Collaborate Disseminate
Abstract of a paper on NBER: There is much disagreement about the extent to which financial incentives motivate study participants. We elicit preferences for being paid for completing a survey, including a one-in-twenty chance of winning a $100 electro… Continue reading Leaving Money on the Table
The Roborock Saros 10 is a flagship 2-in-1 robot vacuum and mop, but here’s how it did during testing and compares to the Saros 10R. Continue reading I compared two of the best Roborock models on the market – and it came down to the wire
Hallucinated package names fuel ‘slopsquatting’ The rise of AI-powered code generation tools is reshaping how developers write software – and introducing new risks to the software supply chain in the process.… Continue reading AI can’t stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything
Most robots depend on controlled environments, because the real world is hard to get around in. The smaller the robot, the bigger this problem because little wheels (or legs) can …read more Continue reading Tiny Pogo Robot Gets Wings, Does Flips
Think AI agents are a shortcut? Here’s where the real magic comes from. Continue reading I paid $20 for an AI marketing agent – and here’s what it got me
Here are the biggest warning signs that your phone may be compromised and the secret codes that can tell you all about it. Continue reading 5 warning signs that your phone’s been hacked – and how to fight back
Sound hardware has been built into PC motherboards for so long now it’s difficult to remember the days when a sound card was an expensive add-on peripheral. By the mid …read more Continue reading Repairing Classic Sound Cards
Facebook Marketplace has emerged as the dominant feature within the social media platform, amassing 1.2 billion monthly active buyers by 2023 and overtaking eBay as a peer-to-peer selling platform. According to recent data, approximately 16 percent of … Continue reading Facebook Is Just Craigslist Now
One of the delights in Bash, zsh, or whichever shell tickles your fancy in your OSS distribution of choice, is the ease of which you can use scripts. These can …read more Continue reading Tracing the #!: How the Linux Kernel Handles the Shebang
Adobe has deleted all its posts on Twitter-alternative Bluesky after a disastrous April 8 debut that drew over 1,600 angry comments from digital creators. The software giant’s innocuous first post asking “What’s fueling your creativity right now?” trig… Continue reading Adobe Retreats from Bluesky After Massive User Backlash