The course frames large language models as useful tools that can also flood the information environment with nonsense, making discernment as important as experimentation.
Read report »Krebs on Security recaps Wired reporting that a 19-year-old DOGE technologist with roots in The Com gained access to sensitive government systems, raising clear vetting questions.
Read report »New filings in the authors' copyright case point to internal discussions about torrenting and seeding, giving plaintiffs more material for their claim that Meta handled pirated books while training AI models.
Read report »Astronomers urged calm after an early orbit calculation put the newly discovered object at a one-in-43 chance of striking Earth, with revisions expected.
Read report »A developer who traced leaked app data said he was able to find how his location could be reconstructed from ad-tech and analytics traffic.
Read report »Scientists said CDC pages and datasets were vanishing as agencies moved to scrub terms related to gender and identity.
Read report »The operator of Gamedev City said he is taking the site offline for now and leaving only a read-only archive.
Read report »Astronomers are tracking a newly spotted asteroid whose early measurements give it a small but non-zero chance of striking Earth in 2032.
Read report »Experimental browser releases are beginning to ship Temporal, a new JavaScript API designed to replace the long-troubled Date object.
Read report »A long-time Sublime Text user says the editor remains fast, familiar and actively maintained despite the crowded market.
Read report »Bluesky says it has reached 30 million users, a milestone that underlines its growth even as it remains far behind Threads.
Read report »Google says it will relabel the Gulf of Mexico for US users in line with the official government name once the change is updated in federal mapping systems.
Read report »In a post tied to his new novel, Cory Doctorow argues that many business models hide old-fashioned wrongdoing behind app interfaces.
Read report »An arXiv paper claims reasoning in large language models can be improved through pure reinforcement learning rather than human-annotated trajectories.
Read report »Researchers say a vulnerability in Subaru’s admin panel could have given access to vehicles and customer accounts in the U.S., Canada and Japan.
Read report »Ross Ulbricht’s supporters said he received a full and unconditional pardon from President Donald Trump.
Read report »A technical write-up in the packet describes a 0-click deanonymization attack that could target Signal, Discord and other platforms without a victim clicking anything.
Read report »The app disappeared for many Americans on Saturday night, then began restoring service by Sunday afternoon as the federal ban took hold.
Read report »TikTok restored access for U.S. users after going dark as a federal law targeting ByteDance took effect, while the app stayed off major app stores.
Read report »A post criticising Canon says the company wants users to pay a monthly fee to use their own cameras as webcams, turning a utility into a subscription.
Read report »Blue Origin says New Glenn’s first flight was a milestone for the company, even as the reusable first stage was lost during recovery.
Read report »Nintendo says the Switch 2 will be released in 2025 and will be shown in a full Nintendo Direct on April 2.
Read report »A founder says his company avoids calls entirely, arguing that enterprise sales can work without the time cost and awkwardness of scheduled meetings.
Read report »The Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully docked two spacecraft in orbit, marking a significant advancement for the nation's future space station ambitions.
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