2025-06-03
Py-DockerDB: Simplifying Programmatic Database Handling
Local database setup is deceptively expensive. It introduces variance into your dev environments and bakes hidden assumptions into your codebase.
Torchlight 3 studio Echtra Games, acquired by Zynga in 2021 to help it move into PC and console gaming, is being closed without doing that
Echtra was working on a new RPG for Zynga, but it never saw the light of day.
The Future is Visual: The Image Search Revolution
Vector search uses image embeddings to find visually similar images. It is similar to placing locations on a map; images with similar visual characteristics will cluster together. It can be...
Sudan Is the War No One Cares About
Over 150,000 dead and 11 million displaced are the result of war in Sudan that started months before the Gaza War, in 2023, and shows no sign of abating. Yet...
Tu-95 Bear: The āOldā Russian Bomber That Canāt Be Replaced
Key Points ā Ukraineās recent āOperation Spiderwebā drone strike, which reportedly destroyed or damaged multiple Russian Tu-95 āBearā strategic bombers deep within Russia, represents a significant and potentially irreplaceable loss...
Metaās $10 Billion Bet: Building an Undersea Cable Empire to Power Its AI Future
The internet doesn't run on satellites or Wi-Fi alone, it runs through a web of undersea cables stretching across the ocean floor. 99% of global internet traffic zips through fiber...
Russiaās Oscar II-Class Submarines Have Just 1 Mission
Key Points ā Russiaās Oscar II-class (Project 949A Antey) nuclear-powered submarines, the worldās largest cruise missile submarines until 2007, were designed during the Cold War to destroy US Navy carrier...
Why NATO and Canada Matter More as Trumpās Deals Falter
When former President Barack Obama took office, he embarked on a global apology tour. In Cairo, in 2009, he apologized for the Global War on Terror, which he would go...
DOGE Fires Operative After He Admits the Government Was Already Pretty Efficient
One of Elon Musk's austerity operatives discovered that the government has far less glut than he'd banked on ā and admitting so publicly got him fired. Sahil Lavingia, a tech...
2025-06-02
Jonathan Joss, who appeared in Cyberpunk 2077 and Red Dead Redemption, shot dead in Texas
The actor, who was best known for portraying John Redcorn in King of the Hill, was killed in what police say was a dispute with a neighbor.
Singleplayer Elden Ring Nightreign is no longer hell to play, but it's still a compromised game of 30-minute boss runbacks
Solo Nightreign has hit its natural ceiling of being 60% as good as the co-op experience.
LLMs might have subjective experiences, but no concepts for them
Published on June 2, 2025 9:18 PM GMTSummary: LLMs might be conscious, but they might not have concepts and words to represent and express their internal states and corresponding subjective...
Therapy Chatbot Tells Recovering Addict to Have a Little Meth as a Treat
We're only beginning to understand the effects of spending more and more time talking to AI chatbots on a daily basis. As the technology progresses, many users are starting to...
INE Alert: $16.6 Billion In Cyber Losses Underscore Critical Need For Advanced Security Training
The FBI's latest Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) Annual Report reveals a stark reality: cybercriminals extracted a record $16.6 billion from victims in 2024. While these losses include both individual...
Former Ubisoft execs face trial in France this week on charges of 'moral and sexual harassment'
Testimonies and internal Ubisoft audits allege an "institutionalized schoolboy environment" of racism, bullying, and sexual misconduct.
Tesla Executives Grilled Elon Musk When His Story Wasn't Adding Up
After getting caught tweeting out a lie, Elon Musk was interrogated by Tesla executives worried about government blowback. Last year, afterĀ Reuters reported that Tesla was killing its $25,000 model...
WhatsApp for iPad, Finally
WhatsApp: As one of our biggest requests, weāre excited to announce that WhatsApp is now available on iPad.[...] Weāve made WhatsApp for iPad ideal for multitasking so you can get...
Refactoring 029 - How to Replace NULL With Collection
Replace nullable optional attributes with empty collections to eliminate null checks and leverage polymorphism.
Forget Divinity: Original Sin 3: For its Baldur's Gate 3 follow-up, I implore Larian to revisit its okayest game
I'm not talking about Ego Draconis. Even okayer than that.
Unfaithful Reasoning Can Fool Chain-of-Thought Monitoring
Published on June 2, 2025 7:08 PM GMTThis research was completed for LASR Labs 2025 by Benjamin Arnav, Pablo Bernabeu-PĆ©rez, Nathan Helm-Burger, Tim Kostolansky and Hannes Whittingham. The team was...
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