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An eight-day trip into space turned into more than eight months for Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore. https://www.cnet.com/science/nasa-stranded-astronauts-suni-williams-and-butch-wilmore-coming-home-from-iss-in-one-week/#ftag=CADf328eec

Cheaper mortgage rates often signal bad news for the economy. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/this-weeks-mortgage-rate-predictions-march-10-16-2025/#ftag=CADf328eec

Commentary: I'm already distracted by everything going on around me when I drive. I don't need more of it from Google Maps. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/this-google-maps-feature-completely-ruins-driving-in-l-a-for-me/#ftag=CADf328eec

Here's everything coming to both resorts in 2025 and beyond as Disneyland gets ready to kick off its 70th birthday. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/disneyland-and-disney-world-first-look-at-avengers-rides-monsters-coaster-cars-rally-race/#ftag=CADf328eec

Daylight Saving is here and getting additional rays of sunlight can help save your sleep. https://www.cnet.com/health/sleep/morning-sunlight-for-time-change/#ftag=CADf328eec

Losses from investment scams accounted for nearly half of that amount, the FTC says. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/american-consumers-lost-12-5-billion-to-fraud-in-2024/#ftag=CADf328eec

After a long wait, JBL has redesigned its two popular portable speakers, upgrading them with improved sound and battery life. They're available for preorder now. https://www.cnet.com/tech/home-entertainment/i-tried-the-new-jbl-flip-7-and-charge-6-bluetooth-speakers-and-liked-what-i-heard/#ftag=CADf328eec

The interest you earn is taxable. Here's how to report it -- and how much you might owe. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/taxes/cd-owners-this-is-what-you-need-to-know-about-taxes/#ftag=CADf328eec

We discuss the multitude of iPad choices and how to differentiate between them to help you decide which iPad model is best for you. https://www.cnet.com/videos/why-are-there-so-many-ipads-tech-therapy/#ftag=CADf328eec

TCL has announced the QM7K, a mid-range mini-LED TV series with impressive specs.

https://www.techradar.com/televisions/tcls-big-bright-new-mid-range-mini-led-tvs-have-built-in-bang-and-olufsen-sound

Health New Zealand has been running around 6,000 apps and 100 networks, but its finances are tracked with Excel.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/this-entire-nations-public-health-department-was-found-to-be-running-on-a-single-excel-spreadsheet

The just-announced Lego Mario Kart – Mario & Standard Kart set will let you build a larger-than-life Mario and his iconic kart from the video game.

https://www.techradar.com/gaming/lego-just-celebrated-mario-day-in-the-best-way-possible-with-an-incredible-mario-kart-set-thats-up-for-preorder-now

Tesla's new car sales are dropping, but prices are also falling on the used car market as buyers look beyond Musk for electric vehicles.

https://www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech/hybrid-electric-vehicles/teslas-ev-sales-are-plummeting-as-used-model-y-and-model-3-prices-crash-to-bargain-levels

The birth of modern computing – Director’s 1955 launch set the stage for automated software and future operating systems.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/happy-birthday-director-the-first-operating-system-in-the-world-turns-70-today

Nvidia's RTX 50-series troubles continue to heat up — and users are right to be frustrated

https://www.laptopmag.com/laptops/gaming-laptops-pcs/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-thermal-images

Microsoft has started sending out invitations for a special media event where it plans to celebrate its 50th anniversary with new consumer AI and Copilot related announcements.

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-is-holding-a-special-consumer-ai-event-to-celebrate-50-years

Battlebrew Productions and XSEED Games bring the cozy dungeon crawler roguelike, Cuisineer, to Xbox with a plate full of new features.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/cuisineer-preview-xbox-pc

Soon, Microsoft Teams will no longer support linking an Android device to send and receive text messages through Teams on Windows 11. Luckily, an alternative is already available.

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/millions-of-skype-exiles-just-got-pushed-toward-skype-but-that-app-is-about-to-lose-a-feature

Remedy just released the March 2025 update to Control Ultimate Edition that adds DLSS 3.7 support, new 'ultra' settings, and some other extras. The ultra ray tracing adds support for multiple ray bounces and can cut performance nearly in half — or more if you max out the setting!

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/control-ultimate-gets-dlss-3

Perhaps like the loser of the proposed cage fight between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg that's never, ever happening, X has been down and out for much of Monday. Down Detector saw a spike in outage reports from users between around 5:30 AM and 6:30AM ET. There were two more prolonged spikes, denoting more significant outages, later in the morning. Team Engadget has n

The fantastic third-person adventure Control, developed by Remedy Entertainment, just got a surprise software update. The biggest news here is HDR support, which should be a real boon for graphics-minded gamers.

Interestingly, HDR support started as a

AMD just debuted its new FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4) upscaling tech on the latest Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 Ti GPUs, and it so

Go to a profile of any celebrity on Wikipedia and it's quite possible that you'll be met with a terrible photo of them. Such images are often old or out of focus, perhaps captured candidly on a smartphone at a public event. A group of volunteer photographers has set out to fix that, as

Apple is planning to dramatically rethink the look and feel of its operating systems with the introduction of the next version of iOS, iPadOS and macOS,

Article URL: https://phys.org/news/2025-02-bullies-children.html

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Article URL: https://wilsoniumite.com/2025/03/10/people-are-just-as-bad-as-my-llms/

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Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/firmware-update-bricks-hp-printers-makes-them-unable-to-use-hp-cartridges/

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Article URL: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2422213122

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Article URL: https://github.com/MathFoundationRL/Book-Mathematical-Foundation-of-Reinforcement-Learning

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Article URL: https://davidbessis.substack.com/p/weve-been-wrong-about-math-for-2300

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Cybertruck owners are having a tough time of it, increasingly saying that their $80,000-plus vehicles are the victims of cheese-related attacks and “anti-Nazi” harassment in response to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s mass-firings role as head of the Trump administration’s Department of Governme

The acting chief of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday he has directed staff to look at ways to abandon a plan that would have widened the definition of alternative trading systems to include some cryptocurrency firms.

The SEC in 2022 proposed requiring some crypto firms to register as alternative trading systems, drawing criticism from the sector in the face of potentially heightened oversight and additional rules. Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda told an audienc

An email from Sergey Brin suggests that vibe coding may soon influence search algorithm development, impacting SEO

The post Why Google May Adopt Vibe Coding For Search Algorithms appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/why-google-may-adopt-vibe-coding-for-search-algorithms/541641/

YouTube's Rene Ritchie advises creators on adapting to mid-roll ad changes, recommends combining automatic and manual placements.

The post YouTube’s Creator Liaison Shares Advice For Mid-Roll Ad Changes appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/youtubes-creator-liaison-sh

The DOJ moves to split Google’s Chrome browser and curb anticompetitive practices in a new antitrust filing

The post U.S. DOJ Antitrust Filing Proposes 4 Ways To Break Google’s Monopoly appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/u-s-doj-antitrust-filing-proposes-4-ways-

You can't place orders for at-home COVID testing kits anymore, but there are still resources available for free testing. https://www.cnet.com/health/covid-19-tests-from-usps-are-over-find-other-ways-to-get-free-covid-testing/#ftag=CADf328eec

If you share a bank account with someone, here's what that means for your taxes. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/taxes/who-pays-taxes-on-interest-earned-on-a-joint-bank-account/#ftag=CADf328eec

If you're wondering whether X is down -- it is, and has been on and off all day. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/is-twitter-down-x-users-reporting-massive-outages/#ftag=CADf328eec

Home networking experts say these are the most common mistakes people make when setting up their Wi-Fi routers. https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/two-technicians-share-the-5-worst-places-to-put-your-your-wifi-router/#ftag=CADf328eec

JPMorgan Chase is cracking down on social media scams with its new Zelle policy. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/banking/chase-will-soon-block-certain-zelle-charges-heres-what-you-need-to-know/#ftag=CADf328eec

Instagram's new scheduling feature allows you to send DMs on your time. Here's how it works. https://www.cnet.com/news/social-media/your-instagram-dms-just-got-better-thanks-to-this-new-feature/#ftag=CADf328eec

Real data is not sufficient to train better artificial intelligence models, experts said at South by Southwest. But simulated data must be done right. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/gen-ai-needs-synthetic-data-we-need-to-be-able-to-trust-it/#ftag=CADf328eec

Space Force's shuttle-like spacecraft stays in orbit for long durations, engaged in a range of experiments. https://www.cnet.com/pictures/the-x-37b-space-plane-of-mystery-returns-to-earth-after-14-months/#ftag=CADf328eec

The malware was downloaded more than 40,000 times.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/youtubers-targeted-by-blackmail-campaign-to-promote-malware-on-their-channels

If you're using Microsoft's Windows 11 23H2 beta, there's a new sharing feature that you might want to take note of.

https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-is-adding-image-editing-and-compression-to-its-windows-share-feature-and-i-couldnt-be-happier

If you want a great soundbar at a low price, these five options are sure to fit the bill.

https://www.techradar.com/televisions/soundbars/owning-a-soundbar-has-been-a-game-changer-for-me-here-are-5-cheap-options-id-recommend

Is your Google Maps Timeline location history missing? You’re not alone.

https://www.techradar.com/computing/software/nightmare-google-maps-glitch-is-deleting-timelines-and-there-isnt-a-fix-yet

Thin margins make AI server sales a challenging business for the likes of Dell, HPE, and Lenovo.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-dirty-little-secret-about-ai-hardware-that-you-should-know-about-server-vendors-have-to-wrestle-with-wafer-thin-margins-and-bigger-customers

Netflix has unveiled a new trailer to promote Joe's bloody final chapter in You season 5.

https://www.techradar.com/streaming/netflix/netflix-releases-a-killer-new-trailer-for-you-season-5-but-my-favorite-character-is-missing-from-joes-final-chapter

Dyson needs to fix this basic usability issue across its full range, not just the most expensive model.

https://www.techradar.com/home/vacuums/dyson-vacuums-have-one-big-problem-and-i-dont-understand-why

Nvidia has not officially confirmed the existence of the lower-end RTX 50-series cards, but based on previous graphics card launches, we expect an RTX 5050, 5060, and possibly a 5060 TI to follow.

https://www.laptopmag.com/laptops/gaming-laptops-pcs/nvidia-5050-5060-5060ti-specs-leak

Save big with today's best MacBook deals at several retailers

https://www.laptopmag.com/deals/best-macbook-deals-sales

Microsoft's first full foray into PC gaming handhelds begins with a partner device set to launch later this year, with its own Xbox Series X|S successors now fully in production.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-hardware-report-project-keenan-next-gen-xbox-2027

A recent post from Microsoft features a gigantic Surface Laptop, but is it the largest Surface ever?

https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/surface/is-this-microsofts-largest-surface-or-the-worlds-smallest-executive

Blink twice to control the robot arm

https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-powers-briefcase-sized-pieeg-bio-lab-project

DeepComputing's newest product, a mini AI PC that can be put in the Framework Laptop 13, is now taking preorders.

https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/risc-v-mini-ai-pc-that-fits-inside-a-framework-laptop-shell-revealed-deepcomputings-dc-roma-risc-v-ai-pc-claims-50-tops-64gb-ram

https://uxdesign.cc/i-took-the-tesla-model-3-for-a-spin-heres-how-it-went-32138551734a?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4

Now's a good time to pick up a pair of

Season two of HBO’s The Last of Us is just a month away, and as such the hype cycle kicked into full gear this past weekend. A full trailer finally arrived on Saturday during a panel at SXSW with the show’s creators and cast (not to mention an

TCL just unveiled a new TV in its Precise Dimming Series. The QM7K is a Mini LED TV and a follow-up to the recently-released QM6K. It uses the company’s Halo Control Technology Suite, which is kind of a catch-all name for a bunch of tweaks the company has

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Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/music-labels-will-regret-coming-for-the-internet-archive-sound-historian-says/

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Article URL: https://charlespetzold.com/etc/DoesVisualStudioRotTheMind.html

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Article URL: https://bjornwestergard.com/generative-ai-hype-peaking/

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Article URL: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en

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Article URL: https://www.analog.com/media/en/training-seminars/design-handbooks/Software-Defined-Radio-for-Engineers-2018/SDR4Engineers.pdf

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Article URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/business/wall-street-selloff-turns-ugly-as-us-recession-fears-grow-b2712420.html

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Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/03/doj-google-must-sell-chrome-android-could-be-next/

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The van makes its way slowly but surely through the city streets, braking gently when a car swerves into its lane. But its steering wheel is turning on its own, and there’s no one in the driver’s seat.

The driverless technology from Nissan Motor Corp., which u

When artificial intelligence-backed tractors became available to vineyards, Tom Gamble wanted to be an early adopter. He knew there would be a learning curve, but Gamble decided the technology was worth figuring out.

The third-generation farmer bought one autonomous tractor. He plans on deploying its self-driving feature this spring and is currently using the tractor’s AI sensor to map his Napa Valley vine

The videos from Smashing Magazine's recent event on accessibility were just posted the other day. I was invited to host the panel discussion with the speakers, including a couple of personal heroes of mine, Stéphanie Walter and Sarah Fossheim. But I was just as stoked to meet Kardo Ayoub who shared his deeply personal story as a designer with a major visual impairment.

Smashing Meets Accessibili

A personal trainer recommends these recovery strategies to keep your body and mind in peak condition. https://www.cnet.com/health/fitness/the-ultimate-guide-to-post-workout-recovery-for-mind-and-body-according-to-a-personal-trainer/#ftag=CADf328eec

I've perfected the art of keeping my kitchen clean while cooking. Here's how I do it. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/want-a-clean-kitchen-after-cooking-follow-these-10-rules/#ftag=CADf328eec

Plus, a record-low price on one of the best mattresses to buy in 2025 and a handy robot vacuum for under $200. https://www.cnet.com/news/walmart-deals-of-the-day-airpods-4-march-10/#ftag=CADf328eec

Losing an hour of sleep is nothing trivial. Here's how to bounce back from the spring time change. https://www.cnet.com/health/sleep/feeling-tired-today-try-these-3-sleep-hacks-to-recover-from-daylight-savings-time/#ftag=CADf328eec

Most of the US will have a great chance to see the first lunar eclipse since 2022. https://www.cnet.com/science/space/blood-moon-lunar-eclipse-arrives-this-week-how-and-when-to-watch-it/#ftag=CADf328eec

Medefer may have had a security flaw for 6 years - but it denies any wrongdoing.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/software-bug-meant-nhs-information-was-potentially-vulnerable-to-hackers

Edimax IC-7100 camera was found vulnerable to a command injection flaw currently being used in remote code execution attacks.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/another-top-security-camera-maker-is-seeing-devices-hijacked-into-botnet

Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions.

https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/quordle-today-answers-clues-11-march-2025

Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-11-march-2025

Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nyt-connections-today-answers-hints-11-march-2025

Why cyber crisis management can be the difference between a well-managed response or disastrous incident.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/being-ready-when-the-cyber-crisis-happens

Researchers are saying a PHP-CGI bug is a global problem.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/experts-warn-this-critical-php-vulnerability-could-be-set-to-become-a-global-problem