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Electrified cement could turn houses and roads into nearly limitless batteries (www.science.org)

Google is rolling out Wear OS 4 to the original Pixel Watch (news.retiolus.net)

Special wheelchair gets users standing and climbing stairs (newatlas.com)

Ransomware team may be selling stolen Sony data (www.gamescensor.com)

Disney creates task force to explore AI and cut costs - sources (www.reuters.com)

Climate change may cause disruptions to solar generation in the future, modeling suggests (techxplore.com)

Climate change may cause disruptions to solar generation in the future, modeling suggests::Climate change may affect the future stability of grid-connected solar power systems—something that needs to be considered in the planning of Australia’s renewable energy transition.

After losing over 200 satellites this summer, Starlink loses another 45 just in the past week. (tiblur.com)

Public information data from space-track.org is now confirming the loss.

Opinion: The Copyright Office is making a mistake on AI-generated art (arstechnica.com)

Human-machine teams driven by AI are about to reshape warfare | Military (www.unionleader.com)

Some technology experts believe innovative commercial software developers now entering the arms market are challenging the dominance of the traditional defense industry, which produces big-ticket weapons, sometimes at glacial speed....

US Air Force is toying with idea of building this Batman villain’s weapon (www.independent.co.uk)

Qualcomm's Next Smartphone Chip Will Be Built for Generative AI (www.extremetech.com)

Generative AI is slowly worming its way into every facet of technology, and next up is your smartphone. Qualcomm says that its next flagship mobile chips are going to be built specifically to run generative AI on the silicon, reducing reliance on the cloud. Running an AI on your phone could be a boon for privacy, but is...

China Claims World’s Fastest Internet With 1.2 Terabit-Per-Second Network (www.bloomberg.com)

China Claims World’s Fastest Internet With 1.2 Terabit-Per-Second Network::Huawei Technologies Co. and China Mobile Ltd. have built a 3,000 kilometer (1,860-mile) internet network linking Beijing to the south, which the country is touting as its latest technological breakthrough.

Google Asks Regulators to Liberate Apple's Blue Text Bubbles (gizmodo.com)

Google Asks Regulators to Liberate Apple’s Blue Text Bubbles::Yes, even Google appears to be tired of green texts on the iMessage app.

Rockstar Plans to Announce Much Anticipated ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ (www.bloomberg.com)

Rockstar Plans to Announce Much Anticipated ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’::Rockstar Games, a division of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., plans to announce the next highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto game as early as this week, according to people familiar with its plans.

The Beatles’ final song is now streaming thanks to AI (www.theverge.com)

#PimEyes facial recognition search engine now blocks searches for children’s faces (news.retiolus.net)

Black founders received 0.13% of capital this Q3 | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

Funding to Black founders is only getting worse after the promises made in 2020.

A Marvelous Footnote in Tech History – the Mindset Computer and the Vyper Game (blisscast.wordpress.com)

Even if it’s not anywhere as famous as Silicon Graphics machines, this workstation from the 80s has something that others don’t have; a game exclusive to it, that fully takes advantage of the so impressive graphics that it could display! Check it out at the link here!...

Murena Two will have a a kill switch to prevent snooping (murena.com)

Murena is launching a smartphone with physical switches to turn off the camera, microphone and network.

[EFF] California’s Middle Mile Network Must Bridge the Digital Divide, Not Reinforce It (www.eff.org)

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Sourcegraph website breached using leaked admin access token (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

Sinopec says gasoline demand will peak this year (www.bloomberg.com)

BNEF journalist Colin McKerracher summarizes trends in China predicting a peak in fossil transport fuel: electric vehicle car sales, two and three wheeled electric kilometers traveled, electric trucks reaching the tipping point and ride hailing legislation.