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28 Tips to Take Your ChatGPT Prompts to the Next Level
ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and other tools like them are making artificial intelligence available to the masses. We can now get all sorts of responses back on almost any topic imaginable. These chatbots can compose sonnets, write code, get philosophical, and automate tasks. However, while you can just type anything you like into ChatGPT and get…
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Trump tried to block states from regulating AI, but some are forging ahead
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Six months after President Trump warned states not to regulate artificial intelligence, they are increasingly doing just that. Congress has stalled on producing federal regulations of artificial intelligence as states forge ahead and scrutinize how chatbots interact with children, how AI systems are used by employers and what developers must do to try to…
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If You’re Searching for a New Skillet, Consider Stainless Steel
If you’ll excuse the pun, skillets seem to always be a hot topic. More than in other sections of cookery, there is a continual quest to find the best one, or at least the best one you can afford. I’ve seen cycles of fetishization come and go for copper, cast-iron, and carbon steel. At the…
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Newsom’s stance on controversial data centers about to be tested. Again.
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation to require proposed data centers to provide estimates of their water usage last year, saying he was “reluctant to impose rigid reporting requirements” without understanding the impact on businesses and consumers. Opposition to the mammoth tech hubs and their massive thirst of water, power and land has only escalated throughout…
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This insane JD Vance admission has Republicans — and Fox News — paralyzed with fear
If you sat down and tried to invent the worst possible person to put in charge of negotiating with the Islamic Republic of Iran — and obviously Donald Trump doesn’t count — you’d have no recourse but to choose JD Vance. If you didn’t know, and he takes every single opportunityto tell you, he’s the…
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Dutch royals swap orange for blue as they cheer for Netherlands, then Curaçao at World Cup
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands began Saturday by cheering the Dutch past Sweden in Houston. The monarchs ended the day by watching Curacao make some history against Ecuador in Kansas City. The small island nation of Curacao is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and that makes King Willem-Alexander and Queen…
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The Questions I Never Asked My Father
Two men walk past one another. —PeskyMonkey—Getty Images “What was it like to hang out with you in college?” my 20-year-old son asked me one night last summer. I was stunned—not just by the question, but by the realization that I had never asked my own father the same thing before he died of cancer…
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Buying a Used iPhone Makes More Sense Than Ever
There were already plenty of good reasons to consider buying a used iPhone instead of constantly upgrading. It’s both more environmentally friendly and more cost-effective, an increasing rarity these days. But a few recent developments have converged that suddenly make buying used even more appealing. Starting this fall, older iPhones will last longer than ever.…
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Penthouse to outhouse: ‘Poor’ Ilhan Omar now claims erstwhile-millionaire hubby made as little as $200 last year
Scandal-scarred Rep. Ilhan Omar and her hubby have gone from the penthouse to the poorhouse. The husband of the Minnesota “Squad” firebrand — who once valued his venture capital and wine empire at up to $30 million — now claims to be pocketing as little as $200 a year. The embattled socialist claimed hubby Tim…
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A Critical Deadline Is Approaching for Windows and Linux Security
The clock is ticking for Windows and Linux users to update cryptographic keys that protect their systems against firmware-based UEFI infections, a pernicious form of malware that loads before operating system and antimalware protections start. Beginning June 24, three certificates that cryptographically verify that each piece of firmware and software that loads during system boot…