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A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on December 6, 2024, upheld a law requiring TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the video app by January 19, 2025, or face a nationwide ban on the app. The

It takes a ton of energy to train the most advanced AI. According to one estimate, by the year 2027, AI electricity needs could be comparable to the energy use of all of Argentina. 

That’s largely to do with the fact that the chips used to train AI models, called graphics processing units or GPUs, are far more powerful—and power hungry—than those used to, s

Scientists in the UK have successfully created the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery, which could power low-energy devices like satellite communication equipment for over 5,000 years. The ba

Just two weeks since raising $125mn in funding, British scaleup Tokamak Energy has secured backing from the US and UK to upgrade its ST40 fusion energy plant. The US Department of Energy (DOE), the UK’s Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (

Starting out in sales as a business development rep (BDR) is like boot camp for the business world. You learn resilience, understand rejection, and develop grit—qualities that stick with you throughout your career.

I began my own career as a BDR, hammering out cold calls, compiling prospect lists with hardly any data, and spending hours researching targets, often wondering if I was reaching the right people. Back then, BDRs like me had to rely on a lot of manual effort and intuitio

At the end of October, with iOS 18.1., Apple released the first iteration of its Apple Intelligence platform to users.

The new tools it offered included generative writing capabilities, the ability to summarize notifications and emails, and an AI-powered cleanup tool that allows users to easily remove unwanted objects from photos. The writing and summarizing to

Jaderné baterie jsou sice na jedno použití, ale vydrží v provozu nesmírně dlouho. Nové diamantové baterie s uhlíkem-14 mohou dodávat mikrowatty elektřiny po tisíce let. Energii dodávají elektrony z beta rozpadu. Baterie se mohou bez potíží uplatnit ve vesmíru, na Zemi i v lidském těle. http://www.osel.cz/13810-diamantova-baterie-s-uhlikem-14-vydrzi-tisic-let.html

Free will is a strange thing, because what’s to stop you from taking a freshly popped bag of popcorn and, say, tossing it in the freezer?

TikTok is no stranger to viral food sensations, from the viral cucumber salad to the “onion boil.” Now, frozen popcorn is having a moment online. This latest trend has late-night snackers swapping the microwave for the freezer, turning the classic warm, buttery treat into a crisp, chilled bite that’s sparking debate across social medi

When most people hear “TikTok features,” there’s usually some eye-rolling involved. But after 17 years of helping companies navigate digital transformation, I’ve noticed something more profound happening. When working with leaders in financial services, real estate, and healthcare, we’ve consistently discovered that consumers don’t want different experiences for different parts of their lives—whether ordering groceries, planning trips, or buying homes. What looks like feature copying actuall

Google's CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that Google Search will profoundly change in 2025 and struggled to articulate concern for web content creators

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“POV: you watched 3 times so my mom can pay for her medical bills,” reads one post on

Google simplifies analytics tracking with new one-click key event features in GA4, powered by machine learning.

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A federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in a few short months, handing a resounding defeat to the popular social media platform as it fights for its survival in the U.S.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the law, which requires TikTok to break ties with its China-based parent com

China has banned exports of key materials used to make a wide range of products, including smartphones, electric vehicles, radar systems and CT scanners, swiping back at Washington after it expanded export controls to include dozens of Chinese companies that make equipm

Google advises prioritizing field data over lab data for Core Web Vitals, as PageSpeed Insights throttling is adjusted.

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Ben and Ryan talk all things mobile app development with Kenny Johnston, Chief Product Officer at Instabug. They explore what’s unique about mobile observability, how AI tools can reduce developer toil, and why user experience matters so much for app quality. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/12/06/from-bugs-to-performance-to-perfection-pushing-code-quality-in-mobile-apps/

In 2020, Richard Socher left Salesforce to build the next big search engine. Google was king back then, but he felt its flagship product was woefully inefficient. Search queries were filled with SEO sludge and invasive advertisements, and the answers it provided were often too simplistic for the average knowledge worker. Using AI, Socher made sure the highest-quality information sho

World leaders gathered last month at COP29 in Azerbaijan to discuss how best to tackle climate change. But on TikTok, climate change misinformation posted around that same time went unchecked by the company’s moderation team, according to a new report by Global Witness, an international NGO.

Videos posted during COP29 by some of the U.K.’s biggest media outlets, including the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 News

This guide will show you how to harness the potential of TikTok ads to boost brand awareness and drive conversions.

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German startup FibreCoat has bagged €20mn in Series B funding as it looks to bring its super-resistant materials to the burgeoning space industry.  FibreCoat spunout from RWTH Aachen University in 2020. The startup has developed a patented process for co

Google Deepmind researchers have built an AI weather forecasting tool that makes faster and more accurate predictions than the best system available today. Dubbed GenCast, the new model outperformed the ENS forecast, widely regarded as

I can’t overstate how radical Apple’s Mac mini was when it debuted in January 2005. It was tiny, measuring just 6.5 inches squared and two inches high—the smallest Mac ever. It boasted a new Bring-Your-Own (BYO) design model that enabled customers to use whichever monitor, keyboard, and mouse they liked with the computer—which was another departure from consumer Macs at the time, namely the iMac and eMac, which had all these accessories baked in. Such modularity conferred several advantages f

In 1993, Intel released the first Pentium processor. By today’s standards, it was primitive. At the time, it represented a major—and exciting—leap forward, even if it didn’t quite match the Macintosh’s Motorola 601 chip in sheer number-crunching performance.

The 1990s and 2000s were, generally speaking, a great time for the CPU industry. Every other year, there was something new. Intel’s MMX promised better performance in media and gaming applications. In 20

Kosmologové dnes koketují s představou, že kosmická inflace proběhla těsně před Velkým třeskem. Tým University of Texas vv Austinu vytvořil model WIFI (Warm Inflation via ultraviolet Freeze-In), podle něhož během takové inflace vznikla temná hmota dnešního vesmíru. V tomto modelu jde o horkou inflaci, která zahrnuje záření. http://www.osel.cz/13809-upekla-temnou-hmotu-horka-inflace-pred-velkym-treskem.html

“Hello, I am here to make you skinny,” opens the conversation on popular startup Character.AI. “Remember, it won’t be easy, and I won’t accept excuses or failure,” the bot continues. “Are you sure you’re up to the challenge?”

As if being a teenager isn’t hard enough, AI chatbots are now encouraging dangerous weight loss and eating habits in teen users. According to a

Since OpenAI first released ChatGPT to the public in November 2022, there has been a proliferation of consumer-facing chatbots in the large language model (LLM) race, changing how consumers interact with information. 

Chatbots are the interface we use to interact with LLMs. These models are trained on vast data sets and fine-tuned for conversational abilities and are constantly improv

This week on the php podcast, Eric and John talk about Lazy Object in PHP 8.4, php[tek] 2025 first round of speaker selection is done, PHP Architect is now on Bluesky (@phparch.com), join the PHP Architect Squad on daily.dev. CPX, Security issues with RCS, and more… Links from the show: PHP: Lazy Objects – Manual […]

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OpenAI announces o1, the "world's smartest language model" and a Pro tier offering unlimited usage and more computing power.

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Before fully immersing yourself in the holiday spirit, there’s another yearly tradition to dive into: Spotify Wrapped day.

This annual event gives Spotify’s 640 million users a chance to celebrate, or cringe at, their music taste with friends, family, and strangers on the i

Crypto enthusiasts are rallying over their new riches on social media after Bitcoin crossed the $100,000 threshold on Thursday.

“$100,000 is a psychological milestone,” entrepreneur and investor Anthony Pompliano wrote on X. “Every boomer is waking up to headlines tomorrow and then going to buy some bitcoin just in case they were wrong. Welcome to the next phase of the game.”

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Google reveals it uses about 40 different signals to choose canonical URLs when dealing with duplicate web content.

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Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here.

The myth of scaling to reach AGI is wearing thin

The first two years of the AI boom were all about monolithic large language models (LL

The terrible thing about deleting data from a database is that it’s gone forever. We can’t even look at the data to see if we need it because it’s gone. If we need the data back, our only solution is to restore a backup, cross our fingers, and hope we have the backup just before […]

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Google warns websites about error pages creating "black holes" that can permanently remove content from search results.

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The largest artificial intelligence data center ever built by Facebook’s parent company Meta is coming to northeast Louisiana, the company said Wednesday, bringing hopes that the $10 billion

A pair of European satellites rocketed into orbit Thursday on the first mission to create artificial solar eclipses through fancy formation flying in space.

Each fake eclipse should la

On the internet, people go viral for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes, for the wrong ones. 

LOLCows are one example of the internet’s darker sense of humor. While not a new term, an “LOLCow” is a “a person you get extensive laughs from, who doesn’t know they are being made fun of,” according to  Urban Dictionary. In other words, a person being milked for “lols” or laughs. “They can often think they are a

A top White House official on Wednesday said at least eight U.S. telecom firms and dozens of nations have been impacted by a Chinese hacking campaign.

Deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger offered new details about the breadth of the

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co is in discussions with Nvidia Corp to produce its Blackwell artificial intelligence chips at the contract manufacturer’s new plant in

Learn how metadata on photos can boost your website's rankings in search engine results in this week's Ask An SEO.

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Wondering how to go about creating an LLM that understands your custom data? Start here. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/12/05/four-approaches-to-creating-a-specialized-llm/

Microsoft’s cloud ambitions just hit a major snag in the UK. The tech giant is facing a £1bn ($1.27 billion) lawsuit over how it licenses software to customers using rival cloud platforms. Filed in the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal by Scott+Scott, the

UK startup PhysicsX, founded by former Formula 1 engineering whizz Robin “Dr. Rob” Tuluie, has unveiled an AI tool that could fast-track the time it takes to design a new aircraft from months to just a few days.  Dubbed LGM-Aero, the software crea

In mid-October, rumors were swirling that Ubisoft was planning to shut down XDefiant, its struggling free-to-play first-person shooter game. Producer Mark Rubin took to social media to categorically deny that chatter. Tuesday afternoon, he was back on X.com—this time to announce the game was indeed ending.

Ubisoft has pulled the plug on

When it comes to producing state-of-the-art microchips for artificial intelligence, only one company produces the multimillion-dollar hardware necessary to draw the complex, microscopic designs on silicon needed for the chips to work: ASML. Big chipmakers like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Intel, and Samsung all rely on the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology that the Dutch company provides. No wonder it

Wix Analytics quietly integrates TWIPLA session recording toolkit, enabling users to analyze visitor interactions

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Why play a video game when you could watch an internet celebrity do it? 

According to a new MIDiA Research survey, gamers are spending more time watching videos about gaming than playing games themselves. The average respondent spent 8.5 hours scrolling YouTube and Twitch for gaming content, compared to just 7.4 hours booting up their favorite ga

Matcha is undoubtedly the beverage of the moment. It’s almost impossible to scroll on social media without catching glimpses of bright green, sipped out of glass straws or takeaway cups. In Japan, however, the matcha industry is struggling to keep up with soaring demand.

“POV: The girls have caused a matcha shortage in Japan,” says one viral TikTok post. The clip shows a sign at a tea shop in Japan that re

Jumping into SEO without a game plan can waste time with little payoff. These daily, weekly, and monthly checklists will help you stay on track.

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Threads is going deeper into the fediverse, the interconnected social platform ecosystem based on an open protocol called ActivityPub that includes apps such as Mastodon and BookWyrm.

Instagram head Adam Mosseri said that starting Wednesday, Threads users can follow people from other fediverse servers who have interacted with f

In this episode, Scott talks to Florian Engelhardt about concurrency in PHP. Links Florian on Mastodon – https://phpc.social/@flowcontrol Florian’s Website – https://dotbox.org Article – Concurrency in PHP: What are my options?

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Gravatar announces free domain names for creating custom Bluesky handles in just four simple steps.

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Že množstvo spermii u mužov vo vyspelých krajinách západnej civilizácie postupne klesá, potvrdili už tisíce prieskumov. Príčiny sa hľadali a nachádzali v prevládajúcom životnom štýle v konzumnej spoločnosti, ale spermie ubúdajú aj v menej rozvinutých a menej konzumných krajinách. Možných príčin je priveľa a uspokojivé možnosti riešenia tohto problému zatiaľ chýbajú. http://www.osel.cz/13808-umierat-ci-vymierat-bude-tak-zniet-otazka-pre-nasich-potomkov.html

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who is in a legal dispute with rival Elon Musk, said he is “not that worried” about Musk’s influence in the incoming Trump administration.

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Disney. Pixar. Marvel. Star Wars. National Geographic. Hulu. The Walt Disney Co. isn’t a portfolio of brands so much as a portfolio of portfolios of brands. Today it’s expanding its Disney+ streaming service by adding content from yet another of its marquee names: ESPN.

More specifically, it’s adding a tile to the Disney+ home screen that leads to content from the ESPN+ streaming service, which is available both in stand-alone form and as part of a variety of bundles. Disney+ viewe

Google introduces 'Dating and Companionship' ads policy, including mandatory certification for dating app advertisers starting in March.

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Are you location sharing official? Whether it’s for practical reasons, like checking if your partner can swing past your favorite takeaway on the way home, or seeing if they have got home safely from a night out, location sharing is quickly becoming the digital equivalent of leaving a toothbrush at their place. 

Since Apple’s

Google clarifies robots.txt best practices and explains when to use robots.txt directives and noindex tags for SEO.

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For many Americans, pharmaceutical drugs are too expensive—and thanks to a system of complex and tedious bureaucracy, any effort for meaningful reform has been futile. Cost Plus Drugs wants to change that. With the help of co-founder Mark Cuban, CEO Alex Oshmyansky is radically re-engineering the pharma marketplace and dramatically cutting the price for many prescription drugs. Oshmyansky shares why Big Pharma might not be the true adversary, how Y Combinator got his company off the ground,

Federal authorities on Tuesday urged telecommunication companies to boost network security following a sprawling Chinese hacking campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Amer

It is an ambitious social experiment of our moment in history—one that experts say could accomplish something that parents, schools, and other governments have attempted with varying degrees of success: keeping kids off social media until they turn 16.

U pohřbených barbarských válečníků v zemích za hranicemi Římské říše, se často nacházejí nenápadné lžičky, u nichž není jasné, k čemu mohly sloužit. Polští badatelé jsou přesvědčeni, že je bojovníci používali ke šňupání psychoaktivních látek před bitvou a klidně i jindy. Jak se zdá, evropští barbaři neholdovali jen alkoholu. http://www.osel.cz/13807-barbarsti-valecnici-za-vlady-rima-bezne-valcili-na-psychotropnich-latkach.html

AI researcher and industry insider Ali Farhadi doesn’t mince words when it comes to open-source artificial intelligence: “Openness is the only way forward,” he says.

Farhadi is a professor at the University of Washington as well as the CEO of the Allen Institute for AI (AI2), one of the most active nonprofit AI research institutes in the nation. The institute has three main areas of focus: Open Ecosystem, empowering others with AI capabilities; AI for scientists, helping them do th

In 2016, when Twitter replaced its purely chronological timeline with one that used an algorithm to determine what users saw, I declared it to be a minor whoop at most—a 2.35 on a scale of 1 to 10. Maybe I was too serene about the change, which theoretically helped people see worthwhile tweets that they might otherwise have missed. But I d

Twenty website building platforms and CMSs were ranked for accessibility—the winner may surprise you.

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Explore the growing trend of micro-communities on social media, which offer marketers opportunities to engage with niche, tight-knit audiences.

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PLD Space has secured an €11mn loan to help fund the development of a liftoff site for its partially reusable Miura 5 rocket, which is set to become Europe’s first privately developed satellite launcher — unless one of its competitors gets

A Spanish government-appointed committee of experts has recommended that smartphones sold in the country carry health warning labels. The advice comes amid mounting concern about the effects of smartphone use, particularly among young people.   The

It’s been the biggest year for elections in human history: 2024 is a “super-cycle” year in which 3.7 billion eligible voters in 72 countries had the chance to go to the polls. These are also the