OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is in talks with investors, including from the United Arab Emirates, to raise between $5 trillion to $7 trillion in funding. The goal, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, is to increase the world's chip manufacturing capacity and enhance AI capabilities....
I thought the point of Android was that we don’t like to conform to the walled garden. Why is there such an obsession with jumping Apple’s fence? Might as well get an iPhone then
I agree, but Apple built this tech for their users, and for whatever reason people choose to use it.
Some people choose not to use it. So why expect Apple to open their walled garden? If all your friends are inside and they love the flowers, maybe the answer isn’t to ask for free flowers from inside, but either go in yourself or choose to stay outside without the flowers?
Isn’t this like going to someone’s house and not liking their cooking, and then demanding they order pizza for you to accommodate what you want?
After a devastating advertiser exodus last week involving some of the world’s largest media companies, X owner Elon Musk is suing the progressive watchdog group Media Matters over its analysis highlighting antisemitic and pro-Nazi content on X — a report that appeared to play a significant role in the massive and highly...
Like where does the organisation draw the line between “obviously guilty” and “obviously not guilty” - there has to be a bar set somewhere. And right now, it is the legal definition.
Inside Gaza, cut off from the world by a near total blockade, Israeli airstrikes have decimated entire neighborhoods, leveling homes, schools and mosques. CNN drone footage from Monday showed the level of destruction across parts of the strip, with whole streets flattened in the al-Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City and a row of...
The two countries, which flank Israel on opposite sides and share borders with Gaza and the occupied West Bank, respectively, have replied with a staunch refusal. Jordan already has a large Palestinian population....
The European Commission has re-imposed a fine of around €376.36 million on Intel for a previously established abuse of dominant position in the market for computer chips called x86 central processing units ('CPUs'). Intel engaged in a series of anticompetitive practices aimed at excluding competitors from the relevant market...
California lawmakers on Thursday narrowly approved a bill supported by veterans and criminal justice reform advocates to decriminalize the possession and personal use of a limited list of natural psychedelics, including “magic mushrooms.”...
For my Aussie friends - there is a free Take Home Nalaxone program, you can go to a huge list of chemists and get it for free, no prescriptions, no intrusive questions, super easily.
Sources in Belarus said that some Wagner base camps were being dismantled the evening of Aug. 23, and that members of the private military group were forming convoys to leave the country....
OpenAI wants to raise 5-7 trillion dollars. Yes, Trillion (decrypt.co)
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is in talks with investors, including from the United Arab Emirates, to raise between $5 trillion to $7 trillion in funding. The goal, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, is to increase the world's chip manufacturing capacity and enhance AI capabilities....
Apple plans fees and restrictions for non-App Store apps in the EU (bgr.com)
HP CEO: You're 'bad investment' if you don't buy HP supplies (www.theregister.com)
Ifixit gives fairphone 5 a 10/10 on repairability and maintanence (www.ifixit.com)
While they were happy with what the fairphone 4 brought to the table, they seem to like what was changed for the fairphone 5....
If you have an Android phone have you tried Beeper Mini
It’s kind of amazing it works. I’m not clean bubble anymore....
Elon Musk’s X sues media watchdog Media Matters over report on pro-Nazi content on the social media site (www.cnn.com)
After a devastating advertiser exodus last week involving some of the world’s largest media companies, X owner Elon Musk is suing the progressive watchdog group Media Matters over its analysis highlighting antisemitic and pro-Nazi content on X — a report that appeared to play a significant role in the massive and highly...
Sony’s PlayStation Portal gives a confusing first impression (www.theverge.com)
Former Apple designers launch $700 Humane AI Pin as smartphone replacement (www.cnbc.com)
Largest Christian university in US faces record fine after federal probe into alleged deception | AP News (apnews.com)
2,000 children killed in Gaza, aid group says, as doctors warn fuel shortage is a death sentence | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Inside Gaza, cut off from the world by a near total blockade, Israeli airstrikes have decimated entire neighborhoods, leveling homes, schools and mosques. CNN drone footage from Monday showed the level of destruction across parts of the strip, with whole streets flattened in the al-Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City and a row of...
Roman Catholic diocese warns fake priests are preying on California parishioners (www.nbcnews.com)
A Roman Catholic diocese in California is warning its flock to beware of wolves in priestly clothes....
Why Egypt and other Arab countries are unwilling to take in Palestinian refugees from Gaza (apnews.com)
The two countries, which flank Israel on opposite sides and share borders with Gaza and the occupied West Bank, respectively, have replied with a staunch refusal. Jordan already has a large Palestinian population....
Starlink Direct to Cell (direct.starlink.com)
Windows Copilot's is showing third-party Ads to Windows users (www.ghacks.net)
The European Commission Re-Imposes €376.36 Million Fine on Intel for Anticompetitive Practices in the Market for Computer Chips (www.techpowerup.com)
The European Commission has re-imposed a fine of around €376.36 million on Intel for a previously established abuse of dominant position in the market for computer chips called x86 central processing units ('CPUs'). Intel engaged in a series of anticompetitive practices aimed at excluding competitors from the relevant market...
Making hydrogen from waste plastic could pay for itself (techxplore.com)
California moves to decriminalize use of magic mushrooms and other natural psychedelics (www.latimes.com)
California lawmakers on Thursday narrowly approved a bill supported by veterans and criminal justice reform advocates to decriminalize the possession and personal use of a limited list of natural psychedelics, including “magic mushrooms.”...
Steve Harwell, Smash Mouth Founding Singer, Dead at 56 (www.rollingstone.com)
“Walkin’ on the Sun” and “All Star” vocalist announced his retirement in 2021...
The referendum is a Yes/No vote on 92 words. All other disputes should be shut out (www.abc.net.au)
A very good read about the voice to parliament, I believe it addresses some of the concerns raised in the megathread....
Narcan — the opioid overdose medication — will finally be available over the counter (www.vox.com)
In just a few days, drugstores like Walgreens will have it in stock, for everyone. Here’s how to use it, and who it will help.
Ukraine — Victory Is Closer Than You Think (cepa.org) Ukrainian
National Resistance Center: Wagner convoys head to Russia after fatal crash (kyivindependent.com)
Sources in Belarus said that some Wagner base camps were being dismantled the evening of Aug. 23, and that members of the private military group were forming convoys to leave the country....