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Tuesday April 9, 2024. 04:30 AM
Magnetic switches are emerging as a potential game-changer for mechanical keyboards. By using magnets instead of physical contacts, these switches allow users to adjust the actuation point of each key. While still a nascent technology lacking standardization, magnetic...
Japan's largest telecommunications company and the country's biggest newspaper called for speedy legislation to restrain generative AI, saying democracy and social order could collapse if AI is left unchecked. From a report: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, or NTT, and...
Despite investing billions in new streaming services, media giants have failed to dethrone old favorites, according to Nielsen data. The 21-year-old legal drama 'NCIS' tops the list, with viewers streaming 11.4 million episodes per week. Netflix dominates the top 10, with...
Monday April 8, 2024. 11:30 PM
The capability of new AI models will surpass human intelligence by the end of next year [non-paywalled link], so long as the supply of electricity and hardware can satisfy the demands of the increasingly powerful technology, according to Elon Musk. From a report: 'My guess...
The Federal Communications Commission chair decided not to impose Universal Service fees on Internet service, rejecting arguments for new assessments to shore up an FCC fund that subsidizes broadband network expansions and provides discounts to low-income consumers. From a...
An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft is getting ready to fully unveil its vision for 'AI PCs' next month at an event in Seattle. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell The Verge that Microsoft is confident that a round of new Arm-powered Windows laptops will...
A jailed trader accused of stealing $110 million on the Mango Markets exchange faces a criminal trial this week that will test the reach of a US crackdown on cryptocurrencies. From a report: Prosecutors charged Avraham Eisenberg with manipulating Mango Markets futures...
Microsoft is moving 'full speed ahead' on its next generation console, an internal email from Xbox president Sarah Bond has revealed. From a report: The email, obtained by Windows Central and verified to be genuine by Microsoft, also announced the formation of a game...
The Seattle Times has a Pulitzer Prize-winning aerospace journalist named Dominic Gates. Sunday he published an expose on 'a yearslong decline of safety standards' at Boeing. After a 1997 merger, its new executive leaders 'treated experienced engineers and machinists as...
The U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday it would award Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co's unit a $6.6 billion subsidy for advanced semiconductor production in Phoenix, Arizona and up to $5 billion in low-cost government loans. From a report: TSMC agreed to expand...
When Disneyland opened in 1955, its car-themed attraction Autopia 'represented the future of what would become America's multilane limited-access highways,' according to Wikipedia, ' which were still being developed. President Eisenhower had yet to sign the Interstate...
It's the world's most widely used vulnerability database, reports SC Magazine, offering standards-based data on CVSS severity scores, impacted software and platforms, contributing weaknesses, and links to patches and additional resources. But 'there is a growing backlog of...
'Varda Space Industries has closed a massive tranche of funding,' reports TechCrunch, 'just weeks after its first drug manufacturing capsule returned from orbit.' Varda has now raised $145 million to date, the article points out, and the $90 million in new Series B funding...
CNN revisits 2003's disastrous landing of the Space Shuttle Columbia tonight with two 'immersive' specials co-produced by BBC and Mindhouse Productions 'featuring exclusive interviews and revealing never-before-broadcast footage,' according to an announcement — with two more...
This week America's Department of Energy announced 'a comprehensive plan to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from buildings by 65% by 2035 and 90% by 2050.' The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) led the Blueprint's development in collaboration with the Department of Housing and ...
'It appears the live-service shooter Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League is, once again, suffering from a hacker problem,' reports Kotaku: Instead of doing absolutely absurd amounts of damage, this time hackers have figured out how to gain access to unreleased characters...
Sunday April 7, 2024. 11:26 PM
The foundations behind Rust, Python, Apache, Eclipse, PHP, OpenSSL, and Blender announced plans to create 'common specifications for secure software development,' based on 'existing open source best practices.' From the Eclipse Foundation: This collaborative effort will be...
'Scary moments for passengers on a Southwest flight from Denver to Houston,' tweets an ABC News transportation reporter, 'when the engine cover ripped off during flight, forcing the plane to return to Denver Sunday morning.' 'Think that big circular metal panel surrounding...
A professor at Ithaca College runs part of each student's essay through ChatGPT, 'asking the AI tool to critique and suggest how to improve the work,' reports CNN. (The professor said 'The best way to look at AI for grading is as a teaching assistant or research assistant...
On Mozilla's blog, engineer Martin Thomson explores Google's 'Privacy Sandbox' initiative (which proposes sharing a subset of private user information — but without third-party cookies). The blog post concludes that Google's Protected Audience 'protects advertisers (and...
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