The FCC Received Hundreds of Complaints About Bad Bunny’s ‘Vulgar’ Super Bowl Performance
Even before Bad Bunny took to the field, his Super Bowl halftime performance drew controversy, especially from MAGA influencers upset over the Puerto Rican star’s comments against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the fact that he sings in Spanish. Following the performance, which was watched by more than 128 million people, those complaints continued—but they […]
What is the release date for Half Man episode 4 on HBO Max and BBC iPlayer?
Who else is feeling physically sick every time they tune into Half Man? That’s testament to Richard Gadd’s incredible character creation, but my word is Ruben absolutely vile. As we’re finding out, the show follows brothers Niall (Jamie Bell) and Ruben (Gadd) through 30 years of their lives, exploring the highs and lows of their […]
OpenADR And Matter Are Collaborating To Let Your Smart Home Talk To The Grid
OpenADR and Matter are teaming up to make it easier for smart home appliances to talk to the energy grid. This is a big deal, as Matter is the most popular smart home connectivity standard and OpenADR is a connectivity standard used by the actual energy grid. In other words, this should allow smart home […]
Meta and Stanford Researchers Propose Fast Byte Latent Transformer That Reduces Inference Memory Bandwidth by Over 50% Without Tokenization
A team of researchers from Meta, Stanford University, and the University of Washington have introduced three new methods that substantially accelerate generation in the Byte Latent Transformer (BLT) — a language model architecture that operates directly on raw bytes instead of tokens. Byte-Level Models Are Slow at Inference To understand what this new research solves, […]
Using Transformers to Forecast Incredibly Rare Solar Flares
Introduction (X-45) forecasting fundamentally changes whenever we try to predict a very rare event. We must fundamentally shift what we are modelling to focus on tail events. From model performance metrics and target definition to the tail model and the transformer output heads, rare-event forecasting is difficult. Difficult yet worth it. The Halloween storms of […]
Finally, a free app that syncs my clipboard across every device I own
I own a Windows laptop, an iPhone, and a MacBook. For most of my daily work, I use a MacBook. A small reason for that is how easy it is to use Apple devices together, including copy-pasting stuff between them. The Windows laptop is another story altogether. I have no qualms with the default Windows […]
I bought a new router and didn’t need to update a single Wi-Fi password—here’s how
Buying a new Wi-Fi router is equal parts exciting and frustrating. On the one hand, you’re upgrading your network with better speeds, improved Wi-Fi stability, and more range. However, before you can access these improvements, you’ll be stuck reconnecting every device in your home. But what if I told you that you could skip most […]
There’s an Unhinged New Video Game About Trump and the Iran War
A new video game about President Donald Trump’s war in Iran features fights with the pope and New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani. It’s impossible to win, and that’s the point. The game, Operation Epic Furious: Strait to Hell, was developed by Secret Handshake, an anonymous group of artists behind a handful of satirical works […]
A New Hantavirus Vaccine Is in the Works
US-based pharmaceutical company Moderna confirmed that it has been working on the development of hantavirus vaccines in collaboration with the Vaccine Innovation Center of Korea University College of Medicine (VIC-K). This comes after an outbreak of hantavirus occurred on a Dutch cruise ship that sailed from Argentina and disembarked its passengers and crew in the […]
Update Your iPhone Now for Better Encrypted Messaging With Android
Last year’s rollout of iOS 26 was striking, with the translucent Liquid Glass aesthetic. Apple has since iterated on its smartphone’s software, though some users continue to voice their displeasure. If you’ve held out, this latest version—iOS 26.5—includes a new feature that’s worth updating your smartphone for right now: end-to-end encryption for RCS messaging. Apple […]