Collaborate Disseminate
The sport of fencing requires keeping score, just like so many other similar pastimes. When their club’s existing scoring rig broke, [jc0025] stepped up to build a scoring box of …read more Continue reading Building A Fencing Scoring Box
In a sign of the times, Firefox’s New Tab page could soon include a crossword puzzle from AI-powered news platform Particle. The blog OMG Ubuntu reports:
The mini crossword game is updated daily, with puzzles based around recent content Particle’s AI … Continue reading Firefox’ New Tab Page Will Get Widgets – Including an AI-Powered Daily Crossword
Silicon-based CMOS camera sensors are cheap and plentiful, but they’re rarely used to their full potential: they can detect a greater range of wavelengths in the infrared spectrum than they …read more Continue reading Taking Tri-Camera True-Color Infrared Videos
Politico reports that in the Virginia area alone there’s dozens of data center projects “that altogether need 70 gigawatts of power — equivalent to 70 nuclear plants” — currently seeking connection to their grid. But there’s also concerns a… Continue reading Did Virginia Regulators Downplay Data Center Health Concerns?
Microsoft Scout is Microsoft’s latest agentic tool, offering an always-on way to automate workflows across Microsoft 365 and your local environment. However, when signing in to this tool, several users have reported the “GitHub code expired… Continue reading GitHub Code Expired Sign-In Loop in Microsoft Scout [Fix]
“In many parts of the world, lakes are drying out at a scale so massive that scientists are warning they may be emitting enough greenhouse gases to rival our fossil fuel habit,” reports ScienceAlert:
In a new study published in Science, scientists sa… Continue reading Drying Lakebeds Are Releasing Massive Amounts of Carbon, Study Finds
Ars Technica reports:
Hyundai Motor Company’s plan to put humanoid robots to work by 2028 is not part of current negotiations with striking South Korean autoworkers, according to the company.
The automaker is disputing news reports that partial l… Continue reading Hyundai Claims Humanoid Robot Plan Is Not Part of Talks With Striking Workers
Would you buy a broken device, fix it, then return the repaired item? [Team Repair] hopes you will. Many people would rather repair what they have than have to get …read more Continue reading Team Repair Breaks Things to Teach People How to Fix Them
CNBC reports:
Amazon is requiring that third-party sellers label any product images or videos that contain “AI-generated people” after New York recently passed a law mandating greater transparency around “synthetic performers” in ads… The policy di… Continue reading Amazon Cracks Down On Use of AI Images By Sellers
Futurism reports:
[Some online publications] are now debating whether to cut Google off entirely, as the Wall Street Journal reports, illustrating an increasingly fraught relationship between the tech giant and the publishers that are creating conte… Continue reading Top Online Sites Debate Cutting Off Google’s Crawlers