Can We Still Recover the Right to Be Left Alone? by jbegley

Books & the Arts / February 24, 2025 The political theorist Lowry Pressly thinks we’ve abandoned a more creative and humanist definition of the concept. Akseli Gallen-Kallela’s The Lord of the Castle Spying on His Daughter (circa 1900). (Photo by Heritage Art / Heritage Images via Getty Images) In 1971, the artist and poet Bernadette

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AI Models Still Struggle to Debug Software, Microsoft Study Shows by owendarko

AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and other top AI labs are increasingly being used to assist with programming tasks. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in October that 25% of new code at the company is generated by AI, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has expressed ambitions to widely deploy AI coding models within the social

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I Still Use Windows 95 (archived, 2008) by zdw

(After you’ve partaken of my wisdom, but sure to check out my blog, such that it is.) The operating system I currently use on my primary computer is Windows 95 OSR2. Furthermore, not only do I use Windows 95 extensively, but I prefer it to Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, and Vista. Yes, I am

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There’s Still a Long Way to Go with Generative AI by rbanffy

The tech world is awash with generative AI, which for a company like Nvidia, is a good thing. The company that a decade ago put its money down on AI to be its growth engine has in the intervening years been pulling together the bits and pieces of hardware and software – and partnerships –

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Spotify Still Intends to Launch Delayed HiFi Lossless Plan, Just Don’t Ask When by tosh

Wednesday March 15, 2023 4:29 am PDT by Tim HardwickSpotify says it still plans to launch a lossless music experience, although when that will be and what form it will take still appear undecided. It’s been more than two years since Spotify announced it would introduce a “HiFi” premium tier that would give users access

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Windows: Still insecure after all these years by CrankyBear

For longer than some of you have been alive, I’ve been preaching the gospel of using more secure desktop operating systems. You see, Windows has been insecure since 1985’s Windows 1.0, really an MS-DOS extension, rolled out the door. Then, as now, there were more secure options. Then it was Unix desktop operating systems. Today…

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Is Realist Art Still Relevant? by smitty1e

Artists, a Gallarist, & a Historian Weigh in on the Merits of the Style Artists, a Gallerist, & a Historian Weigh in on the Merits of the Style About the Author Colleen Smith Colleen Smith is a longtime arts writer based in Denver. Subscribe to our free e-letter! Latest News Art & Object has partnered with … Join…

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