Month: March 2023

A profile of Christos Rammos, a key investigator of the spyware scandal that has engulfed Greek politics and PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis since summer 2022 (Nektaria Stamouli/Politico)

Nektaria Stamouli / Politico: A profile of Christos Rammos, a key investigator of the spyware scandal that has engulfed Greek politics and PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis since summer 2022  —  ATHENS — Christos Rammos is turning the screws on Greece’s government.  —  Rammos has been the key investigator of the surveillance scandal …

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Morse Code Clock For Training Hams

It might seem antiquated, but Morse code still has a number of advantages compared to other modes of communication, especially over radio waves. It’s low bandwidth compared to voice or even text, and can be discerned against background noise even at extremely low signal strengths. Not every regulatory agency requires amateur operators to learn Morse

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OpenAI, founded as a nonprofit to focus on creating a “positive human impact”, now operates as a closed-source and for-profit entity as ChatGPT explodes (Chloe Xiang/VICE)

Chloe Xiang / VICE: OpenAI, founded as a nonprofit to focus on creating a “positive human impact”, now operates as a closed-source and for-profit entity as ChatGPT explodes  —  OpenAI is today unrecognizable, with multi-billion-dollar deals and corporate partnerships.  Will it seek to own its shiny AI future?

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How to Increase Your Brand Visibility Online in 2023

What is the first strategy in a marketer’s mind when they need to increase their brand visibility online? Most brands use the same toolkit: PPC ad campaigns for landing pages, SEO for higher rankings from search engines, and targeted ads on social media. They have one goal: more sales right here and now. But such

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Microsoft’s Windows 11 announcement, adding the new Bing “directly into the taskbar”, was wildly misleading as using Bing Chat still requires opening Edge (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)

Zac Bowden / Windows Central: Microsoft’s Windows 11 announcement, adding the new Bing “directly into the taskbar”, was wildly misleading as using Bing Chat still requires opening Edge  —  What the hell, Microsoft?  —  Yesterday, Microsoft made a big hubbub about a new Windows 11 update that allegedly puts AI …

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Intel and Microsoft seem to be hinting at Windows 12

Image: Microsoft Both Intel and Microsoft seem to be preparing for the as yet unannounced Windows 12. The hardware leaker @leaf_hobby, known for revealing the full specs of Intel’s Xeon chips before launch, has published details about Intel’s Meteor Lake desktop platform. Intel reportedly mentions internally that its next-gen CPUs will support Windows 12. While

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TikTok adds new well-being features for teens and others, including screen time controls, default settings for teens, and expanded Family Pairing (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: TikTok adds new well-being features for teens and others, including screen time controls, default settings for teens, and expanded Family Pairing  —  TikTok announced today that it’s introducing new well-being features for teens, families and its broader community.

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Nansen: investors pulled $6B+ out of the BUSD stablecoin in the past month after US regulatory pressure; BUSD was ~40% of Binance’s trading volume in December (Scott Chipolina/Financial Times)

Scott Chipolina / Financial Times: Nansen: investors pulled $6B+ out of the BUSD stablecoin in the past month after US regulatory pressure; BUSD was ~40% of Binance’s trading volume in December  —  New York regulatory move accelerates withdrawal from BUSD stablecoin  —  Investors have pulled more than $6bn …

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First look: Xiaomi talks a big game for their new AR glasses

Credit: Bogdan Petrovan / Android Authority At MWC 2023, Xiaomi has introduced one of the most exciting new Android phones of late, the Xiaomi 13 Pro. Beyond phones, the company has been showing off products in many different categories, including robots, electric scooters, and a new pair of AR glasses. We got to see the

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The Sun Is About to Enter a Period of Peak Activity

Credit: NASA/SDO/AIA/Goddard Space Flight Center (Credit: NASA/SDO/AIA/HMI/Goddard Space Flight Center)Scientists say the Sun is about to enter a peak activity period called a “solar maximum.” This point in the solar cycle typically brings abundant sunspots and flares as the Sun’s magnetic poles flip. But what does that mean for us here on Earth? First, it’s

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A survey of 810 Uber and Lyft California drivers: ~66% have experienced deactivation, 30% of whom were never told why, and 43% were sexually harassed on the job (Asian Law Caucus)

Asian Law Caucus: A survey of 810 Uber and Lyft California drivers: ~66% have experienced deactivation, 30% of whom were never told why, and 43% were sexually harassed on the job  —  SAN FRANCISCO – A new report released today by the Asian Law Caucus (ALC) and Rideshare Drivers United (RDU) …

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Hands-on with the Nothing Phone clone: Not so lit

The Unihertz Luna, a Nothing Phone 1 clone inspired smartphone, has been making the news rounds for a few weeks now. But we’ve all been wondering: What do those geometric lights do? Are they just pretty decorations or do they serve a purpose? Well, I got my hands on the Unihertz Luna at MWC 2023

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South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang reports Q4 revenue up 4.9% YoY to $5.33B and active customers up 1% YoY to 18.1M, both below estimates (Sohee Kim/Bloomberg)

Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang reports Q4 revenue up 4.9% YoY to $5.33B and active customers up 1% YoY to 18.1M, both below estimates  —  Coupang Inc., the South Korean e-commerce giant backed by SoftBank Group Corp., reported lower sales than analysts estimated, marring another profitable quarter for the company.

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London-based Revolut reports £636M in 2021 revenue, a third coming from its crypto trading business, and a £26M net profit, up from a £223M loss in 2020 (Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan/Financial …)

Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan / Financial Times: London-based Revolut reports £636M in 2021 revenue, a third coming from its crypto trading business, and a £26M net profit, up from a £223M loss in 2020  —  Fintech company’s long-delayed results for 2021 show revenues nearly tripled  —  The crypto boom helped fintech Revolut turn …

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