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From machine code to modern software: A brief history of programming

Programming began as a way to give simple instructions to machines that barely worked. Over decades, it evolved through punch ...
Assembly Mag

Wearable Device Can Control Machines While in Motion

SAN DIEGO—Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a next-generation wearable device that enables people to control robots and other machines using everyday gestures. It ...
IEEE

MAGECODE: Machine-Generated Code Detection Method Using Large Language Models

Abstract: The widespread use of virtual assistants (e.g., GPT4 and Gemini, etc.) by students in their academic assignments raises concerns about academic integrity. Consequently, various ...
WBAY

Bill to make English the state language and allow AI translations in court passes Wisconsin Assembly

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - A bill to make English the official language in Wisconsin is now another step closer to becoming law on Thursday after advancing in the assembly. However, some of the language ...
Los Angeles Times

NRA sues California over alleged Glock ban aimed at illegal machine gun ‘switches’

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gun rights groups filed a federal lawsuit challenging California’s ban on Glock-style pistols with features ...
Wired

Programming in Assembly Is Brutal, Beautiful, and Maybe Even a Path to Better AI

Rollercoaster Tycoon wasn’t the most fashionable computer game out there in 1999. But if you took a look beneath the pixels—the rickety rides, the crowds of hungry, thirsty, barfing people (and the ...
Finance & Commerce

Wisconsin Assembly passes bill to delay commercial building code

MADISON, Wis. — A bill to delay enforcement of the commercial building code passed the Wisconsin State Assembly. The Assembly on Oct. 7 passed Assembly Bill 450, which would push recently adopted ...
SiliconANGLE

Thinking Machines launches Tinker language model fine-tuning service

Thinking Machines Lab Inc., the artificial intelligence startup led by former OpenAI executive Mira Murati, today introduced its first commercial offering. Tinker is a cloud-based service that ...
The Cornell Daily Sun

Student Assembly Postpones Vote on Resolution Addressing Administration’s Review of Student Code of Conduct

In a majority vote, The Student Assembly voted to rework proposed Resolution 10, which attempts to give the undergraduate body a voice in revisions of the Student Code of Conduct, during its Thursday ...
Bleeping Computer

NPM package caught using QR Code to fetch cookie-stealing malware

Newly discovered npm package 'fezbox' employs QR codes to retrieve cookie-stealing malware from the threat actor's server. The package, masquerading as a utility library, leverages this innovative ...
techtimes

Trusting the Machines: Why Security Starts at Commit in a World of AI-Generated Code

In December 2020, attackers slipped malicious updates into SolarWinds' Orion software, compromising thousands of organizations, including U.S. government agencies. The breach, later traced to tampered ...