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Sunday October 5, 2025. 06:34 PM
There's an 85-second ad (starring a humanoid robot) that argues 'Technology promised to save us time. Instead it stole our focus. Opera Neon gives you both back.' Or, as BleepingComputer describes it, Opera Neon 'is a new browser that puts AI in control of your tabs and...
The Washington Post notes AI's 'increasingly outsize role' in propping up America's economic fortunes. 'Last week, the United States reported that the economy expanded at a rate of 1.6 percent in the first half of the year, with most of that growth driven by AI spending....
From models for traveling to humidifiers that double as planters or air purifiers, we've tested a dozen of them.
Top AI models keep saying you’re right, and that’s the problem State-of-the-art AI models tend to flatter users, and that praise makes people more convinced that they're right and less willing to resolve conflicts, recent research suggests.…
Ninja’s slushie machine made me more popular, and more tipsy, this summer. This is the first real deal I’ve seen this year.
The book Life 3.0 remembers a 2017 conversation where Alphabet CEO Larry Page 'made a 'passionate' argument for the idea that 'digital life is the natural and desirable next step' in 'cosmic evolution',' remembers an essay in the Wall Street Journal. 'Restraining the rise of ...
These portable heaters will heat a room quickly, quietly, and safely.
We break down the current iPad lineup to help you figure out which of Apple’s tablets is best for you.
New studies of the “platypus of materials” help explain how their atoms arrange themselves into orderly, but nonrepeating, patterns.
If you care about good air, it’s time for a dehumidifier. These are the best ones we've tested for everything from basements to drying laundry.
'Seems like you should at least run that through ChatGPT to reword it' A new hacking contest has caused a social media kerfuffle over allegations of rule copying and plagiarism.…
Currently DNA synthesis companies 'deploy biosecurity software designed to guard against nefarious activity,' reports the Washington Post, 'by flagging proteins of concern — for example, known toxins or components of pathogens.' But Microsoft researchers discovered 'up to 100...
'When someone searches for 'James Bond' on Prime Video now, all of the classic films will show up...' notes Parade. But recently Amazon's streaming service had tried new thumbnails with 'matching minimalist backgrounds,' so every Bond actor — from Sean Connery to Daniel...
If you upload an image to serve as the inspiration for an AI-generated video from OpenAI's Sora, 'the app will reject your image if it detects a face — any face,' writes Mashable.' (Unless that person has agreed to participate.) All Sora videos also include a watermark,...
Toyota sold just 61 BZ models in September, reports Electrek. 'Including the Lexus RZ, which managed 86 sales, Toyota sold just 147 all-electric vehicles in the US last month, over 90% less than the 1,847 it sold in September 2024.' Toyota's total sales were up 14% with over ...
Saturday October 4, 2025. 11:49 PM
'Microsoft buys a lot of GPUs from both Nvidia and AMD,' writes the Register. 'But moving forward, Redmond's leaders want to shift the majority of its AI workloads from GPUs to its own homegrown accelerators...' Driving the transition is a focus on performance per dollar,...
The Greater Manchester Police force has 12,677 employees. But they've now suspended work-from-home privileges, reports the BBC, 'following an investigation into so-called 'key-jamming', which can allow people to falsely appear to be working. 'Twenty-six police officers,...
From 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today (EDT), the Free Software Foundation celebrates its 40th anniversary with an online and in-person event. 'We will broadcast the talks and workshops via a fully free software livestream on fsf.org/live,' according to the FSF's official 'FSF40...
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post: Women tend to live longer than men. There are traditional explanations: Men smoke more. They drink more. They tend to engage in riskier behavior. But the fact that this lifespan gap holds true regardless of...
theodp writes: CBS News has a TL;DR video report, but Jeremy Stern's earlier epic Class Dismissed [at Collosus.com] offers a deep dive into Alpha School, 'the teacherless, homeworkless, K-12 private school in Austin, Texas, where students have been testing in the top 0.1%...
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