I sat down in the Musk v. Altman trial courtroom today, painfully aware that no one was going to ask Shivon Zilis the question on everyone's minds: Girl, what the fuck are you doing?Zilis, who testified under oath that she is the mother of four of Musk's children, was… what's the best way to characterize this? A Musk advisor? She denies she was a "chief of staff" but says she worked for Musk's "entire AI portfolio: Tesla, Neuralink, and OpenAI" starting in 2017. The two met through OpenAI, and they had what she referred to as a "one off" before becoming "friends and colleagues." The "one off," she confirmed, was "romantic in nature."Her …Read the full story at The Verge.

Some might think CD and DVD writers just aren't necessary in this day and age. However, I disagree. While I haven't written to this type of medium for quite some time, there are plenty of times each year when I pull out old discs or maybe even a DVD to retrieve some data.

I love my Kindles, but I've always had the lingering feeling that the hardware is capable of much more than what Amazon allows. The out-of-the-box functionality is so limited that you can't even set a wallpaper. That's a no-go for me. It's why I've taken to jailbreaking all my Kindles.

I used to think the hype around Obsidian was just another productivity ‘trend’ fuelled by over-engineered setups and aesthetic graph views. But after migrating my entire digital life into its local-first ecosystem, I have realized that I wasn’t just missing a better app; I was missing a better way to think.

For years, my terminal editor of choice was nano. It came preinstalled on most of the Linux machines I touched, the keybindings were printed at the bottom of the screen, and I could open a config file, change a value, and be on my way. It worked, and that was about as much thought as I gave it. Neovim was always lurking in the background as a thing for terminal weirdos who'd memorized hieroglyphs, and I was perfectly content not being one of them.

OpenAI is launching an optional safety feature for ChatGPT that allows adult users to assign an emergency contact for mental health and safety concerns. Friends, family members, or caregivers designated as a "Trusted Contact" will be notified if OpenAI detects that a person may have discussed topics like self-harm or suicide with the chatbot."Trusted Contact is designed around a simple, expert-validated premise: when someone may be in crisis, connecting with someone they know and trust can make a meaningful difference," OpenAI said in its announcement. "It offers another layer of support alongside the localized helplines already available …Read the full story at The Verge.

There is a widespread assumption among homelab users that if the server is running and services are working as expected, then everything must be fine. Like most users, I also neglected the SSD's health. I hadn’t checked the SSD health in over a year, since there were no visible problems.

It turns out Fox McCloud's appearance in the Super Mario Galaxy Movie was a tease of things to come: Nintendo just surprise announced the first new Star Fox game in a decade. The game is called, simply, Star Fox, and it's out very soon, launching on June 25th.Nintendo says that it's "based" on the classic space shooter Star Fox 64, but with redesigned characters and upgraded visuals. Essentially, it sounds like a modern remake of the game with the same level design. Based on the first look at the game, it looks thoroughly modern, with incredibly detailed characters, including a surprisingly realistic Slippy Toad. And yes, the in-ship bante …Read the full story at The Verge.

When I started using Home Assistant, I ran way too many automations for the silliest of things. Over time, I pulled back and kept only those automations that felt genuinely useful without making any visually noticeable impact. That helped me avoid flashy but unwanted dashboards and notifications.

I think one of the most exciting parts of technological advancement is when the high-end features begin to "trickle down" to lower product tiers. Sure, there's something cool about premium devices having all the flashy features, but as those same tools become more readily available, they become less of a novelty and more of a technological advancement that benefits everyone.

Every time I open Gemini, I have to type the same handful of prompts. If they’re too long, I grab them from Google Keep, but I still want to avoid that process. Even the short ones I retype every day get old fast. Gemini’s Scheduled Actions do just that. I can schedule the tasks that I keep putting off and just wait for Gemini to give them to me. That way, I can relax a little more, knowing that I’ll get everything I need because Gemini will remember for me.

For the past year, I’ve been running my own local LLM setup, hoping it would make my work faster and more efficient. And in many ways, it did; but not for the reasons I expected. I went in thinking better hardware would unlock better results. More VRAM, faster inference, bigger models.