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Wednesday April 9, 2025. 11:45 AM
Fair warning: This column is a fair bit different from the type of thinking we typically take on in these musty virtual quarters of ours. More often than not, when we talk about Android apps, we’re talkin’ about some manner of intriguing new possibility that’s worth...
Despite still being in its infancy, it would be hard to overstate the impact that AI has already had on the cybersecurity landscape. Not only has AI made it infinitely easier and faster to develop a wide range of traditional attacks -- such as phishing, business email...
Kubernetes is a popular open source platform for container orchestration—that is, for managing applications built from multiple, largely self-contained runtimes called containers. Containers have become increasingly popular since Docker launched in 2013, but large...
If the screwdriver were invented by the tech industry today, then it would be widely deployed for a variety of tasks, including hammering nails. Since the debut of ChatGPT, there has been growing fervor and backlash against large language models (LLMs). Indeed, many...
Civil engineers can rightfully claim that no two bridges are exactly alike. However, bridges share many known characteristics, and the materials they are built with have known characteristics. Building bridges involves many known knowns and not as many unknown unknowns as...
It's time to update Windows 11 again. Microsoft has just unleashed the KB5055523 update, and it is chock full of fixes for a series of bugs, problems and irritations in the operating system. One of the most frustrating issues addressed by the KB5055523 update is a peculiar...
Teen use of social media platforms is something that is concerning for many parents and has become the subject of political and legal debates. Having introduced Instagram Teen Accounts, last year, Meta has now done the same for both Facebook and Messenger. Just as with...
Benchmarks are critical when evaluating AI — they reveal how well models work, as well as their strengths and weaknesses, based on factors like reliability, accuracy, and versatility. But the revelation that Meta misled users about the performance of its new Llama 4 model...
As the stock market continues to tank because of reckless tariff decisions based on false charts, Trump announced tonight that his tariffs are a 'good situation' that will be remembered as 'legendary.' So naturally, the Lincoln Project mocked the delusional president,...
I'm thrilled to have found Cihan Çelik's donkey ASMR videos, because the Safranbolu, Turkey-based animal lover posts the most wonderful videos of them eating—the crunches and munches they make are music to my ears! The donkeys in question are adorably named Sakib and...
Considering how long the world has been on fire, it's amazing that it hasn't burnt down to charcoal yet. It continues to worry us over what its sparks will jump to next. It feels we're only a virus, policy or racist bastard away from a new calamity, at any time. — Read the re...
Cats and birds should never mix (think Sylvester and Tweety), a rule emphasized by the American Bird Conservancy, which bluntly states that the 'combination can be disastrous.' But of course, you can't prove a rule to be true without its exceptions, which is where this post...
The Brainworm controlling the RFK Jr. meatsuit attended the funeral of eight-year-old Daisy Hildebrand in Lubbock, Texas, last week. Hildebrand died of complications related to a measles infection. The poor kid was the third individual to die from an unnecessary...
I've been meaning to write about Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan for a while now. It's refreshing to see a big news outlet that actually cares even a little bit about the truth, even if it is largely some dude (or recently, dudes plural) with a camera. — Read the rest The po...
The findings of a new research study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases reveal that those testing positive for COVID-19 are at a higher risk of being diagnosed with other (non-SARS-CoV-2) infections for at least a year—even if the initial infection is mild. —...
If you've never heard of Walter Masterson, just think of him as a one-man The Good Liars. No one plays dumb quite like he does, which naturally makes hardcore MAGA cultists feel right at home around him. In the midst of Planned Parenthood vs. — Read the rest The post...
GitHub has rolled out agent mode and MCP (Model Context Protocol) support in GitHub Copilot for all Visual Studio Code users. The company is also releasing an open source GitHub MCP server, allowing developers to add GitHub functionality to any LLM that supports MCP. These...
(Spoken Word With Electronics is Ethan Persoff's podcast of spoken word recordings with unusual electronic instruments and sounds.) With words losing their meaning in politics and society, it seems useful to generate gibberish to do the talking for you. Phoneme gibberish is ...
TL;DR: From true crime to war times, binge documentaries for life with this $199.99 (reg. $999) subscription to MagellanTV Documentary Streaming Service. Are your go-to streaming services feeling stale? A bit too surface-level? If you're looking for a fresh entertainment...
TL;DR: Act fast to snag the All-in-One Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 and Windows 11 Pro Bundle, which outfits your PC with a new operating system and new apps, for just $45.97 (reg. $428), now until April 27. Looking to make an old computer feel new again? — Read t...
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