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Europe’s dark matter-hunting space telescope nabs its first test images (www.esa.int)

Who else foresees environmental problems with this later down the line? (news.microsoft.com)

Microsoft are looking at putting datacenters under the ocean, which sounds like a really good idea to cool them but I can’t help but think a couple decades from now it’s going to start causing us problems

NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 | Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess (www.theregister.com)

NASA mistakenly severs communication to Voyager 2 | Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess::Thankfully the probe regularly phones home to fix this sort of mess

Opinion | Lindsey Graham and Elizabeth Warren: When It Comes to Big Tech, Enough Is Enough (www.nytimes.com)

Letters from the lawyers: Musk threatens CCDH with brazen attempt to silence honest criticism. — Center for Countering Digital Hate | CCDH (counterhate.com)

“Last week we got a letter from Elon Musk’s X. Corp threatening CCDH with legal action over our work, exposing the proliferation of hate and lies on Twitter since he became the owner. Elon Musk’s actions represent a brazen attempt to silence honest criticism and independent research in the desperate hope that he can stem...

Nintendo Reportedly Plans to Release Next-Gen Console During Second Half of 2024 (www.ign.com)

Nintendo Reportedly Plans to Release Next-Gen Console During Second Half of 2024::Nintendo will release its next-gen console during the second half of 2024, according to a new report.

Following the (Italian Competition) Authority's intervention, Google's data portability becomes easier (en.agcm.it)

The Italian Competition Authority has closed its investigation into an alleged abuse of dominant position by Alphabet Inc., Google LLC, Google Ireland Limited and Google Italy S.r.l (Google), by making the proposed commitments binding....

BBC starts experimenting with the Fediverse, running its own Mastodon instance (social.bbc)

A.I. is on a collision course with white-collar, high-paid jobs — and with unknown impact (www.cnbc.com)

A.I. is on a collision course with white-collar, high-paid jobs — and with unknown impact::Technology has disrupted many workplaces. Artificial intelligence like ChatGPT may have an outsized impact on higher-paid office jobs, experts said.

Erection Tech Is Rising as Younger Patients Treat Dysfunction with AI (www.vice.com)

Milk-V's Pioneer Is a Tall Glass of Cold RISC-V with 64 Cores, Up to 128GB of RAM (www.hackster.io)

Hackers exploit BleedingPipe RCE to target Minecraft servers, players (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

Hackers are actively exploiting a 'BleedingPipe' remote code execution vulnerability in Minecraft mods to run malicious commands on servers and clients, allowing them to take control of the devices.

For the Love of God, Stop Microwaving Plastic (www.wired.com)

Government fears AI could be used to spread fake news in run up to elections (m.sundayworld.com)

Government fears AI could be used to spread fake news in run up to elections::undefined

Windows 11 is getting multiple monitor refresh rate improvements (www.theverge.com)

I hope this fixes my 7900xtx’s 100w idle power issue…

Tickled rats reveal brain structure that controls laughter (www.science.org)

Gen-2 as of July 23: AI converted image to video (twitter.com)

The codified Library of Alexandria (madhakker.com)

For 10 days I learned like I have never learned before....

A jargon-free explanation of how AI large language models work (arstechnica.com)

China's tech crackdown cost over $1 trillion. But the economy is in such deep trouble that the country's cozying up to its tech firms again. (www.businessinsider.com)

China’s tech crackdown cost over $1 trillion. But the economy is in such deep trouble that the country’s cozying up to its tech firms again.::Local governments in China are wooing deals with tech giants to build on the so-called “platform economy,” per the SCMP.

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