@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-03-10 21:36:00
Internal doc: the State Department moved its internal chatbot from Claude Sonnet 4.5 to GPT-4.1, following Trump's directive to cancel Anthropic contracts (Nextgov/FCW)
https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2026/03/state-offlo…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-12 00:09:14
Iraq oil ports halt operations after tanker attacks – report
Iraqi officials are saying oil ports have “completely stopped operations” while commercials ports continue to operate after an attack on a fuel tankers, according to Iraqi state media.
Iraqi port security officials have said two foreign tankers carrying Iraqi fuel oil were in flames after being attacked by Iranian boats laden with explosives, killing a foreign crew member.
Iraq’s General Company for Ports chief Fa…
@UP8@mastodon.social2026-02-11 03:47:09
I've posted pictures of 𝐷𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐴𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑢𝑚 in other seasons but I took this one on a freezing cold day with blowing, not falling, snow
#photo #photography #cornell
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-03-11 21:51:06
Nvidia debuts Nemotron 3 Super, a 120B-parameter hybrid MoE open-weight model; filing: Nvidia plans to spend $26B over the next five years to build open models (Will Knight/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/nvidia-investing-26-billion-open-source-models/…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-10 20:51:41
US military 'drawing up additional options' to keep strait of Hormuz open, says White House
Karoline Leavitt said that Donald Trump is committed to allowing the free flow of oil through the strait of Hormuz,
and reiterated that the US president has offered for the navy
“to escort tankers when necessary”.
“The US military is drawing up additional options following the president’s directive to continue keeping the strait of Hormuz open,” Leavitt said.
I wil…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-03-05 16:25:56
Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based on a production's dailies to be used in postproduction (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/netflix-a…
@kurtsh@mastodon.social2026-02-07 00:49:20
I did. But that's just me.
☑️ 625 Billion Reasons to Buy the Dip in Microsoft Stock Right Now | The Motley Fool
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/02/03/625-billion-reasons-to-buy-the-dip-in-microsoft-st/
@anneroth@systemli.social2026-01-06 21:37:38
“This is not 'spicy'. This is illegal. This is appalling. This is disgusting.“
"The European Commission has announced it is looking into cases of sexually suggestive and explicit images of young girls generated by Grok, the AI chatbot integrated into social media platform X, following the introduction of a paid feature known as “Spicy Mode” last summer."
@paulwermer@sfba.social2026-01-09 15:29:09
Wow!
Anonymous painting bought at auction on ‘hunch’ identified as two-in-one Rubens
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jan/09/anonymous-painting-bought-at-auction-on-…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-03-05 16:30:44
Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based on a production's dailies to be used in postproduction (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/netflix-a…
