
Reports that prominent American national security officials used a freely available encrypted messaging app, coupled with the rise of authoritarian policies around the world, have led to a surge in interest in

With around 1 billion searches on ChatGPT each week, Gen Zers are increasingly turning to AI to solve a daily dilemma: what to wear.
Last month, OpenAI announced updates to ChatGPT’s search function, enhancing the shopping experience with personalized product recommendations and direct purchase links. Users have already begun using these features to plan their outfits.
“I’m going out to dinner tonight, what should I wear?” one user

President Donald Trump signed the TAKE IT DOWN Act into law on Monday, strengthening federal protections for victims of revenge porn and AI-generated sexual images.
The bill, introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), makes it illegal to “knowingly publish” or threaten to share nonconsensual intimate imagery—whether real or generated by artificial intelligence—without the person’s cons

Half a century after the Apollo astronauts left the last bootprints in lunar dust, the Moon has once again become a destination of fierce ambition and delicate engineering.

Spain has ordered Airbnb to block more than 65,000 holiday listings on its platform for having violated rules, the Consumer Rights Ministry said Monday.
The ministry said that many of the 65,935 Airbnb listings it had ordered to be withdrawn did not include their license number or specify whether the owner was an individual or a company. Others listed numbers that di

Chili’s and TGI Fridays are in a full-blown mozzarella stick feud.
Last week, TGI Fridays unveiled its new menu with a post on X: “New menu’s out. mozz sticks hit harder. happy hour’s calling. life’s good.” The next day, the chain appeared to throw shade at its fast casual rival, Chili’s Grill & Bar.

Epic Games‘s Fortnite video game was not available on Apple’s iPhone devices in the European Union and the United States on Friday.

Group keywords by search behavior using Google’s own SERPs. A hands-on Python approach for scalable, intent-based clustering.
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An update to the research that the User Experience team is running over the next quarter. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/05/19/research-roadmap-update-may-2025/

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
This timeless insight from renowned 20th-century Austrian-America management consultant Peter Drucker is especially relevant for startup leaders who aim to build something that stands the test of time.
In today’s digital economy, global expansion has never been easier—yet many tech founders are still focused on an initial geographical market. Whil

Deciding which movies warrant a trip to the theater isn’t always easy. Lately, though, trailers seem to be making the choice even harder, and not for the reasons one might think.
The problem—if you could call it one—is an abundance of marketing riches across the entire cinematic spectrum. The trailer for A24’s new necromancy horror ">Bring Her Back is as dynamic as the one for Marvel’s retro romp,

With zero-click results and AI Overviews dominating the SERP, SEO pros must adapt. This article breaks down key shifts in behavior, metrics, and strategy.
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The AI search landscape is transforming at breakneck speed. New “Deep Research” tools from ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity autonomously search and gather information from dozens—even hundreds—of

Google's AIO rewrites articles without adding unique analysis or insights, essentially meeting the definition of low-value content.
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Artificial intelligence: it’s not just for tech experts anymore. Instead, a heaping helping of free online resources has emerged. These classes are specifically designed to welcome beginners into the world of AI, even if they possess little or no prior technical background.
I selected these Coursera courses for their beginner-friendly approach, high ratings, and comprehensive coverage of foundational concepts and key AI domains.
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Solární termální energetika je jako na koni. Globální oteplování jí hraje do karet. Teď jde o to, aby byla co nejlevnější. Australští odborníci rafinovaně využili vlastní vynález plastových zpětných zrcátek a vyvinuli nerozbitná a velmi lehká zrcadla z plastu, která by mohla zlevnit solární termální energii až o 40 procent. http://www.osel.cz/14076-lehka-plastova-zrcadla-mohou-podstatne-zlevnit-solarni-termalni-energii.html

Google DeepMind opět posouvá hranice umělé inteligence. Jeho nový systém AlphaEvolve nejenže optimalizuje vlastní infrastrukturu Googlu a šetří nemalé prostředky, ale také přepisuje desítky let staré matematické poučky a objevuje nové algoritmy. Zatímco AlphaEvolve demonstruje sílu evolučního přístupu v kombinaci s velkými jazykovými modely, konkurence v podobě OpenAI, Applu či čínských firem nespí a AI závod nabírá na obrátkách. Co to všechno znamená pro vědu, technologie a naši budoucnost? htt

Einsteinova teorie relativity otřásla naším chápáním vesmíru, ale i po sto letech se vynořují nové otázky. Je časoprostor skutečně zakřivený, nebo existují alternativy? Proč vlastně fyzikové tak usilovně pátrají po teorii kvantové gravitace? Nedávné studie naznačují, že příběh gravitace a struktury reality je možná mnohem komplikovanější a zajímavější, než si myslíme. http://www.osel.cz/14074-nove-pohledy-na-gravitaci-a-casoprostor-je-vsechno-jinak.html

April 2025 was a busy month for space.
Pop icon Katy Perry joined five other civilian women on a quick jaunt to the edge of space, making headlines. Meanwhile, another group of people at the United Nations was contemplating a critical issue for the future of space exploration: the

Tým německé Fraunhoferovy společnosti vyvíjí pozoruhodné fyzikální baterie v podobě dutých betonových sfér, které se ponoří na dno v hloubce několika set metrů. Energie se do nich vkládá vypumpování vody ve vnitřní dutině a odebírá se otevřením ventilu, po němž proniká dovnitř okolní voda. Technologie je to jednoduchá, potenciál prý veliký. http://www.osel.cz/14073-stensea-masivni-betonove-bubliny-na-dne-oceanu-mohou-uchovavat-energii.html

In this episode, we talk with Philip Tadeo about his talk at phptek 2025 about front-end testing. 00:00 Intro 00:51 Front-end Testing Talk Part 1 10:38 HoneyBadger 11:14 Front-end Testing Talk Part 2 12:18 Suggestions for conference attendees 15:03 Outro Links: HoneyBadger.io – https://HoneyBadger.io Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx Philip’s Social Media: https://x.com/Philll_T Scott’s Social Media: […]

In this episode, we talk with Dave Liddament about his open-source static code analysis tool SARB which provides a tool agnostic method to create a baseline for your static code analysis and his PHP Language Extensions library which provides a way to extend PHP using PHP attribute’s and PHPstan. 00:00 Intro 00:50 What is SARB? […]
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In this episode, we talk with Philip Tadeo about his talk at phptek 2025 about front-end testing. 00:00 Intro 00:51 Front-end Testing Talk Part 1 10:38 HoneyBadger 11:14 Front-end Testing Talk Part 2 12:18 Suggestions for conference attendees 15:03 Outro Links: HoneyBadger.io – https://HoneyBadger.io Our Discord – https://discord.gg/aMTxunVx Philip’s Social Media: https://x.com/Philll_T Scott’s Social […]

Jaderná fúze představuje perspektivní zdroj čisté energie. Energetickému využití se nejvíce přiblížily fúzní reaktory typu Tokamak. Pojďme se podívat, jak tokamaky fungují. http://www.osel.cz/14072-jak-funguje-tokamak.html


The web wasn’t always like it is now. It used to be weirder—in a good way. And it still can be.
After all, we all occasionally need a tranquil break amidst a hectic day—be it a beautiful sunset, the sight of a cat falling asleep on a windowsill, or even just the landscape rolling by as you stare out the window.
That’s what the tool we’re about to go over is all about. It’s a way to look out a window—but not your window. Another person’s window. Rig

When disasters happen—such as hurricanes, wildfires, and earthquakes—every second counts. Emergency teams need to find people fast, send help and stay organized. In today’s world, one of the fastest ways to get information is through

Feeling like you’ve overdone it on the scrolling? Now you can take a break from TikTok to meditate—without ever leaving the app.
TikTok’s new in-app meditation feature, announced Thursday, was first tested earlier this year with a group of teen users and is now rolling out to everyone. Designed to improve sleep quality, the meditations activate during designated “sle

A WordPress plugin that enables users to scrape other sites and publish their content contains a critical vulnerability
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Venus Aerospace psali historii, když ve středu na Spaceport America v Novém Mexiku jako první v USA vypustili zařízení s rotačním detonačním pohonem a současně jako první na světě letěli s tímto pohonem, který měl vysoký tah. Vývoj hypersonických technologií pokračuje na plný plyn. http://www.osel.cz/14071-v-usa-poprve-vypustili-raketu-s-rotacnim-detonacnim-pohonem.html

OpenAI launched a research preview on Friday of what it’s calling its most capable AI coding agent yet.
Codex, a cloud-based software engineering agent, can write features, answer questions about a codebase, fix bugs, and propose pull requests for review. Several tasks can run simultaneously, and users retain full access to their computers while the agent takes anywhere from one to 30 minutes to complete a task.
Si

For NFL teams’ social media departments, May 14 is the Super Bowl.
NFL Schedule Release Day has become an unofficial holiday on the league calendar. All 32 teams unveil their season schedules in the most creative and entertaining ways possible—chasing quote tweets and marketing impressions before the internet crowns a winner.
This year, the Los Angeles Chargers dropped a Minecraft-inspired video, complete with a nod to a viral Starbucks altercation between NFL re

Switch, PS5, and XBox might be the biggest names in video games, but David Lee and a group of entrepreneurial alums from companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Meta are carving out a niche market with Nex, a new alternative.
The company’s Nex Playground device has sold more than 200,000 units. Instead of buying individual games, families buy a subscription-based collection of 40-plus titles. Like the

The internet wouldn’t be the same without the Like button, the thumbs-up icon that Facebook and other online services turned into digital catnip.
Like it or not,

It has been an odd few weeks for generative AI systems, with ChatGPT suddenly turning sycophantic, and Grok, xAI’s chatbot, becoming obsessed with South Africa.
Fast Company spoke to Steven Adler, a former research scientist for OpenAI who until November 2024 led safe

Cory Joseph has been blind since birth. So he’s among the people Apple aims to serve with an addition to its App Store called “Accessibility Nutrition Labels,” one of a raft of features the company announced earlier this week to mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day.
Once the labels go live later this year, each app’s listing will detail the accessibility features it

Your video strategy isn’t working unless it’s search-friendly. Get real tactics to boost visibility where it matters.
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Adam Becker is a science journalist and astrophysicist. He has written for The New York Times, BBC, NPR, Scientific American, New Scientist, Quanta, Undark, Aeon, and others. He also recorded a video series with the BBC, and has appeared on numerous radio shows and podcasts, including Ologies, The Story Collider, and KQED Forum.
What’s the big idea?

A question I often get when I train editorial teams on the use of AI is, “Is using AI cheating?”
Although it’s a yes or no question, it’s obviously not a yes or no answer. The short answer is sometimes, but the key to figuring out the long answer is using the tools with an open mind. If you’re a professional in a field like journalism, you’ll generally be able to tell when it’s speeding up drudgery and when your judgment and expertise are m

Europe has been turning uranium into energy for over half a century. In the process, the continent has amassed vast stockpiles of nuclear waste. This radioactive material can take millions of years to become safe, and no one really knows what to do with it. Tho

Ali Niknam has built Dutch fintech Bunq into one of Europe’s biggest neobanks. But he fears the Netherlands is now driving entrepreneurs away. The Bunq founder and CEO is alarmed by the country’s business mindset. He bel

A Russian-born gaming mogul has been named the UK’s richest person under 40 — in a ranking dominated by tech entrepreneurs. Dmitry Bukhman, 39, built his fortune after founding mobile gaming giant Playrix. His estimated wealth of £12.54bn tops The Sunday Times

Swiss tech startup Metafuels has unveiled plans to open its first commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in the Port of Rotterdam. Metafuels’ CEO Saurabh Kapoor told TNW that Turbe represents a “major step forward” toward ramp

Christophe Coenraets, SVP of Developer Relations at Salesforce, tells Eira and Ben about building the new Salesforce Developer Edition, which includes access to the company’s agentic AI platform, Agentforce. Christophe explains how they solicited and incorporated feedback from the developer community in building the developer edition, what types of AI agents people are building, and the critical importance of guardrails and prompt engineering. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/05/16/salesforce-wa

This week on the PHP Podcast, Eric and John talk about FrankenPHP, NativePHP, PHP still relevant in 2025, The Patch for Laravel Container, PHP Tek 2025, PHPxSan Diego Meetup, and more… Links from the show: From theory to practice: Building SDKs with generative AI – Build with AI: Building Better SDKs with Generative AI […]
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Google engineer's testimony gives an overview of how quality scoring works and reveals a hidden Chrome-based popularity signal.
The post Googler’s Deposition Offers View Of Google’s Ranking Systems appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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Exciting news for anyone who’s already burned through the entirety of Netflix: There’s a new online movie rental platform coming to town.
Letterboxd, the movie-tracking app and the preferred social media of your most insufferable film-loving friend, announced this week that the Letterboxd Video Store is on the way.

If brands want to reach the shoppers of the future, they’ll need to meet them where they already are: playing video games.
For this youngest generation, the coolest places to hang out aren’t the local mall or park but inside virtual worlds. While millennials had Sega Mega Drive and Mario Kart, and Gen Z grew up on The Sims and Angry Birds, Gen Alpha—born between 2010 and 2024 and still younger than 17—is coming of age in a world even more seamlessly integ

Google's Search Relations team shares which HTTP status codes matter most for SEO. Learn how redirects, 1xx codes, and network errors impact your site's performance.
The post HTTP Status Codes Google Cares About (And Those It Ignores) appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Třetí díl seriálu o solární energetice reaguje na živou diskusi čtenářů k předchozím textům. Autoři se zaměřují na praktické aspekty inteligentního řízení FVE, náklady na údržbu, životnost komponent a roli dotací. Článek rovněž otevírá téma budoucnosti fotovoltaiky, zejména v kontextu povinných instalací dle směrnice EPBD a estetického potenciálu stavebně integrované fotovoltaiky (BIPV), která slibuje elegantnější a efektivnější začlenění solárních technologií do našich domovů. http://www.osel.c

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), under acting director Russell Vought, canceled proposed new rules this week that would have protected Americans’ sensitive private data—including financial data, credit history, and Social Security numbers—from being collected by data brokers without consent and sold to advertisers and other third parties.

Převratná inteligence AlphaEvolve je tak dobrá, že si ji Google zatím nechává pro sebe. Je to univerzální programovací inteligence založená na generativních inteligencích rodiny Gemini, která pomůže s jakýmkoliv programováním či algoritmy. Googlu už její rady údajně ušetřily závratné částky. Očekávání jsou obrovská! http://www.osel.cz/14069-alpha-evolve-google-vyvinul-superpokrocilou-inteligenci-pro-tvorbu-algoritmu.html

Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here.
Trump’s Middle East tour is all about AI diplomacy
The U.S. enjoys its superpower status mainly because of two things:

National parks posting thirst traps on TikTok was not on anyone’s 2025 bingo card.
Recently, a Yellowstone National Park fan account has gone viral for pairing clips of adult entertainers and shirtless celebrities with sweeping shots of the park’s natural beauty.

Money is pouring into the AI industry. Will software survive the disruption it causes? https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/05/15/whether-ai-is-a-bubble-or-revolution-how-does-software-survive/