MZLA Technologies Corporation, the Mozilla Foundation subsidiary behind Thunderbird, has announced Thunderbolt, an open source, self-hostable AI client for organizations that want to run AI on their own infrastructure. The project is funded through investment from Mozilla and is a standalone product, separate from Thunderbird, built by a different teamContinue Reading
It started with one thing. I don’t know why… but somehow, it turned into a debate no one expected. I could not help taking a walk in Linkin Park 😉 Okay. Back to serious stuff. Weird but serious stuff. So, last month, Mozilla unveiled the new Firefox mascot, named Kit.Continue Reading
Two trends that I’m very interested in are about to collide and it’s going to be a mess. By now, some of you will be tired of my calling for a more nuanced discussion about the use of AI and machine learning tools in the video game industry. I getContinue Reading
Sweden said Wednesday that a pro-Russian group with links to Russia’s security and intelligence services was behind a cyberattack on a heating plant last year. The announcement followed warnings from officials in Poland, Norway, Denmark and Latvia that Russia is attacking critical infrastructure across Europe. In what was Sweden’s firstContinue Reading
LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators have threatened to force WhatsApp parent Meta Platforms to reverse a move that they say effectively limits the AI chatbots of rival companies from accessing the messaging app. Meta’s attempt to resolve the bloc’s antitrust investigation of WhatsApp by charging third-party AI companies forContinue Reading
Bug fixes arrive in GIMP 3.2.4, the latest maintenance update for the current 3.2.x stable series. Assorted improvements made since GIMP 3.2.2 dropped in March include a variety of layer workflow tweaks, like ensuring certain actions, like ‘Layers to Image Size’ and ‘Resize Layer to Selection’, only work on rasterContinue Reading
In short: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warned on the Dwarkesh Podcast that DeepSeek optimising its AI models for Huawei’s Ascend chips instead of American hardware would be “a horrible outcome” for the United States, as the Chinese AI lab prepares to launch its V4 foundation model on Huawei’s Ascend 950PR processor…Continue Reading
Alones Creative/Getty Images Rockets have been around longer than you probably think. The concept dates back to ancient Greece, though the first actual rockets were likely made in China around the 11th century. Just as these rockets were used as weapons, the basic concept of a long device that propels itself at high speeds usingContinue Reading
NASA’s Orion spacecraft captures the moon and Earth in one frame during the Artemis 2 crew’s deep space journey in April 2026, on the sixth day of the mission. (Image credit: NASA) Here’s another record that Artemis 2 broke. For a few moments on April 6, the four Artemis 2 moon astronauts and the threeContinue Reading
The market is contracting Right product, wrong time? Amazon is reported to be developing a new smartphone, its first since 2014, and, according to industry tracker IDC, it will face entrenched competition with better products and a market that is expected to contract by double digits.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
OneDrive, Office, Teams Free users greeted with phantom ‘no internet’ errors, restart may help if you’re lucky Microsoft has broken account sign-ins in Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2 with a recent update, causing error messages in apps like OneDrive and Office.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Many are wondering why the electric vehicles have increased fares despite not being affected by the latest price increase since they do not use fuel…Continue Reading
Your mouth can say things faster than your hands can type them, yet voice typing is rarely used as a primary input method on desktop (most of us think nothing of it on mobile). That’s despite speech-to-text being available on desktop OSes for decades, natively and through dedicated apps. ItContinue Reading