Collaborate Disseminate
“Running a Big Tech company during Silicon Valley’s AI mania may not necessarily require fewer workers or cost less,” writes the Washington Post:
Amazon, Google and Meta together have roughly the same number of employees now as they did during an indu… Continue reading What if Tech Company Layoffs Aren’t All About AI?
Slashdot reader joshuark writes: Scientific American reports that a ChatGPT AI has proved a conjecture with a method no human had developed. A 23-year-old student Liam Price just cracked a 60-year-old problem that world-class mathematicians have tried … Continue reading An Amateur Just Solved a 60-Year-Old Math Problem – by Asking AI
Scammers are abusing Google AppSheet and Google Drive to bypass security filters and steal thousands of Facebook Business accounts globally. Continue reading Google AppSheet Exploited in 30,000-User Facebook Phishing Operation
Last Saturday someone dressed as Jesus “was among the dozens of people in costumes and masks seen on a video forcing open the door of a Scientology building on Hollywood Boulevard,” reports the Los Angeles Times, “after a tug-of-war with a security gua… Continue reading Costumed Crowd ‘Speedruns’ Scientology Building For Social Media Trend
There are lots of smart home systems that will let you blast your older dumb appliances with infrared to control them. However, many are tied to ugly cloud systems that …read more Continue reading IR Device Control That Lives Off The Cloud
This week Bill Gates wrote a blog post about a special camera from medtech startup Remidio, which delivers high-resolution images of a patient’s retina in seconds. The camera plugs into a phone running an AI system that watches for early signs of diabe… Continue reading Retina Scan for Diabetes Could Also Reduce Deaths During Pregnancy in Developing Countries
Steam on Linux use in March “had skyrocketed to 5.33%…” reports Phoronix, “easily the highest level we’ve seen Steam on Linux at since its inception more than a decade ago.”
So what happened in April?
[April’s results] point to Linux having a 4.52%… Continue reading Linux Percentage of Steam Users Doubled in One Year
The once-a-year free comic book giveaway “is splitting in two,” according to a local news report.
Launched in 2002 by Diamond Comic Distributor, comic book giants like Marvel and DC have historically participated together. But things changed after Di… Continue reading Marvel, DC, Game Publishers Launch Rival Events Saturday for Free Giveaways
Custom peripheral projects are among the most rewarding. Especially if you’re like me and you sit at the computer eight hours per day, anything that you can use on a …read more Continue reading Peripherals Hacks
Tovala is a meal kit that comes with a smart oven, or a smart oven that comes with a meal kit. New family meals make it much more useful. But lord, the sodium. Continue reading Tovala Family Meals Review: Good Food, Lots of Salt