Supercon 2022 showed that hackers are starting to come together again in Maker Faires, conventions, and festivals. [Toby Chui] plans to be one of those hackers and wants something to give to fellow attendees. Thus, the $3 Macro Pad was born. We’ve seen our fair share of macro pads, so a simple four-key pad isn’t
Read MoreThere aren’t all that many good Android tablets on the market, but with the release of the Pixel Tablet, Google finally has some skin in the game. So how does it match up against the leading Samsung Tab S8? Here’s our full Google Pixel Tablet vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 comparison to help you find
Read MoreThe post-pandemic talent landscape is proving interesting for modern businesses. On the one hand, some big companies are cutting back on their workforces and trying to rein in remote work and other employee-driven requirements. On the other hand, other companies are struggling to fill their talent needs, and millennial and Gen Z employees still aren’t
Read MoreWe all have our favorite Apple TV Plus original shows and films, but there are more coming and plenty to be excited about.
Read MoreRecently, an amusing anecdote made the news headlines pertaining to the use of ChatGPT by a lawyer. This all started when a Mr. Mata sued the airline where years prior he claims a metal serving cart struck his knee. When the airline filed a motion to dismiss the case on the basis of the statute
Read MoreCredit: Kris Carlon / Android Authority A Google executive has confirmed that a second foldable phone was in the works. The employee suggested that the phone was canceled because it wasn’t good enough. Google finally launched its first foldable phone, the Pixel Fold, at its I/O developer conference earlier this month. We heard murmurings of
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Read MoreColumbia Journalism Review: A look at media coverage of generative AI over the past six months, as journalists and academics criticize the hype and provide ways to improve reporting — The Tow Center looked at how news organizations have been covering generative AI over the past six months.
Read MoreMichael Brooks / MIT Technology Review: An interview with IBM VP of Quantum Computing Jay Gambetta on the company’s plan to build a 100,000-qubit computer within 10 years, finding scientists, and more — The company wants to make large-scale quantum computers a reality within just 10 years. — Late last year, IBM took the record
Read MoreCredit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority A US judge has finally approved a $50 million settlement for owners of defective MacBooks. Apple used an unreliable butterfly keyboard design for many laptops between 2015 and 2019. Apple‘s butterfly keyboard design has to be one of the biggest tech fails in the last few decades. The revised
Read More“The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.” —The Agile Manifesto This principle was needed in 2001, when the Agile Manifesto was written, because most employees worked in cubicles, and many projects were managed as tasks and handoffs from one team to another. Waterfall-style project
Read MoreI’d been needing to refactor the pagination logic in the Mastodon plugin for Steampipe. After a couple of abortive tries, I took another run at it this week with the help of the latest generation of LLM-powered coding assistants. Here was the problem. The pre-release version of the plugin consolidated pagination for many tables in
Read MoreBloomberg: Nvidia announces a range of AI products and updates, including the DGX GH200 supercomputer platform, data center networking tools, and a robotics platform — In a two-hour presentation in Taiwan, Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang unveiled a new batch of products and services tied …
Read MoreThe social audio hype has died down—but its esoteric charms persist in certain corners of the internet.
Read MoreSong Jung-a / Financial Times: South Korea’s Naver plans to offer versions of its ChatGPT-like AI model to governments worried about US data controls, addressing political and cultural issues — Localised versions to address political and cultural sensitivities as well as US data controls
Read MoreTime is money. Reclaim your precious minutes with these strategies for in-person and virtual meetings.
Read MoreAlthough many people might remember the recorder as just a simple instrument from their introductory music classes, it can nevertheless produce rich and varied melodies in the hands of a virtuoso like Frans Brüggen. [Luis Marx] also took music lessons as a child, but never progressed much beyond an elementary level. Instead, he preferred to
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority MediaTek has revealed that its next flagship chip will use new Arm tech. The firm says its next chipset will use the Cortex-X4, Cortex-A720, and Immortalis G720. The company curiously didn’t mention whether it would use the Cortex-A520 little CPU core. MediaTek’s Dimensity 9200 is one of the most
Read MoreLily Hay Newman / Wired: An interview with Niels Provos and David Mazieres, co-inventors of popular password-hashing function bcrypt, which turns 25 this year, on password security — The co-inventor of “bcrypt” is reflecting on the ubiquitous function’s 25 years and channeling cybersecurity’s core themes into electronic dance music.
Read MoreBloomberg: Nvidia announces a range of AI products and updates, including the DGX GH200 supercomputer platform, data center networking tools, and a robotics platform — In a two-hour presentation in Taiwan, Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang unveiled a new batch of products and services tied …
Read MoreCredit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority A US judge has finally approved a $50 million settlement for owners of defective MacBooks. Apple used an unreliable butterfly keyboard design for many laptops between 2015 and 2019. Apple‘s butterfly keyboard design has to be one of the biggest tech fails in the last few decades. The revised
Read MoreCredit: Meta Updated, May 29, 2023 (3:00 AM ET): We have updated this Meta Quest 3 rumor hub with info from a Bloomberg hands-on. This includes details regarding the design, display, performance, controllers, pricing, passthrough support, and more. Original article: It feels like the Meta Quest 2 has been around for ages. In fact, the
Read MoreCredit: OnePlus India OnePlus has listed the OnePlus 11 Marble Odyssey Edition phone in India. This looks like the OnePlus 11 Jupiter Rock variant with a new name. The phone has a listed retail price of Rs 64,999 (~$787). Update: May 29, 2023 (3:40 AM ET): OnePlus has officially launched the OnePlus 11 Marble Odyssey
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