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Using Sonar To Measure Traffic Speeds

One of the most common ways of measuring the speed of a vehicle is by using radar, which typically involves generating radio waves, directing them at a moving vehicle, and measuring the various ways that they return to the device. This is a tried-and-true method, but can be expensive and technically complex. [GeeDub] wanted an

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SpaceX launches Indonesia’s largest telecoms satellite as part of a $540M project to offer internet in remote areas; the SATRIA-1 offers 150GB/second throughput (Dewi Kurniawati/Reuters)

Dewi Kurniawati / Reuters: SpaceX launches Indonesia’s largest telecoms satellite as part of a $540M project to offer internet in remote areas; the SATRIA-1 offers 150GB/second throughput  —  Indonesia and Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX on Monday launched the country’s largest telecommunication satellite from the United States …

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The BlackCat ransomware gang threatens to release 80GB of data allegedly stolen from Reddit; Reddit confirms BlackCat’s claims relate to a February 9 incident (Carly Page/TechCrunch)

Carly Page / TechCrunch: The BlackCat ransomware gang threatens to release 80GB of data allegedly stolen from Reddit; Reddit confirms BlackCat’s claims relate to a February 9 incident  —  Hackers are threatening to release confidential data stolen from Reddit unless the company pays a ransom demand – and reverses its controversial API price hikes.

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Sources: internal teams at Singapore-based Crypto.com trade tokens for profit on the exchange and elsewhere, a little known fact since its 2016 launch (Nikou Asgari/Financial Times)

Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: Sources: internal teams at Singapore-based Crypto.com trade tokens for profit on the exchange and elsewhere, a little known fact since its 2016 launch  —  Singapore group has desk to profit from market moves  —  Crypto.com, the exchange endorsed by Hollywood actor Matt Damon …

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Sources: Meta plans tighter content rules in Vietnam, its seventh largest market, after government requests and keeps a list of officials not to be criticized (Rebecca Tan/Washington Post)

Rebecca Tan / Washington Post: Sources: Meta plans tighter content rules in Vietnam, its seventh largest market, after government requests and keeps a list of officials not to be criticized  —  HANOI — When Facebook took off in Vietnam about a decade ago, it was like a “revolution,” said two of the company’s early employees

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Twitter suspends Explain This Bob, a GPT-4 bot tied to the BOB Token, after Elon Musk called the account a “scam”; Musk replied “I love Bob” in April 2023 (Tim Hakki/Decrypt)

Tim Hakki / Decrypt: Twitter suspends Explain This Bob, a GPT-4 bot tied to the BOB Token, after Elon Musk called the account a “scam”; Musk replied “I love Bob” in April 2023  —  The move marks an abrupt about-face for Musk, who had previously engaged with the bot’s content on Twitter.

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SpaceX launches Indonesia’s largest telecoms satellite as part of a $540M project to offer internet in remote areas; the SATRIA-1 offers 150GB/second throughput (Dewi Kurniawati/Reuters)

Dewi Kurniawati / Reuters: SpaceX launches Indonesia’s largest telecoms satellite as part of a $540M project to offer internet in remote areas; the SATRIA-1 offers 150GB/second throughput  —  Indonesia and Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX on Monday launched the country’s largest telecommunication satellite from the United States …

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Meta faces pressure from UK MPs, consumer groups, and banks over its failure to prevent fraud on its platforms, estimated to cost UK households £250M in 2023 (The Guardian)

The Guardian: Meta faces pressure from UK MPs, consumer groups, and banks over its failure to prevent fraud on its platforms, estimated to cost UK households £250M in 2023  —  Exclusive: Calls for Meta to curb rise in scams on its platforms, which will cost UK households £250m this year

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An interview with Foxconn chairman Young Liu on shifting some supply chains away from China as China-US tensions rise, hoping to capture 5% of EVs, and more (BBC)

BBC: An interview with Foxconn chairman Young Liu on shifting some supply chains away from China as China-US tensions rise, hoping to capture 5% of EVs, and more  —  iPhone maker Foxconn is betting big on electric cars and redrawing some of its supply chains as it navigates a new era of icy Washington-Beijing relations.

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Why isn’t Apple talking about AI?

If you feel inundated by artificial intelligence, you’re not alone. Developers can’t stop talking about the possibilities of generative AI (GenAI) to change the way they code. CEOs can’t stop talking about it, either: AI-related talk on earnings calls has “gone vertical” of late. There’s so much AI that we’ve even started training the large

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Hands-on with an Adobe Photoshop beta’s Generative Fill AI feature, which lets users add objects to, remove content from, and expand images using text prompts (Washington Post)

Washington Post: Hands-on with an Adobe Photoshop beta’s Generative Fill AI feature, which lets users add objects to, remove content from, and expand images using text prompts  —  A new ‘generative fill’ AI capability can create joyful Photoshop edits — and frightening deepfakes

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Duolingo says the company significantly scaled back TV ads, and its DAUs growing 62% YoY to 20.3M in Q1 2023 is due in part to efficient social media marketing (Megan Graham/Wall Street Journal)

Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal: Duolingo says the company significantly scaled back TV ads, and its DAUs growing 62% YoY to 20.3M in Q1 2023 is due in part to efficient social media marketing  —  The language-learning app now relies more on memes—helping it climb to 20 million daily active users

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Too Much Git? Try Gitless

Git has been a powerful tool for software development and version control since the mid ’00s, gaining widespread popularity since then. Originally built by none other than Linus Torvalds for handling Linux kernel development, it’s branched out for use with all kinds of other projects. That being said, it is not the easiest thing to

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A look at the orchestrated downfall of Kyle Roche, co-founder of Roche Freedman LLP, known for suing crypto companies and getting a verdict against Craig Wright (John Carreyrou/New York Times)

John Carreyrou / New York Times: A look at the orchestrated downfall of Kyle Roche, co-founder of Roche Freedman LLP, known for suing crypto companies and getting a verdict against Craig Wright  —  Kyle Roche was a rising star in the field of cryptocurrency law — until his career imploded.  Who orchestrated his downfall?

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