Pocket 386 is a mini laptop for retro computing with support for DOS and Windows 95 - Liliputing (liliputing.com)
Snapdragon X Elite Reviews are Out: Solid Performance and Great Battery Life | Beebom (beebom.com)
Turkish student creates custom AI device for cheating university exam, gets arrested (arstechnica.com)
DuckDuckGo offers “anonymous” access to AI chatbots through new service (arstechnica.com)
Meta will train AI with data from European users (stackdiary.com)
The only exception is private messages, and some users have reported difficulty opting out.
Google will use Gemini to detect scams during calls | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Chemicals in car interiors may cause cancer — and they’re required by US law: (thehill.com)
“Dumb phones” offer an escape from the endless scroll (www.ktla.com)
YouTube moves to AV1 by default to the dismay of some Android users (www.androidpolice.com)
Arif Dikici, who is a part of the Android Video and Image Codecs team at Google, recently announced on LinkedIn that Android will now use an AV1 decoder known as “libdav1d,” which was created by the team behind VLC.
Adobe's new generative AI tools for video are absolutely terrifying (mashable.com)
Using your phone to pay is convenient, but it can also mean you spend more (www.npr.org)
The diagnosis is in—bad memory knocked NASA’s aging Voyager 1 offline (arstechnica.com)
"Engineers are optimistic they can find a way for the FDS to operate normally."
Google now blocks spoofed emails for better phishing protection (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Google has started automatically blocking emails sent by bulk senders who don’t meet stricter spam thresholds and authenticate their messages as required by new guidelines to strengthen defenses against spam and phishing attacks....
Universities Have a Computer-Science Problem (news.slashdot.org)
TikTok faces calls for ban amid claims of anti-Israel ‘indoctrination’ (www.aljazeera.com)
Why widespread tech layoffs keep happening despite a strong U.S. economy (www.cnbc.com)
Why widespread tech layoffs keep happening despite a strong U.S. economy::The number of tech sector layoffs in 2024 has been outpacing the number of terminations in 2023.
Tech Job Interviews Are Out of Control (www.wired.com)
Tech Job Interviews Are Out of Control::Tech companies are famous for coddling their workers but after mass layoffs the industry’s culture has shifted. Engineers say that getting hired can require days of work on unpaid assignments.
AI Breakthrough Predicts and Prevents Plasma Disruptions in Fusion Reactors, Scientists Claims (www.vice.com)
Scientists at Princeton University have developed an AI model that can predict and prevent plasma instabilities, a major hurdle in achieving practical fusion energy....
Walmart to buy TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion in move to grow its ad business (www.cnbc.com)
Walmart to buy TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion in move to grow its ad business::Walmart touted the ability to grow its ad business through a Vizio TV platform that allows users to watch free ad-supported content.
Rakuten launches cloud storage with unlimited file transfers, targets businesses and individuals, with free 10GB storage (www.techradar.com)
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Cisco to lay off more than 4,000 employees to focus on artificial intelligence (nypost.com)
Cisco to lay off more than 4,000 employees to focus on artificial intelligence::Cisco revealed plans to slash its headcount by 5% on Wednesday, which will affect roughly 4,250 employees across the tech behemoth’s global workforce.
Media study on Gen Alpha kids show 'purposeful participation' over 'mindless consumption' of media and increased privacy consciousness over previous gen (variety.com)
Media study on Gen Alpha kids show ‘purposeful participation’ over ‘mindless consumption’ of media and increased privacy consciousness over previous gen::Gen Alpha kids are protective of their personal data online and enjoy media that allows them to control their experiences with content.
Ecosia plants 200 million trees (blog.ecosia.org)
Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman warns AI is a ‘fundamentally labor replacing’ tool over the long term (fortune.com)
Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman warns AI is a ‘fundamentally labor replacing’ tool over the long term::Despite today’s AI hype, it’s still a “truly transformational” technology that will replace jobs unless policy steps in, Suleyman said.
AI-created “virtual influencers” are stealing business from humans (arstechnica.com)
AI-created “virtual influencers” are stealing business from humans::Brands are turning to hyper-realistic, AI-generated influencers for promotions.
