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Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’A prominent anti-DEI campaigner appointed by Meta in August as an adviser on AI bias has spent the weeks since his appointment spreading disinformation about shootings, transgender people, vaccines, crime, and protests.Robby Starbuck, 36, of Nashville, was appointed in August as an adviser by Meta – owner of...
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Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies
The Oxbridge-educated boffin is feted as the codebreaking genius who helped Britain win the war. But should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers be seen as the real father of computing?This is a story you know, right? It’s early in the war and western Europe has fallen. Only the Channel stands between Britain and the fascist yoke; only Atlantic shipping lanes offer hope of the population continuing...
Do you really need to buy a new laptop? When to upgrade – and when to hold off
Don’t splash out just yet! Your existing laptop may have plenty left to give• From smash-proof cases to updates: how to make your smartphone last longerSo you want a new laptop. Of course you do. Everybody always does, except for perhaps during that short honeymoon period after you’ve just bought one. But the glamour wears off, technology marches on, and before you know it, a newer, younger, more powerful model is...
‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder
Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely to build a whole fake persona …Standing outside the pub, 36-year-old business owner Rachel took a final tug on her vape and steeled herself to meet the man she’d spent the last three weeks opening up to. They’d matched on...
From Prompts to Profits: How to Turn Your AI Prompts into Real Income
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Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister
Exclusive: Six tech leaders dined with investment minister, documents reveal, underlining growing influence of ex-PM’s consultancyTony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted a private dinner earlier this year at which a select group of technology entrepreneurs were given access to a key minister, official documents have revealed.The former prime minister, who is a champion of the tech industry, held the dinner in an upmarket...
Recently, I conducted a round of large model inference performance testing on RTX 4090, 5090, and…
The test setup was comprehensive: I tested single-card, dual-card, and four-card configurations, with 50GB of memory allocated per GPU…Continue reading on Medium »
GetAllUrls (gau): The Detector of Old and Forgotten Endpoints in Bug Bounty
Learn how to use gau, the essential tool for collecting historical URLs and uncovering vulnerable endpoints.Continue reading on Medium »
The AI Semiconductor War Begins: A Detailed Tale of Five Promising Companies That Will Transform…
Hello everyone, this is Tosil here. Today, I’m bringing you a somewhat complex but truly fascinating story. It’s all about the…Continue reading on Medium »
12 Hidden but Incredibly Powerful AI Tools You Should Start Using in 2025
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Top Samsung Gadgets 2025 You’ll Want Right Now!
The tech world never stops evolving, and Samsung is always at the forefront of creating the latest technology gadgets that tech-savvy…Continue reading on Medium »
Using a swearword in your Google search can stop the AI answer. But should you?
Artificial intelligence is more than Trump deepfakes of Tilly the actor. It’s used in smartphones, customer service, healthcare – even legal cases. Is it possible to avoid?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastUsing a swearword in your Google search can stop that annoying AI overview from popping up. Some apps let you switch off their artificial intelligence.You can choose not to use ChatGPT, to...
WIRED Roundup: Are We In An AI Bubble?
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk about one author's journey to flee the US, social media surveillance, chatbots and the world of AI, and conspiracy theories for an autism cure.
Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist
The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than ArmageddonPeter Thiel, the billionaire political svengali and tech investor, is worried about the antichrist. It could be the US. It could be Greta Thunberg.Over the past month, Thiel has hosted a series of four lectures on the...
It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards? | Marina Hyde
His AI video generator Sora 2 has been reviled for pinching the work of others. One giant leap for Sam: for everyone else, not so muchTake a look at Sam Altman. I mean, actually do it. Go to Google images, where you can find countless photos of the OpenAI boss smiling in a kind of wan genius way, the humble lost puppy of Silicon Valley. But I urge you to simply cover the bottom half of his face in any of these...
Google Search Could Change Forever in the UK
New regulation from the UK’s competition authority means Google may be forced to make major changes in the way that people use its search engine.
The Download: our bodies’ memories, and Traton’s electric trucks
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How do our bodies remember? “Like riding a bike” is shorthand for the remarkable way that our bodies remember how to move. Most of the time when we talk about muscle memory, we’re…
‘Little lungs are paying’: 1.6m claimants head to high court as carmakers finally face punishment for Dieselgate
Carmakers accused of cheating air pollution rules have faced little punishment in UK but trial brought by 1.6m motorists is about to begin“Little lungs are still paying for Dieselgate every day,” says Jemima Hartshorn, the founder of the Mums for Lungs campaign group. Her own young daughter has suffered serious breathing problems, which at their worst involved the harrowing experience of having to pin her to the floor...
Meet Anamanaguchi, the band behind the last Scott Pilgrim video game’s soundtrack – and the next one
Chiptune alt-rock band Anamanaguchi are having a bumper year, culminating in an opportunity to create the soundtrack they’ve always wanted to make – for a new Scott Pilgrim gameScott Pilgrim, the series of pop culture-saturated graphic novels by Canadian author and comic book artist Bryan Lee O’Malley, has become a timeless epic about teenage insecurity, love and redemption, and the intersection of arrogance and...
Meta Tells Its Metaverse Workers to Use AI to ‘Go 5X Faster’
Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse chief is urging employees to adopt AI across every workflow as part of a broader shift inside the company.
Google given special status by watchdog that could force it to change UK search
CMA puts Google under tighter regulation with ‘strategic market status’ designation and can enforce changesBusiness live – latest updatesGoogle faces enforced changes to its UK search business after the competition watchdog conferred a special status on the company that puts it under tighter regulation.The Competition and Market Authority (CMA) confirmed that Google has “strategic market status” (SMS) in search and...
How do our bodies remember?
MIT Technology ReviewExplains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can readmore from the series here. “Like riding a bike” is shorthand for the remarkable way that our bodies remember how to move. Most of the time when we talk about muscle memory, we’re…
This test could reveal the health of your immune system
Attentive readers might have noticed my absence over the last couple of weeks. I’ve been trying to recover from a bout of illness. It got me thinking about the immune system, and how little I know about my own immune health. The vast array of cells, proteins, and biomolecules that works to defend us from…
The Filter is one! 50 things we loved this year, from a sleep mask to the perfect pan
Twelve months, thousands of tests and a revolutionary potato masher – here are our readers’ and writers’ ultimate buys• Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThe Filter is turning one. Since we launched a year ago, we’ve run, hiked, camped and swum; we’ve drunk 455 cups of coffee; washed 34 loads of clothes; slept on mattresses for 2,240 hours, and much more, testing a total of 2,040 products – from...
Explain it to me quickly: why are runners and riders freaking out about a feud between Strava and Garmin?
Strava, the Instagram for exercise, is suing Garmin for allegedly copying its features. Josh Taylor explains it to Miles HerbertGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJosh, there’s a lot of commentary online from runners and cyclists over Strava suing Garmin. I am a runner, but I must confess I run to get away from the world – not participate in more online discourse. What’s it all about?Miles,...
Build or Buy? The Innovation Dilemma
Telcos longstanding fear of becoming a dumb pipe is coming to fruition. This is an innovation problem decades in the making that’s been…Continue reading on Medium »
Building a Self-Updating AI Butler (with Auto-Learning and Plugin Support) -Part 3
How I turned my Python voice assistant into a self-evolving system that installs its own plugins, updates its code, and learns my habits…Continue reading on Technology Core »
How Systems Thinking Can Defend Against Cyber Attacks
When technology connects everything, thinking like a system might be our best defense.Continue reading on Medium »
Google Rolls Out QR Code Verification for Secure Text Messages
In a bid to strengthen messaging security, Google tests QR code verification for text messages, offering users a simpler and safer way to…Continue reading on Medium »
After-Hours Key Pickups and Drop-Offs: A Better Experience for Dealership Customers
In the dealership service world, the first and last moments of a customer’s visit are often the most stressful—the drop-off and pickup…Continue reading on Keycafe »
“Business models create winners — features just fill the board.”
SaaS Is Not a Business Model: Why Clarity Matters More Than CodeContinue reading on Medium »
How Python Helped Me Create a Smart Expense Categorizer Without Excel
How I built a fully automated system that tracks, categorizes, and visualizes my spending—without touching a spreadsheetContinue reading on Python in Plain English »
How I Used Python to Build a Smart Email Sorter That Knows What’s Important
A Deep Dive Into Automating Inbox Management With Machine Learning and Natural Language ProcessingContinue reading on Python in Plain English »
The JavaScript Trick That Made My Website React to User Time Zones Automatically
How I used one clever script to make my site feel personal—no matter where visitors are in the worldContinue reading on Stackademic »