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Zig project leader says AI-generated code contributions are "invariably garbage" and will be rejected
Mon Jun 01 1:19 pm

Andrew Kelley designed the Zig programming language in 2016 and still presides over the non-profit organization responsible for managing the project. In a recent interview on the developer-focused JetBrains podcast, Kelley said AI-based contributions have no value and will be discarded.

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Dell's new XPS 13 starts at $599 and is gunning directly for the MacBook Neo
Mon Jun 01 12:37 pm

The company is launching the laptop at a promotional price of $599 for students as part of a back-to-school offer that runs through September. After that, the starting price will increase to $699. That places it in direct competition with Apple's MacBook Neo, which has already helped define the budget...

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A top economist says there's "zero evidence" AI is killing jobs, despite thousands of actual layoffs
Mon Jun 01 11:55 am

Writing in a post last week titled "Zero Evidence of AI-Related Job Losses," Sløk points to ADP employment data to support his conclusion. The report found that private companies added almost 110,000 people to their payrolls in April.

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This solar-powered desalination device turns seawater into drinking water, can also extract lithium
Mon Jun 01 11:16 am

The work, led by Chunlei Guo, a professor of optics and physics, centers on a specially treated surface known as superwicking black metal. The material is created by texturing a metal surface with femtosecond laser pulses, altering its structure at microscopic scales. This process gives the surface two key properties:...

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Microsoft unveils Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark chip and up to 128GB of RAM
Mon Jun 01 10:34 am

The Surface Laptop Ultra features a standard design, without the more experimental elements seen in earlier Surface devices. That means it does not include a removable display like the Surface Book series, nor an adjustable screen that can be moved forward or backward, as seen in the Surface Laptop Studio.

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Engineer builds AI laser defense system that wiped out every mosquito in his home
Mon Jun 01 9:42 am

The foundation of the system is its visual model, which Cheng trained on a custom mosquito dataset. To do that, he relied on a DSLR camera with a high-magnification zoom lens, capturing detailed images of mosquitoes for training data. That same camera setup serves as both the training tool and...

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MSI's latest gaming PC ships with LuckyClaw agent and a holographic companion
Mon Jun 01 9:11 am

MSI writes that its PC introduces the company's own agentic AI companion, LuckyClaw, which will be available from the machine's initial setup. According to the press release, it responds to natural speech commands, enabling seamless, hands-free control of performance profiles, MSI monitor settings, RGB lighting, and more. There's also the...

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United flight turns around after passenger's Bluetooth speaker name triggers security scare
Mon Jun 01 8:39 am

Flight 236 left Newark Liberty International Airport on Saturday night en route to Palma de Mallorca but reversed course about an hour after takeoff.

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DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction arrives this August to make ray tracing look cleaner and more stable
Mon Jun 01 7:51 am

Ray Reconstruction is designed to replace the hand-tuned denoisers traditionally used in ray-traced and path-traced games.

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Mathematicians used Minecraft mobs to calculate Pi without writing a single line of code
Mon Jun 01 7:01 am

Molly Lynch of Hollins University and Michael Weselcouch of Roanoke College approached the problem less like programmers and more like experimentalists. Instead of recreating a traditional algorithm inside Minecraft – a process that typically involves building elaborate in-game logic systems – they leaned on probability and the game's existing mechanics...

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AMD at Computex: Ryzen 7 5800X3D revival, 7700X3D launch, Radeon 9070 GRE goes global, AM5 support through 2029
Mon Jun 01 5:25 am

In Taiwan a few hours ago, Team Red revealed the return of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D for AM4 users, a cheaper Ryzen 7 7700X3D for AM5, and the global launch of the Radeon RX 9070 GRE.

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Nvidia RTX Spark CPU is now official: "superchip" will power Windows laptops and desktops
Mon Jun 01 1:45 am

Ryan Shrout is a longtime technology analyst and industry veteran who has spent over two decades covering PC hardware, graphics, and semiconductors. He previously led technical marketing at Intel and was the founding editor of PC Perspective. He is currently President and GM at Signal65. You can follow him on...

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