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> The team set up one of their evaluation kits as an access point at the edge of a quiet valley – an ideal low-interference environment for pushing Wi-Fi range to its limits.
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> Amazon is rolling the clock back to pre-covid.
www.tomshardware.com
> The notoriously strict Cyberspace Administration of China wants to regulate generative AI.
www.tomshardware.com
> But developers need to update their apps first.
arstechnica.com
> "We’re going to have supervision," says billionaire Oracle co-founder Ellison.
www.tomshardware.com
> Cathode hydrogenation identified as the primary cause of lithium battery degradation.
techcrunch.com
> IBM today launched the Qiskit Functions Catalog, a new set of services that aims to make programming quantum computers easier by abstracting away many of the complexities of working with these machines.
www.theverge.com
> The best time to add Android notification syncing is now.
arstechnica.com
> Companies promise "more flexible options" for channel and streaming packages.
www.eff.org
> The 900 MHz band, a frequency range serving as a commons for all, is now at risk due to NextNav’s brazen attempt to privatize this shared resource.
www.tomshardware.com
> ESA Metal 3D Printer was launched to the ISS at the start of the year.
devclass.com
> A report from developer-focused analyst Redmonk finds “there does not seem to be a clear link between moving from an open source to proprietary license and increasing the company’s value.”
www.theverge.com
> Would you like a little more Instagrma in your Threads?
www.tomshardware.com
> U.S., EU member states, and other allies are set to sign up later this month.
www.tomshardware.com
> 1984 meets Minority Report.
thenextweb.com
> Estonia has established itself as a software powerhouse. Now it's breeding science-based startups, as it targets a deeptech boom.
www.cnbc.com
> Antitrust investigations conducted by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) have found that Amazon and Flipkart violated local competition laws.
www.techspot.com
> New research around stock behavior led by professors from universities across the Midwest took a novel approach. The academics used commercially available mobile phone location data to track devices spending significant time around SEC offices. They then traced those devices traveling to corporate headquarters in the year before the Covid lockdowns. Study: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4941708
www.tomshardware.com
> Hard drives from the last 20 years are now slowly dying.
> Company unveils o1 models that it claims have new reasoning and problem-solving abilities Archived version: https://archive.ph/fRzFp
www.theguardian.com
> Facilities to receive greater protection in attempt to reduce potential impact of adverse incidents or attacks
arstechnica.com
> Startup NetworkOcean wants to sink GPUs into San Francisco Bay.
> Americans used just over 100 trillion megabytes of wireless data in 2023, up 36% over the prior year in the largest single-year increase in wireless data consumption, according to an industry survey released on Tuesday. Survey: https://api.ctia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-Annual-Survey-1.pdf
arstechnica.com
> “Elon Musk’s had more positions on free speech than the Kama Sutra," says lawmaker.
therecord.media
> A Ford Motoer Company patent application filed in February and published last month proposes software that would monitor in-car conversations and other data to help serve up advertisements.
www.wired.com
> The federal indictment of two alleged members of the Terrorgram Collective, a far-right cell accused of inspiring “lone wolf” attacks, reveals the US is now using a “forgotten” legal strategy. Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20240913155526/https://www.wired.com/story/terrorgram-collective-indictments/
arstechnica.com
> Gemini Live allows back-and-forth conversation, now free to all Android users.
arstechnica.com
> New designs will roll out to phones, tablets, and PCs over the next few months.
9to5google.com
> YouTube is starting to show ads on TVs whenever you pause a video, as first announced earlier this year by Google.
www.tomshardware.com
> Retiring older, less power efficient supercomputers is a smart move.
www.techspot.com
> Dell Technologies has announced plans to further reduce its headcount despite strong performance in the second quarter of fiscal year 2025. In a recent 10-Q filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the company stated its commitment to "disciplined cost management" and "ongoing business transformation initiatives," which include measures such as limiting external hiring and implementing employee reorganizations.
techcrunch.com
> Following the moves of other tech giants, Spotify announced on Friday it’s introducing in-app parental controls in the form of “managed accounts” for listeners under the age of 13. The new feature will initially be offered as a pilot program for parents or guardians on a Family plan in select markets, including Denmark, New Zealand, and Sweden.
www.abc.net.au
> Facebook has admitted that it scrapes the public photos, posts and other data of Australian adult users to train its AI models and provides no opt-out option, even though it allows people in the European Union to refuse consent.
www.theverge.com
> Meta prominently displayed the label before.
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> But it’s not cheap.
www.voanews.com
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/22594027 > Another win for NetChoice.
arstechnica.com
> "Select Play Partners" can block unofficial installation of their apps.
www.bbc.com
> The European Court of Justice upheld a 2016 decision that said Apple received unlawful aid from Ireland.