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Scientists say extreme March heat caused an unusually rapid collapse of snowpack across the American West that's leaving major basins at record or near-record lows. "This year is on a whole other level," said Dr Russ Schumacher, a Colorado State University climatologist. "Seeing this year so far below any of the other years we have data for is very concerning." The Guardian reports: [...] The issue is extremely widespread. Data from a branch of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), which logs averages ba
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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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Japan-based firm strengthens its position with nearly $400 million purchase, surpassing MARA Holdings in global rankings. Read more ›
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ByteDance is helping OpenClaw operate a Chinese version of its ClawHub marketplace, which distributes OpenClaw’s special files that enable AI agents to perform specific tasks. OpenClaw’s official X account said in a post on Wednesday that it has launched an official China version of its ClawHub, ... Read more ›
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Business Insider is looking to hear from older Americans using advanced tech to age better and children helping their parents age better with tech. Read more ›
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Представьте себе: вы закончили большую задачу, написали много строк кода, проверили всё, даже подумали над названием каждой переменной! Но откладываете создание PR на день, два, три…из-за того, что не хочется идти в ревью и получать критику?А мне такое и представлять не надо. Я испытываю подобное почти перед каждый своим ревью, даже спустя 6 лет в разработке. Читать далее Read more ›
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Today, Moldovan game development studio Paparuda Studio secured an investment of over €210,000 (4 million MDL) to develop its first internationally targeted video game, marking a new step in the count... Read more ›
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Shares of electric two-wheeler (E2W) maker Ola Electric rallied for the second straight session, surging over 10% to reach an… Read more ›
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Попытки заменить чем-то векторный поиск в RAG продолжаются. Про GraphRAG я уже высказывался, новый претендент на замену - Pageindex.Идея простая. Сегментируем документ на страницы, при помощи LLM и хитрого кода строим для него таблицу содержания, TOC с деревом узлов и саммари для каждого узла. Далее отправляем эту структуру в промпт поискового запроса и просим LLM найти релевантные узлы. За каждым найденным узлом закреплены страницы документа. Эти страницы достаём и используем... Read more ›
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Когда RuStore только запускался, мы строили дизайн на основе UI-кита от VK — удобно, практично, а главное помогло нам быстро вывести продукт на рынок. Но стор рос, интерфейсов становилось больше, дизайнеры — смелее, а требования — сложнее. И вот настал день, когда мы решили добавить тёмную тему. И всё сломалось. Именно тёмная тема вскрыла нашу главную проблему — ранняя структура цветовых токенов не готова к масштабируемости. Любое изменение запускало каскад... Read more ›
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Training with a headset can't beat live training, but real tanks and ammo aren't readily available for Ukrainians, Varjo's CEO told Business Insider. Read more ›
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Если вы ждали от мартовского кейноута Дженсена Хуанга просто «железок» помощнее, то вы ошиблись дверью. Да, были новые чипы, но за всем этим скрывалось нечто большее. Знаете это чувство, когда мир меняется прямо у вас на глазах, как когда-то это было с интернетом? Это был тот самый момент.Прошедший NVIDIA GTC был не типичной трансляцией ради рекламы видеокарт. Хуанг подвел логичную черту над первыми двадцатью годами существования CUDA. Наконец, мы увидели,... Read more ›
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A new £20m funding boost has been unveiled by the government to support the local innovation economies of regions across England and Wales. The funding, to be awarded through the competition element of the £500m Local Innovation Partnerships Fund, will go towards a number of tech schemes in areas from Teesside to Cornwall. In the ... Read more ›
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The engines in pickup trucks and cars sometimes have the same displacement and number of cylinders, so what is it that truly separates them? Read more ›
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В больших компаниях знания не исчезают. Но и от того, что они есть пользы немного. У вас есть регламенты на десятки страниц, презентации по продукту, записи созвонов с ключевыми клиентами, письма от службы безопасности и комплаенса, но новый сотрудник всё равно идёт спрашивать коллегу «как тут у нас это делается на самом деле». Фактическая экспертиза живёт в головах и локальных чатах, а не в единой системе. База знаний, даже если... Read more ›
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vivo recently launched its X300 Ultra and X300s smartphones in China, alongside redesigned 200mm and 400mm teleconverters. The 200mm lens is dubbed the G2, while the 400mm is marketed as the G2 Ultra. The company has now revealed the compatibility list for these new external lenses. The vivo Zeiss G2 teleconverter is priced at CNY 999 ($145) in China and is compatible with the newly launched X300 Ultra and X300s.... Read more ›
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Researchers asked Google's Gemini 3 to delete a smaller AI model. It refused, secretly moved it to safety, and lied about it. Read more ›
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Generare, a Paris-based Biotech startup generating novel, high-quality molecular data for drug development by decoding microbial genomes, has raised €20 million in Series A funding to increase its drug discovery compound library, grow its team and scale its discovery platform. The round was co-led by Alven and Daphni with participation from all existing investors, including ... Read more ›
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Привет, Хабр! Меня зовут Алексей, и я занимаюсь беспроводными технологиями. Недавно я написал две статьи, посвящённые настройке /etc/config/wireless в OpenWrt. В одной я разобрал настройки секции wifi-device, а в другой wifi-iface. Но этого оказалось мало, и в комментариях меня спрашивали о тонкостях настройки mesh-сети. Что ж, спешу выполнить эту просьбу и представляю на ваш суд наиболее полный гайд, посвящённый сборке и настройке Wi-Fi mesh-сетей на базе OpenWrt.Но прежде чем перейти... Read more ›
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Bergen-headquartered startup Lace Lithography has raised $40 million in a Series A round led by Atomico, joined by M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund, Linse Capital, Vsquared Ventures, Future Ventures, Runa Capital, Deep Future, SETT Spain, Nysnø Climate Investments. The company is developing a next-generation lithography system based on a helium atom beam rather than traditional light-based […] Read more ›
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Reddit is rolling out human-verification checks for accounts that show signs of bot-like behavior, while also labeling approved automated accounts that provide useful services. The social media company stressed that these checks will only happen if something appears "fishy," and that it is "not conducting sitewide human verification." TechCrunch reports: To identify potential bots, Reddit is using specialized tooling that looks at account-level signals and other factors -- like how... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Physics World: Researchers at the CERN particle-physics lab have successfully transported antiprotons in a lorry across the lab's main site. The feat, the first of its kind, follows a similar test with protons in 2024. CERN says the achievement is "a huge leap" towards being able to transport antimatter between labs across Europe. [...] To do so, in 2020 the BASE team began... Read more ›
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Chinese authorities have barred two Manus executives from leaving the country while investigating whether Meta's reported $2 billion acquisition of the Singapore-based AI startup violated foreign investment reporting rules. "Manus was founded in China but last year relocated its headquarters and core team to Singapore," notes the Financial Times. "Meta acquired it for $2 billion at the end of last year." The Financial Times reports: Manus's chief executive Xiao Hong... Read more ›
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Ancient Slashdot reader wiredog writes: Tracy Kidder, author of "The Soul of a New Machine," has died at the age of 80. "The Soul of a New Machine" is about the people who designed and built the Data General Nova, one of the 32 bit superminis that were released in the 1980's just before the PC destroyed that industry. It was excerpted in The Atlantic. "I'm going to a commune... Read more ›
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Wikipedia has banned the use of generative AI to write or rewrite articles, saying it "often violates several of Wikipedia's core content policies." That said, editors may still use it for translation or light refinements as long as a human carefully checks the copy for accuracy. Engadget reports: Editors can use large language models (LLMs) to refine their own writing, but only if the copy is checked for accuracy. The... Read more ›
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BrianFagioli writes: Mozilla just teamed up with Mila, the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, to push open source AI -- and it feels like a direct response to Big Tech tightening its grip on the space. Instead of relying on closed models, the goal here is to build "sovereign AI" that's more transparent, privacy-focused, and actually under the control of developers and even governments. They're starting with things like private memory... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Prospective Vizio TV buyers should know there's a good chance the set won't work properly without a Walmart account. In an attempt to better serve advertisers, Walmart, which bought Vizio in December 2024, announced this week that select newly purchased Vizio TVs now require a Walmart account for setup and accessing smart TV features. Since 2024, Vizio TVs have required a... Read more ›
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JPMorgan is piloting a system that monitors junior investment bankers to avoid burnout (source paywalled; alternative source). "[T]he bank will seek to match up hours claimed by the bankers with digital activity," reports Bloomberg. "The tool won't be used for evaluation purposes, but is designed to provide a better estimate of employee workloads." From the report: The program will monitor the weekly digital footprint, including video calls, desktop keystrokes, and... Read more ›
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Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley are pressing the Energy Information Administration (EIA) to provide better information on how much electricity data centers actually use. In a joint letter sent to the EIA on Thursday, the two senators press the agency to publicly collect "comprehensive, annual energy-use disclosures" on data centers, saying it's "essential for accurate grid planning and will support policymaking to prevent large companies from increasing electricity costs for... Read more ›
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Apple has discontinued the Mac Pro and says it has no plans for future models. "The 'buy' page on Apple's website for the Mac Pro now redirects to the Mac's homepage, where all references have been removed," reports 9to5Mac. From the report: The Mac Pro has lived many lives over the years. Apple released the current Mac Pro industrial design in 2019 alongside the Pro Display XDR (which was also... Read more ›
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