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Saturday February 22, 2025. 09:45 PM
In today's Internet, it's more crucial than ever that you be able to tell what's AI and what's not. While it's easy enough with AI 'art' – just look for the extra fingers – AI writing is an entirely different can of worms. — Read the rest The post Human or Not challenges you...
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Five days ago on Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released patch KB5051987 for Windows 11 version 24H2, writes the XDA Developers site. But 'As reported by Windows Latest and various communities like Reddit and Microsoft's help forum, many users have encountered a major issue...'...
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Once upon a time, the Nielsen Ratings were the alpha and omega of TV viewership ratings. For decades, the marketing firm had the most reliable methodology for figuring out how many people were watching things across the country. The networks all turned to the Nielsen ratings ...
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The Teapot Dome gas station in Zillah, Washington was a gas station like no other. This whimsical structure was built to look like a giant, adorable red and white teapot. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this unique building is known for both its novelty...
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California sued to fine a data-harvesting company, reports the Washington Post, calling it 'a rare step to put muscle behind one of the strongest online privacy laws in the United States.' Even when states have tried to restrict data brokers, it has been tough to make those...
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Sure, fictional heroes like Batman and Kazuma Kiryu might look cool when they're brawling with legions of petty criminals, but how would they do in an actual fight? The answer might surprise you – or it might not. It is Batman we're talking about, after all. — Read the rest ...
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'IBM stopped supporting OS/2 at the end of 2006,' write the makers of ArcaOS, an OEM distribution of OS/2's discontinued Warp operating system. And now long-time Slashdot reader martiniturbide tells us that ArcaOS 5.1.1 has been released, and that many of it's components...
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Stereogum recently published a fascinating retrospective on Neil Young's doomed hi-def portable music device, the PONO. Released in 2015 after several years of painstaking development, Young aspired to create a portable digital audio player to rival the popularity of the...
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This cool timelapse shows tadpoles develop over the course of 4 minutes. We don't get to see them turn into frogs, but they sprout little legs and begin taking on a new shape.  I love how It looks like they're all dancing around inside their eggs to the music in the video. —...
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs The post The Wonder Bread store in Wyoming is a polka-dot landmark appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Google's Threat Intelligence Group notes 'the growing threat to secure messaging applications.' While specifically acknowledging 'wide ranging efforts to compromise Signal accounts,' they add that the threat 'also extends to other popular messaging applications such as...
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Deadline reports: It's taking around $1 billion to have 007 stewards Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson cede creative oversight of their family's storied James Bond franchise to Amazon MGM Studios, sources tell us. Amazon originally overpaid on its purchase of MGM in a...
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Dipping your toes into virtual reality? From shooters to woodsy adventures, these are our favorites to play by yourself or with friends.
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TL;DR: Get a grade-A refurbished 2020 MacBook Air with a Retina display, Magic Keyboard, 256GB SSD, and 11-hour battery life for just $439.99 (reg. $999). You could drop a grand on a brand-new MacBook Air, or you could be smarter than the average bear and snag this grade-A re...
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Linus Torvalds responded Thursday to kernel developer Christoph Hellwig, who had claimed Torvalds merged Rust code into the kernel even over his objections as the original C code's maintainer. Highlights from Torvalds' response: The fact is, the pull request you objected to...
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Don’t suffer the buffer. These WIRED-tested systems will deliver reliable internet across your home, whatever your needs or budget.
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Amazon is poised to remove a feature that allowed purchasers of Kindle titles to download their books to their PCs. Most Kindle users download their books directly to their devices via wifi. A lesser-known option is 'Download & Transfer via USB,' which dates back to the old...
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A group calling itself the 'Third Term Project' is out and about at CPAC holding press conferences and handing out 'Trump 2028' stickers and propganda, all in support of Andy Ogles' (Republican Representative from Tennessee) House joint resolution to amend the...
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Learn how to use base layers, mid layers, and a shell to be comfortable no matter what nature throws at you.
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At the Diamond Jubilee Wood park in Whitehead, Northern Ireland [Atlas Obscura], visitors will encounter something sweet and unexpected. This outdoor nature park is filled with colorful crocheted critters and treasures.  This park was opened in 2012 after 60,000 trees were...
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