IT News 1 year ago

AI tool tells user to learn coding instead of asking it generate the code - Cursor AI refuses to generate codes larger than 800 lines o... -

Tom

AI tool tells user to learn coding instead of asking it generate the code

#artificialintelligence #techindustry

IT News 1 year ago

SpaceX rocket explodes, raining debris from sky for second time in a row - It grounded flights in Orlando, Miami and Palm Beach after debris concerns from Starship'... -

SpaceX rocket explodes, raining debris from sky for second time in a row

It grounded flights in Orlando, Miami and Palm Beach after debris concerns from Starship's failed launch.

IT News 1 year ago

Open Source Hardware, How Open Do You Want It To Be? - In our wider community we are all familiar with the idea of open source software. ... -

Hackaday

Open Source Hardware, How Open Do You Want It To Be?

In our wider community we are all familiar with the idea of open source software. Many of us run it as our everyday tools, a lot of us release our ...

#opensourceharware #opensource #featured #hardware #interest #rants #ohl

IT News 1 year ago

Should we be moving data centers to space? - Last week, the Florida-based company Lonestar Data Holdings launched a shoebox-size devi... -

MIT Technology Review

Should we be moving data centers to space?

Building such facilities off Earth could have a lot of benefits. Early projects are underway.

#space #app

IT News 1 year ago

Here’s A Spy Movie-Grade Access Card Sniffing Implant - Some of our devices look like they’re straight out of hacker movies. For instance,... -

Hackaday

Here’s A Spy Movie-Grade Access Card Sniffing Implant

Some of our devices look like they’re straight out of hacker movies. For instance, how about a small board you plant behind an RFID reader, c...

#reverseengineering #securityhacks #wiegand #esp32

IT News 1 year ago

Deep Space DX Hack Chat - Join us on Wednesday, March 5 at noon Pacific for the Deep Space DX Hack Chat with... -

Hackaday

Deep Space DX Hack Chat

Join us on Wednesday, March 5 at noon Pacific for the Deep Space DX Hack Chat with David Prutchi! In the past 70-odd years, the world’s space...

#hackadaycolumns #hackchat #slider

IT News 1 year ago

Musk Says New AI Chatbot Outperforms Rivals, Nears Launch - Elon Musk said Thursday his AI startup xAI will release Grok 3, a new chatbot he c... -

Musk Says New AI Chatbot Outperforms Rivals, Nears Launch - Slashdot

Elon Musk said Thursday his AI startup xAI will release Grok 3, a new chatbot he claims surpasses existing AI models, within two weeks. Speaking at...

#ai

IT News 1 year ago

Man who binned 7,500 Bitcoin drive now wants to buy entire landfill to dig it up - More than a decade on, waste experts say the odds of finding those coins are next to nil ... -

theregister

Bitcoin drive owner says he

: More than a decade on, waste experts say the odds of finding those coins are next to nil

IT News 1 year ago

Meta staff torrented nearly 82TB of pirated books for AI training — court records reveal copyright violations - Court records reveal Meta employees were concerned about us... -

Tom

Meta staff torrented nearly 82TB of pirated books for AI training — court records reveal copyright violations

Did they think they could get away with it?

#artificialintelligence #techindustry

IT News 1 year ago

All porn sites must 'robustly' verify UK user ages by July - Ofcom is issuing industry guidance which sets out the tech adult websites must use to che... -

All porn sites must 'robustly' verify UK user ages by July

Ofcom is issuing industry guidance which sets out the tech adult websites must use to check ages.

IT News 1 year ago

Cash App fined $255 million in back-to-back settlements - Cash App is closing out the week on the hook for $255 mill... -

The Verge

Cash App fined $255 million in back-to-back settlements

Most of it is going to Cash App’s customers.

IT News 1 year ago

Climate Crisis 'Wreaking Havoc' on Earth's Water Cycle, Report Finds - The climate crisis is "wreaking havoc" on the planet's water cycle, with ferocious... -

Climate Crisis

The climate crisis is "wreaking havoc" on the planet

#earth

IT News 1 year ago

Could Monkeys Really Type All of Shakespeare? - Not in this universe, a new study concludes. - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/science/monkeys-typewriter-shakespeare.html #typewritersandtypewriting #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #booksandliterature #universityofsydney #shakespearewilliam #writingandwriters #your-feed-science #monkeysandapes #mathematics #australia

IT News 1 year ago

Hertz is asking EV renters if they want to keep it, permanently - Some EVs in stock on the Hertz Car Sales site. | Screensho... -

The Verge

Hertz is asking EV renters if they want to keep it, permanently

Hertz is trying to sell off a sizeable portion of its Tesla fleet.

IT News 1 year ago

Headlights Are Growing Brighter - Modern LED headlights are significantly brighter and more glaring than traditional... -

Headlights Are Growing Brighter - Slashdot

Modern LED headlights are significantly brighter and more glaring than traditional halogen bulbs, creating dangerous driving conditions, lighting e...

#transportation

IT News 1 year ago

Google Cuts Managers and VPs in Efficiency Drive - Google has reduced its senior management positions by 10% as part of an ongoing ef... -

Google Cuts Managers and VPs in Efficiency Drive - Slashdot

Google has reduced its senior management positions by 10% as part of an ongoing efficiency initiative, CEO Sundar Pichai announced during a company...

#google

IT News 1 year ago

This waterproof coffin will keep an AirTag alive for a decade - You’ll need to remove an AirTag’s battery door to install ... -

The Verge

This waterproof case will keep an AirTag alive for a decade

When one year of battery life just isn’t enough.

IT News 1 year ago

Enabling NVMe on the Raspberry Pi 500 With a Handful of Parts - With the recent teardown of the Raspberry Pi 500, there were immediately questions... -

Hackaday

Enabling NVMe On The Raspberry Pi 500 With A Handful Of Parts

With the recent teardown of the Raspberry Pi 500, there were immediately questions raised about the unpopulated M.2 pad and related traces hiding i...

#raspberrypi500 #raspberrypi #nvme #m.2

IT News 1 year ago

More Than a Million Vapes a Day in UK Thrown Away, Says Research - Thirteen vapes are thrown away every second in the UK -- more than a million a day... -

More Than a Million Vapes a Day in UK Thrown Away, Says Research - Slashdot

Thirteen vapes are thrown away every second in the UK -- more than a million a day -- leading to an "environmental nightmare," according to...

#earth

IT News 1 year ago

The Math Behind the Music of the 80s - Although there might have been other music produced or recorded in the 1980s, we m... -

Hackaday

The Math Behind The Music Of The 80s

Although there might have been other music produced or recorded in the 1980s, we may never know of its existence due to the cacophony of all of the...

#musicalhacks #synthesizer #instrument #synthpop #yamaha #1980s #music #synth #dx-7 #dx7