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Thursday January 30, 2025. 05:57 PM
I confess, even as someone who likes to build big number-crunching desktops, that I like sleek and lightweight laptops even more. That’s why the Asus Zenbook A14 caught my eye at CES 2025. At less than a kilogram in weight and with 30+ hours of quoted battery life, it’s...
If the term 'prompt engineer' made you roll your eyes, 'prompt artist' could blind you for life. The U.S. Copyright Office agrees: it has determined that the output of AI is not protected by copyright unless there is sufficient human control over the expressive elements. —...
Nearly 90% of Oracle Java customers are looking to abandon the software maker's products following controversial licensing changes made in 2023, according to research firm Dimensional Research. The exodus reflects growing frustration with Oracle's shift to per-employee...
Until the late 1990s, manufacturing reigned as the lifeblood of the global economy -- leading in productivity, employment, growth, and investments across all points of the world. However, once we neared the close of the 20th century, manufacturing found its Achilles heel in...
Say what you will about Netflix’s industry practices and mishandling of original content, but you can’t deny that the streaming service has lots of highly bingeable shows still in its library — especially when you use a VPN to access region-locked content from other...
So far, we've learned the Trump Administration is willy-nilly abducting people based on skin color, and the cost of deporting people Trump-style is far higher than you'd think. American citizens are being whisked away and forced to prove their right to stay in their home...
For the past five years running, I’ve written an annual check-in on ATSC 3.0 (or “NextGen TV”), the broadcast standard that’s supposed to greatly improve over-the-air TV. Every year, it’s been a story of baby steps. As 2025 gets underway, that story hasn’t really ...
China's AI disruptor rattles industry watchers with unproven claims In a busy week for GenAI, the tech industry is weighing the impact of the latest interloper on the LLM scene. China's DeepSeek shocked stock markets on Monday, slashing $600 billion off the value of...
Version 2.41 of the GNU C Library has been released. Changes include a number of test-suite improvements, strict-error support in the DNS stub resolver, wrappers for the the sched_setattr() and sched_getattr() system calls, Unicode 16.0.0 support, improved C23 support,...
The Authors Guild -- one of the largest associations of writers in the US -- has launched a new project that allows authors to certify that their book was written by a human, and not generated by artificial intelligence. From a report: The Guild says its 'Human Authored'...
TL;DR: The Kinhank retro-inspired gaming console is only $99.99 with free shipping while supplies last (reg. $159.99)—less than 70 are left. Oh, hey, gamer! We were just talking about the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement… and we aren't too impressed. With a rumored $499...
Appointed by a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist to serve as United States Transportation Secretary, reality tv personality Sean Duffy is proving he isn't ready for the real world. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! — Read the rest The post T...
You know that beloved VPN app of yours? The one you rely on to secure your internet traffic and keep your data private? It could be a fake. VPN usage is on the rise across the world as users tune into all the potential benefits, like bypassing region locks on streaming...
The USB port on your router is often unused and yet it offers practical functions that can make everyday life easier. You can do things like saving and sharing files, mobile charging, or even an automatic backup of your data. We’ll tell you exactly how this works and what...
When bishop Calvin Robinson emulated Elon Musk's notorious Nazi salute after a speech, he took care to dial it in just right: hand on heart, then cast wide to the audience, fingers out, His version was gentler and smoother than Musk's, with more deniability and less slap...
Microsoft fixes DAC woes and makes good on its New Outlook threat for Windows 10 There is mixed news for Windows users. Microsoft has released a patch it claims fixes the DAC problem. The bad news – for some users – is that the new Outlook for Windows app has reached...
An anonymous reader shares a report: SoftBank is in talks to invest as much as $25 billion into OpenAI [non-paywalled source], in a deal that would make it the ChatGPT maker's biggest financial backer, as the pair partner on a huge new artificial intelligence infrastructure...
Back in December, Microsoft released an update for Windows 11 24H2 that caused issues with Auto HDR, resulting in unexpected behavior ranging from incorrect colors to flat-out system crashes. At the time, if you were affected, all you could really do was disable Auto HDR and ...
Back in December, Microsoft released an update for Windows 11 24H2 that caused issues with Auto HDR, resulting in unexpected behavior ranging from incorrect colors to flat-out system crashes. At the time, if you were affected, all you could really do was disable Auto HDR and ...
NordVPN just announced a new protocol called NordWhisper, which is designed specifically to make browsing more accessible by getting around network restrictions. It’ll allow users to overcome advanced network filters that limit traditional VPN connections. The company...
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