Matt Mullenweg says WordPress is “forking” Advanced Custom Fields, a plugin developed by WP Engine; ACF team says the plugin was taken away “without consent”
The dispute between WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and hosting provider WP Engine continues …
The bleak online discourse about hurricanes Milton and Helene revealed not just a misinformation crisis in the US but a cultural assault on reality itself
The truth is, it's getting harder to describe the extent to which a meaningful percentage of Americans have dissociated from reality.
Matt Mullenweg's feud with WP Engine not only presents a significant conflict of interest but has also dragged the WordPress community into a legal mess
I realize that many people may not know or care who or what Matt Mullenweg and WordPress are, or why some people are upset about them …
An essay on what a “powerful AI” may look like and how it could positively transform the world in biology, neuroscience, economic development, work, and more
How AI Could Transform the World for the Better — I think and talk a lot about the risks of powerful AI.
Apple adds an option in iOS 18.1 to let users set a “Primary” email address in Settings, letting users change the email associated with their Apple Account
In iOS 18.1, there is a new option to set a “Primary” email address in the Settings app, which means it is easier to change …
A look at Apple's new home strategy and plans to launch a ~$2K headset in 2025, Vision Pro 2 in 2026, and Ray-Ban-like glasses and AirPods with cameras in 2027
Apple is finally preparing to compete for the smart home market after falling behind Amazon and Google.
Threads users criticize Meta after the company posted AI-generated images of the Aurora Borealis on its Threads account
Meta has a suggestion for folks like me who forgot to go outside and look at the Northern Lights on Thursday night: just use AI to fake it!
A profile of, and interview with, Meta's Yann LeCun, who says today's AI models aren't intelligent and warnings about AI's existential peril are “complete B.S.”
Yann LeCun, an NYU professor and senior researcher at Meta Platforms, says warnings about the technology's existential peril are ‘complete B.S.’
Apple AI researchers say they found no evidence of formal reasoning in language models and their behavior is better explained by sophisticated pattern matching
RE: https://www.threads.net/... Brian Penny / @thebrianpenny : Great quick read from Gary Marcus pointing to several studies from ML researchers at Apple and Stanford pointing out the complete and utt...
Sources: Microsoft plans to test the ability to stream games that users own but aren't in the Xbox Game Pass library, starting with Xbox Insiders in November
Tom Warren / The Verge :
An energy crunch is forcing continued coal burning in a low-income area in North Omaha, Nebraska, as Meta and Google data centers strain regional power supply
An energy crunch forces continued coal burning in a low-income area as data centers strain the regional power supply. Mastodon: @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green and @Snoro@mastodon.social . LinkedIn: Eri...
TikTok is laying off hundreds of employees globally, including less than 500 in Malaysia, as it shifts focus towards a greater use of AI in content moderation
to Replace Them With AI Katie Scott / Tech.co : AI Moderation Leads to Layoffs at TikTok Sarah Kearns / Hypebeast : TikTok Cuts Hundreds of Jobs in Move Towards AI Content Moderation Sebastian Pier / ...
Some Ukrainian soldiers say SpaceX has not done enough to crack down on illicit use of Starlink terminals by Russia to power its advance in Ukraine
Washington Post :
A look at sports data tech companies like Sportradar, which set betting odds for sports gambling apps and websites, as they build models to keep people betting
Big-money data deals and advanced statistical models are helping to predict match outcomes and keep people betting. Bluesky: @cachiporra.bsky.social . X: @jeremy_keehn , @bw , @harmancipants , @samant...
Investigation: Uber and Lyft lockouts for 800+ NYC drivers occurred almost every hour of every day, saving the companies hundreds of millions of dollars in pay
Even If You're Not One Johan / The Rideshare Guy : Weekly Roundup: Rideshare Drivers Use Teslas as Makeshift Robotaxis Katie Johnston / The Boston Globe : 'To me, this isn't a full and real union': La...
Q&A with physicist Lenka Zdeborová on how the physics of phase transitions in matter can help model the behavior of algorithms, understanding LLMs, and more
Quanta spoke with Zdeborová about the similarities between water and algorithms, using physics … X: @theomitsa , @epfl_en , @abatanasov , and @quantamagazine X: Dr. Theophano Mitsa / @theomitsa : Fant...
An interview with Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov on Tesla fans' claims that Waymo's software relies on hand-coded rules, can't handle freeway driving, and more
and soon tens of thousands — of vehicles as it expands to new cities.” https://www.understandingai.org/ ... Bluesky: David Hamilton / @davidneilhamilton.bsky.social : This article contains some great ...
The Northwest-AI-Hub, which is researching hybrid gain cell memory that combines DRAM's density with SRAM's speed, gets a $16.3M CHIPS Act grant via the US DOD
Katherine Bourzac / IEEE Spectrum :
How some architects and designers are creating photorealistic virtual spaces in the metaverse; report: 41% of architectural practices use AI to some degree
The metaverse is changing the face of contemporary design — In 2020, artist and designer Charlotte Taylor and architect Riccardo Fornoni unveiled Villa Saraceni.
Report: Chinese video surveillance tech supplier Hikvision plans to lay off 1,000+ employees in its R&D department; Hikvision denied any “large-scale lay-offs”
Ann Cao / South China Morning Post : Source: Sina.com Source: Sina.com : .家 | 海康威视 大规模人员 ; 收.：32个.发 区域只.12个 …
Sources: Chinese social e-commerce app Xiaohongshu had $200M in net profit on $1B+ revenue in Q1 2024, up from $40M in net profit on ~$600M revenue in Q1 2023
Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times :
PitchBook: VCs in the US invested $37.5B via 2,794 deals in Q3 2024, down 32% QoQ, despite some big AI rounds, as a lack of exits restricts new deal activity
can they come back to life?
Adobe expects US BNPL spending to grow 11.4% YoY to $18.5B in Q4 2024; the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia says most BNPL users make their payments on time
Hannah Lang / Reuters :
Shopify: Revolutionizing Commerce with Winter Edition '26
Over 150+ new features transform how merchants build, design, and grow—with technology that amplifies creative vision.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.