Even in cities with best-in-the-world transit like Taipei, Singapore, Hong Kong etc the need for taxis or similar isn't going away any time soon.

The last time I bought a new phone (due to the old one not charging via its USB port) I literally had to charge its battery with a funky external charger (it was one of the few phones in the modern era that still had an external battery) to get enough charge in there so it could connect to my WiFi to let me hit what I needed to hit in order for Google to accept the login on my new phone as legit. (both phones are Android)

AI can definitely be useful for writing code but you need to give it very clear prompts and properly verify that the code it wrote is correct and accurate.

As for my own code, considering that the stuff I am working on at this point (personal projects, not paid work) relies on a bunch of reference materials where feeding that stuff into an AI would probably violate various NDAs 6 ways from Sunday, the answer is no, an AI bot probably can't write the code I am currently working on.

Comcast WANTS to make the internet suck so that you are more likely to buy cable TV.

The Open-BFME project (an AI-assisted project to reverse engineer the Battle for Middle Earth games) is in the process of producing not just source code that (when compiled with the right compiler) matches the binaries but source code that is good enough and readable enough to actually maintain and improve upon going forward.

I have been doing reverse engineering (including binary-matching reverse engineering) for a long time now and the stuff these guys are doing is amazing (the secret is to have the right prompts and instructions for the AIs and good solid verification to make sure that what the AI has generated for a given piece of code does in fact compile to identical machine code as the original)

Once the PC version is released, how long before we see modding start to happen? (and how long after that before Take-Two files lawsuits to take it all down...)

Have they found a solution to the problem where a rouge CA (e.g. one controlled by a bad actor nation-state) can generate a bogus certificate for a major site and use that to man-in-the-middle traffic to that site?

Oh and no matter which side of politics you support, anyone who wants elections in the US to be free, fair and democratic should be opposed to foreign governments and entities using social media bots to influence the outcome of those elections.

This is a good thing for the US since it seems that these data centers hosted bot farms spreading all kinds of lies in an attempt to influence the upcoming US elections.

Companies like Toyota and Subaru are doubling down on hybrids because hybrids are the only way they can meet the ever stricter emissions and fuel economy standards found in a large chunk of the world.

What bizarre world is it that I actually want Comcast (of all companies) to WIN in a lawsuit.

It was the funniest film I have seen in a long time and (IMO) the best animated film of 2026 (yes I know about those other lesser films starring plumbers, cowboys, puppies, beavers, sheep etc)

Not surprised the sheriff and law enforcement would be against the promotion of a video game where the objective is to do illegal things.

Will it be cheaper to ride in a no-driver vehicle than in a regular old taxi or Uber? Because if it is (and the programming was such that I could put luggage or some other item on there and not have to worry about the vehicle disappearing with my stuff) I would absolutely want to use it when I need to move something too big for the bus or train.

I have seen at least one post online that claims Gamescom has told exhibitors not to report thefts to the police because it "makes Gamescom and the city look bad". If they don't want police reports, could there be something dodgy going on?