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While waiting for the dedicated LLM build hardware to arrive, I tried running Gemma 4 E4B on a Core i7-8850H laptop with 64GB RAM via LM Studio. It started well. It did not end well.
AI-assisted coding is genuinely useful in the hands of experienced professionals. In the hands of people who don't understand what they're building, it's a liability waiting to happen. An opinion from 30 years in IT.
It sure seems a lot like the Trump administration is just bulling Anthropic for not acquiescing to its every move, and its the cybersecurity community who'll suffer for it
The Wall Street Journal reviewed 1,105 videos along with guidance given to creators for crafting their posts.
The history books are littered with the corpses of corporate record labels started by companies that had no business being in the music industry. Bose thinks it can be the exception to the rule. It thinks it can be Red…
Claude Guillemot, who founded Ubisoft with his four brothers, has died at the age of 69.
At least three coal plants have been repeatedly cited for violating environmental regulations.
Cold Court is a brother-sister duo from Philly that seems to love nothing more than shoving all of their influences together in a messy soup that at least superficially resembles the hyperpop you've come to expect from…
Many of those videos were reportedly filmed on “near-perfect copies” of the Polymarket website, while featuring trades and winnings that were not real.
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On the new episode of Equity, we discussed what actually prompted the administration's latest moves against Anthropic, and what this might mean for the AI ecosystem.
They’re a key part of the digital and AI economy, but they come at a high environmental cost and offer few operational jobsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOn Mamre Road, in Sydney’s outer…
Siri’s AI overhaul may have grabbed the headlines at WWDC, but some of Apple’s most useful AI features are arriving elsewhere in iOS 27.
According to a Wall Street Journal investigation, Polymarket has been paying people to film themselves placing fake bets and celebrating fake wins on social media. WSJ identified over 1,100 deceptive clips and talked to…
If you had a Roomba, especially in the early days of the robot vacuum, it was in many ways a fairly unsophisticated machine. It would just bump around your house, looking for something to suck up, until its battery died…
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on aviation, air taxis, and Wi-Fi speeds at 30,000 feet, follow Andrew J. Hawkins. The Stepback arrives in our…
Wooting’s 60HE v2 isn’t just a terrific Hall Effect keyboard. It’s a fantastic keyboard period.
As phrases like easter eggs and looksmaxxing enter everyday language, what other words from the world of video games might soon be mainstream?Twenty years ago, video games were seen as a niche hobby dominated by…
Stainless-steel pans may lack nonstick coatings, but they’re unfussy, they sear well, and they’re built for a lifetime of hard work.
Sure, anyone can use OpenAI’s chatbot. But with smart engineering, you can get way more interesting results.
Network-attached storage (NAS) provides accessible shared space on your home network. After testing, these are my favorite NAS devices.
An eminently binge-able series that honors classic horror tropes while reinventing them in surprising ways
With Apple raising prices soon, you can save a lot of money by buying a used handset or upgrading an older device—safe in the knowledge that it'll last longer than ever.
Investigation finds AI content that purports to show genuine customers, prompting calls for greater transparencyBrands promoting their products online are quietly deploying AI-generated influencers on social media, an…
The animated sequel sets up a tug-of-war between physical and digital play for children but is still eager not to be an anti-tech screedFor more than 30 years, Pixar’s signature Toy Story series has been entertaining…
Smaller, cheaper cars built for narrow city streets are becoming more stylish – but require careful design decisionsThe winding backstreets of London, Paris and Rome are a large part of their charm. But they are also a…
The space agency shared footage of tests with its Ernest prototype rover.
Launcher V2 will go through a private beta before a public release.
NASA mission to save a falling space telescope is ready to launch.
VP Eric Brandwine explains people aren't all that great, actually
Tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors.
Stop Killing Games campaign suffers setback as European Commission favors industry code of conduct over legal obligation
Missiles and radars also included in £752M aid package
Owners of affected iPhones can stop checking for patches now: the fix for this SecureROM bug comes in a new handset
A French launch startup is scrapping the name of its rocket, apparently due to a trademark issue.
Researchers say these coral strongholds may help repopulate more degraded reefs.
A plain-English guide to SPF, DKIM and DMARC — what each one does, how to set them up correctly for your Australian domain, and how to test that everything is working.
Hitting cloud AI token limits too often and tired of paying for it. The plan: build a local LLM server from salvaged server hardware, a budget GPU, and a 25-year-old rack case. Part I covers the hardware decisions.
From a Creality Ender 3 during COVID lockdowns to dual Bambu Labs printers and a rack full of filament — a personal journey into 3D printing, including the parts nobody tells you about.
A practical Ubuntu 24.04 VPS hardening checklist from 30+ years of Linux administration — SSH, UFW, fail2ban, unattended-upgrades and more. Written from real production practice, not a tutorial blog.
A straight-talking guide to AI-assisted web development for Australian small businesses — where it genuinely saves time and money, where it doesn't, and what to ask any developer who claims to use it.
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