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Quant Qwen3.6-27B on 16GB VRAM with 100k context length

I have experimented how to run Qwen3.6-27B on my laptop with an A5000 16GB GPU. I have created an own IQ4_XS GGUF "qwen3.6-27b-IQ4_XS-pure.gguf" with the Unsloth imatrix and compar…

‘They don’t belong in our environment’: US vineyards battle spotted lanternflies as invasive insects spread

From Virginia to New York, the bugs drain vines, cut yields and leave growers resorting to one simple fix: squash them Around grape harvest time about three years ago, an employee …

Spirit Airlines shutting down after rescue talks collapse

The airline had been in talks with the Trump administration about a $500m bailout.…

Liberals claim victory in Nepean byelection ahead of state poll

Anthony Marsh appears to be in commanding position in significant boost to opposition leader Jess Wilson The Liberals have claimed victory in a key Victorian byelection seen as a p…

Sicko NYC theater teacher bragged about grooming kids, caught with trove of sick pics — now he’s headed to prison

A theater teacher in New York City was sentenced to 12.5 years behind bars after exchanging more than 1,000 pictures and videos containing child pornography.…

ICML final decisions rant [D]

So, ICML accepted ~6.5K of ~24K; obviously, it doesn't mean that all the rejected papers are "bad," and these rejected papers would cascade to NeurIPS, blowing up NeurIPS' total su…

Anthropic just launched Claude Security in public beta AI that scans your codebase, validates its own findings, and proposes fixes. Here's what actually matters.

Claude Security just went into public beta for Enterprise customers, and I think this is worth paying attention to not for the hype, but for one specific design decision. Most secu…

Anthropic Won't Let You Use Their Best Model. Prediction Markets Are Trying Anyway.

Been watching AI prediction markets since they got liquid earlier this year. The thing I didn't see coming is that we now have a real gap between "best model that exists" and "best…

Are you quanting your memory?

Title. Curious about how people are generally dealing with the kv cache. BF16? Q8? Q4? Turboquant or some other secret sauce? I run bf16 everything hoping that I'd get less halluci…

Tucker Carlson Discusses Breaking With Trump, the Iran War and Antisemitism

The conservative media commentator split with the administration over the war in Iran. Will the breakup last?…

Official lineup confirmed for second series of The Celebrity Traitors

Actors Richard E Grant, Michael Sheen and Bella Ramsey among star-studded cast hoping for victory as BBC’s hit spin-off series returns to screens Considering the Traitors is a game…

Cant do biology any more (nudity, gore) can't even do a local security scan, I wont be using cloud services much longer

This is obviously a defensive action being taken against a recent vulnerability, I am not doing anything sus here, these cloud services have been nerfed to uselessness.…

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Deepfakes Are Coming for Your Bank Account - The Atlantic

Deepfakes Are Coming for Your Bank Account The Atlantic…

OpenAI wants to put its most powerful model at all levels of government to fight hackers - WLFI News 18

OpenAI wants to put its most powerful model at all levels of government to fight hackers WLFI News 18…

How a 2021 Quantization Algorithm Quietly Outperforms Its 2026 Successor

One scale parameter determines accuracy in rotation-based vector quantization. The post How a 2021 Quantization Algorithm Quietly Outperforms Its 2026 Successor appeared first on T…

I've spent the past month testing Keychron's concrete keeb and it's absolutely brilliant, with one small sticking point

A matter of taste.…

The Kobo Libra Colour is the graduation gift that won't gather dust

This discount makes it a great time to pick one up…

200 Laptops Tested, One Battery King: This MSI 2-in-1 Lasted 42 Hours on a Charge

Call it the laptop that would not die. We just crowned our first PCMag Lab Award winner for best battery life, an MSI Prestige 14 model that just kept going...and going.…

Usage-based pricing killing your vibe - here's how to roll your own local AI coding agents

Take those token limits and shove them by vibe coding with a local LLM With model devs pushing more aggressive rate limits, raising prices, or even abandoning subscriptions for usa…

The Century-Long Pause in Fundamental Physics

“The more experienced listeners are, the less bass-heavy they want the sound”: JBL is changing the way its flagship headphones sound, and I've heard the difference — here’s how I rate it

The JBL Tour One M3 just got a major update with a new sound at the fore — I spoke with JBL about the changes, and heard them for myself.…

Ex-NFL linebacker convicted of $8M Ponzi scheme should have league benefits garnished, feds say

John Robert Leake of Marina Del Ray played for the Atlanta Falcons and briefly for the Green Bay Packers in 2005 and 2006, but by September 2024 had pleaded guilty to federal wire …

Zoe Kravitz and Harry Styles planning two weddings — and already talking babies: sources

Less than a month after Harry Styles slipped a massive $500,000 diamond on fiance Zoë Kravitz’s ring finger, the couple are already planning two weddings, sources have revealed to …

BROADCAST BIAS: Media had Omar’s number, she didn’t have WWII’s. Journalists didn’t care

Media outlets are accused of coddling Rep. Ilhan Omar, ignoring gaffes and financial questions while providing sympathetic coverage of the Democrat.…

WWE star Royce Keys talks grinding on the indies with Jacob Fatu before reaching pro wrestling pinnacle

Royce Keys opened up about his West Coast Pro days with Jacob Fatu, highlighting the grueling independent wrestling grind that shaped both WWE stars.…

Vine's Successor Is Here, and It Wants to Save Social Media From Itself

Before TikTok, there was Vine. Now its successor diVine is on app stores, and the man who helped build Twitter is behind it.…

How to Buy a Bike That’s the Right Size for You

Shopping for a bike that fits your body and suits your needs typically involves a lot of trial and error. Here’s our advice on how to make the process—and your ride—as painless as …

A Professional Bike Fitting Will Make You Want to Ride Even More

Getting an assessment and suggestions from a pro puts you in the right position and gets you as comfortable as can be. If you ride a lot, it's worth the investment.…

Uber wants to turn its millions of drivers into a sensor grid for self-driving companies

Praveen Neppalli Naga, Uber's chief technology officer, revealed the plan in an interview at TechCrunch's StrictlyVC event in San Francisco on Thursday night, describing it as a na…

Brace for the patch tsunami: AI is unearthing decades of buried code debt

Britain's cyber agency says the bill for years of technical shortcuts is coming due, and it's arriving all at once Britain's cyber agency is warning that AI-fuelled bug hunting is …

From F1 sets to new Botanicals plants, these are the best new Lego sets of May

We rounded up the best new Lego sets available to purchase as of May 1, including a Lewis Hamilton helmet and Cristiano Ronaldo themed-set.…

Claude Design quietly replaced Canva, Adobe Express, Figma, and NotebookLM for me

Design has never been so easy.…

I built a touch-enabled ePaper Home Assistant dashboard, and it's better than any tablet

It looks good, it's easy to set up, and it's even touch-operated.…

'That is why it is important to have full control': Dutch government launches its own self-hosted GitHub alternative in the latest blast against US tech giants such as Microsoft

The Netherlands has launched a self-hosted Git platform to gain control over code infrastructure, reduce reliance on external providers, and support collaboration.…

US, Philippines deploy anti-ship missile system in Batanes near Taiwan for war games - Reuters

US, Philippines deploy anti-ship missile system in Batanes near Taiwan for war games Reuters…

Asylum seeker sent back to France in ‘one in, one out’ scheme to be returned to Syria

Kurdish Syrian man, 26, said he fled forced conscription by YPG militia because he ‘didn’t want to kill people’ An asylum seeker sent back to France under the controversial “one in…

These G.O.P. Women Want Congress Members to Pay a Price for Abuse. Will It Work?

Three Republican women who had a hand in forcing the resignations of lawmakers accused of sexual misconduct said they are out to name and shame more offenders. It is not clear how …

Can Google Keep This Up?

Google’s parent company's first-quarter earnings blew everyone out of the water. But it’s unclear if the huge increase in revenue will stay consistent.…

Graham Platner Got Everything He Wanted. Is That Good for Democrats’ Hopes of Retaking the Senate?

Maine was supposed to be Democrats’ marquee Senate primary. It ended before a single vote was cast.…

Some pro-Palestinian protests could be banned amid attacks on British Jews

PM worried about ‘cumulative’ effect of marches, as Met chief says Jewish communities facing biggest threat Some pro-Palestinian demonstrations could be stopped, the prime minister…

Woman confesses to heinous crime on social media and mocks victim: 'I bet he ain't laughing now'

A strange criminal case got even more bizarre when the suspect of a gas station shooting appeared to confess in a video on social media. Shantay Lashay O’Donnell, 46, of Virginia w…

<em>The Devil Wears Prada 2</em> Is Ripped Straight From the Headlines—Except When It Comes to Its Fantastical Ending

The sequel captures just how much the world of Runway and Vogue has changed in the past 20 years, complete with figures ripped straight from our reality.…

America's 'House of Cards' Mentality (with David Frum)

Usually, an assassination attempt outside a dinner with the president would be a HUGE news event.…

‘Deplorable’: ICE hires firm accused of ‘torture’ to track down undocumented children

Exclusive: Contractor denies allegations including ‘enforced disappearance’ and will help locate unaccompanied minors US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) has awarded a c…

The combination that can renew America’s defense industry

Millions over budget and years behind schedule have become defining features of the U.S. defense industrial base, and this dysfunction is colliding with a radically different chara…

Humpback whale ‘Timmy’ released in the North Sea after weeks stranded off Germany

Nicknamed Timmy by German media, the whale was spotted swimming near Germany’s Baltic Sea coast on March 3, far from its natural habitat in the Atlantic Ocean.…

The keffiyeh: A symbol is being stolen in plain sight

In November, the town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, unveiled a “Good Trouble” banner honoring the late congressman John Lewis. It depicted a graduate wearing a keffiyeh. The bann…

Can AI Find You Love?

People are tired of swiping on dating apps. Is an AI matchmaker the answer?…

A New Climate Democracy Is Taking On the Petrostates

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Looking out to sea from the grey sandy beaches of Santa Marta,…

Angel Reese takes on her old team and Queen Camilla puts the finishing touches on a library's Pooh collection

The weekly Punch-Up recap highlights Angel Reese taking on her former team, Spirit Airlines updates and Queen Camilla's surprising collection.…

Palantir Q1 Earnings Preview: A Make Or Break Moment For The Bull Case

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The Gaza Flotilla Story You Didn’t Hear

Last fall, hundreds of activists from all over the world crowded onto several dozen boats and set sail for Gaza. Their goal: Break through Israel’s blockade of the territory and en…

The Greens: the new nasty party

The post The Greens: the new nasty party appeared first on spiked .…

‘Such huge consequences’: pressure mounts on France to act on enslavement reparatory justice

As a Mast of Fraternity and Memory is unveiled in Nantes, calls are growing for Macron to announce framework for discussions In the French port city of Nantes, once France ’s large…

Firehouse Subs giving away free sandwiches to anyone with a name ‘in the Mike family’

Customers will need a photo ID showing a qualifying name to redeem the offer at participating US locations.…

US, Philippines deploy anti-ship missile system in Batanes near Taiwan for war games

Serie A: Como vs. Napoli – Probable line-ups and where to watch on TV

Cesc Fabregas reunites with his former boss Antonio Conte as second-placed Napoli host the Champions League-chasing Como in a game that could have huge implications on the race for…

Senne Lammens: United’s stance on Belgian ace’s future revealed

Manchester United took a risk by signing Senne Lammens last summer despite being linked to Emiliano Martinez, and it has turned out to be a masterstroke. The Red Devils were lookin…