Month: May 2024

Peacemaker season 2’s new cast reveal means it’s going to be harder to follow James Gunn’s DC Cinematic Universe

Full spoilers follow for 2021’s The Suicide Squad movie. Peacemaker season 2’s first new cast member has been announced – and the reveal might make it even harder to follow the rebooted DC Cinematic Universe (DCU). Taking to Instagram last Friday (May 10), DCU co-chief James Gunn confirmed that Frank…

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Generative AI Doesn’t Make Hardware Less Hard

Wearable AI gadgets from Rabbit and Humane were panned by reviewers, including at WIRED. Their face-plants show that it’s still tough to compete with big tech in the age of ChatGPT. Source

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‘The Entire History of You’: How a lone developer created free app that records everything you do on your PC — and allows you to rewind and search for anything in a weird homage to an episode of Black Mirror

We’ve all been there: you remember reading or watching something on your PC, but all attempts to locate the item again prove futile. Repeating past searches yields nothing, and your browser history is of no use either. You’re not sure where you saw the item, and eventually you begin to…

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Quordle today – hints and answers for Monday, May 13 (game #840)

Monday comes around again, bringing with it a week of work (boo!) but also a week of Quordle puzzles (yay!) to get the brain working. Today’s may do that more than some, so read of for some clues to help you on your way. SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today…

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NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Monday, May 13 (game #71)

Another week of Strands puzzles kicks off with what I’d say is a nice straightforward one. If you find it a little tougher than I did, though, you can always use my helpful hints below.  SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you…

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Microsoft launches generative AI model designed exclusively for US intelligence services — air-gapped system for spies aims to avoid potential security leaks

AI technology has already proved instrumental in transforming and disrupting a wide range of industries, and really it’s just getting started. Microsoft, which has gone “all-in” on artificial intelligence, has developed a generative AI model designed expressly for U.S. intelligence services. Unlike other AI platforms, such as Microsoft’s own Copilot,…

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