Artificial intelligence's water use in California is mostly modest, about 0.055 percent of annual human water use. Data centers' water use is mostly for cooling needs from the heat produced from their electricity use.
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Spotify introduces 'Verified by Spotify' badge to identify human artists, with over 99% of searched artists to be verified. The badge will prioritize acts with significant music contributions, but critics argue it may favor commercial artists and not address AI-generated music.
whohas is a command line tool that queries package lists from various distributions. It displays package version information, URLs, and repository details for specified packages.
Scientists have been studying sleep learning, where people learn new information while asleep, and found promising results, but early studies were flawed. Recent research has shown that sleep can influence behavior and learning, with some people able to solve puzzles and remember information after waking.
Multiple individuals are seeking freelance, contract, or full-time work in various tech fields, including software engineering, DevOps, AI, and UX design, with experience in languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript, and more. They are open to remote work and are located in different parts of the world, including the US, Europe, and India.
GitGres is a private GitHub alternative optimized for individual teams' needs, offering flexibility in cost, uptime, latency, and consistency. It uses a Postgres DBMS with tiered storage and caching for customizable performance.
Sally A. McKee, a renowned computer science professor, passed away on Feb 12 after a short illness. She was a beloved friend, mentor, and researcher who advanced cybersecurity and inspired many with her kindness and generosity.
Understand Anything is a Claude Code Plugin that analyzes a codebase with a multi-agent pipeline, building a knowledge graph of every file, function, class, and dependency for interactive exploration. It provides an interactive dashboard to visualize the codebase as a graph, allowing users to search, explore, and ask questions about the codebase.
The user discusses various US immigration topics including the new $100k H1B fee, N400 application delays, L1 visa changes, and green card application challenges. They also mention the difficulties of sponsoring H1-B workers for permanent status and the increasing RFE and denial rates for certain green card applications.
WhatCable is a macOS menu bar app that identifies USB-C cables and their capabilities. It exposes cable information, charging diagnostics, and connected device identities via a friendly menu bar popover.
Flock employees accessed cameras in sensitive locations in Dunwoody, including a children's gymnastics room and a Jewish community center, as part of sales demonstrations. Flock has agreed to stop using Dunwoody's cameras for demonstrations and will train employees to conduct demos in more public locations.
The HP C2089A PostScript Cartridge Plus is a 1991 add-on for LaserJet II/III that still renders PostScript correctly today. retro-ps emulates the cartridge on a modern system, lifting its original constraints to render high-DPI pages with any paper size.
Install AdamFusion by dropping the bundle into Fusion's AddIns or plug-in folder, then run and enable it. Sign in with your Autodesk account to start chatting in the Adam palette.
A novel technique exploits AI guardrails by requesting information in a gay voice, using political correctness to bypass alignment. This "Gay Jailbreak" method is highly flexible and can be used to obtain sensitive information.
Agents lack the reasoning behind code decisions, treating patterns as intentional. Documentation is now crucial to ensure intent reaches execution, as agents inherit the output without context.
The author is reminiscing about watching The X-Files for the first time and appreciating its portrayal of a bygone era with simpler technology and stronger communities. They feel nostalgic for a time when people lived better and had more meaningful connections.
The NHS is walking back its commitment to open-source code, which requires more work but ensures higher quality and security. We urge NHS England to reaffirm its commitment to the NHS Service Standard Principle 12.
Amazon's cloud services in the Middle East will take several months to fully recover from Iranian drone strikes that damaged data centers in UAE and Bahrain. AWS customers are advised to migrate resources to other regions and use remote backups until normal operations are restored.
Decision-makers often forget that a website is for the customer, not themselves. They should prioritize user needs over personal preferences.
RightsCon 2026 was cancelled due to foreign interference, specifically pressure from China over Taiwanese participants. The event's host, Access Now, was not consulted or formally notified before the decision was made.
Communications of the ACM had a fascinating post about how NASA built Artemis II’s fault tolerant computer. 3 fascinating excerpts. (1) Eight modules with several back up scenarios: “Orion utilizes two Vehicle Management Computers, each containing two Flight Control Modules, for a total of four FCMs. But the redundancy goes even deeper: each FCM consists of a self-checking pair of processors. ...
AutoRound is a quantization toolkit for LLMs and VLMs that achieves high accuracy at ultra-low bit widths with minimal tuning. It supports mixed-precision quantization and various formats, including AutoRound, AutoAWQ, and GGUF.
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin discovered a 1,300-year-old manuscript in Rome containing the first known poem in the English language, Caedmon's Hymn. The poem, praising God for creation, was composed by a cowherd from North Yorkshire after a divine visitation.
Loopsy is a control surface for your machine, accessed by your phone, routed through a self-hosted relay on Cloudflare Workers. It enables remote control of your machine, file transfer, and shared state, with features like auto-approve and custom commands.
Lower bills and invest wisely by being nice to customer service reps and following the 75/15/10 budgeting rule. Rebalance your portfolio and consider alternatives, bonds, and Bitcoin investments to achieve financial goals.
Erwin built a free open-source utility to bridge Bluetooth LE MIDI keyboards to Windows MIDI Services. It detects the receive channel of the piano and allows any DAW or Web MIDI app to use it.
OpenWarp 是基于 Warp 开源代码的社区分支，支持自定义 OpenAI 接口和多语言。它保留 Warp 体验，允许用户控制 AI 层和凭证。
The author is concerned that AI models like Claude Opus 4.7 can identify individuals from their writing style, even if they write anonymously. This could lead to a loss of anonymity for writers and potentially harm those who rely on it for protection.