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Tuesday December 10, 2024. 08:30 AM
And it only took four months, tut WhatsApp has fixed a problem with its View Once feature, designed to protect people's privacy with automatically disappearing pictures and videos.…
China has initiated an investigation into Nvidia over alleged violations of the country’s anti-monopoly laws, signaling a potential escalation in the ongoing tech and trade tensions between Beijing and Washington, reported Global Times. The probe, announced by China’s...
China's high-speed rail network, which has tripled to nearly 30,000 miles under President Xi Jinping's leadership, faces mounting financial challenges amid aggressive expansion plans. China State Railway Group, the national operator, has accumulated nearly $1 trillion in...
Wants to defer shutdown order that takes effect a day before the presidential inauguration Made-in-China social network TikTok has appealed the decision to shut it down in the US, arguing that the deadline for its destruction should be deferred to give another regime a...
'I am carefree, I like to joke,' says guy who fines workers if they glance at phones during meetings The CEO of Chinese tech giant Alibaba's entertainment division fines his staff if they look at their phones during meetings – a little nugget he revealed during a speech...
The internet is increasingly where we live today. In fact, global internet traffic grew 17.2% this year alone, according to Cloudflare. The network provider has released its fifth annual internet radar report, offering insights into connectivity, security, outage...
An area of land nearly a third larger than India has turned from humid conditions to dryland -- arid areas where agriculture is difficult -- in the past three decades, research has found. From a report: Drylands now make up 40% of all land on Earth, excluding Antarctica....
'Navix' follows OpenELA rules, comes with ten years support, and is already used in production at scale Korean web giant Naver has gone into the operating system business, releasing its very own Linux distribution.…
Malaysian lawmakers voted in favor of broadening the government's control over the internet, unmoved by criticism that the law risks suppressing dissent and free speech. From a report: Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil told parliament Monday that the government needed to...
If this were a US scandal, we'd cal it 'Gategate' Malaysia's automated border control equipment – known as e-gates or automates – glitched out over the weekend, leaving travelers crossing the very busy border between Johor Bahru and Singapore required to spend hours...
TL;DR: The Toybox kid-friendly 3D printer deluxe bundle is on sale for $329.97 (reg. $439) until December 22. Gift shopping for a child is completely different from shopping for an adult. There's SO much out there, so you usually have to narrow your options if you're not a...
McDonald's worker called it in, cops swooped, found 'gun, suppressor, manifesto' Police in Pennsylvania have arrested a man suspected of shooting dead the CEO of insurer UnitedHealthcare in New York City, thanks to a McDonald's employee who recognized the suspect in a burger ...
An anonymous reader shares a report: Scientific advisers to the European Commission are calling for a moratorium across the EU on efforts to artificially cool Earth through solar geoengineering. That includes controversial technologies used to reflect sunlight back into...
When social security numbers first came into existence in the mid-1930s, you couldn't give those numbers away. Or at least not the lowest possible SSN of them all: 001-01-0001. Like phone numbers, social security numbers are grouped by the first three 'area' numbers, which...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Google claims that 'Willow', its quantum computing chip, cracks a key challenge in the experimental field. It solves, within minutes, a computing problem that standard processors cannot complete in any...
Starlink satellites might annoy astronomers, but at least they're easy to spot Space debris tracking specialist Neuraspace added another optical telescope to extend satellite tracking over the Southern Hemisphere.…
High-flying Python is expected to win the Tiobe programming language of the year designation for 2024, as the language with the biggest ratings increase in Tiobe’s language popularity index during the year. Python also ranks as the most popular programming language in the...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Cuddle up in front of a roaring rocket engine with NASA's Rocket Engine Fireplace video below, featuring eight hours of 4K virtual flames for your digital hearth. 'Technically, this fireplace packs the...
Over 300 musicians have signed an open letter defending the Internet Archive against a $621 million copyright infringement lawsuit over its preservation of 78 rpm records. The letter, organized by Fight for the Future, opposes the lawsuit filed by major record labels...
Monday December 9, 2024. 11:43 PM
Larry's Plumbing in Marysville, Washington, proudly displayed a replica of the legendary leg lamp from 'A Christmas Story' for the neighbors to see. A thief, however, shattered the window and made off with the fragile sculpture. While the police are seeking information...
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