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Indigenous communities in Borneo are using mapping tech like GPS and GIS to claim their rights to ancestral land and stop the expansion of oil palm plantations (Liani MK/Rest of World)

Liani MK / Rest of World: Indigenous communities in Borneo are using mapping tech like GPS and GIS to claim their rights to ancestral land and stop the expansion of oil palm plantations — In Borneo, Indigenous communities are using mapping tech to claim their land rights and fight the expansion of oil palm plantations.

Ted Sarandos outlines Netflix’s plans to spend some of the $2.5B earmarked for K-drama, including working with South Korean organizations to identify talent (Sohee Kim/Bloomberg)

Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: Ted Sarandos outlines Netflix’s plans to spend some of the $2.5B earmarked for K-drama, including working with South Korean organizations to identify talent — Netflix Inc. promised to back and cultivate the Korean showrunners and studios behind viral shows like Squid Game …

Citing rising complaints, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner gives Twitter 28 days to explain the steps it is taking to combat hate speech or face fines of ~$475K (Ina Fried/Axios)

Ina Fried / Axios: Citing rising complaints, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner gives Twitter 28 days to explain the steps it is taking to combat hate speech or face fines of ~$475K — Australia’s online safety regulator sent a legal notice to Twitter demanding the social network explain the steps it is taking …

Garmin Forerunner 255 vs 265: Which one should you buy?

To oversimplify, Garmin’s Forerunner 265 adds a fresh face to the already powerful Forerunner 255 feature set. Beyond their contrasting screens, the devices share many core features. In fact, a number of the new generation’s software updates will even roll back to the previous one, keeping the Garmin devices neck and neck. On the other

Microsoft aims to build a quantum supercomputer within 10 years, after Microsoft researchers claim to create Majorana particles for scalable and stable qubits (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Microsoft aims to build a quantum supercomputer within 10 years, after Microsoft researchers claim to create Majorana particles for scalable and stable qubits — Microsoft today announced its roadmap for building its own quantum supercomputer, using the topological qubits the company’s researchers …

Ripple says it got in-principle regulatory approval from Singapore to offer digital payment token products and expand XRP cross-border transfers in the country (Ryan Browne/CNBC)

Ryan Browne / CNBC: Ripple says it got in-principle regulatory approval from Singapore to offer digital payment token products and expand XRP cross-border transfers in the country — – Ripple said it received in-principle approval of a Major Payment Institution Licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the country’s central bank.

Mark Zuckerberg is ready to fight Elon Musk in a cage match

Zuckerberg says he recently completed “the Murph Challenge” workout in just under 40 minutes, which is insane. | Mark Zuckerberg / Meta Here we go. After Elon Musk recently tweeted that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO shot back by posting a screenshot of Musk’s tweet with the

Mark Zuckerberg is ready to fight Elon Musk in a cage match

NYC-based Warp, a Rust-based terminal app for macOS with features like AI-powered auto-complete suggestions of commands, raised a $50M Series B led by Sequoia (Harry McCracken/Fast Company)

Harry McCracken / Fast Company: NYC-based Warp, a Rust-based terminal app for macOS with features like AI-powered auto-complete suggestions of commands, raised a $50M Series B led by Sequoia — Command-line interfaces have barely changed in decades, but remain beloved by techies. Warp aims to modernize the whole experience—and add a dash of AI.

An Unexpected Upset in EV Charging Standards

Last November, Tesla open-sourced parts of its charging infrastructure, not-so-humbly unveiling it as the North American Charging Standard (NACS). It’s finally taking off with a number of manufacturers signing on. Companies launching “standards” based on their previously proprietary technology in opposition to an established alternative usually leads to standards proliferation. However, with recent announcements from

After Elon Musk tweeted he is “up for a cage fight” with Mark Zuckerberg, both parties agree to a fight in principle without agreeing to specifics (Alex Heath/The Verge)

Alex Heath / The Verge: After Elon Musk tweeted he is “up for a cage fight” with Mark Zuckerberg, both parties agree to a fight in principle without agreeing to specifics — Here we go. — After Elon Musk recently tweeted that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO

WASIX undermines WebAssembly System Interface spec, Bytecode Alliance says

WASIX, Wasmer’s new mechanism to make it easier to compile to WebAssembly, has drawn opposition from the Bytecode Alliance, which sees WASIX as non-standard. An industry consortium founded by Mozilla, Red Hat, Intel, and Fastly, the Bytecode Alliance promotes WebAssembly standards efforts including the WebAssembly System Interface (WASI) and the WebAssembly Component Model. To read

Code repository suggests Google is working on a separate “Chromebook X” brand for premium devices, a source says with first models expected by the end of 2023 (9to5Google)

9to5Google: Code repository suggests Google is working on a separate “Chromebook X” brand for premium devices, a source says with first models expected by the end of 2023 — When does a Chromebook become more than “just a Chromebook?” That’s the question that Google has set out to answer with its upcoming …

Meta rolls out the Quest v55 update, boosting the Quest 2 and Pro maximum clock speeds by up to 19% for the GPU and 26% for the CPU, as Quest 3 preps for launch (David Heaney/UploadVR)

David Heaney / UploadVR: Meta rolls out the Quest v55 update, boosting the Quest 2 and Pro maximum clock speeds by up to 19% for the GPU and 26% for the CPU, as Quest 3 preps for launch — The Quest v55 update brings the promised CPU & GPU clock speed increases for Quest 2

Spotify’s podcast plan is going off the rails

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge The company is entering the ‘next phase’ of its podcast strategy — but will it learn from its mistakes? Continue reading…

Apple patches three zero-days in its operating systems, including Operation Triangulation iMessage exploit described by Kaspersky earlier in June (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Apple patches three zero-days in its operating systems, including Operation Triangulation iMessage exploit described by Kaspersky earlier in June — Apple addressed three new zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in attacks installing Triangulation spyware on iPhones via iMessage zero-click exploits.

Steam Deck vs Nintendo Switch: How do they compare?

Credit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority While Nintendo has traditionally reigned supreme in the world of handheld consoles, Valve’s Steam Deck has become a legitimate alternative to the Nintendo Switch. How do the two consoles differ, and which one actually makes sense to buy in 2023? Steam Deck vs Nintendo Switch: Performance Steam DeckNintendo Switch

A first-of-its-kind climate trial just ended — will it work?

Lead claimant Rikki Held, 22, confers with members of Our Children’s Trust legal team before the start of the nation’s first youth climate change trial at Montana’s First Judicial District Court on June 12th, 2023, in Helena, Montana. | Photo by William Campbell / Getty Images A landmark US climate trial over whether the state

GPT-5: Release date, rumors, and features we expect from ChatGPT 5

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Over half a year has passed since ChatGPT first blew us away with its impressive natural language capabilities. A lot has changed since then, from Google releasing its own Bard AI chatbot to Microsoft investing a staggering $10 billion in ChatGPT’s creator OpenAI. Now, just about the entire tech

FPGA Breakout Board For DIP Package Shenanigans

FPGAs are supremely flexible and powerful devices. However, they usually come in QFP or BGA packages that are altogether difficult for hobbyists to play with. The DIP-FPGA breakout board aims to solve that problem by using a carrier PCB to put an advanced chip in a friendlier form factor. The board itself fits a DIP-20

Meta is increasing the performance of its Quest 2 and Pro headsets

The Meta Quest 2 is about to get performance enhancements (and not a new strap). | Image: The Verge Mark Zuckerberg announced the Meta Quest 3 VR headset at the beginning of this month, which should bring enhanced capabilities for those who want to upgrade their Quest 2. But that more performant Quest 3 won’t

NYC-based newsletter platform beehiiv raised a $12.5M Series A led by Lightspeed and says it has 7,500 active newsletters with 350M monthly impressions (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: NYC-based newsletter platform beehiiv raised a $12.5M Series A led by Lightspeed and says it has 7,500 active newsletters with 350M monthly impressions — The world took a double take at the potential of newsletters after Substack started to blow up a few years ago.

Microsoft to raise Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Series X prices

Credit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority Microsoft plans to raise the price of the Xbox Series X in select regions. Xbox Game Pass will also get a little more expensive. New members will see the price hike for Game Pass on July 6. Monthly recurring subscribers won’t see the change until August 13. Back in

Some HBO shows could be heading to Netflix soon

Warner Bros. Discovery dropped the “HBO” from “HBO Max” in May. | Image: Jeff Kravitz / Warner Bros. Discovery After more than a year of brutal cancellations and layoffs at HBO, it looks like Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s devotion to quick revenue is as strong as ever. Warner Bros. Discovery may be licensing

Best Youtube Cameras of 2023

Many companies featured on ReadWrite partner with us. Opinions are our own, but compensation and in-depth research determine how products may be selected and ranked. Learn more about how we make money. Are you ready to take your YouTube content creation to the next level? Finding the perfect camera is crucial for producing high-quality videos that engage

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