Author: Vidya Saras

Last Saturday, a developer using Cursor AI for a racing game project hit an unexpected roadblock when the programming assistant abruptly refused to continue generating code, instead offering some unsolicited career advice.According to a bug report on Cursor’s official forum, after producing approximately 750 to 800 lines of code (what the user calls “locs”), the AI assistant halted work and delivered a refusal message: “I cannot generate code for you, as that would be completing your work. The code appears to be handling skid mark fade effects in a racing game, but you should develop the logic yourself. This ensures…

Donald Trump’s cruel and chaotic second term is just getting started. In his first month back in office, Trump and his lackey Elon Musk (or is it the other way around?) have proven that nothing is safe from sacrifice at the altar of unchecked power and riches. Only robust independent journalism can cut through the noise and offer clear-eyed reporting and analysis based on principle and conscience. That’s what The Nation has done for 160 years and that’s what we’re doing now. Our independent journalism doesn’t allow injustice to go unnoticed or unchallenged—nor will we abandon hope for a better…

Imagine a boombox that tracks your every move and suggests music to match your personal dance style. That’s the idea behind “Be the Beat,” one of several projects from MIT course 4.043/4.044 (Interaction Intelligence), taught by Marcelo Coelho in the Department of Architecture, that were presented at the 38th annual NeurIPS (Neural Information Processing Systems) conference in December 2024. With over 16,000 attendees converging in Vancouver, NeurIPS is a competitive and prestigious conference dedicated to research and science in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and a premier venue for showcasing cutting-edge developments.The course investigates the emerging field…

A clever malware deployment scheme first spotted in targeted attacks last year has now gone mainstream. In this scam, dubbed “ClickFix,” the visitor to a hacked or malicious website is asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that causes Microsoft Windows to download password-stealing malware. ClickFix attacks mimic the “Verify You are a Human” tests that many websites use to separate real visitors from content-scraping bots. This particular scam usually starts with a website popup that looks something like this: This malware attack pretends to be a CAPTCHA intended to separate humans from bots.…

A new proposal submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) newly-established Crypto Task Force by a Maximilian Staudinger makes the case for XRP as a “strategic financial asset” for the United States (using some very questionable math and logic). I’m here to tell you that XRP is not a strategic asset and that the logic in this proposal is dubious at best. In the proposal, Staudinger states that $5 trillion is locked up in U.S. Nostro accounts (accounts that banks use for cross-border payments). And he claims that if certain regulatory conditions were created — including the SEC…

Bold and the Beautiful freed Luna Nozawa with a pardon, but while free, she is also homeless and pretty much alone, and that is a recipe for disaster on the CBS soap. Just the mention of her name sparks anger in quite a few people. This leaves her at a loss for someone to welcome her with open arms. But Luna is resilient, so it won’t be long until she has another home base and a circle of new friends, starting with her grand mama, Sheila Carter. But the question buzzing online today is: Will she leave her dark ways…

Millions of motorists are poised to receive payouts without having to file a claim, under plans being drawn up by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to address the car finance mis-selling scandal. The watchdog aims to introduce an industry-wide redress scheme obliging banks to identify and compensate affected customers directly, cutting out claims management companies in the process. Under current rules, consumers must actively bring forward their own complaints to recoup losses. However, the FCA wants to overhaul this approach, placing the burden on lenders to pinpoint drivers who were sold inappropriate car loans. The initiative follows a year-long investigation…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a crypto podcaster and online personality known as T.J. Stone has been sentenced to prison on a count of wire fraud. The convict allegedly swindled several unsuspecting victims of over $2 million in an elaborate investment scam. Crypto Influencer Swindles Victims Of Over $2 Million According to a statement by the DOJ, Eastern District of New York, Thomas John Sfraga, popularly known as T.J. Stone, presented himself to society as an established serial entrepreneur between 2016-2022 with multiple businesses…

Ethereum is very much a global community, but within that larger ecosystem lives a vast and vibrant web of local, grassroots communities. These local community nodes are a Schelling point for thousands of Ethereans, often organized around a shared geography, language, or on-the-ground meetup. They’re also a gateway for onboarding thousands of soon-to-be Ethereans, be it through meetups, talks, hackathons, study groups, and the like. Which means they’re home to countless opportunities for growing the ecosystem. As such, the Ethereum Foundation is continuously exploring ways to support and learn from local communities. To this end, the EF has piloted the…

Top NFT Collections (Last 24h) Here are the hottest NFT Collections of the day. Rank Name Volume Transactions Chains URL 1 CryptoPunks 296.33 ETH 5 ethereum View 2 Pudgy Penguins 176.44 ETH 20 ethereum View 3 Good Vibes Club 154.40 ETH 780 ethereum View 4 Milady Maker 118.32 ETH 38 ethereum View 5 Sam Spratt – Masks of Luci 115.61 ETH 21 ethereum View 6 Bored Ape Yacht Club 104.69 ETH 8 ethereum View 7 One Gravity 105.05 ETH 90 ethereum View 8 SMB Gen2 0.00 ETH 66 solana View 9 Doodles 95.12 ETH 34 ethereum View 10 Azuki 87.22…