Ryzen CPU owners can now download better gaming performance thanks to a Windows 11 update (www.theverge.com)
Test of a prototype quantum Internet runs underneath New York City for half a month (phys.org)
But how is the latency for online gaming? It’d be awesome if it’s near instantaneous, or limited only by the net code....
Questions about the safety of Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving' system are growing (apnews.com)
How Telegram's Founder Pavel Durov Became a Culture War Martyr (www.404media.co)
Rufo’s article went viral, and was shared by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, and Ethereum inventor Vitalik Buterin, and Elon Musk commented, “Yup, concerning.” Musk then claimed without evidence that “there are known vulnerabilities with Signal that are not being addressed. Seems odd…” Musk’s tweet was refuted by...
France says Telegram CEO has been freed, will appear in court (www.voanews.com)
You Can Try These Three New Instagram Features Right Now (lifehacker.com)
Haiku OS is what Linux used to be. (www.youtube.com)
Nissan develops paint that keeps cars cool in summer heat (www.asahi.com)
Nissan Motor Co. said it has developed a new type of paint that significantly reduces the temperature inside vehicles parked in direct sunlight....
AT&T customers report outage, being stuck in SOS mode on iPhones (thehill.com)
[Hardware Unboxed] AMD Ryzen 7 9700X vs. 7700X: 40+ Game Benchmark [23H2 vs. 24H2] (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/15873568...
Banning TikTok Won’t Keep Your Data Safe | Pompous billionaires, authoritarian regimes, and opaque oligarchs are hoarding our data. Only an alternative online ecosystem will stop them. (foreignpolicy.com)
AT&T customers report wireless service has been down for hours (www.theverge.com)
NSA releases copy of internal lecture delivered by computing giant Rear Adm. Grace Hopper (youtu.be)
Edit: I replaced an edited youtube compilation of this talk with a link to the original NSA press release. It links to the original digital copies of the talk in two parts....
Introducing Alacrity to Federated Cryptography - Dhole Moments (soatok.blog)
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)
YouTube shadow-banning videos (www.youtube.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)
