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Fed up with the Spotify Linux app? This custom widget is the fix

Use Playerctl, Python, and Conky timer to create a 'now playing' Spotify desktop widget.

This viral wireless dongle lets you share your audio on a flight - how it works

The Twelve South AirFly Pro 2 improves audio quality, streamlines connectivity, and makes in-flight entertainment much easier to enjoy.

OpenAI is acquiring open source Python tool-maker Astral

OpenAI announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Astral, the company behind popular open source Python development tools such as uv, Ruff, and ty, and integrate the company ...
Redmondmag.com

Microsoft Brings Production Ready AI Agents at GTC

Microsoft used Nvidia's GTC conference this week to roll out a series of enterprise AI announcements spanning agent infrastructure, real-time voice interactions and next-generation GPU deployments.

For March, Patch Tuesday delivers fixes for 83 vulnerabilities

In addition to rolling out patches to address two zero-days affecting SQL Server and .NET, Microsoft introduced Common Log ...
IEEE

Secure Formation Control of Multiagent System Against FDI Attack Using Fixed-Time Convergent Reinforcement Learning

Abstract: In this article, a fixed-time convergent reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm is proposed to accomplish the secure formation control of a second-order multiagent system (MAS) under the ...

This vibe-coded operating system looks like a nightmarish version of our AI OS future, although some of the function keys change the wallpaper so that's fun

Every now and then, someone brings up the haunting spectre of an AI-focused Windows 12. While recent rumours about the fabled, unicorn-like OS have since been debunked, it's not difficult to imagine ...
IEEE

Hierarchical Vision Transformer Using Shifted Windows for Skeleton-Based Action Recognition

Abstract: Skeleton-based human action recognition has gained significant attention due to the increasing accessibility of skeleton data. In this work, we propose a method for skeleton-based action ...
Wired

You Can Now Install—and Update—Microsoft Store Apps Using the Command Line

I can't stand opening the Microsoft Store. It's slow to load, confusing to browse, and full of ads for things I don't care about. Luckily, thanks to a new feature, I don't have to open the Microsoft ...