ars Archives - LIEFFIE https://lieffie.com/tag/ars/ Digital News and Development Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:15:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://lieffie.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cropped-to-help-ais-understand-the-world-researchers-put-them-in-a-robot-32x32.jpg ars Archives - LIEFFIE https://lieffie.com/tag/ars/ 32 32 Why extracting data from PDFs is still a nightmare for data experts https://lieffie.com/digital-news/why-extracting-data-from-pdfs-is-still-a-nightmare-for-data-experts/ Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:15:36 +0000 https://lieffie.com/digital-news/why-extracting-data-from-pdfs-is-still-a-nightmare-for-data-experts/ “The biggest [drawback] is that they are probabilistic prediction machines and will get it wrong in ways that aren’t just ‘that’s the wrong...

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]]> Irony alert: Anthropic says applicants shouldn’t use LLMs https://lieffie.com/digital-news/irony-alert-anthropic-says-applicants-shouldnt-use-llms/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:09:31 +0000 https://lieffie.com/digital-news/irony-alert-anthropic-says-applicants-shouldnt-use-llms/ Please do not use our magic writing button when applying for a job with our company. Thanks! Credit: Getty Images Read moreDrupal 8.8.0...

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]]> 3D-printed “ghost gun” ring comes to my community—and leaves a man dead https://lieffie.com/digital-news/3d-printed-ghost-gun-ring-comes-to-my-community-and-leaves-a-man-dead/ Fri, 24 Jan 2025 23:05:46 +0000 https://lieffie.com/digital-news/3d-printed-ghost-gun-ring-comes-to-my-community-and-leaves-a-man-dead/ It’s a truism at this point to say that Americans own a lot of guns. Case in point: This week, a fire chief...

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]]> Apple must face suit over alleged policy of underpaying female workers https://lieffie.com/digital-news/apple-must-face-suit-over-alleged-policy-of-underpaying-female-workers/ Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:16:49 +0000 https://lieffie.com/digital-news/apple-must-face-suit-over-alleged-policy-of-underpaying-female-workers/ While some of Apple’s defense was deemed “demonstrably inaccurate” and most of its arguments “insufficient,” Apple did successfully argue against efforts to seize...

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]]> Camera owner asks Canon, skies: Why is it $5/month for webcam software? https://lieffie.com/digital-news/camera-owner-asks-canon-skies-why-is-it-5-month-for-webcam-software/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:36:17 +0000 https://lieffie.com/digital-news/camera-owner-asks-canon-skies-why-is-it-5-month-for-webcam-software/ Comparison of webcam software features available to Canon’s “PRO” and “Free” users. Credit: Roman Zipp/Canon Read moreDrupal 8.8.0 is available Comparison of webcam...

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]]> Tech worker movements grow as threats of RTO, AI loom https://lieffie.com/digital-news/tech-worker-movements-grow-as-threats-of-rto-ai-loom/ Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://lieffie.com/digital-news/tech-worker-movements-grow-as-threats-of-rto-ai-loom/ It feels like tech workers have caught very few breaks over the past several years, between ongoing mass layoffs, stagnating wages amid inflation,...

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