’s Gemini AI on a Nest device, and Google has now detailed how you can get in on the test. The whole...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! On Monday, Michael Lee Murray, 35, dropped $4,000 on a used Subaru Outback at a Mazda dealership in Sandy, Utah. Unfortunately, it seems Murray suffered buyer's remorse. He allegedly called the...
The latest Nvidia earnings report has reaffirmed its dominance in the AI hardware market while raising questions about its ability to sustain exponential growth. For the quarter ending October 2024, Nvidia posted revenue of $35.1 billion—a staggering 94 percent increase...
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