As quantum computing grows, researchers are urgently preparing for its impact on cybersecurity by developing quantum-resistant cryptographic protocols. This research, led by experts at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, focuses on safeguarding supercomputing inf … | Continue reading
Everything I've learned so far about running local LLMs Chris Wellons shares detailed notes on his experience running local LLMs on Windows - though most of these tips apply to other operating systems as well. This is great, there's a ton of detail here and the root recommendatio … | Continue reading
What color is a tree, or the sky, or a sunset? At first glance, the answers seem obvious. But it turns out there is plenty of variation in how people see the world — both between individuals and between different cultural groups. A lot of factors feed into how people perceive and … | Continue reading
Amazon's Fallout TV show was surprisingly good, against all odds, and it seems that they're striking while the iron is hot. A second season of Fallout is on the way, of course, but Amazon has recently announced another show based on another beloved sci-fi game: Bioware's Mass Eff … | Continue reading
Scott Belsky, Adobe’s chief product officer, said something in a 2020 conversation that has stuck with me since. “Twitter is one of those products where I can see overuse making people have a long term, problem with the product emotionally. And that’s being exacerbated in the day … | Continue reading
Read to the end for a fascinating video a certain orange guy’s social media use | Continue reading
A 2023 avian flu outbreak decimated a Caspian tern colony on Rat Island and spread to harbor seals, posing a new threat to local wildlife. A 2023 epidemiological study revealed that 56% of a large Caspian tern breeding colony at Rat Island, Washington, succumbed to an outbreak of … | Continue reading
If you haven't freaked out yet about Trump resuming office, Al Franken's latest podcast episode, "The Coming Hellscape," might do the trick. His guest, political scientist Norm Ornstein, and longtime observer of American politics, says Trump's victory could be devastating to the … | Continue reading
Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Apple has begun selling repair parts for iPhone 16 and 16 Pro phones on its self-service repair store. That includes replacements for commonly damaged parts like cameras, displays, and back glass, and follows the release of official Apple iPhone … | Continue reading
Friends on Facebook who have posted for 6-9 months about how the election of Trump v2.0 would mean the end of American democracy are now posting about how they expect to retake the U.S. in 2026 and 2028 via selecting candidates who aren’t as brain dead as Biden-Harris-Walz. The … | Continue reading
This cloud-themed gelatin dessert created by @mr_alicakes is so beautiful, it would almost be difficult to eat it. This translucent treat barely looks real and appears as if someone preserved a slice of an actual cloudy sky and brought it down to earth. — Read the rest The post T … | Continue reading
The new classic. READ MORE... | Continue reading
This is the OPML list of podcasts I follow. I keep it updated when I add or remove feeds. You are welcome to use this list, I publish it because I want to bootstrap this practice, of influencers sharing lists of podcasts they recommend. We can make this happen folks. Bootstrappin … | Continue reading
Artificial intelligence successfully detected a woman’s breast cancer, after a routine scan evaluated by humans came back as ‘normal’. Sheila Tooth was given the all-clear after her most recent mammogram was examined by two experienced radiologists who determined that there were … | Continue reading
The ancient town of al-Natah, inhabited between 2400 and 1500 BCE, represents an early transitional phase from pastoral lifestyles to more complex urban settlements. A recent study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Guillaume Charloux from the French National Center … | Continue reading
Too good to be true. READ MORE... | Continue reading
In good news for those averse to injections, GLP-1 agonist medication is a step closer to being offered in oral pill form, with AstraZeneca revealing "encouraging data" out of its Phase I study of its obesity and diabetes drug AZD5004. Continue Reading Category: Obesity, Illnesse … | Continue reading
We don't know yet whether RFK, Jr. will have an official cabinet role in Trump's administration, but the Independent reports that Trump has "continued to promise his one-time third-party presidential rival free rein over health, food and medicines during his potential second admi … | Continue reading
This is the sixteenth part of a fiction serial, in 778 words. The yellow painted room was obviously the young woman’s bedroom. Jake drifted through the door when he heard a man talking. But only the girl was there, lying on the bed reading a newspaper that was in colour, with pic … | Continue reading
This article is an installment of Future Explored, Freethink’s weekly guide to world-changing technology. You can get stories like this one straight to your inbox every Saturday morning by subscribing above. It’s 2035. You just started a job working at a US container port, but un … | Continue reading
TL;DR: Get ahead of holiday shopping by grabbing a loved one these HD digital camera binoculars for less than $100 until the end of today. While Thanksgiving is still a ways from now, it's not too early to get ahead of your holiday gift-shopping list. — Read the rest The post Don … | Continue reading
Unbelievably cheap! READ MORE... | Continue reading
Image: Disney Star Wars spinoff Andor is finally coming back for its second and final season on Disney Plus April 22nd, 2025, Disney announced during its D23 event in Brazil yesterday. And in a clear nod to Rogue One, the 2016 film it’s setting up, it has a new logo with the subt … | Continue reading
Gotta catch ‘em all. READ MORE... | Continue reading
Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery of a neutron star in the Milky Way that rotates at an astonishing 716 times per second, placing it among the fastest-spinning stars ever observed. The neutron star was identified using NASA’s NICER X-ray telescope, which captured e … | Continue reading
Ice wreaks havoc on surfaces, but we might have a new way to prevent it building up. Scientists at Northwestern University have shown that textured surfaces with thin layers of graphene oxide can stay completely frost-free for long periods. Continue Reading Category: Materials, S … | Continue reading
Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge Popular music changes all the time, but there’s been one consistent element in practically everything released in the last two decades: Auto-Tune is everywhere. What started as a simple audio processing tool in the 1990s has become the dominant for … | Continue reading
This video of what a mall in the '90s was like during the holidays feels strikingly different from what malls are like today. It also brings back a rush of nostalgia that I wasn't prepared for. Sadly, what stands out most to me in this video is the amount of talking and interacti … | Continue reading
Mashed potatoes are a must. READ MORE... | Continue reading
Get ready to create a colorful and fun caterpillar craft with our free caterpillar template printable! Perfect for children of… The post Print Our Cute Caterpillar Template appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
Watching the recorded session about the use of LLMs of the personal knowledge management course I am following this fall provided an interesting question. Fellow participant H asked different models questions about a paper he uploaded (and also wrote, so he knows what’s in it). O … | Continue reading
This morning I strolled into the darkroom fully planning to mix a fresh batch of color film chemistry to develop some film tomorrow. I was certain I had at least one fresh pack. I’m all out! And, most places I purchase chemistry is out of stock. I guess I’ll use tomorrow to make … | Continue reading
A new technique enables data storage in synthetic polymers, allowing direct bit access without full sequence decoding, significantly increasing storage density and stability, demonstrated by encoding a university address in ASCII within a polymer. The need for data storage is gro … | Continue reading
Elevator voices full of anguish, as if a terminally bored AGI got stuck announcing floor numbers. It’s a thing. Last summer we stayed one night in the Residence Inn in Ghent, Belgium. Getting in, the elevator announced flooor zeeroooo in a wailing voice. And doing that for the ot … | Continue reading
“Can’t wait to get them!” one shopper wrote. READ MORE... | Continue reading
While growing evidence suggests that there’s a link between blood iron levels and the development of Alzheimer’s disease, new research investigating the effects of an available iron-reducing drug has raised concerns about its use as a treatment for the condition. Continue Reading … | Continue reading
Black cabinets made the space feel cold and dated. READ MORE... | Continue reading
California's Aventon hauled itself into the utility bike world last year with the Abound cargo ebike. Now the company has added a short-tail version, which comes with an all-new smart system for peace-of-mind security as well as enhanced connectivity. Continue Reading Category: B … | Continue reading
A research team from USTC has shed new light on the mechanisms of corona discharges at thunderstorm cloud tops, crucial for understanding atmospheric chemistry. Their observations during a typhoon led to a novel model that explains how cloud-top discharges initiate and their impa … | Continue reading
Image from Wikipedia The post Tombili the cat: Istanbul's beloved statue of a chill kitty who won hearts worldwide appeared first on Boing Boing. | Continue reading
Ai-da, punningly named after mathematician Ada Lovelace, is described by its creators as the "first ultra-realistic humanoid robot artist." The robot has created a series of paintings called "AI God." A portrait of computing pioneer Alan Turing created by Ai-da was estimated to s … | Continue reading
UK startup Space Solar has signed an agreement with Reykjavik Energy that could see Iceland become the first country to receive power beamed from a space-based solar power plant. The 30-MW demonstrator is scheduled to go online by 2030. Continue Reading Category: Energy, Technolo … | Continue reading
Image: David Pierce / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 60, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, it’s a lot of gaming stuff this week, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week … | Continue reading
Was anyone asking for this? | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge At the risk of stating the obvious, AI is absolutely everywhere lately. There’s AI in your car, AI in your messaging app, AI in your glasses. I’ve gotten pretty desensitized to it all as a hazard of the job, but it wa … | Continue reading
If you have a big, ugly water stain on your ceiling, you have a few options. You can take a trip to home depot and fix the problem yourself, or you can call a maintenance worker who will use their expertise to solve the issue. — Read the rest The post How to turn an ugly water st … | Continue reading
Sure, you know the story of Nolan Bushnel and the early days of the video arcade game Pong. And as a kid (or parent) maybe you ate pizza while watching his animatronic rodent Chucky Cheese. But do you know the story of rival Intellivision? — Read the rest The post Explore the dee … | Continue reading
In the wake of Trump's victory, many of his supporters have gone fully mask off – even if, in the case of outspoken white supremacist Nick Fuentes, the mask was barely on in the first place. In recent days, Fuentes has become the face of the unrepentant, ghoulish glee of Trump's … | Continue reading
Now, Mr. Mark Yorath (The EQ), together with Phil Haywood and DJ Mastersafe, dismantled, re-imagined, and re-built 9 o'clock Nasty's unforgettable banger. | Continue reading