To Rebuild Cities After War, Look to the Past
Post-conflict reconstruction projects should be focused on preserving heritage and restoring identity.
Read MorePost-conflict reconstruction projects should be focused on preserving heritage and restoring identity.
Read MoreEurope’s energy crisis is forcing companies to switch strategies or close down. The industry’s future hangs in the balance.
Read MoreThe three-day weekend may soon be a reality—but only if policymakers can think of proper countermeasures against voltage drops.
Read MoreDon’t be fooled by its fun name and Tamagotchi-like interface—this do-everything gadget is trouble waiting to happen and a whole lot more.
Read MoreIf your Christmas tree is missing a present, these gifts will keep you on the nice list.
Read MoreThere are no rules for achieving perfect slumber. In 2023, people should start paying attention to their own bodies.
Read MoreInput Labs’ mission is to produce open-source hardware and software for creating gaming controllers that can be adapted to anyone. Alpakka is their current take on a generic controller, looking similar to a modern Xbox or PlayStation controller but with quite a few differences. The 3D printed casing has a low-poly count, angular feel to it,
Read MoreMike Masnick / Techdirt: Mastodon, nostr, and other decentralized social networks are having a moment, despite some complexity, propelled by the apparent decline of Twitter and Meta — So, it’s been quite a year for legacy, centralized social media — and all without any really big change to the laws that govern it …
Read MoreStuart A. Thompson / New York Times: Analysis of 1,000 reinstated Twitter accounts: most are deeply partisan, support Donald Trump, and spread misinformation on COVID-19, election fraud, and QAnon — Many reinstated users are tweeting about topics that got them barred in the first place: Covid-19 skepticism, election denialism and QAnon.
Read MoreA new report says Apple’s bid for NFL Sunday Ticket didn’t get over the line because it couldn’t agree on a price or rights about streaming on VR.
Read MoreAssociated Press: European Court of Justice says Amazon could be held responsible for breaching Louboutin’s trademark rights by selling counterfeit third-party red-soled shoes — Online retail giant Amazon could be held responsible for breaching luxury shoemaker Christian Louboutin’s trademark rights …
Read MoreThe information age continues to unfold in fits and starts, and the rise of blockchain is among the most compelling current trends. It turns out that public key cryptography, a long stable technology, was latent with undiscovered possibilities. Blockchain is a reimagining of secure communication technology. When the histories of the internet and blockchain dovetail, we will look
Read MoreVisual Studio 2022 17.5 Preview 2, the second preview of a planned upgrade to Microsoft’s signature IDE (integrated development environment), adds a number of usability improvements including a new search experience, .NET capabilities such as publishing ASP.NET projects to Azure Container Apps, and C++ capabilities such as experimental support for C11 atomics. Visual Studio 2022
Read MoreTo take out invasives, the US relies on crews wielding hatchets, chainsaws, and herbicide. It’s a messy, fun job—but it may not be enough to stop the spread.
Read MoreEncryption transforms data into a form that can be read only by someone who has a key that allows them to decrypt it. You can use encryption to protect data “at rest” (data that resides in a data store) or to protect data “in motion” (data that is being sent over a network). This article
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: at a town hall, Tencent CEO Pony Ma ranted for 10 minutes about staff laziness, graft, “superficial” reforms, Tencent’s aging social network, and more — Many multinational CEOs like to close out the year with a message of congratulations.
Read MoreReuters: Sources: aiming to appease the US government, TikTok offers to operate more of its business at arm’s length and allow more outside scrutiny by Oracle and others — Popular short-video app TikTok is offering to operate more of its business at arm’s length and subject it to outside scrutiny …
Read MoreProsecutors allege that the pair enabled up to 1,000 taxi trips to fraudulently bypass the computer-controlled JFK taxi dispatch system a day. | Image: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Two US citizens have been arrested and accused of conspiring with Russian nationals to hack the taxi dispatch system at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), charging cab
Read MoreJean Eaglesham / Wall Street Journal: The SEC’s Paul Munter says the regulator is increasing scrutiny of audit firms working with crypto companies, warning investors to be “very wary” of some claims — Regulator concerned about cryptocurrency companies overstating audit firms’ narrow reports
Read MoreAlex W. Palmer / New York Times: How ByteDance and TikTok, which owe their existence to intermingled Western and Chinese ideas, capital, and people, became entangled in the US-China rift — A Chinese app conquered the planet — and now the U.S. is threatening to shut it down. Can the world’s biggest virality machine survive?
Read MoreChris Stokel-Walker / Nature: How Twitter played a major role in research and science communication, especially during the pandemic, as researchers and scientists leave the service — Chris Stokel-Walker is a freelance journalist in Newcastle, UK. — You can also search for this author in — PubMed Google Scholar
Read MoreWith just a few weeks left of the year, and the festive season now in full swing, online sellers and retailers are becoming more intrigued with artificial tools as a way to help them leverage the digital advantage as consumer demand soars. Amid ongoing economic uncertainty, including higher-than-anticipated inflation, supply chain constraints, and changing consumer sentiment –
Read MoreBefore Intel’s new Raptor Lake chips launched, we were impressed that someone could get a Core i9-13900K up to 6.2GHz with a liquid chiller. Now that level of performance has been shattered by the overclocking team at Asus. The team has successfully taken a 13900K over 9GHz, breaking the world record for CPU clock speeds.
Read MoreApple appears to have pulled its new-and-improved home architecture upgrade from iOS 16.2 following reports of difficulties for some users.
Read MoreRebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: TuSimple confirms plans to lay off 25% of its workforce, or an estimated 350 workers, following a rough year for the self-driving trucking company — Update: CEO Cheng Lu said laid off workers will remain on the payroll for two months and will receive severance. — Well, we knew it was
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