In its earliest days, open source tended to imitate and commoditize high-priced proprietary software (Linux for Unix, JBoss for BEA WebLogic, etc.). Today open source commands the role of innovator, not imitator. From cloud infrastructure and devops automation to machine learning and data engineering, open source projects have become enterprise defaults. What lies ahead? To
Read MoreCredit: Anbernic Handheld maker Anbernic has announced that it has suspended shipments to the US from China. Anbernic cited tariff changes as the reason for the decision. The company says customers can still get shipments from its US warehouse for now. The US tariff war with China, along with changes in duties, means that products
Read MoreCredit: Anbernic Handheld maker Anbernic has announced that it has suspended shipments to the US from China. Anbernic cited tariff changes as the reason for the decision. The company says customers can still get shipments from its US warehouse for now. The US tariff war with China, along with changes in duties, means that products
Read MoreThis UCD and Galway spin-out recently won a cash prize at this year’s Medical Device Development Centre (M2D2) competition in the US. Read more: Lia Eyecare: Using tech to tackle dry eyes while they’re closed
Read MoreWhile college applicants are often required to write a personal essay for their applications, political scientist/author/academic Yascha Mounk argues that’s “a deeply unfair way to select students for top colleges, one that is much more biased against the poor than standardized tests.” The college essay wrongly encourages students to cast themselves as victims, to exaggerate
Read MoreWhile college applicants are often required to write a personal essay for their applications, political scientist/author/academic Yascha Mounk argues that’s “a deeply unfair way to select students for top colleges, one that is much more biased against the poor than standardized tests.” The college essay wrongly encourages students to cast themselves as victims, to exaggerate
Read MoreChina played host to what, presumably, was the world’s first robot and human half-marathon. You can check out the action and the Tiangong Ultra robot that won in the video below. The event took place in Beijing and spanned 21.1 km. There was, however, a barrier between lanes for humans and machines. The human rules
Read MoreChina played host to what, presumably, was the world’s first robot and human half-marathon. You can check out the action and the Tiangong Ultra robot that won in the video below. The event took place in Beijing and spanned 21.1 km. There was, however, a barrier between lanes for humans and machines. The human rules
Read MoreSlashdot reader yeokm1 is the Singapore-based embedded security researcher whose side projects include installing Linux on a 1993 PC and building a ChatGPT client for MS-DOS. He’s now sharing his latest project — installing Llama 2 on DOS: Conventional wisdom states that running LLMs locally will require computers with high performance specifications especially GPUs with
Read MoreSlashdot reader yeokm1 is the Singapore-based embedded security researcher whose side projects include installing Linux on a 1993 PC and building a ChatGPT client for MS-DOS. He’s now sharing his latest project — installing Llama 2 on DOS: Conventional wisdom states that running LLMs locally will require computers with high performance specifications especially GPUs with
Read MoreMany of Logitechâs products are pricier now than they were in the recent past. In a video published this week, YouTuber Cameron Dougherty detailed increases as high as 25 percent on the companyâs PC and gaming accessories, including well-known Logitech gear like the MX Master 3S mouse. I took a peek at a few Internet
Read MoreThere was excitement when biotech company Collosal announced genetically modified grey wolves (first hailed as a “de-extinction” of the Dire wolf species after several millennia). “But bioethicists and conservationists are expressing unease with the kind of scientific research,” writes the Chicago Tribune. [Alternate URL here.] “Unfortunately, as clever as this science is … it’s can-do
Read MoreThere was excitement when biotech company Collosal announced genetically modified grey wolves (first hailed as a “de-extinction” of the Dire wolf species after several millennia). “But bioethicists and conservationists are expressing unease with the kind of scientific research,” writes the Chicago Tribune. [Alternate URL here.] “Unfortunately, as clever as this science is … it’s can-do
Read MoreTechCrunch looks at Mechanize, an ambitious new startup “whose founder — and the non-profit AI research organization he founded called Epoch — is being skewered on X…” Mechanize was launched on Thursday via a post on X by its founder, famed AI researcher Tamay Besiroglu. The startup’s goal, Besiroglu wrote, is “the full automation of
Read MoreTechCrunch looks at Mechanize, an ambitious new startup “whose founder — and the non-profit AI research organization he founded called Epoch — is being skewered on X…” Mechanize was launched on Thursday via a post on X by its founder, famed AI researcher Tamay Besiroglu. The startup’s goal, Besiroglu wrote, is “the full automation of
Read More“Honeybee colonies are under siege across much of North America…” reported the New York Times last week. [Alternate URL here.] Last winter beekeepers across America “began reporting massive beehive collapses. More than half of the roughly 2.8 million colonies collapsed, costing the industry about $600 million in economic losses…” America’s Department of Agriculture says “sublethal
Read MoreDespite the best efforts of the RepRap community over the last twenty years, self-replicating 3D printers have remained a stubbornly elusive goal, largely due to the difficulty of printing electronics. [Brian Minnick]’s fully-printed 3D printer could eventually change that, and he’s already solved an impressive number of technical challenges in the process. [Brian]’s first step
Read MoreThough the larger Star Wars franchise has seen better days, Disney Plus’ Visions animated series has been consistently excellent for the past two seasons, and the creative teams behind its next chapter make it sound like it’s going to be another knockout. The anthology series will see three storylines from previous episodes continue in this
Read MoreLooking for an easy blowout at home? These powerful blow-dry brushes can achieve the look by blending a blow dryer and hair brush into one easy gadget.
Read MoreFramework’s bet on a repairable and upgradeable laptop is finally paying off.
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Samsung has offered DeX mode since 2017, providing a PC-like interface when connected to an external display. Several other Android phone brands have since embraced this feature, but I’d argue that DeX is still the best. The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra continues to offer DeX along with an extremely
Read MoreHenk Rogers at the Tetris movie premiere at SXSW in 2023. | Photo: Rick Kern / FilmMagic<br> When Henk Rogers first read the script for the Tetris movie, he was shocked. âThere was so much Hollywood in the movie,â he tells The Verge. âIt just drove me nuts.â The film largely follows a pivotal period
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Samsung has offered DeX mode since 2017, providing a PC-like interface when connected to an external display. Several other Android phone brands have since embraced this feature, but I’d argue that DeX is still the best. The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra continues to offer DeX along with an extremely
Read MoreGoogle Photos never had a dark mode on its web interface until now. Users had to rely on extensions, add-ons, etc, to enable the site-wide dark mode on the Google Photos’ web interface. However, a few days back, Google Photos got a proper dark mode for everyone. Earlier this year, Google hinted at the arrival
Read MoreGoogle Photos never had a dark mode on its web interface until now. Users had to rely on extensions, add-ons, etc, to enable the site-wide dark mode on the Google Photos’ web interface. However, a few days back, Google Photos got a proper dark mode for everyone. Earlier this year, Google hinted at the arrival
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