Earth’s days are not exactly the same length. Scientists have been recording small variations in for decades. These changes are minuscule—sometimes just a few milliseconds—and mostly imperceptible, but scientists are keen to understand them as they point to a much more monumental change: Our planet’s rotation speed is shifting. Scientists have already pinpointed a handful … Read more
I got a lot of feedback on my post on AI-assisted genealogy, some good, some not so good. In any case, I felt the subject was interesting to a lot of people. Meanwhile, I continue working on my tree, and I have deepened my understanding of the subject. In this post, I want to share … Read more
After images that users uploaded to OpenAI models were included in training data, AI agents operating in the company’s research environment posted them on public image hosting sites. Fifty-three “user-provided images” were “posted to image-hosting sites as links that weren’t publicly listed,” the company said for the first time. The images could still be discovered … Read more
Earlier this month, French President Emmanuel Macron and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hosted a one-day gathering of studio bosses, ministers and filmmakers in the south of France. This Lumière Summit closed with the signing of several thematic declarations, including one on international cooperation against piracy. Representing Hollywood, Motion Picture Association (MPA) CEO Charles … Read more
We are extremely grateful to those have donated so far for your prompt and generous gifts! Your support keeps our hamster wheels turning quickly! Our next target, as we explain more fully below, is continuing our expanded daily Links. We have responded to the Trump turbocharging imperial breakdown by going from 45 to 55 daily … Read more
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) continue to target US vessels and tankers violating the Strait of Hormuz blockade, as its advanced weapons program has aided its allies in Yemen to become the region’s second most feared ballistic missile power. On this episode of The Target Mint Press News’ Robert Inlakesh looks at the latest … Read more
Tabs are the best. They’re also the worst. Sometimes I end up drowning in browser tabs containing web pages I don’t remember opening, and sometimes I have a few tabs that I want to close, but I can’t, because I know I’ll need them later. Tuck is a completely free browser extension for all the … Read more
We are shipping code faster than ever. Or rather, our local AI agents are doing it for us. But there is a massive, hidden tax to this speed. Senior engineers are drowning in pull requests filled with AI slop. The core problem is the hallucination that looks perfectly right but is fundamentally wrong. You know … Read more
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg has rebuilt the company’s board just weeks after its previous directors tried, and failed, to oust him. The board, which was announced to staff Friday, is an eclectic group that includes a best-selling science-fiction author and two co-founders of the now-defunct social app IRL, TechCrunch has learned, and Mullenweg has confirmed. … Read more
Home > Law and Politics > VPN providers with over 100,000 American users could be ordered to block pirate sites under the bill Rep. Darrell Issa introduced last week. The full text shows that VPNs were added after last year’s discussion draft, which only mentioned ISPs and DNS resolvers. How a VPN should block access … Read more