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Friday December 13, 2024. 10:40 AM
Meta appointed Salesforce’s CEO of AI, Clara Shih, to lead its Business AI product group in developing AI tools for businesses using Meta’s platforms. According to news shared in a LinkedIn post by Shih and confirmed in a statement by Meta, the new organization will apply...
The city of Chicago has devised a brilliant plan to jack up its cloud computing tax from 9% to 11%. As someone who has worked in tech for decades, I’ve seen this movie before, and (spoiler alert) it didn’t have a happy ending. This is not a diatribe against taxes; taxes...
Microsoft has released.NET Community Toolkit 8.4, with support for partial properties in MVVM Toolkit source generators as well as new MVVM Toolkit diagnostic analyzers. The update was unveiled December 12. Source code for the.NET Community Toolkit can be found on GitHub. ...
Guess what’s both one of the fastest-growing and most popular languages of 2024? (Hint: It’s not Java.) Also in Python this month: A clever hack of a popular Python AI library offers some hard security lessons, a new Python package management tool accelerates your...
A new class action lawsuit alleges poor working conditions and exploitive behavior by AI data processing company Scale AI, saying that workers responsible for generating much of its product were mischaracterized by the company as independent contractors, rather than full...
TL;DR: Save 68% on a Microsoft Office permanent license for Windows, but check out now because our holiday sale ends soon. There's a hidden secret that Microsoft doesn't want you to know: you don't have to be trapped in their endless subscription system to use Word, Excel, an...
Scotty Allen, a former Google engineer, successfully machined an entire iPhone housing from a solid block of aluminum — a feat that took 11 month accomplish. 'This is the start of a revolution,' explains Allen on his Strange Parts website. 'Owning our phones shouldn't just ...
Visual Studio Code 1.96, the latest version of Microsoft’s popular code editor, has arrived with an overtype mode and a “paste with imports” feature for JavaScript and TypeScript. Also known as the November 2024 release, Visual Studio Code 1.96 can be downloaded from...
Thursday December 12, 2024. 11:36 PM
Dynabook Americas has introduced the Portégé X30W-M, a 13.3-inch 2-in-1 convertible laptop designed for business professionals, educators, and hybrid workers. This ultra-light laptop, weighing less than 1kg, combines flexibility, productivity, and durability with its...
TL;DR: Check out now to save 35% on this durable silicone USB-A to USB-C phone cable. How many phone cords have you lost? Now, how many stopped working because they were so frayed? That's a lot. Add that to the number of times you've had to untangle them all, and we're...
In August 1996, hundreds of puzzling messages flooded Usenet newsgroups, each bearing the cryptic subject line 'Markovian Parallax Denigrate.' The posts contained seemingly random strings of English words, and to this day no one has figured out what they mean. These messages ...
Independent reporter Ken Klippenstein writes that the New York Times has told staff to avoid posting photos showing the face of Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The reason for its decision is not disclosed in the leaked...
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Version 1.32 (dubbed 'Penelope') of Kubernetes has been released with 13 major features graduating to Stable status, 12 entering Beta, and 19 entering Alpha. If Kubernetes is Ancient Greek for 'pilot', in this release we start from that origin and reflect on the last 10...
Microsoft has offered a miniscule concession to users determined to install Windows 11 on PCs that don’t meet its minimum hardware requirements: you will be able to do it, but on your own head be it should things go wrong. The apparent moderation of its previously hardline ...
Using recycled plastics to make railway ties reduces the carbon footprint of construction—especially when you consider what otherwise becomes of it. 'Recycled ABS is significantly more suitable for use in track structures due to its superior mechanical durability,' write...
Java would finally shed its Java Applet API under an OpenJDK proposal created December 4. The JDK Enhancement Proposal notes that the API not only has been deprecated for removal for some time but is obsolete, because neither the current Java Development Kit (JDK) nor...
Apple has introduced significant improvements for enterprise IT admins in the newly-released iOS 18.2, including the power to manage the latest salvo of additional Apple Intelligence features and more. Here’s a swift look at what’s new. Giving you control of Apple...
If you're fed up with endless robocalls about your car's extended warranty or fake IRS threats, here's good news. The FCC just launched its biggest crackdown ever on the companies that let these annoying calls reach your phone. Over 2,400 phone companies have been put on...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Dennis Winn, 72, heard a drone hovering outside his home in Clermont, Florida. Winn said he tried to 'shoo off' the drone but no luck. So he grabbed his Glock, aimed, and fired. — Read the rest The post...
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