Commented - technology

Ukrainian cyberattacks cripple Russian defense contractor, weather center. (euromaidanpress.com)

NVIDIA Reverses Course on Donation Matching for Gaza Charities, Causing Internal Rift (www.vice.com)

US judge rejects NSO's attempt to dismiss Apple lawsuit (www.theregister.com)

TikTok is laying off dozens of workers as the tech industry continues to shed jobs in the new year (english.elpais.com)

When the race for fusion ground to a halt (www.technologyreview.com)

Samsung is no longer the world’s biggest smartphone maker (www.androidpolice.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.

’Magic balls’ installed by drones may soon be revolutionizing the US power grid: 'Unrivaled quality at scale' (www.thecooldown.com)

’Magic balls’ installed by drones may soon be revolutionizing the US power grid: ‘Unrivaled quality at scale’::High-voltage power lines in the United States will soon be monitored by “magic balls” from Norway.

Android users could soon replace Google Assistant with ChatGPT (arstechnica.com)

Evidence that we have been living in an increasingly risk-averse culture (www.writingruxandrabio.com)

HyperVerse hedge fund CEO may not exist — Investigation finds no record of identity after collapse causing an estimated $1.3 billion in customer losses (arstechnica.com)

HyperVerse hedge fund CEO may not exist — Investigation finds no record of identity after collapse causing an estimated $1.3 billion in customer losses::HyperVerse’s collapse caused an estimated $1.3 billion in customer losses.

NYPD faces backlash as it prepares to encrypt radio communications | New York | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

Pornhub blocks Montana and North Carolina as their age verification laws take effect | The website says the states' ID requirement would put users' privacy at risk (www.engadget.com)

Pornhub blocks Montana and North Carolina as their age verification laws take effect | The website says the states’ ID requirement would put users’ privacy at risk::Montana and North Carolina are the latest to join the list of states with age verification laws for adult platforms.

11 INTRIGUING ENGINEERING MILESTONES TO LOOK FOR IN 2024 (spectrum.ieee.org)

U.S. intelligence officials determined the Chinese spy balloon used a U.S. internet provider to communicate (www.nbcnews.com)

Meta censors pro-Palestinian views on a global scale, report claims (www.theguardian.com)

This GPT-powered robot chemist designs reactions and makes drugs — on its own (www.nature.com)

A system called Coscientist scours the Internet for instructions, then designs and executes experiments to synthesize molecules.

The Rings of Uranus Glow in Epic JWST Photo (www.scientificamerican.com)

The Rings of Uranus Glow in Epic JWST Photo::The James Webb Space Telescope caught its second glimpse of the year of Uranus and its bright-shining rings

IBM demonstrates useful Quantum computing within 133-qubit Heron, announces entry into Quantum-centric supercomputing era (www.tomshardware.com)

Scammers Are Tricking Anti-Vaxxers Into Buying Bogus Medical Documents (www.wired.co.uk)

Scammers Are Tricking Anti-Vaxxers Into Buying Bogus Medical Documents::On Telegram, scammers are impersonating doctors to sell fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates and other products, showing how criminals are taking advantage of conspiracy theories.

Meta’s Threads app launches across EU in blow to competitor X (www.theguardian.com)

Meta’s Threads app launches across EU in blow to competitor X::The tech giant’s app, which launched in July 2023, first needed approval from the European Commission over privacy provisions