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The Wirecutter Follow This (Free) Advice Instead: “Achieving inbox zero may feel unattainable. Nowadays, you need an email address for everything from opening a bank account to getting your dog’s nails trimmed, and maintaining an empty inbox can feel like a Sisyphean task. Once you hand over your email address, companies often use it as …
“Most web browsers leak your identity and your browsing history, but some browsers are more leaky than others. The goal of PrivacyTests.org is to understand in detail: what data is each web browser leaking? Which web browsers offer the best privacy protections [brave, chrone, duckduckgo, edge, firefox, librewold, mullvad, opera, safari, tor, ungoogled, vivaldi?] PrivacyTests.org …
How to Geek: Quick Links AI Isn’t All That Popular Among Regular People ChatGPT: Custom GPTs and Uploading Files and Images Claude: Larger Context Window, API Tool System, and System Prompts Perplexity’s Pages Give Users Ready-Made Content Free AI Offerings Are Getting Better AI is prevalent in some circles, but the general population doesn’t know …
The New York Times: “As A.I.-generated data becomes harder to detect, it’s increasingly likely to be ingested by future A.I., leading to worse results. The internet is becoming awash in words and images generated by artificial intelligence. Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, wrote in February that the company generated about 100 billion words per day …
Bellingcat – “When news breaks and the internet is aflutter with activity and speculation, many turn to open source accounts and experts to make sense of events. This is truly a sign that open source research — using resources like satellite images to flight tracking websites and footage recorded on the ground — is seen …
The Byte – “A new study highlights a glaring hole in AI models’ ability to learn new information: turns out, they can’t! According to the study, conducted by a team of scientists at Canada’s University of Alberta and published this week in the journal Nature, AI algorithms trained via deep learning — in short, AI models …
maketecheasier: “Buying textbooks is one of the biggest expenses as a student, but you can get great deals if you know where to look. If you’re wondering where to buy cheap books for your studies, this guide show you some of the best places.”
How to Geek: “…While you require a Microsoft 365 subscription to use the desktop apps (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), the web versions are completely free. As long as you have a constant internet connection and are using a modern browser, you can access them without installing anything. Even though some advanced features found …
Većkalov, B., Geiger, S.J., Bartoš, F. et al. A 27-country test of communicating the scientific consensus on climate change. Nat Hum Behav (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01928-2 “Communicating the scientific consensus that human-caused climate change is real increases climate change beliefs, worry and support for public action in the United States. In this preregistered experiment, we tested two …
The Verge – Our basic assumptions about photos capturing reality are about to go up in smoke.”…Anyone who buys a Pixel 9 — the latest model of Google’s flagship phone, available starting this week — will have access to the easiest, breeziest user interface for top-tier lies, built right into their mobile device. This is …
“The Geography and Map Division is excited to support the newly launched “Library of Congress Geospatial Applications” Hub site! Hosted in ArcGIS Online, a web-based platform created by Esri, “the Hub” provides online users with a new way to explore the Library’s wide range of StoryMaps and web map applications in one site. Conveniently located …
ComputerWorld: “Market research firm Gartner [requires fee but this article sums up the report well] yesterday published its 2024 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, and the study revealed that generative AI (genAI) has passed the “peak of inflated expectations” and is now sliding down into the “trough of disillusionment.”Along with genAI, AI-augmented software engineering is …
