How Google’s Lang Extract Turns Messy Documents into Trustworthy JSON and Interactive HTML

Google’s Lang Extract uses prompts with Gemini or GPT, works locally or in the cloud, and helps you ship reliable, traceable data faster.
The Hacker News

Hackers Use LinkedIn Messages to Spread RAT Malware Through DLL Sideloading

Researchers found a LinkedIn phishing campaign delivering a remote access trojan via DLL sideloading, WinRAR SFX files, and ...
AOL

Licorice Extract Can Fade Dark Spots (Yes, Really)—Here's Exactly How Derms Say to Use It

Licorice extract inhibits tyrosinase production to effectively minimize dark spots and even out skin tone. It's safe to use licorice extract up to twice daily, though it may irritate sensitive skin.
IEEE

Boosting Image-Text Detection Performance with Python Tesseract and the Tesseract OCR Engine

Abstract: There is a sudden increase in digital data as well as a rising demand for extracting text efficiently from images. These two led to full optical character recognition systems are introduced ...
Reuters

Fact Check: Sweden does not use new beet extract salt to de-ice roads and nourish birds

Sweden uses common salt to de-ice its roads in winter, contrary to online posts that say it uses a new beet extract salt, the country’s Transport Administration has said. Posts shared on social media, ...
New York Post

Would you use a garlic mouthwash? Scientists say it provides the freshest breath yet

Death to bad breath comes in cloves. Garlic — that pungent, bulb-shaped veggie that gives food a kick and vampires the ick — is now being crowned a possible cure for halitosis, per a new report.
CNN

Scientist turns people’s mental images into text using ‘mind-captioning’ technology

A scientist in Japan has developed a technique that uses brain scans and artificial intelligence to turn a person’s mental images into accurate, descriptive sentences. While there has been progress in ...
Windows Report

How to Use Snipping Tool to Extract Text in Windows 11

The Snipping Tool in Windows is a useful built-in tool that lets you capture screenshots, but did you know it can also be used to extract text? With a bit of creativity and the right steps, you can ...
JournalofAccountancy

Using Excel’s TEXTBEFORE AND TEXTAFTER functions to easily tame messy data

Q. How do the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions in Excel work? A. Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions allow users to quickly split up text in ways that used to require combinations of ...
GamesRadar+

Arc Raiders devs "don’t use generative AI," CCO says AI text-to-speech is used to help "make rich worlds" while keeping the studio small but "there's no end goal in replacing ...

Third Person Shooters "Will this blow up the server?": Arc Raiders players are so good at killing Arc that Embark eyes ways to "escalate" PvE Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate 3 lead writer says ...
MIT Technology Review

DeepSeek may have found a new way to improve AI’s ability to remember

Instead of using text tokens, the Chinese AI company is packing information into images. An AI model released by the Chinese AI company DeepSeek uses new techniques that could significantly improve AI ...
Forbes

The Surprising Idea That Generative AI Might Be Better Off Using Visual Images Of Text Rather Than Pure Text As Tokens

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. For anyone versed in the technical underpinnings of LLMs, this ...