Chinese startup launching RISC-V laptop for devs and engineers priced at around $300 (www.tomshardware.com)
Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software (alinpanaitiu.com)
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Over 100 far-right militias are coordinating on Facebook (arstechnica.com)
YouTube's war against third party apps is just as ridiculous as its war on adblockers (www.androidpolice.com)
Siri for iOS 18 to gain massive AI upgrade via Apple's Ajax LLM (appleinsider.com)
Apple iPhone sales decline 10% in first three months of 2024 (www.gsmarena.com)
Rabbit R1 AI box revealed to just be an Android app (arstechnica.com)
Rabbit R1 AI box is actually an Android app in a limited $200 box, running on AOSP without Google Play....
Synthesia Launches Avatars with Facial Expressions and Body Language. (iblnews.org)
Microsoft won't fix Windows 0x80070643 errors, manual fix required (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
20240520 UPDATE: I just ran winupdate on an ancient win10 surface and after the same 643 error two more times, and running through all the available updates, it’s now reporting I’m up to date. yippee....
Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died (www.seattletimes.com)
Huawei has been secretly funding research in America after being blacklisted (www.engadget.com)
Extremist Militias Are Coordinating in More Than 100 Facebook Groups (www.wired.com)
The retro Nokia phone everyone owned 25 years ago will get a reboot soon – and yes, it has Snake (www.techradar.com)
Stretchable e-skin could give robots human-level touch sensitivity (techxplore.com)
Flood of AI-Generated Submissions ‘Final Straw’ for Small 22-Year-Old Publisher (www.404media.co)
A small publisher for speculative fiction and roleplaying games is shuttering after 22 years, and the “final straw,” its founder said, is an influx of AI-generated submissions....
After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat (www.theverge.com)
Nintendo DMCA Notice Wipes Out 8,535 Yuzu Repos, Mig Switch Also Targeted. (torrentfreak.com)
Google Search is getting even worse for independent sites (www.theverge.com)
In February, HouseFresh managing editor Gisele Navarro called out publishers like BuzzFeed and Rolling Stone as some of the culprits that publish content about air purifiers despite a lack of expertise — but Google rewards these sites with high rankings all the same. The result is a search results page filled with SEO-first...
TikTok is allowing users to spread manipulated videos of Biden, despite the platform's policies (www.mediamatters.org)
Israeli Weapons Firms Required to Buy Cloud Services From Google and Amazon (theintercept.com)
Google and Amazon are both loath to discuss security aspects of the cloud services they provide through their joint contract with the Israeli government, known as Project Nimbus. Though both the Ministry of Defense and Israel Defense Forces are Nimbus customers, Google routinely downplays the military elements while Amazon says...
Why data centers want to have their own nuclear reactors (english.elpais.com)
All the ways streaming services are aggravating their subscribers this week (arstechnica.com)
Below is a look at the most exasperating news from streaming services from this week. The scale of this article demonstrates how fast and frequently disappointing streaming news arises. Coincidentally, as we wrote this article, another price hike was announced....