Ian King / Bloomberg:Lam Research, one of the three biggest providers of chip manufacturing equipment in the US, plans to cut ~7% of its workforce, or about 1,300 jobs worldwide — Lam Research Corp., one of the three biggest providers of chip-manufacturing equipment in the US, is cutting about 7% […]
All PDF review
Lightweight and free, All PDF is a PDF reader for Android that’s smart, simple, and packed with useful tools.
With Nvidia Eye Contact, you’ll never look away from a camera again
Creepy AI-powered eyeballs maintain direct eye contact even if you avert your gaze.
An ALS patient set a record for communicating via a brain implant: 62 words per minute
Eight years ago, a patient lost her power of speech because of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, which causes progressive paralysis. She can still make sounds, but her words have become unintelligible, leaving her reliant on a writing board or iPad to communicate. Now, after volunteering to receive a brain […]
Twitter reinstates Holocaust-denying white supremacist Nick Fuentes, who says Hitler is “really fucking cool”, tried skirting the ban, and is banned elsewhere (Prem Thakker/New Republic)
Prem Thakker / New Republic:Twitter reinstates Holocaust-denying white supremacist Nick Fuentes, who says Hitler is “really fucking cool”, tried skirting the ban, and is banned elsewhere — Nazi, white nationalist, and Taliban fan Nick Fuentes is back on Twitter. — Fuentes was originally banned …
BolehVPN review
BolehVPN is a small VPN that unblocks Netflix US and lets you torrent at variable speeds.
Fearing ChatGPT, Google enlists founders Brin and Page in AI fight
Threatened by upstart OpenAI, Google pledges to fast-track new AI projects.
A few pieces of good news on climate change (and a reality check)
When it comes to climate, the picture can look bleak. Emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change reached a new peak in 2022, according to early estimates. And climate disasters seem to be hitting at a breakneck pace. In 2022, the world experienced record heat waves in China […]
Sources: the DOJ is poised to sue Google over its dominance in the $278.6B US digital advertising market before the end of the week (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:Sources: the DOJ is poised to sue Google over its dominance in the $278.6B US digital advertising market before the end of the week — The US Justice Department is poised to sue Alphabet Inc.’s Google as soon as Tuesday regarding the search giant’s dominance over the digital advertising market […]
Drop + The Lord of the Rings Elvish keyboard review: one keeb to rule them all
Beautiful, robust, and comfortable, the Drop + The Lord of the Rings Elvish TKL is an excellent mechanical keyboard Tolkien fans will nerd out about.