American AI startup Poolside launches free, high-performing open model Laguna XS.2 for local agentic coding

By putting the weights of a highly capable, 33B-parameter agentic model in the hands of researchers and startups, Poolside is ...
Wall Street Journal

Texas Probes Lululemon Over ‘Forever Chemicals.’ The Company Says It Stopped Using Them.

The Texas attorney general is investigating Lululemon Athletica LULU-0.28%decrease; red down pointing triangle for allegedly using so-called forever chemicals in its workout gear. But the ...
The Boston Globe

Berklee College of Music's embrace of AI has some students upset

How would you feel paying $85,000 a year to one of the world’s most prestigious arts colleges, only to be taught how to eliminate your career? That’s how some students at Berklee College of Music view ...
CNET

Can't Wait for New Emoji? Here's How to Create Your Own on iPhone

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...
The Conversation

College students are writing with AI – but a pilot study finds they’re not simply letting it write for them

Rather than hand off writing to chatbots, college students in pilots showed that they use them to brainstorm and help get started. Kriangsak Koopattanakij/iStock via Getty Images Debates about ...
Jalopnik

Class 6 Vs. Class 8 Semi Trucks: What Are The Differences Between Them?

We're fascinated with anything with wheels, and it goes beyond your typical car, crossover, truck, or motorcycle. We care about them all, from the weirdest cars owned by celebrities to rare cars that ...
The Columbian

Good vibrations: Sound baths use ancient techniques for creating calm

Bubble baths are a time-honored way to reduce stress, as is the Japanese practice of “forest bathing,” or immersing yourself in nature. Now sound baths — a therapeutic practice using sound to a ...
Education Week

Are Teens Just Using AI to Cheat? Well, Not Quite (If You Ask Them)

Corrected: A previous version of this story should have said that the Pew Research Center conducted the survey. There’s fear among many educators that most students are now using AI to do too much of ...
Aclu.org

Transgender Kansans Challenge State Law Invalidating Their Driver’s Licenses and Allowing Them to Be Sued for Using Public Restrooms

Topeka, KS – Two transgender residents of Kansas have filed a lawsuit in state court challenging a new state law that immediately invalidated their driver’s licenses, and which authorizes anyone to ...
Gameranx

Mewgenics: Classes List & How to Unlock Them

“Build the ultimate cat army through tactical breeding and send them into deep, challenging turn-based adventures. Draft abilities, collect items, and manipulate genetics across generations in this ...
PC Gamer

WoW's classes were pruned for Midnight because many were 'built in a world' where its devs assumed they'd be using addons

World of Warcraft After making Mythic+ slightly too easy in World of Warcraft: Midnight, Blizzard's adding new high-end rewards for the sweats World of Warcraft World of Warcraft: Midnight review: A ...