Threat actors were found breaching AWS accounts using authentication secrets leaked as plaintext in Atlassian Bitbucket artifact objects. [...] | Continue reading
I couldn’t resist quoting Andrew’s statistical lexicon in my abstract! It’d be great to see you in person if you’re nearby, but otherwise, the talks will go out via MS Teams (links below). Prior and Posterior Probability Checks in Stan … Continue reading → | Continue reading
Bluey’s World is opening later this year in the Heeler family’s neighborhood of Brisbane, Australia. Inspired by Ludo Studio’s hit animated series Bluey, this mini theme park experience is an upgrade from a traveling pop-up; it’s more of a permanent residence with attractions thr … | Continue reading
Out of all the big blowout declarations from Microsoft Build, from the launch of all new “Copilot+” PCs with Snapdragon X Elite chips to new software, perhaps the most standout offering is Recall. It’s an always-on screenshotting time machine that is supposed to let users search … | Continue reading
A high-octane post-climate disaster novella. The post Read an Excerpt From Suyi Davies Okungbowa’s Lost Ark Dreaming appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Targets for 100 percent electric vehicle adoption by 2035 cannot be achieved without an unprecedented acceleration in copper mining, according to the Secretary General of the International Energy Forum Joseph McMonigle. Copper is the most essential mineral … | Continue reading
If you didn't get enough to Jo Martin on Doctor Who, this one's for you The post The Marlow Murder Club Trailer Gives Us an Unexpected Team-Up of Sleuths appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Loyal readers know that I’m a huge fan of the human ability to hold beliefs that are apparent logical contradictions. Here’s an interesting collection from one Tweet exploring the interior of Joe Biden’s mind: The basic mental disease present in all Biden foreign policy is the bi … | Continue reading
The alt-history series is packing in the humor and anachronisms The post My Lady Jane Trailer Tells Us to Gird Our Loins, Tudor Style appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
By Lauren Kessler he book arrived in the afternoon mail: “Jimmy Breslin: Essential Writings.” I opened to the first story, figuring I’d take a quick look. It was a longish piece written in 1960 about some jockey I’d never heard of. Despite the recent news about Kentucky Derby tho … | Continue reading
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A teen girl’s kitten turned out to cause much more trouble than usual. In a new case report this month, doctors in Portugal describe how the cat likely transmitted an usually mild germ that caused the girl to develop a serious and rare bone infection. Thankfully, once the infecti … | Continue reading
It's $25 or $10 cheaper than separate subs, but note the plans you're getting. | Continue reading
This type of shopping can keep perfectly good items out of landfills. Shopper sparks jealousy after spotting luxury accessory hidden in bins at thrift store: 'Total score' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
It’s totally changed how I grocery shop (and organize!). READ MORE... | Continue reading
Get crispy, crusty pizza at home with a pizza steel. We tested top sellers to find three that heated up quickly and evenly and produced perfect pizzas every time. | Continue reading
Scaling Monosemanticity: Extracting Interpretable Features from Claude 3 Sonnet Big advances in the field of LLM interpretability from Anthropic, who managed to extract millions of understandable features from their production Claude 3 Sonnet model (the mid-point between the inex … | Continue reading
Gives kids in the backseat a much better way to dispose of their trash. | Continue reading
Compasses at the bottom of the ocean wobbled as a massive solar storm hit Earth last week, giving the instruments two miles under the sea a jolt of magnetic shock and awe. Read more... | Continue reading
I wouldn’t consider myself anti-AI, but did find myself nodding along with everything Ed Zitron wrote in Sam Altman Is Full Of Shit. This week should be a wakeup call to the media and anybody else who chooses to trust OpenAI or Sam Altman. OpenAI is built on a culture of deceptio … | Continue reading
It's unclear precisely how the head of a Paul Bunyan statue got to the top of a tree near the York river in York, Maine. "He's always been there" is what locals have said. That's just where he lives. When Seacoastonline looked into the mysterious head in 2021, they found that the … | Continue reading
Over the past five years, new Marvel movies may have been confusing if you didn’t watch the streaming shows. Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness was basically a direct sequel to WandaVision. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania had its roots in Loki. And The Marvels feature … | Continue reading
The late Monday edition of the Drop focuses on productivity tools and news sources. "btw" is a minimalist blogging platform, while the technique of using a calendar for task allocation is recommended for time management. "News Minimalist" uses a rating system for news significanc … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2024 Also, though, there's this: In his latest analysis for New York magazine, Ed Kilgore offers this gloomy thought: "All in all, the path to a second Biden term is dangerously narrow." In Kilgore's view, Biden is so far behind in three Sun Belt states—Georgia, … | Continue reading
Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter, whose previous credits include The Piano, The Big Sick (pictured above), and the voice of Elasti-Girl in The Incredibles, is joining the Star Trek universe as a captain and chancellor in the upcoming series, Starfleet Academy. Variety broke the … | Continue reading
So you want your company to begin using artificial intelligence. Before rushing to adopt AI, consider the potential risks including legal issues around data protection, intellectual property, and liability. Through a strategic risk management framework, businesses can mitigate ma … | Continue reading
A review of Sylvie Cathrall's new fantasy novel. The post A Charming Correspondence: A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Roman emperor Diocletian is perhaps the most notable resident of Split, Croatia's second most-populated city. What used to be his palace now constitutes almost the entirety of the modern city's UNESCO-protected historic center. His life story in some ways reflects the twin cities … | Continue reading
Warm seawater flowing into the glacier's underside could significantly accelerate the process of its collapse. | Continue reading
We'll likely have to wait until the end of the year for Android 15, though. | Continue reading
Our galaxy stretches across 100,000 light-years and contains somewhere between 100 to 400 billion stars. It appears in our night skies as a long, hazy strip of light littered with celestial objects. Photographers worldwide have been captivated by the sight of the Milky Way from E … | Continue reading
One last road trip for Gus and his pals The post The Hybrids Face a New Danger in the Trailer for Sweet Tooth’s Final Season appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Well-specced box includes the best Snapdragon X Elite, 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD. | Continue reading
I’m not usually nostalgic about apps. I appreciate classic designs from the past, but I find ‘new’ more exciting. However, for every rule, there’s an exception, and for me, it’s Mario Guzmán’s beautiful, pixel-perfect reimagining of classic Apple music apps. Guzmán’s latest app i … | Continue reading
Star Trek just got itself another Oscar winner and Starfleet Academy just got itself a new chancellor. Holly Hunter, best known for work in films including Raising Arizona, The Incredibles, and Home for the Holidays,has just been cast as the lead in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, … | Continue reading
South Korea is investing massive amounts of public funding into importing natural gas while demand is declining. | Continue reading
Software engineer arrested, suspected of grooming teen with AI-generated CSAM. | Continue reading
Visualize This is a real book now! The official publication date is May… Tags: published | Continue reading
Visualize This is a real book now! The official publication date is May… Tags: published | Continue reading
Minnesota legislators reached a compromise with Uber and Lyft to increase pay for drivers across the state through a newly passed bill on Sunday, according to the Star Tribune. The ridesharing companies say they will continue operating throughout the state, after threatening to l … | Continue reading
Ethan Zuckerman is a professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he teaches Public Policy, Communication and Information. He is starting a new research center called the Institute for Digital Public Infrastructure. Over the years, he’s been a tech startup guy ( … | Continue reading
By combining brain scans and nutritional intake data, a new study has found a nutrient profile that puts the brakes on brain aging. What's more, that profile matches an easy-to-follow popular eating plan that's been proven to convey multiple benefits. Continue Reading Category: M … | Continue reading
A community organization in Los Angeles is showing people how to swap their lawn for a garden that grows fresh vegetables. The post Swap Your Lawn For A Garden & Feed Your Neighbors appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
The post Mapping AI’s Rapid Advance appeared first on NOEMA. | Continue reading
Simon Kinberg’s name is recognizable to fans of the X-Men movies—his feature directorial debut was 2019's X-Men: Dark Phoenix, but he’s long been a producer and sometimes writer on the franchise, starting with 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand right up through this summer’s Deadpool & … | Continue reading
Błyskawiczny deser w pucharkach, wyjątkowo smaczny i pięknie prezentujący się :) Warstwy namoczonych w kawie biszkoptów, przekładanych masą pistacjową z mascarpone oraz malinami. Przy czym maliny mogą być świeże lub mrożone. Na koniec całość posypujemy kakao. Tiramisu kajmakowe t … | Continue reading
"To help solve society's biggest challenges." Scientists announce development of porous material with potential to store air pollution: 'This is an exciting discovery' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading