Collaborate Disseminate
“The expansion of SpaceX’s Starlink network of internet relay satellites continued Monday with a Memorial Day launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station,” reports Spaceflight Now.
The mission added another 29 Starlink satellites to more than 10,00… Continue reading SpaceX Launches 29 Starlink Satellites on Memorial Day
“The expansion of SpaceX’s Starlink network of internet relay satellites continued Monday with a Memorial Day launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station,” reports Spaceflight Now.
The mission added another 29 Starlink satellites to more than 10,00… Continue reading SpaceX Launches 29 Starlink Satellites on Memorial Day
Tech industry layoffs may be worse at large tech companies than the rest of the IT industry. The New York Times argues those layoffs have now shifted the culture at Big Tech companies, after interviewing more than two dozen of their workers. “Cooperati… Continue reading Will Big Tech Layoffs Bring a Culture Shift to Anxiety and Job Insecurity?
“Think Olympics on steroids. Literally,” quips the BBC, describing Sunday’s controversial Enhanced Games event in Las Vegas featuring dozens of athletes “using performance-enhancing drugs to try and break world records in track, weightlifting and swimm… Continue reading It’s Like the Olympics – But Steroids Are Allowed
Thursday California’s governor issued an executive order “directing state agencies to prepare workers and businesses for AI-driven workforce disruption,” reports San Francisco’s KQED. In a statement the governor said “This moment demands that we reimag… Continue reading California Executive Order Directs Businesses and State Agencies to Prepare for AI-Driven Workforce Disruption
AI “crashed the party” at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, writes The Hollywood Reporter. The festival exposed “the fault lines reshaping cinema,” their article argues, including how “AI is here — and the industry has stopped pretending otherwis… Continue reading AI ‘Crashes the Party’ at This Year’s Cannes Film Festival – Including Multi-Year Meta Partnership
Phoronix reports on a presentation about trying FreeBSD on modern Framework laptop from last week’s Open Source Summit hosted by the Linux Foundation:
With FreeBSD having worked on improving its laptop support over the past two years with some big cha… Continue reading FreeBSD Foundation Executive Director Tries Daily Driving FreeBSD On Laptop
“Canonical says Ubuntu Pastebin will be decommissioned at the end of May 2026,” writes Slashdot reader BrianFagioli, “as part of an infrastructure modernization effort.”
The announcement only appeared this week, giving the Linux community barely any w… Continue reading Canonical Is Shutting Down Ubuntu Pastebin
The Web Serial API lets websites write to (and read from) serial devices using JavaScript, including USB and Bluetooth devices with virtual serial ports. And this week’s Firefox 151 release introduced support for the Web Serial API on desktop.
“Most … Continue reading Mozilla Brings Web Serial Workflows to Firefox, Collaborates With Adafruit
It’s “the first time in seven years that a new Star Wars film has launched on the big screen,” writes CNBC. And Variety notes it’s expected to earn $102 million through Monday:
[B]ox office analysts are mixed on the results. On one hand, it’s signific… Continue reading Disney’s ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Opens to ‘Mixed’ Box Office Results