Raspberry Pis Found in Abandoned Spin Scooters in Seattle (www.tomshardware.com)
Chinese companies replace influencers with AI (www.youtube.com)
Helps control brand, avoid scandals, absolute control
Debunking the Tech Hype Cycle with Dan Olson (www.youtube.com)
This interview is 2 months old, but I haven’t seen it discussed so far and given the news about reddit’s new cryptobeaniebabies, here it goes. This is a critique of the tech hype cycle, LLMs, VR, the metaverse failure, NFTs and cryptocurrencies with a refreshing historical awareness of past attempts that failed, like second...
Scientists at Fermilab close in on fifth force of nature (www.bbc.com)
Scientists at Fermilab close in on fifth force of nature::Physicists believe that an unknown force could be acting on sub-atomic particles known as muons.
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X, formerly Twitter, commandeers '@music' handle from user with half a million followers (www.cnbc.com)
X terms of service has right to take back username. X ported his followers over to new account at least, he said. Vaught is still using X, though he did set up account on Threads and Mastodon.
Canadians have little incentive to adopt central bank digital currency (techstory.in)
Texas could get a 205-mph bullet train zipping between Houston and Dallas (www.popsci.com)
Texas could get a 205-mph bullet train zipping between Houston and Dallas::The proposed electric railway line could travel 240 miles in under 90 minutes for over 6 million passengers per year.
VS Code’s Token Security: Keeping Your Secrets… Not So Secretly (cycode.com)
FYI to all the VS Code peeps out there that malicious extensions can gain access to secrets stored by other VS Code extensions as well as the tokens used by VS Code for Microsoft/Github....
What alternative to 'postman' are you using?
What alternative to ‘postman’ do you like the most for simply testing a bunch of REST services?
Lyft wants to kill surge pricing. (techcrunch.com)
Lyft wants to kill surge pricing.::The number of Lyft rides that were affected by surge pricing dropped 35% from the first quarter, according to CEO David Risher.
'A wake up call for opponents of net zero': Government predicts gas power will be three times more expensive than renewables by 2025 (www.businessgreen.com)
‘A wake up call for opponents of net zero’: Government predicts gas power will be three times more expensive than renewables by 2025::undefined
US eyes Australia as test site for missiles to counter China (www.scmp.com)
US eyes Australia as test site for missiles to counter China::undefined
China's tech titans scramble to buy $5 billion of Nvidia chips as US bans investment in key Chinese sectors, report says (markets.businessinsider.com)
China’s tech titans scramble to buy $5 billion of Nvidia chips as US bans investment in key Chinese sectors, report says::Alibaba, TikTok-owner Bytedance, and other Chinese tech giants have reportedly rushed to order Nvidia chips as US-China trade tensions mount.
The Verge Launches “Installer,” a Newsletter About the Next Big Things to Download, Watch, and Explore (www.theverge.com)
Could be worth keeping an eye on
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(Sick of Elon but) a few years ago, I'd never have questioned this reality (youtu.be)
Rogue AI bot is giving recipes for human flesh and chlorine gas (interestingengineering.com)
Rogue AI bot is giving recipes for human flesh and chlorine gas::undefined
California just opened the floodgates for self-driving cars (www.washingtonpost.com)
In a pivotal moment for the autonomous transportation industry, California chose to expand one of the biggest test cases for the technology.
Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating (www.wired.com)
Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating::Security researchers accessed an internal camera inside the Deckmate 2 shuffler to learn the exact deck order—and the hand of every player at a poker table.
Student project consumes 17% of energy of traditional desalination plants (www.biggrow.in)
Offers better brine handling and produces higher-purity water, making it ideal for offshore green hydrogen production. Sustainable and efficient solution with low environmental impact.
TunnelCrack: Widespread design flaws in VPN clients (tunnelcrack.mathyvanhoef.com)
What are TunnelCrack vulnerabilities?...
Richard Branson Blasts Daredevils a Bit High, But Definitely Not Into Space (futurism.com)
Saudi Arabia makes USB-C mandatory for electronic devices (9to5mac.com)
iPhone 15 is coming next month, and multiple rumors suggest Apple will finally switch from its proprietary Lightning connector to...