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To Save C, We Must Save ABI (2022)

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Hardware backdoors in some x86 CPUs

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Nitecore’s latest power bank is the lightest and most compact yet

There's two things you should know about me, your intrepid reviewer: I hate the feature creep associated with modern power banks, and I love shaving grams off the gear I carry when backpacking, bikepa

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NASA figured out how to keep its Voyager 2 probe running for another year

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Mushroom behind 'tiny people' hallucinations identified

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The Nixpkgs core team has disbanded

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OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over security concerns

OpenAI said this model, which is still in development, reached its "critical cybersecurity threshold," meaning it could independently identify and carry out cyberattacks against traditionally well-pro

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U.S. Department of Energy Launches the Genesis Open Models Initiative

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The gaming site sponsored by Walmart lays off its editorial staff

Restart, a games media website launched in late 2024 that was sponsored by Walmart, has laid off its "entire editorial team," according to a Friday post from Brandy Berthelson, the site's former edito

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After Rippling blew millions on AI in months, it built an employee ROI tool

After its own AI usage wake-up call, Rippling this week unveiled AI Spend Console, a product that tracks individual and team employee AI spending.

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Wacom’s MovinkPad 11 is a fun, midpriced entry point for digital artists

The MovinkPad 11 a versatile little graphics tablet that can help make your wildest digital art dreams come true.

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Security researchers scanned the Polish web and found courts, hospitals, and airports at risk of hacks

Researchers found common points of failure, like software used to organize and display web content, could have allowed hackers to run riot through government websites.

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Super Mario Derivations

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Fenix Flexin isn’t even denying using AI to make ‘Rubberz’ anymore

It took long enough, but now LA rapper Fenix Flexin appears to have admitted using AI for the 80s synth pop-themed song "Rubberz." His comments follow the producer Medasin's videos claiming that an AI

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Watching Roku’s AI channel is like eating from a trough

The appeal of free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels has always been the way they make it easier to (re)discover classic films and series. But Roku's latest experiment in the FAST spac

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Ancient Library – 1,060 Greek/Latin texts, click any word to parse it

Score: 222 | Comments: 70

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OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too powerful

OpenAI says it is pausing "internal activities" around an in-development AI model, Astra, because it doesn't yet meet new security standards the company is putting in place. The announcement follows i

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Managing AI Coding Costs at Scale

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The only instant cameras worth your money

There’s something magical about using instant cameras that smartphones can’t match. You can capture a moment, print it out, and then give the photo as a gift or hold onto it. Image quality won’t be al

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Assembly Hall of Shame

Score: 364 | Comments: 91

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