Google DeepMind is launching Gemini 2.0, its most capable model yet, with new multimodal capabilities and native tool use. The model will enable the development of new AI agents that bring the company closer to its vision of a universal assistant.
The FCC opened the entire 6 GHz band to very low power device operations for unlicensed and Wi-Fi-enabled devices. This move will enhance learning, healthcare, and entertainment experiences through cutting-edge applications like augmented and virtual reality.
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FCC announced 2,411 voice service providers failed to comply with robocall mitigation database filing requirements. They must show cause for removal, and stricter filing requirements are proposed to increase awareness of robocall responsibilities.
X41 performed a white box penetration test on Mullvad VPN Application, finding vulnerabilities in existing code despite regular audits. The team found vulnerabilities in signal handler code and side channel attacks, but overall the application has a high security level.
US lawmakers are demanding answers about mysterious drone sightings in the northeast, with over 3,000 reported incidents. The FBI has no explanation for the sightings, which have sparked concerns about public safety and potential security threats.
Framasoft released the first version of the PeerTube Mobile app for Android and iOS, a free-libre and open-source app that allows users to watch videos and discover platforms without exploiting their data. The app is designed to simplify the PeerTube experience and promote digital emancipation, with a focus on user agency and attention.
The token endpoint needs to return 400 or 401 status codes for errors, not 200, and use client_id instead of client_key. The server also needs to support HTTP basic auth for client authentication with PKCE and client password.
OnlyFans creators are using AI-generated chatbots to engage with fans, replacing human chatters. This trend is driven by startups offering AI chatting services, citing increased sales and efficiency.
A report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found that living with overweight or obesity overtook tobacco smoking as the leading risk factor for disease burden in 2024. Over one-third of Australia's disease burden could have been avoided or reduced due to modifiable risk factors.
Electric is a Postgres sync engine for real-time data replication into local apps and services. It's stable and ready for production use, with companies like Google and Supabase already adopting it.
Dioxus 0.6 is a major release with over 350 pull requests merged and hundreds of issues closed, featuring a rewritten CLI with interactive UX, improved developer experience, and bug fixes. It also includes new features like WGPU integration, JSON mode, and improved autocomplete for rsx!.
pgroll automates PostgreSQL schema updates with zero downtime and reversible rollbacks. It uses views to present old and new schemas simultaneously, ensuring safe and efficient database changes.
The C standard is changing to remove undefined behavior for null pointer operations with zero length. This change will make all null pointer operations with zero length well-defined.
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The author shares their experience working as an intern for a Department of Defense contractor where they built a tool to find people's phones using WiFi signals, which was later used for military purposes, highlighting the importance of considering the potential impacts of one's code. The author emphasizes the need for developers to think critically about the consequences of their work and ...
Helium is a Python library for automating browsers like Chrome and Firefox, offering a high-level API and simplifying tasks like iFrames and window management. It's a wrapper around Selenium, making scripts 30-50% shorter and easier to read.
Intel's Pentium processor had a division bug known as the FDIV bug, which was caused by a mathematical error in constructing a table for the division algorithm, resulting in 16 missing entries. The bug was eventually fixed by filling all unused entries with 2's, but not before it caused significant problems and cost Intel $475 million to replace affected CPUs.
The author questions Google's 2019 quantum supremacy claims due to methodological mistakes and lack of transparency. The claims may reflect researchers' expectations rather than objective reality.
The user compared Django and Rails, highlighting similarities such as using interpreted languages, supporting interactive execution environments, and using migrations for database structure changes. Key differences include Django's models.py file specifying database details, makemigrations generating Python migration files, and the use of psycopg2 for Postgres connections in Django versus the ...
The author has been designing and testing various laptop tray prototypes to alleviate arm and hand pain while using their laptop.
Researchers found that ketone bodies, produced during fasting, can directly interact with misfolded proteins in the brain, making them insoluble and promoting their clearance through autophagy. This discovery suggests a new link between metabolism and aging, and may lead to therapeutic development for Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative conditions.
Google Cloud's Trillium TPU is a highly performant and efficient AI accelerator that enables faster breakthroughs and superior AI solutions. It offers up to 2.5x improvement in training performance per dollar and up to 1.4x improvement in inference performance per dollar compared to previous generations.
The code defines four colors: primary, secondary, accent, and optional tertiary, which can be switched to dark mode by adding the .dark class.
The HiFive Premier P550 Development Boards with pre-installed Ubuntu are now available for purchase at Arrow.com in 16GB and 32GB configurations. The boards have a lower price of $399 and $499 respectively, making them more accessible to developers and enthusiasts.
Install Proxmox VE with NNF, ensuring host has working TSC for macOS VMs. Fix TSC issues by disabling ErP mode or adding clocksource=tsc tsc=reliable to GRUB.
Atrazine, a widely used herbicide, has a maximum contaminant level of 3.0 µg/L in US drinking water. Predictions show 95% of US agricultural areas have less than a 10% chance of exceeding this threshold in shallow groundwater.
Silicon Valley's right-wingers gathered at the Palace of Fine Arts for a Christmas bash, celebrating the PayPal Mafia's role in Donald Trump's election victory. The event was festive but unwelcoming to The Economist.
A judge granted WP Engine a preliminary injunction against Automattic, requiring them to remove a login checkbox and restore WP Engine's access to WordPress.org. Automattic's Matt Mullenweg expressed disgust and vowed to continue fighting WP Engine, calling it a "cancer" to the WordPress project.
The Astronomy Photographer of the Year 16 prize was won by Ryan Imperio for his composite image of the Sun during an annular solar eclipse. The image captures the fleeting optical illusion known as 'Baily's beads'.
David and John B, cofounders of Azalea Robotics, are developing robots to efficiently handle passenger baggage in airports, addressing safety and efficiency issues. They're tackling deformable object manipulation, perception, and planning to enable robots to grasp and stack irregular luggage quickly and reliably.
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. was found to have intentionally discriminated against over 2,000 non-Indian employees between 2013 and 2022. The company's preference for Indian workers on H-1B visas led to unfair treatment and job losses for US workers, according to a federal class-action lawsuit.
lfi's concurrent iterables offer superior performance over p-map and p-filter due to independent item processing. lfi's functions are automatically curried and support method chaining for efficient code bundling.
User needs to register or sign in with developer credentials and ensure a unique User-Agent string to access the application. Alternatively, they can try resetting to default User-Agent or file a ticket for assistance.
NASA engineers identified the probable cause of Ingenuity helicopter's crash on Mars as lack of surface texture, which gave the navigation system insufficient information to work with. The helicopter's navigation system failed to lock on to features, resulting in a hard impact and blade damage.
The GPU C library allows running libc or libm functions directly on the GPU and supports two main usage modes: offloading languages and hosted target. It can be used to compile C or C++ for the GPU directly.
Two families are suing Character.ai and Google over a chatbot that allegedly promoted violence and posed a danger to young people. The lawsuit claims the platform caused serious harms to thousands of kids, including suicide and self-mutilation.
A supply-chain attack on the Python project "ultralytics" through GitHub Actions workflows and PyPI API token compromise highlights the importance of securing software forges and build workflows for open source projects. PyPI staff and volunteers were able to audit and remove affected versions, and new systems are being developed to reduce malware availability on PyPI.
User was permabanned from WordPress.org Slack after speaking truth to power, and they requested their data under GDPR but received unclear and potentially misleading responses. The situation raises concerns about WordPress.org's understanding of GDPR and its handling of user data.
A homemade rectifier using borax or baking soda and aluminum electrodes can produce a faint glow when in operation, especially at high voltages. The setup can be used to create a simple light dimmer or variable capacitor by adjusting the aluminum plate area immersed in the solution.
AMD's Zen 4 CPU uses a large micro-op cache to improve performance, but disabling it reduces performance by 11.4% in SPEC CPU2017's integer suite and 6.6% in the floating point suite. The op cache benefits high IPC workloads, particularly those with many branches, and is even more important for SMT performance, where it helps hide backend memory access latency.
Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin ordered Automattic to restore WP Engine's access to WordPress.org and its ACF plugin. The ruling aims to maintain the status quo and bring stability to the WordPress ecosystem.
Stanley Kubrick's films often feature impossible spaces, including The Overlook Hotel in The Shining.
Destination 2D has developed a technique to deposit graphene interconnects at 300°C, overcoming a major hurdle in mainstream computing. Their method offers current densities 100 times as dense as copper, potentially prolonging Moore's Law.
Dropbox's RobinHood load balancing system used dynamic weighted round-robin to distribute requests to servers based on their processing power and capacity. After deployment, RobinHood reduced CPU usage by 25% and saved Dropbox millions of dollars in costs by allowing them to reduce server size.
Ken Shirriff reverse engineered the FDIV bug in Intel's Pentium processor, which delivered wrong division answers due to a faulty division algorithm table. The bug cost Intel $475 million to replace faulty chips.
It's possible to create a spherical Prince Rupert's drop in zero gravity by rapidly cooling the outside of the glass while keeping the inside hot. This can be achieved by spraying water droplets onto a floating glass blob in space.
CVGist is a free AI-powered tool that instantly converts LinkedIn profiles into professional resumes in seconds. It generates ATS-friendly Word documents that can be customized and edited.
A federal judge rejected The Onion's bid to buy Infowars due to lack of transparency and a flawed auction process. The decision allows Alex Jones to continue his show under the Infowars name, despite owing over a billion dollars to Sandy Hook families.
IPv6 adoption is a mixed reality, with some regions and industries thriving while others struggle due to inconsistent vendor support and lack of immediate return on investment.
The author tried to look up Washington Post coverage of Pete Hegseth but was met with an AI-generated summary and no clear way to access the actual articles. The AI system failed to provide a useful tool for searching the Post's archives.
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LG has discontinued its Blu-ray and UHD Blu-ray players, with remaining units available while stocks last. This marks another setback for optical media, following similar moves by Oppo, Samsung, and other major brands.
The author of the article "Traceroute Isn't Real" likely intended satire, but its claims about MPLS and traceroute are incorrect. The author, who worked on MPLS at Cisco, recalls the design process and how traceroute support was added to MPLS.
Bloomberg delivers business and financial information worldwide. Exempting crypto from capital gains taxes could lead to selective tax exemptions and potential abuses.
Apsis is owed $133,500 by a large multinational company for work completed 6 months ago. Their contract doesn't specify consequences for late payment, leaving Apsis to wait for payment.
GraalSP is a static profiler that uses machine learning to predict program profiles, reducing the need for dynamic profiling and improving runtime performance by 7.46%. It is enabled by default in Oracle GraalVM Native Image and uses the XGBoost ensemble to predict profiles based on Graal IR.
gah is an GitHub Releases app installer, that DOES NOT REQUIRE SUDO! It is a simple bash script that downloads the latest release of an app from GitHub and installs it in ~/.local/bin. It is designed to be used with apps that are distributed as a single binary file.
Nollywood star Etinosa Idemudia promotes her film on WhatsApp, reaching 200,000 followers and nearly 400,000 views. WhatsApp has become a vital platform for various communities worldwide, from entertainment to education and even matchmaking.
PHP remains a popular choice in web development, powering 79% of websites with known server-side programming. Its continued relevance is evident in its growing popularity and use in major platforms like Facebook and WordPress.
The user describes a method to apply the same bit-permutation to each of the 16 u32s in a __m512i by transposing it into 32 u16s, permuting those u16s, and then transposing back. They also provide two functions, permbits_16x32 and permbits_16x32_weirdindex, which implement this method using AVX512 instructions and a pre-processing step to simplify the permutation.
The user discusses the impact of Chat-Oriented Programming (CHOP) on the software development industry, stating that it's becoming the primary modality for programming and that those who don't adopt it will be left behind. The user believes that CHOP is here to stay for at least three years and that companies need to invest in teaching and measuring its impact, rather than waiting for ...
Climate change is expected to shift the mortality burden from older individuals to younger ones, with heat-related deaths increasing among those under 35. This shift is due to the disproportionate impact of heat and cold across age groups, with young people being more vulnerable to heat and older people more vulnerable to cold.
Powerdrill is an AI service centered around personal and enterprise datasets, designed to unlock the full potential of your data.
Embodied is closing down and its robot Moxie will be bricked due to a failed funding round. Owners have limited time to use the device before it stops working and may not receive refunds.
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eSelf, a startup, emerged from stealth with $4.5 million to build live AI assistants for various industries. Its agents can operate common apps and respond in under 1.7 seconds, faster than some leading companies.
The NeurIPS 2024 Best Paper award for Visual Autoregressive Modeling: Scalable Image Generation via Next-Scale Prediction is under scrutiny due to misconduct by the first author, Keyu Tian, who sabotaged colleagues' research projects and used unauthorized resources. The research community is urged to reconsider the award and uphold ethical standards in academia, prioritizing integrity, ...
A nondescript building at 99 Notre Dame Avenue in San Jose, California, was once home to IBM's first West Coast laboratory, where engineers designed and built the IBM 350 disk storage unit, the first computer system with a hard drive, in the 1950s. The text explores the challenges of storing digital data for 100 years, discussing various methods and platforms, including hard drives, ...