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Apple’s M4 Mac mini is a tiny miracle. Inside the drastic redesign

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

Breakthrough tech can no longer rely on CPUs

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

Upekla temnou hmotu horká inflace před Velkým třeskem?

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

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Character.AI is under fire for hosting pro-anorexia chatbots

“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

Ultimate guide to ChatGPT, Gemini, Llama, and other genAI chatbots you need right now

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

php[podcast] 2024.12.5: Tek(nically) Speaking

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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‘So LAZY this year’: The internet is furious that Spotify Wrapped embraced AI—and got boring

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

Bitcoin $100K party: Why the price is a psychological milestone for longtime crypto believers

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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Why the ‘one AI model to rule them all’ myth needs to die

Welcome to AI DecodedFast 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

How To: Soft Delete Data in Laravel 11

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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Meta’s massive $10 billion AI data center is coming to this state

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

These satellites are on a mission to create the first fake solar eclipses. Here’s how

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

‘The 21st century equivalent of court jesters’: TikTok’s dark obsession with ‘LOLCows’

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

The White House reveals at least 8 U.S. telecom firms impacted by China’s Salt Typhoon cyberattack

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

TSMC and Nvidia in talks to make AI chips in Arizona, sources reveal

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

Microsoft faces £1B cloud licensing lawsuit in the UK


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

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Dr. Rob’s new AI model promises to cut aircraft design time from months to days


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

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Ubisoft’s problems compound with the sudden shutdown of ‘XDefiant’

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

ASML’s Christophe Fouquet is leading the company quietly powering the AI boom

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

Why gamers would rather watch other people play than pick up their own controllers

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

How TikTok caused a matcha shortage

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

SEO Maintenance: A Checklist For Essential Year-Round Tasks via @sejournal, @coreydmorris

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 all-in on the fediverse, and users have some questions

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

Community Corner: Concurrency With Florian Engelhardt

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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Umierať či vymierať – bude tak znieť otázka pre našich potomkov?

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

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is ‘not that worried’ about Musk’s influence in the Trump administration

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+ just got a dash of ESPN

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 Announces New ‘Dating & Companionship’ Ads Policy via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

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

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Location sharing is the latest way to hard launch a relationship

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

This CEO sells low-cost drugs, and he says Big Pharma might not be the true adversary

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,

The FBI is urging telecom firms to boost network security following China’s cyberespionage

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

Australia’s social media ban for young kids raises questions about enforcement

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.

Barbarští válečníci za vlády Říma běžně válčili na psychotropních látkách

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

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Why AI2 CEO Ali Farhadi believes the future of AI has to be open source

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

For news, algorithmic social networks are a failed experiment

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

Spanish startup edges closer to Europe’s first private orbital rocket launch


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

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Smartphones in Spain should carry health warning, says government panel


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

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The first ‘AI elections’ weren’t as disastrous as predicted. Here’s why

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

A major space sector trade group is getting a brand refresh

The trade association formerly known as the Commercial Spaceflight Federation is getting a new name, a concise mandate, and a way to support the politicians who support space. 

The group will now be known as the Commercial Space Federation (CSF) to more accurately reflect its members, which include companies working in sectors ranging from spaceports to space situational awareness to Earth observation.

“I heard we were seen as the launch trade association when 75% of

Amazon’s AWS unveils new supercomputer with its AI chips in a challenge to Nvidia

Amazon.com’s cloud unit on Tuesday showed new data center servers packed with its own AI chips that will challenge Nvidia, with Apple coming aboard as a customer to use them.

The new servers, based on 64 of Amazon Web Services’ Trainium2 chips, will be strung together in a massive supercomputer with hundreds of thousands of

‘You’re not just there for the food’: Social media is falling in love with Rainforest Cafe all over again

Where else could you tuck into a bowl of python pasta, soundtracked against the prerecorded grunts and grumbles of gorillas and screech of live parrots? For ’90s kids hosting at least one, if not many, of your birthday meals surrounded by animatronic wildlife at the Rainforest Cafe was a right of passage. Now, the eatertainment chain is going viral online. 

While some of the chain’s renewed popularity can be chalked up to

Donald Trump is reportedly set to pick the crypto enthusiast Paul Atkins to lead the SEC

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to crypto outlet Unchained. Assuming Atkins accepts the offer, crypto enthusiasts would have plenty of reason to rejoice.

Atkins may not be as familiar a name to the general public as his predecessor,

Amazon announces a set of Nova AI models

Amazon’s cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS), announced a new family of foundation models called Nova to power generative AI applications at its re:Invent 2024 conference on Tuesday.

Amazon is rolling out four Nova models in total: Micro, Lite, Pro, and Premier. Each have their own capabilities and sizes. Amazon also introduced a new image generation model, called Nova Canvas; and a video-generation model, Nova Reel.

China responds to U.S chip sanctions with a ban on these key materials

China announced Tuesday it is banning exports to the United States of gallium, germanium, antimony, and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications, as a general principle, lashing back at U.S. limits on semiconductor-related exports.

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‘Data brokers’ are selling your private information. This watchdog wants to fix that

The sale of Americans’ private information by “data brokers” to scammers, foreign adversaries, abusive domestic partners and other unscrupulous actors could face stringent new proposed regulations, the top U.S. consumer agency for financial protect

Why Is Google Losing Market Share In The EU? via @sejournal, @Kevin_Indig

Explore the reasons behind Google's decreasing market share in the EU. Learn about the lawsuits, regulations, and competition affecting Google's dominance.

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AI for lawyers: 10 tips to help integrate new tools into legal work 

Lawyers tend to be the butt of jokes about not being human, so perhaps it’s no surprise that AI has been widely embraced in the legal world. Is it going to replace lawyers? Not yet, but AI is automating a lot of the backroom and behind the scenes work of lawyers, from receptions to research and redlining contracts.

Here are 10 tips for lawyers who want to use AI. 

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Celebrity video site Cameo is now open to all creators

When the celebrity personalized video platform Cameo first launched in 2017, not just anyone could sell custom videos to fans on the platform.

Cameo staff recruited some celebs to the platforms, and existing Cameo video creators were allowed to invite others they thought were successful. And while potential video creators could apply, they generally had to have achieved a certain level of genuine fame—or at least something in the range of 25,000

Structured Data In 2024: Key Patterns Reveal The Future Of AI Discovery [Data Study] via @sejournal, @cyberandy

Explore how structured data shapes SEO and AI in 2024, enhancing search visibility, AI discovery, and user experiences with new rich results and knowledge graphs.

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Fuelled by €24M, UK startup gears up to put more thermal satellites in orbit


British startup SatVu has secured £20mn (€24mn) to fuel the development of its hyper-accurate thermal imaging satellites that act like a thermometer for the whole planet.  The cash injection includes £10mn (€12mn) in equity from Spanish VC Adara Ventures an

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Nvidia, Accel back Netherlands-based AI firm Nebius in $700M deal


Amsterdam-headquartered Nebius, which builds full-stack AI infrastructure for tec

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