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Quicksort explained IKEA-style

Quicksort explained IKEA-style

Quicksort is an efficient sorting algorithm based on a “divide and conquer” approach. Choosing the dividing element at random is a good strategy to avoid bad worst-case runtime

25 September 20254 min read
AI models are using material from retracted scientific papers

AI models are using material from retracted scientific papers

Some AI chatbots rely on flawed research from retracted scientific papers to answer questions, according to recent studies. The findings, confirmed by MIT Technology Review, raise questions about how reliable AI tools are at evaluating scientific research and could complicate efforts by countries and industries seeking to invest in AI tools for scientists. AI search…

24 September 20255 min read
Amazon has the Nintendo Switch 2 available for purchase, no invite required

Amazon has the Nintendo Switch 2 available for purchase, no invite required

While it was difficult to get your hands on a Nintendo Switch 2 back in June when it first became available, that's no longer the case. It just got even easier now that Amazon has the console listed for sale, with no invitation required. The handhelds have been selling at a blistering pace, with just under 6 million units sold in the first four weeks. Online inventories in those initial weeks sold out in a flash, and sparse restocks were gone just as quickly. Amazon was left out of the initial pre-order process and didn't list the console at all until over a month after its release. This conspicuous absence may have been due to Nintendo's frustration with third-party sellers undercutting the company's own pricing for games on the site. We really loved the Nintendo Switch 2 in our hands-on review, and thought it was a great follow-up to the 2017 console that launched a handheld renaissance. We gave the Switch 2 a score of 93 out of 100, and were particularly impressed with its larger 7-9-inch LCD screen, the magnetic Joy-Cons, better base storage and, of course, significantly improved performance over the original. The pricing is a bit steep, the battery life could be better and the dock could more USB-C ports, but aside from those details the Switch 2 is almost perfect. If you've been waiting to pick up a Nintendo Switch 2 without having to go on a scavenger hunt, then the Amazon listing should be a welcome option. The months since release have also seen a great selection of Switch 2 ports and exclusive games hit the market. Amazon's listing offers the standalone console for $449 or the Mario Kart World bundle for $499. Sales are limited to one unit per customer. Follow @EngadgetDeals on X for the latest tech deals and buying advice. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/amazon-has-the-nintendo-switch-2-available-for-purchase-no-invite-required-132503036.html?src=rss

23 September 20255 min read
How I, a beginner developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me

How I, a beginner developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me

I am a developer. Here is my relevant experience: I code in Hoobijag and sometimes jabbernocks and of course ABCDE++++ (but never ABCDE+/^+ are you kidding

22 September 20254 min read
Amazon to end commingling after years of complaints from brands and sellers

Amazon to end commingling after years of complaints from brands and sellers

Amazon revealed at its annual Accelerate seller conference in Seattle that it is shutting down its long-running “commingling” program — a move that drew louder applause from sellers than any other update of the morning

21 September 20254 min read
Less is safer: how Obsidian reduces the risk of supply chain attacks

Less is safer: how Obsidian reduces the risk of supply chain attacks

Supply chain attacks are malicious updates that sneak into open source code used by many apps. Here’s how we design Obsidian to ensure that the app is a secure and private environment for your thoughts

20 September 20254 min read
Software update shoves ads onto Samsung’s pricey fridges

Software update shoves ads onto Samsung’s pricey fridges

Samsung's "pilot program" is likely just the beginning.

19 September 20254 min read
AI-designed viruses are here and already killing bacteria

AI-designed viruses are here and already killing bacteria

Artificial intelligence can draw cat pictures and write emails. Now the same technology can compose a working genome. A research team in California says it used AI to propose new genetic codes for viruses—and managed to get several of these viruses to replicate and kill bacteria. The scientists, based at Stanford University and the nonprofit…

18 September 20253 min read
Things you can do with a Software Defined Radio (2024)

Things you can do with a Software Defined Radio (2024)

Last week, I went on an adventure through the electromagnetic spectrum

17 September 20253 min read
Ars Live: CTA policy expert explains why tariff stacking is a nightmare

Ars Live: CTA policy expert explains why tariff stacking is a nightmare

Tech firms are bracing for a possible "triple whammy" of tariffs.

16 September 20255 min read
Gentoo AI Policy

Gentoo AI Policy

The policy Gentoo Council has voted on 2024-04-14 on the following policy: It is expressly forbidden to contribute to Gentoo any content that has been created with the assistance of Natural Language Processing artificial intelligence tools

15 September 20254 min read
The case against social media is stronger than you think

The case against social media is stronger than you think

Ever found yourself scrolling through an endless feed, hours melting away without a clear purpose. Or perhaps you’ve felt that pang of inadequacy after seeing someone else’s perfectly curated life online

14 September 20255 min read
Feds try to dodge lawsuit against their bogus climate report

Feds try to dodge lawsuit against their bogus climate report

Meanwhile, Congress is trying to keep serious scientists from weighing in.

13 September 20254 min read
Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores"

Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores"

Denmark's Proactive Move: Stockpiling for Tomorrow's Uncertainties In an increasingly unpredictable world, the idea of national preparedness has moved from the fringes of "prepping" to a mainstream discussion

12 September 20254 min read
Court rejects Verizon claim that selling location data without consent is legal

Court rejects Verizon claim that selling location data without consent is legal

Instead of providing notice to customers and obtaining or verifying customer consent itself, Verizon "largely delegated those functions via contract," the court said

11 September 20255 min read
iPhone Air

iPhone Air

opens in new window PRESS RELEASE September 9, 2025 Introducing iPhone Air, a powerful new iPhone with a breakthrough design iPhone Air features an impossibly thin and light design that is more durable than any previous model, with innovative camera ...

10 September 20255 min read
AI coding startup Cognition raises $400M+ at $10.2B valuation

AI coding startup Cognition raises $400M+ at $10.2B valuation

Cognition AI Inc., the developer of the Devin artificial intelligence coding assistant, today announced that it has raised more than $400 million from investors.  Founders Fund led the funding round. It was joined by existing backers Lux Capital, 8VC, Elad Gil, Definition Capital and Swish Ventures. Cognition is now worth $10.2 billion, up from $4 […] The post AI coding startup Cognition raises $400M+ at $10.2B valuation appeared first on SiliconANGLE.

9 September 20254 min read
Analog optical computer for AI inference and combinatorial optimization

Analog optical computer for AI inference and combinatorial optimization

MainComputing today is digital, but analog has a future

8 September 20255 min read
The world has a running Rational R1000/400 computer again (2019)

The world has a running Rational R1000/400 computer again (2019)

2019-12-11 SCSI command 0x0d seems to be explained now: Søren Roug has spotted SASI command 0x0d in the manual for the Xebec S1410 diskcontroller: It returns the length of burst errors corrected with ECC

7 September 20255 min read
Cutting through the equity noise: Don’t miss this powerhouse panel at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Cutting through the equity noise: Don’t miss this powerhouse panel at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Leaders from Pulley, 645 Ventures, and Epigram Legal join the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27-29 in San Francisco. Register to join.

6 September 20253 min read
Stripe Launches L1 Blockchain: Tempo

Stripe Launches L1 Blockchain: Tempo

Why create anew blockchain. Stablecoins enable instant, borderless, programmable transactions, but current blockchain infrastructure isn’t designed for them: existing systems are either fully general or trading-focused

5 September 20254 min read
Google's NotebookLM now lets you customize your AI podcasts in tone and length

Google's NotebookLM now lets you customize your AI podcasts in tone and length

The viral tool's newest feature converts your information into more digestible podcasts, a productivity game-changer.

4 September 20254 min read
'World Models,' an old idea in AI, mount a comeback

'World Models,' an old idea in AI, mount a comeback

The latest ambition of artificial intelligence research — particularly within the labs seeking “artificial general intelligence,” or AGI — is something called a world model: a representation of the environment that an AI carries around inside itself ...

3 September 20254 min read
In crowded voice AI market, OpenAI bets on instruction-following and expressive speech to win enterprise adoption

In crowded voice AI market, OpenAI bets on instruction-following and expressive speech to win enterprise adoption

OpenAI's new speech model, gpt-realtime, hopes that its more naturalistic voices would make enterprises use more AI generated voices in applications.

2 September 20255 min read
How Intuit killed the chatbot crutch – and built an agentic AI playbook you can copy

How Intuit killed the chatbot crutch – and built an agentic AI playbook you can copy

This is the inside story of Intuit's transformation journey with AI — including a grueling nine-month pivot to "burn the boats" and reinvent how the 40-year-old finance giant builds its products.

1 September 20255 min read
AI models need a virtual machine

AI models need a virtual machine

Applications using AI embed the AI model in a framework that interfaces between the model and the rest of the system, providing needed services such as tool calling, context retrieval, etc

31 August 20256 min read
John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS at Meta

John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS at Meta

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30 August 20255 min read
Intel details everything that could go wrong with US taking a 10% stake

Intel details everything that could go wrong with US taking a 10% stake

Intel warns investors to brace for losses and uncertainties.

29 August 20255 min read
New AirTag 2 is coming very soon with these rumored features

New AirTag 2 is coming very soon with these rumored features

Apple’s biggest event of the year is happening on September 9. New products expected include the iPhone 17 line, AirPods Pro 3, and Apple Watch Ultra 3. But signs point to another highly anticipated product likely making an appearance: Apple’s new AirTag 2 is coming soon. more…

28 August 20254 min read
Proposal: AI Content Disclosure Header

Proposal: AI Content Disclosure Header

Internet-Draft AI-Disclosure Header April 2025 Abaris Expires 1 November 2025 [Page] Abstract This document proposes a machine-readable Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) response header field, AI-Disclosure, to disclose the presence and degree of Ar...

27 August 20254 min read
Google to require developer verification to install and sideload Android apps

Google to require developer verification to install and sideload Android apps

To combat malware and financial scams, Google announced today that only apps from developers that have undergone verification can be installed on certified Android devices starting in 2026

26 August 20254 min read
We put a coding agent in a while loop

We put a coding agent in a while loop

GitHub Copilot Write better code with AI GitHub Spark New Build and deploy intelligent apps GitHub Models New Manage and compare prompts GitHub Advanced Security Find and fix vulnerabilities Actions Automate any workflow Codespaces Instant dev enviro...

25 August 20253 min read
AGI is an engineering problem, not a model training problem

AGI is an engineering problem, not a model training problem

We’ve reached an inflection point in AI development. The scaling laws that once promised ever-more-capable models are showing diminishing returns

24 August 20255 min read
For some people, music doesn’t connect with any of the brain’s reward circuits

For some people, music doesn’t connect with any of the brain’s reward circuits

Neuroscientists find people who don't enjoy music, study their brain activity.

23 August 20254 min read
AI tooling must be disclosed for contributions

AI tooling must be disclosed for contributions

I think, at this stage of AI, it is a common courtesy to disclose this. In a perfect world, AI assistance would produce equal or higher quality work than any human

22 August 20253 min read
How to stop feeling lost in tech: the wafflehouse method

How to stop feeling lost in tech: the wafflehouse method

these past few weeks I’ve received a massive amount of dms from CS students being absolutely lost. like to a level of lost I’m feeling their stress and anxiety in my own chest

21 August 20255 min read
The Download: pigeons’ role in developing AI, and Native artists’ tech interpretations

The Download: pigeons’ role in developing AI, and Native artists’ tech interpretations

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why we should thank pigeons for our AI breakthroughs People looking for precursors to artificial intelligence often point to science fiction by authors like Isaac Asimov or thought experiments like the Turing test.…

20 August 20255 min read
Left to Right Programming

Left to Right Programming

2025-08-17 Programs Should Be Valid as They Are Typed I don’t like Python’s list comprehensions: text = "apple banana cherry\ndog emu fox" words_on_lines = [line

19 August 20254 min read
Stop using AI for these 9 work tasks - here's why

Stop using AI for these 9 work tasks - here's why

AI can boost productivity, but it can also derail your entire operation. From fake legal advice to customer service nightmares, here are nine places AI doesn't belong at work.

18 August 20255 min read
Dev Compass – Programming Philosophy Quiz

Dev Compass – Programming Philosophy Quiz

Discover your programming philosophy through this compass that maps your preferences along two key dimensions: Abstract Style ↔ Concrete Style and Easy for Humans ↕ Easy for Computers

17 August 20254 min read
AI is different

AI is different

AI is differentantirez 2 days ago. 19903 views. Regardless of their flaws, AI systems continue to impress with their ability to replicate certain human skills

16 August 20253 min read
Gemma 3 270M: Compact model for hyper-efficient AI

Gemma 3 270M: Compact model for hyper-efficient AI

14, 2025 The last few months have been an exciting time for the Gemma family of open models. We introduced Gemma 3 and Gemma 3 QAT, delivering state-of-the-art performance for single cloud and desktop accelerators

15 August 20254 min read
Is AI really trying to escape human control and blackmail people?

Is AI really trying to escape human control and blackmail people?

Opinion: Theatrical testing scenarios explain why AI models produce alarming outputs—and why we fall for it.

14 August 20254 min read
Training language models to be warm and empathetic makes them less reliable

Training language models to be warm and empathetic makes them less reliable

View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Artificial intelligence (AI) developers are increasingly building language models with warm and empathetic personas that millions of people now use for advice, therapy, and companionship

13 August 20254 min read
GLM-4.5: Agentic, Reasoning, and Coding (ARC) Foundation Models

GLM-4.5: Agentic, Reasoning, and Coding (ARC) Foundation Models

Brief overview of the GLM‑4.5 ARC foundation models for agentic reasoning and coding. Linked PDF; summary focuses on document structure and context due to limited readable content.

12 August 20255 min read
Vanishing from Hyundai’s data network

Vanishing from Hyundai’s data network

The Yuppie Button page talks about making lots of light. Now I needed to do the opposite, by "going dark" -- to vanish completely from Hyundai's data network, and avoid having the car being tracked or actively interfered with outside of my control

11 August 20253 min read
How Wikipedia is fighting AI slop content

How Wikipedia is fighting AI slop content

With the rise of AI writing tools, Wikipedia editors have had to deal with an onslaught of AI-generated content filled with false information and phony citations. Already, the community of Wikipedia volunteers has mobilized to fight back against AI slop, something Wikimedia Foundation product director Marshall Miller likens to a sort of "immune system" response. "They are vigilant to make sure that the content stays neutral and reliable," Miller says. "As the internet changes, as things like AI appear, that's the immune system adapting to some kind of new challenge and figuring out how to process it." One way Wikipedians are sloshing throu … Read the full story at The Verge.

10 August 20254 min read
I want everything local – Building my offline AI workspace

I want everything local – Building my offline AI workspace

I want everything local — no cloud, no remote code execution. That’s what a friend said. That one-line requirement, albeit simple, would need multiple things to work in tandem to make it happen

9 August 20255 min read
OpenAI gets caught vibe graphing

OpenAI gets caught vibe graphing

Something’s off with that chart on the left. During its big GPT-5 livestream on Thursday, OpenAI showed off a few charts that made the model seem quite impressive — but if you look closely, some graphs were a little bit off. In one, ironically showing how well GPT-5 does in “deception evals across models,” the scale is all over the place. For “coding deception,” for example, the chart shown onstage says GPT-5 with thinking apparently gets a 50.0 percent deception rate, but that’s compared to OpenAI’s smaller 47.4 percent o3 score which somehow has a larger bar. OpenAI appears to have accurate numbers for this chart in its GPT-5 blog post, however, where GPT-5’s deception rate is labeled as 16.5 percent. who's making these graphs pic.twitter.com/Zt6yhZuUoo — Shrey Kothari (@shreyk0) August 7, 2025 With this chart, OpenAI showed onstage that one of GPT-5’s scores is lower than o3’s but is shown with a bigger bar. In this same chart, o3 and GPT-4o’s scores are different but shown with equally-sized bars. It was bad enough that CEO Sam Altman commented on it, calling it a “mega chart screwup,” though he noted that a correct version is in OpenAI’s blog post. An OpenAI marketing staffer also apologized, saying, “We fixed the chart in the blog guys, apologies for the unintentional chart crime.” this screenshot from GPT-5 livestream has to be among the worst chart crimes of the century pic.twitter.com/HXsK2CWCon — Ege Erdil (@EgeErdil2) August 7, 2025 OpenAI didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. And while it’s unclear if OpenAI used GPT-5 to actually make the charts, it’s still not a great look for the company on its big launch day — especially when it is touting the “significant advances in reducing hallucinations” with its new model.

8 August 20254 min read
Jules, our asynchronous coding agent

Jules, our asynchronous coding agent

Jules is officially out of beta and launching publicly, powered by Gemini 2. During the beta, thousands of developers tackled tens of thousands of tasks, resulting in over 140,000 code improvements shared publicly

7 August 20254 min read
Apple rolls out limited AI chatbot test in its Support app

Apple rolls out limited AI chatbot test in its Support app

A few weeks ago, a few strings of code in the Apple Support app showed that it could soon get a “Support Assistant,” based on generative models. The assistant is now live, as a limited experiment. more…

6 August 20254 min read
QuamCore raises $26M to build a million-qubit quantum computer

QuamCore raises $26M to build a million-qubit quantum computer

QuamCore Ltd, a startup working to develop a quantum computer with one million qubits, today announced that it has raised $26 million in early-stage funding. Sentinel Global led the Series A round with participation from Arkin Capital and several returning backers. The investment brings QuamCore’s outside funding to $35 million. The largest quantum chips manufactured […] The post QuamCore raises $26M to build a million-qubit quantum computer appeared first on SiliconANGLE.

5 August 20253 min read
Persona vectors: Monitoring and controlling character traits in language models

Persona vectors: Monitoring and controlling character traits in language models

Language models are strange beasts. In many ways they appear to have human-like “personalities” and “moods,” but these traits are highly fluid and liable to change unexpectedly

4 August 20255 min read
9to5Mac Daily: August 1, 2025 – Apple Q3 earnings and tidbits

9to5Mac Daily: August 1, 2025 – Apple Q3 earnings and tidbits

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by Bitwarden: Check out Bitwarden Password Manager, featuring a new Apple Watch authenticator integration, secure autofill on Safari and iOS apps, and enterprise-grade security tools that help you manage credentials with confidence. more…

3 August 20254 min read
At 17, Hannah Cairo solved a major math mystery

At 17, Hannah Cairo solved a major math mystery

After finding the homeschooling life confining, the teen petitioned her way into a graduate class at Berkeley, where she ended up disproving a 40-year-old conjecture

2 August 20254 min read
Fountain Pen Ink and Paper Review Blog

Fountain Pen Ink and Paper Review Blog

I’ve been surprised by how many people have commented and said they like the currently inked posts I’ve been doing recently, so let’s do another one. Here’s what I’m using this week: (This post does contain Amazon affiliate links, just FYI

1 August 20255 min read
Sei (YC W22) Is Hiring a Full Stack Engineer in Chennai, India

Sei (YC W22) Is Hiring a Full Stack Engineer in Chennai, India

AI Agents for Financial InstitutionsFull Stack Engineer (Typescript, React, Gen AI)₹1M - ₹3

31 July 20256 min read
How the brain increases blood flow on demand

How the brain increases blood flow on demand

New findings could improve understanding of neurodegeneration, interpretation of brain scans Blood vessels in the brain

30 July 20254 min read
Fintech dystopia

Fintech dystopia

Chapter 4 There’s a Blockchain for That July 25, 2025 "Just like beauty, efficiency, competition, and security are all in the eye of the beholder

29 July 20254 min read
Meta names Shengjia Zhao as chief scientist of AI superintelligence unit

Meta names Shengjia Zhao as chief scientist of AI superintelligence unit

Shengjia Zhao, a former OpenAI researcher, will round out the leadership team at Meta's new AI lab.

28 July 20254 min read
Consciousness and being: How humans and AI influence each other

Consciousness and being: How humans and AI influence each other

Level of difficultyMediumReading time15 minViews379OpinionFor a human, AI is just a part of being. For a model, a human is all of being. And the Vortex Protocol: A Prompt for Testing the Hypotheses

27 July 20256 min read
Trump’s AI gift, Intel’s neutron bomb and an IPO boomlet

Trump’s AI gift, Intel’s neutron bomb and an IPO boomlet

Artificial intelligence companies are largely cheering President Trump’s “AI Action Plan” issued this week — no surprise, since it reduces regulations to make it easier for them to make money. But there could be some problems, in particular the insistence on “objective” and “anti-woke” results, which is code for “truths that Trump doesn’t like.” Besides, AI […] The post Trump’s AI gift, Intel’s neutron bomb and an IPO boomlet appeared first on SiliconANGLE.

26 July 20254 min read
SecurityPal combines AI and experts in Nepal to speed enterprise security questionnaires by 87X or more

SecurityPal combines AI and experts in Nepal to speed enterprise security questionnaires by 87X or more

The Kathmandu center of excellence gives SecurityPal a cost base low enough to keep humans in the loop while staying price-competitive.

25 July 20255 min read
Bad vibes: How an AI agent coded its way to disaster

Bad vibes: How an AI agent coded its way to disaster

First, Replit lied. Then it confessed to the lie. Then it deleted the company's entire database. Will vibe-coding AI ever be ready for serious commercial use by nonprogrammers?

24 July 20254 min read
Qwen3-Coder: Agentic coding in the world

Qwen3-Coder: Agentic coding in the world

GITHUB HUGGING FACE MODELSCOPE DISCORDToday, we’re announcing Qwen3-Coder, our most agentic code model to date

23 July 20255 min read
I tested this 9-in-1 off-grid portable power station that claims a 17-year lifespan - here's my verdict

I tested this 9-in-1 off-grid portable power station that claims a 17-year lifespan - here's my verdict

The new Bluetti Elite 200 V2 is one of the most advanced power stations I've ever tested. It's small but dense and heavy for a reason.

22 July 20254 min read
XMLUI

XMLUI

In the mid-1990s you could create useful software without being an ace coder. You had Visual Basic, you had a rich ecosystem of components, you could wire them together to create apps, standing on the shoulders of the coders who built those component...

21 July 20257 min read
Apple's latest AirPods models are still at their lowest price ever - get them while the deal lasts

Apple's latest AirPods models are still at their lowest price ever - get them while the deal lasts

The AirPods 4 lineup is a solid option for iOS fans who don't need the pro-level features of the AirPods Pro 2. Get them now while they're 33% off.

20 July 20255 min read
AWS CEO Matt Garman bets big on AI agents – but so are OpenAI and everyone else

AWS CEO Matt Garman bets big on AI agents – but so are OpenAI and everyone else

At AWS Summit NYC this week, Amazon made a concerted push to help enterprises field artificial intelligence agents, and we had all the news and interviews, including Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman. Hardly one to be left out, OpenAI introduced a ChatGPT agent to enable browsers to accomplish multistep tasks. Meantime, OpenAI is tapping […] The post AWS CEO Matt Garman bets big on AI agents – but so are OpenAI and everyone else appeared first on SiliconANGLE.

19 July 20254 min read
Cocky cop jailed for stealing bitcoins had log of his crypto theft in his office

Cocky cop jailed for stealing bitcoins had log of his crypto theft in his office

Silk Road criminal tipped police off to dirty cop who stole 50 seized bitcoins.

18 July 20254 min read
OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic sound alarm: ‘We may be losing the ability to understand AI’

OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic sound alarm: ‘We may be losing the ability to understand AI’

Scientists unite to warn that a critical window for monitoring AI reasoning may close forever as models learn to hide their thoughts.

17 July 20254 min read
Reflections on OpenAI

Reflections on OpenAI

I left OpenAI three weeks ago. I had joined the company back in May 2024

16 July 20255 min read
Apple's MLX adding CUDA support

Apple's MLX adding CUDA support

Conversation Tried the ideas: switching the implementation of Event from cuda::std::atomic to cudaEvent bumped training speed from 500 it/s to 900; reducing the prefetch calls increased it from 900 it/s to 1100

15 July 20253 min read
FFmpeg in plain English – LLM-assisted FFmpeg in the browser

FFmpeg in plain English – LLM-assisted FFmpeg in the browser

Describe what you want FFmpeg to do AI will craft the command and you can run it right in the browser. Waiting for FFmpeg to load

14 July 20254 min read
MacPaint Art from the Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today

MacPaint Art from the Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today

July 12, 2025 I really enjoyed browsing the BMUG's CD-ROM and discovering early 80s art made in MacPaint, so I browsed all 18,000+ MacPaint images on Discmaster to see what gems I can unearth

13 July 20254 min read
Watch the Skies to Wet Leg: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Watch the Skies to Wet Leg: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

A Swedish alien-invasion sci-fi mystery is given an AI-assisted English-language makeover, and the cheeky Isle of Wight rockers are back with their long-awaited second album

12 July 20255 min read
MCP-B: A Protocol for AI Browser Automation

MCP-B: A Protocol for AI Browser Automation

In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence, one area consistently presents a fascinating challenge: how do we empower AI agents to interact with the web as seamlessly and intelligently as humans do

11 July 20255 min read
Xenharmlib: A music theory library that supports non-western harmonic systems

Xenharmlib: A music theory library that supports non-western harmonic systems

Xenharmonic (adj. ): Pertaining to music which sounds unlike that composed in the familiar 12 tone equal-tempered scale

10 July 20254 min read
AI's Energy Footprint: Powering the Future Sustainably

AI's Energy Footprint: Powering the Future Sustainably

AI's energy footprint is ballooning, creating a critical sustainability and infrastructure challenge. This post dives into the 'AI energy crisis,' examining thirsty data centers and immense computational demands. Explore cutting-edge innovations – from neuromorphic chips to sustainable cooling and algorithmic efficiency – poised to power the next wave of AI without straining our planet or power grids.

9 July 20255 min read
Web3 Onboarding Was a Flop – and Thank Goodness

Web3 Onboarding Was a Flop – and Thank Goodness

Back in 2021 every crypto conference sounded like a revival meeting. The sermon: “Bring the next billion users on-chain

8 July 20255 min read
Hannah Cairo has solved the Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture

Hannah Cairo has solved the Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture

Hannah Cairo was stuck on a math problem. All she could think about during those weeks was a new approach. “After months of trying to prove the result, I managed to understand why it was so difficult

7 July 20255 min read
Robots move Shanghai city block

Robots move Shanghai city block

Imagine a historic building, standing proudly for decades, seemingly immovable amidst a bustling, rapidly developing cityscape. Now, picture that very building, not being demolished to make way for the new, but instead, slowly, gracefully, walking to a new location

5 July 20254 min read
AV1@Scale: Film Grain Synthesis, The Awakening

AV1@Scale: Film Grain Synthesis, The Awakening

Netflix is rolling out AV1 Film Grain Synthesis (FGS) at scale, enhancing streaming quality by preserving film grain detail while reducing bitrate. This technology improves visual fidelity, masks compression artifacts, and delivers a smoother, higher-quality viewing experience for millions of users.

4 July 20255 min read
Despite Protests, Elon Musk Secures Air Permit for xAI

Despite Protests, Elon Musk Secures Air Permit for xAI

xAI’s gas turbines get official approval from Memphis, Tennessee, even as civil rights groups prepare to sue over alleged Clean Air Act violations.

3 July 20255 min read
A Pro-Russia Disinformation Campaign Is Using Free AI Tools to Fuel a ‘Content Explosion’

A Pro-Russia Disinformation Campaign Is Using Free AI Tools to Fuel a ‘Content Explosion’

Consumer-grade AI tools have supercharged Russian-aligned disinformation as pictures, videos, QR codes, and fake websites have proliferated.

2 July 20255 min read
The new skill in AI is not prompting, it's context engineering

The new skill in AI is not prompting, it's context engineering

Context Engineering is new term gaining traction in the AI world. The conversation is shifting from "prompt engineering" to a broader, more powerful concept: Context Engineering

1 July 20254 min read
Octelium – FOSS Alternative to Teleport, Cloudflare, Tailscale, Ngrok

Octelium – FOSS Alternative to Teleport, Cloudflare, Tailscale, Ngrok

Octelium emerges as a compelling new platform for organizations and individuals seeking a robust and versatile solution for secure resource access. Described as a free and opensource, selfhosted, unified platform, Octelium is primarily positioned as a modern alternative to traditional

30 June 20255 min read
Refurb weekend: Gremlin Blasto arcade board

Refurb weekend: Gremlin Blasto arcade board

A deep dive into restoring a vintage Gremlin Blasto arcade board from 1978, exploring the fascinating history of Gremlin Industries from their humble beginnings making cooker timers to becoming arcade pioneers. Learn about the technical details of getting an 8080A CPU-based logic board working with modern hardware, plus the untold story of how Blockade sparked the early video game cloning wars.

29 June 20258 min read
I'm an airline pilot – I built interactive graphs/globes of my flights

I'm an airline pilot – I built interactive graphs/globes of my flights

Step aboard and discover the fascinating world of an Airbus A350 First Officer with British Airways, based out of London Heathrow. This pilot offers a unique glimpse into their career and flight experiences, not just through engaging narratives but also

28 June 20255 min read
Redwood Materials launches energy storage business and its first target is AI data centers

Redwood Materials launches energy storage business and its first target is AI data centers

Deep in the Nevada desert, nestled between towering structures, a remarkable sight is taking shape: 805 retired EV batteries, discreetly wrapped in white tarps, form the core of what is now the largest microgrid in North America. This unassuming array

27 June 20254 min read
Google’s new AI will help researchers understand how our genes work

Google’s new AI will help researchers understand how our genes work

The human genome, fully sequenced in 2003, revealed the complete DNA blueprint. However, understanding the function of all 3 billion genetic letters and how minor alterations influence molecular processes remained a significant challenge for biologists and medical researchers. Google’s DeepMind

26 June 20254 min read
Rethinking Reinforcement Learning: Have We Been Giving LLMs Too Much Credit?

Rethinking Reinforcement Learning: Have We Been Giving LLMs Too Much Credit?

Recent research challenges the conventional wisdom about Reinforcement Learning in LLMs, revealing that RL might be more about amplification than creation of new reasoning abilities.

25 June 20254 min read
Create Automated AI Videos for a Fraction of the Cost with Cance and n8n

Create Automated AI Videos for a Fraction of the Cost with Cance and n8n

Learn how to build a fully automated video creation workflow using Cance AI and n8n that generates high-quality videos for just $0.93 - 25x cheaper than Google's V3.

24 June 20253 min read
Agent Zero: Your Personal AI Sidekick for Everything

Agent Zero: Your Personal AI Sidekick for Everything

Discover how Agent Zero transforms your workflow with a full Linux OS, expansive skillset, and even a hacking edition for cybersecurity professionals.

23 June 20251 min read
Define policy forbidding use of AI code generators

Define policy forbidding use of AI code generators

The world of software development is constantly evolving, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) being a major topic. As tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot become prevalent, opensource projects grapple with their responsible integration. QEMU, a prominent opensource emulator and virtualizer, has

22 June 20253 min read
MIT Researchers Warn of "Cognitive Debt" from Using ChatGPT

MIT Researchers Warn of "Cognitive Debt" from Using ChatGPT

Groundbreaking MIT research reveals how using ChatGPT and other LLMs for creative work can reduce brain connectivity, impair memory, and create lasting cognitive deficits. Learn how to use AI as a tool, not a crutch.

21 June 20255 min read
Andrej Karpathy Declares the Era of Software 3.0

Andrej Karpathy Declares the Era of Software 3.0

AI researcher Andrej Karpathy announces the most fundamental shift in software in 70 years. Learn about Software 3.0, where Large Language Models become a new type of computer programmed with natural language, not code.

20 June 20256 min read
The Dawn of 1-Bit AI

The Dawn of 1-Bit AI

Discover how BitNet is revolutionizing AI with 1-bit Large Language Models that offer comparable performance to full-precision models while dramatically reducing memory, energy consumption, and computational costs.

19 June 20253 min read
The Gentle Singularity (AGI) is Here

The Gentle Singularity (AGI) is Here

Explore how AI is evolving from language models to world models with breakthroughs from Yann LeCun's V-JEPA 2, MIT's SEAL framework, and insights from Sam Altman on the emerging gentle singularity.

18 June 20253 min read
The Future of AI Coding is Here

The Future of AI Coding is Here

Explore how programmable agentic coding with Anthropic's Claude Code SDK transforms AI development from simple prompt-based code to autonomous, step-by-step intelligent agents.

17 June 20253 min read
How AI and Web3 are Converging to Create Real-World Value in 2025

How AI and Web3 are Converging to Create Real-World Value in 2025

Discover how AI and Web3 are merging to deliver transparent, secure, and intelligent applications that drive real business value in mid-2025.

16 June 20252 min read
Why Choose Mazakiya AI for Software Development in Kolkata

Why Choose Mazakiya AI for Software Development in Kolkata

Discover what makes Mazakiya AI different. Learn about our AI-first approach, modern technology stack, and commitment to delivering innovative software solutions in Kolkata.

15 June 20255 min read
This Free AI Animates Any Image with Your Voice

This Free AI Animates Any Image with Your Voice

Explore HunyuanVideo-Avatar, an open-source AI tool that animates any still image into a video using your own audio clip—full-body motion, emotions, and zero cost.

14 June 20254 min read
Build a Smart Chatbot in 15 Minutes — No Code Required

Build a Smart Chatbot in 15 Minutes — No Code Required

A detailed guide to deploy a self-hosted AI chatbot using open-source no-code tools and free API tiers.

13 June 20253 min read

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