FCC chair wants to boost broadband standard to 100Mbps (www.theregister.com)
FCC chair wants to boost broadband standard to 100Mbps::First refresh of minimums in eight years for the country that invented the internet
Microsoft points finger at the EU for not being able to lock down Windows (www.neowin.net)
World's largest sodium-ion battery goes into operation - Energy Storage (www.ess-news.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17558715
Pioneering internet messenger ICQ shuts after 28 years - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)
iFixit is breaking up with Samsung. ‘Samsung’s approach to repairability does not align with our mission,’ says iFixit’s CEO. (www.theverge.com)
iFixit and Samsung are ending their partnership on a direct-to-consumer phone repair program....
MIT Students Stole $25 Million In Seconds By Exploiting ETH Blockchain Bug, DOJ Says (slashdot.org)
ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say (www.reuters.com)
Passenger sees Boeing 757-200 “wing coming apart” mid-air — United flight from San Francisco to Boston makes emergency landing in Denver (www.cbsnews.com)
Passenger sees Boeing 757-200 “wing coming apart” mid-air — United flight from San Francisco to Boston makes emergency landing in Denver::A United Airlines flight to Boston was diverted to Denver because of an issue with the plane’s wing.
ChatGPT, how do I use OCR in Word? (lemdro.id)
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Ultra-white ceramic cools buildings with record-high 99.6% reflectivity (newatlas.com)
Ultra-white ceramic cools buildings with record-high 99.6% reflectivity::undefined
Nepal decides to ban TikTok (kathmandupost.com)
Nepal decides to ban TikTok::A Cabinet meeting on Monday took the decision to ban the social media app.
Robin Williams' daughter Zelda says AI recreations of her dad are 'personally disturbing' (ew.com)
Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda says AI recreations of her dad are ‘personally disturbing’::Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda says AI recreations of her dad are ‘personally disturbing’: ‘The worst bits of everything this industry is’
X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before December 2014 (www.theverge.com)
X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before December 2014::Ellen’s famous ‘most retweeted’ selfie from the 2014 Oscars has had its image restored, but most old tweets have broken short links instead of the media or links that should be there.
Microsoft now has implemented "compare with Bing chat" button when you visit Google Bard in Edge (reddthat.com)
When you visit the Google’s chatbot bard’s website in Microsoft Bing. A New Button pops up besides the search bar which lets you compare bard results with Bing chat’s. I have no idea why they implemented this, well maybe to show off the their chatbot is better than bard or something?
No More Windows! Indian Defence Services are Switching to Linux: Indian Govt offices to use Linux distribution, replacing Microsoft Windows (gadgeteer.co.za)
Based on Ubuntu. Interface and functionality like Windows, users will not feel much difference. BRICS countries committed to their own Linux distributions. South Africa has been the exception.
Leaked messages show Amazon will force a 'voluntary resignation' on employees failing to relocate near their team 'hubs' (archive.ph)
Leaked messages show Amazon will force a ‘voluntary resignation’ on employees failing to relocate near their team ‘hubs’::undefined
Spain sentences 15 schoolchildren over AI-generated naked images (www.theguardian.com)
Here's what's happening to ad blockers in Google Chrome (and other browsers) (www.spacebar.news)
Is Microsoft trying to commit suicide? (www.antipope.org)
/e/OS Is Better Than Android. You Should Try It (www.wired.com)
Tesla must face fraud suit for claiming its cars could fully drive themselves (arstechnica.com)
Discord wants to void your right to sue them in court — but you can opt out of the practice (www.polygon.com)
VPN by Google One is shutting down for good (www.androidauthority.com)
OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it (www.theguardian.com)
OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it::The man behind ChatGPT is wooing the UAE to invest in energy-hungry AI. But if it turns out his tech can’t fix the world, he’s got his escape plan
Tech Used to Be Bleeding Edge, Now it’s Just Bleeding | After a decade of scandals and half-assed product launches, people are no longer buying the future Big Tech is selling. (www.vice.com)
Tech Used to Be Bleeding Edge, Now it’s Just Bleeding | After a decade of scandals and half-assed product launches, people are no longer buying the future Big Tech is selling.::After a decade of scandals and half-assed product launches, people are no longer buying the future Big Tech is selling.
