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Brazil Hits 92% Renewable Energy Milestone (www.riotimesonline.com)

Brazil Hits 92% Renewable Energy Milestone::On February 7, Brazil marked a landmark achievement, powering 92.4% of its electricity from renewable sources.

200-foot AM radio tower disappears, halting Alabama station broadcast | "There's wires everywhere, and it's gone." (arstechnica.com)

200-foot AM radio tower disappears, halting Alabama station broadcast | “There’s wires everywhere, and it’s gone.”::“There’s wires everywhere, and it’s gone.”

Report: Apple is testing foldable iPhones, having the same problems as everyone else (arstechnica.com)

Report: Apple is testing foldable iPhones, having the same problems as everyone else::Don’t expect these clamshell-style foldables in 2024 or 2025 or maybe ever.

Radicale is the simplest CalDAV/CardDAV server I've ever set up (radicale.org)

MacBooks, Chromebooks lead losers in laptop repairability analysis (arstechnica.com)

Skyrocketing bluesky engagement since opening to the public (lemmy.world)

These States Are Basically Begging You to Get a Heat Pump (www.wired.com)

These States Are Basically Begging You to Get a Heat Pump::You need a heat pump, ASAP. Now nine states are teaming up to accelerate the adoption of this climate superhero.

Zuckerberg Brags About How Your Facebook, Instagram Posts Will Power His AI (gizmodo.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/11642180...

'It's definitely backfiring': Seattle ordinance intended to help app delivery workers is 'hurting' them (www.king5.com)

‘It’s definitely backfiring’: Seattle ordinance intended to help app delivery workers is ‘hurting’ them::undefined

4chan daily challenge sparked deluge of explicit AI Taylor Swift images (arstechnica.com)

4chan daily challenge sparked deluge of explicit AI Taylor Swift images::New AI image filters are “just another obstacle to ‘defeat,’” researcher says.

Social networks are getting stingy with their data, leaving third-party developers in the lurch (techcrunch.com)

Vision Pro EyeSight feature doesn't really work, argues Macworld (9to5mac.com)

Vision Pro EyeSight feature doesn’t really work, argues Macworld::Vision Pro’s EyeSight feature is something Apple has stressed as a key product differentiator over rival headsets, and as a…

FCC bans AI-generated voices in robocalls that can deceive voters (www.pbs.org)

Ecosia plants 200 million trees (blog.ecosia.org)

Some virtual care companies putting patient data at risk, new study finds (www.cbc.ca)

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This Windows tool makes it super easy to debloat and cut down ads on your Android TV (www.androidauthority.com)

Clean energy could be 'closer than ever' after a nuclear fusion machine smashed a record (qz.com)

Clean energy could be ‘closer than ever’ after a nuclear fusion machine smashed a record::JET’s final nuclear fusion experiment produced a record-breaking 69 megajoules of heat. Nice.

Sudo is coming to Windows 11 (blogs.windows.com)

Mozilla CEO Mitchelle Baker stepping down to Executive Chairwoman (blog.mozilla.org)

Mitchelle Baker, CEO of Mozilla since 2020, will transition back to executive chairwoman role. Baker had been executive chairwoman for several decades. Board member Laura Chambers is taking over as interim CEO. Second source; The Verge

How did China get so good at chips and AI? Congressional investigation blames American venture capitalists (theregister.com)

That Electric Toothbrush Botnet Story Is Totally Fake (gizmodo.com)

Apple employees outnumbered customers at Vision Pro launch in San Francisco's Union Square (www.sfgate.com)

Apple employees outnumbered customers at Vision Pro launch in San Francisco’s Union Square::Apple’s new Vision Pro headset drew a sparse but eager crowd to San Francisco’s Union Square on Friday, for pickups and demos.

All My Thoughts After 40 Hours in the Vision Pro — Wait But Why (waitbutwhy.com)

Ticketek ‘glitch’ appears to re-sell fan’s $659 ticket for Taylor Swift concert — “They said, ‘someone else has it, we don’t know who, we can’t check or track who has your ticket’” (au.news.yahoo.com)

Ticketek ‘glitch’ appears to re-sell fan’s $659 ticket for Taylor Swift concert — “They said, ‘someone else has it, we don’t know who, we can’t check or track who has your ticket’”::A Taylor Swift fan believed her VIP ticket was ‘stolen’ from her account by Ticketek after an apparent system ‘glitch’.