ChatGPT starts blocking direct requests to copy an author's style
New behavior capturing a writer's "broad qualities" could have legal implications.
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[$] Hazard pointers for the kernel
The kernel's read-copy-update (RCU) subsystem ensures that data will not be deleted until it is known that there are no threads holding references to it. RCU...
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Why China is giving away its best AI models
Silicon Valley has spent much of the past week on red alert, digesting the arrival of Moonshot AI's Kimi K3, a Chinese AI model that can...
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China begins mass production of homegrown immersion chipmaking machines in major breakthrough, report claims — first DUV lithography units will be delivered this year to SMIC, Hua Hong, and CXMT
A state-backed company in Shanghai has begun mass-producing immersion deep ultraviolet lithography machines and is due to deliver the first units this year.
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NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Returns to Earth
NASA astronaut Chris Williams is all smiles in this July 26, 2026, photo taken shortly after he landed with Expedition 74 Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and...
Read moreMysterious 16-Tile & 32-Tile AMX Implementations Talked Up For More Performance
Last October on Phoronix we were first to point out there being some mysterious intrigue around a new x86 implementation from a "corporate entity other than...
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That evil Car Park Capital tycoon game is only getting more evil with MicroProse as publisher, but it still looks gorgeous
Car Park Capital is a triumphantly unwholesome tycoon game in which you try to make an entire society utterly dependent on cars. You start with a...
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Framework 13 Pro review
The best laptop Framework's ever produced, and one of the best I've ever used.
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Microsoft is racing to make OpenAI optional
AI is changing the technology game so quickly that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella can’t stop long-posting on Twitter. Microsoft has The post Microsoft is racing to...
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How NASA Plans to Build the Habitable Worlds Observatory
We’ve been covering the journey of the Habitable Worlds Observatory for some time now. Over the past few years, it's gone from a proposal to a...
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YouTube Premium will include Peacock starting next year
YouTube's ad-free Premium subscription is getting another perk: access to Peacock. In an announcement on Monday, NBCUniversal says the multi-year agreement will allow Premium subscribers to...
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