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Read MoreGoogle partnered with clean energy startup Fervo on a new geothermal project in Nevada that will send electricity to the grid that serves two of Google’s data centers. | Image: Google A first-of-its-kind geothermal project is now up and running in Nevada, where it will help power Google’s data centers with clean energy. Google is
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Read MorePhoebe Liu / Forbes: A profile of Curtis Priem, Nvidia’s co-founder and first CTO, who holds ~200 patents, sold his Nvidia stock years ago, and has donated $275M to his alma mater — If Curtis Priem, Nvidia’s first CTO, had held onto all his stock, he’d be the 16th richest person in America.
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority The Samsung Galaxy A15 5G has been listed on Walmart’s website. It looks like the phone could bring faster charging and a slightly better chipset. Samsung’s budget phone is listed at $139 and $149. Samsung’s Galaxy A series phones are generally great budget-tier devices, and the Galaxy A1x range
Read MoreCredit: Android Android 14 introduced a new screenshot detection API that would let app developers easily detect when a user has taken a screenshot without building hacky workarounds. Apps have begun using the API, and now they can detect when you have taken a screenshot using standard screenshot methods. The app does not know the
Read MoreAt its ongoing re:Invent 2023 conference, AWS on Monday added a new enterprise pricing tier to its cloud-based development tool, dubbed Amazon CodeCatalyst. The enterprise tier is $20 per user per month, and each enterprise tier space gets 1,500 compute minutes, 160 development environment hours, and 64GB of development environment storage per paying user, the
Read MoreAndrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Q&A with Car Connectivity Consortium VP Daniel Knobloch on digital car keys, getting automakers to agree on a standard in 2020, securing against theft, and more — First we had hand cranks. Then real keys, followed by key fobs. And now we have “digital keys,” which enables you to
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Read MoreJustine Calma / The Verge: Google says a first-of-its-kind geothermal energy project in Nevada, to power its data centers with clean energy in partnership with Fervo, is up and running — A first-of-its-kind geothermal project is now up and running in Nevada, where it will help power Google’s data centers with clean energy.
Read MoreVittoria Elliott / Wired: An analysis of over 100 restricted extremist Telegram channels finds many of them remain active, and their content can often spread to public channels — A WIRED analysis of more than 100 restricted channels shows these communities remain active, and content shared within them often spreads to channels accessible to the
Read MoreRobert De Niro accuses Apple and the Gotham Awards of censoring Donald Trump from his award ceremony speech.
Read MoreCredit: Walmart Walmart has released the Onn Google TV Full HD Streaming Device. This is a Google-powered TV stick for just under $15. Expect Chromecast support, Assistant integration, and support for a host of streaming apps. Walmart’s Onn streaming gadgets deliver a ton of value for money, with the company’s 4K streaming box being an
Read MoreJef Feeley / Bloomberg: FTX investors sue MLB, Formula 1, and the Mercedes Formula 1 team, accusing them of aiding FTX’s fraud, broadening a class-action suit against 24+ celebrities — – FTX investors say leagues allegedly aided $11 billion fraud — Mercedes-Benz Formula 1 racing team also named in lawsuit
Read MoreYouTube’s revenue sharing for creators and other Google services are shut off or hard to access for people in Palestinian territories. That digital divide is under new scrutiny as war ravages Gaza.
Read MorePioneering a new field in cosmology, Dr. Pasterski explores diverse perspectives in physics and astronomy—and whether the universe might actually be a hologram.
Read More(Left) Badring water leak sensor; (Right) the Parasoll door and window sensor pair. | Image: Ikea Ikea’s push to democratize the smart home continues with the introduction of three new Zigbee sensors that won’t break the bank. There’s Parasoll, the door and window sensor; Vallhorn, the motion sensor; and Badring, the water leakage sensor. They’ll
Read MoreThere’s a bowling revolution in play, and not all bowlers are willing participants. In fact, a few are on strike, and it’s all because bowling alleys across America are getting rid of traditional pinsetting machines in favor of a string-based system. In hindsight, it seems obvious to this American: attach strings to the tops of
Read MoreTim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Oxford Internet Institute study of 2M+ people’s internet use: no “smoking gun” for widespread mental health harms, contradicting the “popular ideas” of risks — No evidence to support ‘popular ideas that certain groups are more at risk’, according to researchers
Read MoreThomas Ricker / The Verge: Ikea announces new smart sensors: Parasoll, for doors and windows, Vallhorn, for motion, and Badring, for water leakages, available in H1 2024 for under $10 — Ikea’s push to democratize the smart home continues with the introduction of three new Zigbee sensors that won’t break the bank.
Read MoreJane Zhang / Bloomberg: PDD, which runs Temu and Pinduoduo, reports Q3 revenue up 94% YoY to ~$9.6B vs. ~$7.7B est., and net income up 47%, after grabbing Shein users; PDD jumps 15%+ — PDD Holdings Inc.’s revenue beat expectations, almost doubling after the company behind hit shopping app Temu ramped up discounts …
Read MoreAt its ongoing re:Invent 2023 conference, AWS on Monday announced a new program, dubbed Amazon Braket Direct to offer researchers direct, private access to quantum computers. The program is part of AWS’ managed quantum computing service, named Amazon Braket, which was introduced in 2020. Amazon Bracket Direct allows researchers across enterprises to get private access
Read MoreKashmir Hill / New York Times: A look at a woman’s struggle to get her Google account restored after her 7-year-old son made a YouTube video that got her locked out of all her Google accounts — Google has a zero-tolerance policy for child abuse content. The scanning process can sometimes go awry and tar
Read MoreCredit: Samsung Samsung has launched Poke Ball cases for Galaxy Buds in Spain. The company is offering three different models for ~$44 each. Samsung launched Poke Ball cases for its Galaxy Buds earbuds last year, although these were largely limited to South Korea. Now, the company has brought three Poke Ball cases to Europe. Samsung
Read MoreASP.NET Core offers a simplified hosting model, called minimal APIs, that allows us to build lightweight APIs with minimal dependencies. Minimal APIs are ideal for building microservices and fast HTTP APIs. Naturally, you will often need to secure the endpoints of such APIs in your applications. The goal of this post is to give you
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