Collaborate Disseminate
“California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed SB 1047, a high-profile bill that would have regulated the development of AI,” reports TechCrunch.
The bill “would have made companies that develop AI models liable for implementing safety protocols to prev… Continue reading California’s Governor Just Vetoed Its Controversial AI Bill
With my Pixel 9 Pro XL review complete, I set out to make the sometimes painful shift to another smartphone, in this case the iPhone 16 Pro Max I’ll review next. I had spent some time with the Max the previous weekend during a trip to visit our son in … Continue reading A Few More Thoughts on Smartphone Cameras (Premium)
Hardware restrictions can be unreasonable, and at times, it can be downright puzzling just how arbitrary they are. Such is the case with the Lenovo ThinkPad 13 — it’s got …read more Continue reading Thinkpad 13 Gets NVMe Support With Three Jumpers
“For the first time, scientists have created a flexible programmable chip that is not made of silicon…” reports IEEE Spectrum — opening new possibilities for implantable devices, on-skin computers, brain-machine interfaces, and soft robotics.
… Continue reading New Flexible RISC-V Semiconductor Has Great Potential
“SpaceX has temporarily grounded its Falcon 9 rocket,” reports Space.com, “after the vehicle experienced an issue on the Crew-9 astronaut launch for NASA.”
Crew-9 lifted off on Saturday (Sept. 28) from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, se… Continue reading SpaceX Pausing Launches to Study Falcon 9 Issue on Crew-9 Astronaut Mission
Opening Onion links without the Tor Browser can be challenging. There are not too many options available to route your internet traffic through the Tor network, and the available options are often considered less secure. You would be exposed to risks l… Continue reading How to open Onion links without Tor Browser
Long-time Slashdot reader AsylumWraith writes: Visual Capitalist has posted an article and graph showing that, on average, 67% of US tech workers would be interested in joining a union. The percentage is highest at companies like Intuit, with 94% or re… Continue reading 67% of American Tech Workers Interested In Joining a Union
To anyone who has spent some time in photovoltaic (PV) power circles, the word ‘perovskite’ probably sounds familiar. Offering arguably better bandgap properties than traditional silicon cells, perovskite-based PV panels …read more Continue reading First Tentative Sales of Tandem Perovskite-Silicon PV Panels
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post:
Look at the top right corner of your phone. You might see an icon with “5G” and another with vertical bars showing the strength of your internet connection. Those symbols don’t mean what… Continue reading Are Your Phone’s 5G Icon and Signal Bars Lying to You?
Real case: I am writing dictionary program and part of the data are URLs. When I set them myself, life is simple, because it is me, so I know what I do. But when I import dictionary data from somebody else those URLs put in the data are ri… Continue reading User friendly yet secure policy for using imported URLs