Valve released CAD files for the Steam Controller and Puck, allowing modders to create custom accessories. The files are under a Creative Commons license for non-commercial use, with commercial entities needing to contact Valve directly.
Generative AI is creating a new form of "slop" in workplaces, where workers rely on tools to produce work without understanding its quality. This leads to a loss of judgment and expertise, as humans become conduits for AI-generated output rather than evaluators of its quality.
The user's company Val Town switched from Clerk to Better Auth for authentication due to reliability and rate limiting issues with Clerk, which caused site outages and complexity. Better Auth provided a more reliable and customizable solution, allowing Val Town to regain control over user sessions and data.
Deep learning works by memorizing noise and signal, with the signal channel allowing generalization and the reservoir containing memorized noise. A new theory explains generalization and provides a way to train directly on population risk, eliminating overfitting and suggesting more efficient model architectures.
Coding agents have reduced the cost of software development, but increased the importance of context and collaboration. Effective use of agents requires externalizing context and maintaining organizational coherence, which is a harder challenge than individual productivity gains.
Flow maps are a way to speed up sampling from diffusion models by predicting any point on a path from any other point on that same path, rather than just the tangent direction at each point. They can be used for faster sampling, more efficient reward-based learning, and improved sampling steerability, but training a flow map is significantly more involved than training a diffusion model.
Try the Templatical drag-and-drop email editor in this interactive playground. Build, preview, and export email templates directly in your browser.
BYD surpassed Tesla to become the top-selling EV brand in the UK with over 7% market share in 2026. BYD also led EV sales in Australia, Brazil, and several other overseas markets in April with record-breaking exports.
The user built CARA 2.0, an upgraded version of their quadrupedal robot CARA 1.0, with a goal of making it low-cost and durable, and achieved a significant reduction in cost while retaining dynamic functionality. The user rewound the motors to increase torque, modified the motor controller firmware, and redesigned the robot's leg and frame to improve its performance and aesthetics, ultimately ...
The user set up a Sun Ray server on OpenIndiana Hipster 2025.10 by following a specific VM configuration and installing the Sun Ray Server Software package, which required a period-accurate Java Runtime Environment and Apache Tomcat. The user then configured the Sun Ray server to use ISC DHCP, installed the needed libraries for hotdesking, and set up the TFTP root for the DTUs to pull their ...
Smartphone camera quality is affected by various factors including sensor size, noise, and exposure, with sensor size being the most important factor in determining image detail. To take better photos, clean the lens, use enough light, and avoid over-reliance on software processing, such as AI-enhanced features, which can compromise image quality.
Google's search results are filtered through an algorithm that prioritizes advertisers and may not always provide accurate information, so it's essential to use advanced search operators and techniques to find reliable sources. Alternative search engines like Kagi, DuckDuckGo, and Startpage offer different features and approaches to searching, and understanding how to use them effectively can ...
Countries from over 50 nations gather in Colombia to discuss transitioning away from fossil fuels, amid growing frustration with slow global climate talks. The meeting aims to develop a global road map to phase out oil, gas, and coal, but major emitters like China, US, and India are not participating.
The user discusses "knitting bullshit" as a type of discourse that lacks connection to truth and reality, exemplified by AI-generated podcast episodes and animated films that celebrate knitting without providing accurate information or engaging with the craft's history and practices. The user argues that this type of content degrades the knitting community and industry by parasitizing and ...
You've released a full reverse-engineering of the 1998 Ultima Online demo server, translating 5,000 functions from MSVC x86 to portable C99. The result is an almost perfect replica of a 1998 Ultima Online server with some differences and new features.
User tried replicating a retro multi-stroke text effect using CSS text-stroke property, but achieved desired result by varying text-stroke-width for stacked elements. Browsers automatically draw outlines of characters with different stroke widths, but performance is poor, especially with large font sizes.
Researchers created metal tags with unique frequencies for smart home sensing and activity recognition. The tags can be attached to various objects to track activities, monitor usage, or trigger timers.
The user has built a successful open-source tool, mise, and is now maintaining it full-time through a company, en.dev, to ensure sustainability. They are seeking support through memberships, sponsorships, and consulting services to continue developing mise and other tools.
Micron Technology announced the 245TB Micron 6600 ION SSD, the world's highest capacity commercially available SSD. It reduces rack space by 82% and power consumption by half compared to HDD-based deployments.
Proton Meet offers end-to-end encrypted video calls for private conversations. It protects users from eavesdropping and data misuse by tech giants, ensuring secure meetings with up to 50 attendees for free.
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The company is hiring for an organic growth engineer role, excluding applicants from 11 US states. The job involves designing AI tools and implementing in-person canvassing efforts to grow the company's AI-native insurance broker.
Ted Turner, a media mogul and philanthropist, died at 87 after a life of revolutionizing television news and building a media empire. He founded CNN, a pioneering 24-hour news network, and was a devoted philanthropist, conservationist, and activist.
Google Cloud launched Google Cloud Fraud Defense, a platform to verify bots, humans, and AI agents, securing digital interactions and commerce. It measures and controls agentic activity, preventing evolving threats and securing customer journeys to accelerate business growth.
SoundOff: Low-cost Passive Ultrasound Tags for Non-invasive and Non-Intrusive Smart Home Sensing doi: https://doi.org/10.1145/3770666 Featured on Georgia Tech News, Yahoo!Tech, New Atlas, TechXplore, TechRadar, Digital Trends Download Understanding in real time how we move, operate, and interact within living and working spaces is crucial to applications in smart buildings, elder care, and ...
The user designed and built a Gameboy cartridge for Wolfenstein 3D using a custom PCB and a KE04 processor, implementing features such as ROM bank switching, RAM banks, and a password system. The project was completed with the addition of music, sound playback, and a HUD, and the user is now focusing on software development and testing the cartridge.
Users are frustrated with YouTube's unreliable feeds in feed readers and lack of effort to surface links to these feeds. They want to follow their favorite creators without relying on the platform's algorithms and homepage feeds.
Jagadish Chandra Bose demonstrated plant sensitivity and nervous system in 1926, showing electrical signals in plants. His work was initially met with skepticism and controversy, but recent research supports his findings, establishing plant neurobiology as a new field.
Cloudflare and Stripe partnered to allow coding agents to provision Cloudflare accounts, subscriptions, and domains without human intervention. Agents can now deploy apps to production with zero friction for the end user.
This laptop features a true matte display, haptic trackpad, and open firmware options for customization. It also includes a removable webcam, wireless switch, and durable ceramic coating for a secure and long-lasting experience.