Super-macro views of color e-ink displays (and how they work) (youtu.be)
This is mesmerizing
Software archivist discovers and uploads a primordial version of 86-DOS (arstechnica.com)
Software archivist discovers and uploads a primordial version of 86-DOS::86-DOS would later be bought by Microsoft and take over the computing world.
SR-72: US secret hypersonic jet to allegedly break sound barrier in 2025 | Believed to be a top-secret project of the US Air Force, the SR-72 is touted to reach over 4,000 mph (6,437 kph), making i... (interestingengineering.com)
SR-72: US secret hypersonic jet to allegedly break sound barrier in 2025 | Believed to be a top-secret project of the US Air Force, the SR-72 is touted to reach over 4,000 mph (6,437 kph), making i…::undefined
Taking Back the Web with Decentralization: 2023 in Review | EFF (www.eff.org)
A tale of 2 casino ransomware attacks: One paid out, one did not - What can be learned from MGM's and Caesars' infosec moves (www.theregister.com)
A tale of 2 casino ransomware attacks: One paid out, one did not - What can be learned from MGM’s and Caesars’ infosec moves::What can be learned from MGM’s and Caesars’ infosec moves
World’s Biggest Solar Thermal Plant To Be Built In Saudi Arabia (www.forbes.com)
Intel's Meteor Lake CPUs are slower at single-core work than previous-gen models — new benchmarks show IPC regressions vs Raptor Lake (www.tomshardware.com)
Since Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase, firm reportedly lost 72% of its value (arstechnica.com)
Over 80 percent of new cars sold in Norway were electric in 2023 (www.theverge.com)
Over 80 percent of new cars sold in Norway were electric in 2023::New figures released by the Norwegian Road Federation say 82.4 percent of new cars sold in the country last year were electric, up from 79.3 percent in 2022. Tesla, Toyota, and Volkswagen were the most popular brands, with Tesla’s Model Y making up almost a...
China’s BYD is selling more electric cars than Tesla (www.cnn.com)
China’s BYD is selling more electric cars than Tesla::BYD overtook Tesla to become the world’s biggest electric car company in the final quarter of 2023.
Here’s how the EPA calculates how far an EV can go on a full charge (arstechnica.com)
China ends November with 3.28 million 5G base stations (www.rcrwireless.com)
Steam no longer supports Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 (www.neowin.net)
Steam no longer supports Windows 7, 8, and 8.1::Customers sticking to the good-old (and dead) Windows 7 now have one more reason to ditch the operating system: as of January 1, 2024, Steam no longer supports Windows 7, 8, and 8.1.
Elon Musk's X gets another valuation cut from Fidelity (www.axios.com)
Steam has now officially stopped supporting Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1. (www.theverge.com)
Steam has now officially stopped supporting Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1.::95.57 percent of surveyed Steam users are already on Windows 10 and 11, with nearly 2 percent of the remainder on Linux and 1.5 percent on Mac — so we may be talking about fewer than 1 percent of users on these older Windows builds. Older...
Feature Rich Note Taking Bookmarklet (github.com)
Clinicians could be fooled by biased AI, despite explanations (news.engin.umich.edu)
Clinicians could be fooled by biased AI, despite explanations::Regulators pinned their hopes on clinicians being able to spot flaws in explanations of an AI model’s logic, but a study suggests this isn’t a safe approach.
Apple’s $85bn-a-year services business faces legal reckoning (www.ft.com)
Apple’s $85bn-a-year services business faces legal reckoning::Landmark EU regulation and crucial US court cases due in 2024 will test the tech company
Pika Labs new generative AI video tool unveiled — and it looks like a big deal (www.tomsguide.com)
Pika Labs new generative AI video tool unveiled — and it looks like a big deal::The new Pika 1.0 tool comes after a $55 million funding round for the generative AI company and is a big step up in AI video production.
Google Fixes Nearly 100 Android Security Issues (www.wired.com)
Former Call of Duty and Blizzard Devs Speak Out Against Bobby Kotick; States He Made Games Worse (mp1st.com)
Former Call of Duty and Blizzard Devs Speak Out Against Bobby Kotick; States He Made Games Worse::With Bobby Kotick no longer at Activision, some developers who worked on Call of Duty and more have begun speaking out about his actions.
Camera Companies Fight AI-Generated Images With 'Verify' Watermark Tech (www.pcmag.com)
Camera Companies Fight AI-Generated Images With ‘Verify’ Watermark Tech::undefined
Public urged to be on guard as deepfake content will grow more sophisticated: Experts (www.straitstimes.com)
Public urged to be on guard as deepfake content will grow more sophisticated: Experts::Look out for distorted images, speech that is not in synch with the speaker’s lips, and claims that are too good to be true. Read more at straitstimes.com.