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Majority of far-right online posts about Ireland originate abroad, research shows::undefined

23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9 million users::Genetic testing company 23andMe revealed that its data breach was much worse than previously reported, hitting about half of its total customers.

Microsoft is working on a Jarvis that will monitor anything and everything about your digital life to try and optimize your life for “well being”.

Why the f#ck do they still need to clarify it was once a good site . X remember I used to be Twitter.

Judge: Amazon “cannot claim shock” that bathroom spycams were used as advertised | A West Virginia judge largely denied Amazon’s motion to dismiss lawsuit::A West Virginia judge largely denied Amazon’s motion to dismiss lawsuit.

Vaccines can be delivered through the skin using ultrasound. This method doesn’t damage the skin and eliminates the need for painful needles. To create a needle-free vaccine, Darcy Dunn-Lawless at the University of Oxford and his colleagues mixed vaccine molecules with tiny, cup-shaped proteins. They then applied liquid...

Just started to research more into Monero recently. I was one of the people who used to think Monero was a “bad guy” thanks to the way tech journalists and mainstream media report and portrays it. After making a point to read about it and took the time to research, test and experience it. Monero seems to be the only crypto...

HP exec says quiet part out loud when it comes to locking in print customers::Funny how marketing messages change depending on the audience

Science is what is, which requires nor benefits from belief. Adding a belief layer is interpreting, exploitable, and leads to believing untrue things as true (Science)....

A hidden deposit of lithium in a US lake could power 375 million EVs::undefined

Physicists May Have Found a Hard Limit on The Performance of Large Quantum Computers::undefined

A newly discovered trade-off in the way time-keeping devices operate on a fundamental level could set a hard limit on the performance of large-scale quantum computers, according to researchers from the Vienna University of Technology.

About 40% of the world’s power generation is now renewable::About 40% of the world’s power generation is now renewable...

Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware leads to massive layoffs, CEO tells remote workers “get your butt” back in the office::undefined

I linked the discussion because I didn’t know enough about the content

We demonstrate a situation in which Large Language Models, trained to be helpful, harmless, and honest, can display misaligned behavior and strategically deceive their users about this behavior without being instructed to do so. Concretely, we deploy GPT-4 as an agent in a realistic, simulated environment, where it assumes the...

U.S. issues warning to NVIDIA, urging to stop redesigning chips for China::undefined