Nvidia doesn’t have a picture of the 4060 specifically, but here’s a representation of the 4060 lineup from its marketing video. | Image: Nvidia Linus Tech Tips is calling it a “wet fart of a GPU.” Hardware Unboxed says it’s “a slap in the face to gamers.” Here’s how GamersNexus begins its conclusion: “This isn’t
Read MoreIan King / Bloomberg: Micron reports Q3 revenue down 57% YoY to $3.75B, but beats estimates of $3.69B, and forecasts a strong Q4, saying the memory industry has passed its trough — Micron Technology Inc. gave an upbeat forecast for the current period, indicating that an industry glut is easing even as the chipmaker continues
Read MoreIt’s pretty easy to program the Raspberry Pi Pico in Python, or you can use C or C++ if you so desire. However, if you fancy the easy language of yesteryear, you might like PiccoloBASIC from [Gary Sims]. Putting it simply, piccoloBASIC is a BASIC interpreter that runs on the Raspberry Pi Pico. It features
Read MoreKim Zetter / Zero Day: SolarWinds confirms its CISO and CFO both received Wells notices from the SEC, a rare move, signaling they may face legal action over the company’s 2020 breach — In a highly rare move, the SEC sent notice to SolarWinds’ CISO, and other specific employees, indicating they may face legal action
Read MoreIna Fried / Axios: A survey of 2,139 US individuals: 33% of adults and 51% of teens ages 13-17 reported receiving online hate in 2023, up from 23% and 36% respectively in 2022 — More than half of Americans say they have experienced hate or harassment online, according to a new survey from the Anti-Defamation
Read MoreJoe Pompeo / Vanity Fair: A look at Substack in the wake of the pandemic’s “rocket ship growth”, given fresh competition from WordPress, Beehiiv, and Ghost, the Twitter feud, and more — The six-year-old self-publishing platform is still a magnet for writers, but WordPress and Beehiiv are vying for market share.
Read MoreRebecca Burns / The Lever: As US landlords increasingly turn to AI tools to screen tenants, housing and privacy advocates warn of opaque algorithms heightening errors and discrimination — Landlords are using AI to screen their tenants, heightening errors and discrimination. — When Chris Robinson applied to move …
Read MoreThe ESP32 series from Espressif have been a successful line of products, offering a powerful microcontroller with on-chip wireless networking. There’s a snag though in their practice of calling all of them ESP32s despite wildly varying specifications and even different processor cores, such that it’s easy to lose track of exactly what the chip in
Read MoreGerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: A California-based law firm launches a class-action suit against OpenAI, claiming the company violated millions of internet users’ rights by scraping their data — A California law firm says the company’s use of scraped data from the web violates the rights of millions of internet users
Read MoreNvidia doesn’t have a picture of the 4060 specifically, but here’s a representation of the 4060 lineup from its marketing video. | Image: Nvidia Linus Tech Tips is calling it a “wet fart of a GPU.” Hardware Unboxed says it’s “a slap in the face to gamers.” Here’s how GamersNexus begins its conclusion: “This isn’t
Read MoreA globe-spanning group of physicists used pulsars to measure the waves, which they believe emanated from pairs of supermassive black holes.
Read MoreA globe-spanning group of physicists used pulsars to measure the waves, which they believe emanated from pairs of supermassive black holes.
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Celestial AI, which offers optical interconnect tech for compute, memory, and data transmission, raised a $100M Series B, bringing its total funding to $165M+ — David Lazovsky and Preet Virk, technologists with backgrounds in semiconductor engineering and photonics, came …
Read MoreEven with the utmost care, keeping your wearable in mint condition is no small feat. Scratches and cracks across your display are the easiest way to diminish readability and prematurely age your device. To counter accidental damage, shop our picks for the best Apple Watch Series 8 screen protectors you can grab today. For even
Read MoreAlan Ohnsman / Forbes: Autonomous trucking company TuSimple aims to sell its US business; CEO Cheng Lu says the plan is not the result of pressure due to CFIUS’ review of the company — The company’s CEO says there’s no firm buyer lined up and that the plan to separate U.S. operations doesn’t arise from
Read MoreJack Dorsey, the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, has launched a new social media app called Bluesky. Although it bears a striking resemblance to Twitter in terms of its profiles, timelines, and colors, Bluesky sets itself apart with its decentralized network and user-controlled features. This innovative platform has gained significant attention from journalists, politicians,
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Reddit is pressuring moderators who have set their subreddits to private to reopen their communities this week, according to messages seen by The Verge. The company has given moderators deadlines to lay out their plans for reopening but said that they can’t stay closed. The timeframes given generally
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Phone monitoring app LetMeSpy, used to spy on thousands of Android users, says a hacker stole the messages, call logs, and locations the spyware had intercepted — A data breach reveals the spyware is built by a Polish developer — A hacker has stolen the messages, call logs …
Read MoreWhile there are a lot of exciting electric vehicles finally coming to market, many of us feel nostalgic for the fossil cars of our youth. [Mihir Vardhan] restored his grandfather’s car with an unusual gas-to-EV conversion. While this conversion starts in the usual fashion by pulling out the gas engine, [Vardhan] takes a different tack
Read MoreJay Peters / The Verge: Internal messages: Reddit tells protesting mods that their communities won’t remain private beyond the timeframe set for this week to confirm reopening plans — / ‘This community will not remain private beyond the timeframe we’ve allowed for confirmation of plans here.’
Read MoreCongress is taking action to restrict the use of artificial intelligence (AI) as it continues to transform numerous sectors. The House of Representatives has imposed restrictions on the usage of ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI and supported by Microsoft, in an effort to address the potential ramifications and ensure responsible AI integration. Let’s
Read MoreMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella appears at court for FTC v. Microsoft. | Photo by Loren Elliott / Getty Images Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says he’d “love” to get rid of console game exclusives but blames Sony for defining the market and competition. Nadella made the comments as part of testimony in FTC v. Microsoft today,
Read MoreProponents of the Rust programming language have formed the Rust Leadership Council, to serve as the top-level governance body of the Rust Project. The change follows some disgruntlement in the Rust community over the project’s leadership and governance. Announced June 20, the Rust Leadership council will assume responsibility for top-level governance concerns while most responsibilities
Read MoreImage: Plex Plex laid off 37 people on Monday, a figure that represents more than 20 percent of the company’s staff, according to a Slack message from CEO Keith Valory obtained by The Verge. The layoffs affect “every department,” Valory wrote. Plex offers a popular media server app that lets people upload and stream their
Read MoreMary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Visa plans to acquire São Paulo-based payments infrastructure startup Pismo for $1B in cash by the end of 2023; Pismo had raised $118M through October 2021 — Want more fintech news in your inbox? Sign up here. — Credit card giant Visa is acquiring Brazilian payments infrastructure startup Pismo …
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