2026-06-05
Microsoft Claims 20 second Qubits
While it might seem that your computer malfunctions every few minutes, the reality is that modern computers are usually quite robust. Not so much for quantum computers, where qubit life...
Some People Rooted for The Empire in ‘Star Wars’, Too
Ed Morrissey, writing for Hot Air, thinks Scott Pelley got what he deserved and Bari Weiss is doing a good job running CBS News: And Pelley forgot the Golden Rule:...
What Does Abliteration Actually Cost?
Ask Claude or ChatGPT the wrong thing and you’ll get a “I can’t help you with that request”.Sometimes the refusal makes sense. Sometimes it doesn’t. Either way it raises the...
[Paper] Dictionary Learning Identifiability for Understanding SAEs
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Brief Summary Despite showing promise for studying the internals of neural networks, Sparse Autoencoders (SAEs) do some puzzling things, like feature-splitting, feature-absorption, or encoding dense features. Working out why they...
Poll: Do you like the new Steam store design, or is it 'hot garbage'?
Valve rolled out a refresh of the Steam store today. Not everyone's happy about it.
Final Fantasy 14 housing lottery schedule: how and when to bid, and find out if you've won
Become a virtual homeowner with all the effort and frustration of the real-life deal.
AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy
AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy Charity Majors neatly captures the dynamic between AI enthusiasts and AI skeptics, both of...
Valve really isn't budging: Steam Machine and Steam Frame are still 'shipping this summer,' it insists
Despite the dire hardware and component landscape, it's apparently still happening.
'It would be good for the world' to slow down AI sprints, Anthropic says
The plea for caution comes the same week it beat AI archrival OpenAI to filing for an IPO
Lunar bombardment of earth is practical
Previous analyses likely anchored on mass drivers(costly, heavy) rather than sling launchers or ignored the possibility of launching and storing projectiles in parking orbits for later strikes. Both of these...
If You Want to Hack Me, Come in Through the Speaker
Some security hacks require someone to have physical access to your computer. In many cases, that’s easy to mitigate. Other attack vectors can put you at risk from anywhere via...
Remember when Star Wars and Command & Conquer ruled PC gaming? June in PC Gamer 10, 20, and 30 years ago
Here's what was happening in PC gaming in June 1996, 2006 and 2016.
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage Review
The IceThe 1999 cult classic Boondock Saints has an unforgettable scene about halfway through the movie where the FBI agent (played by Willem Dafoe) hot on the Saints’ trail comes...
Pink is the latest goon squad to use fake helpdesk calls to steal creds
A familiar tactic popularized by chaotic crime crew Lapsus$
Satya Nadella ‘Not Sure’ Who Said Microsoft Wanted to Make Addictive AI, Is Looking for Guy Who Did This
Microsoft's CEO seems unaware of what's going on at his own company.
What time does Summer Game Fest start and how to watch SGF 2026?
What time is Summer Game Fest? Our guide to SGF 2026 streams and start times explain how to watch this week's game announcements.
2026-06-04
Canada wants to make its own AI, break free from US bots
Another ally questions reliance on American AI
HarbourMasters 64 Drops the 64, Gets Cubed
In a post on its Discord server, HarbourMasters 64, a team of developers that specializes in porting Nintendo 64 titles to PC, has stated that it will be dropping the...
Microsoft MAI-Voice-2
Expressive TTS with voice cloning in 15 languages Discussion | Link
I regret to inform you that you almost certainly overlooked a sick as hell shrimp game on Steam last month
There's still time to correct this grievous error.
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