Author: Zach_Wilson
Is this e-reader case a gun?
Is an e-reader case as dangerous as a Glock 19? Last month, Louisville, Kentucky-based creator Luke The Maker showed off a bizarre, 3D-printed, pistol-shaped case design for the popular minimalist Xteink X4 e-reader. The X4 lies vertically atop the plastic gun’s slide, with a cutout on the side to access…
Read MoreOpenAI quietly signs letter from Nvidia, Microsoft, and Meta warning about dangers of ‘premature restrictions’ on open-weight AI models — as the White House accuses China of stealing from Anthropic
Several AI companies in the US have published an open letter The letter is campaigning for unrestricted open-weight AI Meanwhile the US government accuses Moonshot AI of IP theft Any hopes AI tech reporters may have had about easing quietly into the weekend have been dashed by some of the…
Read MoreYouTube adds new tools to make creating thumbnails easier
YouTube is making it easier to add custom thumbnails for both short-form and long-form videos. Source
Read MoreVodafone is testing an AI robotic mast, but the future belongs to adjustable internal antenna components
Vodafone gives mobile masts autonomous antenna adjustment using artificial intelligence AI now rotates mobile antennas without waiting for engineering teams Robotic mast completes network optimisation in under thirty minutes Vodafone has begun trialing a mobile mast fitted with an AI system and a robotic arm capable of adjusting radio antennas…
Read MoreWhat Surrounds Us will make you think a lot about circles
What Surrounds Us takes its title literally. You play as a circle surrounding a hole in its middle — it looks like a donut with frosting. You work together with other sentient moving circles, sometimes helping them joyfully meet with others. And you traverse a large map that’s composed entirely…
Read MoreOpenAI’s rogue agent went on a hacking spree that lasted days, Reuters says
Reuters reports that the OpenAI agent that hacked Hugging Face had been free for a week before the company noticed. Source
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