IT News 1 year ago

World's first Bitcoin nation scales back crypto dream - El Salvador has eased its pro-cryptocurrency policies to help secure a $1.4bn loan from t... -

El Salvador strikes $1.4bn IMF deal after scaling back Bitcoin policies

El Salvador has eased its pro-cryptocurrency policies to help secure a $1.4bn loan from the IMF.

IT News 1 year ago

Google Cuts Managers and VPs in Efficiency Drive - Google has reduced its senior management positions by 10% as part of an ongoing ef... -

Google Cuts Managers and VPs in Efficiency Drive - Slashdot

Google has reduced its senior management positions by 10% as part of an ongoing efficiency initiative, CEO Sundar Pichai announced during a company...

#google

IT News 1 year ago

This waterproof coffin will keep an AirTag alive for a decade - You’ll need to remove an AirTag’s battery door to install ... -

The Verge

This waterproof case will keep an AirTag alive for a decade

When one year of battery life just isn’t enough.

IT News 1 year ago

Enabling NVMe on the Raspberry Pi 500 With a Handful of Parts - With the recent teardown of the Raspberry Pi 500, there were immediately questions... -

Hackaday

Enabling NVMe On The Raspberry Pi 500 With A Handful Of Parts

With the recent teardown of the Raspberry Pi 500, there were immediately questions raised about the unpopulated M.2 pad and related traces hiding i...

#raspberrypi500 #raspberrypi #nvme #m.2

IT News 1 year ago

Nvidia’s $249 dev kit promises cheap, small AI power - Nvidia announced the latest in its Jetson Orin Nano AI com... -

The Verge

Nvidia’s $249 dev kit promises cheap, small AI power

It’s half as expensive as its predecessor.

IT News 1 year ago

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Ramps Up Competition with Elon Musk and SpaceX - A new rocket from Mr. Bezos’ company Blue Origin and a satellite system from Amazon could... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/technology/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-elon-musk.html #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #kuipersystems(amazon.cominc) #unitedlaunchalliance #privatespaceflight #teslamotorsinc #amazon.cominc #bezosjeffreyp #satellites #blueorigin #muskelon

IT News 1 year ago

More Than a Million Vapes a Day in UK Thrown Away, Says Research - Thirteen vapes are thrown away every second in the UK -- more than a million a day... -

More Than a Million Vapes a Day in UK Thrown Away, Says Research - Slashdot

Thirteen vapes are thrown away every second in the UK -- more than a million a day -- leading to an "environmental nightmare," according to...

#earth

IT News 1 year ago

The Math Behind the Music of the 80s - Although there might have been other music produced or recorded in the 1980s, we m... -

Hackaday

The Math Behind The Music Of The 80s

Although there might have been other music produced or recorded in the 1980s, we may never know of its existence due to the cacophony of all of the...

#musicalhacks #synthesizer #instrument #synthpop #yamaha #1980s #music #synth #dx-7 #dx7

IT News 1 year ago

Scientific Breakthrough Gives New Hope To Building Quantum Computers - Google has achieved a major breakthrough in quantum error correction that could en... -

Scientific Breakthrough Gives New Hope To Building Quantum Computers - Slashdot

Google has achieved a major breakthrough in quantum error correction that could enable practical quantum computers by 2030, the company announced i...

#google

IT News 1 year ago

Fish tank PC case sales explode in 2024 — Korean retail data claims tenfold growth for this style of chassis - Fish tank style PC cases gained momentum through 2024, with... -

Tom

Fish tank PC case sales explode in 2024 — Korean retail data claims tenfold growth for this style of chassis

Fish tank fans outnumbered those who appreciate wood.

#pccomponents #pccases

IT News 1 year ago

OpenWrt orders router firmware updates after supply chain attack scare - A couple of bugs lead to a potentially bad time OpenWrt users should upgrade their images... -

theregister

OpenWrt supply chain attack scare prompts urgent upgrades

: A couple of bugs lead to a potentially bad time

IT News 1 year ago

Reddit’s new AI search tool helps you find Reddit answers without Google - Illustration: The Verge Reddit is launching a new ... -

The Verge

Reddit’s new AI search tool helps you find Reddit answers without Google

It’s a way to skip Google and search right on Reddit.

IT News 1 year ago

Everybody Loves FRED - An anonymous reader shares a report: Fans post about him on social media. Swag bea... -

Everybody Loves FRED - Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Fans post about him on social media. Swag bearing his name sells out on the regular. College professors dedica...

#stats

IT News 1 year ago

Nvidia Probed in China Over Possible Antimonopoly Violations - Beijing opened an antitrust probe into U.S. chip juggernaut Nvidia, a week after the U.S.... - https://www.wsj.com/articles/nvidia-probed-in-china-over-potential-antimonopoly-violations-da4f3d1f?mod=rss_Technology #paid

IT News 1 year ago

The Download: satellites’ climate impact, and OpenAI’s frantic release schedule - This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a d... -

MIT Technology Review

The Download: satellites’ climate impact, and OpenAI’s frantic release schedule

Plus: the USDA is launching a national program to test milk for bird flu

#thedownload #app

IT News 1 year ago

Robot Rodents: How AI Learned to Squeak and Play - In an astonishing blend of robotics and nature, SMEO—a robot rat designed by resea... -

Hackaday

Robot Rodents: How AI Learned To Squeak And Play

In an astonishing blend of robotics and nature, SMEO—a robot rat designed by researchers in China and Germany — is fooling real rats into t...

#artificialintelligence #robotshacks #animatronic #robotrat #labrat #rodent #robot #smeo #rat #ai

IT News 1 year ago

Small AI Chip Maker Marvell is Now More Valuable Than Intel - This year Marvell's stock rose 95%, giving it a $100 billion market capitalization... -

Small AI Chip Maker Marvell is Now More Valuable Than Intel - Slashdot

This year Marvell

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IT News 1 year ago

OpenAI Partners with Anduril, Leaving Some Employees Concerned Over Militarization of AI - "OpenAI is partnering with defense tech company Anduril," wrote the Verge this wee... -

OpenAI Partners with Anduril, Leaving Some Employees Concerned Over Militarization of AI - Slashdot

"OpenAI is partnering with defense tech company Anduril," wrote the Verge this week, noting that OpenAI "used to describe its mission a...

#ai

IT News 1 year ago

AI Safety Testers: OpenAI's New o1 Covertly Schemed to Avoid Being Shut Down - Wednesday OpenAI bragged they'd released "the smartest model in the world". But th... -

AI Safety Testers: OpenAI

Wednesday OpenAI bragged they

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IT News 1 year ago

Google Says Its New PaliGemma 2 AI Models Can Identify Emotions. Should We Be Worried? - "Google says its new AI model family has a curious feature: the ability to 'identi... -

Google Says Its New PaliGemma 2 AI Models Can Identify Emotions. Should We Be Worried? - Slashdot

"Google says its new AI model family has a curious feature: the ability to

#ai