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AI models may be a bit like humans, after all.A new study from the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M, and Purdue University shows that large language models fed a diet of popular but low-quality social media content experience a kind of “brain rot” that may be familiar to anyone who has spent too long doomscrolling on X or TikTok.”We live in an age where information grows faster than attention spans—and much of it is engineered to capture clicks, not convey truth or depth,” says Junyuan Hong, an incoming assistant professor at the National University of Singapore who worked…

[00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, what WordPress and Drupal have in common. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do that by searching for WP Tavern in your podcast player of choice, or by going to wptavern.com/feed/podcast, and you can copy that URL into most podcast players. If you have a topic that you’d like us to feature on the podcast,…

QUICK FACTSMilestone: Scientists develop a chemical recipe for watching molecules in living creaturesDate: Oct. 23, 2007Where: The University of California, Berkeley and other labsWho: A team of scientists led by Carolyn BertozziIn 2007, scientists published a paper that laid out a recipe for a new type of biochemistry. The method would allow scientists to see what was happening in organisms in real time.Carolyn Bertozzi, then a biochemist at the University of California, Berkeley, and her research lab had spent years trying to visualize glycans, special carbohydrate molecules that dot cell surfaces.Glycans are one of the three major classes of biomolecules…

Looking for a Bluetooth speaker that’s rugged and ready for anything? The JBL Clip 5, named for its built-in latching hook, is currently marked down to just $60 at Amazon and Walmart in a variety of colors and finishes. That’s a healthy 25 percent discount and makes this compact Bluetooth speaker an appealing option for anyone who loves a little adventure.Photograph: Ryan WaniataPhotograph: Ryan WaniataPhotograph: Ryan WaniataWhile the attached clip is the big draw, this little speaker packs a surprisingly big sound profile. In his write-up, our reviewer Ryan Waniata says it has a “fuller bass and midrange frequencies than…

[00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress, the people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, how speculative loading is speeding up your WordPress website. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do that by searching for WP Tavern in your podcast player of choice, or by going to wptavern.com/feed/podcast, and you can copy that URL into most podcast players. If you have a topic that you’d like us to feature on…

Chinese engineers have published a video of a robot that moves so fluidly you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s artificial intelligence (AI) generated.Yet it’s very much real. The video — which is quickly amassing views on social media — actually shows off the latest creation by China’s Unitree Robotics. Named Unitree H2 “Destiny Awakening”, the smooth-moving humanoid robot stands 5 foot 11 inches (180 centimeters) tall and weighs 154 pounds (70 kilograms) — making it around the size and weight of an adult man.In the video, the bipedal H2 model is seen posing, pirouetting and pulling off some remarkably deft…

If you want to step up your photography game, and graduate from your phone, why not go all the way to the highest-resolution camera on the market? Normally, we suggest that a more affordable camera might be the best pick for most people in our guide to mirrorless cameras, but at this price—why not go big?Courtesy of SonyThe massive 61-megapixel, full-frame sensor in the A7R V is the largest sensor you can get without jumping into medium format (which is significantly more expensive and bulkier). If that’s not enough, there’s actually an even higher-resolution possibility that combines 16 shots into…

[00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, website maintenance for WordPress agencies and freelancers. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do that by searching for WP Tavern in your podcast player of choice, or by going to wptavern.com/feed/podcast, and you can copy that URL into most podcast players. If you have a topic that you’d like us to feature on the podcast,…

A surgically implanted chip and augmented-reality glasses are helping some people who have lost sight to read again.In a small trial, about 80% of people who had lost vision due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) were able to read letters and words a year after receiving the treatment, according to a study published Monday (Oct. 20) in The New England Journal of Medicine.”In the history of artificial vision, this represents a new era,” study co-author Mahi Muqit, an ophthalmologist at University College London and the Moorfields Eye Hospital in the U.K., said in a statement. “Blind patients are actually able…

On September 19, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement made a $61,218 payment for “guided missile warheads and explosive components,” according to the Product and Service Code (PSC) included in the payment record on a federal contracting database.“This award provides multiple distraction devices to support law enforcement operations and ICE- Office of Firearms and Tactical Programs,” the record’s description section reads.The Substack Popular Information mentioned this payment in a Monday article, which focused on the fact that ICE spending in the “small arms, ordnance, and ordnance accessories manufacturing” product category increased by 700 percent between 2024 and 2025. (Spending increased by…