2025-07-07
I convinced myself that I could easily win Squid Game, but after putting myself through the Roblox version it's clear that I absolutely would not walk away champion
Because why wouldn't you want to recreate Netflix's most popular, and most morally questionable show?
On the functional self of LLMs
Published on July 7, 2025 3:39 PM GMTSummaryIntroduces a research agenda I believe is important and neglected: investigating whether frontier LLMs acquire something functionally similar to a self, a deeply...
Russia’s K-278 Komsomolets or Mike-Class Submarine: A Tragic History
The Komsomolets is a classic example of a "system accident," where the catastrophe was not caused by a single failure but by the unforeseen and fatal interaction of multiple, smaller...
Call of Duty: WW2 pulled from PC following reports of remote code exploit trolling players with 'Notepad pop-ups, PC shutdowns' and desktop wallpaper of a lawyer
RCE attacks are among the nastiest out there, though this hacker seems to be in it for the memes.
Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it exists
Adding a feature because ChatGPT incorrectly thinks it exists Adrian Holovaty describes how his SoundSlice service saw an uptick in users attempting to use their sheet music scanner to import...
Could This Be The Future We Desire: Why Blockchain Is Good For Business
Blockchain is often said to revolve around trust. Here we will see why it is good for business.
Monster Hunter Wilds' poor post-launch reception bubbles up to the surface in shareholder meetings, though Capcom says it's 'committed' to fixing performance and content woes
As the Steam reviews continue to rage, Capcom's putting out fires.
AI Slopsquatting: How LLM Hallucinations Poison Your Code
AI slopsquatting is a malware trick that exploits large language model (LLM) hallucinations. 20% of AI-generated code includes hallucinated packages, with 58% of those names repeating across multiple runs. Attackers...
Reckless Footage Shows Tesla Robotaxi Careening Through Heavy Rain at High Speed
Terrifying new footage shows a Tesla robotaxi ripping through partially flooded streets in Austin, Texas. The clip, which went viral on the r/SweatyPalms subreddit over the weekend, shows the modified...
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One snippet to rule them all: make your websites alive Discussion | Link
EA Japan exec laments Microsoft's crushing layoffs, and the demands shareholders make for 'short-term results from large-scale investments'
"In Japan, 'restructures' are very directly perceived as 'layoffs'."
Chinese FMV game about getting 'revenge on gold diggers' plunges the country into online gender tumult
Pretty much like we do on the anglophone internet all the time.
Science writer Jennifer Ouellette reflects on the 30th anniversary of Apollo 13,...
Science writer Jennifer Ouellette reflects on the 30th anniversary of Apollo 13, including the movie’s realism “The actors, once locked in, breathed air pumped into the suits just like the...
On Alpha School
Published on July 7, 2025 3:10 PM GMTThe epic 18k word writeup on Austin’s flagship Alpha School is excellent. It is long, but given the blog you’re reading now, if...
Censorship, Surveillance, and the Splinternet: Why We Need a Decentralized Web
The modern internet is like a digital nervous system that connects people, economies, and cultures around the world. But beneath this is a fragile and centralised framework that places power...
These three RX 9070 XT gaming PCs show AMD builds really are killing it for value right now
Prime Day starts tomorrow—time to step up your game, Nvidia.
The best gaming mouse I've ever tested is just $85 for Prime week but Jeff's going to be upset when he gets back off honeymoon to see the better Razer gaming mouse is only 98 cents more at GameStop
The choice between the Pro and the Hyperspeed used to be an easy one. It still is, but it used to be, too.
Meet EVEDEX, DeFi Startup of the Year 2024 in Dubai, UAE
EVEDEX is a hybrid crypto exchange that fuses the speed of centralized platforms with the transparency and self-custody of DeFi. Powered by its proprietary EVENTUM L3 on Arbitrum Orbit, EVEDEX...
How Mavryk Network Is Building Full-Stack RWA Blockchain for $28 Trillion Asset Tokenization Market
How Mavryk Network is building a Layer 1 blockchain for seamless RWA tokenization, lending, and global asset interoperability.
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AI-powered design workflows, professional-grade control Discussion | Link
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