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AI's Computing Influence
Computers
AI Synthesis & Market Narrative
AI is shifting software engineering education, moving focus from low-level coding details to higher-level problem-solving. However, controversial silent deployment of large AI models on user computers by major tech companies raises significant privacy and resource management concerns.
Correlated Linguistic Patterns
["AI model on users' devices"
"without their knowledge"
"AI makes it so you have to worry less"
"software engineers"]
Driving Media Context
It’s an Apple Lisa, on a FPGA
Most of us will know that Apple’s precursor to the Macintosh series of computers was a machine called the Lisa. Something of a behemoth compared to those ear...
Google just gave me the best reason ever to uninstall Chrome
An unsettling report shed light on Google's unwanted installation of a 4GB AI model that now resides on computers—yes, yours, too.
Is it a Pet? No, it’s a Teacher’s Pet!
Here at Hackaday we cover the world of retrocomputing, which means that we see all manner of older computers in our everyday work. We might even claim that w...
University of Washington CS professor explains what's changing for young software engineers
University of Washington computer science professor Dan Grossman said "we haven't come anywhere close to the limit" of what computers can do.
Cyberdeck Build Gets Closer To Regular Laptop Than Most
Cyberdecks are typically reminiscent of weird computers in futuristic sci-fi films, moreso than the computers of today. The cool thing about cyberdecks, thou...
Fluidic Contact Lens Treats Glaucoma
We’ve always been interested in fluidic computers, a technique that uses moving fluids to perform logic operations. Now, Spectrum reports that researchers ha...
DIY UPS Keeps Home Assistant Running
If you put a bunch of computers in charge of your house, it’s generally desirable to ensure their up-time is as close to 100% as possible. An uninterruptible...
What Can You Run on a 1960s Univac? Anything You’re Willing To Wait For!
There are two UNIVAC 1219B computers that have survived since the 1960s and one of them is even operational. [Nathan Farlow] wanted to run a Minecraft server...