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‘Parasites should get more fame’: the nominees for world’s finest invertebrate – podcast

Today at 06:00 AM, via The Guardian

Invertebrates don’t get the attention lavished on cute pets or apex predators, but these unsung heroes are some of the most impressive and resilient creatures on the planet. So when the Guardian opened its poll to find the world’s finest invertebrate, readers got in touch in their droves. A dazzling array of nominations have flown in for insects, arachnids, snails, crustaceans, corals and...

Vibe Coded AI App Generates Recipes With Very Few Guardrails

Today at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: A “vibe coded” AI app developed by entrepreneur and Y Combinator group partner Tom Blomfield has generated recipes that gave users instruction on how to make “Cyanide Ice Cream,” “Thick White Cum Soup,” and “Uranium Bomb,” using those actual substances as ingredients. Vibe coding, in case you are unfamiliar, is the new practice where people,...

Trump’s Tariffs Could Reshape the US Tech Industry

Today at 04:23 AM, via Wired

Apple, Amazon, and other tech companies reliant on global supply chains stand to lose the most from Trump’s trade policies, but some software firms expect more demand for their services.

Open-Source Tool Designed To Throttle PC and Server Performance Based On Electricity Pricing

Today at 03:45 AM, via Slashdot

Robotics and machine learning engineer Naveen Kul developed WattWise, a lightweight open-source CLI tool that monitors power usage via smart plugs and throttles system performance based on electricity pricing and peak hours. Tom’s Hardware reports: The simple program, called WattWise, came about when Naveen built a dual-socket EPYC workstation with plans to add four GPUs. It’s a power-intensive...

NaNoWriMo To Close After 20 Years

Today at 03:07 AM, via Slashdot

NaNoWriMo, the nonprofit behind the annual novel-writing challenge, is shutting down after 20 years but will keep its websites online temporarily so users can retrieve their content. The Guardian reports: A 27-minute YouTube video posted the same day by the organization’s interim executive director Kilby Blades explained that it had to close due to ongoing financial problems, which were...

I put the Married at First Sight ‘experiment’ to the test. The results are stark | Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz

Today at 02:21 AM, via The Guardian

I’ve become addicted to the show. But as a scientist I wonder: how many couples actually stay together?

It has finally happened. After a decade of avoiding the show, my wife and I decided that we would try out the new season of Married at First Sight. We consume quite a bit of reality TV, so it’s not that we avoided it precisely, but something about the idea of watching people struggle to build...

Five VPN Apps In the App Store Had Links To Chinese Military

Today at 02:20 AM, via Slashdot

A joint investigation found that at least five popular VPN apps on the App Store and Google Play have ties to Qihoo 360, a Chinese company with military links. Apple has since removed two of the apps but has not confirmed the status of the remaining three, which 9to5Mac notes have “racked up more than a million downloads.” The five apps in question are Turbo VPN, VPN Proxy Master, Thunder VPN,...

Anthropic Launches an AI Chatbot Plan For Colleges and Universities

Today at 01:40 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Anthropic announced on Wednesday that it’s launching a new Claude for Education tier, an answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT Edu plan. The new tier is aimed at higher education, and gives students, faculty, and other staff access to Anthropic’s AI chatbot, Claude, with a few additional capabilities. One piece of Claude for Education is “Learning...

Doctors urge government to fight poverty after rise in patients with Victorian diseases

Today at 01:01 AM, via The Guardian

Survey finds vast majority of doctors are concerned at impact of health inequalities on their patients

Doctors have reported a rise in the number of patients with Victorian diseases such as scabies, as the Royal College of Physicians urged the government to do more to fight poverty.

The survey of 882 doctors found 89% were concerned about the impact of health inequalities on their patients,...

India Set For $100 Billion Startup IPO Surge By 2027

Today at 01:00 AM, via Slashdot

According to Bloomberg, India is set for a surge in tech startup IPOs valued at around $100 billion by 2027, with major players like Flipkart, PhonePe, and Oyo preparing to go public. From a report: A report from Indian investment bank The Rainmaker Group suggests that the new wave of IPO hopefuls is in a stronger financial position than their predecessors. Many of the startups that were listed...

Bill Gates Celebrates Microsoft’s 50th By Releasing Altair BASIC Source Code

Today at 00:20 AM, via Slashdot

To mark Microsoft’s 50th anniversary, Bill Gates has released the original Altair BASIC source code he co-wrote with Paul Allen, calling it the “coolest code” he’s ever written and a symbol of the company’s humble beginnings. Thurrott reports: “Before there was Office or Windows 95 or Xbox or AI, there was Altair BASIC,” Bill Gates writes on his Gates Notes website. “In 1975, Paul Allen and I...

The Founder of OnlyFans Wants to Buy TikTok

Yesterday at 23:57 PM, via Wired

Billionaire Tim Stokely partnered with a crypto company to bid for TikTok as the social media company faces a deadline to either sell or be banned in the US. Amazon also placed a last minute bid.

Vast Pedophile Network Shut Down In Europol’s Largest CSAM Operation

Yesterday at 23:41 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Europol has shut down one of the largest dark web pedophile networks in the world, prompting dozens of arrests worldwide and threatening that more are to follow. Launched in 2021, KidFlix allowed users to join for free to preview low-quality videos depicting child sex abuse materials (CSAM). To see higher-resolution videos, users had to...

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