[ad_1] The Trump administration is trying to help Elon Musk’s xAI Corp. beat a Clean Air Act lawsuit filed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The US said the NAACP lawsuit threatens an xAI data center that powers Grok systems needed by the military. The NAACP sued xAI and subsidiary … Read More “Trump admin tries to block Clean Air Act lawsuit over xAI’s gas turbines” »
[ad_1] The company responsible for the Commodore 64, the best-selling desktop computer model of all time, is back. And Commodore’s latest unveiling feels appropriately retro: a “digital detox” flip phone called The Commodore Callback 8020. Commodore’s Callback 8020 announcement blog attributes the phone’s simple throwback design to the “screen break” trend, writing that it’s for customers who want a … Read More “Commodore’s New Flip Phone Focuses on ‘Digital Detox’ and Blocks Social Media Apps” »
[ad_1] We are happy to announce that 67 new projects have been awarded grants today as part of the Next Generation Internet intiative, across three different funds: NGI Zero Commons Fund, NGI TALER and NGI Fediversity. We congratulate the developers and engineers involved with these projects, and thank them for their forthcoming contribution to an … Read More “NLnet; 67 Open Technology Projects awarded NGI grants” »
[ad_1] Meta Ray-Bans have been under increased public scrutiny following revelations about the facial recognition work Meta has been doing on its smart glasses. Consumers are rightly wary of products that could convert wearable tech into everyday surveillance devices. In early June, an investigation by Wired exposed how Meta had quietly embedded code for dormant … Read More “Meta’s Smart Glasses Are Testing Facial Recognition Software Used by Police and the Military” »
[ad_1] Attraction design at Disney’s theme parks could be getting a lot faster under a new partnership between Walt Disney Imagineering and Adobe announced Tuesday. Imagineers will use Firefly AI — an image and video creation and editing tool — to speed up the concept and design of rides, Adobe says. Disney’s Imagineers design, develop and test the … Read More “Disney’s Imagineers Are Using Adobe’s Firefly AI to Dream Up Ride Designs” »
[ad_1] Father’s Day is nearly here. Hopefully, you already got a gift for dads you care about, but if not, here’s a quick, easy recommendation for anyone who enjoys a good comic strip. The Complete Calvin and Hobbes contains every one of Bill Watterson’s beloved strips made during the comic’s ten-year run from 1985 through … Read More “The Complete Calvin and Hobbes is a great last-minute Father’s Day gift” »
[ad_1] Redmi apparently has a very interesting plan to make its upcoming K90 Ultra viably compete with much more expensive flagship smartphones, specifically those equipped with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC. According to a new rumor from the prolific Digital Chat Station on Weibo, the Redmi K90 Ultra will pair the older Snapdragon … Read More “Here's how the Redmi K90 Ultra will compete with flagship smartphones” »
[ad_1] Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is a real challenge. That purple category is a tough one, where you must hunt for hidden … Read More “Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for June 17 #1102” »
[ad_1] Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said Tuesday that the company is working on over 40 different AI wearable devices — including jewelry, earbuds with cameras, pins, and watches — a sign of how aggressively the chipmaker is betting that the next major computing platform won’t be a phone. To power that vision, Qualcomm is announcing … Read More “Qualcomm wants to be the chip inside whatever replaces your smartphone, and it just announced two products toward that end” »
[ad_1] Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today’s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today’s Wordle puzzle isn’t terribly difficult, though one of the letters is one I rarely guess. If you need a new starter … Read More “Today’s NYT Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for June 17 #1824” »
