Something of a rarity in the US, the MSX computer standard was rather popular in other parts of the world but mostly existed in the computer-in-a-keyboard format popular in the 80s. [Aron Hoekstra aka “nullvalue”] wanted to build an MSX2 of their own, but decided to build it in a period-appropriate luggable form factor. This
Read MoreCredit: Twitter/Xiaomi The Xiaomi 13 Ultra launch will take place on April 18, the company announced. The event poster also gives us a fleeting glimpse at the phone’s design. Xiaomi confirmed the existence of the Xiaomi 13 Ultra last week, adding that the top-flight smartphone would debut this month. Now, we’ve got an actual launch
Read MoreEzra Klein / New York Times: Q&A with Alondra Nelson, former deputy director of Biden’s OSTP who spearheaded the White House’s AI Bill of Rights effort, on AI policy challenge and more — I’m Ezra Klein. This is “The Ezra Klein Show.” — [MUSIC PLAYING] — It would be easy, listening to the discourse about
Read MoreCredit: 9to5Mac Technical issues have reportedly derailed Apple’s plan to add solid-state buttons to the new Pro iPhones. The iPhone 15 Pro and Pr Max models could end up getting the classic physical buttons. Apple’s upcoming iPhones have leaked extensively, and the removal of the physical buttons from the Pro models was the most significant
Read MoreAquifer thermal energy storage can use groundwater to heat and cool buildings—decarbonizing homes and businesses in the process.
Read MoreThe Netherlands’ most notorious conspiracy theorist was sentenced to prison, after spreading lies about satanic pedophiles in the town of Bodegraven.
Read MoreThe Juice spacecraft will zoom in on the moon Ganymede, which might have a habitable ocean deep underground.
Read MoreSunil Jagtiani / Bloomberg: Binance.US plans to delist the TRX token linked to Justin Sun’s Tron from April 18 for failing to meet the expected standard of excellence; TRX drops ~4% — The Binance US exchange said the TRX token linked to Justin Sun’s Tron crypto platform will be delisted from April 18, a move
Read MoreWall Street Journal: A US jury finds the former CEO, CFO, and president of digital pharma ad firm Outcome Health guilty of running a ~$1B scheme that defrauded clients and investors — Verdict caps fall of startup’s executive team led by Rishi Shah, who could face years in prison
Read MoreFaiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: In a Twitter Space, Elon Musk said Twitter is roughly breaking even, the company will tweak the state-affiliated media tag, most advertisers are back, and more — The Twitter CEO provided a six month update on his takeover in a live interview with BBC. — SAN FRANCISCO …
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority OpenAI has announced a big bounty program for ChatGPT users. Depending on the bug’s severity, the company will pay out anywhere between $200 to $20,000. ChatGPT is an impressive piece of software, but it’s still just software. So you’re bound to find bugs and other flaws. Fortunately, ChatGPT maker
Read MoreViola Zhou / Rest of World: Video game illustrators in China say AI image generators are causing them to lose their jobs, as some employers encourage use of AI tools to boost productivity — “AI is developing at a speed way beyond our imagination. Two people could potentially do the work that used to be
Read MoreThe Nintendo GameCube is a console that launched in 2001. It had plenty of classic games, including Mario Kart Double Dash, Tales of Symphonia, Super Mario Sunshine, Animal Crossing, Metroid Prime, and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. Of course, most of those games aren’t available on modern consoles, so your only choice to
Read MoreImage: NYC’s Mayor Office The New York Police Department is reenlisting Digidog, the four-legged robot that the city faced backlash for deploying a few years back, as reported earlier by The New York Times. NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced the news during a press event on Tuesday, stating that the use of Digidog in the
Read MoreCecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: Sources: after Twitch cut ~15% of the staff who policed abusive or illegal content and folded an AI ethics team, ex-staffers worry content moderation will slip — Job cuts at Amazon.com Inc.’s Twitch division are raising concerns among former employees and content monitors …
Read MoreMagnetic loop antennas are great if you are limited on space since they are just a potentially small loop of wire. The problem is, they are sharply tuned. You normally have an adjustment capacitor to tune the antenna to different frequencies. [TekMakerUK] built one with a motor and an Arduino that he can tune from
Read MoreNikkei Asia: Customs data: Russia imported $570M worth of US chips from Hong Kong and mainland China from February 24, 2022 to December 31, 2022, despite US sanctions — Shipments from Hong Kong and China jumped tenfold after invasion of Ukraine — TOKYO/HONG KONG/TAIPEI — More than a year since …
Read MoreLawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Microsoft releases 97 security fixes, patching one actively exploited zero-day flaw in the Windows Common Log File System and seven critical RCE vulnerabilities — Today is Microsoft’s April 2023 Patch Tuesday, and security updates fix one actively exploited zero-day vulnerability and a total of 97 flaws.
Read MoreJoseph Brookes / InnovationAus.com: Australia-based Fivecast, whose AI-powered software can help companies and governments monitor potential threats, raised a ~$20M Series A led by Ten Eleven — Australian software startup Fivecast on Tuesday announced it had closed its AU$30 million Series A. The round …
Read MoreFor as much old coal mines are a blight upon the face of the Earth, they may have at least one potential positive side-effect. Where the coal mine consists out of tunnels that were drilled deep into the soil, these tend to get flooded by groundwater after the pumps that keep them dry are turned
Read MoreBill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Kaspersky: malware developers are selling malicious Google Play loaders for $2K-$20K on hacker forums; the average price for a loader is $6,975 — Malware developers have created a thriving market promising to add malicious Android apps to Google Play for $2,000 to $20,000 …
Read MoreRachel Swan / San Francisco Chronicle: Recent autonomous vehicle snafus in San Francisco include five Waymo cars jamming an intersection and Cruise recalling software last week after an AV hit a bus — Five self-driving vehicles blocked traffic early Tuesday morning in the middle of a residential street in San Francisco’s Balboa …
Read MoreCecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: Sources: after Twitch cut ~15% of the staff who policed abusive or illegal content and folded an AI ethics team, ex-staffers worry content moderation will slip — Job cuts at Amazon.com Inc.’s Twitch division are raising concerns among former employees and content monitors …
Read MoreImage: NYC’s Mayor Office The New York Police Department is reenlisting Digidog, the four-legged robot that the city faced backlash for deploying a few years back, as reported earlier by The New York Times. NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced the news during a press event on Tuesday, stating that the use of Digidog in the
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google has created an updates page for its experimental conversational AI service — Bard. The updates page will provide better transparency on the changes made to the Bard chatbot. The page tells what has changed and why. Google describes its conversational AI chatbot, Bard, as an experiment. And as
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