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Daniel Stenberg, founder of open-source project curl, says easy access to LLMs is resulting in junk AI-assisted bug reports, wasting developer time and energy (Daniel Stenberg/daniel.haxx.se)

Daniel Stenberg / daniel.haxx.se: Daniel Stenberg, founder of open-source project curl, says easy access to LLMs is resulting in junk AI-assisted bug reports, wasting developer time and energy — I have held back on writing anything about AI or how we (not) use AI for development in the curl factory. Now I can’t hold back

Philips Hue Secure Wired Camera Review: Works if You Love Hue

This stylish security camera syncs with your smart lights, but requires a subscription.

California Is Solving Its Water Problems by Flooding Its Best Farmland

Restored floodplains in the state’s agricultural heartland are fighting both flooding and drought. But their fate rests with California’s powerful farmers.

After last year’s competition, foldable phones are near a tipping point in 2024

Samsung started selling the first foldable phones in 2019, and almost five years later, foldables only make up about 1% of the smartphone market, and almost all of them are made by Samsung. The Korean tech giant was the undisputed leader and then 2023 rolled around. Google released the Pixel Fold, a capable but toasty

No DAC? Try PDM

Ever notice that the ESP32-S3 doesn’t have a digital-to-analog converter? [Chris] did and asserts that he doesn’t care because he can just use the PDM system to get the same result. PDM — pulse density modulation — is similar to PWM and, like PWM, requires a filter that could range from a simple RC network

10 Best Deals on Laptops, Routers, and Apple Watch

CES kicks off next week with new gadgets galore, but now’s your chance to grab some great discounts on last year’s still-great tech.

Data from the Department of Labor shows the US IT sector grew by only 700 jobs over 2023, down from 267,000 jobs added in 2022, despite the AI boom (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)

Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: Data from the Department of Labor shows the US IT sector grew by only 700 jobs over 2023, down from 267,000 jobs added in 2022, despite the AI boom — Despite business and investor hype around generative AI last year, information-technology hiring slumped as companies laid off workers and

China’s newly created National Data Administration unveils a three-year action plan to boost the country’s economy by growing its data sector by 20% every year (Xinmei Shen/South China Morning Post)

Xinmei Shen / South China Morning Post: China’s newly created National Data Administration unveils a three-year action plan to boost the country’s economy by growing its data sector by 20% every year — China’s newly established data administration, an agency created by Beijing to make data an effective production factor …

SK Hynix was second behind Samsung Electronics in the Korea Exchange’s market cap ranking at the end of 2023, with its market cap rising 89% to ~$78B in 2023 (Kotaro Hosokawa/Nikkei Asia)

Kotaro Hosokawa / Nikkei Asia: SK Hynix was second behind Samsung Electronics in the Korea Exchange’s market cap ranking at the end of 2023, with its market cap rising 89% to ~$78B in 2023 — Battery-related company valuations fall as EV sales lag expectations — SK Hynix produced the biggest jump in market cap among

Legal experts offer mixed opinions about how earlier copyright and fair use cases could affect The New York Times’ case against OpenAI and Microsoft (Washington Post)

Washington Post: Legal experts offer mixed opinions about how earlier copyright and fair use cases could affect The New York Times’ case against OpenAI and Microsoft — A lawsuit accuses OpenAI and Microsoft of violating the New York Times’s copyright. But the law is anything but clear.

3D Printed Eel Could Cost Less At Scale

Be it a matter of cost, principle, or just plain being landlocked, the idea of 3D printed vegan eel over the real deal is quite an attractive development. An Israeli company called Steakholder Foods has introduced this very thing — something they claim is the world’s first plant-based, printed eel. One thing to note about

How Your Body Adapts to Extreme Cold

Scientists are finding a dynamic story in human physiology linked to frigid temperatures—a story that climate change may rewrite.

CES 2024 Preview: Get Ready for a ‘Tsunami’ of AI

CES, which kicks off January 9 in Las Vegas, will feature the usual assortment of new consumer tech products. This year, even more of that stuff will be empowered by machine intelligence.

Peloton partners with TikTok to create an exclusive, co-branded workout content hub on the short-video platform, available in the US, UK, and Canada (Dean Seal/Wall Street Journal)

Dean Seal / Wall Street Journal: Peloton partners with TikTok to create an exclusive, co-branded workout content hub on the short-video platform, available in the US, UK, and Canada — The hub will be available on TikTok in the U.S., U.K. and Canada — Peloton Interactive has entered an exclusive partnership with TikTok …

What to expect at CES 2024: laptops with Intel’s new Core Ultra chips, TVs with AI processing, AI-powered smart home devices and appliances, and more (The Verge)

The Verge: What to expect at CES 2024: laptops with Intel’s new Core Ultra chips, TVs with AI processing, AI-powered smart home devices and appliances, and more — No single event of the year delivers more tech news than CES. The annual trade show is the starting point for each year in tech …

Video And Audio Playback On Low-End MS-DOS machines

For most people the phrases ‘MS-DOS’ and ‘video playback’ probably aren’t commonly associated, yet it was quite normal as those of us who were watching full-motion video with games like Command & Conquer can attest to. These audiovisual experiences did however require somewhat more capable hardware than something like an original, 4.77 MHz IBM PC.

Teardown Of Two Russian Missile Sensors

Recently [Michel] received two packages from Ukraine containing some salvaged Russian electronics that once belonged to (presumably) a 9K38 Igla, Vympel R-27 or similar infrared homing missile, as well as a Fiber Optic Gyroscope (FOG) from an unknown missile, though possibly from the Tornado family of MRLSes. The latter uses the Sagnac effect to detect

A look at the MVNO market as eSIM eases distribution; the global MVNO market is valued at $84B and is expected to grow 40% in the next five years to $116.8B (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: A look at the MVNO market as eSIM eases distribution; the global MVNO market is valued at $84B and is expected to grow 40% in the next five years to $116.8B — Technology is powering a new breed of mobile network — Ryan Reynolds-backed Mint Mobile exited to T-Mobile for $1.35

3D Printed Cookies, Sort Of

Are there any cookies that taste better than the ones you make yourself? Well, maybe, but there’s a certain exquisite flavoring to effort. Just ask [jformulate], who created these custom chocolate-topped butter cookies using a mixture of 3D printing, silicone, and of course, baking and tempering. [jformulate] did this project along with a makerspace group,

Alibaba-backed Chinese lidar maker RoboSense raised $126.14M in its Hong Kong IPO, with the stock falling 2% on its debut (Lim Hui Jie/CNBC)

Lim Hui Jie / CNBC: Alibaba-backed Chinese lidar maker RoboSense raised $126.14M in its Hong Kong IPO, with the stock falling 2% on its debut — – Robosense, a Chinese developer of laser imaging, detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors for self-driving cars, announced January that it had raised HK$985.12 million …

Filing: MobiKwik, a Peak XV-backed Indian payments and digital wallet provider, seeks to raise ~$84.2M in an IPO, and plans to raise ~$16M in a pre-IPO round (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Filing: MobiKwik, a Peak XV-backed Indian payments and digital wallet provider, seeks to raise ~$84.2M in an IPO, and plans to raise ~$16M in a pre-IPO round — Indian financial services startup MobiKwik seeks to raise about $84.2 million through issue of new shares in an initial public offering …

Teardown Of Two Russian Missile Sensors

Alibaba-backed Chinese lidar maker RoboSense raised $126.14M in its Hong Kong IPO, with the stock falling 2% on its debut (Lim Hui Jie/CNBC)

The cheapest countries to buy a Nintendo Switch

Like its distant relative, the Game Boy, the Nintendo Switch has cemented its place in history as one of the definitive handheld gaming devices. Its popularity is such that after almost seven years on the market, it’s still regularly at its $300 retail price in the USA, before sales tax. Globetrotting readers may have been

A survey of 2,778 AI researchers: 38.4% support faster development and 34.7% support slower development, AI development’s pace will keep accelerating, and more (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder)

Matthias Bastian / The Decoder: A survey of 2,778 AI researchers: 38.4% support faster development and 34.7% support slower development, AI development’s pace will keep accelerating, and more — The “2023 Expert Survey on Progress in AI” shows that the scientific community has no consensus on the risks and opportunities of AI …

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