Liam Proven reports via The Register: Bad news for those who want to play with OpenVMS in non-production use. Older versions are disappearing, and the terms are getting much more restrictive. The corporation behind the continued development of OpenVMS, VMS Software, Inc. — or VSI to its friends, if it has any left after this
Read MoreWe often think of synesthetes as those people who associate say, colors with numbers. But the phenomenon can occur with any of the senses. Simply put, when one sense is activated, synesthesia causes one to experience an unrelated, activated sense. Sounds trippy, no? Thankfully, [Markus Opitz]’s synesthetic clock doesn’t require one to have synesthesia. It’s
Read MoreZack Whittaker and Carly Page report via TechCrunch: Microsoft has resolved a security lapse that exposed internal company files and credentials to the open internet. Security researchers Can Yoleri, Murat Ozfidan and Egemen Kochisarli with SOCRadar, a cybersecurity company that helps organizations find security weaknesses, discovered an open and public storage server hosted on Microsoft’s
Read MoreLiam Proven reports via The Register: Bad news for those who want to play with OpenVMS in non-production use. Older versions are disappearing, and the terms are getting much more restrictive. The corporation behind the continued development of OpenVMS, VMS Software, Inc. — or VSI to its friends, if it has any left after this
Read MoreMacworld It probably won’t surprise anyone that the iPhone 16 will have some minor differences from the iPhone 15. Slimmer bezels, a new arrangement of cameras on the back, a new processor, and so on. Now, a pair of new rumors give us some possible insight into other changes from last year’s iPhone. First, we
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Starting today, home Internet and mobile broadband providers in the US are required to display consumer labels with information on prices, speeds, and data allowances. “Today’s nationwide launch of the Broadband Consumer Labels means internet service providers are now required to display consumer-friendly labels at the
Read MoreWestworld creator Jonathan Nolan’s new show keeps Fallout’s gallows humor. He also packed the first season because “you have to be careful not to leave too much down the road.”
Read MoreBruce66423 shares a report from The Guardian, with the caption: “The UK is hyperventilating about stories of shoplifting; though standing outside a shop and watching as a guy calmly gets off his bike, parks it, walks in and walks out with a pack of beer and cycles off — and then seeing staff members rushing
Read MoreThis week Jonathan Bennett and Katherine Druckman sit down with Gina Häußge to talk OctoPrint! It’s one of our favorite ways to babysit our 3D printers, and the project has come a long way in the last 12 years! It’s a labor of love, primarily led by Gina, who has managed to turn it into
Read MorePresident Joe Biden said he is “considering” a request from Australia to drop the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The BBC reports: The country’s parliament recently passed a measure — backed by PM Anthony Albanese — calling for the return of Mr Assange to his native Australia. The US wants to extradite the 52-year-old
Read MoreStarting May 15th, almost all Google Photos users will be able to access the AI photo editing features previously limited to Pixel owners and Google One subscribers. All you’ll need is a device with at least a 64-bit chip, 4GB of RAM, and either iOS 15 or Android 8.0. The Verge reports: Magic Editor is
Read MoreApple has expanded its investigation into the “ghost touch” issue on the Apple Watch and is now acknowledging more models are affected by the bug. Apple has a solution for the Apple Watch ghost touch issue Apple Watch ghost touch is a serious issue, referring to unintended touches or swipes on the screen that the
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Two former executives of the firm that recently purchased Truth Social are embroiled in a lawsuit related to the acquisition of Trump’s social media company, Wired reports. The former CEO of the Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC) — the special purpose acquisition company that was created to
Read MoreA bill introduced in the US Congress on Tuesday intends to force AI companies to reveal the copyrighted material they use to make their generative AI models. From a report: The legislation adds to a growing number of attempts from lawmakers, news outlets and artists to establish how AI firms use creative works like songs,
Read MoreThe Motion Picture Association is going off on piracy again. During CinemaCon in Las Vegas, MPA CEO Charles Rivkin announced that the organization plans on working with Congress to pass rules blocking websites with pirated content. The Verge: The MPA is a trade association representing Hollywood studios, including Paramount, Sony, Universal, and Disney (it’s also
Read MoreJava Development Kit (JDK) 23, the next planned version of standard Java, is off and running, with four features now scheduled for the release. The latest two additions are a vector API, which will be incubated for the eighth time, and a second preview of stream gatherers. Due September 19, JDK 23 also will include
Read MoreAn anonymous reader writes: More books were called to be banned in 2023 across US schools and libraries than any other year on record, according to a new report from the American Library Association (ALA). Building on a surge that started in 2021, some 4,240 unique book titles were challenged last year — a 65%
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Another Apple Store is trying to unionize. This time, it’s a group of 104 employees in Short Hills, New Jersey, who filed a petition to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Tuesday, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. If the unionization efforts are successful, the Apple Store employees would join
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google has published a new handbook for how to create the best prompts for Gemini in Workspace. The manual says there are four pieces of criteria you should consider when making a prompt: persona, task, context, and format. Prompts that are around 21 words long tend to have the
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook rolled out the ability for Messenger users to share 4K photos back in 2017. Now, Meta has announced that users can share HD photos in the app. Confused? We were, too, so we asked about it. The short answer is that, here, HD means 4K, and now
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: It’s getting to be a bit much. Auto insurance prices have surged over the last couple years. March consumer inflation out Wednesday shows them up 22% compared to last year. Since the end of 2019 — just before Covid hit — they’re up 45%. Why? That’s where things get
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority At Cloud Next 2024, Google confirmed a few more details about its new Google Vids tool. Videos created with Vids can be exported as an MP4, don’t have a length limit, and can be comprised of any kind of content. Google also intends to bring Vids to everyone,
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority The FCC has mandated new broadband “nutrition labels” for all wired and wireless internet service providers (ISPs). These labels must clearly break down plan costs, speeds, and hidden fees, resembling the ingredient lists found on food products. Since today was the rollout deadline, we’re seeing them appear on carrier
Read MoreImage: Prime Video Finding something to watch or play can sometimes feel like work — there’s just so much out there vying for your free time. That’s true whether you’re heading to a theater, browsing the many streaming platforms, or looking for a new video game. It’s easy to get overwhelmed with choice. So, as
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Independent browser companies in the European Union are seeing a spike in users in the first month after EU legislation forced Alphabet’s Google, Microsoft and Apple to make it easier for users to switch to rivals, according to data provided to Reuters by six companies. The early
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