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Ars Live: Ross Scott discusses the Stop Killing Games movement

Ars Live: Ross Scott discusses the Stop Killing Games movement

By now, any serious gamer is familiar with a favorite title becoming unplayable after a centralized online server gets shut down, or being unable to purchase and download a digitally delisted, critically acclaimed title from yesteryear…

With new open models, Meta pitches another reboot of its struggling AI strategy

With new open models, Meta pitches another reboot of its struggling AI strategy

Meta has announced its intention to focus on open-weight large language models. Additionally, the company announced the release of an open model called Muse Glimmer and a promise to open the weights for Muse Spark 1.2, its more powerful…

Ben Jones, who played Cooter in the Dukes of Hazzard, has died

ABC News

Ben Jones, who played Cooter in the Dukes of Hazzard, has died

Ben Jones, who played Cooter in the Dukes of Hazzard before being elected to the US House of Representatives, has died, aged 84.

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Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand how to live

The Verge

Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand how to live

Recently, a man I was rock climbing with told me about how he'd used AI to make a motivational poster for himself, which he'd hung on his bedroom wall: a bear, walking a slackline over a canyon, holding a sign that said, "Do cool shit." I…

The Verge

'It's Stalin's dream' — Quote of the day by software pioneer Richard Stallman on the tracking capabilities of cell…

'It's Stalin's dream' — Quote of the day by software pioneer Richard Stallman on the tracking capabilities of cell…

The programmer Richard Stallman is not a household name, but his work has been instrumental in building the software industry, as has his long-term campaign for free software. He's also been a huge advocate for privacy in the digital age…

Nothing Has Changed: Why the Questions We Ask Still Decide What Is True

Hacker Noon

Nothing Has Changed: Why the Questions We Ask Still Decide What Is True

AI has multiplied the volume of information available to us. It has not changed how we separate truth from noise. The questions we ask still determine the answers we get — that discipline sits with the asker, not the tool, and it always…

Hacker Noon

No evidence of data breach after Chinese-made component found in Navy drones, MoD says

BBC

No evidence of data breach after Chinese-made component found in Navy drones, MoD says

The Royal Navy's new sea drones were found to include a Chinese-made component which sent communication to a Chinese IP address.

BBC

Apple may introduce a photo authentication tool in iOS 27

Engadget

Apple may introduce a photo authentication tool in iOS 27

Reference Image could be a new way to prove provenance in the wake of generative AI.

Engadget

Trump signs bonkers order that cuts vaccines, promotes ones that don't exist

Trump signs bonkers order that cuts vaccines, promotes ones that don't exist

President Trump signed an executive order Monday that makes sweeping, unilateral changes to federal vaccine recommendations. The order aims to reduce the number of lifesaving vaccines all children are recommended to get—from 18 to 11—while…

I asked Gemini if my chicken salad was still good: it saved itself and my stomach

I asked Gemini if my chicken salad was still good: it saved itself and my stomach

What is AI good for? It's a question I get asked and ask myself almost every day. Unlike a wrench, hammer, or screwdriver, which are each good for one or two tasks, AI is amorphous and intimidating in its breadth. It seems capable of…