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'Women Who Code' Shuts Down Unexpectedly (tech.slashdot.org)

Women Who Code (WWC), a U.S.-based organization of 360,000 people supporting women who work in the tech sector, is shutting down due to a lack of funding.

Nas’ 'Illmatic' Was the Beginning of the End of the Album (www.wired.com)

I know it doesn’t sound like a tech article but it is!

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.

Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track (arstechnica.com)

UK: Almost a quarter of kids aged 5-7 have smartphones (www.bbc.com)

The End of an Era: Women Who Code Closing - Women Who Code (womenwhocode.com)

US Air Force successfully tests AI-controlled fighter jet in first dogfight against human pilots (www.techspot.com)

Apple Removes WhatsApp, Threads, Telegram, and Signal from China App Store, says it complied with orders from the Chinese government (arstechnica.com)

Apple said it complied with orders from the Chinese government to remove the Meta-owned WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China. Apple also removed Telegram and Signal from China....

After 48 years, Zilog finally discontinues the Z80 (www.hackster.io)

The end of an era

Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal cover (arstechnica.com)

Windows 10 will start pushing users to use Microsoft accounts. How to turn it off. (mashable.com)

Well, Microsoft is getting ready to annoy its faithful Windows 10 user base with yet another prompt. This time, Microsoft wants Windows 10 users to switch from using a local account to their online Microsoft account.

Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

First known test dogfight between AI and human pilot carried out, US military says (news.sky.com)

The aircraft flew up to speeds of 1,200mph. DARPA did not reveal which aircraft won the dogfight.

Bethesda teases The Elder Scrolls 6 in anniversary message and brags its developers are already 'playing early builds' and loving it (www.pcgamer.com)

What the evidence really says about social media’s impact on teens’ mental health (www.vox.com)

The Taylor Swift Album Leak’s Big AI Problem (www.wired.com)

Zilog Calls Time on the Venerable Z80, Discontinues the Standalone Z84C00 CPU Family (www.hackster.io)

Europe gives TikTok 24 hours to explain its latest app • The Register (www.theregister.com)

How to Escape From the Iron Age? (solar.lowtechmagazine.com)

We cannot lower carbon emissions if we keep producing steel with fossil fuels.

Reddit Is Taking Over Google (tech.slashdot.org)

Reddit, Quora, and other internet forums that have climbed up through the traditional set of Google links. Data analysis from Semrush, which predicts traffic based on search ranking, shows that traffic to Reddit has climbed at an impressive clip since August 2023. Semrush estimated that Reddit had over 132 million visitors in...

Tesla seeks to award Elon Musk $56bn pay package | BBC (www.bbc.com)

Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads and Signal from app store in China (www.washingtonpost.com)

Apple has complied with the Chinese government’s request to remove several popular communication apps from its app store, including WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram, due to national security concerns. This action was taken following a directive from the Cyberspace Administration of China. These apps have been crucial...

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