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Tuesday January 28, 2025. 01:41 PM
Donald Trump yet again 'joked' about running for a third term yesterday, asking Speaker Mike Johnson if he was 'allowed' to stay in the White House after his four years are up. (This is an unconstitutional idea that has also been floated by Steve Bannon and Rep. — Read the re...
After Elon Musk's acquisition and the subsequent enshittification of Twitter, which he renamed 'X,' there has been a mass exodus of users from the social media site. In December, the Guardian reported that X had lost 2.7 million users over a two-month period, during which...
When first-class flights and trips to Disneyland show up on a federal energy conservation contract, eyebrows tend to raise. Yet these controversial expenses were just part of a larger dispute that erupted over a 1970s public service campaign meant to help Americans save...
An armed Indiana man and former Capitol 'tourist' who was pardoned by Donald Trump would have been better off had he remained in prison. Instead, 42-year-old Matthew Huttle was shot and killed at a traffic stop after fighting with an officer. — Read the rest The post...
Chinese start-up DeepSeek rocked the tech industry Monday after the company’s new generative AI (genAI) bot hit Apple’s App Store and Google Play Store and downloads almost immediately exceeded those of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. US AI model and chipmaker stock prices were hit...
One of Donald Trump’s first pledges after being sworn in as the 47th president of the USA was to rename both the Gulf of Mexico and Denali. This was very quickly acted upon when he signed a slew of executive orders -- something the White House described as “honoring...
Even though Elon Musk's Nazi salute last week is on video for all to see, CNN's Scott Jennings tried to defend his gesture — associated with Adolf Hitler and white supremacy — as a normal greeting. 'This salute trutherism is outrageous. — Read the rest The post CNN's...
Having previously announced its intention to terminate the option to perform driver synchronization updates via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Microsoft has issued a reminder to users as the deadline draws closer. There is still time to prepare for the demise of WSUS ...
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek said it was hit by a cyberattack, prompting the company to restrict user registrations and manage website outages as demand for its AI assistant soared. According to the company’s status page, DeepSeek has been investigating the issue since late ...
Yesterday I wrote about Privacy Guide's mobile phone privacy and security guide for protesters. Today, Randy Zar, CEO of Faraday pouch manufacturer SLNT wrote: Just want to let you know your cell phone is tracking you regardless if you have it in airplane mode or not. — R...
The AI gold rush is creating an unexpected problem: massive waste in resource provisioning. Cloud cost overruns inevitably lead to a lack of true ROI for these systems. Many enterprises spend $2 to get $1 of benefits. That dog won’t hunt. Recent data shows a staggering...
While large language models are useful for chatbots, Q&A systems, translation, and other language tasks, their real power emerges when they can act on insights, automating a broader range of problems. In other words, we unlock their greatest potential when we tap their...
Microsoft Exchange administrators running versions older than March 2023 need to update or they won’t get the latest security mitigations, says an expert. But, David Shipley added, even better advice is to shift quickly to the cloud-based Microsoft 365, which always has...
TL;DR: Save 50% on the VentiFresh Eco Plus, a portable personal air purifier that banishes germs and bad odors for $43.99 (reg. $88). Do you find yourself coughing or struggling with a runny nose when you're in the office? It might be because you're getting sick (yuck), but...
Eric Migicovsky, founder of Pebble, the original smartwatch maker, made a major announcement today together with Google. Pebble was originally bought by Fitbit and in turn Fitbit was then bought by Google, but Migicovsky always wanted to to go back to his original idea and...
Speaking of “AI”, the Chinese company DeepSeek has lobbed a grenade dead-centre into the middle of the “AI” bubble, and it’s been incredibly entertaining to watch. DeepSeek has released several new “AI” models, which seem to rival or even surpass OpenAI’s latest ChatGPT model...
Monday January 27, 2025. 11:56 PM
'I remember specifically getting messaging when I was younger about how you shouldn't have sex on drugs — that it may be the best sex of your life and ruin the rest of your sex life,' says Sura Hertzberg, founder of the print magazine Sex & Psychedelics. — Read the rest ...
Apparently, since the beginning of the year, AI bots have been ensuring that websites can only respond to regular inquiries with a delay. The founder of Linux Weekly News (LWN-net), Jonathan Corbet, reports that the news site is therefore often slow to respond. The AI...
Six and a half spins in the air. That's what constitutes a 2340, a dizzying track landed by both a snowboard and skier for the first time on record. At the X Games in Aspen, snowboarder Hiroto Ogiwara of Japan stomped it on Friday while Italian skier Miro Tabanelli achieved...
Mark Zuckerberg recently struck a new pose in hopes of pleasing President Trump, saying Meta would no longer check facts or censor free speech, and blaming other executives for previous policies at the company he runs. Since then, however, the company has struggled to...
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