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Saturday March 15, 2025. 03:00 AM
With Microsoft ending free security updates for Windows 10 in October, millions of PCs that don't meet Windows 11's hardware requirements face an uncertain fate... Charities that refurbish and distribute computers to low-income individuals must choose between providing...
A leaked Apple meeting reveals significant internal struggles with Siri's development, as AI-powered features announced last June have been delayed and may not make it into iOS 19. The Verge reports: Bloomberg (paywalled) has the full scoop on what happened at a Siri team...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a four-member crew to the International Space Station on Friday night, paving the way for NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to return to Earth after being there for nine months due to issues with Boeing's Starliner capsule....
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Fortune: Younger Americans don't have enough saved to cover a single month of spending, showcasing their vulnerability should the economy head into a downturn. Members of the Gen Z generation -- people born after 1995 -- were spending ...
Musical mashup maker William Maracni created this curious remix of Hootie & the Blowfish singing their two hits—'I Only Wanna Be With You' and 'Hold my Hand'—to the music of The Smiths' 'Cemetery Gates.' It's surprisingly catchy in a dumb-funny way. — Read the rest The ...
The IRS is pausing its technology modernization efforts to reassess its strategy in light of AI advancements. Reuters reports: The agency will review a number of technology modernization initiatives that have been taken in recent years, including a new direct free filing...
A directive from the National Institute of Standards and Technology eliminates mention of “AI safety” and “AI fairness.”
When the Earth passed by the Sun earlier today, the Blue Ghost lunar lander had a beautiful view from the moon's surface. Image above, video below. Built by Firefly Aerospace, Blue Ghost touched down on the Moon last week, becoming the first commercial spacecraft to stick...
Write negative coverage about Dictator Trump, and you're breaking the law. At least that's what the highly sensitive MAGA man said when speaking to reporters today. 'I believe that CNN and MSDNC [sic], who literally write 97.6% bad about me, are political arms of the...
Google announced today that Gemini will replace Google Assistant on Android phones later in 2025. '[T]he classic Google Assistant will no longer be accessible on most mobile devices or available for new downloads on mobile app stores,' says Google in a blog post....
Friday March 14, 2025. 11:56 PM
Google’s biggest announcement today, at least as it pertains to Android, is that the Vulkan graphics API is now the official graphics API for Android. Vulkan is a modern, low-overhead, cross-platform 3D graphics and compute API that provides developers with more direct...
Java Development Kit (JDK) 25, a planned long-term support release of standard Java due in September, has reached the initial rampdown or bug-fixing phase with 18 features. The final feature, added June 5, is an enhancement to the JDK Flight Recorder (JFR) to capture...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In an email sent to customers today, Amazon said that Echo users will no longer be able to set their devices to process Alexa requests locally and, therefore, avoid sending voice recordings to Amazon's cloud. Amazon...
Ted Unangst published dude, where are your syscalls? on flak yesterday, with a neat demonstration of OpenBSD’s pinsyscall security feature, whereby only pre-registered addresses are allowed to make system calls. Whether it strengthens or weakens security is up for debate,...
Convicted Felon #47 was hawking Teslas from the yard at the People's House and now the Attorney General is acting like a mall cop. There is nothing going on except that globally people are locally attacking Teslas or Tesla dealerships out of anger at Elon Musk. — Read the re...
Congressperson Nancy Mace certainly shocked the country when she shared her story of abuse on the floor of the House. Accusing several men of sexual abuse, and the South Carolina Attorney General of failing to prosecute them for it, Mace shared her evidence to the people of ...
Fitness tracking platform Strava has terminated user accounts for uploading running activities recorded in North Korea, citing U.S. sanctions that prohibit offering online services to the country. A doctoral student researching North Korea had her account deleted after...
This unusual home is for sale in Bowling Green, Ohio. Spanning 22,000 square feet, it features seven bedrooms, seven baths, and sits on eleven acres in the middle of nowhere. Ready to start your own cult? It's move-in ready! From Zillow: Large main floor recreation/exercise ...
Research reveals that popular AI tools, including ChatGPT and Perplexity, display distinct personality traits, influencing how they communicate. According to an analysis from Online DISC Profile, AI tools aren’t just efficient — they bring different attitudes to the...
way2trivial shares a report: Microsoft is testing AI-powered summaries in Notepad. In an update rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev channels, you'll be able to summarize information in Notepad by highlighting a chunk of text, right-clicking it, and...
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