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Monday June 9, 2025. 09:58 AM
Street smarts vs book smarts Recently, one of our expert contributors opined that the act of writing helps to make an IT leader stronger, arguing that writing is a leadership superpower. According to CIO.com, writing conquers cognitive limits, clarifies complex thoughts, and ...
The Atlantic makes that case that 'the foundation of the AI industry is a scam' and that AI 'is not what its developers are selling it as: a new class of thinking — and, soon, feeling — machines.' [OpenAI CEO Sam] Altman brags about ChatGPT-4.5's improved 'emotional...
If you like it to keep working, don’t put a ring on it Who, Me? Reg readers are so dedicated it seems some of you are married to the job, although you also admit that no relationship is perfect when you send stories to Who, Me? It's the column in which we share your tales...
1.19MHz eight-bit CPU trounced modern GPUs – can you do better with your retro-tech? The Atari 2600 gaming console came into the world in 1977 with an eight-bit processor that ran at 1.19MhZ, and just 128 bytes of RAM – but that’s apparently enough power to beat...
'Replanting forests can help cool the planet even more than some scientists once believed, especially in the tropics,' according to a recent announcement from the University of California, Riverside. In a new modeling study published in Communications Earth & Environment,...
Plus: Hitachi turns graybeards into AI agents, Tiananmen anniversary censorship, AWS in Taiwan, and more! Asia in brief China's space agency has revealed its Tianwen 2 probe has unfurled a 'solar wing.'…
A new study 'adds a whole extra level of detail to our understanding of caffeine's impact on the brain during sleep,' reports ScienceAlert: Caffeine was shown to increase brain signal complexity, and shift the brain closer to a state of 'criticality', in tests run by...
The U.K. electricity grid 'was built to deliver power generated by coal and gas plants near the country's major cities and towns,' reports the BBC, 'and doesn't always have sufficient capacity in the wires that carry electricity around the country to get the new renewable...
Linus has released 6.16-rc1 and closed the merge window for this release. I think we had a fairly normal merge window, although I did get the feeling that there were a few more 'late straggler' pull requests than usual. Not to a huge degree, but there was definitely an...
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 News: Murena partners with phone markers, Redox developer ports X11 and GTK, GNOME testing its own distro on real hardware, Linux Mint...
Nintendo's new Switch 2 console sold a record 3 million units after its launch Thursday. But then today Microsoft announced their own upcoming handheld gaming device that's Xbox-branded (and Windows-powered). Working with ASUS' ROG division, they build a device that weighs...
PLUS: Doxxers jailed; Botnets bounce back; CISA questioned over app-vetting program closure; And more Infosec in Brief If a cyberattack hit critical infrastructure in the US, it would likely crumble, former deputy national security adviser and NSA cybersecurity director Anne ...
Sunday June 8, 2025. 11:57 PM
'NASA engineers have spent the past decade developing a rugged, partially autonomous lander designed to explore Europa, one of Jupiter's most intriguing moons,' reports Gizmodo. But though NASA 'got cold feet over the project,' the engineers behind the project are now...
Quite often, I wonder how much nostalgia plays part in our perception of past events. Luckily, with software, you can go “back” and retest it, and so there’s no need for any illusions and misconceptions. To wit, I decided to reinstall and try Windows 7 again (as a virtual...
TL;DR: Looking for a laptop that won't break the bank? This Lenovo 2-in-1 Chromebook is just $74.99 (reg. $475.99). If you're in the market for a laptop that's actually affordable, look no further than this Lenovo 2-in-1 Chromebook. Not only will it go easy on your wallet, bu...
In late April Meta introduced its Meta AI app, which included something called a Discover feed. ('You can see the best prompts people are sharing, or remix them to make them your own.') But while Meta insisted 'you're in control: nothing is shared to your feed unless you...
Last month, Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn 'shared on LinkedIn an email he had sent to all staff announcing Duolingo was going 'AI-first',' remembers the Financial Times. 'I did not expect the amount of blowback,' he admits.... He attributes this anger to a general 'anxiety'...
The New York Times reports: California State University announced this year that it was making ChatGPT available to more than 460,000 students across its 23 campuses to help prepare them for 'California's future A.I.-driven economy.' Cal State said the effort would help make ...
Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions.
Linux Mint 22.2 is shaping up to be a pretty exciting release, especially for those who use fingerprint readers. You see, the developers are adding a brand-new app called Fingwit, and while the name is quirky, the tool itself is actually very practical. Fingwit is all about...
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