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Thursday March 13, 2025. 08:23 PM
It'll take a few days, give or take your situation Google has told The Register it's beginning to roll out a fix for Chromecast devices that were crippled by an expired security certificate authority. We're assured this deployment will take place over the next few days.…
In the past month and a half, the Trump Administration has drastically reduced the federal government workforce. The cuts alone have generated concern and anger among workers and those who rely on US government services. Adding to the angst: a new concern that government...
TL;DR: Upgrade to a MacBook Air on sale for $514.99 (reg. $1,499). Lately, my work computer has been doing this really cool thing. Whenever I open more than two tabs, it starts lagging so badly it looks like bad stop-motion animation. — Read the rest The post My new favorit...
You can tell the difference between a country dog and a canine city slicker by the reactions these two pups have when entering a barn. First there's the black lab, Mya, who grew up on a farm, lovingly closing her eyes as a barnyard cow cuddles her with kisses. — Read the...
Microsoft says that some USB printers will start printing random text after installing Windows updates released since late January 2025. From a report: The known issue affects Windows 10 (version 22H2) and Windows 11 (versions 22H2 and 23H2), but according to an update to...
Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI.
This week on Uncanny Valley, we look ahead into a future where driverless cars are mainstream.
AI is opening new career opportunities for women while simultaneously putting their jobs at risk. As companies embrace automation and generative AI, women are advancing in tech — but they also face a higher risk of displacement, exposing a growing divide in the workforce....
Apple's announcement that 'more personalized Siri' features of Apple Intelligence would be delayed until 'the coming year' reveals a troubling departure from the company's hard-earned reputation for reliability, long-time commentator John Gruber writes. Unlike other Apple...
Expired certificates have recently caused a lot of chaos, including for Chromecast users. With that in mind, Mozilla is now urging all Firefox users to immediately update the browser to the latest version. The reason: an older certificate expires on Friday, which means users ...
Charles Choi has announced the release of the Casual Make: a menu-driven interface, implemented as part of the Casual suite of tools, for Makefile Mode in GNU Emacs. Emacs supports makefile editing with make-mode which has a mix of useful and half-baked (though thankfully...
On Monday, Jerald Kirkwood was sound asleep before he was awoken around 4 am by a loud noise and excruciating pain in his leg. He had been shot. The, um, alleged shooter's name is Oreo and he is a one-year-old pit bull. — Read the rest The post Dog shoots sleeping man appear...
The rest of the world doesn't think 'fair use' is fair but we should make 'em Updated OpenAI wants the US government to ensure it has access to any data it wants to train GenAI models, and to stop foreign countries from trying to enforce copyright rules against it and other...
A 21-year-old Columbia University student has turned interview cheating into a lucrative business. Chungin 'Roy' Lee's company, Interview Coder, helps software engineers use AI to ace technical interviews at companies like Google and Amazon — all while remaining...
Last month, Elon Musk called a former SpaceX pilot 'retarded' for refuting the billionaire's claim that the two astronauts at the International Space Station were 'abandoned' (which the astronauts themselves deny). He also boasted that SpaceX could bring them down in a jiff. ...
Mozilla has warned that the U.S. Department of Justice's proposed remedies in its antitrust case against Google would harm independent browsers and reduce competition in the browser market. The DOJ and several state attorneys general last week filed revised proposed remedies ...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) recently announced the passing of Mark Klein, the AT&T whistleblower who exposed the NSA's mass surveillance program nearly two decades ago. Klein worked as a telecommunications technician at AT&T for 22 years when he discovered...
OpenAI executives think the federal government should regulate artificial intelligence in the US, taking precedence over often more restrictive state regulations. In its contribution to a government consultation on AI regulation filed Thursday, the company also pointed to AI ...
Convicted felon #47 is enacting a disruptive, potentially disastrous, campaign of vengeance over Maine Governor Janet Mills insistance upon complying with the law. Maine has two transgender athletes. Bigoted Donald Trump wants to service his angry MAGA base and insisted...
An Australian man in his forties has become the first person in the world to leave hospital with an artificial heart made of titanium. From a report: The device is used as a stopgap for people with heart failure who are waiting for a donor heart, and previous recipients of...
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