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Monday February 24, 2025. 09:24 PM
Alibaba Group has announced a massive investment of 380 billion yuan ($52.44 billion) into generative AI and cloud computing infrastructure over the next three years. This sum surpasses Alibaba’s entire cloud and AI budget from the last decade. The move positions Alibaba...
We now have the bizarre situation that anyone with any sense can see that America is no longer a reliable partner, and that the entire US business world bows to Trump’s dictatorial will, but we STILL are doing everything we can to transfer entire governments and most of...
For three decades, Erowid has been the most important clearinghouse of drug information on the Internet. Among other indispensable resources, the site has a collection of around 40,000 'experience reports' submitted by users (heh, heh) documenting what happened to them while ...
Version 2.0 of the Aqualung gapless music player has been released. Aqualung supports playback of a wide range of audio formats, ripping CDs to WAV, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, or MP3, and subscribing to podcasts via RSS or Atom feeds. The primary change in this release is the...
I liked Andor a lot for the serious and understated feel it established as it gathered steam. Except for the enormous budget, it felt almost like something that might have been cooked up in the 1970s if the original movie led not to sequels but to a BBC kitchen sink drama,...
Sailfish OS 5.0, originally released late last year as part of the new Jolla C2 Community Phone, will now be pushed to all Sailfish OS devices. There have been several other minor releases since the original release, so if you’re running Sailfish OS on something other than...
Black rhinos are known for their 'nervous temperaments' and will charge any person or animal that it perceives to be a threat. So it made for a heartwarming video when a horse named Magnum ran into a wild black rhino on a trail in South Africa, and rather than either the...
Earlier this month, reports emerged that the UK government had pressured Apple, under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, to create a backdoor into encrypted iCloud data. Unlike targeted access requests tied to specific cases, this demand sought a blanket ability to access...
Google’s upcoming AI video, Veo 2, will charge users 50 cents per second of footage it generates. The cost positions AI-generated video as a premium service, raising questions about its accessibility for businesses, content creators, and filmmakers. First launched in...
If you happen to be in Australia or New Guinea and encounter a massive black bird stomping around on two feet, beware. Known as 'the world's most dangerous bird,' cassowaries can be as much as six feet tall and weigh more than 150 pounds. — Read the rest The post If you run...
iFixit reports that every U.S. state legislature has introduced a Right to Repair law requiring manufacturers to allow users to legally repair their own equipment and to provide at least some level of access to the instructions and parts that make it feasible. — Read the...
Nearly every book lover fantasizes about having a library in their home that is worthy of the ultimate bibliophile accoutrement: a library ladder. This architectural accessory—particularly one that rolls on rails—is not just a practical tool for accessing high shelves,...
Polish company Clone Robotics has unveiled Protoclone, a human-like robot equipped with synthetic muscles and a polymer skeleton consisting of 206 bones. The YouTube clip below shows Protoclone using its synthetic muscles to move. Protoclone has a 500-watt electric pump as ...
Big tech’s latest pivot to match the mood in Washington is Apple’s announcement of a $500 billion investment on U.S. soil over four years. Apple also plans to hire 20,000 people and invest in several manufacturing initiatives, including a new factory in Houston, Texas....
Since Unconstituional Co-President Elon 'Pedo Guy' Musk sent one of his famous 'I am an incredible manager' emails to the Federal workforce, the Federal workforce has told him to f*** off. Last week Nazi saluting, great replacement theory spreading, unelected Co-President...
In 2017, RadioShack filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, for the second time, and shut down the vast majority of its stores. The chain, a long standing mecca for DIY electronics enthusiasts, had unfortunately fallen victim to the Amazonification of shopping. A few hundred...
Grok 3, the latest iteration of Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, was temporarily instructed to “ignore all sources that mention Elon Musk/Donald Trump spread misinformation,” as confirmed by xAI’s head of engineering Igor Babuschkin. An X user asked the bot to “print out...
Microsoft seems to be addressing some of the oddities with the Windows 11 Start menu, finally adding basic views that should’ve been in Windows 11 since the very start. We’re introducing two new views to the “All” page in the Start menu: grid and category view. Grid...
Database engine developer MongoDB has acquired Voyage AI in order to help enterprises reduce hallucinations in AI-powered applications. “With this acquisition, MongoDB will help deliver AI-powered, never-before-seen high quality outputs (via high quality data retrieval)...
YouTuber Your_Kryptonite7 has done a fantastic, perhaps awful, thing: editing Jim Carrey into Star Wars. My favorite all-time Star Wars fan edits will remain Auralnauts, however. h/t MissCellania Previously:• What it was really like to see Star Wars in 1977• The...
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