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Saturday January 11, 2025. 11:36 AM
Even though it’s only been two years since the public demo of ChatGPT launched, popularizing the technology for the masses, generative AI technology has already had a profound and transformative effect on the world. In the years since the platform’s launch, critics have...
As we head further into 2025, the global economic landscape remains a mix of challenges and potential shifts that will shape markets and industries worldwide. From high interest rates to the evolving impact of AI, there are several key factors that will define the year...
Many moons ago, around the time when Andreas formally resigned from being Serenity’s BDFL, I decided that I want to get involved in the project more seriously. Looking at it from a perspective of “what do I not like about this (codebase)”, the first thing that came to mind...
Don’t you just love it when companies get together under the thin guise of open source to promote their own interests? Today Google is pleased to announce our partnership with The Linux Foundation and the launch of the Supporters of Chromium-based Browsers. The goal of this...
Wikipedia's massive dataset helped researchers identify three styles of curiosity -- 'busybody,' 'hunter,' and 'dancer' -- based on how users navigate its pages (see: wiki rabbit hole). These curiosity styles reflect broader social trends and highlight curiosity's role in...
On January 13, Atlas C/2024 G3 will reach its closest point to the sun.
Even better use for the Technic range than the Mars Rover – with one big caveat The original Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle had the look of something that had been strung together from an oversized Meccano set. It should, therefore, not come as a surprise to find a LEGO...
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SysEngineer shares a report from the Associated Press: A spacecraft has beamed back some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury's north pole. The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles (295 kilometers) above Mercury's night side before...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Axios: Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, in an appearance on the 'Joe Rogan Experience' podcast, criticized the Biden administration for pushing for censorship around COVID-19 vaccines, the media for hounding Facebook to clamp down on...
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg said his decision to reduce his team’s weekly hours working on WordPress by 99%, from 4,000 hours to 45 hours, was designed to pressure WP Engine to drop its lawsuit against Mullenweg and Automattic “They don’t actually make WordPress....
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg criticized Apple's innovation record and business practices in a Joe Rogan podcast interview on January 10, claiming the iPhone maker has not 'invented anything great in a while' and is 'just sitting' on its flagship product 20 years after Steve Jobs ...
Amazon said it is halting some of its diversity and inclusion initiatives, joining a growing list of major corporations that have made similar moves in the face of increasing public and legal scrutiny. From a report: In a Dec. 16 internal note to staffers that was obtained...
A conscientious tattoo artist in Arizona talked a 9-year-old girl out of getting a Trump tattoo — and gave her a tattoo of an American flag instead. Right on the arm. Which did not go over too well on his Instagram page, where he boasted of his work. — Read the rest The po...
TechCrunch's Rebecca Szkutak reports: TechCrunch recently surveyed 20 VCs who back startups building for enterprises about what gives an AI startup a moat, or what makes it different compared to its peers. More than half of the respondents said that the thing that will give...
Lake County, Florida Sheriff's Deputy Tristan Macomber was allegedly enjoying a leisurely drive in his patrol car, watching some pornography on his mobile phone as he tooled along. Then bam! He plowed right into a car that was stopped for a school bus. — Read the rest The p...
Amazon is shutting down its 'Prime Try Before You Buy' service on January 31, according to a notice on its website. The offering operated similarly to apparel subscription services like Stitch Fix and Rent the Runway, allowing Prime members to try out apparel-related...
'This is the only example I could find of an actual penis having potentially been used as a ritual object,' said University of Reading bioarchaeologist Ellen Green. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! No, that isn't a human penis. — Read...
Friday January 10, 2025. 11:58 PM
Right as Uncle Sam pushes for Chrome sell-off, eh? While Google awaits a decision about whether it will be required to sell its Chrome browser as an antitrust remedy, the search giant has joined with the Linux Foundation to announce an initiative to support the open source...
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