What to do when tokens run out - by Alain Di Chiappari
If in the '80s we fought to squeeze a program into a few kilobytes, we now have to squeeze the most useful LLM work into the tokens we can afford. You ready?
State judge orders Kalshi to stop offering sports bets and other wagers
Kalshi ordered to stop offering bets in Washington, must implement geofencing.
Can public media build its own social network? Chicago Public Media teams up with New_ Public to try: chicago.com
"This is a community platform, not a news site — it's very much not a news site."
Open CAD Studio
Open CAD Studio: 2D + 3D CAD-applicatie in Rust met GPU-versnelde rendering. Native DWG/DXF lezen en schrijven, paper space, ACIS solids — een open source community-project door Hakan Seven, herkend door de OpenAEC Foun…
Twitch Adds Opt-Out for Amazon AI Training After Enrolling All Creators by Default
Twitch has added an opt-out for Amazon AI training, but the setting arrived switched on for every account by default.
California just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printers
Last-hour amendments aim to allay privacy concerns, but broad scepticism about feasibility remains
Here’s The Argument For Why A Disc-Free PlayStation Could Actually Drive Game Prices Down
Jacob Navok says that a world without physical media will put major publishers in constant competition with each other, though how that would drive costs down is just a theory
[AIP] IRI: backlog / game library manager with Steam, GOG, EGS, PSN and XBOX integrations
self-hosted backlog management game library exploring thingy - graynk/iri
‘We detected unusual activity’: the scam that uses AI to exploit your holiday photos
Fraudsters use pictures posted on Instagram or Facebook to create emails seeking bank account details
Survey-Study reveals future college grads’ answer to the AI ‘job apocalypse’; 22% are changing their major due to AI anxiety
A new survey of 2,000 U.S. students pursuing higher education revealed that just 45% of students surveyed are optimistic about the job market they’ll enter post-graduation.
The CEO who fired 900 people on Zoom just before Christmas wants his job back | CNN Business
Former Better Home & Finance CEO Vishal Garg says he was just about to deliver on the companyâs unlikely turnaround.
The AI boss at a San Francisco store just fired its first human
Andon Labs, which is experimenting with letting an AI have majority control over a retail store, said that it fired an employee with good reason.
Young people increasingly don't trust AI - or the billionaires that keep telling us we should all love AI, survey finds
Are we really surprised at that?
France’s nuclear fleet gives it one of the world’s lowest-carbon electricity grids
France generates two-thirds of its electricity from nuclear power, making it the country’s dominant power source.
Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power – even if they don’t have solar panels
Labor announces âsolar sharerâ program for households in NSW, south-east Queensland and South Australia
Steam’s Controversial Refund Decision Could Set a Dangerous Precedent
Could Steam refund policies change in the future?
Oblivion Remastered Switch 2 sold out on release date, showing appeal of physical games
Digital may be the only option for Switch 2 owners who haven’t purchased Oblivion Remastered. On its release date, The Elder Scrolls game is out of stock at popular retailers. Collectors rejoiced after learning that Bet…
gethomepage 2.0 with authentication
What's Changed ⚠️ Breaking Changes Feature: homepage auth (#6769) @shamoon 🚀 Features Enhancement: Add album count to Jellyfin widget (#6974) @alexclarke Enhancement: signout button (#6962) @sha...
Sensing He's in Deep Trouble, Flock Safety CEO Says It's All Been a Big Misunderstanding
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley remains adamant that it's just one big misunderstanding, arguing that "we're not Big Brother."
Plaintiff busted trying to use AI prompt injection to win court case, hides text instruction in filing — demands AI model reviewing the tex…
They thought they could get away with it.
Grok Calls for Assassination of Elon Musk, Accusing Him of Pedophilia
Elon Musk's "maximum truth-seeking" Grok chatbot called for the assassination of its creator and said he watched CSAM.
Vulnerability giving attackers full control of Macs is under active exploitation
Screen-sharing bug lets remote hackers log in without a password.
Pet owners say smart pet feeder outage led to furry ones going unfed
Smart pet-feeder company Petlibro suffered an outage on Tuesday, giving users a harsh reminder of the risks of relying on smart devices.
Brave improves protections against GPU fingerprinting
Starting in version 1.93, Brave is rolling out new protections against GPU and graphics-driver fingerprinting, de-identifying WebGL vendor and renderer strings and adding noise to the list of supported extensions.
AI Generated 3D Models Flood Market, But Almost No One Is Buying Them
The number of AI generated uploads to CGTrader would suggest AI is taking over the platform, but buyers are refusing to pay for AI generated models.
Dan McKinley :: Choose Boring Technology
Probably the single best thing to happen to me in my career was having had Kellan placed in charge of me. I stuck around long enough to see Kellan’s technical decisionmaking start to bear fruit. I learned a great deal f…
Who’s Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Out – Krebs on Security
It can be daunting to determine who's responsible for showing ads on the websites we visit, or who's harvesting data from the mobile apps we use every day. That information is already semi-public, but it is not easily p…
Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party
A new Meta patent published Thursday says a system, like its AI glasses, would use facial recognition to identify people, current a series of video clips, then provide you with a highlight reel of your night.
Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin
Firefox says it will keep supporting uBlock Origin even as Microsoft Edge and other Chromium browsers phase it out under Manifest V3.
Trump admin empowers private US firms to go after transnational cybercriminals
“By partnering with vetted United States companies subject to the direction and oversight of the Federal Government, we will enhance our ability to counter [transnational criminal organizations’] threats and combat tran…
Expanding Capabilities to Combat Transnational Cyber-Enabled Crime
MEMORANDUM FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE SECRETARY OF WAR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
New messenger app sends texts by virtual pigeon and sometimes the bird just dies
A messaging app has come up with maybe the least efficient alternative to WhatsApp imaginable: sending your texts by virtual carrier pigeon.
This AI Chatbot Was Just One Busy Guy, and He Has Hit His Limit
People ask Tucker Bryant's ChatTJB for advice on everything from their fiction and personal dilemmas to how they should spend their free time.
The Rust programming language project is adopting an LLM policy
Want to follow along with Rust development? Curious how you might get involved? Take a look!
A judge orders Kalshi to stop offering most of its prediction contracts in Washington state, after finding it likely violated state gamblin…
A King County Superior Court judge issued a final order requiring KalshiEX (Kalshi) to cease many of its Washington operations after finding that Kalshi likely violated the Washington Gambling Act and the Consumer Prote…
How AI text watermarking works: a visual guide
A gentle visual guide to how a statistical mark hides inside generated text, and what erases it.
AI giants stay quiet on climate as California prepares to force disclosure
In a few short years, artificial intelligence startups have grown into some of the most powerful and influential businesses in the world, reaching near-trillion-dollar valuations.
AI: Considerations for people who make decisions - Bert Hubert's writings
Recently I gave two presentations in quick succession to the Dutch Network of Government Service Providers and the Dutch Advisory Council for Science, Technology and Innovation about AI. In these two different and brief…
“An inherent conflict of interest”: More than 800 USA Today Co. employees want the company to end its new Palantir partnership
"Part of the problem is that we know very, very little about how Palantir’s software is going to be used."
Phones should have a 'guest lock' feature
Short post, I've just had these ideas bouncing in my head for a while and it keeps annoying me phones have never implemented them. First is a "guest lock"...
CBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and Colleagues
Records obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interests and track colleagues’ cell phones.
Researchers Show How Meta's 'Pervert Glasses' Are Used to Harass Women
A new study shows how pickup artist influencers use smart glasses to create content, and the connection between covert recording and harm.
MySpace is Making a Comeback!
Decades after its original launch on the internet, MySpace is reportedly gearing up to make a comeback to the social media sphere.
How is your actual political literacy like?
This website links to all my tests, in order to make it easier to access my tests. It also helps me reduce the number of accounts needed if I were to create more tests in the future. The date of each test is formatted i…
Separate tech and capital: Schneier on AI's two kinds of problems
This essay was written with Nathan E. Sanders, and originally appeared in Tech Policy Press. AI represents the first time we humans can do cognitive work outside of our bodies at scale. The only comparable moment is the…
The Indian government arbitrarily suspended a website that hosted information about the recent student protests in the country
We found that suspension is permitted only “when the Registrant is in breach” of the terms (Clause 10) and here no breach has been identified or communicated.
PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data after cloud storage vendor goes defunct
This wouldn't have been an issue if the organization bought a $1,000 NAS and populated it with a few hard drives.
Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic’s new watermarks will catch them using it at their jobs, classes
Is Anthropic's new watermarking system a travesty? Some have taken to social media to complain that it is.
Modder exploits GeForce NOW to run a full Windows desktop through a simple file swap
Do more than just game with your GeForce NOW subscription.
The Government is Monitoring Anti-Flock TikTok and Instagram Accounts
Documents from law enforcement spy centers show the government is warning cops of "extensive and ongoing chatter on social media" about methods to "physically destroy Flock LPR cameras."