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Tuesday January 21, 2025. 01:09 AM
I believe consumers, as a right, should be able to install software of their choosing to any computing device that is owned outright. This should apply regardless of the computer’s form factor. In addition to traditional computing devices like PCs and laptops, this right...
How do you fit a 250kB dictionary in 64kB of RAM and still perform fast lookups? For reference, even with modern compression techniques like gzip -9, you can’t compress this file below 85kB. In the 1970s, Douglas McIlroy faced this exact challenge while implementing the...
Semantic indexing does some discreet rifling through local drawers of Insiders Windows Search is improved in the latest Dev Channel Windows Insider build, but you'll need a Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PC to use it.…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Meta is among a long list of companies being sued for allegedly using pirated material to train its AI models. Meta has never denied using copyrighted works but stressed that it would rely on a fair use defense. However, ...
Monday January 20, 2025. 11:50 PM
Meta announced a new video editing app called Edits to fill the gap left by ByteDance's CapCut editor, which was temporarily removed from the App Store and Google Play Store as part of the TikTok ban. While the ban was lifted, the new app serves to capitalize on the...
The far right is celebrating what it views as a clear signal from the X owner and Donald Trump associate, who made the gestures onstage Monday.
Donald and Melania Trump have launched a pair of meme coins just before President Trump was sworn into office. The coins are already worth billions of dollars, raising 'serious ethical questions and conflicts of interest,' said Richard Painter, a law professor at the...
Both the Ubuntu and Debian-based editions get Cinnamon 6.4 and other goodies It's a bit later than we were expecting, but the latest Mint is here and should start to be offered as an upgrade soon.…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: A powerful AI tool can predict with high accuracy the location of photos based on features inside the image itself -- such as vegetation, architecture, and the distance between buildings -- in seconds, with the company now...
GrapheneOS (written GOS from now on) is an Android based operating system that focuses security. It is only compatible with Google Pixel devices for multiple reasons: availability of hardware security components, long term support (series 8 and 9 are supported at least 7...
Linux 6.13 comes with the introduction of the AMD 3D V-Cache Optimizer driver for benefiting multi-CCD Ryzen X3D processors, the new AMD EPYC 9005 “Turin” server processors will now default to AMD P-State rather than ACPI CPUFreq for better power efficiency, the start of...
Elon Musk's contribution to convicted felon Donald Trump's second inauguration was to perform the traditional Nazi salute. After Donald Trump credited him with voting machine manipulation, Elon Musk must feel pumped up. Here he offers an emotional salute that seriously...
An anonymous reader shares a report: An organization developing math benchmarks for AI didn't disclose that it had received funding from OpenAI until relatively recently, drawing allegations of impropriety from some in the AI community. Epoch AI, a nonprofit primarily funded ...
Cloud giant explains its thinking behind support for Apache open table format AWS bet on the Apache Iceberg open table format (OTF) across its analytics, machine learning, and storage stack as a concerted response to demand from customers already using its popular S3 object...
In 1966, Joseph Weizenbaum published a journal article detailing ELIZA, 'a program … which makes certain types of natural language conversation between man and computer possible.' He had created the first chatbot and named it after Eliza Doolittle, the Cockney character from...
The Lookout, a fantastic wildfire resource on YouTube, shares this fire map of Malibu by the decade. Some places burn at least once per decade. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! The sense of rebuilding in some parts of California is coming...
France's low-carbon electricity output surged to more than 95% of annual power production for the first time in 2024, as rising nuclear and hydro generation squeezed the use of fossil fuels. From a report: Rebounding atomic production together with record output from...
Proving anything can happen on the Fortnite island, Godzilla is stomping around and letting loose his trademark screech. The designers at Epic put the effort in with Godzilla. The sound and feel are excellent. You may have to play many games to see Godzilla spawn, but...
When he launched his own cryptocurrency, Donald Trump produced unimaginable wealth from thin air. But it will come at a cost to someone.
The updated White House website now features a Donald Trump hype video complete with helicopters, saluting, fighter jets, and a bald eagle.
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