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Cursor AI users recently encountered an ironic AI failure when the platform’s support bot falsely claimed a non-existent login restriction policy. Co-founder Michael Truell apologized for the issue, clarified that no such policy exists, and attributed … Continue reading Cursor AI’s Own Support Bot Hallucinated Its Usage Policy
Wine 10.6 has been released, featuring a new lexer within its Command Processor (CMD), support for the PBKDF2 algorithm to its Bcrypt implementation, and improved metadata handling in WindowsCodecs. According to Phoronix, the update also includes 27 kn… Continue reading Wine 10.6 Released
The release later this year is the latest maneuver between China and the U.S. as they try to control the flow of powerful AI chips. Continue reading US-China Chips Saga: Huawei Readies Ascend 920 Chip to Replace Restricted NVIDIA H20
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Whisky, a gaming-focused front-end for Wine’s Windows compatibility tools on macOS, is no longer receiving updates. As one of the most useful and well-regarded tools in a Mac gamer’s toolkit, it co… Continue reading Teen Coder Shuts Down Open Source Mac App Whisky, Citing Harm To Paid Apps
A recent project over on Hackaday.io from [Michael Gardi] is Trekulator – Where No Maker Has Gone Before. This is a fun build and [Michael] has done a very good …read more Continue reading Trekulator: A Reproduction of the 1977 Star Trek Themed Calculator
Despite lost limbs, overheating, and a crash or two, a few of the 20 robots competing in China over the weekend did quite well. See for yourself. Continue reading This video of humanoid robots running a half marathon is amazing, hilarious, and a little creepy
Inference, training, and everyday operations all contribute to the considerable water and power consumption required to run generative AI. Continue reading Spotlight on AI This Earth Day: ‘AI Is Fundamentally Incompatible With Environmental Sustainability’
Microsoft security chief Charlie Bell says the SFI’s 28 objectives are “near completion” and that 11 others have made “significant progress.”
The post Microsoft Purges Dormant Azure Tenants, Rotates Keys to Prevent Repeat Nation-State Hack appeared fi… Continue reading Microsoft Purges Dormant Azure Tenants, Rotates Keys to Prevent Repeat Nation-State Hack
The European Union is determined to enforce its full digital rule book no matter who is in charge of companies such as X, Meta, Apple and Tiktok or where they are based, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told Politico. From a report: “That’s w… Continue reading EU Says It Will Enforce Digital Rules Irrespective of CEO and Location
AppImages have come a long way in recent years. Here’s why you should check them out if you haven’t already, and a few of my favorites to start with. Continue reading The 5 Linux AppImages I depend on daily – and how to add them to your desktop menu