tech

As the technology becomes ubiquitous, a vast tasker underclass is emerging — and not going anywhere.

Like most who’ve joined kbin or lemmy, I’m actively looking for more communities to subscribe to. We don’t have a way to do a centralized search for these across instances yet, so I’m sure there’s some I’ve overlooked. What smaller technology related groups have you discovered that could use more publicity?...

In this 11th instalment of the vlog, I talk about going viral on KBin and the future of Reddit alternatives.

How to handle function name hallucinations, function call chaining and more accurate function call arguments

Consumer groups in more than a dozen European countries are calling for urgent government investigations into the risks of generative AI.

You can say goodbye to these legacy File Explorer options on Windows 11

I'm showing you around how it looks on my instance and how to find communities, etc.

The battle between Reddit and its CEO continues. With that battle continuing on, ActivityPubs user count continues to soar.

Meta announced a new AI model called Voicebox yesterday, one it says is the most versatile yet for speech generation, but it’s not releasing it yet: The model is still only a research project, but Meta says can generate speech in six languages from samples as short as two seconds and could be used for “natural, authentic”...

See title and link. Also, Reddit post with more details....

How do those projects write open-source drivers for proprietary hardware legally? I know that there's "clean-room" reverse engineering, but is it really a requirement? From what I understand, you can write docs about how the hardware works and then the other team can write a software based on that documentation....

Taking a hint from the magician’s playbook, scientists have devised a way to pull electricity from thin air....

At more than 7 feet tall when fully extended and with 360 degree vision they’re formidable enough to make any would-be lawbreaker think twice.

A standoff between the site and some of its most devoted users exposes an existential dilemma.

I would definitely not use any technologies that use internet or can be hacked remotely. But I would accept some that would help my life significantly.

iOS 17's Screen Distance feature will display a warning whenever you get too close to your phone.

Developed by Shenzhen UFO Power Technology, the flying saucer is equipped with 12 propeller blades surrounding the pilot seat in the middle of the craft #press