Month: August 2025
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Inside OS/2 (1987)
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Sam Altman’s OpenAI Crushes Elon Musk’s Grok in AI Chess Championship
The world’s best players watched these supposedly brilliant AIs play like confused beginners.
Ditching my phone for an LTE smartwatch was a humbling experience
Take a little phone break, as a treat. Leaving the house without my phone is the stuff of nightmares. Leaving the house without my phone on purpose? Are you kidding? What if I need to take a picture of something? What will I look at if I need to wait in line? What if disaster … Read more
Sex is getting scrubbed from the internet, but a billionaire can sell you AI nudes
In the fascinating new reality of the internet, teen girls can’t learn about periods on Reddit and indie artists can’t sell smutty games on Itch.io, but a military contractor will make you nonconsensual deepfakes of Taylor Swift taking her top off for $30 a month. Early Tuesday, Elon Musk’s xAI launched a new image and … Read more
After researchers unmasked a prolific SMS scammer, a new operation has emerged in its wake
Security researchers are now sounding the alarm on a new SMS text message fraud operation, which is surging in popularity — and its ability to steal people’s credit cards — since the demise of its predecessor.
The next big AI model is here
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 93, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, I’m sad the sun is setting sooner, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’m reading about the rise of GEO, laughing at Kirby’s … Read more
LLMs aren’t world models
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Crypto debanking is ‘still occurring’ as banks stick to Chokepoint policies
Despite Trump’s pro-crypto stance, Unicoin CEO says US banks continue closing accounts for crypto firms under “Operation Chokepoint.”
The History of Windows XP
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Open Lovable
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Embargo ransomware group moved $34M in crypto since April: TRM Labs
TRM Labs says the Embargo ransomware group has moved over $34 million in ransom-linked crypto since April, targeting US hospitals and critical infrastructure.
Michael Saylor is not sweating the rise of Ethereum treasury companies
Michael Saylor isn’t worried about growing treasury interest in crypto assets beyond Bitcoin, claiming that Bitcoin will outpace the S&P 500 for the “indefinite future.”
The TechBeat: Navigating MySQL Data Types: Sets and Enums (8/10/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what’s trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## I Built a Custom MCP Server in Golang To Make Claude Smarter—Here’s How By @rajashree [ 10 Min read ] Build … Read more
3 Ways to Easily Visualize Keras Machine Learning Models
What Tools Can I Use to Visualize Keras Models? The old cliche “a picture is worth a thousand words” might be even more true when working with complex machine learning models. Unless you are blessed with a photographic memory, you can quickly lose track of the model architecture when just reading through code. Luckily, there … Read more
Vitalik Buterin reclaims 'onchain billionaire' crown as Ether tops $4.2K
Vitalik Buterin’s net worth could be bolstered even more as crypto traders are eyeing new all-time highs for Ether in just days.
Melonking Website
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Happy BuyNothing Day
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