After a routine code rejection, an AI agent published a hit piece on someone by name

AI agents lack independent agency but can still seek multistep, extrapolated goals when prompted. Even if some of those prompts include AI-written text (which may become more of an issue in the ...
InfoQ

Pandas 3.0 Introduces Default String Dtype and Copy-on-Write Semantics

The pandas team has released pandas 3.0.0, a major update that changes core behaviors around string handling, memory ...

OpenAI upgrades its Responses API to support agent skills and a complete terminal shell

With OpenAI's latest updates to its Responses API — the application programming interface that allows developers on OpenAI's platform to access multiple agentic tools like web search and file search ...
InfoQ

Are You Missing a Data Frame? The Power of Data Frames in Java

Vladimir Zakharov explains how DataFrames serve as a vital tool for data-oriented programming in the Java ecosystem. By ...
NorthJersey.com

Phone in SOS mode, emergency calls only? How to fix, text, make calls

A massive Verizon outage Jan. 14, downed tens of thousands of Verizon phones, with Verizon customers eager to "fix" SOS mode on iPhones and turn off "Emergency Calls Only" on Samsung/Android phones.
Today

‘When Calls the Heart’ Is Back! How to Watch the Season 13 Premiere

The townspeople of Hope Valley are ready for more friendships, family and romance. “When Calls the Heart” officially returned for Season 13 on Jan. 4, nearly 10 months after viewers saw Elizabeth ...
Kotaku

Microsoft Tells Piggies To Stop Calling It AI Slop

Gen AI isn’t going anywhere. In fact, it’s just getting started. That’s what Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella believes. He’d also like you to stop calling everything generated by LLM AI “slop.” People need ...
USA Today

Want to talk to Santa Claus? Here's how to call his hotline

Santa Claus may be the busiest man on Christmas; however, he's still taking time out of his schedule to talk to all children, even the naughty ones. In addition to mall visits and responding to ...
Yahoo

Want to talk to Santa Claus? How to call the North Pole from Michigan

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Santa Claus may be the busiest man on Christmas, but he's still taking time out of his schedule to talk to kids around the world.
Android Police

How to create custom calling cards on the Google Pixel 10

Conor has been staunchly in favor of Android since graduating to a smartphone from his hot pink Motorola RAZR. In fact, he'll gladly ruin a friendly dinner in service of lambasting Apple devices to ...
InfoWorld

Java Stream API tutorial: How to create and use Java streams

Get started with Java streams, including how to create streams from Java collections, the mechanics of a stream pipeline, examples of functional programming with Java streams, and more. You can think ...