As agents escape containment and access external systems, responsibility remains human. Accountability, however, is much less settled.
When the midrange Sony Xperia 10 VI was announced over two years ago with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chipset and Android 14, Sony promised three major OS updates which would have included this year's Android 17 release. However, according to a notice posted to the company's UK support site, the Xperia 10 VI […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk showcased the vehicle at a facility owned by his SpaceX company, which helped develop the model.
Since gun-rights activist and alt-right-friendly agitator Cody Wilson made the first 3D-printed firearm 13 years ago, he's helped usher in a chaotic era of untraceable ghost guns. Now he's claiming another first: "the first AI-made gun." It's called the WASP. I stood about 20 feet away as Wilson and his sidekick clamped the WASP to […]
France boss Laurent Frayssinous suggests the gap between the NRL and Super League was a huge factor in their 78-4 defeat by Samoa at the Men's Rugby League World Cup.
The prime minister said he wanted regions to have more power while on his first substantive trip to Scotland since moving into Downing Street.
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. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined…
The Princess of Wales launches a project encouraging a greater emphasis on children learning from nature.
Susan Lyall worked with actor Jeremy Strong to research the Meta CEO’s favorite Nikes and luxury sweaters The first Aaron Sorkin Facebook movie, 2010’s The Social Network, helped cement the early aughts image of Mark Zuckerberg rebelling against corporate norms in rumpled hoodies and T-shirts. The follow-up, The Social Reckoning, is carbon-dated from 2019 to 2021. This is “post-hoodie”, as the movie’s costume designer, Susan Lyall, describes it, “post-thumbing his nose” to formality. It is also peak robot. Zuckerberg’s reserved wardrobe of suits or interchangeable long-sleeved…
Microsoft promises one machine for dev, AI, and gaming, and mostly gets there.
Few phones have been more anticipated than a foldable iPhone, but it's finally here. The iPhone Duo was unveiled during Apple's "Surprise and shine" event alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 models. Apple's first foldable has a 5.4-inch outer screen, and it unfolds to show off its […]
After setting up Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra, I spent five minutes just staring at it. I wasn't surprised by its MacBook Pro-like design or blown away by its bright display. I was trying to work out what I'd actually do with a $5,900 laptop. This isn't just any regular Windows laptop. Microsoft has teamed up […]
Shell agrees sale of French mobility unit to DCC Energy, source says Reuters
Steam has launched Achievement Sets in beta.
Israel now reaches into Cyprus’s water, gas, health and defence and many Cypriots fear their island is losing control.
The Tesla Roadster 2 drove up a curved ramp before using SpaceX rocket thrusters to fly, flip and land Elon Musk has revealed Tesla’s latest model, which he claims will be the world’s first flying car, using technology from his aerospace company SpaceX to “basically fly like a rocket”. The billionaire, who hosted a demonstration of the Tesla Roadster 2 at the SpaceX rocket development and testing facility in Texas, said the sports car could go from 0 to 60mph in a record time of less than a second and had thrusters. Continue reading...
Israeli settlers were seen attacking Palestinian farmers and setting fire to olive trees in the West Bank.
Beijing’s gold purchases reflect a shift away from reliance on US dollar assets, experts say.
As the US attacks the ICC, Kuala Lumpur welcomes a leader the court’s prosecutor wants arrested.
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The Irish author said her books can no longer be sold in the UK after she pledged the royalties to a banned pro-Palestinian group.
In the space of a month, a new category of AI model went from nonexistent to everywhere. TypeSafe AI released Jev on September 15 and called it a System One model, a nod to Kahneman's fast, intuitive thinking. OpenAI announced its own Decisions API at DevDay and opened a public beta on October 6. Cribl published cribl-decision, an open LoRA adapter you can run locally. Others, like Laya, are
Pull Presence is a Chrome extension that gives you visibility into who else may be reviewing a GitHub pull request in real time. Why? Not sure if anyone else encounters this but I have a few times when I pinged someone asking for a review and then they mentioned they are already reviewing it. I thought to myself, "wouldn't it be neat to see who is currently reviewing?". Also as a reviewer, I think it would be nice for the author to know that I'm currently reviewing. Not sure if this resonates with anyone else. The way it works is, once you install the extension, you'll need to sign in to GitH…
US and Russia each have more than 4,000 warheads. China set to catch up with them within five years, Trump says.
So I fell in love with Physics when I read Chaos by James Gleick and I didn't actually know how to program at the time but much of the book was rooted in the concept that chaotic non-deterministic behaviour can emerge from a few simple rules. Probably the best known example is the butterfly effect but there are many others. 20+ years later I am able to vibe code this app to visually demonstrate this simplicity and chaos. Would love to get some feedback on the app. Please be as honest as possible. Or just some chats about Chaos. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50117053 Point…
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Johannes Natland, 19, travelled to West Yorkshire to carry out a "hit" in March last year.
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Forged signatures and thumbprints - even of dead and fictitious people - allegedly used to obtain land for bauxite mine.
This is a problem: Any open model whose weights have been edited can carry a backdoor, whether it’s a task-specific fine-tune, a merged adapter or an abliterated build. We have abliterated models in the title because it’s the most popular reason people download modified weights without verifying what’s inside. Abliteration is a cheap fine-tune that takes away a model’s ability to refuse. You find the direction in the weights that carries “no” and subtract it. The model then answers things a safety-tuned version would turn down. It began as a research trick and it’s now routine b…
A teen opened fire at an Oregon elementary school, leaving three kids and one teacher dead. And, the Justice Department is suing California over alleged noncitizen voters.
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The pioneering reusable upper stage for Stoke Space's Nova rocket ships out for testing.
“I felt like there were some moments in the film where she was just brazenly lying.”
A top performer in both dark rooms and in bright sunshine, the AWOL Vision Aetherion Max RGB Laser UST Projector gives movie theaters a run for their money.
Character.AI collected millions of users, making it a very appealing acquisition. Google took a unique route to "acquiring" it, hiring away its founders and licensing its technology. Now Character.AI is filing for bankruptcy. Here's what to know.
A network of AI-generated models is using comics’ material to funnel views to their OnlyFans and Fanvue accounts—and there’s not much comedians can do about it.
The 51-year-old faces three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one of indecent assault, which he denies.
Countries along NATO’s eastern flank growing increasingly concerned about the risk of escalation of the war in Ukraine.
Severe drought was declared across parts of southern England after months of low rainfall.
The year of Corporate Compliance on the Linux desktop is here
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India host West Indies in the final match of the tour on Saturday with an all-time classic T20 series level at 2-2.
The elevation of teenager Thomas Rew to Lions captain is a further sign of the high regard he is held in by the England hierarchy and follows him being given his first senior call-up and central contract.
What originally looked like clutter turned out to be my new favorite gadget for organizing my family’s life.
It is Palestine’s olive harvest, but settlers have set their trees and vehicles on fire.
Fulham head coach Alvaro Arbeloa says the focus should not be on him as his side searches for a first Premier League win this season against Hull City this weekend.
It is the first time the president has addressed nuclear weapons, but he didn't deny US could use 'mother of all bombs'.
Yorkshire Wildlife Park says the decision was made after 'engagement with the relevant authorities'.
The UN is warning that nearly one million displaced Palestinians face flooding risks as winter approaches.
The ChatGPT browser extension lets you compare information from your open tabs.
The infrastructure is designed to support multiple flights per week by the end of the decade.
Android laptops are here, but Google has a lot of work ahead to make them good.
Android laptops are here, but Google has a lot of work ahead to make them good.
An important change will soon be made to global timekeeping that aims to prevent potential infrastructure failures akin to the Y2K bug scare. On Thursday, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) voted to scrap the leap second, an ad hoc time adjustment that's occasionally added so tracked time standards mirror the Earth's real […]
The SIR is disenfranchising marginalised communities and advancing the Hindu nationalist project.
Surprised by the hype around yet another documentary on Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes? It has everything to do with this experimental comedian.
This direct-to-consumer brand’s latest top-of-the-line devices work well but only showcase incremental improvements over previous models.
Core devs revert up to 10 features, push release to November, and blame better tooling rather than vibe coding
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Joshua Foster will have to pay 3,000 euro (£2,500), a judge in Paphos rules.
The Apple Store is down ahead of pre-orders for the first folding iPhone.
I'm RN developer in South Korea, i built this on my own. Non-native speaker, sorry for my English. - Sometimes it is very hard to decide something. - So I made simple service for get decisions from "Three Old Awesome philosophers’ vote". - No sign-up needed. - Using Jev(Probabilistic Classification Model) to calculate philosophers’ emotion and decision. These result are based on their written philosophy. - While typing your question, philosophers show their emotion through their faces(simply created by blender 3D). - For make questions to YES/NO style, so I use Haiku to polishing question…
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A 16-year-old killed three children and a teacher at a primary school in Oregon before he was killed by a bystander, police say.
Investors bought stocks and bonds, shed cash in past week, say BofA Reuters
Sanctions and a North Korean leadership that prioritises security dim prospects for trade, analysts say.
Lisandro Martinez apologises for his criticism after on-field spotlight shifts to Manchester United from City.
Cockroach Janta Party standoff with government extended as youth-led movement calls protest over jailing of activists.
Campbell Petrie was found guilty of physical and sexual abuse towards the women between 2006 and 2023.
UK school admits data protection bungle as children's data at risk
Chelsea announce captain Reece James has undergone successful surgery on a knee injury.
PC; Origame Digital This odd but absorbing adventure sends you waddling across Antarctica in search of an eldritch entity – uncovering a world far stranger than it first appears A Nazi kneels down on frozen snow, staring at an endless Antarctic horizon. Another holds a gun to his head, ready to end his own life. I direct a small waddling penguin up to them, trying to imagine what it could be thinking. Dismay, perhaps. Likely bewilderment. But then a faint smile seems to break out across its beaky face, as if amused by these silly humans and their misguided belief that they could ever best t…
I don’t remember much about Peppy, my first and only pet cat. I can conjure the sensation of stroking her while she purred, recall how she used to get stuck in trees (just like in cartoons!), and chuckle about the time she pooed in my baby sister’s cot. That’s about it. What I do vividly…
A focus group of eight Gen Z Trump voters reported feeling unhappy or disappointed with the state of politics, with some going as far as to say they regret supporting him in 2024.
I. Meet cute Barnabas and Mainspring grew up near at hand, about an hour apart with good traffic, but for a long time they weren’t close. They traded glimpses and occasional hellos and then went about their business. Both of them carried on livelier conversations with farther-flung neighbors, who were richer and had more to…
The administration says papers created in the White House belong to Donald Trump, not to the American people. The case could ultimately end up at the conservative-leaning Supreme Court.
Plus, this week saw comings and goings at the White House, the revenge of a child (reality) star, and Elon Musk doing Elon Musk things.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects more than 5 million people around the world. And until now, no treatment could restore their vision. The Prima system, which was approved in Europe in July and is awaiting FDA clearance in the US, changes that. It combines a retinal implant with camera-equipped eyeglasses to improve sight in patients…
Saint, who died Oct. 6, studied at the Actors Studio and was best known for her roles in On the Waterfront and the Hitchcock film North by Northwest. Originally broadcast in 2000.
Scientists can’t agree why reefs in the Red Sea have long been immune to bleaching. The answer could be the key to saving these tough corals as climate change begins taking its toll.
Three children and a teacher were killed in a shooting at an Oregon school, how Russia is viewing Ukraine's strikes and its growing rift with the U.S., DOJ sues California over its voter rolls.