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Monday August 25, 2025. 06:10 PM
I hate Google's Chrome browser. It's a massive resource hog that loves to chow down on RAM. Google's data collection practices make my ass crawl. I don't want them all up in my business. Ever. Unfortunately, many of my clients utilize Google's suite of productivity tools as ...
A group representing the world's biggest stock exchanges has called on securities regulators to clamp down on so-called tokenised stocks, arguing that the blockchain-based tokens create new risks for investors and could harm market integrity. From a report: Crypto exchange...
Okay, who has the gold leaf, paint, and #FFD700? US government websites are getting an aesthetic and functional overhaul under a Trump executive order and a new 'America by Design' initiative headed by a Silicon Valley veteran and DOGE insider. …
The PyCon team has announced that all PyCon US 2025 recordings are now available on its YouTube channel. We had an amazing and diverse group of community members join us for PyCon US 2025, attending from 58 different countries! By the numbers, we welcomed a total attendance ...
An anonymous reader shares a report: Elon Musk's AI startup xAI sued Apple and ChatGPT maker OpenAI in U.S. federal court in Texas on Monday, accusing them of illegally conspiring to thwart competition for artificial intelligence. Musk earlier this month had threatened to...
Ben Leighton visited the train station at Doai, Japan's deepest at 70m (229ft) and in its rusted quietude reminiscent of survival horror classic Silent Hill. The descent is terrifying, with little vision of what awaits you at the end as you venture further and further into...
TL;DR: This Micro-Ecological Air Purifier has an essential oil tray, a plant pot, and it's on sale for $79.99 (reg. $139.99)! Tired of the smell of lingering trash or overcooked eggs? Yuck! I know we all love a spritz of cherry blossoms or a pine-scented candle, but why...
John Law has been on the front lines of San Francisco counterculture for decades. Though famous for co-founding the Burning Man festival, when it's brought up by SFGate's Dan Gentile 'Law makes the universal hand signal for jerking off.' Law has spent his life dangling from ...
Fi has released the Fi Mini, a GPS and health pet tracking tool designed for both dogs and cats. The device, which weighs just 0.56 ounces, attaches to any collar or harness, offering location tracking, escape alerts, and activity monitoring. Priced at $129 per year, which...
To perform tasks as well as a human, AI agents need context — something that has been lacking in many systems to date, according to Databricks. It hopes to fill that gap with a new acquisition, that of San Francisco-based machine learning startup Tecton. Databricks...
In July 2024, Let's Encrypt, the nonprofit TLS certificate authority (CA), announced that it would be ending support for the online certificate status protocol (OCSP), which is used to determine when a server's signing certificate has been revoked. This prevents a...
Years of aggressive capacity expansion have driven China's solar manufacturing sector into deep losses. Panel prices have hit their lowest levels since 2011 even as the country's installations more than doubled. Shanghai-listed Tongwei reported a 4.96 billion yuan ($693...
Cloudflare has launched new Zero Trust tools in its Cloudflare One platform to help businesses adopt artificial intelligence securely at scale. The features aim to give organizations better visibility into how AI is used, as well as protection from unapproved applications,...
TikTok is replacing hundreds of human moderators in the U.K. and Asia with software. The staff whose roles are being eliminated will get priority in hiring 'if they meet unspecified criteria.' The move came as workers were about to vote to unionize, if you're speculating...
Every company with a web browser wants you to choose it as your default. Google is no different with Chrome than Microsoft is with Edge or Mozilla is with Firefox. Microsoft has received a lot of flak for the heavy-handed way in which it has prompted Edge and attempted to...
US President Donald Trump’s announcement Friday that the US government is taking a 9.9% stake in Intel to defend national interests will shift the dynamics of IT procurement globally. “Intel’s new identity as a government-backed ‘national champion’ represents a...
The Linux Foundation has released the 2025 World of Open Source Europe Report, describing open source as a strategic advantage for Europe but warning that a lack of cohesive strategy, leadership buy-in, and policy alignment could hold the continent back. The report,...
DHL's German operations, facing the departure of one-third of support staff within five years, has automated customer service calls and begun capturing institutional knowledge through AI-conducted exit interviews. The company's voicebot now processes one million monthly...
The UK’s Online Safety Act has already led to controversy in a number of areas, but it seems that, on a positive note, it may have helped drive a growing level of privacy awareness among internet users. New research from AstrillVPN shows a surge in searches related to...
Earlier this year, I was trying to get actual daily work done on HP-UX 11.11 (11i v1) running on HP’s last and greatest PA-RISC workstation, the HP c8000. After weeks of frustration caused first by outdated software no longer working properly with the modern web, and then by...
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