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When Christian Grobmeier went to help his son with a Minecraft problem, he found the game displaying a warning: “We are suffering from a security hole from Log4J, please be careful and update immediately.” I stared at the screen and told my son, ‘I’m sorry, it’s my fault.’ Christian Grobmeier, Log4j maintainer This is the […]
This article is licensed under a CC BY-SA license. An e-bike rider types “reset Kiox 300 display,” and the answer must land in a heartbeat—not as a 200-page manual or a dozen near-miss FAQ links. The same expectation applies to mechanics updating brake firmware in a noisy workshop and to sales reps hunting torque specs […]
TIL: Exploring OpenAI’s deep research API model o4-mini-deep-research. I landed a PR by Manuel Solorzano adding pricing information to llm-prices.com for OpenAI’s o4-mini-deep-research and o3-deep-research models, which they released in June and document here. I realized I’d never tried these before, so I put o4-mini-deep-research through its paces researching locations of surviving orchestrions for me […]
On Saturday, crowds gathered in cities across the United States to protest President Donald Trump and his administration. Organizers of the No Kings rallies claim that more than 7 million people attended in all, across 2,700 cities in the Unites States and beyond. The gatherings provided a clear picture not only of how widespread the […]
X is testing a change to the way it handles links on iOS so that the buttons to like, reply, and repost will always be visible. Normally, when you click a link on X the page opens up and completely covers the original post. Apparently, this leads to fewer people clicking like or otherwise engaging […]
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Want another reason to get this free in your inbox? The emailed version of this newsletter includes polls, including one this week that asks readers what they think the best business model is for autonomous vehicle technology. […]
A simple but powerful mental model for working with AI: treat it like an enthusiastic intern with no real-world experience. Paul Boag shares lessons learned from real client projects across user research, design, development, and content creation. I have made a lot of mistakes with AI over the past couple of years. I have wasted […]
Remembering the WiFi password when on a guest network is never easy. Even worse is when it’s no longer posted and someone else is asking you for it. Luckily there’s a built in Windows command to recover the password of a given WiFi network. The Shell Code Open cmd and execute the following command: netsh […]
Phil, a high school chemistry teacher and YouTube creator, noticed that a small solar panel emitted a faint sound when connected to a speaker and exposed to light. From this, he deduced that he could transmit sound wirelessly using light, with the solar panel acting as a receiver. So, he decided to build a wireless […]
from the failing-upward dept While we chronicled the fall of Nikola, a company that promised over-the-road trucks built with hydrogen propulsion systems, it’s useful to note that it was literally only this past February that the company declared bankruptcy. What came before that was the company’s previous CEO, Trevor Milton. Milton made wild promises to […]
