Month: June 2025
Empowering personalized recommendations with natural language
Conclusion REGEN provides a dataset with consistent user preferences, recommendations, and generated narratives, enabling the study of LLM capabilities in conversational recommendation. We evaluated ...
Microsoft changes Windows in attempt to prevent next CrowdStrike-style catastrophe
Working with third-party companies to define these standards and address those companies’ concerns seems to be Microsoft’s way of trying to avoid that kind ...
[Paper] Stochastic Parameter Decomposition — LessWrong
A key step in reverse engineering neural networks is to decompose them into simpler parts that can be studied in relative isolation. Linear parameter ...
James Webb Telescope Detects Methanol and Ethanol Near Young Stars, Hinting at Life’s Origins
In the recent research done by using the James Webb Telescope, in March 2024, scientists found that ethanol and other icy organic compounds near ...
US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Porn ID Law
If you try to access Pornhub, one of the world’s biggest websites, from any of 17 US states, you’ll be blocked. Pornhub’s parent company, ...
Stung by customer losses, Comcast says all its new plans have unlimited data
The five-year guarantee would be a better deal in the long run because of the rise in price once the deal wears off. Comcast’s ...
Rubin Observatory Captures Distant Nebulae From Chilean Mountaintop
Two spectacular stellar nurseries—the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae—have been revealed in dazzling detail in one of the first public images from the Vera C. ...
Apple to Expand Swift Language Support to Android; Sets Up Android Working Group
Apple is officially working on supporting its Swift programming language on Android, the company announced earlier this week. While apps for iOS and Android ...
FBC: Firebreak Has Crossed One Million Players, Remedy Confirms
FBC: Firebreak, the new co-op shooter from Remedy Entertainment, has surpassed one million players, the studio announced Thursday. The game launched on June 17 ...
The Best Cat Toys for Your Furry Friend (2025)
Cats are beautiful, interesting, weird creatures. They’re also very picky. Finding cat toys that they’ll actually play with is tough, especially with the sheer ...
