2025-04-16
Was The Great Gatsby’s titular character a Black man who passed for...
Was The Great Gatsby’s titular character a Black man who passed for white? “To read the novel without presupposing any character’s whiteness is to discover which characters are identified as...
You Might Not Want to Touch Receipts After Seeing This Horrifying Research
Think twice before saying yes to that receipt. According to new research from the Center for Environment Health, the tiny paper documents used by major US retailers contain alarmingly high...
METR’s preliminary evaluation of o3 and o4-mini
Published on April 16, 2025 8:23 PM GMTDiscuss
Figma Files for IPO
You will recall that in September 2022, Figma entered into an agreement for a $20 billion acquisition by Adobe, but abandoned the deal 15 months later.  ★Â
On the Real-Life Story of Deep-Cover Russian Spies Living As American Families....
On the Real-Life Story of Deep-Cover Russian Spies Living As American Families. “People who crave external validation would never make the cut as illegals, she said. ‘A spy is an...
Integrating JavaScript into Crypto Trading Apps: Challenges & Solutions
EVEDEX and CleverPumpkin tackled integrating a TypeScript SDK into native crypto apps, overcoming JavaScript compatibility and native integration challenges. Using native code for network tasks, WebView for wallet interactions, and...
The newest Minecraft snapshot makes A Minecraft Movie's giant Ghast airships into an in-game reality
Leashes and Happy Ghasts now let you create airships like in A Minecraft Movie, or dangle poor pigs over a cliff.
LAPD Publishes Crime Footage It Got From a Waymo Driverless Car
Police are starting to realize they can demand footage from driverless cars.
Kamelo: A Rule-Based Constructed Language for Universal, Logical Communication
Published on April 16, 2025 6:44 PM GMTIntroductionNatural languages are messy, ambiguous, and often inefficient for transmitting structured ideas. Kamelo is a proposal for a constructed language designed to address...
Tesla Stock Hits Dreaded Death Cross
Shares of embattled carmaker Tesla have reached a bearish "death cross" this week, indicating heightened volatility and future losses. A "death cross" indicates when a company's 50-day moving average crosses...
SquareX To Uncover Data Splicing Attacks At BSides San Francisco, A Major DLP Flaw
SquareX researchers will be disclosing a new class of data exfiltration techniques at BSides San Francisco 2025. The talk will demonstrate multiple data splicing techniques that will allow attackers to...
GPT-4.5 is Cognitive Empathy, Sonnet 3.5 is Affective Empathy
Published on April 16, 2025 7:12 PM GMTThis was the thing my friend told me I should make an account here to post, I hope it is appropriate.IntroductionThe thrust of...
FFGI Announces FFG Token: A New Chapter In Blockchain-Based Film Finance
FFG Token is scheduled to go live in the coming weeks, with a capped supply of 1 billion tokens and integrated governance mechanics. Backed by real-world film budgets and anchored...
GPT-4.1 Is a Mini Upgrade
Published on April 16, 2025 7:00 PM GMTYesterday’s news alert, nevertheless: The verdict is in. GPT-4.1-Mini in particular is an excellent practical model, offering strong performance at a good price....
The Traditional Designs of Ukrainian Egg Decorating
From a 1968 book, a collection of illustrations of regional patterns & designs of the art of Ukrainian pysanky, or egg decorating. From the Center for Russian, East European, &...
AB DAO And Bitget Launch Dual Reward Campaign, Distributing $2.6M Worth Of $AB Globally
AB DAO announces a dual reward campaign in collaboration with Bitget. The campaign will distribute a total of 213,307,000 $AB, valued at approximately $2.6 million USD. The initiative marks a...
Whistleblower Says He Received Threats After Investigating Whether Elon Musk's Minions Were Stealing Government Data
Labor Lawlessness It's no shock that dedicated union buster Elon Musk sicced his minions on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) — but the way those churlish youths are handling...
Bloober Team delivers an ominous warning in the first gameplay trailer for its next game: 'Don't let them merge'
Shooting them isn't good enough.
USS George H.W. Bush: The Very Last Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier Is a Beast
President George H.W. Bush was an under-rated president who had an enormous impact on national security and foreign policy. He was in command during the highly successful first war in...
CD Projekt warns against fake Witcher 4 beta test invites: 'This is a scam'
If you run across an invitation to a Witcher 4 beta, you should report it, but please don't fall for it.
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