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RedState Sports Report: The WNBA Delivers a Glorious Opportunity to Preach the Conservative Evangel

Greetings from the sports desk located somewhere below the main deck of the Good Pirate Ship RedState. Sammy the Shark and Karl the Kraken want you to know that they are men for al…

Mississippi professor reveals hidden way he used to expose AI cheating in viral video

Alcorn State University professor Jason Gibson's hidden white text trick caught 32 of 35 students using AI on his midterm, according to his viral TikTok videos.…

Why the Met Gala 2027 theme is already causing controversy

Controversial fashion designer John Galliano was caught on video making antisemitic and racist remarks in a Paris café in 2011.…

Southern university requires business suits, bans du-rags and other headwear in new dress code

Tuskegee University's new dress code bans du-rags, bonnets, and sagging pants in classrooms as part of its broader workforce readiness push.…

Ask HN: When will the AI version of 911 happen?

Beautiful: Cornell Brat Who Refused to Work With Jews Gets Brutal Life Lesson From Mom and Dad

We didn't give this schmuck any attention here at RedState when he made headlines a few months back for refusing a summer job offer because the company wanting to hire him was run …

Linux 7.3 To Support The Qualcomm Adreno 704 & Adreno 722 GPUs

Sent out on Saturday were the Qualcomm MSM DRM kernel graphics/display driver updates to land for the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window.…

‘The language of Pokémon is universal’: why fans are still catching ‘em all after 30 years

As Pokémon Go celebrates its 10th anniversary, its devoted players explain how the game has created a vibrant intergenerational community spanning the globe…

DAVID MARCUS: Reflecting pool controversy is mirror for our broken politics

Jeanine Pirro dropped charges against David Hearn after documents revealed the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool damage stemmed from flawed contractor work.…

Fifa scraps controversial World Cup investment plan

Football's world governing body abandons plans to sell off stakes in its major competitions after widespread opposition to president Gianni Infantino's proposal.…

Why are home servers trending? I took the plunge in an attempt to demystify the quiet tech community of tinkerers that are choosing to build, upcycle and host it themselves

From subscription fatigue to the digital ownership dilemma, consumers are increasingly exploring building their own home servers.…

AI Dominates the Microsoft Conversation, but Not the Company's Business

For those of us who grew up watching Microsoft DOS on X86 PCs transform into the Windows Server plat ...…

AI Usage by Derek Sivers

Derek Sivers official site. Thoughts on philosophy, culture, self-improvement. Author of Useful Not True, How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Anything You Want.…

How to keep your AI conversations as private as possible

Worried about your personal AI chats being exposed? Here's how to tighten your privacy across several of the major chatbots.…

Magic: The Gathering’s most controversial change is coming to Dungeons & Dragons — starting with its first official World of Warcraft expansion

A whole new Universe…

Hacking a Commercial Colorimeter to add RAL Color Code Support

When you need to match paint colors, one of the tools you’ll reach for is a deck of reference colors. Another might be a colorimeter. But what if you want both? [hallko1234] create…

Tom’s Hardware’s 30th Anniversary — From DIP switches and Intel feuds to 30 years of unbiased testing

We take a look back at the history of Tom’s Hardware as we celebrate our 30-year anniversary.…

Windows NT 4.0 brought the Win95 UI to servers 30 years ago today — milestone unifying modern Windows OS hit RTM in the Pentium era

It was also the last NT release to support Alpha, MIPS, or PowerPC CPU architectures.…

Gina Rinehart threatens ABC with legal action over Race Around the World program

Hancock Prospecting says chair Kim Williams among those ‘on notice’ for failing to remove program that joked about turning Rinehart’s insides into a sausage roll…

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe episode 2 has my favorite surprise Big Bang Theory cameo yet, and it's not the one you're thinking — and there's a hilarious hidden reason why it works

With an AI revolution taking place in Stuart Fails to Save the Universe episode 2, one Big Bang Theory cameo is the last thing I expected.…

Teen hackers tell BBC how police are helping them use their skills for good

Cyber Prevent is targeting predominantly boys and young men at risk of being drawn to cyber criminality.…

WNBA’s hypocrites kick girls — and Sophie Cunningham — to the curb

The Women's National Basketball Association may claim to put women first, but the league sure has a funny way of showing it.…

NY Rep. Mike Lawler’s race now a ‘toss-up’ as Dems target battleground district that could flip Congress

An independent analyst rates the race between 2-term incumbent Republican Rep. Mike Lawler and Democrat Cait Conley in the Hudson Valley's swing 17th House District as a toss-up.…

Reinventing rewards for the AI multiverse [pdf]

RAM lasts a decade but servers don't, so Meta built a chip to keep DDR4 alive in DDR5 machines

It's the upgrade you can't buy, but honestly, you don't want this anyway.…

What are Flock cameras and why are they so controversial?

Police say Flock cameras help them solve crimes, while critics worry they make it far too easy to track where people drive.…

Virginia university report finds officials did not disclose student’s terror conviction

An ODU report says federal officials never alerted the university that a returning student had been convicted of supporting ISIS before the deadly ROTC classroom shooting.…

This AI assistant remembers your anniversary so you dont have to

Orchid promises an assistant that "actually gets you," but its relationship-managing launch ad left viewers uneasy.…

Left-wing sports host Sarah Spain launches disgusting personal smear of Sophie Cunningham

Sarah Spain attacked Sophie Cunningham's character on her "Good Game" podcast and dismissed her documented felony stalking case as complaining.…

WNBA breaks silence on controversial Angel Reese-Paige Bueckers $400 betting video drama

The WNBA has released a statment following their social media blunder in sharing a video about a bet between Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers for the result of the Dream-Wings game W…

Echoverse: Deep, evolving environments for computer-use agents

Computer-use AI agents struggle with multi-step workflows like email and customer support. Echoverse trains agents in realistic environments rather than simply providing more train…

If You Loved ‘Stuart Fails to Save the Universe,' There's One Movie You Need to Watch Next

Grooving to the sci-fi absurdity of Stuart Fails to Save the Universe? The Daniels’ 2022 multiverse romp is the perfect movie to watch.…

‘The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare’ on Netflix: Where to Stream Every Documentary About Bryan Kohberger

These documentaries are packed with shocking information about the terrifying Idaho murders.…

Adversarial Code Obfuscation for Defending Against LLM-Based Analysis

With the widespread adoption of Large Language Models (LLMs) in software engineering (SE) tasks such as code understanding, debugging, and vulnerability detection, their powerful s…

Foreign-made robot vacuums caught up in FCC robot ban — covers any ground robot over 4.4 pounds with a 200 kbps connection

Chinese civilian drone exports to the US fell 60% to 70% year over year after DJI's listing.…

Noah Just Made One of Converse's Strongest Skate Shoes Even Stronger

Noah reunites with Converse for a premium take on the Louie Lopez Pro 2, dressing the skate silhouette in a rich suede, gum sole, and significant colorway.…

Open Thread

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Revisited: Saunas and cold plunges, where does the evidence stand? – podcast

Madeleine Finlay hears from Ian Sample and from Dr Heather Massey, associate professor at the University of Portsmouth’s extreme environments laboratory…

Giants fan left bloody after taking foul ball off dome piece

During the San Francisco Giants' 16-3 victory against the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday afternoon, a fan had a moment with a foul ball he'd never forget.…

Army conducts first overseas test of 'Hammer of the Gods' weapon-disrupting system

The Army says its "Hammer of the Gods" electronic warfare system completed its first overseas maritime test, disrupting navigation signals used by enemy precision weapons.…

20th Anniversary iPhone Coming Next Year With These 10 Features

Apple's 20th anniversary iPhone is expected to arrive in the fall of 2027 with the most significant redesign the device has seen since the iPhone X. The first iPhone was announced …

Gina Rinehart lobbied for controversial plan to move 2032 Olympic rowing to crocodile-inhabited river

Decision to host event on Fitzroy River at Rockhampton, 600km north of host city Brisbane, prompted significant backlash…

I dropped out of university and built five beauty businesses. Here's how I did it

Marcia Kilgore, founder of Beauty Pie, shares her top tips on how to create a successful business.…

Kentucky taps Pete Nochta as football GM after Pat Biondo's sudden exit

Kentucky promoted Pete Nochta to general manager of the Wildcats' football team Wednesday, a day after Pat Biondo announced his departure only months after being hired.…

It’s Cool to Be Weird

I really like what Razaak Eniola has to say here about human difference. Before Prince was Prince, Prince was weird . And that goes the same for probably any of your favorite artis…

Sequence Is Not Structure: Getting Lost in Long LLM Conversations

Long LLM conversations preserve sequence, not structure. I want a way to see where ideas branch, drift, and remain unfinished.…

I watched the viral The Odyssey 4DX screening, and think it's better than the IMAX 70mm format — the 5 most brutal scenes are worth the extortionate ticket price alone

I saw the viral screenings of The Odyssey in 4DX and knew I had to try it for myself — but what I didn't expect was to think it was better than the IMAX 70mm format.…

AI 'Raygun' can shrink and supersize proteins – enabling easy editing

Model modifies existing proteins using probability approach.…

Jordan Klepper uncovers MAGA's deepest fear

It is painful to see fellow Americans be so stupid, but here we are.…

NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Discovers Field of Honeycomb Textures

As NASA’s Curiosity rover recently began climbing up a Martian valley nicknamed “Valle Grande,” it sent back images that were a familiar sight to mission scientists: honeycomb-like…

Rand Paul Delivers a Cinematic Indictment of Anthony Fauci’s COVID Legacy

We’ve seen it countless times: the dramatic courtroom scene. It could be an attorney, or it might be the person testifying. But someone in a courtroom delivers a stirring speech th…

Howard University disenrolled over 500 students. Black college hopefuls seem to be losing ground on all sides | Saida Grundy

HBCUs offer more than higher education – they provide a safe haven for Black students and an investment in their wellbeing…

Developer uses AI to bring a native version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to iOS — no emulation required to play one of gaming's all-time greats on an iPhone or iPad

A Nintendo 64 classic comes to iOS devices, as long as you have a ROM…

Gerrit Cole delivers another strong outing as hot Yankees nip White Sox

Gerrit Cole delivered the goods on Tuesday, tossing six shutout innings to lift the Yankees to a 3-2 win over the White Sox at Rate Field.…

Meta is putting old DDR4 in DDR5 servers with a custom chip, and it's the RAM crisis workaround I wish I could buy

If only data center technology ever reached consumers…

Legacy media covers Anthony Fauci diary by criticizing Donald Trump instead of Fauci's dishonesty

Anthony Fauci's private diary entries reveal he acknowledged the Wuhan lab leak possibility while publicly denying it to protect research funding.…

Bryan Kohberger’s bid to reverse guilty plea hangs on a ‘clump of hair’ found in victim’s hand — here’s why it’s ‘grasping at straws’

Bryan Kohberger made a long-shot bid to take his guilty plea back, claiming his lawyers failed to probe "clumps of unknown hair" found in the hands of one of his victim -- but expe…

Jeffries promises to reverse Medicaid cuts if Democrats take the House

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) pledged to rescind cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act subsidies if Democrats flip the House in November. Democrats have spent…

College professor busted 32 out of 35 students using AI on a final — after they all made the same lazy mistake

A professor snuck a test into his students' final exam prompt — and revealed that a full 32 out of his 35 students had used artificial intelligence.…

Laura Loomer's Reversal on Ukraine Stirs Up the MAGA Civil War

Donald Trump's base has been increasingly spilt. Laura Loomer's sudden embrace of Ukraine has only widened that divide.…