Commented - technology

‘Quantum internet’ demonstration in cities is most advanced yet (www.nature.com)

Experiments generate quantum entanglement over optical fibres across three real cities, marking progress towards networks that could have revolutionary applications.

What's stopping you from using Ecosia? Your searches could plant trees! (www.ecosia.org)

Ecosia is a search engine that aggregates search results from multiple other search engines. The ad revenue from our searches funds the planting of trees worldwide. With over 200 million trees planted so far, Ecosia have learned to be fully transparent about their projects, and financials which are available right on that...

For 'Cheap' Labour, Google Fires Its Entire Python Team: Report (www.freepressjournal.in)

Musk moves Tesla's goalposts, investors happily move shares higher (www.theregister.com)

US government reportedly ponders crimping China's use of RISC-V (www.theregister.com)

NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth (blogs.nasa.gov)

Dutch government says it may stop using Facebook over privacy concerns (www.cnbc.com)

The Dutch government said Friday that it may be forced to stop using Facebook after a warning from the Netherlands’ privacy regulator about the Meta owned social media platform’s privacy risks....

A Judge Can Break Up Google Right Now. Will He? (www.thebignewsletter.com)

Microsoft to separate Teams and Office globally amid antitrust scrutiny (www.reuters.com)

Microsoft (MSFT.O) will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, the U.S. tech giant said on Monday, six months after it unbundled the two products in Europe in a bid to avert a possible EU antitrust fine.

Nvidia Is Simulating a Copy of the Earth (futurism.com)

AT&T Says Personal Information From 73 Million Customers Leaked On The Dark Web—Including Social Security Numbers (www.forbes.com)

Dell finding ways to absolutely suck as an employer (arstechnica.com)

Qualcomm's Powerful PC Chip Is Worse for AMD Than for Intel (finance.yahoo.com)

Jensen Huang says even free AI chips from his competitors can't beat Nvidia's GPUs (www.tomshardware.com)

Compact Rivian R3 EV Makes Surprise Debut With Awesome Hot Hatch Styling And Opening Rear Glass (jalopnik.com)

Gemini WONT SHOW C++ To Underage Kids "ITS NOT SAFE" (www.youtube.com)

A person I watch frequently gave me this gem. Please forgive the annoying thumbnail....

Despite Booming Economy And Record Profits Google, Amazon, Microsoft And More Lay Off Over 42,000 So Far In 2024 (finance.yahoo.com)

Despite Booming Economy And Record Profits Google, Amazon, Microsoft And More Lay Off Over 42,000 So Far In 2024::Despite a booming U.S. economy and significant advancements in the tech sector, including a robust performance by companies like Nvidia Corp. and a thriving artificial intelligence (AI) industry, tech companies have...

AI ‘dream girls’ are coming for porn stars’ jobs (www.washingtonpost.com)

AI ‘dream girls’ are coming for porn stars’ jobs::undefined

Is 5G really good?

I’ve heard multiple issues with 5G, like range and stuff, effectively sacrificing range and reliability for even more speed just so that companies can market it better. Do you think 5G is a downgrade compared to 4G?

Technology has fueled a sports betting boom and a spike in problem gambling, addiction therapist warns (www.cbsnews.com)

Technology has fueled a sports betting boom and a spike in problem gambling, addiction therapist warns::There’s been a surge of young problem gamblers since sports betting was legalized. An addiction therapist warns AI-powered sports betting has spurred a public health emergency.

Smartphone Keyboard Information Bonanza: What's available and what's best for your needs

Howdy. I wanted a central place for information surrounding smartphone keyboards since there have been some changes recently to a few of them. I hope to keep this post afloat over the long term so we can share experiences, information, news, etc to find the perfect smartphone keyboard for ourselves and help others do the same....

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

Ethiopia set to become first country to ban internal combustion cars (electrek.co)

Kids Don’t Think Congress Has Their Best Interests In Mind With Their Grandstanding ‘Protect The Children’ Hearing (www.techdirt.com)

Kids Don’t Think Congress Has Their Best Interests In Mind With Their Grandstanding ‘Protect The Children’ Hearing::We’ve covered a few stories this week related to the Senate hearing on “kids safety” and there’s going to be a lot more in the coming weeks as those same Senators grandstand and yell about “protect...