Collaborate Disseminate
“A few developers found a way, for now, to turn a few of these increasingly mediocre Amazon Show devices into friendly, useful, open computers,” writes the co-founder of the gaming/tech news site Aftermath. For under $50 each, he bought some used versi… Continue reading Gaming Site Editor Jailbreaks an Amazon Echo Show
“The new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models feature a keyboard change,” reports MacRumors:
On the U.S. English version of the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro keyboards, the tab, caps lock, shift, return, and delete keycaps now have glyphs on them. On … Continue reading Should Keycaps Use Text or Glyphs for Delete, Return, Tab, Caps Lock, and Shift?
Last week System76 CEO Carl Richell criticized age-verification laws for operating systems — but he now sees a “real possibility” Colorado’s law might exclude open-source.
Phoronix reports that the System76 CEO met with the state Senator who c… Continue reading System76 CEO Sees ‘Real Possibility’ Colorado’s Age-Verification Bill Excludes Open-Source
The deal to take control of TikTok’s U.S. business came with an unusual condition, according to people familiar with the matter. The investors — which include Oracle, Abu Dhabi investor MGX, and private-equity firm Silver Lake — “paid the T… Continue reading US Set To Receive $10 Billion Fee For Brokering TikTok Deal
California saw its worst drought in 10,000 years between 2012 and 2015, remembers the Washington Post. And yet genetic analyses of California’s scarlet monkeyflower “found that many rapidly evolved… allowing them to cope with water scarcity and rebou… Continue reading How a Species Evolved Fast Enough to Save Itself from Extinction
“A new study suggests the productivity boost from AI may be far smaller than executives claim,” writes Slashdot reader BrianFagioli:
According to research cited in Foxit’s State of Document Intelligence report, while 89% of executives and 79% of end … Continue reading AI’s Productivity Boost? Just 16 Minutes Per Week, Claims Study
Last June Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said in a statement that Texans “have a God-given right to know what’s on their plate, and for millions of Texans, it better come from a pasture, not a lab. It’s plain cowboy logic that we must safegu… Continue reading U.S. State Bans on Lab-Grown Meats Challenged in Court
After decades of searching for extraterrestrial intelligence, the nonprofit SETI Foundation has an announcement. “A new study by researchers at the SETI Institute suggests stellar ‘space weather’ could make radio signals from extraterrestrial intellige… Continue reading New SETI Study: Why We Might Have Been Missing Alien Signals
System76 isn’t the only one criticizing new age-verification laws. The blog 9to5Linux published an “informal” look at other discussions in various Linux communities.
Earlier this week, Ubuntu developer Aaron Rainbolt proposed on the Ubuntu mailing lis… Continue reading EFF, Ubuntu and Other Distros Discuss How to Respond to Age-Verification Laws
System76 isn’t the only one criticizing new age-verification laws. The blog 9to5Linux published an “informal” look at other discussions in various Linux communities.
Earlier this week, Ubuntu developer Aaron Rainbolt proposed on the Ubuntu mailing lis… Continue reading EFF, Ubuntu and Other Distros Discuss How to Respond to Age-Verification Laws