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Wednesday December 17, 2025. 08:00 PM
Google has announced the arrival of Gemini 3 Flash, its latest AI model built to respond faster than earlier systems, while still tackling complex prompts when needed. The model is being introduced across Google Search and the Gemini app, with the goal of making everyday AI...
The conventional wisdom that English prose has gotten easier to read because sentences have gotten shorter is wrong, according to a new analysis published in Works in Progress by writer and Mercatus Center research fellow Henry Oliver. The real transformation happened...
The White House updated its 'Presidential Walk of Fame' on Wednesday with plaques beneath each former president's portrait. They read less like historical descriptions and more like Trump's personal grievances set in stone. Biden's plaque: 'Sleepy Joe was, by far, the worst...
Dan Bongino, the conservative podcast host who became FBI deputy director in February, is quietly telling colleagues he's leaving in early 2026. He plans to announce his departure on December 19 and won't return to headquarters this month. According to MS NOW, Bongino was...
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in his Wednesday Senate testimony that the agency he governs 'is not an independent agency, formally speaking.' Axios: During his testimony, the word 'independent' was removed from the FCC's mission statement on its website. The extraordinary...
Federal records show CBP is moving from testing small drones to making them standard surveillance tools, expanding a network that can follow activity in real time and extend well beyond the border.
A comprehensive database built by scientists in Switzerland and Norway has catalogued 16,000 chemicals linked to plastic materials, and the findings paint a troubling picture of what Americans are actually eating when they prepare food in their kitchens. Of those 16,000...
If you thought breaking into an AI career would require a computer science degree, think again. A new study by the digital learning platform provider EIT Campus highlights the 10 easiest US-based AI jobs for 2026, some of which require only 2 to 4 weeks of training. All...
Engineers cried foul over plan to charge $0.002/min. updated Following publication of our original article, GitHub reversed its decision. The Microsoft-owned developer site has taken to X to admit it might have made a mistake by unilaterally announcing plans to charge people ...
Author Robert Anton Wilson read almost all of mystery writer John Dickson Carr's books. In an interview included in the Hilaritas Press edition of Coincidance, RAW explained his affection for Carr: the man lacked 'the literary values of Chandler or Dashiell Hammett' but...
The measles outbreak that tore through West Texas earlier this year killed two children, hospitalized 99 people, and infected at least 762 Texans — more than half in tiny Seminole, population 7,000. It was the nation's largest outbreak in over 35 years. — Read the rest ...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has opened up a new can of worms for the tech industry, with memory prices increasing rapidly as demand grows. In response to these increased costs, manufacturers will be forced to raise prices on their products, making for more expensive...
Frederick Fleischmann, a 58-year-old United Airlines flight attendant, was arrested at Tampa International Airport in March after tapping a Cayman Airways employee on the shoulder during an employee shuttle bus ride. The charge: battery. According to People, which has a...
Coursera announced on Wednesday that it will acquire rival online learning platform Udemy in an all-stock deal that values the combined company at $2.5 billion, a move that brings together two of the largest U.S.-based players in an industry that has struggled since...
Spacecraft was 'rotating in an unexpected manner' and might have shifted orbit NASA is still trying to recontact the MAVEN Mars orbiter after it stopped responding earlier this month, with fragmentary tracking data hinting the craft may be tumbling and off its predicted...
I'm not a big fan of Christmas music, so I was happy to learn about and then listen to 'enigmatic frontman and eclectic curator' David Byrne's recently posted playlist, 'Christmas Music for People Who Hate Christmas Music.' While I don't *hate* Christmas music, it's...
For years, Tesla has marketed its so-called 'Autopilot' and 'Full Self-Driving' software like a sci-fi dream that somehow skipped beta testing and ducked federal regulation. But now, California's DMV is doing the unthinkable: treating Tesla like any other company that isn't...
Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug to exist in this world! And be the first on your block to get each week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic! JOIN THE INNER HIVE! — Read the rest The post Tom the Dancing Bug:...
Paris Buttfield-Addison bought a $500 Apple gift card from a major retailer to pay for iCloud storage. The code failed. The store agreed to reissue it. Apparently, the card number had been compromised. Then Apple locked his entire account. Buttfield-Addison isn't some random ...
Google is suing a Chinese-speaking cybercriminal group it says is responsible for a massive wave of scam text messages sent to Americans this year, according to a legal complaint filed Tuesday. From a report: The group, known as Darcula, sells software that allows users to...
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