Microsoft donates the Mono Project to the Wine team (www.gamingonlinux.com)
African farmers are using private satellite data to improve crop yields (www.technologyreview.com)
A number of farmers are turning to space-based monitoring to get a better picture of what their crops need.
Existing California solar customers may get blindsided with net metering cuts (pv-magazine-usa.com)
Samsung TVs will get 7 years of updates, starting with 2023 models (arstechnica.com)
“Should art be regulated by the SEC?” NFT artists file lawsuit (arstechnica.com)
Texas State Police Gear Up for Massive Expansion of Surveillance Tech (www.texasobserver.org)
In June, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) signed an acquisition plan for a 5-year, nearly $5.3 million contract for a controversial surveillance tool called Tangles from tech firm PenLink, according to records obtained by the Texas Observer through a public information request. The deal is nearly twice as large as the...
Pirate Streaming Giants Fboxz, AniWave, Zoroxtv & Others Dead in Major Collapse (torrentfreak.com)
Startpage.com is not a default option for Apple users (www.startpage.com)
Has anyone figured out how to add a search engine option to the list Apple offers?...
Israel Is Buying Google Ads to Discredit the UN’s Top Gaza Aid Agency (www.wired.com)
Back In mid-January, Mara Kronenfeld was googling the name of the nonprofit she runs, which raises money in the US on behalf of the leading humanitarian aid provider in Gaza. Atop the search results for her organization—UNRWA USA, partner to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)—she...
A third of the world’s population lacks internet connectivity − airborne communications stations could change that (theconversation.com)
16GB of RAM Could Be the New Minimum in Apple's Upcoming M4 Macs (www.macrumors.com)
Now you'll be able to purchase sunlight at night! (mashable.com)
NVIDIA's Dominance In ADAS Chips Under Threat From Chinese OEMs, Huawei's HiSilicon All Set To Announce A Breakthrough Development (wccftech.com)
Iran's Khamenei urges government to impose cyberspace controls. (www.voanews.com)
US grid adds batteries at 10x the rate of natural gas in first half of 2024 (arstechnica.com)
It’s time to retire the term “user” (archive.today)
because we shouldn't be humanizing AI while depersonalizing the actual people who use stuff, according to MIT Technology Review.
When A.I.’s Output Is a Threat to A.I. Itself | As A.I.-generated data becomes harder to detect, it’s increasingly likely to be ingested by future A.I., leading to worse results. (www.nytimes.com)
EE warns parents against giving children under 11 a smartphone (www.theguardian.com)
Apple Event Announced for September 9: “It's Glowtime” (www.macrumors.com)
The US wants to use facial recognition to identify migrant children as they age - A previously unreported project is intended to improve how facial recognition algorithms track children over time (www.technologyreview.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/homeland-security-facial-recogn…
Safety First: Top Dash Cam Picks For Extra Eyes On The Road (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
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Microsoft backtracks on deprecating the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel | Microsoft has either backtracked or clarified its language to remove the note about Control Panel being deprecated (arstechnica.com)
Last week, Microsoft mentioned in a support document that it was formally deprecating Windows’ 39-year-old Control Panel applets. But following widespread reporting of the change, Microsoft has either backtracked or clarified its language to remove the note about Control Panel being deprecated in favor of the Settings app....
Microsoft pushes windows 11 ads into windows 10 (www.xda-developers.com)
Google Wallet now works for California driver’s licenses (www.theverge.com)
ACE Goes After Fmovies Sister Site ‘Successors’ (torrentfreak.com)