One AI module faked 86% of a pipeline's accuracy gains by feeding another the answers

A retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) system is built to answer strictly from the documents it retrieves. But when engineers optimize these AI pipelines end-to-end, the reader module can learn a shor [...]

Internet Archive is now an official US government document library

The US Senate has granted the Internet Archive federal depository status, making it officially part of an 1,100-library network that gives the public access to government documents, KQED reported. The [...]

Private Internet Access VPN review: Both more and less than a budget VPN

I came into this review thinking of Private Internet Access (PIA) as one of the better VPNs. It's in the Kape Technologies portfolio, along with the top-tier ExpressVPN and the generally reliable [...]

Anna's Archive told to pay Spotify and record labels $322 million over unprecedented music scraping

The open-source library and search engine Anna’s Archive has been ordered to pay Spotify and the three of the world’s largest music labels $322 million in damages after it claimed to have scraped [...]

The best Prime Day SSD and external hard drive deals on Samsung, Crucial and more

Portable storage devices and external hard drives may not be the sexiest hardware on offer this Prime Day, but anyone who's used one to boot an operating system or reduce a game's load times [...]

Sony and other music labels settle copyright lawsuit against the Internet Archive

In 2023, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and a handful of other music labels filed a lawsuit against the Internet Archive over the Great 78 Project, which sought to preserve and digiti [...]

Amazon Prime Day deals on SSDs and external hard drives for the last day: Save on Samsung, Crucial, Sandisk and more

If you've been holding an SSD or external HDD for your PC build in a cart, waiting to take advantage of an Amazon Prime Day discount, today is your last chance to grab your hardware at that cheap [...]

Amazon Prime Day deals on SSDs and external hard drives are still available: Save on Samsung, Crucial, Sandisk and more

Amazon Prime Day is a great time to pick up gear and upgrades you wouldn't normally think about. In case you've never used a solid-state drive (SSD) before, it's a class of add-ons that [...]

Black Friday SSD deals: Take up to $250 off recommended internal and portable SSDs, microSD cards and more

If you’re looking to grab a new SSD for a PC, PS5, gaming handheld or any other gadget, Black Friday is typically a good time to take the plunge. To help you separate the fake discounts from the stu [...]