technology

Quake II gets a remaster for PC and consoles—and it’s exactly what it needs to be::It features both split-screen and online multiplayer, new levels, and 4K.

Movie extras worry they’ll be replaced by AI. Hollywood is already doing body scans::undefined

So that’s why Google wants you to use Chrome on your iPhone so badly::Sundar Pichai’s Google pays Tim Cook’s Apple a whopping 36% of search revenue it gets when people use Safari — ouch.

Tokelau, a necklace of three isolated atolls strung out across the Pacific, is so remote that it was the last place on Earth to be connected to the telephone—only in 1997....

China rushes to swap Western tech with domestic options as U.S. cracks down::China has stepped up spending to replace Western-made technology with domestic alternatives as Washington tightens curbs on high-tech exports to its rival, according to government tenders, research documents and four people familiar with the matter.

Sadly, I can’t seem to find the non paywalled version of the article ._.

Thanks to the 15mm x 15mm ATSAMA5D27 package from Microchip, this company created a 20mm x 20mm Linux computer roughly the size of a coin....

Child psychiatrist jailed after making pornographic AI deep-fakes of kids::Perp said to have secretly recorded patients – and digitally undressed them using web neural networks

Apple threatens Colombian mobile phone repairman with jail time::While many people are keeping an eye on Apple’s launches and the arrival of the iPhone 15 in September, a mobile phone and technology repairer has become the centre of attenti

Japanese YouTuber convicted of copyright violation after uploading Let’s Play videos::A 53-year-old Japanese man has been convicted of copyright infringement after uploading gameplay videos of visual novel Steins;Gate: My Darling’s Embrace and videos summarizing Spy × Family and Steins;Gate anime episodes.

Tech workers now doubting decision to move from California to Texas::Unsatisfied with the talent pool, traffic, and heat in Texas, some California tech workers are weighing another move.

The US Air Force Is Fast-Tracking a Blended Wing Body Jet to Fly in Just 4 Years::It could lead to stealth tankers and transports—and benefit civilians, too.

Burning Man, the festival beloved by Silicon Valley’s elite, is at risk of quenched by Tropical Storm Hilary....

We need to start talking about the Cyber Resilience Act, because according to all major Open Source organizations the CRA is a threat to Free Software itself, and it has been approved by the European Committee that was working on it.

Apple has been quiet about ChatGPT. Now Tim Cook says its hefty $22.6 billion research spend is down to generative AI.::The company’s research and development spending hit $22.61 billion for the year so far, a figure $3.12 billion higher than this time last year.

Engineers develop an efficient process to make fuel from carbon dioxide::An efficient new process can convert carbon dioxide into formate, a material that can be used like hydrogen or methanol to power a fuel cell and generate electricity.

Farmers turn to tech as bees struggle to pollinate::With bee populations struggling, mechanical pollination may be increasingly needed as a back-up.

Peter Thiel was reportedly an FBI informant::Far-right blogger Charles Johnson and others allegedly outed venture capitalist and Republican megadonor Peter Thiel as an FBI informant.

New Breakthrough in Energy Storage – MIT Engineers Create Supercapacitor out of Ancient Materials::Constructed from cement, carbon black, and water, the device holds the potential to offer affordable and scalable energy storage for renewable energy sources. Two of humanity’s most ubiquitous historical materials, cement and...

We were never supposed to see our own faces this much — From mirrors to Zoom calls and TikToks, we are constantly faced with our own reflections, and it is completely changing the way we conceive o…::From mirrors to Zoom calls and TikToks, we are constantly faced with our own reflections – and it is completely changing the...