Digg Relaunch Fails sdinfoserv writes: After running a Reddit clone for a couple of months, the Digg beta shut down again. The website is a splash memo from CEO Justin Mezzell, blaming the latest "Hard Reset" on bots. "Building on the internet in 2026 is different," writes Mezzell. "We learned that the hard way. Today we're sharing difficult news: we've made the decision to significantly downsize the Digg team..." The decision was made after struggling to gain traction and an overwhelming influx of AI-driven bots … Save money by canceling more software projects, says survey Enterprises should be more ruthless about cancelling projects. That’s according to project management software company Tempo, which surveyed 667 project planning leaders at the end of last year. It found that those who deployed better scenario planning and acted ruthlessly is assessing a project’s viability would be better off. According to the survey, 90% of organizations claimed that their proj… The quiz that keeps families connected | Brief letters Saturday quiz | Avoiding AI | Size matters It was lovely to read Sabrina Olson’s letter (6 March) on the quiz as it has been a family ritual for us for years. It kept us all connected through our children’s time at university, then moving into their own homes, and in some cases working abroad. It kept us going through the enforced separation of Covid and became a rite of passage for any new partn… Steven Spielberg says he’s ‘never used AI’ in any of his films At SXSW, Steven Spielberg said AI has uses in many fields, but not when it comes to replacing creative people in film and TV writing. Snow geese take off for the Arctic in mesmerizing sunrise display Thousands of snow geese touch down at a Pennsylvania reservoir each spring, turning sunrise into a loud, swirling liftoff that draws big crowds Victoria Coates on Iranian leadership's 'delusional' statements amid US strikes Former Deputy National Security Advisor Victoria Coates discusses the 'delusional' nature of Mojtaba Khamenei's first statement as ayatollah, particularly regarding threats to U.S. bases. Using AI to pick team leaders -- without crossing legal or ethical lines AI can help a CIO find ideal team-leader candidates within and beyond their organization, but unintended bias can creep into the process. Anduril set to acquire Orange County space surveillance company The purchase of ExoAnalytic Solutions, for an undisclosed sum, is meant to boost Anduril's capabilities in space domain awareness, battle management and fire control. Moving From Moment.js To The JS Temporal API The way JavaScript handles time has evolved significantly, from the built-in `Date` API to Moment.js and now Temporal. The new standard fills gaps in the original `Date` API while addressing limitations found in Moment and other libraries. Joe Attardi shares practical “recipes” for migrating Moment-based code to the new Temporal API. |
Apple's App Store In China Gets Lower 25% Commission To Appease Regulators Apple will cut its App Store commission in China from 30% to 25% starting March 15, with small-business and mini-app rates dropping from 15% to 12%. AppleInsider reports: Chinese regulators have been back and forth with Apple in recent years over the 30% App Store commission. The latest publicly known pressure occurred after President Trump slammed the country with seemingly random and outrageous tariffs in 2025. While nothing much else has happened in the public eye in the year since, Apple ha… “Friday Night Baseball” returns to Apple TV on March 27 for its fifth season “Friday Night Baseball” — a weekly MLB doubleheader on Apple TV — returns for its fifth season on March 27. 5 Exciting Ace Hardware Finds Available In March 2026 Spring is as good a time as any to buy some fun new hardware, and Ace Hardware has you covered. Here are some exciting tools available from the retailer. Best Dreo Spring Sale Deals: Air Fryer, Heater, Fans Dreo’s spring sale offers a great deal on the Chefmaker combi cooker, plus discounts on WIRED’s favorite bathroom heater and tower fan. Meta is developing more AI chips for itself With demand for AI chips rising and supplies tightening, Meta is taking its AI computing needs into its own hands and developing more of its own chips: It will produce four new generations of chips over the next two years. Cloud computing giants including Meta, AWS, and Google have been keen to develop their own chips to improve the performance of their own data centers. Meta started its own chip… Adobe Settles With U.S. Over Hard-to-Cancel Subscriptions The maker of Photoshop agreed to pay $75 million to the government, which had accused it of hiding details of expensive fees. AMD wants you to buy a $2,000 ‘agent PC’ just for AI You already have a laptop or desktop PC, but now AMD thinks you need another one—an “agent PC” to support your main machine. AMD has responded to the growing success of OpenClaw’s AI agents with a new suggestion: customers should buy “agent PCs,” which would take the power of the Ryzen AI Max+ processor (surprise!) and repurpose it to run an agent swarm. AMD’s idea is that you should use a “norma… China's Nexchip signals wafer price hikes amid capacity expansion and CIS growth Nexchip has confirmed that it has raised prices for certain wafer foundry products, aligning its pricing strategy with market conditions, customer demand, and ongoing operational improvements, according to the company's March 6, 2025 investor relations briefing, released on March 9, 2025. Instagram is getting rid of end-to-end encrypted DMs that ‘very few’ people used Instagram will no longer support end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8th. In a statement to The Verge, Meta spokesperson Dina El-Kassaby Luce says the platform is discontinuing the feature because "very few people" were using E2EE in their DMs. Instagram has begun notifying impacted users about the change inside its app, and has also posted […] |
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