Author: Tech Support

    • A look at Sugon, a Chinese company at the heart of the country's surveillance efforts, and how it uses Intel and Nvidia chips to analyze video feeds at scale (New York Times)

    New York Times: A look at Sugon, a Chinese company at the heart of the country’s surveillance efforts, and how it uses Intel and Nvidia chips to analyze video feeds at scale  —  Intel and Nvidia chips power a supercomputing center that tracks people in a place where government suppresses minorities … A look at

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    Hackaday Links: November 22, 2020

    Remember DSRC? If the initialism doesn’t ring a bell, don’t worry — Dedicated Short-Range Communications, a radio service intended to let cars in traffic talk to each other, never really caught on. Back in 1999, when the Federal Communications Commission set aside 75 MHz of spectrum in the 5.9-GHz band, it probably seemed like a

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    • How the open source movement and early version control systems like CVS, Subversion, and Git paved the way for today's remote development processes (Andrew Leonard/Increment)

    Andrew Leonard / Increment: How the open source movement and early version control systems like CVS, Subversion, and Git paved the way for today’s remote development processes  —  How the early open-source movement and version control paved the way for today’s remote software development processes.  —  Remote How the open source movement and early version

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    • Tibber, which uses AI to predict energy consumption of a house and switch to the cheapest electricity supplier, raises $65M Series B (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

    Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: Tibber, which uses AI to predict energy consumption of a house and switch to the cheapest electricity supplier, raises $65M Series B  —  Tibber, a “digital electricity” supplier that uses AI to switch around power for houses based on their predicted levels of consumption … Tibber, which uses AI to predict

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    • Twitter, which played a central role in Trump's presidency, is attempting to redefine itself for a post-Trump future through the launch of features like Fleets (Will Oremus/OneZero )

    Will Oremus / OneZero : Twitter, which played a central role in Trump’s presidency, is attempting to redefine itself for a post-Trump future through the launch of features like Fleets  —  New product features are rolling out to broaden the platform’s appeal.  Will they work?  —  It’s easy to forget now … Twitter, which played a

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    • Moving ICANN's public forums online and removing barriers like travel helped it broaden participation, allowing 1,752 people from 130 countries to participate (Ayden Férdeline/Increment)

    Ayden Férdeline / Increment: Moving ICANN’s public forums online and removing barriers like travel helped it broaden participation, allowing 1,752 people from 130 countries to participate  —  How a foundational internet policy maker responded to a global crisis—and where it goes from here.  —  Remote Moving ICANN's public forums online and removing barriers like travel

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