Voyager 1 is about to reach 16.1 billion miles away from Earth, taking 24 hours for a radio signal to reach it. It's the most distant human-made object, traveling at 11 miles per second since 1977 and sending data until the 2030s.
HSBC estimates OpenAI needs $207bn by 2030 to continue losing money. The Financial Times offers digital access for $75/month or a discounted yearly plan.
The author is concerned about the over-reliance on AI tools, particularly LLMs, which can lead to a loss of human skills and autonomy. They argue that AI systems are designed to reinforce existing power structures and control people's thoughts and desires.
Scientists discovered a cell with a severely reduced genome that challenges the definition of life. The cell, named Sukunaarchaeum, lacks essential functions and relies on a host cell for survival.
We will learn statistical process control in Python using pandas, plotnine, and scipy to measure variation and identify benchmarks in product quality over time. This workshop applies statistical process control to a case study of a Japanese Hot Springs bath economy, evaluating temperature, pH, and sulfur levels to ensure quality control and maintain reputation.
Phoronix offers a Cyber Week promotion for Phoronix Premium with discounted rates and benefits. KDE Plasma 6.8 will be Wayland-exclusive, removing Plasma X11 session support.
MIT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory released a study using the Iceberg Index, which found that AI can replace 11.7% of the US labor market, or $1.2 trillion in wages. The index simulates how AI affects workers across the country, offering a detailed map of disruption down to the zip code.
NAND flash SSDs have limited write endurance due to degradation of the media itself, which can cause performance issues and eventually lead to failure. To extend drive longevity, wear leveling, usable capacity increase, and raw capacity increase can be used, and understanding the Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD) metric is essential for evaluating drive endurance.
A new study found that people who stop taking GLP-1 weight-loss medications regain significant weight and lose cardiovascular benefits. Experts suggest these drugs should be considered "weight management" medications that may need to be taken indefinitely.
Qiskit is an open-source SDK for quantum computing that provides a core component for creating and working with quantum circuits and operators. It includes a transpiler for optimizing circuits and a quantum information toolbox for creating advanced operators.
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Cekura is a fast-growing company building a reliability layer for conversational agents. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll partner with technical customers for long-term success, driving product feedback and proactive account management.
Researchers repurpose image diffusion models for object tracking in videos by interpreting self-attention maps as semantic label propagation kernels. They introduce DRIFT, a framework achieving state-of-the-art zero-shot performance on video object segmentation benchmarks.
The user set up Emacs on their Android device, using Termux to access CLI tools, and customized the interface for touchscreen use. They also installed a virtual keyboard for easier typing and set up Syncthing to share notes across devices.
The Slashdot effect, also known as slashdotting or the hug of death occurs when a popular website links to a smaller website, causing a massive increase in traffic. This overloads the smaller site, causing it to slow down or even temporarily become unavailable. Typically, less robust sites are unable to cope with the huge increase in traffic and become unavailable – common causes are lack of ...
The user, a 27-year-old developer, shares a story about how they became interested in politics and joined Lee Jun-seok's Reform Party, eventually working on a campaign called "Let's Eat Lunch On Campus" that went viral. The user reflects on the experience, which taught them about the importance of courage, trust, and empowerment in politics, and how it has made them a more honest and critical thinker.
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Hi! I’m Andrew. I’m a teenager in high school, and I’ve been programming for the past six years, and have loved computers since. I historically have only programmed, and my first public website was SparkShell, a web development platform aimed at making coding easier for teens. Last year, I got the chance to turn my passion for electronics into something physical - sending a self-designed ...
The IT community has failed to learn from decades of software development and operational failures, resulting in a trillion-dollar cost to society. To reduce IT blunders, senior management must prioritize honesty, skepticism, and ethics, and treat software development with the respect it deserves.
The US Justice Department filed a proposed settlement against RealPage Inc to end anticompetitive practices in rental housing markets. The settlement requires RealPage to change its software and cooperate with the US lawsuit against other property management companies.
Ridley Scott and Dan O'Bannon drew inspiration from films like 2001 and Dark Star for Alien's claustrophobic corridors and industrial aesthetic. The design process involved multiple artists, including Ron Cobb and Chris Foss, but ultimately resulted in a ship that was largely different from their original concepts.
The world's population is increasingly urbanized with 45% living in cities, and Jakarta is home to nearly 42 million people. Megacities are expanding with 33 in 2025, and Dhaka is expected to become the world's largest city by the middle of the century.
Mathematician Anton Bernshteyn discovered a connection between descriptive set theory and computer science, showing that problems about infinite sets can be rewritten as problems about network communication. This bridge between disciplines has opened new collaborations and insights into the nature of infinity.
The class will use Sutton and Barto's Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction as a supporting reading and allow up to 2 late days for assignments.
Flowglad simplifies internet money making by integrating billing logic into apps with a single line of code. It uses internal user IDs for billing and provides real-time billing status.
Archaeologists in Budapest, Hungary, discovered a remarkably well-preserved Roman sarcophagus with a young woman's skeleton and dozens of artifacts. The find offers a rare glimpse into the life of the young woman and the world she inhabited around 1,700 years ago.
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We aim to reduce e-waste by giving a second life to forgotten devices and encourage reuse. Follow the tutorial to set up a local digital garden on your device.
Chris and Yuhong from Onyx are building an open-source chat that works with any LLM, providing tools like RAG and web search. They aim to offer a secure, customizable, and user-friendly experience for teams to use LLMs.
A developer is quitting after 15 years due to frustration with inefficient processes and lack of automation. They implemented a hacky solution to automate a tedious task, which surprisingly worked well and provided a sense of accomplishment.