News and discussions about technology

digs, 1 day ago

Exciting times in the #kakapo world as we roll out our new transmitter design, with much longer battery life and smarter #technology, thanks to the brilliant DOC Electronics Team. Here’s site lead Petrus with 5 year old Ako. #conservation #parrots 📸 Dani Whitaker

paninid, 1 day ago

The #technology miracle of “#AI” is that the words generated actually form sequences which humans process as plausible formulations of sentences in language we know.

eoinoneill, 2 days ago

How has no one ever told me about this brilliant website?

https://skins.webamp.org/

#technology #music #winamp

ben, 4 days ago

"A quarter-century into its existence, a company that once proudly served as an entry point to a web that it nourished with traffic and advertising revenue has begun to abstract that all away into an input for its large language models." #Technology https://werd.io/view/66460b700123961ccd0a5482

JeremyMallin, 6 days ago

Now that Internet search has been ruined, I'm going to start calling them quests instead of searches.
#Technology

yogthos, 6 days ago

Chinese scientists achieve mass production of optical chips. Such chips are particularly useful for supercomputers and data centers.

Researchers found a way to produce the chips using lithium tantalate, a cheaper material than what was previously used.

This method is expected to help China avoid limitations on advanced chip production from the U.S. 🎉

#technology

https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/05/38789719/beating-us-sanctions-chinese-scientists-achieve-mass-production-of-optical-chips-at-low-cost

Theeo123, 6 days ago

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/victory-fcc-closes-loopholes-and-restores-net-neutrality

The FCC has now closed the last remaining loopholes and restored Net Neutrality.

This is a HUGE win!!

#FCC #netneutrality #technology #privacy #security #internet

ben, 12 days ago

"There were times when Sinclair ZX Spectrum games were copied over the radio waves across Slovenia. Radio Študent broadcast screeching, beeping and whining, which we recorded on tape and played a game a few hours later." I love this! #Technology https://www.racunalniski-muzej.si/en/40-years-later-a-game-for-the-zx-spectrum-will-be-once-again-broadcast-over-fm-radio/?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon

BBCRD, 12 days ago

"... the BBC has been involved in the development of NMOS since the project’s early days... "

https://www.tvtechnology.com/opinion/brainstorming-nmos-collaborating-for-the-common-good

#NMOS #broadcast #technology

ben, 13 days ago

"Researchers have devised an attack against nearly all virtual private network applications that forces them to send and receive some or all traffic outside of the encrypted tunnel designed to protect it from snooping or tampering." #Technology https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/novel-attack-against-virtually-all-vpn-apps-neuters-their-entire-purpose/?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon

ben, 13 days ago

"A local authority has announced it will ban apostrophes on street signs to avoid problems with computer systems." It's rare to see bad database security design advertised so openly! #Technology https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68942321?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon

byteseu, 15 days ago

A humble Bluetooth device has successfully connected to a satellite in orbit | The signal spanned an astonishing 600 km https://www.byteseu.com/82704/ #Technology

byteseu, 15 days ago

Warren Buffett says AI scamming will be the next big ‘growth industry’ https://www.byteseu.com/80816/ #Technology

preslavrachev, 15 days ago (edited 14 days ago)

The year is 2050. One of the tech companies below has just reach its latest all-time-high. Which one?

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#technology #apple #microsoft #google #tesla

paninid, 16 days ago

The bleeding edge of #technology #journalism is struggling to grok #SyntheticChernobyl

https://www.fastcompany.com/91117543/google-generative-ai-seo-spam