Intel was once a Silicon Valley leader. How did it fall so far? (www.vox.com)
Why Is Apple Working On A Cheaper Apple Vision Pro? (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
The headset, launched to great fanfare in February 2024, sold close to half a million units in the following months.
Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. (arstechnica.com)
Baidu blocks Google, Bing from scraping content amid demand for data used on AI projects (www.scmp.com)
Port of Seattle investigating ‘unauthorized activity’ that led to cyberattack; no timeline for outage fix (www.geekwire.com)
The Port of Seattle continues to deal with an ongoing cyberattack that began Saturday and was still affecting various operations through Sunday, including at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport....
Peloton announces $95 “used equipment activation fee” (arstechnica.com)
Peloton is introducing a $95 “used equipment activation fee” for bikes purchased from outside its official channels in the US and Canada, aiming to boost revenue and maintain onboarding quality for new subscribers....
Email Security for Every Taste (loudwhisper.me)
As someone who has read plenty of discussions about email security (some of them in this very community), including all kind of stuff (from the company groupie to tinfoil-hat conspiracy theories), I have decided to put too many hours some time to discuss the different threat models for email setups, including the basic most...
Ars Technica content is now available in OpenAI services (arstechnica.com)
My original, editorialized title: Ars Technica Sells Out...
US Feds Are Tapping a Half-Billion Encrypted Messaging Goldmine (www.404media.co)
[GUIDE] How to sideload on iOS without jailbreak or PC in the easiest way possible? (avieshek.wordpress.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18996736...
Morphing spray-on gel gives buildings long-lasting wildfire protection (newatlas.com)
The researchers also say that current fire-resisting gels dry out and become useless about 45 minutes after being applied. With their new material however, because the silica aerogel stays behind until it is washed away, the coating could be applied well in advance of an approaching wildfire while still providing protection when...
Justice Department considering push for historic break up of Google after landmark antitrust ruling: report (nypost.com)
The Sound Of Failure At Sonos (www.forbes.com)
Sonos’s botched app rollout is a significant leadership failure, resulting in widespread customer dissatisfaction and technical issues that undermine its brand....
LLMs develop their own understanding of reality as their language abilities improve (news.mit.edu)
“An intriguing open question is whether the LLM is actually using its internal model of reality to reason about that reality as it solves the robot navigation problem,” says Rinard. “While our results are consistent with the LLM using the model in this way, our experiments are not designed to answer this next question.”...
Chinese entities turn to Amazon cloud, rivals to access US chips, AI (www.voanews.com)
Gearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic” (arstechnica.com)
YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers (www.howtogeek.com)
YouTube is intensifying efforts to combat adblockers, including blocking video playback and warning users of potential account suspension....
The Future is Analog (If You Can Afford It) | TechPolicy.Press (www.techpolicy.press)
Hacker dad who faked death to avoid child support sentenced to prison (arstechnica.com)
Software Possession for Personal Use (olano.dev)
Saw this on HN and thought I would share news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41300888
Microsoft begins cracking down on people dodging Windows 11's system requirements (www.xda-developers.com)
See-Through Windows Make Clean Electricity From Raindrops (cleantechnica.com)
A Game Of Snake On A LEGO Mechanical Computer (hackaday.com)
World's Biggest Battery Will Provide 85 Megawatts to New England Grid (singularityhub.com)
A unique aquaponics system to produce more fish and vegetables with less energy (phys.org)
