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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Sweeping job cuts at Big Tech companies have become an annual tradition. How executives explain those decisions, however, has changed. Out are buzzwords like efficiency, over-hiring, and too many management layers. Today, all explanations stem from artificial intelligence (AI). In recent weeks, giants including Google, Amazon, Meta, as well as smaller firms such as Pinterest and Atlassian, have all announced or warned of plans to shrink their workforce, poin
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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Vercel, a major development platform that hosts and deploys web apps, was compromised, and the hackers are attempting to sell stolen data. A person claiming to be a member of ShinyHunters, which was behind the recent hack of Rockstar Games, posted some data online, including employee names, email addresses, and activity time stamps. Vercel confirmed […] Read more ›
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Your Apple Watch is a powerful ally in emergencies. It can help investigators uncover crucial clues in missing person cases when every second matters. Read more ›
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In October and through November, America's EV sales reached their lowest point since 2022 after government subsidies expired, remembers Time. "But first-quarter data for 2026 shows that used EV sales were 12% higher than the same time last year and 17% higher than the previous quarter. "One factor likely helping push buyers toward these cars is high gas prices, which recently topped $4.00 a gallon for the first time in... Read more ›
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История о том, как микроконтроллер за 500 рублей помог вырастить клубнику ранней весной, и почему важно знать «анатомию» чипаЖиву в обычной квартире. Места мало, света ещё меньше. Но хочется своего — без пестицидов, свеженького. Решил организовать домашнюю ферму на подоконнике: клубника, базилик, салат, щавель, лук.Если более глобально: в Мире наблюдается перенасыщение людьми, еды на всех не хватит, Дальний Восток от Москвы далеко, а ездить за 80 км от МКАД очень... Read more ›
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Before the outbreak of hostilities, Iran boasted one of the most impressive mechanised land forces in the middle east region. Read more ›
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Many businesses continue investing in email marketing despite weak ROI tracking, poor deliverability, and limited AI use beyond basic content generation. Read more ›
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To make up for an incredibly laughable inaugural event, Beijing is running back its humanoid robot half-marathon. Fortunately, the event that pits humanoid robots made by Chinese companies against each other across 13 miles went a lot smoother this year. This year's half-marathon hosted more than 100 competitors, with first place going to Honor, better known for its smartphones, and its red-clad robot named Lightning. Living up to the name,... Read more ›
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Over 140 million Billy bookcases have been sold worldwide, but this new blue version is a limited edition. Read more ›
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Home Depot's spring sale just might be better than Black Friday, thanks to huge savings on patio furniture, appliances, tools, grills, lawn mowers, and more. Read more ›
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James Gunn's added Andre Royo to 'Man of Tomorrow,' and fans think he's a future Justice Leaguer. Read more ›
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Народ выдает массовую острую реакцию на галлюцинации нейросетей. Выкатывают разработчикам претензии: «нейронка врет и игнорирует контекст!». Инженеры сначала пытались вяло отбиваться классическим: GIGO и RTFM. Но недовольство потребителя растет. Пошли биться над проблемой. Начали вкручивать RAG. Инженеры полагают, что галлюцинации — это математический баг. Они исходят из того, что в идеале машина должна работать как мышление у психически сохранного человека, а не как у шизофреника.Сначала меня удивил масшта Read more ›
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Once you see the distinction, it becomes impossible to unsee. And it explains a lot about why some people build genuinely extraordinary lives while others, often with more raw talent or better starting conditions, end up stuck somewhere around 40 and stay there. Most people do the exact opposite. They hold their opinions with a ... Read more Read more ›
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J.D. Power's customer loyalty survey for premium car brands includes a lot of the usual suspects. Which brand came out on top in the most recent survey? Read more ›
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After finding inconclusive answers online, I reached out to an air fryer manufacturer and pro chefs to see if it's possible to make popcorn in an air fryer. Read more ›
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NBC News reports on a 16-person clinical trial of "personalized messenger RNA vaccines" which use the immune system to fight cancer cells. "The goal is not to eliminate existing tumors, but instead to stamp out lingering, undetected cancer cells, and later any new cells that form before they can cause a recurrence." Patients still have surgery to remove tumors. After that, the mRNA vaccines are personalized for each individual using... Read more ›
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Blue Origin's reused first stage hit its targets, but New Glenn's upper stage did not. Read more ›
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In case you hadn't gotten around to reading Palantir CEO Alex Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska's 2025 book, The Technological Republic, (because why would you do that to yourself?), the company best known for supplying AI-driven defense and surveillance software to the likes of the US Army, ICE and NYPD shared a 1,000-word X post this weekend covering its main points. The entire thing is both bizarre and deeply concerning.... Read more ›
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie "is officially the year's highest-grossing film to date with $629 million at the global box office," reports Variety — and it will likely earn over $1 billion. Project Hail Mary now becomes the year's second highest-grossing movie, with four-week ticket sales over $510, notes The Hollywood Reporter: The two films have helped propel year-to-date revenue to $2.113 billion — the best showing for the first... Read more ›
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A new powerful chipset has arrived to take on x86 CPUs and Apple's M5, writes Wccftech. The blog Windows Central writes that "Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 processors are here" — and they run Windows: Microsoft has done a massive amount of work to improve compatibility and has also convinced developers to embrace Windows 11 on Arm. Users of Windows 11 on Arm PCs spend 90% of their time on Arm-based apps... Read more ›
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"Rust's rise shows signs of slowing," argues the CEO of TIOBE. Back in 2020 Rust first entered the top 20 of his "TIOBE Index," which ranks programming language popularity using search engine results. Rust "was widely expected to break into the top 10," he remembers today. But it never happened, and "That was nearly six years ago...." Since then, Rust has steadily improved its ranking, even reaching its highest position... Read more ›
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"Robotic bird decoys are being deployed at Grand Teton National Park," reports Interesting Engineering, "to influence the behavior of real sage grouse and help restore a declining population.". Robotics mentor Gary Duquette describes the machines as "kind of a Frankenbird." (SFGate shows one of the robot birds charging up with a solar panel... "Recorded breeding calls are played at the scene, with clucking and cooing beginning at 5 a.m. each... Read more ›
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"Early Sunday morning, a car stopped and appears to have fired a gun at the Russian Hill home of OpenAI's CEO," reportsThe San Francisco Standard, citing reports from the local police department: The San Francisco Police Department announced the arrest of two suspects, Amanda Tom, 25, and Muhamad Tarik Hussein, 23, who were booked for negligent discharge... [The person in the passenger seat] put their hand out the window and... Read more ›
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Anthropic recently "hosted about 15 Christian leaders from Catholic and Protestant churches, academia, and the business world" for a two-day summit , reports the Washington Post: Anthropic staff sought advice on how to steer Claude's moral and spiritual development as the chatbot reacts to complex and unpredictable ethical queries, participants said. The wide-ranging discussions also covered how the chatbot should respond to users who are grieving loved ones and whether... Read more ›
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Will some programmers become "AI babysitters"? asks long-time Slashdot readertheodp. They share some thoughts from a founding member of Code.org and former Director of Education at Google: "AI may allow anyone to generate code, but only a computer scientist can maintain a system," explained Google.org Global Head Maggie Johnson in a LinkedIn post. So "As AI-generated code becomes more accurate and ubiquitous, the role of the computer scientist shifts from... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Several Californians sued Sutter Health and MemorialCare this week over allegations that an AI transcription tool was used to record them without their consent, in violation of state and federal law. The proposed class-action lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco, states that, within the past six months, the plaintiffs received medical care at various Sutter and MemorialCare... Read more ›
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Maine is on track to become the first U.S. state to impose a temporary statewide ban on new data center construction. "Lawmakers in Maine greenlit the text of a bill this week to block data centers from being built in the state until November 2027," reports CNBC. "The measure, which is expected to get final passage in the next few days, also creates a council to suggest potential guardrails for... Read more ›
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According to the Financial Times, Meta is developing an AI avatar of Mark Zuckerberg that could interact with employees using his voice, image, mannerisms, and public statements, "so that employees might feel more connected to the founder through interactions with it." The Verge reports: Meta may start allowing creators to make AI avatars of themselves if the experiment with Zuckerberg succeeds, according to the Financial Times. [...] Zuckerberg is involved... Read more ›
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