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Saturday February 15, 2025. 04:44 PM
'In 50 years, I think we'll view these business practices like we view sweatshops today' Interview It has been nearly a decade since famed cryptographer and privacy expert Bruce Schneier released the book Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control...
Remember Jeep's new in-dash pop-up ads which reportedly appeared every time you stopped? 'Since I'm a journalist, or at least close enough, I decided that I should at least get Stellantis/Jeep's side of things,' writes car-culture site The Autopian: Would Stellantis do...
You really don’t need to pay upwards of $1,000 for a powerful computer these days. Mini PCs are way more capable than they used to be, and they’re way more affordable than equivalent laptops. This decked-out GMKtec M7 Pro, for instance, is down to just $499.98 on Amazon, ...
If you’re studying engineering at school and need a laptop that can handle resource-intensive coursework, you’ve come to the right spot. Not only do these laptops deliver in the performance department, but they’re also portable, an important factor when you’re...
Chocolate is precious. Here’s how to keep its flavors tasting fresh.
According to The Intercept, the IRS is set to purchase an Nvidia SuperPod AI supercomputer to enhance its machine learning capabilities for tasks like fraud detection and taxpayer behavior analysis. From the report: With Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government...
Replicating the abilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fleet of weather satellites would take time and a lot of money—and expose private companies to a large amount of risk.
If you’re looking to speed up your PC, you should consider using two SSDs instead of one. One way to do this is to configure the two drives in a RAID 0 array. This allows the read and write speeds of both SSDs to be combined, resulting in impressive benchmark results....
After a Chinese export ban, can the US get gallium and germanium from Canada—or will tariffs get in the way?
Anyone remember when Volkswagen rigged its emissions results? Oh... AI model makers love to flex their benchmarks scores. But how trustworthy are these numbers? What if the tests themselves are rigged, biased, or just plain meaningless?…
Plus: Researchers find RedNote lacks basic security measures, surveillance ramps up around the US-Mexico border, and the UK ordering Apple to create an encryption backdoor comes under fire.
Plus: The OnePlus Watch 3 has big battery claims, Ninja’s Swirl can make ice cream and soft-serve, Google sets a date for I/O, and more
A new study suggests that frequent consumption of food from plastic takeout containers significantly increases the risk of congestive heart failure due to gut biome changes that trigger inflammation and circulatory damage. The Guardian reports: The authors used a two-part...
After 75,000 attempts over five years, Summoning Salt is hanging up the virtual gloves.
Plus: Keep calm and plug Anthropic's Claude into public services Comment The UK government on Friday said its AI Safety Institute will henceforth be known as its AI Security Institute, a rebranding that attests to a change in regulatory ambition from ensuring AI models get...
TL;DR: Spend $20 on BJ’s The Club Card Membership and get a $20 reward—making it practically free. See how this is possible below. Grocery shopping shouldn’t feel like a luxury. $6 for eggs? $4 for gas? It’s time to find a new place to spend your hard-earned dollars. ...
TL;DR: Windows 11 Pro is on sale for $17.97 through March 30 (reg. $199). Imagine having an AI assistant that doesn’t live in your browser but in your computer. Yeah, ChatGPT is kind for helping you with those basic prompts, but Copilot AI will transform your workflow with ...
Leveraging AI tools like RFDiffusion and PLACER, researchers were able to design a novel enzyme capable of breaking down plastic by targeting ester bonds, a key component in polyester. Ars Technica reports: The researchers started out by using the standard tools they...
Bruce66423 shares a report from The Guardian: Microscopic particles emitted from brake pads can be more toxic than those emitted in diesel vehicle exhaust, a study has found. This research shows that even with a move to electric vehicles, pollution from cars may not be able...
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED.
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