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Make the Easy Change Hard

I'd say this is a setup for a joke later on in the blog post, except the joke doesn't even make sense, so I don't really know what this is. Generated by ChatGPT. There’s a semi-well-known adage in software development that says when you have a hard code change, you should “first make the hard change easy, and then make the easy change.” In other words, refactor the code (or do whatever else you need to do) to simplify the change you’re trying to make before trying to make the change. This is es

Social media's next evolution: decentralized, open-source, and scalable

If you haven’t been watching closely, you could be forgiven for assuming that Bluesky is a just liberal Twitter clone, or a newfangled imitator of Mastodon. But under the surface, something fascinating has been happening: this is the first time ever that a public benefit corporation with a small team has quickly scaled an open source social network, built on top of decentralized infrastructure, to tens of millions of users. For us at New_ Public, nothing illustrates the potential of this model

Elon Musk’s xAI Sues Apple and OpenAI Over App Store Rankings

Elon Musk’s xAI filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI on Monday, accusing the companies of behaving like monopolies and claiming Apple deprioritized ChatGPT rivals like Grok in the App Store. “This is a tale of two monopolists joining forces to ensure their continued dominance in a world rapidly driven by the most powerful technology humanity has ever created: artificial intelligence,” the lawsuit alleges. “Working in tandem, Defendants Apple and OpenAI have locked up markets to maintain the

Elon Musk’s xAI sues Apple and OpenAI, alleging anticompetitive collusion

Elon Musk’s X and xAI filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI on Monday, alleging that the two companies are colluding to stifle competition. “In a desperate bid to protect its smartphone monopoly, Apple has joined forces with the company that most benefits from inhibiting competition and innovation in AI: OpenAI, a monopolist in the market for generative AI chatbots,” the lawsuit reads, referring to Apple’s partnership with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into its systems. This lawsuit is part o

Musk’s xAI sues Apple, OpenAI alleging anticompetitive scheme harmed X, Grok

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. Elon Musk's xAI sued Apple and OpenAI on Monday, accusing the pair of an "anticompetitive scheme" to thwart artificial intelligence rivals. The lawsuit, filed by Musk's AI startup xAI and its social network business X, alleges Apple and OpenAI have "colluded" to maintain monopolies in the smartphone and generative AI markets. It accuses Apple of de

Musk companies sue Apple, OpenAI alleging anticompetitive scheme

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. "In a desperate bid to protect its smartphone monopoly, Apple has joined forces with the company that most benefits from inhibiting competition and innovation in AI: OpenAI, a monopolist in the market for generative AI chatbots," according to the complaint, which was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. It also accuses Ap

Elon Musk Settles Case With Former Twitter Employees Who Were Purged

Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) has reportedly reached a legal settlement with former Twitter workers who sued the platform after the billionaire bought it and fired them all. The settlements come after a longstanding effort by the platform to resist any sort of payout. Most of us remember the shock and awe of 2022, when Musk, the world’s richest man, decided he had to own one of the internet’s most popular websites. Elon’s hostile takeover of the Bird app led to much rancor within the organiz

Elon Musk says xAI has open sourced Grok 2.5

In Brief Elon Musk’s xAI has made an older version of its AI model Grok — specifically, the model weights used to shape Grok 2.5 — available on the open source platform Hugging Face. “The @xAI Grok 2.5 model, which was our best model last year, is now open source,” Musk wrote on X. He added that Grok 3 “will be made open source in about 6 months.” AI engineer Tim Kellogg described the Grok license as “custom with some anti-competitive terms.” Grok, which is prominently featured on X (which i

Best Heart Rate Monitors (2025), WIRED Tested and Reviewed

Compare Top 5 Heart Rate Monitors FAQS We tested and recommend all of the heart rate monitors below, which do a pretty impeccable job. But what do all these terms mean? Heart rate zones: If someone tells you they’ve been doing 80/20 training, they’ve been doing heart rate zone-based workouts. Heart rate zones are an easy way to break down your range of effort during exercise. Zones go from 1 to 5, with 5 indicating working at 90 to 100 percent of your maximum heart rate. Zone 2 represents tra

An inner-speech decoder reveals some mental privacy issues

Most experimental brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that have been used for synthesizing human speech have been implanted in the areas of the brain that translate the intention to speak into the muscle actions that produce it. A patient has to physically attempt to speak to make these implants work, which is tiresome for severely paralyzed people. To go around it, researchers at the Stanford University built a BCI that could decode inner speech—the kind we engage in silent reading and use for al

Murky Panda hackers exploit cloud trust to hack downstream customers

A Chinese state-sponsored hacking group known as Murky Panda (Silk Typhoon) exploits trusted relationships in cloud environments to gain initial access to the networks and data of downstream customers. Murky Panda, also known as Silk Typhoon (Microsoft) and Hafnium, is known for targeting government, technology, academic, legal, and professional services organizations in North America. The hacking group, under its numerous names, has been linked to numerous cyberespionage campaigns, including

Elon Musk Fans Are Brutally Mocking Him for Incessantly "Gooning to AI Anime"

The richest man in the world can't quit getting high on his own supply — and his most loyal fans are openly mocking him for it. Many AI boosters say the tech is poised to cure disease and usher humanity into a new age of prosperity. But billionaire and xAI CEO Elon Musk has shifted his AI startup's focus to lewd, anime-styled chatbots that will happily undress themselves for drooling users. Case in point, xAI recently revealed cringe AI "companions," including a hypersexualized goth anime girl

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Ghislaine Maxwell Says She First Met Elon Musk at Sergey Brin’s Birthday Party

Elon Musk infamously threw Donald Trump under the bus in June when he insisted that the president was “in the Epstein files,” a reference to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But a newly released interview with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell might put the spotlight back on Musk when it comes to all things Epstein. Maxwell, who’s in prison for sex trafficking a minor, was recently interviewed by Todd Blanche, the president’s former personal attorney and now a top official at the U.S. D

YouTube Music just copied one of Spotify's best features - what's new

YouTube Music / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways YouTube Music is 10, and it's introducing new features. Taste Match will work just like Spotify Blend. The music streaming service has more than 300 million tracks. YouTube Music is 10, and it's dropping some new features to celebrate. Also: How to download YouTube videos for free - 2 ways, including my favorite In a blog post about its 10th birthday, YouTube revealed

For some people, music doesn’t connect with any of the brain’s reward circuits

“I was talking with my colleagues at a conference 10 years ago and I just casually said that everyone loves music,” recalls Josep Marco Pallarés, a neuroscientist at the University of Barcelona. But it was a statement he started to question almost immediately, given there were clinical cases in psychiatry where patients reported deriving absolutely no pleasure from listening to any kind of tunes. So, Pallarés and his team spent the past 10 years researching the neural mechanisms behind a condit

Kimbal Musk on Elon's Tesla pay package: 'My brother deserves to be paid'

Kimbal Musk, the younger brother of the world's wealthiest person, said Elon Musk "deserves to be paid," as Tesla remains locked in a legal saga over its CEO's pay package. "I think my brother deserves to be paid," Kimbal Musk said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Friday. "He has zero pay for the past six to eight years. I don't think that's right. I'll let Tesla shareholders make that decision, but I believe that it does need to be. He needs to be paid." Elon Musk isn't paid a salary or any cash bon

Elon Musk’s New Software Company Is the Opposite of Microsoft

Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest gooner, has a new software company. And in typical Musk fashion, he’s given it a name that only a teenager stuck in a 54-year-old’s body would truly appreciate. The name is Macrohard, a play off the name Microsoft, and Musk knows it’s an immature joke about penises. But that kind of humor has never stopped him from raising billions of dollars before. “Join @xAI and help build a purely AI software company called Macrohard,” the billionaire tweeted Friday. “It’s

We Finally Know the Mule’s Backstory on ‘Foundation’—or Do We?

The Mule, as played by Pilou Asbæk, has brought both menace and mystery to Foundation‘s third season. He’s more than made good on the terrifying visions that prefaced his arrival—we know he’s destined for a vicious battle against Foundation heroine Gaal Dornick (Lou Llobell)—with his cruel, crafty plan to take over the galaxy. He uses his amplified psychic powers to manipulate people to commit horrors, all while claiming he merely desires to be loved. Such complexity has to come from somewhere,

Even Elon Musk’s Fans Are Making Fun of Him Now

Elon Musk has spent recent weeks promoting his AI tool Grok with an endless parade of animated women in scanty clothing. And while that’s not entirely surprising, the reaction from Musk’s own fans on X is becoming quite comical. Because even people who really like the billionaire Tesla CEO are starting to poke fun at the idea that he seems obsessed with AI-generated sex dolls. “It appears Elon has shifted focus from Mars to Uranus,” one Musk fan tweeted Thursday, ribbing him for his torrent of

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Elon Musk and X reach settlement with axed Twitter workers

Elon Musk and X reach settlement with axed Twitter workers The BBC has contacted X - formerly called Twitter - and the lawyers representing the employees for comment. Some workers sued the company over their terminations and severance packages, after some 6,000 staff - more than half its workforce - were sacked as part of a cost-cutting measure after Musk took over the company in 2022. The parties reported the deal in a court filing on Wednesday, jointly requesting the US appeals court in San

YouTube’s new integration lets you discover live concerts nearby, with a sweet Premium perk

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube has partnered with Bandsintown to bring concert listings and notifications for nearby shows on the platform. While the new concert discovery integration has also been announced for YouTube Music, it’s actually rolling out first on YouTube. Bandsintown users also get an exclusive bonus in the form of a free two-month trial of YouTube Premium. YouTube is making it easier for fans of live music to discover upcoming concerts. While the new concer

Finally, I found a lightweight multitool that doesn't sacrifice function for form (and it's just $30)

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET I admit it: I'm addicted to multitools. My daily carry for the past year or so has been the Gerber Dual Force, which has the most powerful pliers and best screwdriver on a multitool I've used. But the Dual Force is big and heavy, and not suited for lightweight applications like hiking. Also: 10 tiny tools I carry with me everywhere - how they work I have some hikes on the horizon where I'll want a flexible multitool that can handle things like bottle opening, tigh

Elon Musk asked Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to join xAI bid to buy OpenAI, filing shows

Elon Musk, the world's richest person, asked Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to help him finance a $97.4 billion takeover of OpenAI in early 2025, court filings on Thursday revealed. The filing is part of a legal case between Musk and OpenAI that was initiated last year. The case is proceeding in a federal court in Northern California, and a judge recently said OpenAI can move ahead with counter claims against Musk, who co-founded OpenAI as a non-profit with Sam Altman and others in 2015. When Musk f

‘Blue Eye Samurai’ Season 2 Featurette Teases More Bloody Revenge in Mizu’s Future

At Anime NYC, Netflix gave viewers a first look at its slate of adult animated series on the horizon—including the second season of its sleek, action-packed Japanese revenge epic, Blue Eye Samurai. Co-created by husband and wife Amber Noizumi and Michael Green and animated by Blue Spirit Studio, Blue Eye Samurai is a 2023 animated series that dropped quietly on the streamer before blowing the minds of many viewers with its lavish art direction of period Japan and high-octane action. Set in 17th

OpenAI lawyers question Meta’s role in Elon Musk’s $97B takeover bid

OpenAI is asking Meta to produce evidence related to any coordinated plans with Elon Musk and xAI to acquire or invest in the ChatGPT-maker. The request was made public in a brief filed Thursday in Elon Musk’s ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI. Lawyers representing OpenAI said they subpoenaed Meta in June for documents related to its potential involvement in Musk’s unsolicited, $97 billion bid to takeover the startup in February. It’s unclear from the filing whether such documents exists. OpenAI u

Here’s What Muppet Mayhem Disney Will Unleash on Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster

The closing of Muppet*Vision 3D in Hollywood Studios was not enough to break the rainbow connection between the Jim Henson Company’s iconic Muppets and Walt Disney World. There are now more details about their new place of residence, the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster, in the same park within the multi-resort Disney destination. The reimagining of the former Aerosmith classic rock-themed coaster is currently underway, and Disney Experiences has shared just how the Muppets will come into play. In the r

Spotify gets deeper Instagram integration

Spotify is expanding how users can share their music on Instagram with two new features rolling out globally today. Audio previews in Stories Audio previews are now included when posting tracks to Stories, while Instagram Notes gets real-time music updates that show what you are currently listening to. Sharing songs to Instagram Stories now includes a short audio clip automatically. Friends can listen to the preview directly in the Story and tap the music sticker to open the full track in Spo

YouTube Music at 10 wants to make fandom more interactive

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube Music is celebrating 10 years with new features, including playlist comments. The update also brings daily refreshed “taste match” playlists and more concert info via Bandsintown. Fans will be able to earn more badges and help push official videos to milestone view counts. Just yesterday, we dug through the YouTube Music app and found evidence that playlist comments were coming. Less than 24 hours later, YouTube has announced the feature. We’ll le

Apple One just got harder to resist, with more coming soon

Bundling is fast becoming one of the big success stories for streaming services, and Apple seems to know that, making Apple One even harder to resist with its new Apple TV+ price increase and the forthcoming iOS 26 update to Apple Music. The growing power of bundles in streaming era Apple One launched in 2019, and since that time bundling has become even more of a success story than ever. Amazon Prime is the classic example, but several streaming services have recently proven the strategy a w

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