America Takes Its Biggest Step Yet to End Coal Mining The Washington Post reports that America took "one of its biggest steps yet to keep fossil fuels in the ground," announcing Thursday that it will end new coal leasing in the Powder River Basin, "which produces nearly half the coal in the United States... "It could prevent billions of tons of coal from being extracted from more than 13 million acres across Montana and Wyoming, with major implications for U.S. climate goals." A significant share of the nation's fossil fuels come from federal land… Why a 'Frozen' Distribution Linux Kernel Isn't the Safest Choice for Security Jeremy Allison — Sam (Slashdot reader #8,157) is a Distinguished Engineer at Rocky Linux creator CIQ. This week he published a blog post responding to promises of Linux distros "carefully selecting only the most polished and pristine open source patches from the raw upstream open source Linux kernel in order to create the secure distribution kernel you depend on in your business." But do carefully curated software patches (applied to a known "frozen" Linux kernel) really bring greater security?… Is generative AI bringing back private clouds? According to Forrester’s Infrastructure Cloud Survey in 2023 , 79% of about 1,300 enterprise cloud decision-makers surveyed said their organizations are implementing private clouds. Additionally, IDC forecasts that global spending on private, dedicated cloud services, including hosted private clouds, will hit $20.4 billion in 2024 and will at least double by 2027. In addition, global spending on enterprise private cloud infrastructure, including hardware, software, and support services, will be… Companies are trying to attract more smartphone users across Africa. But there are risks Internet-enabled phones can play a unique role in sub-Saharan Africa, where infrastructure and public services are among the world’s least developed All About The 1997 Dodge Ram 2500 Diesel-Powered Pickup Truck The Dodge Ram is fairly legendary on its own, but the 1997 iteration, with a selection of massive, powerful engines, is particularly well-regarded. Why TikTok Users Are Blocking Celebrities A TikTok movement is calling for followers to block famous people over their stances on the Israel-Hamas war. It began at the Met Gala. How a smear campaign against NPR led Elon Musk to feud with Signal Rightwing media personalities on X transmuted a screed against NPR’s CEO into a fight over encryption via the Transitive Property of Bad People For nearly two weeks, an esoteric debate has raged on X, formerly Twitter: could users concerned about privacy and security trust the messaging app Signal, or was the Telegram platform a better alternative? X’s chatbot, Grok AI, described the trending mom… Moravec’s Paradox: What Self-Driving and VR Can Teach Us Here’s how ensuring governance and risk management strategies for technologies such as self-driving and AR/VR can set up a solid groundwork in a world where Moravec’s paradox is resolved, and AI systems become more capable. Building A User Segmentation Matrix To Foster Cross-Org Alignment Is there such a thing as harmony between designers and developers in the workplace, and if so, how can it be achieved? In this article, Chris Day explores the challenges of effective collaboration, outlines the key factors at play, and (hopefully!) empowers you to find the right solutions to help you and your team deliver to their full potential. Sony warns tech companies: Don't use our music to train your AI Sony Music Group is sending more than 700 letters to tech companies and music streaming services, calling on them to not use its music to train AI without authorization from the label. |
Apple Plans a Thinner iPhone in 2025 Apple is developing a significantly thinner version of the iPhone [non-paywalled source] that could be released as early as 2025, The Information reported Friday, citing three people with direct knowledge of the project. From the report: The slimmer iPhone could be released concurrently with the iPhone 17, expected in September 2025, according to the three people with direct knowledge and two others familiar with the project. It could be priced higher than the iPhone Pro Max, currently Apple's … Apple announces new accessibility features, including Eye Tracking Apple today announced new accessibility features coming later this year, including Eye Tracking, Music Haptics, and Vocal Shortcuts. OpenAI and Google lay out their competing AI visions Welcome back to TechCrunch’s Week in Review. This week had two major events from OpenAI and Google. OpenAI’s spring update event saw the reveal of its new model, GPT-4o, which has voice and vision capabilities that can turn ChatGPT into a virtual assistant seemingly aspiring to be “Her.” Hot off OpenAI’s tail, Google’s I/O conference […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use on… Artificial intelligence gives us reasons to be both 'excited and worried': Ethan Mollick UPenn Wharton School Associate Professor Ethan Mollick weighs in on the Biden White House's new guidelines for artificial intelligence in the workplace on 'Fox News Live.' The Complex Social Lives of Viruses New research has uncovered a social world full of cheating, cooperation, and other intrigues, suggesting that viruses make sense only as members of a community. Best free VPN for Android 2024: Which ones can you trust? It might be surprising, but free VPNs are no longer just for PCs. You can also use them to help easily boost your security and privacy game on an Android device. Whether you want extra security while using a public Wi-Fi network, or to get around geo-restrictions for most of your favorite streaming services, a free VPN can help you do it without having to pay for anything. The problem when lookin… BGP: What is border gateway protocol, and how does it work? Finding the best way to get from Point A to Point B is easy if you’re drawing a straight line on a piece of paper, but when Point A is your computer and Point B is a website halfway around the world, things get a bit trickier. In the latter case, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), the routing protocol used by the global internet, is used to find the best path by weighing the latest network conditions… The Right Chemistry: Processed foods have many faces What do we mean by “ultra-processed” foods? A simple definition is elusive, but akin to pornography: You know it when you see it. Jira story vs. epic: What's the difference? The key difference between a Jira story vs. epic is size and scope. A Jira story can be completed in days or weeks. A Jira epic might take months or years. SMIC to slow capacity expansion from 2025 onward amid concerns over customer 'pre-pull' Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) recently reported a robust momentum with a year-on-year revenue growth of about 20% in the first quarter of 2024, but it may be difficult to sustain. Compared to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which recently lowered its global wafer fabrication revenue growth forecast for 2024 to between 14% and 19%, SMIC's Co-CEO Zh… |
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