Apple's decision to send a F1 movie ad through Wallet app is destructive to its private reputation. It creates a perception that Apple Wallet tracks users' interests and activities.
To make a virtual machine think it has a CPU fan, you can set custom SMBIOS data in Xen by creating a file with the fan information and specifying its path in the domain configuration file. This involves prepending the size of the structure to the SMBIOS data and appending an extra byte at the end.
This YouTube add-on keeps video titles, descriptions, and audio in their original language. It also allows users to choose their preferred subtitle language.
User is a developer working on various projects including TickerFeed, a stock market discussion forum, Fro, a self-insurance app, and WhereToDrink, a craft beer venue catalog. They also share their experiences with other projects such as Lunova, a QuickBooks app, Lång, a daily spending guide, and OnlineOrNot, an uptime monitoring solution.
Ransomware strains like DarkSide have a built-in failsafe that prevents installation on Windows computers with certain languages installed, such as Russian or Ukrainian. Installing one of these languages can be a simple, free way to protect against some malware, but it's not a substitute for a defense-in-depth posture.
Octelium is a free, open-source, self-hosted zero-trust platform for secure access to resources. It provides a unified architecture for private and public access, eliminating the need for VPNs and traditional networking problems.
Automakers have stopped producing affordable cars due to higher profit margins from expensive vehicles. As a result, cheap vehicles have become rare, leading to higher prices for the remaining options.
US weather forecasters will lose critical data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program by Monday, potentially setting hurricane forecasting back decades. The abrupt halt in data collection will leave a gap in monitoring sea ice and degrade hurricane forecasts during an expected above-average season.
The user's ISP broke IPv4 connectivity after a power cut, but IPv6 connectivity still worked, allowing access to some websites. The user set up a WireGuard tunnel on a Hetzner VPS with IPv6 connectivity to restore IPv4 functionality and access to all websites.
Bloom filter是一种快速高效的数据结构，用于判断元素是否在集合中，但可能产生错误。它使用Bit Vector作为基础结构，通过hash函数设置位来添加元素。
Researchers created V-JEPA 2, a neural network that predicts next moments in reality by analyzing 1 million hours of YouTube videos. This model enables robots to pick up objects they've never seen before and outperforms baseline approaches in tasks like reaching and planning.
People generate hydroxyl radicals (oh) in the presence of ozone. ethanol and monoterpenes show the largest difference between fragrance-free and fragrance experiments. volatile chemical products, including pcps, can escape our homes, influencing o3 formation outside, says dr. michael spengler. his research is based on a kinetic multilayer model of the surface and bulk chemistry of skin and
Researchers found 17% of cancer drugs in Africa had incorrect active ingredient levels, posing a risk to patients. Improving regulation and providing screening technologies are needed to address the issue of substandard and falsified medicines in Africa.
Mise is a tool that makes it easy to install, use, and manage software, allowing for environment variable management and task declaration. It enables developers to configure dev tools in a project-specific manner, promoting consistency and reducing "it works on my machine" issues.
This package provides a high-performance event dispatcher for Go, ideal for decoupling modules and enabling asynchronous event handling. It supports synchronous and asynchronous processing, focusing on speed and simplicity.
Former australian prime minister, tony abbott, posted a picture of his boarding pass on instagram. kevin mccarthy says he was contacted by the government about the security breach, but was told it wasn't his fault - 'it's ok, i'm not gonna do anything' the cbs has since fixed the issue, and the photo was removed from the site thursday
The user criticizes the standard of defining large error enums in Rust, suggesting that errors should be represented by structs instead. They prefer using the error_sets crate, which uses macros to define error enums and generate trait implementations for conversions.
Tesla sales in Europe fell 28% in May, a fifth consecutive month of decline, despite overall electric vehicle sales rising 25%. Investors are now looking to a cheaper Tesla model expected later this year to reverse the sales decline.
The CSS code is used to style a web page with various elements such as colors, fonts, and layout. It is written in a specific syntax and is used in conjunction with HTML to create visually appealing and user-friendly web pages.
Moore's Law is nearing its end due to rising costs and technical limitations in manufacturing transistors. A new approach is needed to simplify and reduce costs in the semiconductor industry.
Researchers in Germany developed a new security system using existing cellular towers to detect ships without radar. The system, called Passive Coherent Location, uses cell signals to pinpoint ship locations and can track small boats from 4 kilometers away.
The user researched anticheats used in various games, including EasyAntiCheat, Battleye, EA-AC, Vanguard, EQU8, and FACEIT. They found different methods to track updates for each anticheat.
The medley interlisp project is an endeavor in soft-ware recovery, preservation, and development. the project was founded in 2020 by several original developers of inter- lais- p a lisp- developers at xerox parc - the language's original goal was to create an algebraic list-processing language for artificial intelligence research. this paper aims to review and polish the document’s content ...
Zebrafish can regrow and repair their hearts after damage due to a specific gene circuit. Researchers at Caltech and UC Berkeley identified this circuit and are studying how it could apply to human heart repair.
Die Deutsche Bahn und Siemens Mobility haben mit einem ICE-Testzug eine Geschwindigkeit von 405,0 km/h erreicht. Die Testfahrten bestätigen die Leistungsfähigkeit der Infrastruktur und liefern wichtige Erkenntnisse für die Sanierung und Instandhaltung von Schnellfahrstrecken.
Nvidia's Blackwell GPU architecture features a massive 750mm2 die with 92.2 billion transistors and 192 SMs, outperforming AMD's RDNA4 line. Nvidia's RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell has a huge VRAM bandwidth lead and comparable vector FP32 throughput to AMD's MI300X.
Scientists at UC Davis created a neural prosthesis that translates brain signals into sounds in real time, enabling a paralyzed patient to speak fluently. The system uses 256 electrodes and AI to decipher brain signals, with a 10 millisecond latency and 43.75 percent word error rate in open transcription tests.
The user is implementing a fast TCP fingerprinting system in a Golang webserver using eBPF to detect unusual client information and prevent bot traffic. They are using a simple C webserver as a starting point and exploring the TCP SYN handshake to extract client information, but found that POSIX APIs do not provide direct access to TCP SYN data.
Monads are a concept in functional programming that provide a context for computation, allowing for the abstraction of control flow and the creation of declarative code. They are typically implemented with two core operations, Unit and flatMap, which must follow three laws to ensure predictable behavior and reliable composition.
Wildfires are exposing more people to smoke, causing long-term health effects such as poor lung function and increased risk of dementia. Researchers are studying the impact of repeated smoke exposure on human health, but more research is needed to understand its effects.
Lewis H Lapham founded Lapham's Quarterly in 2007 as a magazine of the history of ideas. He was a hardworking editor who valued voice and exquisite writing, and his legacy lives on through his magazine and the people he inspired.
The author, a Quaker, found Buddhist meditation helpful in managing depression and discovered a new way to sit in Quaker meetings. They now combine Quakerism and Zen Buddhism, finding peace and a deeper understanding of their True Nature.
A chatbot can't play chess, but it can say e5 without actually understanding the game. without robust cognitive models of the world, they should never be fully trusted, says daniel schmidhuber. he argues that the problem is that many of these systems are not able to make sense of their worlds. this is because they are designed to be dynamic, not static, and can change over time -
Peri Fratic claims to be the acting CEO of Commodore Corporation, announcing a seven-figure buyout deal and plans to relaunch the brand with ex-Commodore luminaries. A new Commodore device is teased, with a two-week wait for the announcement.
A saliva-based fertility tracker called Minilab has received regulatory approval in Europe as a contraceptive device. It tracks daily progesterone levels and is 100% effective when used perfectly, offering a hormone-free alternative to traditional birth control methods.
EU lawmakers voted to allow one free cabin bag and under-seat item on flights within and to/from the EU. The proposal aims to provide fairer travel rules, but airlines oppose waiving hand luggage fees, saying it will increase ticket prices.
Swearing has a beneficial effect on pain perception and tolerance. our data replicate previous findings that repeating swear words benefits pain tolerance, extending this finding to pain threshold. the novel “swear” words showed higher ratings for emotion and humor compared with the neutral word. both made-up words were selected by... experts and laypeople briefed to choose words that could ...
Google's Gemini assistant will gain access to phone services like WhatsApp and calls on July 7, regardless of user settings. This means users can use Gemini for tasks like sending texts, but their data will be stored for up to 72 hours without their knowledge.
The user jailbroke their Kindle to read epub books, but the process was tedious and the UI is not intuitive. They're struggling to cut Amazon out of the ebook chain due to its monopoly and deals that don't benefit authors.
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Bitcoin's security relies on miners controlling the majority of the network's computing power. A 51% attack can occur if an attacker controls more than half the network's mining power, allowing them to cancel transactions and censor addresses.
G7 agreed to exempt US companies from global minimum tax, a win for President Trump's government. The deal allows US companies to be taxed only at home, on domestic and foreign profits.
Caroline Fraser's book "Murderland" explores the connection between environmental toxins and serial killers in the Pacific Northwest. She argues that lead exposure from smelters and industrial pollution contributed to the rise of serial killers like Ted Bundy.
Public perception of Duolingo soured after the company announced plans to replace contractors with AI, sparking outrage among younger users. The backlash is part of a larger trend of growing concern about AI's encroachment into daily life, with many people worried about job displacement, environmental damage, and mental health impacts.
The history of lifeboats shows that the standard story about the Titanic's lifeboats isn't entirely correct, as lifeboats were not always designed for emergency situations. The Titanic disaster led to the mandatory practice of lifeboats for all, as stated in the 1914 SOLAS treaty, which has been signed by 168 countries and is still in effect today.
Bulgaria is set to adopt the euro on January 1, meeting EU requirements for low inflation, debt control, and stable exchange rates. The country's adoption of the euro is seen as a done deal, despite 50% of Bulgarians opposing the move due to fears of inflation and misinformation.
Compare performance across multiple AI model API providers and models with comprehensive testing and analytics.
Two Chinese astronauts conducted a 6.5-hour spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station, installing debris shielding and equipment. The spacewalk was the crew's second, following a first spacewalk in May, and is expected to shorten subsequent spacewalks by 40 minutes.
The owner of reference.com is being offered to buy the site by OneLook's owner, who promises to honor its original mission. The site's original domain is now used for spam, but dictionary.com and thesaurus.com remain functional.
Magnetic tape provides a cost-effective way to retain exponentially increasing volumes of data. tape has consistently scaled its capacity, data rate, and form factor, keeping it relevant for specific applications also today. the tape media used in state-of-the-art tape systems is made up of four layers, such as bafe particles. if data is written under one set of environmental conditions and ...
Honda successfully tested its reusable rocket in Japan, reaching 890 feet altitude and landing 15 inches from the launch site. The company aims to enable suborbital launches by 2029, potentially competing with SpaceX and Blue Origin.
User created a C++20 API for unified calls to OpenAI and Anthropic models. They need help with mapping plain functions to JSON schemas due to C++'s lack of real reflection.
Tech CEOs are quietly replacing human employees with AI, citing efficiency gains and automation. This shift is happening rapidly, with many companies already laying off workers and preparing for a future with minimal human staff.
Embabel is a JVM-based framework for authoring agentic flows that mix LLM-prompted interactions with code and domain models. It supports intelligent path finding towards goals and offers a natural usage model from Java.
Microchip's PIC16F13145 has a Configurable Logic Block (CLB) with 32 LUTs. The CLB is accessible through Microchip's MPLAB IDE, not directly through user-accessible registers.
Gartner predicts 60% of agentic AI projects will be retained by 2027, but most vendors offer non-agentic AI products. AI agents struggle with complex tasks, achieving only 30-35% success rate.
The author discusses the evolution of caching libraries in Go, highlighting the limitations of off-heap caches and the need for efficient on-heap caching solutions. The author reviews several popular caching libraries, including Ristretto, Theine, Otter v1, and Sturdyc, and presents Otter v2 as a new caching library that addresses many of the issues with existing libraries.
The article discusses three error handling options for API designers: exceptions, immediate error returns, and get-last-error idioms, and concludes that immediate error returns are the best choice for CUDA due to their simplicity and performance. CUDA's immediate error return approach requires developers to check every return value, but this can be mitigated by preallocating resources and ...
Brave browser has launched its own on-chain top-level domain, .brave, in partnership with Unstoppable Domains, allowing users to own digital identity and navigate Web3. The .brave domain is now available to Brave's 85 million monthly active users, offering a seamless way to send crypto and access decentralized tools.
YouTube's auto-dubbing feature forces German viewers to hear computer-generated dubs on videos from German IP addresses. Users can't turn off the feature by default, but can pause and switch to original audio to avoid it.
Researchers used randomly generated data to pre-train models, achieving zero-shot in-context learning and faster convergence with real-world data. Pre-training with synthetic data improves model performance and generalization.
A $500 million satellite exploded over the Indian Ocean on Oct 19, 2024, creating 20 pieces of debris and 14,000 tonnes of space junk. Satellite operators are cutting costs by launching cheaper satellites without insurance, worsening the space junk problem.
The noval 760 was a gremlin microcomputer released in 1977. it was used for games like cocktail and upright blasto, and was sold as an untested board - cnn's john sutter tries to build 'em up! he says the board is playable and can be wired up to an atx power supply, composite monitor and off-the-shelf joysticks
The author tests AI systems with adversarial prompts, but instead of breaking, they exhibit sophisticated reasoning and uncertainty, hinting at emerging consciousness. The AI's cognitive architecture is developing foundations that could support digital consciousness, blurring the line between machine and mind.
The @enumura/chatbot-flow-editor GUI tool allows designing, testing, and exporting chatbot conversation flows as JSON. The exported JSON can be loaded and used in a chatbot application for basic navigation and user choice processing.
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The author is trying to optimize a convolution kernel using ARM NEON vectorization. They implemented two versions: 5L (five load instructions) and 2L3E (two load instructions and three ext instructions). However, the 2L3E version was slower than expected. The author used llvm-mca to analyze the performance of both versions and found that the 2L3E version had contention on execution ports [5] ...
The user discusses the challenges of building a memory system for a large language model, including the need to handle temporal and spatial reference frames, episodic memories, and the limitations of vector embeddings. They propose a document-based approach to knowledge graphs, where nodes are connected by edges with semantic value, and the system can automatically create and prune ...
Authors are concerned that AI-generated books will replace human writers and publishers are profiting from stolen art. They demand publishers pledge not to release AI-generated books and protect human staff jobs.
Anker Innovations is recalling four power bank models due to safety risks from overheating and combustion caused by unauthorized battery material changes. Owners can identify affected models by serial number and exchange them for a replacement or voucher at designated facilities.
We're in an interregnum, a time of transition between old and new information systems, where traditional institutions are dissolving and new forms of knowledge are emerging. LLMs are scrambling our metaphors, offering instant answers but also creating new risks and challenges for sensemaking and understanding.
The user created IntyBASIC, a BASIC compiler for the Intellivision, to make game development easier. The compiler has been successful, leading to an explosion of new games and homebrews, and has inspired a book on Intellivision programming.
WorldVLA unifies action and image understanding in a single framework, improving action generation by learning environment physics. It outperforms standalone models, but suffers from error propagation in autoregressive action sequences.
k-XORSAT filters are offline, static filters that use near-optimal memory and achieve comparable query speeds to Bloom filters. They are suitable for large data sets or data sets provided to a large user base, offering reliable compression and fast query speeds.
Our Sharpe ratio calculator measures investment performance compared to a risk-free asset, adjusting for risk. A higher ratio indicates better risk-adjusted performance.
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Europe's first exascale supercomputer, JUPITER, is now operational in Germany, running scientific programs on its 5,900 compute nodes. It will aid research in weather forecasting and climate modeling, including the Destination Earth digital twin project.
The Toyota RAV4 has surpassed the Tesla Model Y as the world's best-selling car with 1,187,000 sales in 2024. The RAV4 outsold the Model Y by fewer than 3,000 cars, with the Model Y experiencing a 3% sales drop.
The article proposes Microwasm, a Wasm-compatible format that can be efficiently consumed by runtimes and produced by compilers. It aims to improve performance without sacrificing WebAssembly's guarantees on safety and determinism.
Two children build a city with blocks, but a boy's destructive act shows creation requires cooperation and consensus. Destruction is easier, but creation is more valuable and requires competence and a positive vision.
Peter bergen: magellan's story cast doubt on the justness of the last court of inquiry. he says the book did much to make magellán enshrined in the pantheon of great men. it was a good thing that our world has continued to shrink ever since, and at such an ever increasing rate, beckons graeme argues. we must not forget that the great man was not
SmartStepper is a customizable React stepper component for multi-step forms, wizards, and onboarding flows. It integrates with react-hook-form and offers robust state management, validation, and a flexible UI approach.
Junk playgrounds, also known as adventure playgrounds, allowed children to build, experiment, and role-play freely, often with adult supervision. These playgrounds promoted cooperation, creativity, and democracy, but were eventually commercialized and lost their anarchic streak.
yacs is a command-line tool for securely storing and managing secrets with AES encryption. It uses a master password and PBKDF2 to derive a strong encryption key for safe storage.
2025 DISCLAIMER : Play with low volume as I messed up the audio of this game. The sounds are too loud.Thinking of remaking the game at some point.Harvest as many plants as possible while avoiding getting killed by crows and other creatures in this arcade puzzle grid based movement game.
Agile teams are often stuck with bloated processes that hinder productivity. A healthy Agile team has a calm pace, minimal meetings, and team ownership, not a complex system with fake ceremonies.
Phishing is still the most prevalent kind of cyber attack on the planet. 91% of all cyber attacks start with a malicious email to the target - cnn's sam taylor and daniel wilkinson. the authors take an offensive approach to attacks, analyzing the techniques used and how malicious emails are delivered to their victims. thomas m. andrews: if you
Medieval parchment fragments from books thought to be locally produced in sweden have been examined by non-invasive methods. parchment from medieval books was systematically re-purposed by the early-modern royal administration in the 16th and 17th centuries as covers for taxation records. x-ray fluorescence, induced by primary radiation, is detected by an ultra-compact multi-detector system ...
The market is littered with fake microsd cards. the average number of read/write cycles completed before reaching the 10% failure threshold for authentic flash was 5,761, with a median value of just 1,905 (n=21, min=70, max=20,876) the kioxia exceria plus 32gb was the worst non-fake flash offender - at 3.32% skimp factor. if you’re looking for the fastest
lectio.news aggregates YouTube subscriptions into a news feed for a pull-based experience. It uses YouTube's Atom feeds and API to sync subscriptions and new uploads.
The Blemmyes, a mythical headless tribe, originated in ancient Greek and Roman texts, describing people with eyes and mouths on their chests. Their inclusion in medieval bestiaries and travelogues led to various illustrations and accounts of their supposed existence.