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.
Korea unveils plan to build $472 billion dollar mega chip cluster (www.koreatimes.co.kr)
Korea unveils plan to build $472 billion dollar mega chip cluster::Korea will build the world’s biggest semiconductor cluster in Gyeonggi Province by 2047 as Samsung Electronics, SK hynix and other chip companies plan to invest a total of 622 trillion won ($471 billion) to build 16 new fabs, creating more than 3 million jobs,...
Adblock: Google did not slow down and lag YouTube performance with ad blocker on - Neowin (www.neowin.net)
Adblock: Google did not slow down and lag YouTube performance with ad blocker on - Neowin::According to several user reports online, Google was apparently slowing YouTube down if it detected adblockers. However, Adblock has now confirmed that such is not the case at all.
Apple asks its San Diego Siri quality control team to relocate to Texas (www.theverge.com)
I’m sure women will be stoked to have Apple relocate them to a state that could kill them.
Substack Was a Ticking Time Bomb | The platform seeded its own content-moderation crisis (www.theatlantic.com)
Substack Was a Ticking Time Bomb | The platform seeded its own content-moderation crisis::The platform seeded its own content-moderation crisis.
Lucid dream startup says engineers can write code in their sleep. Work may never be the same (fortune.com)
The tech sector is pouring billions of dollars into AI. But it keeps laying off humans (edition.cnn.com)
The tech sector is pouring billions of dollars into AI. But it keeps laying off humans::The tech sector has kicked off the new year with a spate of fresh job cuts that are coming at the same time as the industry is doubling down on investments into artificial intelligence.
‘This Has Been Going on for Years.’ Inside Boeing’s Manufacturing Mess. (archive.ph)
Original (pay-walled): wsj.com/…/boeing-manufacturing-737-max-alaska-doo…
AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium (www.newscientist.com)
A tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 years (www.techradar.com)
FedEx is launching a new e-commerce platform as it competes with Amazon (www.theverge.com)
China’s Solar Dominance Faces New Rival: An Ultrathin Film (www.wsj.com)
Burger King Giving Discounts If Facial Recognition Thinks You're Hungover (gizmodo.com)
NASA, Lockheed Martin Reveal X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft (www.nasa.gov)
NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft Friday. Using this one-of-a-kind experimental airplane, NASA aims to
Hacker spins up 1 million virtual servers to illegally mine crypto (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
China's military and government acquire Nvidia chips despite U.S. ban (www.reuters.com)
China’s military and government acquire Nvidia chips despite U.S. ban::undefined
Notorious arcade gamer Billy Mitchell settles suit over Donkey Kong world record (www.courthousenews.com)
Notorious arcade gamer Billy Mitchell settles suit over Donkey Kong world record::undefined
SpaceX targeting February for Starship's 3rd flight test (www.space.com)
Apple tells dozens of employees in San Diego to move to Austin or face layoffs, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
Apple tells dozens of employees in San Diego to move to Austin or face layoffs, report says::Apple has reportedly told San Diego employees that they have until end of February to decide if they will move to another state or lose their job.
