|
Navigation
Search
Top: PC / Tech.
|
The latest geek News
Thursday February 6, 2025. 08:46 PM
Smugglers tried bringing a lot of giant beetles into the country disguised as potato chips and chocolates. The whole thing creeps me out just thinking about carrying around 37 giant beetles. Had things gone wrong, beetles on a plane are way more scream-inducing than...
A displeased Donald Trump called to 'immediately terminate' staff at 60 Minutes and shut down CBS in this morning's daily rage-post. First the immigrants, now journalism. 'They 100% removed Kamala's horrible election changing answers to questions, and replaced them with...
A new Gartner survey of more than 200 C-level executives found 56% are “extremely likely” to quit their current jobs over the next two years — and 27% plan to exit within the next six months. The potential for a mass exodus of executives appears to be the result of...
OpenAI will air a pricey Super Bowl ad on Sunday, according to a Wall Street Journal article on Feb. 5. The ad will be the buzzy Silicon Valley company’s first TV spot. As one of the earlier entrants into the consumer and enterprise generative AI spaces, OpenAI has not had ...
A heated dispute has erupted in the Linux kernel community over the integration of Rust code, with kernel maintainer Christoph Hellwig likening multiple programming languages to 'cancer' for the project's maintainability. The conflict centers on a proposed patch enabling...
Ready to turn your house into a smart home? Replacing your dumb bulbs with smart ones is perhaps the easiest way to start. Many smart bulbs can be screwed into existing light sockets, and they can be controlled remotely, put on schedules, change colors, and more. If...
A person's ability to focus on everyday tasks is affected by short-term exposure to air pollution, a study has found. The Guardian: Researchers analysed data from cognitive tests completed by 26 participants before and after they were exposed either to high levels of...
Federal Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly temporarily blocked the US Treasury Department from sharing sensitive data with outsiders. Elon Musk and his DOGE cronies are the outsiders in question. SUPPORT INDEPENDENT WEBSITES CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE! Much of the United States...
The hosts of Uncanny Valley chronicle the TikTok ban saga and ask: What makes the app so uniquely vulnerable?
Are cybersecurity roles included? Are Elon's enforcers vetted? Inquiring minds want to know Updated Elected officials are demanding answers as to whether the Trump administration and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are hamstringing US national...
Any business that relies on selling electronics to Americans is having a bit of a crisis at the moment. Less than two weeks into the new Trump administration, there’s a new 10 percent tariff on goods from China — which is most consumer goods, period — and it’s set to ...
Israeli Prime Sinister Benjamin Netanyahu loves Convicted Felon #47's worst idea ever: the United States taking up Israeli's war against the Palestinians. GET BOING BOING IN YOUR MAILBOX CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE! Donald Trump has proposed invading Greenland, Canada,...
Oracle, under external pressure to yield control over the JavaScript trademark, has instead filed a motion for dismissal of part of a petition to cancel the trademark. Filed February 3, Oracle claims the petition fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted...
Warner Bros. Discovery has quietly begun releasing dozens of its older films for free on YouTube, marking an unexpected shift in how the major studio handles its back catalog. Over the past month, the company has uploaded more than 30 full-length movies across five YouTube...
It’s been well more than a year since Amazon gave us a glimpse of a revamped Alexa, complete with an AI overhaul under the hood. Now there are signs that the AI-powered Alexa is almost ready for prime time. Journalists (including me) awoke this morning to invitations...
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has removed the last barrier to using ChatGPT as a search engine, the requirement to log in. Now, it’s open to all. OpenAI launched the feature last fall, but required a login. Now, the feature can be used without the need for registration. ChatGPT...
Welcome back to Spoken Word with Electronics. This month we're talking about distortion. Not just a tool of the GOP to alter our perception, distortion is also a great sound in audio. Did you know your surge protector is literally buzzing with usable distortion signals? —...
Google has now given its Gemini app access to a new AI model called Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental. According to the announcement blog post, the company says this model is currently “ranked as the world’s best model” and is available at no cost. The model is...
On Feb. 5, Amazon’s cloud-computing unit detailed an established mathematical method they intend to put to work reducing hallucinations in generative AI. Amazon didn’t clarify whether the new technique will be used on Amazon.com; instead, according to The Wall Street...
An anonymous reader shares a report: The keyboard company Qwertykeys has temporarily halted all shipments to the United States in response to President Trump's tariffs on Chinese goods going into effect. The company says it's working on ways to mitigate shipping costs and...
|
25 sources
Current Date
Jul, Thu 10 - 16:35 CEST
|
