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Sunday January 5, 2025. 12:41 AM
'My feet are already in the crosswalk,' says Geoffrey A. Fowler, a San Francisco-based tech columnist for the Washington Post. In a video he takes one step from the curb, then stops to see if Waymo robotaxis will stop for him. And they often didn't. Waymo's position? Their...
Saturday January 4, 2025. 11:59 PM
I’d like to write a full-fledged blog post about these adventures at some point, but for now I’m going to focus on one particular side quest: getting acceptable video output out of the 1000H when it’s running Windows 3.11 for Workgroups. By default, Windows 3.x renders using ...
James Thomson, developer of, originally, DragThing and now PCalc, also happens to be the developer of the very first publicly shown version of the Mac OS dock. Now that it was shown to the world by Steve Jobs exactly 25 years ago, he reminisces about what it was like to...
'Electric vehicles are expected to outsell cars with internal combustion engines in China for the first time next year,' reports the Financial Times, calling it 'a historic inflection point that puts the world's biggest car market years ahead of western rivals.' China is set ...
Belkin has introduced a new design for its existing BoostCharge Pro MagSafe Power Bank 5K to celebrate the Year of the Snake. This refreshed version of the popular power bank features a colorful snake-themed pattern symbolizing intelligence and elegance, inspired by the...
It's 'what some experts consider the most advanced military AI initiative ever to be deployed,' reports the Washington Post. But the Israeli military's AI-powered intelligence practices are also 'under scrutiny. Genocide charges against Israel brought to The Hague by South...
'Robots and AI models share one crucial characteristic,' writes the Washington Post. 'Whether to move around, conduct conversations or solve problems, they function by constantly taking in and computing increasingly vast quantities of data. It's a brute-force approach to...
It's weighs less than 15 pounds. It's 17 inches wide. And in June Elon Musk said it was 'easily carried in a backpack. This product will change the world.' And now, CNET reports: Calling all digital nomads and van-lifers: SpaceX's Starlink Mini is now available everywhere in ...
A new study found that ants perform better at solving puzzles in a group than humans, especially when the humans are not allowed to speak with one another. Longhorn crazy ants can't move in a straight line but can beat humans at navigating a complex puzzle in a group. — Read...
Politico asked an 'array of thinkers — futurists, scientists, foreign policy analysts and others — to lay out some of the possible 'Black Swan' events that could await us in the new year: What are the unpredictable, unlikely episodes that aren't yet on the radar but would...
If they're not consuming H2O directly, the power plant almost certainly is Feature The explosive growth of datacenters that followed ChatGPT's debut in 2022 has shone a spotlight on the environmental impact of these power-hungry facilities.…
If we dissolve acid-neutralizing rocks in the ocean, will it absorb more carbon dioxide? Climate ventures and philanthropic funders have been spending millions of dollars to find out, reports the Washington Post. 'Researchers have been exploring this technology for the last...
NASA has plans to return humans to the moon with the Artemis mission—but Elon Musk’s preference for Mars could have influence in the Trump administration.
Watch a dude ride a treadmill in a plastic container at increasing levels of speed. This experiment results in the container breaking apart each time it's taken for a ride, becoming comically smaller and smaller. Things start to go downhill after about 4 mph speed, but...
'The Washington Post's crossword puzzle was recently deemed too offensive for advertisers,' reports the Wall Street Journal. 'So was an article about thunderstorms. And a ranking of boxed brownie mixes. 'Marketers have long been wary about running ads in the news media,...
TL;DR: Save 44% on the GoCable, a keychain that comes with a phone cord, bottle opener, and safe-proof cutter while supplies last. Want to become the coolest and most prepared person in any scenario? All you need is this neat keychain. — Read the rest The post Your old...
Remember that massive botnet run by Chinese government hackers? Flax Typhoon 'compromised computer networks in North America, Europe, Africa, and across Asia, with a particular focus on Taiwan,' according to the U.S. Treasury Department. (The group's botnet breaching this...
On Monday, December 30, 2024, a man named was pulled over by California Highway Patrol for reckless driving on I-99 near Madera, California while driving a Rolls Royce. At the time, officers alleged that the man was driving dangerously fast, and they suspected that he may...
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Porteus is a fast, portable and modular live desktop medium based on Slackware Linux. The project has published a development release, Porteus 5.1 Alpha, which includes Linux 6.12.9, PipeWire has replaced...
When the FBI urges E2EE, you know it's serious business interview In the wake of the Salt Typhoon attacks, which lawmakers and privacy advocates alike have called the worst telecoms security breach in America's history, US government agencies have reversed course on...
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