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Read More404 Media claims to have identified “the fundamental flaw with the age verification bills and laws” that have already passed in eight state legislatures (with two more taking effect in July): “the delusional, unfounded belief that putting hurdles between people and pornography is going to actually prevent them from viewing porn.” They argue that age
Read More“After being in development since 2019, the huge NetBSD 10.0 is out today as a wonderful Easter surprise,” reports Phoronix: NetBSD 10 provides WireGuard support, support for many newer Arm platforms including for Apple Silicon and newer Raspberry Pi boards, a new Intel Ethernet drive, support for Realtek 2.5GbE network adapters, SMP performance improvements, automatic
Read MoreThe usual way to get biological tissues and materials like gels and metals to stick together is using sutures, adhesives or both. Although this generally works, it’s far from ideal, with adhesives forming a barrier layer between tissues and the hard or impossible to undo nature of these methods. A viable alternative might be electroadhesion
Read More“Today’s most effective corporate lobbying no longer involves wooing members of Congress…” writes the Wall Street Journal. Instead the lobbying sector “now works in secret to influence lawmakers with the help of an unlikely ally: you.” [Lobbyists] teamed up with PR gurus, social-media experts, political pollsters, data analysts and grassroots organizers to foment seemingly organic
Read MoreTesla coils are one of those builds that capture the interest of almost anybody passing by. For the naïve constructor, they look simple enough, but they can be finicky beasts—beasts that can bite if not treated with respect. [Mirko Pavleski] has some experience with them and shares it with us over on Hackaday.io. One of the
Read MoreTesla coils are one of those builds that capture the interest of almost anybody passing by. For the naïve constructor, they look simple enough, but they can be finicky beasts—beasts that can bite if not treated with respect. [Mirko Pavleski] has some experience with them and shares it with us over on Hackaday.io. One of the
Read More“Today’s most effective corporate lobbying no longer involves wooing members of Congress…” writes the Wall Street Journal. Instead the lobbying sector “now works in secret to influence lawmakers with the help of an unlikely ally: you.” [Lobbyists] teamed up with PR gurus, social-media experts, political pollsters, data analysts and grassroots organizers to foment seemingly organic
Read MoreA Linux Foundation subsidiary has developed a free and open-source 3D game engine distributed under the Apache license. And last week the Open 3D Foundation announced “a big step forward, showcasing the power of open-source technologies in giving gamers around the globe unforgettable gaming experiences.” “We are proud to unveil MadWorld as the first mobile
Read MoreThis week every U.S. agency was ordered to appoint a “chief AI officer”. But that wasn’t the only AI policy announced. According to CNN, “By the end of the year, travelers should be able to refuse facial recognition scans at airport security screenings without fear it could delay or jeopardize their travel plans.” That’s just
Read MoreAmerica’s Department of Homeland Security “is expected to stop buying access to data showing the movement of phones,” reports the U.S. news site NOTUS. They call the purchasers “a controversial practice that has allowed it to warrantlessly track hundreds of millions of people for years.” Since 2018, agencies within the department — including Immigration and
Read MoreAT&T is finally resetting passcodes for current customers after hackers stole a trove of customer data more than two years ago. The vast majority of the compromised passcodes belong to some 65.4 million current and former AT&T customers. However, the company has reset passcodes for 7.6 million of its current customers, in the typical abundance
Read More“Several big businesses have published source code that incorporates a software package previously hallucinated by generative AI,” the Register reported Thursday “Not only that but someone, having spotted this reoccurring hallucination, had turned that made-up dependency into a real one, which was subsequently downloaded and installed thousands of times by developers as a result of
Read MoreHow may radios do you own? Forget the AM/FM, GMRS/FRS radios you listen to or communicate with. We’re talking about the multiple radios and antennae in your phone, your TV, your car, your garage door opener, every computing device you own- you get the idea. It’s doubtful that you can accurately count them even in your
Read MoreAT&T is finally resetting passcodes for current customers after hackers stole a trove of customer data more than two years ago. The vast majority of the compromised passcodes belong to some 65.4 million current and former AT&T customers. However, the company has reset passcodes for 7.6 million of its current customers, in the typical abundance
Read MoreAT&T is finally resetting passcodes for current customers after hackers stole a trove of customer data more than two years ago. The vast majority of the compromised passcodes belong to some 65.4 million current and former AT&T customers. However, the company has reset passcodes for 7.6 million of its current customers, in the typical abundance
Read MoreThe original PlayStation 5. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Sony will use a new “PS5 Pro Enhanced” label to tell players which games take advantage of the console’s new abilities, according to documents seen by InsiderGaming yesterday. The outlet writes that to get the label, a game would have to offer a
Read More“Researchers have successfully transformed CO2 into methanol,” reports SciTechDaily, “by shining sunlight on single atoms of copper deposited on a light-activated material, a discovery that paves the way for creating new green fuels.” Tara LeMercier, a PhD student who carried out the experimental work at the University of Nottingham, School of Chemistry, said: “We measured
Read MoreImage: The Verge AT&T has acknowledged that a data leak making the rounds online contains information from more than 7.6 million current customers and 65 million former customers. The company has reset the security passcodes of active customers affected, and says that leaked information “may have included full name, email address, mailing address, phone number,
Read MoreVoice Engine is a new text-to-speech AI model for creating synthetic voices. OpenAI has said a wide release would be too risky.
Read MoreImage: The Verge AT&T has acknowledged that a data leak making the rounds online contains information from more than 7.6 million current customers and 65 million former customers. The company has reset the security passcodes of active customers affected, and says that leaked information “may have included full name, email address, mailing address, phone number,
Read MoreThe Fairphone 5 represented a major step forward for the sustainable phone company. While it improved upon many of its predecessor’s shortcomings, it was far from perfect. Not only were there battery life and heat dissipation concerns, but there were also a few other areas where it fell short as an Android phone. Although its
Read MoreHand soldering of surface mount components is a bread-and-butter task for anyone working with electronics in 2024. So many devices are simply no longer available in the older through-hole formats, and it’s now normal for even the most homebrew of circuits to use a PCB. But how do you solder your parts? If like us
Read MoreAlthough Safari is the native iPhone web browser, users still choose to use Google’s Chrome browser on it. Actually, Chrome for iOS is more user-friendly than Apple Safari and offers better features. What makes Chrome unique is its complete cross-platform synchronization features, which allow you to access all the saved information in your Google account
Read MoreWelcome to the 528th edition of Android Apps Weekly, where we discuss the latest in mobile news and take a closer look at some of the most interesting new apps and games. Let’s jump right in and take a look at some of the biggest highlights from the last week: Have way too many old
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