To keep ‘Frankenstein’ human, Guillermo del Toro trusted his craftspeople

The filmmaker has navigated the awards campaign for 'Frankenstein' to the tune of 'F— AI.' Oscar nominees Mike Hill, Tamara Deverell, Kate Hawley and Alexandre Desplat helped him do it.
How-To Geek on MSN

Build an infinite desktop on Ubuntu with Python and a systemd timer

Pull fresh Unsplash wallpapers and rotate them on GNOME automatically with a Python script plus a systemd service and timer.

This Startup Thinks It Can Make Rocket Fuel From Water. Stop Laughing

General Galactic, cofounded by a former SpaceX engineer, plans to test its water-based propellant this fall. If successful, it could help usher in a new era of space travel. That's a big “if.” ...

So yeah, I vibe-coded a log colorizer—and I feel good about it

Oh, sure, I can “code.” That is, I can flail my way through a block of (relatively simple) pseudocode and follow the flow. I ...
Ministry of Testing

Beyond data generation: How I learned to trust synthetic data in performance testing

The first dimension is the most fundamental: statistical fidelity. It is not enough for synthetic data to look random. It must behave like real data. This means your distributions, cardinalities, and ...
SDxCentral

How threat actors are really using AI

From Russian GRU operations to Chinese espionage campaigns, AI is transforming cyber warfare. But that change is a bit more ...

Catherine O'Hara 'changed how so many of us understand comedy and humanity'

Catherine O'Hara was never afraid to go big. Known for roles in "Schitt's Creek," "Beetlejuice," and "Home Alone," she made ...
InfoWorld

CPython vs. PyPy: Which Python runtime has the better JIT?

JIT compiler stack up against PyPy? We ran side-by-side benchmarks to find out, and the answers may surprise you.
Chicago Sun-Times

Bulls guard Josh Giddey flipping script to make All-Star run

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Gizmodo

The ‘Mighty Nein’ Creators Wanted to Make a ‘Darker, More Impactful’ Show

When it came to 'The Mighty Nein,' the Critical Role team wanted to adapt the live show and get its hands dirty in the process. Reading time 3 minutes The Mighty Nein premiere showed the members of ...
VentureBeat

AI coding transforms data engineering: How dltHub's open-source Python library helps developers create data pipelines for AI in minutes

Credit: Image generated by VentureBeat with FLUX-pro-1.1-ultra A quiet revolution is reshaping enterprise data engineering. Python developers are building production data pipelines in minutes using ...