Collaborate Disseminate
There’s a long history of devices originally used for communication being made into computers, with relay switching circuits, vacuum tubes, and transistors being some well-known examples. In a smaller way, …read more Continue reading A Suction-Driven Seven-Segment Display
“Breathable oxygen has been created from Moon dust,” reports the Telegraph, “in a world first that paves the way for a lunar base.”
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin “”announced this week that it had developed a reactor that could successfully release oxygen … Continue reading Oxygen Made From Moon Dust For First Time
Amazon’s Luna cloud gaming service is making some changes, reports Engadget:
It’s no longer possible to buy Ubisoft+ and Jackbox Games subscriptions or standalone games through Luna. Amazon will automatically cancel any active subscriptions bought th… Continue reading Amazon Luna Ends Its Support for Purchased Games and Third-Party Subscriptions
“Only about 2% of visually impaired people in the United States use guide dogs,” notes StudyFinds.com, “partly because breeding and training takes years and fewer than half the dogs in training actually graduate.”
But someday there could be another o… Continue reading Researchers Build a Talking Robot Guide Dog to Help Visually Impaired People Navigate
Although we can already buy commercial transceiver solutions that allow us to use PCIe devices like GPUs outside of a PC, these use an encapsulating protocol like Thunderbolt rather than …read more Continue reading Implementing PCIe over Fiber Using SFP Modules
A 17,000-word expose in the New Yorker reveals “several executives connected to OpenAI have expressed ongoing reservations about Altman’s leadership.” Reporters Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz spoke to “a hundred people with firsthand knowledge of how … Continue reading Omissions, Deceptions, Lying. The New Yorker Asks: Can Sam Altman Be Trusted?
It’s the first time a major U.S. newsroom has gone on strike partly to demand protections from AI-related layoffs, according to a report from Nieman Lab.
They noted that one of the picketer’s signs read “Thoughts not bots,” :
On Wednesday, roughly 1… Continue reading First US Newsroom Strike For AI Protections Staged by ProPublica’s Journalists
In 2024 the Verge’s consumer tech reporter paid $173 for a WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD. But “now that same SSD costs $649…”
“Like with RAM, demand from the AI industry is swallowing up supply from a limited number of manufacturers, leading to a drastic… Continue reading The AI RAM Shortage is Also Driving Up SSD Prices
You probably don’t think about it much, but your PC probably has a TPM or Trusted Platform Module. Windows 11 requires one, and most often, it stores keys to validate …read more Continue reading Authenticate SSH with Your TPM
Critics say social media is engineered to be as addictive as tobacco or gambling, writes the Washington Post — while adding that “the science has been moving in parallel with the court’s recognition.”
A growing body of research links heavy socia… Continue reading Two-Week Social Media ‘Detox’ Erases a Decade of Age-Related Decline, Study Finds