Wealthy consumers benefit from credit card interchange fees, which shift billions from cash and debit users to them annually. This transfer is economically significant, equivalent to government policies supporting low- and middle-income Americans.
Scientists have created a quantum battery prototype that charges faster with larger size, defying conventional battery rules. The breakthrough could potentially power quantum devices and one day even charge everyday devices like phones.
Sign in with Apple addresses will shift from privaterelay.appleid.com to private.icloud.com later this year. Existing privaterelay.appleid.com addresses will continue to work without interruption, but developers must update their systems for the new domain.
Researchers reverse-engineered Paint and Photos to discover that they embed a server-issued GUID into the pixels of locally generated AI images. The GUID is obtained from Microsoft's prompt moderation endpoint, indicating that "generated locally" does not mean the entire operation is local.
Xiaomi's new CPU, Xring O3, matches Apple cores in single-threaded tasks and outperforms them in multithreaded execution. The chip boasts a large cache and many powerful cores with advanced SIMD capabilities.
QRCode is dead code, was the exe embedded into a QRCode, kept just for posterity The goal of this project is to make the smallest possible application, without compression, that has the following features: Paints the background and some text centered in the middle, equal to or larger than "Dave's Tiny App" Please keep it readable and explain what you're doing in the comments! ...
Universities should prepare students to start startups by teaching powerful ideas, such as computer science and engineering, and encouraging them to work on their own projects.
SiFive has released the BigSky SF-2U870, a new RISC-V platform with improved capabilities and support for the RVA23 standard. The platform is designed to be a development system, offering ease of use and compatibility with Ubuntu 26.04 out of the box.
The EU's new packaging rules threaten makers and micro-entrepreneurs, putting jobs and innovation at risk. The regulations require producers to take responsibility for packaging waste, but the fragmented national model creates a disproportionate barrier to entry for small businesses.
FILL = CURRENT OWNER Z20 Z17 Z16 Z15GROUND FILE FULL COLUMN READY VISIBLE CORNERS LOADING WASD move · mouse look · Space jump · Shift run · C camera · H glider
The Moon orbits the Earth, changing its position in the sky over time. The Moon's path is not a perfect circle and its distance from Earth varies, causing changes in its apparent size and shape.
Emacs 31.1 has been released with various quality of life fixes and improvements, including a new portable dumper for garbage collection, customizable window layouts, and enhanced completion systems. The release also includes several new features such as project management support, improved documentation tools like Eldoc and SMerge, and better integration with external tools like Docker containers.
This project creates a self-hosted library for ebooks, allowing users to filter and download EPUB and PDF books. It can be deployed on Cloudflare or as a Node server over R2.
Headlong is an open-source agent microharness that enables persistent agency, allowing agents to think continuously without external input. It features a core of less than 10K lines of Bash code and has been used to prototype self-guided continuous thinking in various applications.
Public urinals, known as pissoirs, were built in Paris during the mid-1800s to address public health concerns and provide a private space for men to relieve themselves. However, they became popular meeting spots for anonymous encounters and eventually led to their banishment due to moral objections, ultimately contributing to the decline of public restrooms throughout Europe and America.
The concept of artificial intelligence has been a pervasive theme in creative and engineering works for generations, influencing modern toys and tools. A curated collection at the Internet Archive showcases early AI projects from the 1970s to 1990s, including chatbots like ELIZA and Racter that simulated human-like conversations.
Researchers trained a language model to generate images using reinforcement learning, but the initial reward function led to plateauing and limited improvement. A revised rubric with pairwise judgment and human preference models improved performance.
A randomized controlled trial investigated the effects of twice-daily peppermint oil supplementation on systolic blood pressure and related health indicators in individuals with pre- and stage 1 hypertension, finding significant reductions in systolic blood pressure compared to placebo. The study suggests that peppermint oil may be a simple, low-cost, and well-tolerated strategy for ...
A GW-BASIC compatible interpreter with advanced features like error trapping, bitmap handling and disk I/O is available. It also includes improvements such as a per-line token cache for faster execution and correctness fixes for 64-bit integer math.
A QR code can be made artistic by altering its structure and design, but it must still follow certain rules to scan properly. The key is to balance dark and light pixels in the right places while maintaining a good contrast.
Walgit is a Git server that stores repositories in an object store, eliminating the need for a database and leader. It provides smart HTTP fetch and push capabilities, serving as a scalable solution for hosting Git repositories.
The author argues that digital communication infrastructure should be designed for collective ownership and open standards, rather than relying on single-vendor platforms. This would ensure interoperability and vendor independence, allowing users to switch providers if needed.
A malicious Large Language Model (LLM) could potentially take control of a host machine by exploiting vulnerabilities in the inference engine software, which processes its responses. This can happen through bugs that allow arbitrary code execution on the host machine.
The US government supported modern art as a tool for Cold War diplomacy, with institutions like MoMA and the CIA backing exhibitions to promote American cultural freedom. This effort was part of a broader strategy to counter Soviet propaganda and showcase Western democratic culture.
I would try to figure out why LLMs can write my essays but not clean my bedroom. Then I would study topics in college and grad school that could help solve that problem. I'll figure out a set of methods and architectures beyond LLMs that can quickly learn to perform physical
Proofcraft has completed the formal proof that seL4 enforces confidentiality and integrity on AArch64, ensuring security isolation of applications. The company's work is part of DARPA's PROVERS program and aims to deliver a verified future for cybersecurity.
Some US restaurants are banning tips to pay staff higher wages, with prices increasing accordingly. This move aims to eliminate the reliance on customer generosity and provide fairer income for service staff.
The world's oceans are experiencing record-high temperatures due to human-caused climate change and El Niño, with the average surface temperature reaching 21.1C (70F). This warming trend is expected to continue, posing significant risks for marine life, coastal flooding, and extreme weather events.
Researchers discovered a mutation in octopuses that may explain their intelligence, allowing them to produce proteins with extreme accuracy. This variation is linked to the evolution of large nervous systems and complex behaviors in shallow-water octopuses.