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Donald Trump says David Sacks will be the ‘White House A.I. & Crypto Czar’
In this important role, David will guide policy for the Administration in Artificial Intelligence and Cryptocurrency, two areas critical to the future of American competitiveness. David will focus on making America the clear global leader in both areas. He will safeguard Free Speech online, and steer us away from Big Tech bias and censorship. He will work on a legal…
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How to Make Your House Guest-Proof for the Holidays
We may earn a commission from links on this page. The holidays are upon us, and as the end of the year creeps ever closer, millions of people will hit the roads, skies, and train tracks to visit friends and family. Having houseguests is stressful for both hosts and the guests themselves, especially if your guests don’t know how to…
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The Tody App Helps Me Keep My House Clean (Without Stressing Me Out)
I’ve always had trouble with daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning routines because they are based on an arbitrary standard instead of my real life. When a friend told me about the Tody app months ago, I thought it would be more of the same. Instead, after some upfront work of choosing the zones and tasks that matter to me (and…
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White House tells intelligence agencies: Use more AI
In a first, US President Joseph R. Biden Jr. issued a national security memorandum today telling federal intelligence agencies they need to pilot and deploy artificial intelligence (AI) in an effort to boost the nation’s security. The memo is directed at the National Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Energy and…
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Penguin Random House books now explicitly say ‘no’ to AI training
Book publisher Penguin Random House is putting its stance on AI training in print. The standard copyright page on both new and reprinted books will now say, “No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems,” according to a report from The Bookseller spotted by Gizmodo.…
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The Best Ways to Keep Your Old House Warm in the Winter
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Your old home may be beautiful and charming, but it’s also probably drafty as hell, and heating it can cost a fortune. Criticize modern homes for being charmless copy-and-paste jobs all you want, but they are airtight and warm. Your older home can be warmer, too, though, and then you’ll…
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Massachusetts halfway house client data breached, SSNs and medical info compromised
The North Cottage Program, a Massachusetts addiction treatment center, this week confirmed it notified 6,650 current and former clients of a May 2024 data breach that compromised names, Social Security numbers, addresses, medication info, health insurance info, treatment plans, provider notes, and dates of birth. The notice (PDF) to victims states, “NCP discovered a network security incident involving an unauthorized…
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How to Use TikTok’s ‘Angry Cleaning’ Trend to Get a Cleaner House
Creating and sticking to a cleaning schedule is difficult, but only because life is difficult. Finding time to clean can feel impossible, especially when you’ve had a stressful day at work, with your family, or just in general. But what if you could harnessing that negative energy and turn it into cleaning power? That’s the idea behind TikTok’s “Angry Cleaning”…
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White House outlines plans to finally secure the border gateway protocol
The US government has outlined plans to address key security vulnerabilities associated with the border gateway protocol (BGP) as part of a new report. In essence, BGP is the central set of rules that dictate the routes through which data is transmitted on the internet. BGP is a routing protocol that allows autonomous systems (ASes), the fundamental nodes that make…
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Scrapped Britishvolt gigafactory set to house Europe’s “largest AI data center”
Plans to build Europe’s largest AI data center on a former coalfield in Cambois, North East England, have been given the greenlight. The project, led by Blackstone and built by Renaissance Land Limited, is expected to create 1,600 jobs and generate inward investment worth several billion pounds. As the site is located on a coalfield, the Coal Authority has supported…
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