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Monday December 9, 2024. 10:50 AM
A surge in artificial intelligence (AI), generative AI (GenAI), and machine learning (ML) technologies is creating a massive online appetite for data. These tools are hungry for training data, this has boosted AI web scraping, which sits in a legal gray zone. Sometimes it's...
Finding the right platform through which to make meaningful and valuable connections can be difficult, and this is certainly true for LGBTQIA+ professionals and business owners. LinkedIn may be the go-to platform for establishing business connections, but it is very broad...
Large language models by themselves are less than meets the eye; the moniker “stochastic parrots” isn’t wrong. Connect LLMs to specific data for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and you get a more reliable system, one that is much less likely to go off the rails...
In the last 10 years of building WaveMaker, the one thing we always hear are user expectations that low code will miraculously allow business users to develop feature-rich applications. Well, it can, but it most certainly shouldn’t. I’ll tell you why. In...
Generative AI has hit the mainstream with software developers. According to a recent GitHub survey, more than one million developers actively use GitHub Copilot. More importantly, these developers increasingly use AI as “a new building block in developing applications.”...
It’s no secret that I am very worried about the future of Firefox, and the future of Firefox on Linux in particular. I’m not going to rehash these worries here, but suffice to say that with Mozilla increasingly focusing on advertising, Firefox’ negligible market share, and...
Back in December 2019, Microsoft finally killed off Windows 10 Phone as it announced the end of support. The company’s grand plans with Lumia and Windows Phones sadly never became the success it needed to be in order to be able to compete with the likes of Android or iOS....
Sunday December 8, 2024. 08:23 PM
A recent Deloitte Consulting study into whether AI can be trusted asked what emerging technologies posed the highest potential for serious ethical risk. The State of Ethics and Trust in Technology report found that cognitive technologies like AI scored highest, at 54...
The Netherlands’ largest publisher, Veen Bosch & Keuning (VBK), has announced plans to use AI to translate commercial fiction books. VBK is owned by Simon & Schuster, one of the largest publishers in the world, leaving many authors and translators wondering if the...
Amazon is doubling down on artificial intelligence with a $4 billion investment in the AI startup Anthropic, renowned for its cutting-edge Claude AI models. This announcement cements Amazon Web Services (AWS) as Anthropic’s primary training partner, leveraging AWS Trainium ...
According to experts, bad actors are using a fake AI video generator tool called EditPro to infect Windows and Mac devices with malware. The advertisements claimed to let the viewer download a fake AI video tool, but in reality, it downloaded AMOS and Lumma Stealer malware...
If you’ve been looking for a reason to ditch Windows 11, the latest version of Manjaro Linux, 24.2 Yonada, might just be it. This new release brings updates across its GNOME, Plasma, and XFCE editions, offering a polished experience for both newcomers and seasoned Linux...
The oldest Catholic church in the Swiss city of Lucerne has replaced the priest in the confessional booth with an “AI Jesus” designed to interact with more than a thousand people. Peterskapelle church put a computer and cables in the confessional booth to let visitors...
The battery indicator in the Taskbar of Windows 11 is – as it has been for many years in previous versions of Windows – entirely functional. But there has always been potential for it to be more. Now Microsoft is taking action to help the humble battery indicator to...
Saturday December 7, 2024. 03:24 PM
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Happy December to all Happy Mutants. Here are some outside-the-box snowman creations to inspire your snow sculptures this year. Slides 1 and 3 are my favorite, showing snow sculptures that resemble the...
Festivitas is a cute little app that hangs strings of holiday lights on your Mac's menu bar and dock. I initially misread the name as 'Festivus, ' and I am a little sad I was mistaken. (Also, spellcheck did not recognize Festivus, which is disappointing.) — Read the rest ...
Artificial intelligence is swiftly moving from a sci-fi future to a modern reality. This edition of Artificial Intelligence For Dummies keeps pace with the lighting-fast expansion of AI tools that are overhauling every corner of reality. This book demystifies how...
Although enterprise software developers continue to promise enhanced performance rates with their AI technology, job seekers remain doubtful of its value in the workplace. Resume-building platform Resume Genius examined the 2024 job market and surveyed 1,000 U.S. job...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! If you like animation, the instagram page called One Perfect Frame is a fantastic place to find clips from classic American cartoons. There's plenty of old Mickey cartoons, Loony Tunes, Popeye, and more. ...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Not only does this industrial soap sound a lot like Spongebob screaming, but it's also the same bright yellow as him. Here's a clip of Spongebob screaming in the cartoon for comparison. — Read the rest ...
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