|
Navigation
Search
Top: Unavoidable
|
PC / Tech. > Unavoidable
Sunday June 8, 2025. 08:09 PM
Last month, Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn 'shared on LinkedIn an email he had sent to all staff announcing Duolingo was going 'AI-first',' remembers the Financial Times. 'I did not expect the amount of blowback,' he admits.... He attributes this anger to a general 'anxiety'...
The New York Times reports: California State University announced this year that it was making ChatGPT available to more than 460,000 students across its 23 campuses to help prepare them for 'California's future A.I.-driven economy.' Cal State said the effort would help make ...
Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can help—with your time, money, and everyday actions.
It's no longer a hypothetical question, writes the Washington Post. 'In recent years, scientists have devised powerful genetic tools that may be able to eradicate mosquitoes and other pests once and for all.' But along with the ability to fight malaria, dengue, West Nile...
The Associated Press reports that on Friday, U.K. High Court justice Victoria Sharp and fellow judge Jeremy Johnson ruled on the possibility of false information being submitted to the court. Concerns had been raised by lower-court judges about 'suspected use by lawyers of...
What is rotational impact? When do you have to replace your helmet? Here’s what to look for when shopping for a bike helmet.
Security, not model performance, is what's stalling adoption Interview Before AI becomes commonplace in enterprises, corporate leaders have to commit to an ongoing security testing regime tuned to the nuances of AI models.…
With the popular app Pocket going away, you'll need a new way to catch up on those articles you've been meaning to read. Here are the best options.
Last year's Pentagon report reviewing UFO reports 'left out the truth behind some of the foundational myths about UFOs,' reports the Wall Street Journal. 'The Pentagon itself sometimes deliberately fanned the flames, in what amounted to the U.S. government targeting its own...
A novel suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to rewrite notions of time and evolution.
Dell's rebranding efforts officially kick off with the Dell 14 Plus. Is it more than just a fresh coat of paint?
An anonymous reader shared this report from The New York Times: Russian counterintelligence agents are analyzing data from the popular Chinese messaging and social media app WeChat to monitor people who might be in contact with Chinese spies, according to a Russian...
An anonymous reader shared this report from SFGate about a lawsuit alleging a 'warrantless drone surveillance program' that's 'trampling residents' right to privacy': Sonoma County has been accused of deploying hundreds of drone flights over residents in a 'runaway spying...
AppleInsider reports: The engineer behind much of the Mac's early graphical user interfaces, QuickDraw, MacPaint, Hypercard and much more, William D. 'Bill' Atkinson, died on June 5 of complications from pancreatic cancer... Atkinson, who built a post-Apple career as a noted ...
Is copyrighted material a requirement for training AI? asks the Washington Post. That's what top AI companies are arguing, and 'Few AI developers have tried the more ethical route — until now. 'A group of more than two dozen AI researchers have found that they could build a...
Atkinson’s gleeful brilliance helped people draw on computer screens and access information via links.
TweakTown writes that the Switch 2 'has reportedly beaten the record for the most-sold console within 24 hours and is on track to shatter the two-month record,' selling over 3 million units and tripling the PlayStation 4's previous launch day sales. So Nintendo's first...
Saturday June 7, 2025. 10:59 PM
Mike Judge always seemed to have secret geek sympathies. He co-created the HBO series Silicon Valley, as well as the movie Office Space (reviewed in 1999 by Slashdot contributor Jon Katz). Now comes the word that besides rebooting Buffy the Vampire Slayer — and an animated...
LSD 'is used to treat conditions like depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction,' notes Science Daily. And now a microbiology student 'has found a long sought-after fungus that produces effects similar to the semisynthetic drug...' Morning glory plants live in ...
Once upon a time, long-time Slashdot reader tgibson learned how to type on a manual typewriter, back in an 8th grade classroom. And to this day, they write, 'my bias is to nod approvingly at touch typists and roll my eyes at those who need to stare at the keyboard while...
|
25 sources
Current Date
Dec, Thu 4 - 08:10 CET
|
