Here’s one for our astronomy geeks. Our hacker [arrow] has made their own observatory! This particular video is a bit over ten minutes long and is basically a montage; there is no narration or explanation given, but you can watch clear progress being made and the ultimate success of the backyard facility. Obviously the coolest
Read More“Duolingo had been riding high,” reports Fast Company, until CEO Luis von Ahn “announced on LinkedIn that the company is phasing out human contractors, looking for AI use in hiring and in performance reviews, and that ‘headcount will only be given if a team cannot automate more of their work.’” But then “facing heavy backlash
Read MoreAI art is controversial, to say the least, but usually when talking about “AI Art”, one is talking about diffusion models. This unsettling artpeice called “Latent Reflection” by [Rootkid] (video after the break) has no AI generated visuals; instead it uses a lovely custom display and an LLM that has no mouth, but must scream.
Read MoreAI art is controversial, to say the least, but usually when talking about “AI Art”, one is talking about diffusion models. This unsettling artpeice called “Latent Reflection” by [Rootkid] (video after the break) has no AI generated visuals; instead it uses a lovely custom display and an LLM that has no mouth, but must scream.
Read MoreAI art is controversial, to say the least, but usually when talking about “AI Art”, one is talking about diffusion models. This unsettling artpeice called “Latent Reflection” by [Rootkid] (video after the break) has no AI generated visuals; instead it uses a lovely custom display and an LLM that has no mouth, but must scream.
Read MoreWhile LEGO themed video games have become something of a staple, in 1997 they were something of an odity. LEGO Island became the first LEGO video game released outside of Japan in 1997 and become something of a hit with over one million copies sold. The game was beloved among fans and set the stage
Read MoreWhile LEGO themed video games have become something of a staple, in 1997 they were something of an odity. LEGO Island became the first LEGO video game released outside of Japan in 1997 and become something of a hit with over one million copies sold. The game was beloved among fans and set the stage
Read MoreIt’s like “a USB-C port for AI applications…” according to the official documentation for MCP — “a standardized way to connect AI models to different data sources and tools.” And now Microsoft has “revealed plans to make MCP a native component of Windows,” reports DevClass.com, “despite concerns over the security of the fast-expanding MCP ecosystem.”
Read MoreYou’ll be able to use a USB mouse with the Nintendo Switch 2 in at least one game, as a Koei Tecmo developer commentary video for the upcoming Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening Complete Edition revealed this week. That’s great news if your wrists, like mine, started preemptively cramping the first time you saw video of someone
Read MoreWednesday Google security researchers published a preprint demonstrating that 2048-bit RSA encryption “could theoretically be broken by a quantum computer with 1 million noisy qubits running for one week,” writes Google’s security blog. “This is a 20-fold decrease in the number of qubits from our previous estimate, published in 2019… “ The reduction in physical
Read MoreWednesday Google security researchers published a preprint demonstrating that 2048-bit RSA encryption “could theoretically be broken by a quantum computer with 1 million noisy qubits running for one week,” writes Google’s security blog. “This is a 20-fold decrease in the number of qubits from our previous estimate, published in 2019… “ The reduction in physical
Read MoreElon Musk’s X appears to be in the midst of a significant outage. Feeds aren’t loading, and reports indicate that neither are DMs. A quick check of Down Detector shows a spike in reports that appeared to start shortly after 8AM ET and rise sharply. Reports seem to be leveling leveling off. Elsewhere on social
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Read MoreThese boots were not made for walking, but you can use AI to make them do it anyway. Even at first glance, there’s something off about the body on the street. The white sheet it’s under is a little too clean, and the officers’ movements are totally devoid of purpose. “We need to clear the
Read MoreThere are oh, so many strange things about the new Galaxy S25 Edge. Yes, it’s thin, and yes, it’s made from a durable mix of titanium and top-tier Gorilla Glass, but once you get past that, I am simply confused. It has a small battery that’s not silicon-carbon, slow charging with no magnetic ring for
Read MoreThe M.2 slot is usually used for solid-state storage devices. However, [bitluni] had another fun idea for how to use the interface. He built an M.2 compatible LED matrix that adds a little light to your motherboard. [bitluni] built a web tool for sending images to the matrix. [bitluni] noted that the M.2 interface is
Read MoreI’ve been playing with Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 since it released a few days ago, and so far, I have very few complaints. I love the Material 3 Expressive redesign, the updated quick settings are great, and I’m a big fan of the new look for notifications. But more than any of that, I’ve
Read MoreThe M.2 slot is usually used for solid-state storage devices. However, [bitluni] had another fun idea for how to use the interface. He built an M.2 compatible LED matrix that adds a little light to your motherboard. [bitluni] built a web tool for sending images to the matrix. [bitluni] noted that the M.2 interface is
Read MoreGoogle’s new AI video tool, Veo 3, is being used to create hyperrealistic videos that are now flooding the internet, terrifying viewers “with a sense that real and fake have become hopelessly blurred,” reports Axios. From the report: Unlike OpenAI’s video generator Sora, released more widely last December, Google DeepMind’s Veo 3 can include dialogue,
Read MoreHot or warm water, whatever works. Hot water is like internet connectivity for most Verge readers: you just expect it to be there. But that’s unlikely to be the case this summer when tent camping at a music festival or road-tripping into the great unknown. That’s where BougeRV’s battery-powered shower comes in. The $310 “Portable
Read MoreWhen retro computing nostalgia meets modern wireless wizardry, you get a near-magical tap-to-load experience. It’ll turn your Commodore 64 into a console-like system, complete with physical game cards. Inspired by TapTo for MiSTer, this latest hack brings NFC magic to real hardware using the TeensyROM. It’s been out there for a while, but it might
Read MoreLooking to make Kotlin a first-class language for AI, JetBrains has introduced Koog, an open source agentic framework for building AI agents within the Java virtual machine (JVM) ecosystem via a Kotlin domain-specific language (DSL). Introduced May 22 and found on GitHub, Kotlin-based Koog leverages a modern DSL and provides developers with tools to build intelligent,
Read MoreLooking to make Kotlin a first-class language for AI, JetBrains has introduced Koog, an open source agentic framework for building AI agents within the Java virtual machine (JVM) ecosystem via a Kotlin domain-specific language (DSL). Introduced May 22 and found on GitHub, Kotlin-based Koog leverages a modern DSL and provides developers with tools to build intelligent,
Read MoreTypically, when we think about forming metal parts, we think about beating them with hammers, or squeezing them with big hydraulic presses. But what if magnets could do the squeezing? As it turns out—Grumman Aerospace discovered they can, several decades ago! Even better, they summed up this technique in a great educational video which we’ve
Read MoreCredit: Samsung via Amazon Are you looking to get an excellent gaming monitor? Here’s a nice deal for you. The Samsung Odyssey G9 G95C is large, curved, and ultrawide. It’s also $500 off, and Samsung is throwing in a 27-inch Samsung Odyssey G55C monitor for free. This amounts to $799.99 in savings! Buy the Samsung
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