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Wednesday January 15, 2025. 08:00 PM
One of the best headphones on the market right now is on sale with a cool 25 percent discount. I’m talking about the Sony WH-1000XM5 that are now down to $328 on Amazon, making this a great time to snag a pair for yourself if you need quality ANC cans. These headphones...
OSNews Sponsor OS-SCi is educating the next generation FOSS engineers, and as part of their coursework, they’re looking for worthy open source projects to which they can contribute their time and effort. In addition to the work they provide during their studies, these...
Nature's carbon-capturing machines are working overtime. Plants worldwide are absorbing about 31% more carbon dioxide than scientists previously estimated, according to research published in Nature. This discovery changes our understanding of Earth's carbon cycle and could...
You may not need to go full Juggalo for the sake of privacy Researchers at cyber-defense contractor PeopleTec have found that facial-recognition algorithms' focus on specific areas of the face opens the door to subtler surveillance avoidance strategies.…
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued Deere & Co on Wednesday for allegedly monopolizing the repair market for its farm equipment by forcing farmers to use authorized dealers, driving up costs and causing service delays. The lawsuit, joined by Illinois and Minnesota, claims ...
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Microsoft is creating a new engineering group focused on artificial intelligence: Core AI — Platform and Tools. The group combines the company’s Developer Division with the AI Platforms work teams and some employees who previously reported to Microsoft’s CTO. According ...
After the devastation of the Los Angeles fires, officials are ready to rebuild. But defending against future fires requires thinking about more than buildings.
OpenAI has now updated the ChatGPT with the new beta feature Tasks, which allows the AI chatbot to perform tasks at a later time. Users simply say what they need and when they need it. For example, a user can instruct ChatGPT to inform them of current stock prices every...
Google has released the new Chrome versions Chrome 132.0.6834.83/84 for Windows and macOS and 132.0.6834.83 for Linux. The installation of these updates eliminates 16 security vulnerabilities in the browser, which have apparently not yet been exploited for attacks. Version...
Executives and researchers leading Meta's AI efforts obsessed over beating OpenAI's GPT-4 model while developing Llama 3, according to internal messages unsealed by a court in one of the company's ongoing AI copyright cases, Kadrey v. Meta. From a report: 'Honestly... Our...
Don't believe the hype? GPU maker jumps on the bandwagon anyway A week after Nvidia chief Jensen Huang demolished the market valuations of listed quantum computing brands by saying the technology is 20 years away from being useful, the GPU maker has confirmed it is hosting a ...
Save me from rich, white men who insist they and their kind are being discriminated against. Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, majority owner (not the founder) of SpaceX, Tesla, and numerous other leading companies, insists that “DEI [Diversity, equity, and inclusion] is just...
With a TikTok shutdown all but inevitable, users are dedicating their final days on the app to fictional agents of the Chinese government.
In August 2024, a little-known company called Tortoise Media released a podcast series alleging that acclaimed fantasy author Neil Gaiman had a history of sexual assault. The podcast was largely reported by Rachel Johnson, sister of former British Prime Minister Boris...
Meet Mallow, a beautiful raccoon who lives at For Fox Sake Rescue in Chattanooga, Tennessee—a wildlife rehab facility that rescues and rehabilitates orphaned and injured animals such as skunks, foxes, raccoons, and bobcats. This video of Mallow absolutely obliterating a...
Reckless tinkling-while-flying has become a thing, with countless stories over the last few years of passengers urinating where they shouldn't on a plane. And, in keeping with the trend, an American gentleman flying from Amsterdam to New Jersey on Monday was arrested and...
The Ghostty terminal emulator project has generated a surprising amount of interest, even before code was released to the public. This is in part due to the high profile of its creator, HashiCorp founder Mitchell Hashimoto. Its development was conducted behind closed doors...
Purchase an annual membership (base rate) to Tom the Dancing Bug's Inner Hive, and that amount will be donated to the California Community Foundation's Wildfire Recovery fund to help victims and communities recover froM the devastating Los Angeles fires. Members of the Inner ...
The whole world was watching when legendary Apple CEO Steve Jobs launched the iconic iPhone in 2007. Mobile was the future. Apple knew it (and rebranded itself to reflect it). And Nokia had a fight on its hands. So, what did Nokia think about the iPhone launch? Now we...
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