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Custom Keyboard Built For Diablo 3 Action

Custom mechanical keyboards are a great way to show off your passion and skill for electronics and design. They’re also perfect when you need to optimize your setup for a certain game or piece of software. [Pakequis] did just that with his Bad Thing of the Edge mechanical keyboard build. [Pakequis] occasionally plays Diablo 3

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The European Commission publishes its legislative plans to underpin a digital euro, including safeguards for privacy and financial stability (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: The European Commission publishes its legislative plans to underpin a digital euro, including safeguards for privacy and financial stability  —  Officials want a digital payment system available to “everyone, everywhere, for free.”  —  BRUSSELS, Belgium – The European Commission published …

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UK convenience stores are increasingly using facial recognition to combat shoplifting, something critics say is a disproportionate solution for minor crimes (New York Times)

New York Times: UK convenience stores are increasingly using facial recognition to combat shoplifting, something critics say is a disproportionate solution for minor crimes  —  British merchants are increasingly using the technology to combat shoplifting, raising questions about its spread as artificial intelligence rapidly improves it.

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A US judge denies Sam Bankman-Fried’s motion to dismiss or sever most of the criminal charges he faces; Bankman-Fried faces 100+ years in prison if convicted (Colin Wilhelm/The Block)

Colin Wilhelm / The Block: A US judge denies Sam Bankman-Fried’s motion to dismiss or sever most of the criminal charges he faces; Bankman-Fried faces 100+ years in prison if convicted  —  A federal judge denied Sam Bankman-Fried’s motion to dismiss or sever most of the criminal charges he faces.

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Y Combinator received a record 24K applications for its latest cohort, accepting less than 1%, of which around 35% focus on AI and 50% use AI in their business (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Y Combinator received a record 24K applications for its latest cohort, accepting less than 1%, of which around 35% focus on AI and 50% use AI in their business  —  More than one-third of the famed startup accelerator Y Combinator’s latest batch of companies are focused specifically on artificial intelligence.

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An ESP In Your Mini TV

When miniature LCD TVs arrived on the market they were an object of desire, far from the reach of tech-obsessed youngsters. Now in the age of smartphones they’re a historical curiosity, but with the onward march of technology you can have one for not a lot. [Taylor Galbraith] shows us how, with an ESP32 and

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Nigerian officials raise concerns as Chinese-owned super apps PalmPay and OPay gain popularity and Huawei dominates installation of 5G equipment in the country (James Kynge/Financial Times)

James Kynge / Financial Times: Nigerian officials raise concerns as Chinese-owned super apps PalmPay and OPay gain popularity and Huawei dominates installation of 5G equipment in the country  —  Activities give sense of the importance Chinese companies in several sectors attach to country’s potential

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Analysis: the Clop ransomware group has breached 122 organizations and obtained the data of ~15M people to date by exploiting a critical zero-day flaw in MOVEit (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Analysis: the Clop ransomware group has breached 122 organizations and obtained the data of ~15M people to date by exploiting a critical zero-day flaw in MOVEit  —  The dramatic fallout continues, with as many as 122 organizations now breached.  —  The dramatic fallout continues …

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