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Friday December 20, 2024. 09:00 AM
TL;DR: Own Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 on your PC for just $32.97 — no subscription needed. If you’re tired of juggling subscriptions for everything from streaming services to software, here’s a way to simplify: Microsoft Office 2019 is available as a...
And there his troubles began … On Call Digital technology remains frighteningly finickity, which is why good tech support people are always in demand – and also the reason The Register never tires of telling your support stories each Friday in On Call, the column your...
Ars Technica's Eric Berger reports: In a wide-ranging interview with a Russian television station, the chief executive of Russia's main space corporation said the country is now planning to participate in the International Space Station project all the way to NASA's desired...
Meanwhile, NASA signs off on Artemis software upgrade Chinese scientists think it's time to rewrite the Moon's history after analyzing samples returned to Earth by the Chang'e 6 mission.…
An anonymous reader quotes an opinion piece from The Guardian, written by Prof Mark Pallen and Dr Aimee Parker (Quadram Institute, Norwich), Prof Nick Loman (University of Birmingham), Prof Alan Walker (University of Aberdeen): Contrary to what is implied in [this article],...
Yes, LLMs can do the heavy lifting. But good luck getting one to give evidence CANALYS FORUMS APAC Generative AI is being enthusiastically adopted in almost every field, but infosec experts are divided on whether it is truly helpful for red team raiders who test enterprise...
A study by reinsurer Swiss Re found that Waymo's autonomous vehicles have demonstrated significantly fewer property damage and bodily injury claims compared to human-driven cars, with reductions of up to 92% in some metrics. Engadget reports: Swiss Re analyzed liability...
Home Assistant (not to be confused with the Google Assistant on Google Home) has launched the Voice Preview Edition (Voice PE), its first dedicated voice assistant hardware for $59. The device offers a privacy-focused, locally controlled solution that supports over 50...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Google has released what it's calling a new 'reasoning' AI model -- but it's in the experimental stages, and from our brief testing, there's certainly room for improvement. The new model, called Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking...
Users report the sound of silence from operating system update Microsoft has logged some new known issues with Windows 11 24H2 and thrown up more safeguard holds until the problems are resolved.…
Thursday December 19, 2024. 11:50 PM
Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist living in the UK, has been found guilty of contempt of court for persistently and falsely claiming to be Bitcoin's creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, despite a High Court ruling against his claim. He has been sentenced to 12 months in...
SpaceX has partnered with telecommunications company One NZ to offer satellite-to-cell Starlink texting service to customers in New Zealand. It marks the first time a nationwide satellite text messaging service has been powered by Starlink. Engadget reports: Now onto the...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Hackers aligned with the Chinese government have infiltrated U.S. telecommunications infrastructure so deeply that it allowed the interception of unencrypted communications on a number of people, according to reports that...
Aiming to be freeflying by 2028. Handy if anything should happen to the ISS Axiom Space has shuffled the assembly sequence of its space station to remove any dependence it would have on the International Space Station (ISS) by as soon as 2028.…
From consciously choosing wrapping paper to gifting more mindfully, WIRED has all the tips to help you reduce your waste this holiday season.
The publisher of a high-profile, now-corrected study on black plastics has been removed from a critical index of academic journals amid questions about quality criteria, according to a report by Retraction Watch. From a report: On December 16, Clarivate -- a scholarly...
Chair Jay Obernolte urges Congress to act – whether it will is another matter After 10 months of work, the bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence in the US house of Congress has unveiled its report, outlining recommendations for federal AI policy.…
There is no requirement that the Speaker of the House be an elected member of Congress. After Elon Musk all but killed a bill to fund the government, lawmakers now propose to cut out the middleman.
WIRED is following every copyright battle involving the AI industry—and we’ve created some handy visualizations that will be updated as the cases progress.
Microsoft has lauded the success of its efforts to convince customers to use passkeys instead of passwords, without actually quantifying that success. From a report: The software megalith credits passkey adoption to its enrolment user experience, or UX, which owes its...
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