A friend made me aware of a reading list from A16Z containing recommendations for books, weighted towards science fiction since that’s mostly what people there read.

Some are battling state AI laws and threatening to punish candidates who oppose rapid deployment of the technology.

How to make etched metal parts.
-All of the highest quality parts that I made went to the customer, but edge quality and photoresist adhesion is still a problem.

-The photomask dark areas can be expanded, and then the part etched for a longer amount of time…

Open-Source-Software bildet heute das Fundament großer Teile der digitalen Infrastruktur – in Verwaltung, Wirtschaft, Forschung und im täglichen Leben. Selbst im aktuellen Koalitionsvertrag der Bundesregierung wird Open-Source-Software als elementarer Baustein…

The machine learning community is finally waking up to the madness, but the detour of the last few years has been costly.

FSG LLC’s preliminary rating explains how a data center and selective eyesight create a perfectly legal accounting miracle.

Can Dutch higher education part ways with Microsoft? The sector is trying to break free, and alternatives are being explored here and there. At the same time, more and more tasks are being completed by Microsoft tools.

Swedish publisher's association Utgivarna has filed a police report in Sweden against Facebook and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg.The reason is fake ads ...

Data from the Census Bureau and Ramp shows that AI adoption rates are starting to flatten out across all firm...

We're excited to announce a major architectural improvement to Atuin Desktop: a completely redesigned runbook execution engine.

Interruptions, recovery time, and task size: three numbers that determine if you'll get real work done. Interactive visualizations show the math behind bad days.

Internet surveillance has killed eroticism. We need privacy to reclaim it.

Pushing "marketing notifications" for loyalty cash is a bold move when you're taking over existing customers' screens.

TTS model capable of streaming conversational audio in realtime. - nari-labs/dia2

From the highly eclectic blog of Mark Dominus

While all Macs are now powered by Apple's custom-designed chips, a new rumor claims that Apple may rekindle its partnership with Intel, albeit in a new and limited way. Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today said Intel is expected to begin shipping…