The owner of the Akihabara computer store which held an RTX 50 product release lottery has issued a sweeping apology to customers, neighbors, and everyone else who got caught up in the chaos last week.
A Hong Kong media outlet was scared by two melted 16-pin cables; initially mistakenly attributed to RTX 5090 testing.
O víkendu proběhl v Bruselu FOSDEM 2025. Jde o tradiční setkání open-source komunity, kde se setkali vývojáři, nadšenci a odborníci z celého světa. Ve fotogalerii přinášíme pohled na celou akci. https://www.root.cz/clanky/fosdem-2025-v-obrazech-nejvetsi-setkani-open-source-nadsencu-v-evrope/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=rss
SymfonyLive Berlin 2025, conference held in English, will take place from April 1 to 4! The schedule is being revealed gradually. More details are available here.
As we are now unveiling the main conference schedule, we’re thrilled to announce… https://symfony.com/blog/symfonylive-berlin-2025-where-have-the-women-of-tech-history-gone?utm_source=Symfony%20Blog%20Feed&utm_medium=feed
Samsung's executive chairman Jay Y. Lee has been cleared of criminal charges by South Korea's second-highest court, Bloomberg reported. Earlier on Monday, the Seoul High Court upheld an earlier decision acquitting Lee of stock manipulation and accounting fraud charges over a 2015 merger. The ruling will allow Lee to focus on
With the help of modern machine learning technology, The Beatles were able to release their song “Now and Then” in late 2023. The song contains vocals recorded from around 50 years ago and a guitar track from 1995, but technological limitations at the time prevented it from seeing the light of day without serious audio i
Article URL: https://island94.org/2025/01/ruby-thread-contention-simply-gvl-queuing
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We've open-sourced Klarity - a tool for analyzing uncertainty and decision-making in LLM token generation. It provides structured insights into how models choose tokens and where they show uncertainty.
What Klarity does:
- Real-time analysis of model uncertainty during generation - Dual analysis combining log probabilities and semantic understanding - Structured JSON output with actionable insights - Fully self-hostable with customizable analysis models
The tool works by analyzing each
Here's a hint: That peach isn't a reminder to eat your fruits. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/what-does-each-emoji-mean-your-guide-to-deciphering-new-and-old-emoji/#ftag=CADf328eec
Think you know your iPhone inside and out? Think again. These hidden tips and tricks might surprise you. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/most-iphone-users-miss-out-on-these-ios-settings-that-make-it-so-much-better/#ftag=CADf328eec
You can double the amount of windows you can see at once with this easy Mac hack. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/mac-split-screen-how-to-chop-your-screen-in-half-for-multitasking/#ftag=CADf328eec
Before you add ACV to your drinks, keep these potential benefits, risks and dosage info in mind. https://www.cnet.com/health/nutrition/healing-elixir-revealing-health-benefits-apple-cider-vinegar/#ftag=CADf328eec
Employees living within an hour of a Dell office will need to work from there five days per week beginning next month.
A recent leak suggests that Nintendo Switch 2 game boxes will come in a new bigger size.
The company doesn't yet know who is behind the attack.
We're expecting another Apple Watch to arrive sometime in September 2025 – here's what we know so far.
https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/smartwatches/apple-watch-series-11
Gemini in Sheets will help you understand, analyze, and visualize your data - but there is a slight catch.
The new Powerbeats Pro 2 are expected to launch on 11 February. Here's what to expect
Apple may be about to launch Confetti, a new iCloud feature for managing invitations.
Hoping to buy an Nvidia RTX 5090? You could be waiting for months, and RTX 5080 stock looks shaky too, according to one retailer.
Paragon spyware uncovered in PDF files sent to journalists and members of civil society, with WhatsApp issuing a cease-and-desist against the company.
The first canceled Netflix show of 2025 doesn't come as a surprise due to the fate of Dead Boy Detectives.
https://www.techradar.com/streaming/netflix/netflix-shows-canceled-in-2025
The Samsung Galaxy S25 series ditches Samsung's native default messaging app for Google Messages, marking the end of support for Samsung Messages.
The Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition is giving its best features to the Galaxy Z Fold 7.
Don’t spend hours researching in great detail when you can get ChatGPT to do it for you in as little as five minutes.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/openai-reveals-its-most-powerful-tool-yet-designed-for-deep-research
Aston's CEO says that sending physical vibrations through its upcoming EVs could help create better emotional connections.
We're still waiting for a full reveal of AMD's Radeon RX 9000 series GPUs, but Nvidia could be poised to steal its thunder in March.
After months of decline to Windows 10, Windows 11 is on the up-and-up once more.
The Steam Deck is incredible, but thanks to Decky Loader plugins, it can be even better. Here are the 7 I recommend the most.
Meta's lead AI scientist, Yann Lecun, says there's a "major misunderstanding" about the billion dollars invested in AI.
Amy Hood urged employees to remain focused and build toward the company's AI goals, while CEO Satya Nadella says DeepSeek is good for business.
There are things in this world that you simply wouldn’t expect, like an aircraft carrier with Windows XP, a nuclear weapon control system on floppy discs, or a Commodore 64 as a cash register system in a bakery.
While most people replace modern devices after a few years, these technology dinosaurs fight their way through decades–sometimes as faithful helper
Despite ever-improving junk mail filters and more sophisticated defense measures, phishing is still one of the biggest threats to cyber security and they’re becoming increasingly difficult to recognize. Criminals are using Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT to formulate their emails, which results in largely error-free texts with correct gr
Nvidia published RTX 5090, RTX 4090 DeepSeek benchmarks against the RX 7900 XTX, countering AMD's performance claims that the RX 7900 XTX is faster than the RTX 4090.
Article URL: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology-bayesian/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42916219
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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42916770
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You probably aren't washing your bath towels nearly enough as you should. Here's what you should know. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/clean-or-contaminated-proper-bath-towel-hygiene/#ftag=CADf328eec
This account can help you stick to your savings goals, even if rates fall. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/banking/savings-rates-over-4-apy-could-stick-around-a-while-longer-but-not-forever-todays-best-savings-rates-for-feb-3-2025/#ftag=CADf328eec
Cutting calories isn’t enough -- your daily habits could be stalling your progress. Ditch these six common mistakes to stay on track and reach your weight loss goals faster. https://www.cnet.com/health/nutrition/want-to-lose-weight-ditch-these-6-common-mindsets/#ftag=CADf328eec
Take advantage of the Fed's interest rate pause while you still can. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/banking/act-now-to-lock-in-up-to-4-65-apy-todays-cd-rates-feb-3-2025/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are the products you should avoid at all costs when cleaning your phone. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/your-phone-is-ridiculously-dirty-clean-it-now/#ftag=CADf328eec
How do the environmental credentials of these ChatGPT and DeepSeek compare?
https://www.techradar.com/pro/chatgpt-vs-deepseek-which-ai-model-is-more-sustainable
Need date night ideas for Valentine's Day? It looks like there might be a PlayStation State of Play presentation.
High-Performance Computing (HPC) is the silent hero transforming our ability to anticipate and respond to nature’s most destructive forces.
Microsoft, Alphabet and Palo Alto Networks CEOs among investors in London cricket franchise.
Agentic AI promises to deliver even more productivity-boosting automation, but there are some challenges.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/businesses-are-keen-to-embrace-ai-agents-but-still-struggle-to-start
A durability test has revealed that the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra's scratch resistance might have had a downgrade.
It's looking likely that we'll get a follow-up to the Apple Watch SE 2 at some point during 2025.
https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/smartwatches/apple-watch-se-3
Apple has settled a lawsuit related to battery swelling in old Apple Watches, with some users eligible for a payout.
UK’s links to EU science and technology projects have been ‘turbo-charged’.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/uk-to-ally-with-eu-for-horizon-research-projects
Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/2/anthropic/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42915905
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When conducting studies online, whether through surveys or unmoderated usability testing, we face a fundamental challenge: we cannot see our participants or control their environment. This limitation creates several concerns about data quality, and in the years since this article was first published in 2021, these challenges have evolved and expanded in unexpected ways — yes, it’s AI related. https://webdesignernews.com/improving-data-quality-in-online-studies/
A career in product design offers just that — a unique opportunity to bring your ideas to life while shaping the future of technology, sustainability, and user experiences. https://webdesignernews.com/signs-you-should-be-a-product-designer/
With the scrollbar-color property you can change the colors used for scrollbars. You can specify the color of the thumb and the color track with it. Using scrollbar-width you can opt-in to a narrower scrollbar, or even to hide the scrollbar completely without affecting scrollability. https://webdesignernews.com/css-scrollbar-color-and-scrollbar-gutter-are-baseline-newly-available/
You are not alone. CSS was born in 1996 (it can legally order a beer, you know!) and was initially considered a way to style documents; I don’t think anyone imagined everything CSS would be expected to do nearly 30 years later. https://webdesignernews.com/the-mistakes-of-css/
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a futuristic concept to an everyday reality. As we enter 2025, AI is reshaping industries, automating tasks, and revolutionizing human-computer interactions. But where is AI truly heading? Will it replace jobs or create new opportunities? How will AI impact privacy, security, and ethics? https://webdesignernews.com/the-future-of-ai/
The most challenging aspect of this is always culture — not just in terms of having different backgrounds, but in a lot of cases, the day-to-day work, company vision, and company strategy. Often, that’s not visible to everyone, but it should be because it impacts decision making. For example, as a company, should we implement this feature or that feature? Should we fix this bug right now or should we... https://webdesignernews.com/building-an-organizations-code-of-conduct/
The main content area is limited to a certain width and centered but a few elements “bleed” to the outside edges, filling the entire page width. There are already a lot of techniques to create such a layout but the one I came up with relies on modern features and only 4 lines of code. https://webdesignernews.com/full-bleed-layout-with-modern-css-2/
Mobile devices are mission-critical, requiring robust security and operational resilience.
TL;DR: Save hundreds on a Mashvisor vacation rental man
Article URL: https://github.com/amanvirparhar/chaplin
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42914431
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Sand Mountain Sam is already predicting an early spring, so let's hope he knows his stuff. https://www.cnet.com/science/groundhog-day-punxsutawney-phil-saw-his-shadow-how-accurate-is-he/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Feb. 3. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-mini-crossword-answers-for-monday-feb-3/#ftag=CADf328eec
Global market share data suggests that Windows 11 hit 36.65% overall OS version market share in January 2025, as Microsoft starts warning users of Windows 10's imminent "demise."
Article URL: https://blog.maximeheckel.com/posts/the-art-of-dithering-and-retro-shading-web/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42913180
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Article URL: http://www.rdrop.com/~half/Creations/Writings/Web.patterns/index.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42913831
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Article URL: https://phase.dev/blog/docker-compose-secrets/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42914413
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There’s no two ways about it, there’s a newfound sense of urgency at OpenAI. Two days after releasing o3-mini to the world, the company made a surprise announcement on Sunday evening, revealing Deep Research. The new feature allows ChatGPT to find, analyze and synthesize hu
Microsoft is taking an aggressive step towards lowering the price of top-tier AI reasoning, placing what appears to be unlimited access to OpenAI’s o1 model directly within Copilot’s new “Think Deeper” feature.
What’s important here is the word “free”: OpenAI released the o1 model in December, and company chief executive Sam Altman promised that it would be
Díky dotacím EU se můžete školit v IT sektoru skoro zadarmo. Za kurzy digitálního vzdělávání si zaplatíte jen 18 % z ceny, zbylou část uhradí EU přes program Jsem v kurzu. Můžete získat až 50 000 korun. https://www.root.cz/clanky/ziskejte-50-000-korun-na-kurzy-dalsiho-vzdelavani-at-jste-zamestnanec-nebo-osvc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=rss
Společnost Google otevřela zdrojové kódy PebbleOS, operačního systému pro chytré hodinky. Mediální přehrávač VLC připravuje funkci, která díky umělé inteligenci dokáže generovat titulky v reálném čase. https://www.root.cz/clanky/google-otevrel-pebbleos-vlc-bude-diky-ai-generovat-titulky/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=rss
Podíváme se na malware Aquabot zneužívající zranitelnost v telefonech Mitel, AI chatboty které pomáhají vytvářet malware, phishingovou kampaň cílící na uživatele Amazonu a zásah na populární hackingová fóra. https://www.root.cz/clanky/postrehy-z-bezpecnosti-kdyz-sip-telefony-mitel-slouzi-botnetum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=rss
Article URL: https://journals.aps.org/prxquantum/abstract/10.1103/PRXQuantum.6.010309
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42912412
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Article URL: https://onehundredpages.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/dont-make-fun-of-renowned-dan-brown/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42912133
Points: 58
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Article URL: https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2024/p3412r0.pdf
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42912438
Points: 29
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Article URL: https://newatlas.com/military/ticky-little-vanes-bring-big-savings-us-air-force/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42912875
Points: 14
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Article URL: https://github.com/tcgoetz/GarminDB
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42912515
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Article URL: https://www.usenix.org/conference/nsdi24/presentation/wang-zibo
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42912911
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Article URL: https://openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42913251
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Here are some hints -- and the answers -- for the Feb. 3 Strands puzzle, No. 337. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-strands-hints-answers-and-help-for-feb-3-337/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are some hints — and the answers — for Connections: Sports Edition No. 133 for Feb. 3 https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-connections-sports-edition-hints-and-answers-for-feb-3-133/#ftag=CADf328eec
Here are some hints and the answer for Wordle No. 1,325 for Feb. 3. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-wordle-hints-answer-and-help-for-feb-3-1325/#ftag=CADf328eec