Early this morning SpaceX successfully launched its Starship rocket on its fifth test flight. But more importantly, CNBC points out, SpaceX “made a dramatic first catch of the rocket’s more than 20-story tall booster.” Watch the footage here. It’s pretty exciting… The achievement marks a major milestone toward SpaceX’s goal of making Starship a fully
Read MoreFor the most sensitive parts of the human body, friction is the enemy. Here’s how to keep it at bay with our favorite lubes made of water, silicone, or natural oil.
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority The Gmail app comes pre-installed on the best Android phones you can buy. Gmail is also used by over 1.8 billion people — roughly 20% of the world’s population. Given the number of people who use the service, its pre-installation state on Android, all the fancy AI features in
Read MoreScreenshot: SpaceX livestream SpaceX launched Starship for its fifth flight test at about 8:25AM ET from its South Texas launch site. The company succeeded in returning the Starship Super Heavy booster to its landing pad, where it was “caught” using arms on the launch tower that SpaceX refers to as the “chopsticks.” The catch was
Read Morespatwei shared an article from SC World: Attacks on large language models (LLMs) take less than a minute to complete on average, and leak sensitive data 90% of the time when successful, according to Pillar Security. Pillar’s State of Attacks on GenAI report, published Wednesday, revealed new insights on LLM attacks and jailbreaks, based on
Read MoreHigh-quality imitations of luxury products are rising, and people aren’t ashamed to buy them anymore. How do designer brands retain their appeal?
Read More[DrMattRegan] has started a new video series to show his latest recreation of a Commodore VIC-20. The core of the machine is [Ben Eater’s] breadboard 6502 design. To make it a VIC-20, though, you need a “VIC chip” which, of course, is no longer readily available. Many people, of course, use FPGAs or other programmable
Read More[DrMattRegan] has started a new video series to show his latest recreation of a Commodore VIC-20. The core of the machine is [Ben Eater’s] breadboard 6502 design. To make it a VIC-20, though, you need a “VIC chip” which, of course, is no longer readily available. Many people, of course, use FPGAs or other programmable
Read MoreMeta’s Oversight Board “is spinning off a new appeals center,” reports the Washington Post, “to handle content disputes from European social media users on multiple platforms”. It will operate under Europe’s Digital Services Act, “which requires tech companies to allow users to appeal restrictions on their accounts before an independent group of experts.” “I think
Read MoreFor as long as AI Large Language Models have been around (well, for as long as modern ones have been accessible online, anyway) people have tried to coax the models into revealing their system prompts. The system prompt is essentially the model’s fundamental directives on what it should do and how it should act. Such
Read MoreFor as long as AI Large Language Models have been around (well, for as long as modern ones have been accessible online, anyway) people have tried to coax the models into revealing their system prompts. The system prompt is essentially the model’s fundamental directives on what it should do and how it should act. Such
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal delves into the origin story of that teenaged Grand Theft Auto VI leaker. Arion Kurtaj, now 19 years old, is the most notorious name that has emerged from a sprawling set of online communities called the Com… Their youthful inventiveness and tenacity, as well as their status as minors that make
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal delves into the origin story of that teenaged Grand Theft Auto VI leaker. Arion Kurtaj, now 19 years old, is the most notorious name that has emerged from a sprawling set of online communities called the Com… Their youthful inventiveness and tenacity, as well as their status as minors that make
Read MoreA regular comment we see on electric aircraft is to “just add solar panels to the wings.” [James] from Project Air has been working on just such a solar plane, and as he shows in the video after the break, it is not a trivial challenge. A solar RC plane has several difficult engineering challenges
Read MoreThursday the Associated Press reported: One of the two companies that manufacture high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors and other high-tech products from mines in a western North Carolina community severely damaged by Hurricane Helene is operating again. Sibelco announced on Thursday that production has restarted at its mining and processing operations in Spruce Pine,
Read MorePhysicist John Archibald Wheeler made groundbreaking contributions to physics, and [Amanda Gefter] has a fantastic writeup about the man. He was undeniably brilliant, and if you haven’t heard of him, you have certainly heard of some of his students, not to mention his work. Ever heard of wormholes? Black holes? How about the phrase “It
Read MorePhysicist John Archibald Wheeler made groundbreaking contributions to physics, and [Amanda Gefter] has a fantastic writeup about the man. He was undeniably brilliant, and if you haven’t heard of him, you have certainly heard of some of his students, not to mention his work. Ever heard of wormholes? Black holes? How about the phrase “It
Read MoreAfter nearly 30 years of covering Kamala Harris, the San Francisco Chronicle is now letting ChatGPT do it. Sort of… “We’re introducing a new way to engage with our decades of coverage: an AI-powered tool designed to answer your questions about Harris’ life, her journey through public service and her presidential campaign,” they announced this
Read Morewiredmikey writes: As the dust settles following the massive Windows BSOD tech outages caused by CrowdStrike in July 2024, the question is now, how do we prevent this happening again? While there was no current way Microsoft could have prevented this incident, the OS firm is obviously keen to prevent anything similar happening in the
Read MoreRegular leaker Sonny Dickson has posted a photo of a pair of cases alleged to be for a fourth-generation iPhone SE, which could be announced as soon as late October. An iPhone 14, which the next generation of iPhone SE is said to be based on. Current iPhone SE cases for the 2022 third-generation model
Read MoreFormer Ukranian officer Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov created a Signal channel where military communications specialists could talk with civilian radio experts, reports MIT’s Technology Review. But radio communications are crucial for drones, so… About once a month, he drives hundreds of kilometers east in a homemade mobile intelligence center: a black VW van in which stacks
Read MoreMany U.S. states now require candidates to disclose when political ads used generative AI, reports the Washington Post. Unfortunately, researchers at New York University’s Center on Technology Policy “found that people rated candidates ‘less trustworthy and less appealing’ when their ads featured AI disclaimers…” In the study, researchers asked more than 1,000 participants to watch
Read MoreFormed in 2021 by cybersecurity professionals (and backed by high-powered VCs including Dell Technologies Capital), Halcyon sells an enterprise-grade anti-ransomware platform. And this month they announced they’re offering protection against ransomware attacks targeting Linux systems, according to Linux magazine: According to Cynet, Linux ransomware attacks increased by 75 percent in 2023 and are expected to
Read MoreThe upcoming iOS 18.1 update will allow users to change a previous primary email address, as well as letting those with iCloud.com, mac.com, or me.com email addresses change them. Your Apple ID is now known as your Apple Account, and comes with new flexibility. Previously, Apple didn’t allow any changes to your primary iCloud email
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Circle to Search has received an update that takes away one of its tools. The feature has lost its Google Lens shortcut. The change has been widely rolled out. Just as it was announced that HONOR phones would get Circle to Search, the feature has received somewhat of a
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