BBC World Service - lite (mastodon.social)
My pals in BBC World Service have been doing some awesome work on “lite” versions of their news articles (other page types to follow). They essentially skip the Server-Side React hydration which means you end up with a simpler HTML+CSS page, no JS. Page sizes drop significantly:...
First sodium-ion battery storage station at grid level opens with cells that can be charged in 12 minutes (www.notebookcheck.net)
Introducing GPT-4o (openai.com)
We’re announcing GPT-4o, our new flagship model that can reason across audio, vision, and text in real time.
Full scan of 1 cubic millimeter of brain tissue took 1.4 petabytes of data, equivalent to 14,000 4K movies — Google's AI experts assist researchers (www.tomshardware.com)
ASUS Scammed Us (Gamers Nexus) (www.youtube.com)
Google Cloud accidentally deletes a financial institution account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’ (www.theguardian.com)
A week of downtime and all the servers were recovered only because the customer had a proper disaster recovery protocol and held backups somewhere else, otherwise Google deleted the backups too...
Has Generative AI Already Peaked? - Computerphile (www.youtube.com)
Banana Pi BPI-F3: Single-board computer and RISV-V alternative to the Raspberry Pi now available (www.notebookcheck.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15454966...
A Staggering 19x Energy Jump in Capacitors May Be the Beginning of the End for Batteries (www.popularmechanics.com)
Benefits of resolutions beyond 1080p
This is a genuine question, so please don’t do me like Vlad the Impaler. What is your opinion about the benefits of upgrading to displays beyond 1080p?...
Professor sues Meta to allow release of feed-killing tool for Facebook (arstechnica.com)
The tool is nearly ready to be released, Zuckerman told Ars, but the University of Massachusetts Amherst associate professor is afraid that Facebook owner Meta might threaten legal action if he goes ahead. And his fears appear well-founded. In 2021, Meta sent a cease-and-desist letter to the creator of the original Unfollow...
Microsoft wipes out evidence of real ads in Windows 11 Start menu (www.xda-developers.com)
An Interview With Jack Dorsey (www.piratewires.com)
Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT (www.tomshardware.com)
Global car giants seek tech allies in China's cutthroat EV market (japantoday.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15421429...
The Trouble with Forking Mastodon (wedistribute.org)
Man Booked For Using VPN In J&K's Rajouri, 3rd Such Case In 2 Days (www.ndtv.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15187023
Affordable Truck Repair Services: Keeping Your Fleet on the Road (lemmy.world)
Welcome to Authority Fleet Services, your trusted partner in ensuring the maximum performance and durability of your commercial vehicle fleet. Our team of skilled technicians is dedicated to providing top truck repair services that will keep your trucks on the road and your business running smoothly....
Unrivaled Expertise in Truck Repair: Your Go-To Destination for Heavy Duty Truck Maintenance (lemmy.world)
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Reach Out to Authority On Transportation for Top-notch Mobile Truck Repair in Long Island (lemmy.world)
In the fast-paced world of transportation, where every minute counts, having a reliable partner for truck repair is not just a luxury—it’s a necessity. Meet the Authority On Transportation, your go-to solution for Mobile Truck Repair Near Me and Commercial Truck Repair Long Island. In this blog post, we’ll explore the...
Windows 11 24H2 will enable BitLocker encryption for everyone — happens on both clean installs and reinstalls (www.tomshardware.com)
I used an original iPod in 2024, and it was pretty fun (www.spacebar.news)
Junkyard computing - Repurposing Discarded Smartphones to Minimize Carbon (dl.acm.org)
The major takeaways of this work are:...
First, Google wanted a tax break. Now, they want our water (www.thegazette.com)
Tom Mohan...