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Do you still make a holiday wish list? For those past the Santa Claus phase but still spending the holidays in their childhood bedroom, this debate divides families. Some swear by detailed lists with links and item specs, while others toss out vague suggestions like “socks” or leave what they find under the tree entirely to fate.

Gen Z, however, has elevated the wish-list game to an art form.

Cryptocurrency enthusiasts have frequently expressed frustration with the lack of respect digital currency gets from many traditional investors. But when the hottest crypto of the moment is called “Fartcoin,” it’s kind of hard for them to occupy the moral high ground.

The joke crypto, which is even more useless than Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency

ChatGPT makes web search, voice features and maps free for all users, expanding access beyond Premium subscribers.

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Zvědavý archeologický výzkum víceméně náhodou odkryl brutální masakr mužů, žen a dětí, kteří žili v oblasti dnešního Carterhouse na jihozápadě Anglie. Před 4 tisíci let je někdo napadl, pobil, rozčtvrtil, částečně snědl a zbytek vyhodil jako odpadky. Jak je vidět, mozky doby kamenné mají svá temná zákoutí. http://www.osel.cz/13824-kosti-z-britanie-rane-doby-bronzove-odhaluji-necekane-nasili-a-kanibalismus.html

“Dinner w an exhausted overstimulated 19y old teen mom who hates cooking,” wrote MariClare MacLamroc over a video of herself cooking pasta and sauce. The video, posted to her 1.7 million TikTok followers, has racked up more than 2.6 million views. “We are all so proud of you,” wrote one person in the comments. 

Německo letos razantně pocítilo dopady své Energiewende. V létě se významně zvýšil počet a délka období se zápornými cenami. Německo v té době nevědělo, co s přebytkem elektřiny. Naopak v zimě jsme pocítily dvě delší období bez větru, s minimálním svitem slunce a velmi vysokými cenami elektřiny, kdy Německo dováželo vše, co bylo k dispozici. http://www.osel.cz/13823-nemecko-v-tomto-roce-vidi-dopady-sve-energiewende.html

A 7-year-old rivalry between tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman over who should run OpenAI and prevent an artificial intelligence “dictatorship” is now heading to a federal judge as Musk seeks to halt the ChatGPT maker’s ongoing

Ismael El-Amin was driving his daughter to school when a chance encounter gave him an idea for a new way to carpool.

On the way across Chicago, El-Amin’s daughter spotted a classmate riding with her own dad as they drove to their selective public school on the city’s North Side. For 40 minutes, they rode along the same congested highway.

“They’re waving to

Google warns about fake Googlebot crawlers and suggests tools and methods to identify legitimate traffic.

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The tech industry was recently abuzz with a post from Y Combinator founder Paul Graham on “founder mode.” In a nutshell, his concept explores the need for leaders to act in urgent,

We’ve gathered insights from 22 industry experts to help you discover how AI, shifts in organic traffic, and branding shape the future of SEO.

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Falon Fatemi first met Mark Cuban in 2011 at South By Southwest, where the two bonded over ideas about untapped opportunities in the tech industry. Though she didn’t initially recognize the Shark Tank star, the two clicked and decided to keep in touch, often catching up whenever Cuban visited the Bay Area.

By 2015, Fatemi, a former Google and YouTube employee, had founded her AI-powered startup, Node.ai, and successfully pitched Cuban to become an early investor. 

As she was finishing up her undergraduate degree at Princeton University, Rebecca Portnoff was trying to figure out what was next: more school, or go work for a tech company?

She studied computer science, doing her dissertation on natural language processing. This was over a decade ago, when artificial intelligence wasn’t the buzzword it is today but still held scores of promise and excitem

WordPress co-founder says he's sickened by being "legally forced" to provide services to WP Engine, says he disagrees with court decision

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Make your WordPress website secure, optimized, and user-friendly with these essential plugins. From SEO to security, this guide has got you covered.

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“Hey, can you cut that two-hour conference presentation down to a two-minute video for LinkedIn?”

Two years ago, that request would have sent someone deep into video editing software, scrubbing th

If you’re like… well, just about everyone, you probably use Google Maps to get from Point A to Point B and that’s it.

But this venerable route wrangler is more than just a navigation app. It’s got some not-so-obvious features that are helpful beyond finding your way around.

Here’s a look at five of my favorites.

Dude, where’s my car?

Am I willing to admit I’ve misplaced my car more than

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

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Protiletečtí dělostřelci pluku 16th Royal Artillery na nedávném cvičení v Radnor Range dostali k dispozici obrněné vozidlo Wolfhound s vysokoenergetickým laserovým systémem HELWS od amerického Raytheonu. Laser se během cvičení osvědčil a úspěšně likvidoval jeden malý dron za druhým. http://www.osel.cz/13822-britsti-vojaci-poprve-pouzivali-laserovy-bojovy-system.html

“We’re in this massive paradigm shift,” says Vince Hankes, the venture capitalist leading Thrive Capital’s investment in OpenAI. “And when that happens, historically, there have been new companies created that are worth a lot of money.”

Thrive Capital wasn’t an early investor in the generative AI standout—it didn’t buy in until 2023—but it’s made some of the biggest bets on the startup. It reportedly

Stavba nové plynové mikroturbínové elektrárny, která by jela na vodík, je zdlouhavá a drahá. Němečtí kosmičtí inženýři DLR nabízejí mnohem rychlejší a levnější řešení. Jejich retrofitová technologie zařídí, že dnešní plynové mikroturbíny v budoucnu zvládnou spalování zeleného vodíku, pokud tedy bude někdy k dispozici v potřebném množství. http://www.osel.cz/13821-retrofitova-technologie-umoznuje-plynovym-mikroturbinam-spalovat-vodik.html

Some recent developments suggest the beleaguered software group of stocks may be coming back into favor, as I noted a couple weeks ago following positive responses to both Snowflake and Elastic.

The interest in software is showing up again this week, with initiations and upgrades and downgrades on a raft of names.

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Baller League — a new six-a-side football league that has attracted support from legends like Ronaldinho, Gary Lineker, and Luis Figo — has raised $25mn from EQT Ventures as it looks to initiate a “new era” for the beautiful game.  German entreprene

Boston Dynamics’ robot dog “Spot” has become somewhat of an internet sensation, no doubt thanks to its (perhaps disturbingly) killer dance moves or displays of super-strength.    But Spot is far from the only robodog on the block. One of it

After a sprawling hacking campaign exposed the communications of an unknown number of Americans, U.S. cybersecurity officials are advising people to use encryption in their communications.

To safeguard against the risks highlighted by the

Last summer, Scott Wiener found himself in an uncomfortable position for any California Democrat: openly quarreling with Nancy Pelosi and garnering support from Elon Musk. 

The reason for this strange bedfellows moment? SB 1047, a controversial bill Wiener introduced in the state senate that would have required developers of the most advanced AI models to mitigate the risk of “catastrophic harm” caused by their creations—and would have created new liabilities for those who fai

This week, Apple rolled out its first significant update to its Apple Intelligence platform since it was launched in October. The initial Apple Intelligence launch focused primarily on artificial intelligence-powered writing tools

If you’re one of the 170 million TikTok users in the U.S., it’s time to start making sure your account is properly secured and updated ahead of the impending January ban.

What’s going on with TikTok?

The Biden administration pushed through a bill earlier this yea

Máme se bát našeho Slunce? Nová analýza dat teleskopu Kepler z let 2009 až 2013, která zahrnula 56 450 hvězd velmi podobných Slunci, dospěla k jasnému závěru. Žlutí trpaslíci si rádi občas pořádně prásknou. Zdá se, že frekvence supererupcí je na těchto hvězdách mnohem vyšší, než jsme si doposud mysleli. http://www.osel.cz/13820-neprijemnost-hvezdy-podobne-slunci-odpaluji-supererupce-jednou-za-stoleti.html

SpaceX is launching a new mission: making its Starbase site a new Texas city.

Billionaire Elon Musk‘s company on Thursday sent a letter to local officials requesting an election to turn what it calls Starbase—the South Texas site where SpaceX builds and launches its massive Starship rockets—into an incorporated city. Residents o

Experimenty s polokovem ZrSiS při magnetooptické spektroskopii přinesly nečekané první pozorování exotických kvazičástic semi-Diracových fermionů. Při pohybu určitým směrem se jeví jako nehmotné, při jiném směru pohybu se zase zdá, že mají hmotnost. Podivné kvazičástice by mohly mít rozmanité praktické uplatnění. http://www.osel.cz/13819-fyzici-poprve-pozorovali-kvazicastice-ktere-jsou-ci-nejsou-hmotne-podle-smeru-pohybu.html

The surest sign a social media platform is winning: when Meta starts cribbing notes from it.

Stories only arrived on Instagram in 2016 after Snapchat proved the ephemeral concept had some heat. Reels launched on Instagram in 2020 and Facebook and

The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk’s

DoorDash will require its drivers to verify their identities more often as part of a larger effort to crack down on unauthorized account sharing.

DoorDash has been under pressure to ensure its drivers are operating legally. Over the summer, for example, it pledged to do a better job identifying and removing dangerous drivers aft

Get insights into the CMS market share and learn why it is important for SEO professionals.

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Stay ahead with voice search SEO. Understand the rise of voice assistants and how they are changing the way people search.

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From bricklaying robots to zero-carbon cement, startups are shaking up construction in a high-tech bid to build better, greener structures.  One of these early-stage ventures is Finland-based Aisti. Founded in 2019, the company has come up with a wa

Rome-based venture capital firm Scientifica has launched a €200mn fund to support startups in quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and other frontier technologies. The fund, set to launch early next year, will provide early-stage compani

Microsoft probably needs no introduction. But in case you are not familiar with the Microsoft for Startups program, it is an initiative that provides free licences and Azure credits to selected software entrepreneurs over the course of

YouTube was launched in February 2005 and soon adopted a simple motto: “Broadcast Yourself.” While we initially watched on PCs, and then smartphones, it seems that these days an increasing number of us are engaging with YouTube content on our televisions.

That’s one of the key findings of YouTube’s annual ye

Large language models typically perform so similarly that their differences can be measured by millimeters. But in some scenarios, these models are separated by miles.

After a chance discovery that ChatGPT seemed more likely to return strange and unlikely quotes from public figures than Anthropic’s Claude, I prompted 10 different models to provide quotes by famous people about random objects. I generated a data set of 450 public figures and 450 things with Claude, and used the temp

After years of advocating for actors’ collective rights, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland is finally getting his own close-up. Now executive director of the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), Crabtree-Ireland has come a long way from his early days as a Los Angeles County prosecutor, transforming himself into one of Hollywood’s most influential behind-the-scenes players since joining the union in 2000. Now, as he leads 160,000 memb

Dan Parsons, co-founder and Chief Experience Officer at Thoughtful AI, talks about how his company is using AI to simplify how providers get paid by insurance companies. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/12/13/ai-agents-that-help-doctors-get-paid/

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Who’d have thought Sofia Richie Grainge two-stepping on TikTok could cause such a stir online? 

The 26-year-old can be seen dancing alongside her friend, influencer Jake Shane, in a TikTok video posted November 28. Looking chic in a camel-color sweater and skirt combo, she did a little two-step and shimmy alongside Shane, as they sang TikTok’s current favorite song “Messy” by Lola Young.

On December 12, 1980, a few hours after the opening bell rang on Wall Street, shares of Apple Computer officially began trading. The numbers, by today’s standards, weren’t that impressive.

Apple raised roughly $100 million in the offering (about the equivalent of $383 million in today’s dollars), selling 4.6 million shares at $22 each. Today, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has a market cap of $3.75 trillion and shares trade at around $248.

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen’s recent ">appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast introduced many to the concept of debanking. In essence, this is when bank accounts get closed by the bank rather than the customer. However, during the podcast the tech billionaire described debanking as a “privatized sanctions regime” targeting unpopular political groups, notably, conservatives and crypto an

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What gymnasts can teach us about Sora’s limitations

OpenAI made its Sora Turbo image generator available to its paying customers thi

President-elect Donald Trump’s approach to crypto is becoming clearer with the appointment of entrepreneur David Sacks as Trump’s “White House A.I. & Crypto Czar”—signalling a shift in how the U.S. government perceives cryptocurrency that could indicate

Google rolls out December 2024 core update, weeks after November update, capping off a year of notable algorithm changes.

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