Collaborate Disseminate
“Google-owned YouTube’s revenue last year was estimated to be $54.2 billion,” reports the Los Angeles Times, “which would make it the second-largest media company behind Walt Disney Co., according to a recent report from research firm MoffettNathanson,… Continue reading YouTube is Huge – and a Few Creators Are Getting Rich
While most hams and hackers have at least heard of Heathkit, most people don’t know the strange origin story of the legendary company. [Ham Radio Gizmos] takes us all through …read more Continue reading Remembering Heathkit
ZDNet’s reviewer says “I tested this affordable E Ink phone for two weeks, and it rewired my brain (for the better).”
It’s Mudita’s new Kompakt smartphone with a two-color E Ink display — which ZDNet calls “an affordable choice” for those “consi… Continue reading Can a New ‘Dumbphone’ With an E Ink Display Help Rewire Your Brain?
“Only the United States, China and Germany have larger economies than California,” reports CNN.
In fact, they add that California “outpaced all three countries with growth of 6% last year,” according to the California governor’s office (which cites n… Continue reading California Becomes the World’s Fourth-Largest Economy, Overtaking Japan
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post:
The acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia sent a letter to the nonprofit that runs Wikipedia, accusing the tax-exempt organization of “allowing foreign actors to manipulate … Continue reading US Attorney for D.C. Accuses Wikipedia of ‘Propaganda’, Threatens Nonprofit Status
Sometimes you need random numbers — and properly random ones, at that. [Sean Boyce] whipped up a rig that serves up just that, tasty random bytes delivered fresh over MQTT. …read more Continue reading Quantum Random Number Generator Squirts Out Numbers Via MQTT
A New York Times technology columnist has a question.
“Is there any threshold at which an A.I. would start to deserve, if not human-level rights, at least the same moral consideration we give to animals?”
[W]hen I heard that researchers at Anthropic… Continue reading NYT Asks: Should We Start Taking the Welfare of AI Seriously?
It’s a pickup truck “that can change into whatever you need it to be — even an SUV,” according to the manufacturer’s web site.
Selling in America for just $20,000 (after federal incentives), the new electric truck is “affordable, deeply customi… Continue reading Cheap ‘Transforming’ Electric Truck Announced by Jeff Bezos-Backed Startup
“A group of researchers says it has identified a hidden reason we use Google for nearly all web searches,” reports the Washington Post. “We’ve never given other options a real shot.”
Their research experiment suggests that Google is overwhelmingly pop… Continue reading What Happens When You Pay People Not to Use Google Search?
It was probably Montesquieu who coined the proto-hacker motto “the best is the mortal enemy of the good”. He was talking about compromises in drafting national constitutions for nascent democracies, …read more Continue reading From Good Enough to Best