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Monday April 7, 2025. 12:00 PM
Mesmerized by the scalability, efficiency and flexibility claims from generative AI (genAI) vendors, enterprise execs have been all but tripping over themselves trying to push the technology to its limits.  The fear of flawed deliverables — based on a combination...
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Traditional business models are changing as the adoption of artificial intelligence increases. In the professional services sector there's still heavy reliance on spreadsheets, but a recent survey reveals optimism about AI's impact. We spoke to Andy Campbell, director of...
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Continually seeking new ways to make Copilot seem appealing, Microsoft has turned to retro gaming as a lure. The company has released a browser-based version of Quake II to serve as a Copilot Gaming Experiences demonstration of AI capabilities. Microsoft has married its own...
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Generative AI applications revolve around the large language model, or LLM. From the launch of ChatGPT through to today, LLMs were the focal point for generative AI. They attracted billions in funding and innovation was rife. But are they as essential as they appear? Today,...
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Java is not the first language most programmers think of when they start projects involving artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Many turn first to Python because of the large number of Python-based frameworks and tools for AI, ML, and data science. But...
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It’s time we officially bury the idea that AI means we won’t need software developers. For years, we’ve heard that generative AI and large language models (LLMs) are coming for our jobs. In software development, that supposedly means fewer humans writing code. That’s ...
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Linus has released 6.15-rc1 and closed the merge window for this release. 'As expected, this was one of the bigger merge windows, almost certainly just because we had some pent-up development due to the previous releases being impacted by the holiday season. That said, while ...
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TL;DR: Keep accurate weather info in your pocket with this lifetime subscription to Weather Hi-Def Radar Storm Watch Plus for $27.99 with code TAKE30 now through April 27.  Sick of being surprised by rain? If you're tired of your weatherman letting you down, it's time to...
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Sunday April 6, 2025. 09:00 PM
TL;DR: These Double Barrel 720p Digital Night Vision Binoculars give a whole new meaning to the word nightlife, and now they're $104.97 (reg. $297) through April 27.  Want to see what happens after dark? Thanks to technology, we can now see the world at night with these Doubl...
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TL;DR: Want to see your favorite animals—or even UFOs? Get these night vision binoculars for only $89.97 (reg. $169). Look there! Was that weird thing that just skirted across the night sky a UFO? Maybe it was, but you'll never know for sure if you're using your eyes to...
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This pencil sharpener from the 1890s looks like it works better than any of the sharpeners I own. Finding the right pencil sharpener has been a lifelong struggle for me. As someone who enjoys sketching, I need to be able to re-sharpen my pencil often, but it's difficult for...
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Here's a gorgeous sea serpent illustration from 1753. This  drawing is said to be from a witness sketch, and was originally featured in Pontoppidan's Natural History of Norway in 1753. If I was alive back then and saw this 'witness sketch', I'd likely never have stepped...
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Saturday April 5, 2025. 09:00 PM
TL;DR: Save 30% on the Tittle golf swing trainer, which offers instant, real-time feedback on your golf technique so you can improve. Golf training: With the Tittle swing trainer, you can refine your swing mechanics, driving and putting aim, and so much more to improve...
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OpenAI’s GPT-4.5 model has definitively beaten the Turing test, after it was found to be human 73% of the instances where it was prompted to adopt a human-like persona. The Turing test, named after British computer scientist Alan Turing in 1950, measures a machine’s...
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AI experts are more likely to be optimistic about the technology than the general public, according to a study released April 3 by the Pew Research Center. They surveyed 5,410 U.S. adults and 1,013 AI experts throughout 2024. Despite their differences, both groups agreed on...
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I've never spent much time in the Midwest, so when a friend from Minneapolis recently sent me a video highlighting this year's 'All Hockey Hair Team,' I was confused—and intrigued. I had never heard of the All Hockey Hair Team, but now that I've seen the video and learned...
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Watch someone climb a giant stack of crates at a carnival in this daring challenge. Players get hooked up on a harness in this game, and must stack as many crates as they can. The crates are handed to them in the air on a pole, and they must stack the new crate while...
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After the recent, devastating fires in Los Angeles, a new danger is worrying scientists. The threat of mosquitoes that carry deadly diseases is on the rise. Swimming pools left behind in the fires have become potential breeding grounds for dangerous mosquitos, and leaving...
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For over forty years, astronomers have been baffled by X-rays from the white dwarf at the center of the Helix Nebula. A white dwarf is the remnant of a star that has shed its outer layers to form a nebula. They do not ordinarily emit X-rays, but observations by Chandra and...
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To say people aren't exactly thrilled with Nintendo right now would be an understatement. The excitement of our first extended look at the Switch 2 was tempered heavily by the price tag attached: $450 for the console itself is rough as it is, but they also made the...
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