The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On (www.iflscience.com)
The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On::It’s turbo time.
Tested: Windows 11 Pro's On-By-Default Encryption Slows SSDs Up to 45% (www.tomshardware.com)
Tested: Windows 11 Pro’s On-By-Default Encryption Slows SSDs Up to 45%::Windows 11 Pro defaults to BitLocker being turned on, using software encryption. We’ve tested the Samsung 990 Pro with hardware encryption to show how the various modes impact performance, and how muc
X will charge users ‘a small monthly payment’ to use its service (techcrunch.com)
X will charge users ‘a small monthly payment’ to use its service::X owner Elon Musk today floated the idea that the social network formerly known as Twitter may no longer be a free site. In a live-streamed conversation
The end of the Googleverse (www.theverge.com)
Judge denies HP's plea to throw out all-in-one printer lockdown lawsuit (www.theregister.com)
EPA destroys 7 years of John Deere BS with one letter :) - VIVA RIGHT TO REPAIR! (www.youtube.com)
Right to repair your stuff
Nikki Haley vows to abolish anonymous social media accounts: 'It's a national security threat' (wpde.com)
Nikki Haley vows to abolish anonymous social media accounts: ‘It’s a national security threat’::WPDE covers news, sports, weather, and local events in and around the Grand Strand, Pee Dee, and the Border Belt.
US to argue Google abused power to monopolize internet search as antitrust trial begins (www.theguardian.com)
US to argue Google abused power to monopolize internet search as antitrust trial begins::US makes case Google leveraged power and wealth to strangle competition, spending billions on deals with Apple and Samsung
Beijing Superconductor (LK-99) Levitation Video Author Admits Fraud, Takes it Down (www.tomshardware.com)
Beijing Superconductor (LK-99) Levitation Video Author Admits Fraud, Takes it Down::The author of one of the Billibilli videos posted as proof of LK-99’s levitation capabilities has admitted that his posting was a hoax.
For the first time researchers restore feeling and lasting movement in man living with quadriplegia (medicalxpress.com)
For the first time researchers restore feeling and lasting movement in man living with quadriplegia:: In a first-of-its-kind clinical trial, bioelectronic medicine researchers, engineers and surgeons at Northwell Health’s The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research have successfully implanted microchips into the brain of a...
Microsoft fixes the Excel feature that was wrecking scientific data (www.theverge.com)
Publisher Wants $2,500 To Allow Academics To Post Their Own Manuscript To Their Own Repository (www.techdirt.com)
As a Walled Culture explained back in 2021, open access (OA) to published academic research comes in two main varieties. “Gold” open access papers are freely available to the public because the researchers’ institutions pay “article-processing charges” to a publisher. “Green” OA papers are available because the...
Oops! Google Search caught publicly indexing users’ conversations with Bard AI (venturebeat.com)
Oops! Google Search caught publicly indexing users’ conversations with Bard AI::Gagan Ghotra observed that Google Search had begun to index shared Bard conversational links into its search results pages, potentially…
Twitter is Still Throttling Competitors’ Links—Check for Yourself. (themarkup.org)
Japan prefectures drift away from posting disaster warnings on X (www.japantimes.co.jp)
A growing number of prefectures have stopped posting disaster warnings on the platform due to limits on the number of free posts allowed.
Amazon is blocking promotions of employees who don't comply with its return-to-office policy, leaked documents show (www.businessinsider.com)
Amazon is blocking promotions of employees who don’t comply with its return-to-office policy, leaked documents show::Amazon has updated its promotions policy to enforce its office attendance policy.
Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all seven counts (techcrunch.com)
Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all seven counts::Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder and former CEO of crypto exchange FTX and trading firm Alameda Research, has been found guilty on all seven counts
Framework Laptop 16 pre-orders are now open (community.frame.work)
Reddit nukes everyone’s pre-2023 chats and messages (www.androidpolice.com)
Reddit nukes everyone’s pre-2023 chats and messages::Shooting itself in the foot again
Samsung disables customer phones remotely, holds data hostage until Mexican government stepped in - YouTube (youtu.be)
14 big landlords used software to collude on rent prices, DC lawsuit says (arstechnica.com)
14 big landlords used software to collude on rent prices, DC lawsuit says::Suit claims employees were told pricing outside the algorithm was “unacceptable.”
Cabal of 'gay furry hackers' claims over 3,000 files stolen in NATO website breach (www.pcgamer.com)
The headline itself made this worth sharing
Google emails revealing disagreements b/w Product and Advertising teams about manipulating search to drive ad revenue (gizmodo.com.au)
tl/dr: email chains used as evidence in DOJ Google antitrust case show internal arguments about drops in # of searches, and how to increase them so that people see more ads. Search team wants to create better search results to keep people coming back....
The future of warfare: A $400 drone killing a $2M tank (www.politico.eu)
They’ve grown up online. So why are our kids not better at detecting misinformation? (www.thestar.com)
They’ve grown up online. So why are our kids not better at detecting misinformation?::Recent studies have shown teens are more susceptible than adults. It’s a problem researchers, teachers and parents are only beginning to understand.
