Image: GM General Motors struck a deal with commercial vehicle manufacturer Autocar to use its hydrogen fuel-cell technology to power a range of heavy-duty work vehicles. Hydrogen fuel cells — which use compressed hydrogen as their fuel and release water vapor as its only emission — have been in development for decades. GM has condensed
Read MoreImage: Proton Proton Drive, the end-to-end encrypted cloud storage app, is getting more like Google Drive. The Android version of the app now lets you automatically back up and manage the photos on your phone. With the addition of a photo syncing and management feature, it’s becoming more viable as an alternative to mainstream cloud
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Sony’s Discovery content removals due to licensing “arrangements” and unexpected account bans are timely reminders of why users don’t really own digital content — In less than a week, Sony has given us two timely reminders of the tenuousness of digital “ownership” — and both reminders involve things on PlayStation.
Read MoreVittoria Elliott / Wired: Meta’s Oversight Board takes up two expedited cases, the first ever, related to the Israel-Hamas war, looking at posts that were removed and then reinstated — The board is going to look at two posts removed for violating Meta’s policies against sharing graphic imagery and depicting dangerous organizations and individuals.
Read MoreCredit: Meta Newsroom Meta’s Imagine AI image generator tool is launching as a standalone product. Users in the US can use text prompts to generate images through their desktop or mobile browser. Previously, Imagine was available only through the Meta AI virtual assistant in chat apps. Like every company in Silicon Valley, Meta is also
Read MoreAnton Shilov / AnandTech: TrendForce: the top 10 chip foundries’ Q3 revenue rose 7.9% YoY to $28.29B; TSMC stayed top at ~60%; Intel made the list for the first time in several quarters — The global foundry industry witnessed a substantial rise in demand in the third quarter of 2023, according to TrendForce.
Read MoreMethane hydrate is an ice-like substance you can set on fire. Now scientists have found that more of it may be in danger of melting—and releasing powerful greenhouse gas—than previously realized.
Read MoreAfter launching the unified Microsoft Copilot and Copilot Studio two weeks ago, Microsoft is now preparing more advanced capabilities for Copilot that will be available early next year. Setting sights on 2024, Microsoft on December 5 said Copilot soon will be able to generate responses using the OpenAI GPT-4 Turbo model, which will enable users
Read MoreCarly Page / TechCrunch: Researchers detail AutoSpill, a flaw on Android that can expose users’ saved credentials from 1Password, LastPass, and other popular password managers — A number of popular mobile password managers are inadvertently spilling user credentials due to a vulnerability in the autofill functionality of Android apps.
Read MoreThe board is going to look at two posts removed for violating Meta’s policies against sharing graphic imagery and depicting dangerous organizations and individuals.
Read MoreAfter a long December of hand-coating chocolates for relatives last year, [Chaz] decided that enough was enough and built a chocolate enrobing machine to do the dirty work for him. As a side project, he built a rotary tumbler to chocolate-coat things like wasabi peas, which we assume are designated for [Chaz]’s enemies. This build
Read MoreBloomberg: US officials attribute a DDoS attack against the HHS in March 2020 to a state-level actor; docs: the DDoS attack was largest the US government ever experienced — Former officials at the US Department of Health and Human Services attribute the cyberattack to a state-level actor.
Read MoreCredit: Meta Newsroom Meta is rolling out Meta AI in chats for all users in the US across WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram. Users can already use the AI bot to generate images in chats, but they can now use it to quickly iterate upon AI-generated images. Meta is also opening up its AI image generation
Read MoreReuters: Reuters temporarily removes its article titled “How an Indian startup hacked the world” to comply with an Indian court order, and plans to appeal the decision — Reuters has temporarily removed the article “How an Indian startup hacked the world” to comply with a preliminary court order issued …
Read MoreThe iPhone 16 is expected to arrive in September 2024 and it could be one of the biggest upgrades in some time.
Read MoreOne big advantage of developing cloud native applications is that you can often leave all the tedious infrastructure work to someone else. Why build and manage a server when all you need is a simple function or a basic service? That’s the rationale behind the various implementations of serverless computing you find hosted on the
Read MoreMicrosoft’s .NET 8 arrived November 14 with a plethora of new features and enhancements. This article discusses the biggest highlights in .NET 8, from my point of view, and includes some code examples to get you started with the new features. To use the code examples provided in this article, you should have Visual Studio
Read MoreA new report says Apple will upgrade the microphone in the iPhone 16 range in order to improve Siri and AI performance.
Read MoreThe inventor of Touch ID, multipoint touchscreen, the ambidextrous mouse, and more, is leaving Apple.
Read MoreMessenger is finally getting end-to-end encryption by default after all these years.
Read MoreApple has added two products to its vintage list, which means getting them repaired could be a challenge.
Read MoreErin Griffith / New York Times: PitchBook: approximately 3,200 private venture-backed US companies, which had raised a combined $27.2B in VC funding, have gone out of business in 2023 — After staving off collapse by cutting costs, many young tech companies are out of options, fueling a cash bonfire.
Read MoreCredit: Realme Realme has launched the Realme GT5 Pro in China. The phone shares several features in common with the OnePlus 12. The device also offers palm unlock and gesture controls reminiscent of older Google and LG phones. Realme hasn’t offered a Pro flagship since last year’s Realme GT 2 Pro. But that’s changing today
Read MoreWashington Post: How Google, Meta, and other tech giants ramped up university donations over the years, giving them influence over AI, social media, and disinformation research — As big technology companies like Google and Meta face increasing criticism from researchers, they are expanding their influence in academia
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority The latest December 2023 Pixel Feature Drop introduces a per-app aspect ratio override feature on the Pixel Fold and Pixel Tablet. This setting forces individual apps to go fullscreen, though it has the potential to break certain apps. The feature is part of the core Android OS and
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