New rule bans GNOME Shell extensions made with AI-generated code
An anonymous reader shared this report from Phoronix: Due to the increasing number of GNOME…
New rule bans GNOME Shell extensions made with AI-generated code
An anonymous reader shared this report from Phoronix: Due to the increasing number of GNOME Shell extensions seeking to appear on extensions.gnome.org that were generated using AI, it is now banned. He new standard in its guidelines Note that AI-generated code will be explicitly rejected: “Extensions should not be generated by AI While it is…
How Hidden Caffeine in Energy Drinks Could Contribute to Long-Term Health Risks
A healthy man in his 50s suffered a stroke after drinking eight energy drinks every day, a habit that raised his blood pressure to a dangerously high range. The incident, described in BMJ Case Reportsis prompting renewed concern about how excessive caffeine consumption can harm the cardiovascular system. The patient arrived at the hospital with…
The Trillion Dollar Problem – O’Reilly
Picture this: You’re a data analyst from day one at a midsize SaaS company. You have the beginnings of a data warehouse: some structured, usable data and a lot of raw data that you’re not yet sure what to do with. But that’s not the real problem. The real problem is that different teams do…
Comet SWAN shines with Pillars of Creation in stunning deep space photo
Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) shines next to the Eagle Nebula. (Image credit: Daniele Gasparri) He drove past the Eagle Nebula and the iconic Pillars of Creation, from his home in Chile’s Atacama Desert, on the night of October 17 earlier this year. Deep space view reveals bright green coma of kite C/2025 R2 (SWAN), just…
Holiday Shoppers: Try These Smart Tips to Save Money This Holiday Season
The holiday season means time with family and new memories, but it can also mean a lot of spending, sometimes too much. From gifts to travel plans to grocery shopping, the costs can add up and become overwhelming, especially in adifficult economic environment. Holiday shopping can bring joy, but it’s important to stick to a…
HP and Dell disable integrated HEVC support in their laptop CPUs
The deactivation of codec hardware by OEMs also comes as associated costs for the international video compression standard will increase in January, as indicated by license manager Access Advance. announced in July. By a breakdown of the administration of the patent pool VIA Licensing AllianceRoyalty rates for HEVC for over 100,001 units are increasing from…
Best Buy takes $250 off MacBook Air M4, plus free $25 gift card
Best Buy has some new deals on Apple’s M4 MacBook Air this week, including an all-time lowest price match on the laptop, plus a free $25 Best Buy gift card with purchase. You can get the 13-inch, 256GB model for $749.00below $999.00, as well as discounts on all other 13-inch models. Note: MacRumors is a…
Trump Savings Accounts: Free Money from the Government
Child-focused tax benefits have taken many forms over the years. We’ve had child tax credits, dependent care credits, education credits, 529 accounts, UTMA and UGMA accounts, and more. But the recent approval A big beautiful bill (OBBB) introduced something entirely new: a federally seeded, tax-deferred savings product for children known as Trump Savings Accounts. This…
The apps everyone complained about in 2025
Enshittification is an unavoidable fact of life. Once great apps and services fail in the constant need to maximize shareholder profits, which comes at the cost of user experience. Very few apps escape the march of enshittification, but there are some that have gotten significantly worse this year. reddit Reddit has had a lot of…
Plastic pollution will more than double by 2040, producing waste equivalent to one garbage truck per second
December 5, 2025 1 minimum reading Add us on GoogleAdd science-Am By 2040, one truck of plastic garbage will be thrown away every second, report says unless we act now It is estimated that by 2040, approximately 280 million metric tons of plastic waste will enter the air, water, soil and human body each year,…
