The concept of smart homes has transcended the confines of indoor living, extending into the backyard. And as technology continues to evolve, homeowners have plenty of gadgets and systems to choose from – each offering or enhancing convenience, entertainment, or sustainability. 1. Upgrade to a Smart Outdoor Kitchen If you love cooking and entertaining outdoors, a...
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Lumos: Learning Agents with Unified Data, Modular Design, and Open-Source LLMs
1Allen Institute for AI 2University of California, Los Angeles 3University of Washington We introduce 🪄 Lumos, Language Agents with Unified Data Formats, Modular Design, and Open-Source LLMs. Lumos unifies a suite of complex interactive tasks and achieves competitive performance with GPT-4/3.5-based and larger open-source agents. Lumos has following features: 🧩 A General...
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How the team behind Zelda made physics feel like magic
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a phenomenal game, praised for being able to improve and iterate upon Breath of the Wild. In the weeks after the game’s release, it was written up with all sorts of breathless praise as people wondered how Nintendo managed to make a game that seemed to...
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X is working on NSFW Communities for adult content
X is working on features that will allow admins of “Communities,” the platform’s tool for subreddit-like groups, to designate the spaces as containing “adult content.” The change was confirmed by an engineer at X amid reports that the Elon Musk-owned company was working on enabling NSFW groups. In a post on X, engineer Dong Wook...
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Bridges aren’t ready for today’s huge ships
For years now, civil engineers have understood that bridges have a problem: many of them are not designed to withstand a blow from the kinds of cargo ships that routinely pass through their waters. Those concerns came to a head on Tuesday with the devastating collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland....
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8BitDo’s latest retro keyboard is an ode to the Commodore 64
8BitDo’s latest mechanical keyboard riffs on the design of a 1980s computer with one of the most iconic-looking keyboards of all time: the Commodore 64. 8BitDo’s Commodore 64 edition of its Retro Mechanical Keyboard series is available to preorder starting today for $109.99, with plans to ship it on May 26th. Underneath its beautifully chunky...
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New variant of “TheMoon” malware enslaves thousands of insecure Asus routers into a malicious proxy
Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Internet insecurity: Modern cybercrime employs strategies similar to cloud or remote services, with commercial partnerships between different teams looking to achieve the same goal. The latest crimeware operation is designed to compromise routers and turn them into proxy bots. Researchers at...
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Adobe introduces structure reference for Firefly AI and GenStudio for brands
Join us in Atlanta on April 10th and explore the landscape of security workforce. We will explore the vision, benefits, and use cases of AI for security teams. Request an invite here. Adobe was one of the largest and first companies to jump on the generative AI bandwagon with the release of its own, commercially-safe...
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Humane shows off AI phone with laser projectors: Cool, but it won’t replace your phone
Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. In context: Humane unveiled a small AI-driven device in 2023 that it hoped would replace cellphones or become a better alternative in certain situations. It’s a bit like a badge communicator from Star Trek with a futuristic laser-projected display. At the...
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What Made The Kawasaki Z1 Important To Japanese Motorcycle History
By Eli Becht/March 23, 2024 6:15 pm EST While it may not rank with the fastest motorcycles ever built anymore, the Kawasaki Z1 was the best in its class when it was first produced back in 1973. Yvon Duhamel pulled off a record-setting 160.288 mph lap at the Daytona Raceway riding a specially tuned Z1 — making...