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I wonder about this - what is the reasoning behind this octopus being an apex predator, that is, a predator that is not hunted by any other predators? As far as I understand, even the largest current octopi and giant squids are hunted by large vertebrates like whales and sharks. And the...

That statement is logically equivalent to claiming that you don't love your folks if you don't buy them iPhones. And that is insulting, disgusting bullshit. It is 2026. The majority of older people have been using computers, the internet and even smartphones since they were not all that old...

I'm inclined to agree. We have an A17 in our household - my country mostly shut down the 2/3G networks last winter, and the providers handed out free A17s in cases where relatively modern phones lost network access due to issues with VoLTE Emergency Calling. So we got one for free, replacing a...

The French scoring system used in the study does factor in affordability of parts; it is one of the five factors for the overall score. Assuming an idealized device that is generally perfect but has that million dollar battery, it would likely score zero points in parts affordability and the...

It is an American study and they looked at the eight most popular laptop brands in the USA. Specifically they picked the top eight brands from Statista's "Laptop ownership by brand in the U.S. as of September 2025", and neither Framework nor Tuxed are on that list. Looking at that Statista chart...

Quite, and with OpenAI this has been part of the marketing for years. E.g. back in early 2019 when they limited the release of GPT-2 because it was sooo dangerous, and the media went crazy about "scientists freaking out over their own creation." And it seems to work well for them, because...

English may have moved on, but variations of "child porn" still seem to be the dominating terminology in languages worldwide, often enshrined in the laws banning the matter. The perception of pornography (always/usually/necessarily...) being consensual is not universal, and as such in many...

I may be confusing things because this is something I deal with only every ~4 years. But isn't this a Samsungism, where the enabling of sideloading is now done by going to "Settings"->"Security and privacy", and then turn off the "Auto Blocker"?

I have been involved in such research, funded by law enforcement. Their scenarios typically are about mapping accounts from some criminal or extremist forum (e.g. a DarkNet drug market) to more easily identifiable accounts on a public forum with a related subject (e.g. some "legal drugs" forum)...

Actually, given these two choices, I vote for giving the $100 billion intended for OpenAI to the kids of gijames1225 instead. They can spend it on icecream for all I care, it will still be better than what is happening now.

That may very well be true. However, that screw story raises so many questions: Which of these screws was it, as the articles back then never identified it? Why couldn't Apple have designed the computer to use a different screw? What requirements and design decisions lead to "None of the...

I would not say that. They both basically need to have the machinery in place to replace the human body - that is, in some way substitute for arms that control the steering and feet to step on the pedals. The radio-controlled car receives signals, the rest must be done by the car. In the...

Indeed. In Germany, every other year or so some elderly gets a prison sentence because their role in the Holocaust came to light. And each time there is a discussion, should we really still bother punishing such old people, nowadays centenarians? Yes, we should, precisely so that their...

Early FPS games like Dark Forces and Jedi Knight I played with a joystick. Fancier analog sticks back then usually had some form of flightsim-inspired "rudder" control that I configured for strafing. The analog controls allowed very precise movement and acceleration, from slowly sneaking pixel...

That is not really how people use language, though. "Can you tell me how to get to the railway station?" asks for directions, not an assessment of ability. "Do you know what time it is?" expects a time or "no, sorry", but not just "yes, I do". An AI system answering the way you propose would...

The fact that Barbieri's fast resulted in a Wikipedia article and a Guinness world record could be an indication that this was a highly unusual accomplishment, and one should not exactly hold this up as an example to follow. Barbieri himself reportedly did not, he rather warned people not to try...

On the other hand, history remembers legions of people who promised the Moon and failed to deliver, because they were charlatans or fools. There is no indication whatsoever that an "abundance era" is upon us or feasible at all, nor that LLMs will take us to AGI, much less "superintelligence". Or...

Reminds me of the 1989 assassination of the Deutsche Bank chairman Herrhausen in a Frankfurt suburb (the German wiki-article is far more detailed). The assassins destroyed his armored limousine using an elaborate roadside bomb with a remote-activated motion detector. To install the whole setup...

I don't think anecdata will be conclusive in such a question. I mean, I know of plenty of Androids being used in situations with high security requirements (e.g. defence and law enforcement), so if one was cynical one might as well speculate that your IT is just incompetent. But I in my...

It mentions explicitly that getting a paper boarding pass at the airport will be "£55, equal to about $72", and what the CEO thinks about such people: "So anybody who shows up not having checked in before they get to the airport? Either they’re stupid or they just ignored our email instructions."