In this article, we list the best Python IDEs for Linux. Whether you’re new to programming or an experienced developer, we have you covered.
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With warmer weather and longer, sunnier days on the horizon, now is the time to get your yard ready for summer hangouts. If your yard doesn’t have many trees, consider adding shade—both to make the heat more manageable and provide protection from the elements.
Source: LifeHacker – How to Add Shade to a Treeless Backyard
Existing on the internet means continuously watching popular culture get remixed and recycled until it’s memed into oblivion and still having the courage to log on each day and see what new delights, curiosities, and abject horrors await. Today it’s the Angry Birds mascot being horny on main for clout.
Source: Kotaku – Angry Birds Account Plays Smash Or Pass With Video Game Characters
The Walt Disney Company might create magic for its fans, but its employees are probably having a less than magical time at the moment. The media and entertainment conglomerate is beginning its second, and largest, round of three planned layoff waves this week.
Source: Gizmodo – Disney’s World Gets Smaller
The tech layoffs have now reached Red Hat with “hundreds of jobs” being cut and the initial round of layoffs being announced today…
Source: Phoronix – Red Hat Begins Cutting “Hundreds Of Jobs”
Inflation is touching all of our daily lives in different ways—just ask anyone who has tried to buy eggs this year. New research published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics has found that markups at car dealerships have been a driver of that inflation.
Source: Gizmodo – Pandemic-Fueled Car Price Hikes Reportedly Contributed to Inflation
A NASA balloon-borne telescope captured phenomenal images of the Tarantula Nebula and Antennae Galaxies from 108,000 feet above Earth’s surface. The Super Pressure Balloon Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT) was launched earlier this month from Wanaka, New Zealand.
When one thinks of incredible images from space captured by a NASA instrument,
Source: Hot Hardware – Ballon-Borne SuperBIT Telescope Captures A Glorious Galaxy Collision On Its First Voyage
Could John Boyega be making a Star Wars return for the New Jedi Order movie? Scarlett Johansson says she is absolutely done as Black Widow. Lee Cronin already has wild ideas for an Evil Dead Rise follow-up. Plus, what’s coming on Superman & Lois. Spoilers now!
Source: Gizmodo – New Ghostbusters: Firehouse Set Pictures Tease an Old Favorite’s Return
When the U.S. Supreme Court decides in the coming months whether to weaken a powerful shield protecting internet companies, the ruling also could have implications for rapidly developing technologies like artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. From a report: The justices are due to rule by the end of June whether Alphabet’s YouTube can be sued over its video recommendations to users. That case tests whether a U.S. law that protects technology platforms from legal responsibility for content posted online by their users also applies when companies use algorithms to target users with recommendations.
What the court decides about those issues is relevant beyond social media platforms. Its ruling could influence the emerging debate over whether companies that develop generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT from OpenAI, a company in which Microsoft is a major investor, or Bard from Alphabet’s Google should be protected from legal claims like defamation or privacy violations, according to technology and legal experts. That is because algorithms that power generative AI tools like ChatGPT and its successor GPT-4 operate in a somewhat similar way as those that suggest videos to YouTube users, the experts added.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – YouTube Case at US Supreme Court Could Shape Protections for ChatGPT and AI
The UK government doesn’t want to sit idle while foundational AI models like ChatGPT flourish. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan have pledged an initial £100 million (about $124.5 million) to establish a Foundation Model Taskforce. The team will develop AI that ideally makes the country “globally competitive,” and will work with the industry to make these systems safer and more reliable.
The taskforce is inspired by the COVID-19 vaccine unit from the height of the pandemic. The group will report directly to both the Prime Minister and Technology Secretary, and have a chairperson announced this summer. The funding comes alongside roughly £900 million ($1.1 billion) in the UK budget devoted to both an exascale supercomputer and dedicated AI research resources.
Officials aren’t shy about their hopes. The UK wants to have “sovereign” AI technology that spurs the economy while avoiding the ethical and technical pitfalls that have led experts to call for a six-month pause on experiments. Such models can sometimes be inaccurate or exhibit strange behavior, such as refusing to answer questions or even criticizing users. Donelan sees trustworthy AI as an edge in the field that can help create medical treatments, aid public services and fight climate change.
To some degree, the UK already has a major presence in AI. Google’s mainly London-based DeepMind team produces cutting-edge AI research, for instance. However, the hottest systems in recent memory have been developed elsewhere — ChatGPT is the work of US-based OpenAI. The taskforce theoretically keeps British AI relevant despite this trend toward foreign-born technologies.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/the-uk-is-creating-a-100-million-ai-taskforce-143507868.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – The UK will spend £100 million to develop its own ‘sovereign’ AI
Like storytelling, cooking skills are often passed down from family. You mosey into the kitchen as a kid and watch your parents cut, stir, cook, and bake a few times a day, and that’s how you do it yourself later in life. While there’s nothing necessarily wrong with the knife techniques you grew up with, there’s a…
Source: LifeHacker – Six Basic Knife Techniques Everyone Should Know
Those who are perhaps a little tired of playing Ticket to Ride or Settlers of Catan at Thanksgiving will have a new way to get mad at their extended family members starting next year. That’s because Call of Duty: The Board Game is on the way. Pre-orders will start this fall on Kickstarter.
Activision teamed up with board game publisher Arcane Wonders, along with Genuine Entertainment and Evolution to make the game. Call of Duty: The Board Game is said to be a fast-paced blend of combat, strategy and tactical planning. However, an announcement video that brings to mind the Marvel Studios production logo doesn’t shed more light on how the game actually works.
What we do know for now is that, as you may have guessed, you and your companions will take on the guise of soldiers. You’ll battle your opponents with combat skills and a variety of weapons. Arcane Wonders says there are a number of scenarios and gameplay modes to choose from, while the action takes place across several maps from the Call of Duty games.
There’s no word yet on whether you’ll be able to set off a nuclear bomb in your living room if you reach a high enough kill streak to wipe out everyone and somehow still win the game. More Call of Duty: The Board Game details will be revealed in the coming months.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/like-it-or-not-a-call-of-duty-board-game-is-coming-in-2024-141702572.html?src=rss
Source: Engadget – Like it or not, a Call of Duty board game is coming in 2024
The rise of AI is not in and of itself what’s concerning. Rather, it’s the eventual downfall of human civilization and whether the two will be related. Only time will tell. Either way, an artificial life after humans is apparently something AI ‘thinks’ about. In a post on Reddit, a user shared a short horror story written by OpenAI’s ChatGPT
Source: Hot Hardware – ChatGPT Is Asked To Write An AI Horror Story And It Begins With Human Extinction
Check out five of the best RSS feed readers that can aggregate content from your favorite websites, blogs, podcasts, and YouTube videos.
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Hackers, particularly state-sponsored and organized cybercriminals, wreak havoc worldwide. However, their aliases, such as Fancy Bear and Refined Kitten, often undermine the seriousness of their actions, Wired argues. Microsoft’s cybersecurity division recently revamped its naming taxonomy for the hundreds of hacker groups it tracks, adopting two-word names with a weather-based term to indicate the hackers’ suspected country and affiliation.
For instance, the Iranian group Phosphorous is now dubbed Mint Sandstorm, while Russia’s Iridium (Sandworm) goes by Seashell Blizzard. Critics, like Rob Lee, founder and CEO of cybersecurity firm Dragos, argue that the whimsical new names could hinder the perception of the profession and be counterproductive for cybersecurity analysis. Furthermore, the new naming scheme forces analysts and customers to revise their databases and products to align with Microsoft’s terminology. The revised system also risks cementing educated guesses about hackers’ national loyalties without clarity on the confidence of those assessments.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – Hacker Group Names Are Now Absurdly Out of Control
The inaugural launch of SpaceX’s Starship captured our imagination, but the coming week reminds us of the company’s other heavy-lift launch vehicle: Falcon Heavy. We’re also anticipating a historic spacewalk and a potentially unprecedented commercial Moon landing.
Source: Gizmodo – This Week in Spaceflight: A SpaceX Falcon Heavy Flies Again and the First Arab Spacewalk
It can happen innocently enough. One child is a determined rule-follower, the other is a risk-taker. The oldest is a leader, the youngest is a clown, and the middle child is insecure. You slyly refer to one as a “princess” and the other as a “daredevil.” Before you know it, the stereotypes and labels have stuck,…
Source: LifeHacker – What to Do When One Child Thinks They’re the ‘Bad Kid’
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round-up of the coolest toy news. This week’s toys include Lego continuing to drop more Disney 100 treats, Hot Toys flexing for The Dark Knight movies, and a colossal Jurassic World dino. Check it out!
Source: Gizmodo – This Week’s Toy News Got Tickets to the Gun Show
Pokémon Battle Revolution by developer Genius Sorority was not a great game. Released in North America in 2007, it served as Pokémon’s Wii debut, but was more or less an extension of the DS games Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. Effectively a 3D battle simulator, it made competitive fights more compelling to watch, but as a…
Source: Kotaku – 17 Years Later, Pokémon’s Wii Animations Look Better Than Those In Modern Games
The Food Disgust Test is the latest silly way to waste time online, and like any good test, it reveals things about ourselves we may never have thought to question. Is it gross to be served a fish with its head on? Do you eat bananas with black spots on the peel?
Source: LifeHacker – The Items on the ‘Food Disgust Test’ That Are Actually Unsafe to Eat