Viewing teamsnapzu's Snapzine
-
1231.
Ruler of the Metaverse: Blockchain or Big Tech?
Crypto advocates Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk have strong opinions on Big Tech muscling in on the metaverse and Web3.
Posted in: by geoleo -
1232.
25 Years Ago, Apple Acquired NeXT and Brought Back Steve Jobs
This week marks the 25th anniversary of Apple announcing that it had agreed to acquire NeXT for $400 million.
Posted in: by TNY -
1233.
Gaming disorder: Inside the clinic helping addicted teens
BBC News has exclusive access to the UK's only facility for video game addiction.
Posted in: by geoleo -
1234.
How the misuse of antibiotics on animals poses a serious threat to modern medicine as we know it
Of late, we’ve been getting used to shortages of things we’ve previously taken for granted, like petrol, gas, toilet rolls, HGV drivers and seasonal labour. Could it be that we’re about to add a new item to that list: antibiotics?
-
1235.
DuckDuckGo working on a standalone web browser for Mac & Windows
DuckDuckGo is working on a standalone desktop browser with "robust privacy protection" that will be available for the Mac and PC platforms.
-
1236.
5G Speeds in the U.S. Rank Dead Last Among Early Adopters
The US ranked among the best globally for 5G availability, but that's really not saying much.
Posted in: by geoleo -
1237.
Why the most powerful space telescope ever needs to be kept really, really cold
The James Webb Space Telescope will give a glimpse of the earliest galaxies formed after the Big Bang — but only if the telescope is kept frigid. That's why there's a tennis court-sized sunshield.
Posted in: by Chubros -
1238.
Springboard: the secret history of the first real smartphone
A decade before Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, a tiny team of renegades imagined and tried to build the modern smartphone. Nearly forgotten by history, a little startup called Handspring tried to make the future before it was ready. This is the story of the Treo.
Posted in: by Maternitus -
1239.
The secret lives of OnlyFans ghostwriters, who say their job includes catfishing paying fans
Insider spoke with former staffers at Unruly, a management firm for OnlyFans stars, who shared details of their jobs.
-
1240.
Facebook/Meta is the worst company of the year, Yahoo Finance audience survey finds
In Yahoo Finance's annual poll, Meta (formerly Facebook) was the worst company of the year. Stock performance, complaints, politics, congressional hearings and more had people upset.
-
1241.
Senators Own Cryptocurrency Assets as They Shape Rules for Industry
Sens. Pat Toomey and Cynthia Lummis, ranking Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee, are the only two senators with cryptocurrency investments, according to a Wall Street Journal review of public financial disclosures.
Posted in: by geoleo -
1242.
Smartphones Are a New Tax on the Poor
The expectation of connectivity now extends to low-wage workers—and the consequences go far beyond gig economy jobs.
Posted in: by geoleo -
1243.
Smartphones Are a New Tax on the Poor
The expectation of connectivity now extends to low-wage workers—and the consequences go far beyond gig economy jobs.
Posted in: by Vandertoolen -
1244.
Optical Chip Promises 350x Speedup Over RTX 3080 in Some Algorithms
Lightelligence, a Boston-based photonics company, revealed the world's first small form-factor, photonics-based computing device, meaning it uses light to perform compute operations. The company claims the unit is "hundreds of times faster than a typical computing unit, such as NVIDIA RTX 3080." 350 times faster, to be exact, but that only applies to certain types of applications.
Posted in: by zritic -
1245.
YouTube TV loses ESPN, other Disney networks after failing to reach new deal
YouTube TV's subscription is now $15 cheaper.
-
1246.
Pluto's bizarre polygons now have a science explanation
The icy process may be present on other worlds.
Posted in: by Chubros -
1247.
New technology lets police link DNA to appearance and ancestry – and it's coming to Australia
The Australian Federal Police recently announced plans to use DNA samples collected at crime scenes to make predictions about potential suspects. This technology, called forensic “DNA phenotyping”, can reveal a surprising and growing amount of highly personal information from the traces of DNA that we all leave behind, everywhere we go – including information about our biological sex, ancestry and appearance.
-
1248.
IBM and Samsung say their new chip design could lead to week-long battery life on phones
Stacking transistors could be the next big thing in chips.
-
1249.
Grindr hit with $7M fine for GDPR consent breaches
Grindr, a hook-up app for gay, bi, trans and queer people, has been fined around $7.1 million (65 million NOK) by Norway’s data protection authority for passing user data to advertisers without consent — including highly sensitive information related to users’ sexual orientation.
-
1250.
Weibo fined by Chinese regulator for publishing illegal information
Chinese social media platform Weibo Corp has been slapped with a 3 million yuan ($470,000) fine by China's internet regulator for repeatedly publishing illegal information.
-
1251.
Google is building a new augmented reality device and operating system
Job listings expose plans for a mobile AR platform intended to reach "billions."
Posted in: by geoleo -
1252.
Her Instagram Handle Was ‘Metaverse.’ Last Month, It Vanished.
Five days after Facebook changed its name to Meta, an Australian artist found herself blocked, with seemingly no recourse, from an account documenting nearly a decade of her life and work.
Posted in: by geoleo -
1253.
Hydrogen Is Not A Fuel, It’s A Cult
The sales pitch for hydrogen is heating up, although not as much as the Hindenburg did in 1937. In the UK, there are even advertisements for the fuel on the London Underground, which is quite an odd thing to see next to posters about the latest iPhone and vitamin supplements. It’s not like the average employee on their way to work is going to rush out and buy some H2 before reaching the office.
Posted in: by baron778 -
1254.
Dorsey's exit from Twitter reveals shortening 'shelf life' of tech's...
As big tech companies amassed more scale and influence, these companies have faced pointed questions from investors and regulators about how they’re being run.
Posted in: by baron778 -
1255.
Twitter Spaces filled with hate speech, extremism, report says
The live audio chat feature has reportedly been tough for the social media site to police.
Posted in: by bradd -
1256.
In breakthrough, DeepMind's AI has cracked two mathematical problems that have stumped...
DeepMind's AI is probably best known for cracking the popular strategy game Go, but in the last few years, machine learning has proved extremely valuable in an array of applications like protein-folding and deep intuition. Now, for the first time, the technology has been used to identify mathematical connections that have eluded researchers for decades. Teaming up with mathematicians, DeepMind's AI sought to tackle two distinct problems – one in the study of symmetries and the other in knot theory.
Posted in: by socialiguana -
1257.
A TikToker wrote code to flood Kellogg with bogus job applications after the company announced it...
An activist on TikTok posted code online meant to flood the Kellogg website with fake job applications in protest against the company's decision to permanently replace striking workers. Kellogg announced on Wednesday that it would replace almost 1,400 unionized workers after the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers union rejected a pay deal. The workers have been on strike since October over what they say is unfair pay and benefits.
Posted in: by doodlegirl -
1258.
Netflix launches website 'Tudum' for news, interviews, bonus features and more
Video-streaming giant Netflix has launched a new website called 'Tudum' with aim to provide news, interviews, behind-the-scenes videos, bonus features and more. The firm described the website as "a place to learn more about your Netflix interests".
-
1259.
British Car Leasing Company Creates 'Apple Car' 3D Render Based on Patents
British vehicle leasing company Vanarama has taken a stab at imagining what the first Apple Car could look like, taking inspiration from iPhones, MacBooks, and other Apple products, and combining them with real Apple patents to come up with a 3D concept render that can be explored inside and out.
-
1260.
How the 3G Shutdown in 2022 Could Screw Your Car
You may have heard the news that major 3G cellular networks will be shut down in the U.S. in 2022—yes, at the risk of making anyone feel especially old, we're far enough along in the 21st century that the tech that helped usher in the era of smartphones is now obsolete. The telecom industry's preferred euphemism is "sunsetting," which is just a fancy way of saying that it won't happen all at once. But make no mistake, 3G networks are going away in this country.
Posted in: by geoleo




















