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2025-03-12

Trump Was Reading Notes for His Tesla Sales Pitch and a Photographer Got a Shot of Them

As a "show of confidence" in his buddy Elon Musk, president Donald Trump on Tuesday turned the White House lawn into a Tesla exhibit in all but name. The day...

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Elon Musk Reportedly Wants the Government to Shut Down So He Can Do Something Dark

Unelected White House official Elon Musk is desperate for the federal government to grind to a halt — so he can continue dismantling it. As Wired reports, Musk is hoping...

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404 Media has obtained a list of 200+ sites monitored by a...

404 Media has obtained a list of 200+ sites monitored by a contractor for ICE (Amazon, Apple Music, BabyCenter, Bluesky, Facebook, Github, GoFundMe, etc.). They can “pull a target individual’s...

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'Pretty Vile:' Spotify Removes Andrew Tate 'Pimping Hoes' Class After Employees Complain

Internal Spotify communications viewed by 404 Media show Spotify’s own employees complaining about Andrew Tate’s course being available on the platform.

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Apple Adds Disclaimers Regarding Delayed AI Siri Features

Benjamin Mayo 9to5Mac: Apple is still reeling from the last-week’s news that the most compelling new Apple Intelligence features for Siri have been indefinitely delayed. Over the weekend, it pulled...

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Google Changes Chrome Extension Policies Following the Honey Link Scandal

Jay Peters, The Verge: Google has updated its affiliate ads policy for Chrome extensions after creators accused PayPal’s popular Honey browser extension of being a “scam.” Honey was accused of...

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US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms. The...

US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms. The Us joins a list of countries with “deteriorating civic space conditions, in relation to freedoms of peaceful assembly,...

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Lunar Lander Starts Drilling Into the Moon, Sparks Flying

While Intuitive Machines' Athena lander quickly met its demise after awkwardly stumbling and ending up on its side, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft, which touched down a few days earlier,...

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Trump's Failing Truth Social Was Doing Much Better Under Biden

As Elon Musk's Tesla is feeling the hurt, president Donald Trump's Truth Social meme stock is suffering a noticeably similar fate. Not unlike the EV maker's shares, Truth Social's owner...

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The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring

404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily...

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Podcast: We're Not Ready for Chinese AI Video Generators

We chat the lack of guardrails on China-based AI video models; how cops are using AI to summarize evidence from seized mobile phones; and the AI game that is making...

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OMG, there’s an “S” in today’s Spelling Bee puzzle! (Is this the...

OMG, there’s an “S” in today’s Spelling Bee puzzle! (Is this the first time?) 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

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10 Questions for Every Startup Founder: Brex on Rewriting the Rules of Business Finance

Brex started as a corporate card for startups and evolved into a full spend management platform. Learn how we help companies scale, optimize spend, and plan for growth.

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Users Hate Search Filters—Maybe Let AI Handle It Instead

Instead of traditional forms, we can give users the possibility to use a chat, the next level of communication with services.

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Every Truth (And Lie) Told in Netflix's 'Zero Day,' Ranked

Netflix’s ‘Zero Day’ places viewers in the midst of a massive cyberattack that cripples the United States. While some aspects of the cyberattack feel eerily plausible, others stray into sci-fi....

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Data Transformation and Discretization: A Comprehensive Guide

Data transformation and discretization are critical steps in the data preprocessing pipeline. They prepare raw data for analysis by converting it into forms suitable for mining. This article dives deep...

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AI Wants to Fix Your Network Before It Breaks—But Can You Trust It?

AI is helping networks and data centers to be more clever, speedy, and efficient. Self-optimizing fabric networks, AI-powered cooling, and predictive maintenance are just some of the ways the industry...

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How to Teach a Tiny AI Model Everything a Huge One Knows

Knowledge distillation is a technique in AI where a smaller, more efficient model (student) learns from a larger, more powerful model (teacher). The student mimics the teacher’s outputs, often using...

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In-House vs. Agency PR: Which Strategy Boosts Your Brand?

With well-executed PR, a business can reach new heights, expand its horizons, build audience loyalty, and strengthen trust.

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Here Are the 7 Productivity Tips Pro Software Engineers Use to Stay Ahead

Boost your productivity as a software engineer with seven practical tips, including effective task management, clear communication, and proactive collaboration.

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