26-year-old tech CEO found dead in Baltimore with signs of blunt-force trauma (www.cnn.com)
26-year-old tech CEO found dead in Baltimore with signs of blunt-force trauma::The Baltimore Police Department has announced an arrest warrant for a suspect wanted for the murder of Pava LaPere, the 26-year-old CEO of startup EcoMap Technologies, who was found dead in a downtown Baltimore apartment Monday with signs of...
Drug mimics exercise in mice, raises metabolism, increases endurance, burns fat (medicalxpress.com)
Unity backtracks, no runtime fee for sub $1mil or for games on current/old versions (blog.unity.com)
They’re still scumbags though
Nearly 500 smartphone brands have left the market since 2017 (www.techspot.com)
Element X: Ignition (element.io)
The Man Amazon Erased (www.tabletmag.com)
Jackson soon discovered that Amazon suspended his account because a Black delivery driver who’d come to his house the previous day had reported hearing racist remarks from his video doorbell. In a brief email sent to Jackson at 3 a.m., the company explained how it unilaterally placed all of his linked devices and services on...
After losing over 200 satellites this summer, Starlink loses another 45 just in the past week. (tiblur.com)
Public information data from space-track.org is now confirming the loss.
Announcing ‘Be My AI,’ Soon Available for Hundreds of Thousands of Be My Eyes Users (www.bemyeyes.com)
Since 2015, Be My Eyes has worked to connect our 6.9 million volunteers to users to assist them with everyday tasks. Our mission is to make the world more accessible for people who are blind or have low vision, which is why, seven months ago, our team began working with the blind community to incorporate AI into the existing Be...
The high tech behind Netflix’s old-school DVD service (www.theverge.com)
25 States Agree To Quadruple Number Of Heat Pumps In America (cleantechnica.com)
25 States Agree To Quadruple Number Of Heat Pumps In America::The US Climate Alliance met in New York City this week to explain the benefits of heat pumps, including better health for American families.
Coca-Cola's New AI-Generated Soda Flavor Falls Flat (gizmodo.com)
The End of Privacy is a Taylor Swift Fan TikTok Account Armed with Facial Recognition Tech (www.404media.co)
A viral TikTok account is doxing ordinary and otherwise anonymous people on the internet using off-the-shelf facial recognition technology, creating content and growing a following by taking advantage of a fundamental new truth: privacy is now essentially dead in public spaces....
Amazon to introduce ads on Prime Video in 2024 (www.breakingthenews.net)
GPUs from all major suppliers are vulnerable to new pixel-stealing attack (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/3276697...
Apple Releases macOS Sonoma With Interactive Widgets, Game Mode, and More For all Compatible Macs - Download Available (wccftech.com)
macOS Sonoma will bring significant improvements to Safari where you can create separate profiles and a personal account that will track your preferences and activities with all of your saved passwords for websites, and much more. Widgets are also part of the final release, allowing you to gain access to information at a glance....
We like our EV because it's green. But for escaping wildfires — maybe it's not the best option yet | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
When Jamella Hagen and her boyfriend planned a four-day road trip to bring his new electric pickup truck from Vancouver to Whitehorse, she anticipated challenges....
Reddit revamps gold system with opportunities to earn real money for posts (mashable.com)
Matrix 2.0: Radically faster client, OAuth logins and native video calls (matrix.org)
Back at FOSDEM we announced the idea of Matrix 2.0 - a series of huge step changes in terms of Matrix’s usability and performance, made up of Sliding Sync (instant login/launch/sync), Native OIDC(industry-standard authentication), Native Group VoIP (end-to-end encrypted large-scale voice & video conferencing) and Faster Joins...
‘All Of Sony Systems’ Allegedly Hacked By New Ransomware Group. (finance.yahoo.com)
‘All Of Sony Systems’ Allegedly Hacked By New Ransomware Group.::There’s a new gang on the dark web that claims it’s breached all of Sony’s systems in a ransomware attack.
Fake Tiananmen "tank man" photo shows up as first result on Google (sh.itjust.works)
Source: www.404media.co/first-google-search-result-for-ti…
ROCm Is AMD’s No. 1 Priority, Exec Says (www.eetimes.com)
As Smartphone Industry Sputters, the iPhone Expands Its Dominance (www.nytimes.com)
As Smartphone Industry Sputters, the iPhone Expands Its Dominance::Apple, which is set to release a new iPhone on Tuesday, has increased its share of smartphone sales by converting Android customers and adding teenagers.
Jeff Bezos finally got rid of Bob Smith at Blue Origin (arstechnica.com)
After six years of running Blue Origin, Bob Smith announced in a company-wide email on Monday that he will be "stepping aside" as chief executive of the space company founded by Jeff Bezos....
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Stevia is considered a “natural non-caloric sweetener.” Saccharin and sucralose are considered “non-nutritive sweeteners” (few or no calories). Aspartame is a “nutritive sweetener” (adds some calories but far less than sugar). Aspartame comes with a warning to be used cautiously (or not at all) by people with a rare...