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    AI glasses face their first major government crackdown

    120k Flock LPRs in the US and you're going to point to 11of them that are operated by, as of yet, unknown entities as evidence of... somthing? Ok.
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    AI glasses face their first major government crackdown

    Simply put, Flock is contracted by government entities and installed on public infrastructure. Government requires a lawful, articulable, reason to run surveillance on a member of the populace or the populace in whole. The surveillance must be narrowly tailored to support the lawful and...
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    Steam Frame: The Ars Technica review

    That's not how late-stage Capitalism works.
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    Latest Android Drop connects Gemini to Find Hub, adds Keep Notes and themes to Messages

    LLMs and the resources required to run them are shit but this is a great use case for AI. ...data curation and analysis. I have so many digital photos from the beginning of digital photos and a ton of scans from celluloid that there's no way I could ever hope to keep track of, let alone...
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    Latest Android Drop connects Gemini to Find Hub, adds Keep Notes and themes to Messages

    Is this something a normal human reader should be able to understand? I kid, I kid.
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    Private group wants to launch “cheapest possible” mission to Alpha Centauri

    I've added this to my lexicon. Thank you.
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    Private group wants to launch “cheapest possible” mission to Alpha Centauri

    Exactly. They touched on this concept a little bit in the Lost in Space movie and I believe that's where this seed was planted for me.
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    Private group wants to launch “cheapest possible” mission to Alpha Centauri

    I'm sure this isn't an original or new thought but you, kind of, hit on something I've been thinking about for a while. With the distances and time involved in <c interstellar travel, every x number of years humanity would advance technologically enough to launch a new prove that would catch and...
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    Our 10 favorite scenes from T2: Judgment Day

    Patrick chasing John on foot as he is riding away is startling even today. Legend has it that he actually caught the motorcycle during the shoot.
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    RIP Tim Curry: Ars remembers his top 10 iconic performances

    Was just going to post a pic of Gaal. E2 wasn't great but Tim Curry was a great villan.
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    Court blocks Trump FCC order that could flood broadcast TV with more election ads

    Don't worry. Another court will give him exactly what he wants.
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    AI is hitting entry-level jobs hardest, Stanford study finds

    It seems like a logical direction to take. I would guess liability insurance is probably a big hurdle to that though. I'm sure, if they really wanted to go for it, they could lobby thier way around that problem.
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    AI is hitting entry-level jobs hardest, Stanford study finds

    pffft! I remember when we were going to redesign entire cities around the Segway.
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    AI is hitting entry-level jobs hardest, Stanford study finds

    That's one of the things the "get a job in the trades" cadre doesn't or can't understand. The trades take a tremendous physical toll on the human body. This can lead to not being able to physically do the work well before retirement age. Barring engine out engine in, I've done all of my own...
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    AI is hitting entry-level jobs hardest, Stanford study finds

    Gen Z and A are going to end up eating us. ...literally.
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    FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies

    Another day, another regression. I'm nearly numb at this point.
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    The new Instagram logo is the perfect embodiment of AI slop

    Reminds me of making out a check (when that was a thing) and remembering I have to print the amount rather than write it half-way through.
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    2026 Subaru Outback Limited review: Boxy outside, almost premium inside

    I just saw one of these at lunch. The looks are even more "divisive" in person.
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    Microsoft brings original Xbox backward compatibility to Windows PCs

    Whenever I talk to people about the OG XBOX, BLiNX: The Time Sweeper is my go-to example of a bad game.