Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
On 13 May 1897, Marconi sent the first ever wireless communication over open sea – a message was transmitted over the Bristol Channel from Flat Holm Island to Lavernock Point near Cardiff, a distance of 6 kilometres. The message read "Are you ready".
A quick smartphone comparison! https://somegadgetguy.com/b/465
Pixel 8a vs OnePlus 12R! These might be the best two mid-ranger phones in the USA right now!
Samsung is facing a labor strike for the first time ever. Apple is union busting. The FCC cancelled its affordable internet program. AI is all the rage with investors, but no one is using it.
Android trackers are FINALLY here! And, we should chat announcements at Computex!
I'm soooooo sick of AI. I'm going to go live off grid in a cabin with zero technology. I won't have computers, phones, cell service, or internet. Just good old fashioned living. 😆
In the words of Fatboy Slim, "we've come a long long way together." Here, @miaq breaks down Flipboard's federation journey so far.
"We could [federate Flipboard] with a quick flip of the switch but we’ve chosen to act more intentionally," she writes. "We’re taking measured steps to test, learn, and ensure that everything we’re doing stays true to our values and those of the fediverse. Maintaining quality is top of the list."
The #Fediverse is important for many reasons obviously. With the commercial influence on recommendations and the continued enshitification of search, it is crucial we retain the capacity to share what is important, delightful, amusing, and valued for reasons we deem, not them. #technology
"Nowhere is this [innovation by petit bourgeoisie] more evident than in the modern software industry, where virtually all the novel ideas have been created by individuals or small partnerships"
"The competitive advantage of large firms lies largely in their capitalization, marketing muscle, lobbying power, and vertical integration, not in their original ideas and innovation."
I ordered these LITERALLY a YEAR AGO to the day, and they JUST ARRIVED!
Apple stalled the Google location tracker network for as long as they could, but now we FINALLY have some competition for AirTags!
NYTimes BREAKING NEWS - Tuesday, June 4, 2024 9:06 AM ET #OpenAI has not done enough to prevent its artificial intelligence systems from becoming dangerous, a group of former and current employees said.
The group published an open letter on Tuesday calling for leading A.I. companies to establish greater transparency and more protections for whistle-blowers. #AI#ArtificialIntelligence#technology
Remember the Steven Sinofsky memoir about his time at Microsoft heading the Windows and Office teams that was being released as a SubStack newsletter? It's now available as a Kindle book, and will be available in paper in July.
We have released a new update of AstianGO, an update with improvements in the accuracy of the results, improvements in the news, video playback and much more.
Enjoy a search engine that doesn't track you, doesn't sell your information and doesn't keep track of your activity.
“I find the idea of uninvited chatbots answering questions in Facebook groups to be dystopian for a number of reasons, starting with the fact that online communities are for people....”
“Right now, many companies are wielding generative AI as a hammer, and as a result, everything looks like a nail.”
We continue advancing with the development of our VPN client that will be available within Midori web browser, this is a short video about how it works.
We are committed to our users, so in order to improve our support, tutorials, Midori, Astian Cloud AstianGO and our applications we have released our community and help platform where we can better interact with all our users.