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A few days ago, I stared at yet another calendar invitation from a vendor eager to showcase their “groundbreaking” large language model (LLM). The irony wasn’t lost on me—just weeks ago, this same company had proudly showcased its environmental initiatives and...
There’s more than one way to work with threads, or without them, in Python. In this edition of the Python Report: Get the skinny on Python threads and subprocesses, use Python’s native async library to break up non-CPU-bound tasks, and get started using parallel...
Life online, particularly on social media platforms, is driven by algorithms that make constant recommendations to users in an attempt to keep them engaged for longer. While algorithms have their place, there has been a massive backlash against their incessant use on the...
Self-described 'visionary' made life hell for our hero, then some oily vids returned the favor On Call The working week can be ugly, which is why The Register beautifies each Friday morning with a new instalment of On Call, the reader-contributed column in which we tell your ...
If you ever wanted to run an AI chatbot at the same time as a PC game to make the most of your experience, NVIDIA is hoping to make this a reality with its new G-Assist AI app. This NVIDIA app can help users control a range of PC settings to customize their gaming experience ...
There is definitely some truth to the old adage that time is money, but it is probably more relatable to say that waiting for things to happen is annoying. And just like the time spent wanting for a bus or train to arrive feels never-ending, when you need to get some work...
As NASA faces potential budget cuts, China is unveiling an ambitious series of deep space missions -- including Mars sample returns, outer planet exploration, and a future Mars base. While some of China's plans are aspirational, their track record of successful missions...
Claims Broadcom will levy 20 percent penalty for customers who don’t pay before renewal deadlines The French limb of global tech distributor Arrow has emailed VMware partners it serves with news of big price increases.…
In the Western world, we now have an app for everything. Shopping, banking, gaming, and even controlling the temperature in your home - you name it, there’s an app for it. The iOS app store began in 2008 with 500 apps, yet, now there are over four million apps available...
Single click on a phishing link in Google browser blew up sandbox on Windows Google pushed out an emergency patch for Chrome on Windows this week to stop attackers exploiting a sandbox-breaking zero-day vulnerability, seemingly used by snoops to target certain folks in...
Anthropic researchers have developed a breakthrough 'cross-layer transcoder' (CLT) that functions like an fMRI for large language models, mapping how they process information internally. Testing on Claude 3.5 Haiku, researchers discovered the model performs longer-range...
An anonymous reader shares a report: For decades, India's economic promise has rested on its demographic dividend -- the competitive edge of a massive, young, and increasingly educated workforce. Economists and policymakers have routinely cited the country's population...
As this year’s buyers rush to beat Trump’s tariffs Korean chipmaker SK hynix has told investors the future looks bright thanks to strong demand for its memory products and early delivery of its first HBM4 samples.…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Washington Post: Virginia is set to become the first state in the country to require some reckless drivers to put devices on their cars that make it impossible to drive too fast. D.C. passed similar legislation last year. Several...
Argues making stuff using foreign-designed tech isn't leadership, as x86 giant shakes up board Intel ex-CEO Pat Gelsinger has thrown shade on Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC's plans to build fabrication plants in the USA, saying the factories will do nothing to advance American...
A team that included researchers at a US bank says it has created a protocol that can generate certified truly random numbers, opening the possibility that current generation quantum computers can be used for secure applications in finance, cryptography, cybersecurity, and...
WOW! DID! SOMEONE! REALLY! STEAL! DATA! ON! 400K! USERS?! A cyber-crime ring calling itself Arkana has made a cringe music video to boast of an alleged theft of subscriber account data from Colorado-based cableco WideOpenWest (literally, WOW!)…
DoJ suggests it sure looks like collusion when several big players use the same cost-saving software The US Justice Department on Thursday weighed into an antitrust legal war that alleges algorithmic price fixing by healthcare services by MultiPlan and its health insurance...
DoJ suggests it sure looks like collusion when several big players use the same cost-saving software The US Justice Department on Thursday weighed into an antitrust legal war that alleges algorithmic price fixing by healthcare services by MultiPlan and its health insurance...
Following OpenAI's viral Studio Ghibli moment, CEO Sam Altman says it has temporarily limited image generation in ChatGPT due to the overwhelming demand on its GPU infrastructure. 'It's super fun seeing people love images in ChatGPT, but our GPUs are melting,' he posted on X ...
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