Meta admits using pirated books to train AI, but won't pay for it (www.techspot.com)
News app Artifact is shutting down (medium.com)
Electric vehicles will need 'battery passports' to enter EU from 2027 (www.autocar.co.uk)
The Worst Devices of CES 2024! By iFixIt
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Oppenheimer and the resurgence of Blu-ray and DVDs: How to stop your films and music from disappearing (www.bbc.com)
Oppenheimer and the resurgence of Blu-ray and DVDs: How to stop your films and music from disappearing::In an era where many films and albums are stored in the cloud, “streaming anxiety” is making people buy more DVDs, records – and even cassette tapes.
Micro-Supercolliders Scale Out for 3D Chip Scanning (spectrum.ieee.org)
Sideloaded app stores are coming to iOS in the EU (thenextweb.com)
Apple hits “all-time high” smartphone market share, takes #1 spot for 2023 (arstechnica.com)
Apple hits “all-time high” smartphone market share, takes #1 spot for 2023::Apple beat all the Android OEMs while selling dramatically more expensive phones.
Supreme Court declines to hear Apple-Epic antitrust case, meaning developers can point customers to the web (techcrunch.com)
Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994 (arstechnica.com)
Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet.
Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and others accused by rivals of not respecting new EU competition rules (www.cnbc.com)
Samsung is no longer the world’s biggest smartphone maker (www.androidpolice.com)
NASA Successfully Tests Revolutionary Rocket That Could Get Us to Mars Faster (www.sciencealert.com)
After setting foot on the Moon, the next destination for humankind is Mars, which presents a whole new set of challenges in speedy, long-distance space travel.
How to use phone microphone with Bluetooth FM transmitter?
I have a car Bluetooth FM transmitter that connects to my Android phone. The problem is that the transmitter’s microphone is very bad and people can hardly hear me when I make calls or use Google Assistant. I want to use my phone’s microphone instead of the transmitter’s microphone, but still use the transmitter’s...
B.C. police secretly took DNA from Kurdish community in tea-cup sting to solve murder (bc.ctvnews.ca)
B.C. police secretly took DNA from Kurdish community in tea-cup sting to solve murder::Undercover police investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect the DNA of about 150 Kurdish community members, court recordings reveal.
Reddit must share IP addresses of piracy-discussing users, film studios say (arstechnica.com)
AI “Black Box” placed in more hospital operating rooms to improve safety (arstechnica.com)
US Slashes Planned Drilling to Push Offshore Wind (energy-oil-gas.com)
US Slashes Planned Drilling to Push Offshore Wind::Exploring the U.S.’s major shift to offshore wind farms, a key step in greening energy policy and shaping a sustainable future.
U.S. tech companies prepare for potential drone attacks as international strikes spark concern (www.nbcnews.com)
YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave (9to5google.com)
Shutting down Artifact (medium.com)
It’s a shame! It was actually a good news source with a curated feed not run by Google!...
Microsoft launches a Pro plan for Copilot (techcrunch.com)
Chinese-developed nuclear battery has a 50-year lifespan — Betavolt BV100 built with Nickel-63 isotope and diamond semiconductor material (www.tomshardware.com)
Korea unveils plan to build $471 bil. mega chip cluster in Gyeonggi Province (m.koreatimes.co.kr)
Xbox is banning users for automatically uploading steamy sex scenes from Baldur's Gate 3 (www.businessinsider.com)
Xbox is banning users for automatically uploading steamy sex scenes from Baldur’s Gate 3::Baldur’s Gate 3 allows characters to remove their clothes and romance other characters. It’s getting users in trouble with Xbox Live.
