xAI's Grok 4.1 tops benchmarks in emotional intelligence, while its model card also shows a marked increase in sycophancy compared to Grok 4 (Christopher Ort/i10X)
https://i10x.ai/news/grok-4-1-eq-bench-empathy-sycophancy-paradox
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SundaySoul
Top Studio Band:
🎵 Freddie's Dead
#TopStudioBand
"It is a sin to interfere with another community’s ability to fulfill its covenant with God. Hills cannot shout for joy if their tops have been sheared off by strip-mining. Fish cannot swarm seas boiled by an ozone-depleted atmosphere."
—Professor Gregory Mobley writing in the new issue of Reflections, in a piece titled "God’s Eco-Network of Covenants."
Klarna reports Q3 revenue up 26% YoY to $903M, above $882M est., a $95M net loss, and expects $1B revenue in Q4, in its first post-IPO earnings release (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/klarna-klar-stock-q3-earnings-report-2025.html<…
Palo Alto Networks reports Q1 revenue up 16% YoY to $2.47B, vs. $2.46B est., forecasts Q2 revenue in line with est., and agrees to buy Chronosphere for $3.35B (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/palo-alto-networks-panw-q1-2026-earnings-r…
Who's ready to clean some floppy drive heads? Not really the way I planned to spend my day off but things are reaching dire straights for available floppy drives. Starting to hold up other projects.
#retrocomputing
NFL divisional round viewer's guide: Ranking biggest matchups as Bills' showdown with Broncos tops list
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-divisional-ro…
Kuaishou reports Q3 revenue up 14% YoY to ~$5B and net profit up 37% YoY to ~$632M, above ~$588M est., driven by ad growth and its Kling AI video generator (Sherry Qin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/ea…