Every developer knows how hard it is to redistribute a Python program as a self-contained, click-and-run package. There are third-party solutions, but they all have drawbacks. PyInstaller, the oldest and best-known tool for this job, is crotchety to work with and requires a fair amount of trial-and-error to get a working redistributable. Nuitka, a more

AWS has blamed a bug for all usage and pricing-related issues that developers have been facing on Kiro, its new agentic AI-driven integrated development environment (IDE), since it introduced a revised pricing structure last week. “As we have dug into this, we have discovered that we introduced a bug when we rolled out pricing in

The UK has agreed to drop its mandate that Apple install a backdoor into the encrypted data stored on its devices, though it isn’t clear whether this is an overall change or simply a tweak to protect US citizens.  The landmark move would be a victory for digital privacy experts that sets a precedent between

For a variety of reasons — hardware incompatibilities, legacy software, the feeling that Windows 10 works just fine, thanks — both consumers and businesses have for years resisted Microsoft’s not-so-subtle nudges to upgrade from Windows 10 to its successor, Windows 11. But with the older operating system reaching end of support in October, many are

A new Copilot feature has been added to Excel for Windows and Mac, specifically the generative AI (genAI feature has been integrated into the engine used for calculations, according to the Microsoft 365 Insider blog. (The feature is not yet generally available — it’s rolling out to users in the Beta Channel of the Microsoft

US companies have invested between $35 billion and $40 billion in generative AI (genAI) projects, but most efforts are stuck in the pilot stage, according to a report from MIT’s NANDA initiative. Only about 5% of the efforts lead to rapid revenue growth; the majority produce little or no impact, Fortune reports. The core problem

Will the use of generative AI (genAI) tools degrade human intelligence over the long term? That question — and lingering concerns about cheating and hallucinations — are among the issues US university professors are grappling with as a new academic year approaches. Even as some embrace the technology, others look askance at generative AI tools.

From Steven Spielberg’s creepy “AI” (2001) to M3GAN (2022), toys imbued with artificial intelligence have been a source of fascination and terror in pop culture for decades. Now, in the face of all those cautionary tales, a new class of vaguely menacing chatty toys are being sold online — but unlike the “Gremlin“-esque Furbies of

Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. A young woman took her own life after talking to a ChatGPT-based AI therapist named Harry.

It’s no secret that social media has devolved into a toxic cesspool of disinformation and hate speech. Without any meaningful pressure to come up with effective guardrails and enforceable policies, social media platforms quickly turned into rage-filled and polarizing echo chambers with one purpose: to keep users hooked on outrage and brain rot so they