Ex-CIA computer engineer gets 40 years in prison for giving spy agency hacking secrets to WikiLeaks (apnews.com)
Snap is recalling and refunding every drone it ever sold (www.theverge.com)
Snap is recalling and refunding every drone it ever sold::Snap is recalling every one of its Pixy drones because their batteries pose a fire hazard. Yes, the entire drone is being recalled, not just the removable battery. Snap discontinued the drone just months after release.
Apple’s Vision Pro battery pack is hiding the final boss of Lightning cables (www.theverge.com)
Apple’s Vision Pro battery pack is hiding the final boss of Lightning cables::The Vision Pro’s battery connector is removable once you press the eject button, and it uses a 12-pin connector that looks like a wider version of a Lightning cable.
Starlink's Laser System is Beaming 42 Petabytes of Data Per Day (www.pcmag.com)
SpaceX’s laser system for Starlink is delivering over 42 petabytes of data for customers per day, an engineer revealed today. That translates into 42 million gigabytes. Each of the 9,000 lasers in the network is capable of transmitting at 100Gbps, and satellites can form ad-hoc mesh networks to complete long-haul transmissions...
Doom Runs on [a display made from] E. Coli Bacteria Now (kottke.org)
Cloud infrastructure saw its biggest revenue growth ever in Q4 (techcrunch.com)
For the last several quarters we’ve seen a lull in the expansion of the cloud infrastructure market, with lower growth numbers than we’ve been accustomed to seeing in the past. That changed this quarter thanks in large part to interest in generative AI. The new revenue wave began just last year, driven by the ChatGPT hype...
Shots in the dark: Chicago's $33 million contract with SoundThinking, the company behind ShotSpotter, is up for renewal in February—yet concerns abound. (chicagoreader.com)
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The man who owes Nintendo $14m: Gary Bowser and gaming’s most infamous piracy case (www.theguardian.com)
TikTok sounds go silent as songs disappear from app (www.independent.co.uk)
TikTok sounds go silent as songs disappear from app::Videos across the platform have lost their audio in dramatic dispute
Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ will start cracking down on password sharing | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ will start cracking down on password sharing | CNN Business::Disney is banning password sharing on its streaming services, following in the footsteps of competitor Netflix.
Cory Doctorow wants to wipe away enshittification of tech (www.theregister.com)
Doctrow argues that nascent tech unionization (which we’re closer to having now than ever before) combined with bipartisan fear (and consequent regulation) either directly or via agencies like the FTC and FCC can help to curb Big Tech’s power, and the enshittification that it has wrought.
Making a PDF that’s larger than Germany (alexwlchan.net)
Some version of this has been floating around the Internet since 2007, probably earlier. This tweet is pretty emblematic of posts about this claim: it’s stated as pure fact, with no supporting evidence or explanation. We’re meant to just accept that a single PDF can only cover about half the area of Germany, and we’re not...
WorkBot (workhub.ai)
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Elon Musk’s $56bn Tesla pay package is too much, judge rules (www.theguardian.com)
Elon Musk’s $56bn Tesla pay package is too much, judge rules::Judge ruled his pay – six times larger than the combined pay of the 200 highest-paid executives in 2021 – was set inappropriately
Anonymous Sudan Claims DDOS Attacks on UAE's Flydubai Airline (www.hackread.com)
Odoo Community Edition Apps (www.odoocommunitymobile.com)
Odoo Mobile App is a mobile application that enables users to access and interact with the Odoo business management software on their mobile devices. It provides a convenient and user-friendly interface for managing various business operations, such as sales, inventory, customer relationship management (CRM), invoicing, and...
Will Technology Replace Teachers In The Future?
According to my opinion No, it is unlikely that technology will fully replace teachers in the future. While technology can aid the teaching process, it cannot fully replicate the role of teachers. Teachers play a crucial role in not only imparting knowledge but also inculcating values, being inspirational role models, and...
Top Trends in Fleet Management Software 2024 (sh.itjust.works)
Fleet industry is on the boom around the world. The fleet management market is anticipated to increase from USD 25.5 billion in 2022 to USD 52.4 billion by 2027, according to a recent Markets and Markets research. In the post-pandemic environment, the fleet management sector has advanced faster as businesses adopt new digital...
Comcast reluctantly agrees to stop its misleading “10G Network” claims | Comcast said it will drop "Xfinity 10G Network" brand name after losing appeal. (arstechnica.com)
Comcast reluctantly agrees to stop its misleading “10G Network” claims | Comcast said it will drop “Xfinity 10G Network” brand name after losing appeal.::Comcast said it will drop “Xfinity 10G Network” brand name after losing appeal.
(Edit - it's over, for now.) Why are there so many cracked software spam posts in the last few days?
I know spam posts have been around for a while but not like this....
The Cult of AI. How one writer's trip to an annual tech conference left him with a sinking feeling about the future (www.rollingstone.com)
U.S. Corporations Are Openly Trying to Destroy Core Public Institutions. We Should All Be Worried | Trader Joe's, SpaceX, and Meta are arguing in lawsuits that government agencies protecting worker... (www.vice.com)
U.S. Corporations Are Openly Trying to Destroy Core Public Institutions. We Should All Be Worried | Trader Joe’s, SpaceX, and Meta are arguing in lawsuits that government agencies protecting worker…::Trader Joe’s, SpaceX, and Meta are arguing in lawsuits that government agencies protecting workers and consumers—the NLRB...
Did ad blockers survive YouTube's offensive? Letting numbers talk (adguard.com)
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Mark Zuckerberg says sorry to families of children who committed suicide — after rejecting suggestion to set up a compensation fund to help the families get counseling (arstechnica.com)
Mark Zuckerberg says sorry to families of children who committed suicide — after rejecting suggestion to set up a compensation fund to help the families get counseling::CEOs of Meta, TikTok, Snap, Discord, and X testified at hearing on child safety.