Microsoft has scheduled the end of mainstream support for Windows 10 for October 14, 2025, and that date is rapidly approaching. The company continues to offer a free upgrade to Windows 11, but it should theoretically be unavailable to customers with incompatible PCs. Yet some of those users report receiving...
Top AI models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic to compete in public chess tournament
The inaugural tournament marks the launch of Kaggle's Game Arena, a new platform designed to test and compare the decision-making and reasoning skills of large language models across a variety of strategic games. Organized in collaboration with Google DeepMind, Chess.com, and chess streamers Hikaru Nakamura and Levy Rozman, the event......
In computing history, who were the “Dirty Dozen”?
Was it hackers, founders, or engineers? Read Entire Article
Researchers develop visual microphone that uses light instead of air to detect sound
The advance opens up possibilities for listening in environments where conventional microphones struggle – such as communicating through a glass window or monitoring sound in isolated spaces – without the need for direct transmission of sound. Read Entire Article
Elon Musk’s Grok AI gets “Spicy” mode so users can generate explicit videos
Elon Musk has long hailed Grok as being uncensored and having fewer boundaries than other AIs. So, it came as little surprise to see that the new Grok Imagine, xAI's image and video generator, has a dedicated option for creating sexualized content. Read Entire Article
Tennessee readies for execution of man with working implanted defibrillator
Tennessee is gearing up for an execution that experts say would likely mark the first time a man has been put to death with a working defibrillator in his chest
Judge rules that Rhode Island’s gun permit system does not violate Second Amendment
A federal judge has ruled that Rhode Island's gun permit system does not violate the Second Amendment
Former New York prison guard sentenced to 15 years for beating death of inmate
A former corrections officer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in the death of an inmate at a New York prison
Judge blocks 4 districts from enforcing Arkansas law requiring Ten Commandments in classroom
A federal judge has temporarily blocked some of Arkansas' largest school districts from enforcing a new law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms
Mom of 2 missing kids reindicted with murder after 11 years of psychiatric treatment
A Maryland woman with a long history of severe mental illness has been rearrested and charged with killing two of her children