LLMs are surprisingly great at compressing images and audio, DeepMind researchers find (venturebeat.com)
21 Useful Linux Terminal Shortcuts Pro Users Love (itsfoss.com)
Announcing Microsoft Copilot, your everyday AI companion - The Official Microsoft Blog (blogs.microsoft.com)
Today we take the next step to unify these capabilities into a single experience we call Microsoft Copilot, your everyday AI companion. Copilot will uniquely incorporate the context and intelligence of the web, your work data and what you are doing in the moment on your PC to provide better assistance – with your privacy and...
Senate confirms chairman of joint chiefs as GOP senator still blocking hundreds of military nominees (apnews.com)
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Gen. CQ Brown as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, putting him in place to succeed Gen. Mark Milley when he retires at the end of the month....
Do you remember? (lemmus.org)
Sufjan Stevens is relearning to walk after Guillain-Barre Syndrome left him immobile, hospitalized (apnews.com)
Grammy- and Oscar-nominated indie musician Sufjan Stevens is relearning how to walk after the autoimmune disease Guillain-Barre Syndrome left him immobile, representatives confirmed to The Associated Press....
Circles do not exist (nibblestew.blogspot.com)
Missing Chinese defense chief signals turmoil in Xi's government (www.japantimes.co.jp)
The United States believes Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu has been placed under investigation and relieved of his command, reports said Friday, in what could be the latest sign of turmoil in Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s government, just over six months after he installed a collection of loyalist leaders in his Cabinet....
selfh.st community survey (selfh.st)
Hopes fade for survivors as Morocco quake toll passes 2,800 (www.aljazeera.com)
After an initial response that was described as too slow by some survivors, search and rescue efforts speed up.
Unearthed touchscreen iMac G3 prototype evokes a very different era of Apple | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
Baldur's Gate 3 - Hotfix #5 Now Live! - Steam News (store.steampowered.com)
Japan's top court orders Okinawa to allow a divisive government plan to build US military runways (apnews.com)
Splashdown! NASA's Crew-6 returns after six months at the International Space Station (www.npr.org)
Splashdown! NASA’s Crew-6 returns after six months at the International Space Station::undefined
NonCredible History moment - this is what a Roman Centurion looked like (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
The endless battle to banish the world’s most notorious stalker website (wapo.st)
The anonymous forum, known as Kiwi Farms, keeps popping back online despite a relentless campaign by transgender activists and a former insider...
dare anyone ask for more? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
NASA awards startup $850,000 to develop space debris capture bag | NASA awarded space logistics startup TransAstra a contract to develop an inflatable capture bag capable of transporting orbital de... (interestingengineering.com)
NASA awards startup $850,000 to develop space debris capture bag | NASA awarded space logistics startup TransAstra a contract to develop an inflatable capture bag capable of transporting orbital de…::undefined
Twitter is collecting biometrics data from users (www.cnn.com)
SAG-AFTRA Calls Interactive Media Strike Authorization Vote (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
"SAG-AFTRA is standing up to tyranny on behalf of its members,” stated president Fran Drescher.
Federal judge blocks Blount Co. District Attorney from enforcing Tennessee's anti-drag law at Blount Pride festival (www.wbir.com)
The ACLU sued on behalf of drag performer Flamy Grant and Blount Pride after District Attorney General Ryan Desmond warned them of possible prosecution in a letter.
Tourists from Morocco shot dead after straying into Algerian waters (www.aljazeera.com)
Two French-Moroccan men have reportedly been shot and killed after they accidentally crossed Morocco’s maritime border with Algeria on water scooters, according to Moroccan media reports....