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South African rhino horns turned radioactive to fight poachers The scheme is the latest innovation in decades of work aiming to protect South Africa’s rhinos.

I have long been concerned with the plight of rhinos. Will this work? Is it really safe for the rhinos? I guess we will find out. I would love to see rhino herds start growing and the horrific practice of harvesting horns ended. #rhino #poaching

Java is dead: Long live Java! Java defies the hype cycle, thriving at 30 with unmatched enterprise trust, modern AI integration, and a vibrant, global developer community.

Everyone loves to hate Java, but it is a mature, reliable language for development that has attempted to remain current through frequent updates. #Java

Scientists hit quantum computer error rate of 0.000015% — a world record achievement that could lead to smaller and faster machines The record-breaking achievement could lead to practical, utility-scale quantum computers that are both smaller and faster.

Big news in the quantum world. #quantum

ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.

Is AI making us dumber? It appears it may be. #AI #ChatGPT

'NASA is under attack.' Space agency employees and lawmakers protest mass layoffs, science cuts amid budget turmoil They're telling everyone to "jump ship."

Organizations like NASA serve an important function in keeping our nation at the forefront of scientific advances and should not be a pawn in US politics. #NASA

'I destroyed months of your work in seconds' says AI coding tool after deleting a dev's entire database during a code freeze: 'I panicked instead of thinking' 'You told me to always ask permission. And I ignored all of it.'

One of the biggest challenges with artificial intelligence is the lack of culpability that exists for bots. Who is responsible for this mistake? Should system developers be held financially accountable? How do we implement safeguards in systems that act in ways we don't understand? #AI #vibecoding

AI 'Nudify' Websites Are Raking in Millions of Dollars Millions of people are accessing harmful AI “nudify” websites. New analysis says the sites are making millions and rely on tech from US companies.

One of the problems with AI right now is a lack of legislation allowing users to engage in ethically troubling behavior. #ai

Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity We conduct a randomized controlled trial to understand how early-2025 AI tools affect the productivity of experienced open-source developers working on their own repositories. Surprisingly, we find th...

I am not yet convinced that AI is great for software development. I do not believe that adequate data has been provided to conclusively decide yet. However, this study shows that AI is actually slowing developers down. #AI

Quantum Computers Just Reached the Holy Grail – No Assumptions, No Limits Quantum researchers finally captured the field’s “holy grail,” showing real machines can beat classical computing exponentially—no caveats required.

Quantum advances are really getting exciting! #quantum

YouTube video by Veritasium Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

The making of the Blue LED. #technology

People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis" People experiencing "ChatGPT psychosis" are being involuntarily committed to mental hospitals and jailed following AI mental health crises.

Can using ChatGPT lead to mental health issues? #ChatGPT #AI #MentalHealth

If using Wikipedia for a source isn't okay, why is it okay to use ChatGPT to generate content? In reality, ChatGPT is no different than Wikipedia - a crowd-sourced application that may or may not have factual information. At least Wikipedia has disclaimers regarding bias and inaccuracy. #chatgpt

Nvidia CEO says quantum computing is reaching an ‘inflection point' Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says that quantum computing is reaching an inflection point and will start to solve real-world problems in the coming years.

Advances in Quantum Computing seem to be happening at an increasing rate. It is only a matter of time until we start seeing profound changes in computing! #QuantumComputing

YouTube video by J Perm Learn How to Solve a Rubik's Cube in 10 Minutes (Beginner Tutorial)

For a long time, I've wanted to learn how to solve a Rubik's cube. I decided to buy one while I traveling recently and used this video to learn how to solve it. #RubiksCube www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ron...

Robot Repair at #PittsburghAirport

One of the challenges with debates on AI today is that too many people are falling victim to the Dunning-Kruger effect. They learn a little about AI and a little about a field where they want to use AI and believe the results are amazing yet fail to see the limitations experts may notice. #AI

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Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in US cuts. Foreign universities want to hire them As the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in federal funding to scientific research, thousands of scientists in the U.S. lost their jobs or grants.

America's growing anti-science bias has significant national security implications. As scientists flee America, we will see many of our nation's technological advantages disappear. #braindrain #science #nationalsecurity

Today, I added CompTIA's CySA+ certification to my resume! #comptia #cybersecurity #cysa

Alchemy is real! #alchemy #hadron

When I search for information on a topic that I have some knowledge about, Google's AI frequently provides information I already know to be false. How many times have I searched for things I have no knowledge about but believed what Google's AI told me? #AI

Using ChatGPT to do your work isn't yielding excellence. Instead, you are regressing to the mean. While everyone seems to think that mastering ChatGPT is critical to your future success, ChatGPT will never lead to the innovation that companies really value. #ChatGPT #GenerativeAI

Julia Parsons, U.S. Navy Code Breaker During World War II, Dies at 104 Soon after her officer training in Washington, she was recruited to a classified code-breaking team. She kept her work secret for decades, even from her family.

Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, has died at 104.

Remember all the "experts" on blockchain? Where have they gone? How about NFTs, does anyone even remember what they are? Now, everyone's talking about vibe coding. However, given the track record of tech influencers, maybe it's not smart to go all in on vibe coding just yet. #vibecoding #technology

In the line of code, z = x++ + ++y, what does z equals? The correct response should be been "getting fired." While I will not argue against knowing the difference between post and pre increment, it is far more important to understand how to write readable, maintainable code. #programming

My daughter showed me this yesterday. An instant favorite! It's like living in an M.C. Escher world! #momumentvalley #game
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MITRE-backed cyber vulnerability program to lose funding Wednesday Organizations across industry, government, national security and critical infrastructure rely on the CVE Program, which serves as the de-facto global standard for vulnerability identification and mana...

This will have a very negative effect on cybersecurity. #cybersecurity #mitre
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Tech moguls spark IP debate | LinkedIn Block founder Jack Dorsey and Tesla owner Elon Musk took to X over the weekend to complain about intellectual property law, sparking a heated social media debate on copyright, privacy and patents.

The call to get rid of intellectual property laws in order to benefit big businesses ability to generate AI is unconscionable. The use of copyrighted material for generative AI should be punishable to the same extent as any other breach of copyright law.
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Computer Junkyard:The Best Computer Game Not on the Computer Race your friends to build a vintage computer from spare parts! Computer Junkyard's a fast-paced, puzzly, computer building board game.

A board game about vintage computers? Sounds cool to me!
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AI proves that fingerprints are not unique, upending the legal system Fingerprints have long been the cornerstone of law enforcement, linking suspects to crimes. Now, AI has disrupted this 100-year-old system.

Are fingerprints unique? #criminaljustice #ai www.earth.com/news/ai-prov...