Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 132, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy soccer, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been preparing for a month of getting absolutely nothing done during the World Cup. […]
The rest of Dyson’s promised 2026 vacuum lineup is here, from the new Dyson V16 Piston Animal to an updated version of the favored Dyson V8 Cyclone.
Researchers have quantified the length and mass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks globally.
Hidden inside a building in Alabama, the FBI has created its own small town as a dedicated cyber training ground for simulating cyberattacks.
As World Cup action kicks off, we look at the physics of the beautiful game.
Plus, the next game from the Mouthwashing devs and trying to survive as a sentient guitar.
For all the noise that's been made about how generative AI is poised to revolutionize the filmmaking industry, there haven't really been any projects created with the technology that felt like the sort of entertainment people would pay to see. Most AI firms' video models are still only capable of churning out short bursts of […]
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Whether you want to buy cheaper electricity, store solar energy, or guard against outages, EcoFlow’s home battery might be just what you need.
My methodology and data set didn't show any trend, but it demonstrated a more important issue: how wrongly this kind of research can be done and how misinterpreted the conclusions can be. The reason for making this research was an attempt to verify the claim that AI-assisted development increases code duplication. I analyzed 14 well-maintained open-source projects between 2021-2026, excluding new ones developed only with AI. For duplication detection, I compared semantic similarity using https://github.com/rafal-qa/slopo (I'm the author), not exact copies. This data can't prove or deny the claim, no trend is visible. Not only because 14 projects is too little, but also because there is a large variance between projects. The main advantage of this research is that it highlights the pitfalls in the analysis and conclusions and shows how easy it is to create "evidence" to support any claim. submitted by /u/rafal-kochanowski [link] [留言]
RJ Scaringe, the CEO of Rivian Automotive, joined us for a wide-ranging interview about how his company’s new electric SUV fits into the current EV industry, and what comes next.