Starship is about to launch on its fifth flight, and this time there’s a catch

Adobe unveils AI video generator trained on licensed content

New text-to-video tool focuses on video pros, made with content owner permission.

Published: 2024-10-14 21:48:23

Apple study exposes deep cracks in LLMs’ “reasoning” capabilities

Irrelevant red herrings lead to "catastrophic" failure of logical inference.

Published: 2024-10-14 21:21:04

Expert witness used Copilot to make up fake damages, irking judge

Judge calls for a swift end to experts secretly using AI to sway cases.

Published: 2024-10-14 20:18:13

Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78

Christensen kick-started online culture by inspiring thousands of hobbyist communities.

Published: 2024-10-14 20:05:34

The Internet Archive and its 916 billion saved web pages are back online

Wayback Machine back in read-only mode after DDoS, may need further maintenance.

Published: 2024-10-14 19:25:54

Routine dental X-rays are not backed by evidence—experts want it to stop

The actual recommendations might surprise you—along with the state of modern dentistry.

Published: 2024-10-14 19:11:21

Invisible text that AI chatbots understand and humans can’t? Yep, it’s a thing.

A quirk in the Unicode standard harbors an ideal steganographic code channel.

Published: 2024-10-14 19:06:27

People think they already know everything they need to make decisions

When given partial info, most people felt confident they knew all they needed to.

Published: 2024-10-14 18:56:23

Smart gardening firm’s shutdown a reminder of Internet of Things’ fickle nature

Company closing "due to a number of challenges with this business."

Published: 2024-10-14 18:39:31

Rebellion brews underground in Silo S2 trailer

"What if everything you know to be true was just one big lie?"

Published: 2024-10-14 18:21:13

Lots of PCs are poised to fall off the Windows 10 update cliff one year from today

Windows 10 is by far the most-used version of Windows, and support ends soon.

Published: 2024-10-14 17:51:52

Musk’s X blocked links to JD Vance dossier after hearing from Trump campaign

Report: Trump campaign "connected with X to prevent the circulation of links."

Published: 2024-10-14 16:41:00

Two comets will be visible in the night skies this month

Halloween visitors from the distant Oort Cloud.

Published: 2024-10-14 13:55:26

SpaceX catches returning rocket in mid-air, turning a fanciful idea into reality

"Starships are meant to fly. It sure as hell flew today. So let’s get ready for the next one.”

Published: 2024-10-14 00:14:17

Can walls of oysters protect shores against hurricanes? Darpa wants to know.

Colonized artificial reef structures could absorb the power of storms.

Published: 2024-10-13 11:00:55