Собираем новости, события и мнения о рынках, банках и реакциях компаний.

Учитывали жилищные условия, инфраструктуру, доступ к образованию и медицине, социокультурную среду, политическую стабильность и другие критерии.

Собираем новости, события и мнения о рынках, банках и реакциях компаний.

Компания планирует обжаловать решение в Верховном суде.

Ежегодное исследование продуктовых дизайн-команд в России. Как профессиональное сообщество оценивает результаты их работы?

Весной 2024 года регулятор заявил о блокировке их «информационных ресурсов».

Он составит 99,42 рубля.

Компания попала под блокирующие санкции США в конце ноября 2024 года.

Это первый запуск роботакси компании за пределами США.

Но к концу 2025 года прогнозируют курс в 112-115 рублей за доллар.

Основу меню составляет курица, глазированная в разных соусах.

Провели расследование: отправились в «Росатом» и поговорили с сотрудниками из разных направлений (и поколений), чтобы выяснить, как на самом деле.

Отсутствие зрителей, а также инфляцию и рост зарплат кинотеатрам приходится компенсировать за счёт цены билета.

Форма для подачи заявок заработала 2 ноября 2024 года.

Важно при этом отметить, что я считаю себя достаточно адекватным собеседующим.

Но это не требование к джуну, по этому критерию я скорее определяю, что это уже не мидл*.

А у тех, кто рассказывает, обычно решение растягивается на полчаса, ну и на этом все заканчивается.

Что не означает, что он вообще не может трудоустроиться – я видел ребят с 5-7 лет нерисованного опыта, которые приходили ко мне и не проходили мое собеседование.

Не все могут пройти этот путь самостоятельно, это нормально, но и специального таланта для этого тоже не требуется, а вот помощь старшего товарища – зачастую да.

Я раньше ни о каких вторичных часах и не слышал, хотя, как оказалось, многократно их видел.

Товарищ ввел меня в курс дела да ещё снабдил сразу и ссылками на заметки, как это всё решается.

Вот фрагмент из описания 176ИЕ12:фрагмент из описания 176ИЕ12Собственно, для решения задачи запуска вторичных часов нужна только обвязка для кварца и сигналы с 10 и 4 выходов, минуты и секунды.

Так что эту микросхему без проблем можно заменить на КР1561ТМ2 или К561ТМ2, у кого они есть в закромах.

А на сами кварцевые «ходики» 5 вольт заводятся с линейного регулятора H-моста, который имеет выход на клеммник.

Я очень люблю различные ноутбуко-подобные устройства на необычных процессорах.

Что за аппарат можно купить за такую скромную сумму и чем он может быть полезен в наше время?

❯ ПредысторияБуквально год назад я узнал о том, что существуют весьма интересные узкоспециализированные ‭«нетбуко-образные‭» устройства в виде автономных электронных переводчиков.

О первой я расскажу чуточку позже, а вот вторую для меня помог ‭«выкупить‭» подписчик Александр, за что ему огромное спасибо.

Впрочем, всей системой вполне можно управлять и с клавиатуры, поэтому я не считаю это серьезной проблемой.

Ни одно другое транспортное средство не могло сравниться с ним по комфорту и чистоте, простоте конструкции и удобству обслуживания.

Компания производила только один вид автомобилей, и он настолько радикально отличался от автомобилей с ДВС, что Tesla могла свободно переосмыслить все с нуля.

Автопроизводитель успешно перешел от автомобилей с двигателем внутреннего сгорания к электромобилям с аккумуляторной батареей и подключаемым гибридам.

С 2018 года BYD увеличила продажи с 200 000 автомобилей в год до более чем 3 миллионов в 2023 году, все из которых электромобили.

Для примера, ячейки средней батареи емкостью 60 киловатт-часов того же размера, что и в Chevy Bolt, содержали примерно 185 кило…

В интернетах разгораются жаркие споры о том, надо ли ее менять или не надо, если надо, то на какую — КПТ-8 или подороже и как часто ее нужно менять.

Благодаря высокой текучести, жидкие металлы могут плотно, без пустот заполнить все неровности прилегания, и, в то же время, имеют высокую теплопроводность, свойственную металлам.

Поскольку измерения температуры термодатчиком процессора и пирометром имеют точность плюс‑минус лапоть, к приведенным далее цифрам следует относиться исключительно оценочно.

Итак, без термопасты, в программе BIOS Setup процессор показал температуру 55 градусов, радиатор при этом нагрелся до 33 градусов, разница — 22 градуса.

То же самое повторим для процессора с тонким…

❯ Суть таковаНебольшой приколЕсть у меня любовь к поиску и документированию ошибок и опечаток в объявлениях, на сайтах и где-то ещё.

Увы, я общался с товарищем, кому удалось её достать, но запустить её не удалось…Про эти платы не удалось найти практически никакой информации.

Потенциометры на плате, вероятно, служат для его подстройки (хотя, конечно, могу ошибаться, никакой информации на этот счёт я не нашёл).

Нужны они для запуска платы, если ни одного «боевого» ключа ещё не сгенерировано.Втыкаем дискету с софтом, и ключи успешно подтягиваются.

Даже скажу, что это одна из самых красивых компьютерных плат, что есть у меня дома.Забавно, что в своё время даже существовали вирусы для ПК с таким…

Я делаю на это упор, потому что это позволит нам объяснить некоторые из графических артефактов PS1.

СпрайтыЕщё один очень популярный примитив, используемый во многих играх для PlayStation — это спрайты; по сути, это текстурированные тайлы с координатами (x,y), шириной и высотой.

Пакеты на PlayStation — это слова (32-битные значения), отправляемые последовательно и сообщающие GPU, что нужно отрисовывать.

Такая методика подразделения полигонов для снижения искажений текстур применяется во многих играх для PlayStation.

Заключение и дополнительные ресурсыУместить всю информацию о PlayStation и её внутреннем техническом устройстве в один пост попросту невозможно.

Тут ни для кого не секрет и не открытие.

Прикинув список обязанностей системного аналитика, я понял, что я точно не потеряю по грейду.

Однако я понял, что это не мое, я устал от этого всего, я оказался не готов в такому забегу, который требует спринтерских скоростей на марафонских дистанциях.

И что я могу сказать спустя эти пол года: “Вообще не зря перешел”.

Подытожить статью хочу фразой: “Я стал аналитиком, потому что не мог БОЛЬШЕ БЫТЬ программистом”.

Andrew Tomazos - глубоко знакомый как с языком, так и с компанией человек.

Он представил своё предложение комитету, и те предложили ему курировать "заимствование" в C++ изначального доклада.

Он назвал этот вопрос "The Undefined Behaviour Question", и бумага получила подходящее название "P3403 The Undefined Behaviour Question" (он даже выделил вопрос жёлтеньким в начале доклада, вау!)

Многие из аудиенции связали название ("The Undefined Behaviour Question") с книгой Карла Маркса "On the Jewish Question", как и с общим феноменом Еврейского Вопроса, что, само собой, показало Томасоза с плохой стороны.

Ни о какой дискредитации и речи идти не могло, в его глазах - "question" - это, чёрт возьми, …

Продукт сырой, рынка нет и перспективы сомнительны.

Но за годы работы в не очень успешных компаниях, у меня появилось 6 принципов, как выбирать стоящий проект:Это должен быть хороший продукт, который нужен людям.

Как только у вас закончатся бюджеты на продвижение, продукт скорее всего схлопнется.

Не офис‑менеджер, не организатор корпоративов и не ассистент гендира.

Особенно, если вы скорее АНАЛиТИК, чем аналитик, и работа с данными — это не самая сильная ваша сторона.

Повторюсь, данная информация звучит не от какой-нибудь НКО, аналитического центра или коммерческой структуры.

Напоминаю, что я автор трилогии «Коронавирус: как мы себя обманываем», «Коронавирус: опасная иллюзия смертности», «Коронавирус: мир сошёл с ума».

Впрочем, более подробно в августе 2020 говорил об этом я в статье «На США надвигается кризис в сфере образования».

И не забывайте, что всё это относится не только к Америке.

Просто там меняется власть и на фоне глубочайшей политической поляризации, правда начала проявляться именно оттуда.

Если вы — Дед Мороз — и видите, что отчества нет, уточните его в чате.

Но воздержитесь от дальнейшего «деанона» вашего получателя подарка — это минимизирует главную идею АДМ :) Постарайтесь учесть интересы получателя ↓↓↓На сервисе есть два чата — с вашим получателем подарка и с вашим Анонимным Дедом Морозом.

Если ваш получатель окажется из другой страны, можно заказать подарок в интернет-магазине страны получателя — так получится и дешевле, и быстрее.

Те, кто придёт только для получения подарка и не отправит сам, в следующем году не сможет поучаствовать.

Чтобы принять участие: заходите на habra-adm.ru → авторизуйтесь через свою учётку на Хабре → указывайте имя-адрес и телефон (для курьера) …

Немного — это когда железа уже не 10 стоек, а 100 и больше, и нужно обновить конфиги на всём.

Но есть детали именно по конфигурации, а не по самой физической сборке.

Чтобы собрать оптимально, надо иметь глубокие знания по тому, как и что работает на практике (привет, NV Me ).

То есть это то же самое знание консоли, но расширенное.

Если вы админ и поделитесь тем, что вы как админ делаете и что нужно учить, чтобы вами стать, то, кажется, это будет интересно достаточно большой части сообщества.

Видео проведения процедуры коррекции SMILE Pro:Популяризация SMILE в России: успехи и трудностиЯ была одной из первых, кто начал популяризировать SMILE в России.

И в мире, и в России эта технология заняла очень прочную, стремительно растущую нишу.

SMILE = SMILE Pro?

Видит рекламу «новейшего метода» (как правило, с каким-то «специальным предложением, скидкой» и с добавкой SMILE) и обращается в клинику, в которой нет никакого VISUMAX.

И тут есть вариации:Будет сказано, что это и есть SMILE, указывая на ATOS или Ziemer LDV Z8, потому что «это одно и то же».

Сейчас от разработчика ждут не только написание кода, но и работу с ci/cd, тестирование, поддержка сервиса в проде, эффективную коммуникацию с командой, а иногда и с бизнесом.

Накидываем на это понижающий коэффициент, чтобы заложить риски PROFIT - теперь мы знаем сколько стори поинтов может сделать команда за спринт.

Правда там это были физические бумажки на доске, а у нас тикеты в Jira, но сути это не меняет.

Переход состоялся, но на проект ушло около 1 млрд австралийских долларов — это в несколько раз больше, чем планировалось.

Если не успеваешь к срокам, о которых договорились, это нормально, главное скажи об этом как можно раньше, и подсвети что не учли при оценке.

Как и в оригинале, вы будете прокачивать деревню, а также управлять своим магазинчиком, товары для которого предстоит добывать из подземелий.

Выйдет проект где-то в 2025 году на ПК, PlayStation 5 и Xbox Series.

Игра выходит где-то в 2025 году на ПК, PlayStation 5 и Xbox Series.

Точной даты выхода всё ещё нет, но обещают выпустить игру в 2025 на ПК, PlayStation 5 и Xbox Series.

Игру делают авторы серии Sniper Elite и планируют выпустить её 27 марта 2025 года на ПК, PlayStation и Xbox.

Французская Hachette Boardgames совместно с CD Projekt и No Loading Games представила полноценный набор для любителей карточной игры из мира «Ведьмака».

В комплект настолки входит игральный коврик и 400 карт: почти вдвое больше, чем в третьем «Ведьмаке», но вдвое меньше, чем в цифровом «Гвинте».

Материал карточек и количество колод внутри не уточняются.

Впервые попытку превратить цифровую карточную игру в физическую CD Projekt предприняла в 2015 году вместе с выходом дополнения «Каменные сердца».

Карты тогда получились не очень: из-за тонкого картона они пришлись по душе разве что коллекционерам и не годились для регулярных посиделок.

Переход на собственные 5G-модемы позволит компании сделать устройства ещё тоньше.

Apple даже рассматривает возможность выпустить MacBook с поддержкой сотовой связи.

Об этом сообщает Марк Гурман из Bloomberg.

Первыми новый модем получат iPhone SE 4 и iPad 11-го поколения, а в 2026 году Apple планирует перевести новенькие iPad Pro и iPhone 18 Pro уже на модемы второго поколения.

Подключение к мобильной сети может открыть новые возможности для грядущих умных очков и Vision Pro 2, но про них практически ничего неизвестно.

Запуск пилотируемой миссии «Артемида-2» на орбиту Луны перенесён на апрель 2026 года в связи с необходимостью доработки тепловой защиты космического корабля «Орион».

Высадка астронавтов на Луну в рамках «Артемиды-3» теперь состоится не раньше 2027-го.

Во-первых, NASA преуменьшало серьёзность проблемы после запуска первой беспилотной «Артемиды в 2022 году.

Во-вторых, после смены администрации и назначения Трампом Джареда Айзекмана на пост главы NASA агентство может отказаться от системы Space Launch System в пользу коммерческих ракет от SpaceX или Blue Origin.

Не дожидаясь перемен в руководстве, NASA приступило к сборке ракеты SLS и стыковке с кораблём «Орион».

Имейте этот момент в виду, так как программа нужна и для обновления ПО, и для использования фичи про здоровый слух.

В целом фирменных магазинов Dyson в мире много, я вот в январе собираюсь в Тай, проверю наличие и доступность насадок и амбушюр.

Драйверы установлены чуть под наклоном для лучшего позиционирования звуковой волны, так уже делали и в Bowers & Wilkins, и в других компаниях.

У Dyson есть где продавать эти наушники, у Dyson есть ресурсы создавать вокруг них информационный шум — я листаю Hypebeast и вижу там новость про Dyson OnTrac.

Не забывайте использовать промокод WYLSACOM и на аудио, и на другие позиции в магазине BigGeek.ru.

Европейское космическое агентство отправило на орбиту сразу два аппарата в рамках миссии Proba-3.

Один из спутников должен закрыть собой Солнце и отбросить на второй контролируемую тень с целью изучения солнечных ветров — потоков плазмы, истекающих из солнечной короны.

Для этого необходимо, чтобы оба космических аппарата на протяжении всего полёта находились на одинаковом расстоянии друг от друга с точностью до миллиметра.

Реальная задача миссии — тестирование высокоточной системы группового пилотирования в реальных условиях.

Разработка обоих космических аппаратов обошлась ESA в 200 млн €.

Устройство работает на неанонсированном чипе AMD Lilac и поддерживает протокол HDMI CEC.

Чем именно является таинственное устройство — неизвестно, но утёкшие в сеть рендеры нового контроллера Steam запустили слухи о намерении Valve перезапустить линейку Steam Machine — стационарных консолей на базе SteamOS.

Кроме того, Valve впервые с 2017 года обновила гайдлайны по использованию логотипа Steam для партнёров, добавив шильдик Powered by SteamOS.

Таким шильдиком будут отмечены устройства сторонних производителей с предустановленной операционной системой SteamOS.

Известно, что Valve работает над специальной версией операционки для портативки ASUS, а также устройств «других производителей».

За эти деньги можно получить безлимитный доступ ко всем моделям OpenAI, в том числе и к самой современной GPT-o1 Pro.

И на этом праздник щедрости не кончается: в тариф включён Pro-режим o1, который должен улучшить качество ответов на сложные вопросы (видимо, тот самый с рассуждением по цепочке мыслей).

И безлимитное использование голоса до кучи.

Получается, можно заиметь себе личного безлимитного помощника, которого можно загружать делами до посинения и не столкнуться с ограничением на запросы.

По цене всего лишь в 10 раз больше обычного тарифа.

Функция Symptom Radar будет предупреждать владельцев колец Oura о возможном наступлении болезни.

По его словам, Symptom Radar, скорее, «лёгкая сигнализация», что с организмом не всё в порядке.

Пател признался, что Symptom Radar не на 100 % точный инструмент, а это значит, что любое недомогание или просто усталость Oura Ring может счесть за наступление болезни.

Хорошо это или плохо для гаджета стоимостью от 60 000 рублей (цена Oura Ring 3 на официальном сайте) — каждый решит сам.

Релиз Symptom Radar состоится 11 декабря для владельцев Oura Ring третьего и четвёртого поколений.

Звезда боевиков 80-х и 90-х сыграет бывшего агента ICA Макса Вэллианта, известного как The Splitter, который спустя много лет вернулся и захватил штаб организации в китайском Чунцине.

В роли Агента 47 вам нужно будет провести представителя агентства на базу и сесть на шпагат устранить Вэллианта.

Напомним, что ивент с неуловимой целью представляет собой миссию в известной локации, в которой вам нужно устранить одну цель с первой попытки.

Событие будет доступно с 12 декабря до 12 января в рамках бесплатного набора HITMAN Free Starter Pack.

Известная своими пародиями на пауэр-метал итальянская Nanowar of Steel исполнила песню HelloWorld.java, в которой все слова — это программный код.

Помимо бодрого ролика на YouTube, наполненного отсылками к программированию, группа выложила проект на GitHub, который можно скачать и запустить.

Учитывая деятельность группы, вряд ли можно надеяться на серьёзный посыл HelloWorld.java.

Это подтверждают и участники Nanowar of Steel: по их словам, песня нужна для соблюдения шуточного принципа True Metal Programming.

Музыканты объясняют его смысл так: «Пиши код настолько плохо, чтобы его мог петь только ты».

Google Pixel 6, первый смартфон на чипе Tensor, может рассчитывать ещё как минимум на два крупных обновления Android.

Ровесник iPhone 13 должен был получить последний апдейт осенью этого года, но Google тихонько продлила жизненный цикл устройства до 2026 года.

Вместе с «шестёркой» компания увеличила до пяти лет поддержку Pixel 6a, Pixel 7 и 7a, а также Pixel Fold, в то время как Pixel 9 и Pixel 8 будут получать обновления на протяжении семи лет.

Следующий Android, как ожидается, представят раньше обычного — на весенней Google I/O, а одним из нововведений станет окно уведомлений на манер «динамического островка».

20th Television снимет то ли продолжение, то ли перезапуск культового сериала для телеканала ABC.

Пока что производство на ранней стадии: настолько ранней, что создатели только договариваются с актёрами.

У него действует контракт с Warner Bros., по которому шоураннером «Клиники» Лоуренс выступать не может.

Клиника закончилась в 2010 году сразу два раза: сначала на восьмом сезоне, а потом на провальном девятом, потеряв главных персонажей.

Сам Билл Лоуренс говорил, что восьмой сезон для оригинальной «Клиники» будет последним, а то, что будет дальше, — это уже другой сериал.

Французская компания Polysoft завершила работу над модулями расширения памяти для Mac Studio на M1 и M2.

Инженеры не только смогли повторить конструкцию SSD методом обратного инжиниринга, но и добавили защиту от скачков напряжения имени Луи Россмана, чтобы уберечь устройство от внезапной потери данных.

Как ожидается, следом компания возьмётся за SSD для Mac mini на M4.

Пока что увеличить его хранилище можно, лишь вытащив новый SSD из другого «мини».

Новости Извлечь SSD из Mac mini на M4 не составит трудаДля всех любителей DIY есть «пустая» версия памяти за 150 € без NAND-модулей — их придётся припаять самому, а готовый SSD объёмом на 2 ТБ от Polysoft обойдётся в 400 €.

По-настоящему омерзительная шестёрка бывших сотрудников Apple оказалась за решёткой за мошенничество.

Предприимчивые работники во главе с Сиу Кэй Кваном вносили пожертвования в благотворительные фонды ACICE и Hop4Kids.

Apple такое поощряла, удваивая суммы пожертвований, однако после транзакции махинаторы возвращали свои деньги, а средства компании делили на шестерых.

Более того, преступники имели наглость подделывать данные о переводах в фонды, за что получали налоговые вычеты.

С большей долей вероятности их признают виновными, после чего посадят и заставят выплатить украденные суммы, а также компенсацию за причинённый ущерб.

ВОЗ признала выгорание еще в 2019 году. Признаки хронического стресса на рабочем месте — усталость, цинизм и низкая производительность. С этим трудно справиться в одиночку. Но, как известно, проблема одного человека — возможность для другого. Так появились коучи, которые специализируются на выгорании.

Основательница и генеральный директор Wildberries Татьяна Бакальчук подала в суд на своего супруга Владислава Бакальчука. Судебный иск касается семейных правоотношений. Ранее на фоне объединения Wildberries и группы Russ возник скандал, после которого супруги-сооснователи и совладельцы крупнейшего маркетплейса России вошли в спор по вопросу принадлежности его активов.

«Аэрофлот» впервые за семь лет закончил полугодие с прибылью. Чистая прибыль авиакомпании за H1 2024 составила 35,5 млрд рублей. Выручка предприятия за отчетный период выросла на 52%.

Госдума приняла закон об обучении нейросетей на персональных данных россиян. Сведения для обучения искусственного интеллекта будут передаваться в государственную информационную систему в обезличенном виде.

Стартап Paradromics разработал нейрочип, который поможет заговорить людям, утратившим эту способность из-за болезни. Основатель компании считает, что в будущем технологии могут пригодиться не только людям с ограниченными возможностями, но и здоровым — заинтересованным в сверхчеловеческих способностях.

Определи свой уровень коммуникабельности и стрессоустойчивости

Авиакомпания Red Wings провела реструктуризацию. У предприятия теперь нет генерального директора — руководить им будет управляющая компания. Реструктуризация Red Wings является частью трансформации профильных активов «Ростеха».

В России приняли закон о легализации криптовалют. Он должен вступить в силу с 1 ноября 2024 года — в частности документ законодательно определяет понятия майнинг, майнинг-пул, оператор майнинговой инфраструктуры. Также закон наделяет правительство РФ правом запретить майнинг в отдельных регионах страны.

Многие современные пары отказываются от традиционного празднования свадьбы и предпочитают отмечать роспись вдвоем. Тем не менее, людей, которые заказывают фуршеты и организовывают пышные вечеринки, больше. По данным сервиса «Авито Услуги», в 2024 году спрос на услуги свадебных специалистов вырос на 285% по сравнению с прошлым годом. Самые популярные товары из категории — платья, кольца и аксессуары. При этом образ невесты в среднем обходится в 20,6 тыс. рублей. Сегодня предоставить широкий выбор товаров для свадьбы могут не только зарубежные, но и российские марки. Редакция RB.RU составила список из 10 перспективных свадебных брендов, которые создают классические платья невест и необычные д…

В России донорство крови и ее компонентов — важная часть системы здравоохранения. Чтобы поощрить граждан, решившихся на этот благородный поступок, предусмотрены различные выплаты и компенсации. Что нужно знать бухгалтерам про выходные и выплаты донорам, рассказала Ирина Смирнова, основатель «Центра защиты бизнеса Ирины Смирновой».

Директор по финтех-проектам маркетплейса Wildberries Заурбек Бесолов лишился поста гендиректора микрокредитной компании ООО МКК «ВБ Финанс», узнал RB.RU. В пресс-службе WB подтвердили уход руководителя компании.

Марк Цукерберг рассказал, что в будущем инструменты Meta* позволят малому бизнесу и авторам контента создать ИИ-версию себя. Цифровой двойник сможет отвечать на сообщения, общаться с подписчиками и выполнять другие задачи.

Об этом предприниматель сообщил в понедельник на конференции SIGGRAPH в разговоре с CEO Nvidia Дженсеном Хуангом.

Депутаты Госдумы приняли во втором и третьем чтениях поправки в законодательство, которые уточняют особенности оказания услуг связи, сообщается на сайте нижней палаты парламента.

Банк России в январе-июне 2024 года выявил 3 495 компаний, проектов, ИП и других субъектов с признаками нелегальной деятельности, в том числе с признаками финансовых пирамид. Об этом говорится в материалах мегарегулятора.

Репетиторство — отличный способ поделиться своими знаниями, помогать людям и получать за это доход. Чтобы успешно начать карьеру репетитора, требуется пройти несколько шагов, от получения образования до привлечения новых учеников и развития бизнеса. Рассмотрим подробнее, как зарабатывают репетиторы и что нужно сделать, чтобы ваше дело стало прибыльным и стабильным.

Злоумышленники смогли выполнить код с правами обработчика GitHub Actions в репозитори Python-библиотеки Ultralytics, применяемой для решения задач компьютерного зрения, таких как определение объектов на изображениях и сегментирование изображений. После получения доступа к репозиторию атакующие опубликовали в каталоге PyPI несколько новых релизов Ultralytics, включающих вредоносные изменения для майнинга криптовалют. За последний месяц библиотека Ultralytics была загружена из каталога PyPI более 6.4 млн раз.

Опубликован выпуск OBS Studio 31.0, пакета для потокового вещания, композитинга и записи видео. Значительная смена версии объясняется переходом на схему семантического версионирования MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, в которой первая цифра версии меняется для релизов с изменениями, нарушающими совместимость, вторая - для релизов с функциональными изменениями, сохраняющих полную совместимость с прошлыми выпусками, а третья - для корректирующих обновлений с исправлением отдельных ошибок. Код написан на языках C/C++ и распространяется под лицензией GPLv2. Сборки сформированы для Linux (flatpak), Windows и macOS.

Опубликован релиз свободной загрузочной прошивки Libreboot 20241206, который получил статус стабильного выпуска, сосредоточенного на оттачивании функциональности, добавленной в экспериментальных выпусках. Проект развивает готовую сборку проекта Coreboot, предоставляющую замену проприетарным прошивкам UEFI и BIOS, отвечающим за инициализации CPU, памяти, периферийных устройств и других компонентов оборудования, с минимизацией бинарных вставок.

Проект openSUSE опубликовал релиз атомарно обновляемого дистрибутива openSUSE Leap Micro 6.1, предназначенного для создания микросервисов и для использования в качестве базовой системы для платформ виртуализации и контейнерной изоляции. Для загрузки доступны установочные сборки для архитектур x86_64 и ARM64 (Aarch64), а также готовые системные образы для систем виртуализации.

Компания Google представила новый открытый проект Vanir, развивающий статический анализатор для автоматического выявления не применённых к коду патчей, устраняющих уязвимости.

Подобная БД ведётся Google с июля 2020 года и охватывает 95% уязвимостей в проектах, связанных с платформой Android, включая ядро Linux.

По статистике, собранной за два года использования Vanir в Google, уровень ложных срабатываний составляет 2.72%.

Достоинства предложенного инструментария: Возможность выявления неисправленных уязвимостей в сторонних ответвлениях, модификациях и заимствованиях кода, напрямую не связанных с основным проектом.

Возможность адаптации системы для задач, не связанных с уязвимостями, наприме…

Компания Collabora представила Linux-дистрибутив Apertis 2024.3, изначально созданный для оснащения автомобильных устройств, но затем переориентированный для более широкого спектра электронных устройств, встраиваемой техники и промышленного оборудования. Из устройств, в которых применяется Apertis, отмечены игровая консоль Atari VCS и сканер для обнаружения объектов в стенах Bosch D-tect 200.

Ядру Linux 6.12 присвоен статус ветки с длительным сроком поддержки. Обновления для ветки 6.12 будут выпускаться как минимум до декабря 2026 года, но не исключено, что, как и в случае с прошлыми LTS-ветками, время сопровождения будет продлено до шести лет. Для обычных выпусков ядра обновления выпускаются только до выхода следующей стабильной ветки (например, обновления для ветки 6.11 выпускались до выхода 6.12).

Организация Linux Foundation совместно с Гарвардской лаборатории инноваций в науке подготовила новую редакцию исследования Census III, нацеленного на выявление наиболее широко используемых открытых проектов, нуждающихся в первоочередном аудите безопасности. В ходе исследования проведён анализ совместно используемого открытого кода, неявно применяемого в различных корпоративных проектах в форме зависимостей, загружаемых из внешних репозиториев. Всего было изучено более 12 млн открытых библиотек, задействованных в приложениях, используемых в 10 тысячах различных компаний.

Опубликованы новые сборки игрового движка Dagor Engine, код которого был открыт в прошлом году компанией Gaijin Entertainment под лицензией BSD, после чего задействован компанией VK в качестве основы движка NauEngine. Ключевым изменением в новой версии стало открытие под лицензией BSD полного исходного кода фреймворка для разработки многопользовательских игр. В качестве примера техники создания многопользовательских игр опубликован код демонстрационной версии игры Outerspace.

Компания Mozilla представила новый логотип и элементы бренда, такие как фирменные цвета, элементы стиля и шрифты. Кроме того, изменено оформление сайта mozilla.org. Отмечается, что новая брендовая стратегия отражает роль Mozilla как лидера в области цифровых прав и инноваций, ставящего интересы людей выше прибыли, продвигающего защищающие конфиденциальность продукты, развивающего открытые инструменты и работающего над укреплением сообщества.

Мэттью Миллер (Matthew Miller), лидер проекта Fedora, представил инициативу по уходу от использования собственной платформы совместной разработки Pagure в пользу другой системы. В качестве замены управляющий совет Fedora Council намерен утвердить платформу Forgejo, но перед утверждением перехода на Forgejo решил провести публичное.

Выявлен факт подстановки вредоносного кода в библиотеку @solana/web3.js, насчитывающую в репозитории NPM 400-500 тысяч загрузок в неделю. Вредоносные изменения были включены в состав выпусков web3.js 1.95.6 и 1.95.7, и сводились к интеграции кода для отправки на внешний сервер закрытых ключей. Целостность проекта восстановлена в выпуске 1.95.8. Разбор причин инцидента пока не завершён, но по предварительным данным вредоносные релизы были размещены через компрометацию учётной записи сопровождающего, используя методы социального инжиниринга и фишинга.

Представлен выпуск интегрированной среды разработки Qt Creator 15, предназначенной для создания кроссплатформенных приложений с использованием библиотеки Qt. Поддерживается как разработка классических программ на языке C++, так и использование языка QML, в котором для определения сценариев используется JavaScript, а структура и параметры элементов интерфейса задаются CSS-подобными блоками. Готовые сборки сформированы для Linux, Windows и maсOS.

My feeling of his arrogance was still a bit amorphous when we got to Gelsinger retelling the end of his time at Intel.

Another feeling was growing inside me: despite his many positive attributes, Gelsinger was the wrong person for the job.

Beyond being merely expensive and risky, the newly-christened Intel Foundry Services (IFS) had another, deeper problem: the culture at Intel didn’t really seem amenable to the level of customer engagement that foundry customers (rightfully) expect.

At Intel, the team itself believed it was safe under Gelsinger, and things did indeed seem okay for a while.

Everyone we dealt with at Intel agreed that the move was short-sighted, but as with so many things …

The SawStop safety brake represents a remarkable engineering feat in woodworking safety.

It operates by running an electrical current through the saw blade, which is continuously monitored by the brake cartridge.

SawStop ComponentsActuator AssemblyThe actuator assembly features a robust spring mechanism responsible for deploying the pawl into the blade.

The lever pin has ridges designed to hold the fuse wire in place and prevent it from slipping with vibrations.

New vs. Used SawStopÂIn our scan of the used brake, we can see the blade’s exact path into the pawl.

Black Hat RustApplied offensive security with the Rust programming languageWhile the Rust Book does an excellent job teaching What is Rust, a book about Why and How to Rust was missing.

We will put on our black hat and explore the world of offensive security, whether it be cyber attacks, cybercrimes, or cyberwar.

Scanners, exploits, phishing toolkit, implants... From theory to practice, we will explore the arcane of offensive security and build our own offensive tools with the Rust programming language, Stack Overflow's most loved language for five years in a row.

Rust is the long-awaited one-size-fits-all programming language meeting all those requirements thanks to its unparalleled guaran…

For three years, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office produced its own crack cocaine, so it could sell it to people that deputies would then arrest for buying crack cocaine.

It was a practice the Florida state Supreme Court repeatedly described as “outrageous” in its 1993 ruling that such reverse-stings violated an individual’s right to due process.

More than 30 years later, though, a routine audit of documents found hundreds of those arrests and convictions are still on the books and part of people’s criminal records.

The State Attorney’s Office explained that despite the Supreme Court’s decision, many of the cases were never vacated.

Anyone who thinks they may be affected by the effort is …

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Does Soundcore Motion+ Sound Different via Aux-in and Bluetooth, and How to Measure Frequency Response at HomeShort answer: no, Soundcore Motion+ sounds the same via bluetooth and aux-in.

Today I noticed that my awesome bluetooth speaker Anker Soundcore Motion+ sounds kind of shitty.

I connected Motion+ to my laptop and also connected it to my phone via bluetooth, at the same time.

When a professional reviewer posts a review of a speaker or a headset, they usually produce a frequency response plot like this:The X axis contains frequency (pitch) in Hertz.

I've decided to produce such a plot myself for 2 cases - when Motion+ is connected to my phone via bluetooth, and when it's connected to m…

⭐ I spent >1,600 days working on a data science project that then failed because I lost interest.

In this text, I document my most recent data science project which I worked on for 1,600 days - days that I won’t get back despite the project failing.

Data source: Tagesschau newsticker The raw data format of the newsticker is shown in the figure below and explained in words below the figure.

My learnings for me and others In the future, I will use the following short checklist of advice to conduct successful (data science) projects.

Automate the h*ll out of your data science project (in particular the data acquisition part) to reduce daily friction.

JSON5 – JSON for HumansJSON5 is an extension to the popular JSON file format that aims to be easier to write and maintain by hand (e.g.

Formally, the JSON5 Data Interchange Format is a superset of JSON (so valid JSON files will always be valid JSON5 files) that expands its syntax to include some productions from ECMAScript 5.1 (ES5).

Installation and UsageNode.jsnpm install json5CommonJSconst JSON5 = require ( ' json5 ' )Modulesimport JSON5 from ' json5 'BrowsersUMD<!-- This will create a global `JSON5` variable.

For example:const config = require ( ' ./config.json5 ' )CLISince JSON is more widely used than JSON5, this package includes a CLI for converting JSON5 to JSON and for validating t…

Dr. Wayne Ross has extensively studied the Ellen Greenberg case.

If Dr. Marlon Osbourne missed evidence of strangulation in the Ellen Greenberg case, it wouldn’t have been the only time he overlooked such evidence.

In the hour before he got into the apartment, Sam spoke with his cousin Kamian Schwartzman and his uncle James Schwartzman.

According to the crime scene log, no fewer than 13 police officers entered Ellen’s apartment the night she died.

“I just want the mother to find peace, honestly.”I asked if he still believed that Ellen Greenberg had killed herself.

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Apple is looking to make its Vision Pro mixed reality device more attractive to gamers and game developers, according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The Vision Pro has been pitched as more of a productivity and media consumption device than something aimed at gamers, due in part to relying on eye and […]

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In winter 2025, a comparative literature class at UCLA will feature a textbook, homework assignments, and TA resources generated by AI. The class in question is a survey of literature from the Middle Ages to the 17th century, while the materials are generated by Kudu — an “evolved” textbook platform founded by Alexander Kusenko, a […]

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Apple is being sued over its decision not to implement a system that would have scanned iCloud photos for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The lawsuit argues that by not doing more to prevent the spread of this material, it’s forcing victims to relive their trauma, according to The New York Times. The suit describes […]

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Mitchell Green worked variously in investment banking, as an analyst with Bessemer Venture Partners, and for a hedge fund backed by Tiger Management before striking out on his own in 2011. Going it alone was seemingly the right move. Green now manages money for more than 700 individuals who have committed $5 billion to his […]

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Famm, the discovery platform for queer-owned brands, was created by BIPOC queer married couple Cat Perez and Marianna Di Regolo to help users find LGBTQ-owned businesses. Now it’s launching a new social networking app for LGBTQ+ professionals and business owners to connect and collaborate. Famm Connect, now available on iOS and Android devices, includes common […]

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Google’s DeepMind team unveiled an AI model for weather prediction this week called GenCast. In a paper published in Nature, DeepMind researchers said they found that GenCast outperforms the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts’ ENS — apparently the world’s top operational forecasting system. And in a blog post, the DeepMind team offered a more […]

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Welcome back to Week in Review. This week, we’re diving into OpenAI’s surprise 12 days of reveals, an underwhelming Spotify Wrapped, and an app that tells you when you’ll die. 😰 Let’s get into it. OpenAI is getting into the holiday spirit. In a surprise “12 Days of OpenAI” event, the company will livestream updates […]

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced Friday that it was placing Google’s payment arm under federal supervision. In response, Google filed a lawsuit seeking to block the move. Such supervision would subject Google to the same inspections that the bureau conducts with major banks and other financial institutions for potential violations of the law. The […]

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X, the Elon Musk-owned social network previously known as Twitter, has added a new image generator to its Grok assistant. Just like the first image generator X added to Grok in October, this one, called Aurora, appears to have few restrictions. Accessible through the Grok tab on X’s mobile apps and the web, Aurora can […]

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The influential accelerator Y Combinator made a splash in Africa in 2020 when it shined its light on the market and began to accept startups from the region into its cohorts. The move was huge: in this nascent market, startups especially rely on programs like these to find their feet and connect with investors, and […]

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The next generation of New York City investors are already making their mark in the Big Apple. They come from big-name venture firms like Female Founders Fund and Lerer Hippeau and smaller ones like Chai Ventures. They work in areas like growth, consumer, and health. They canoe, hike, and play pickleball on the weekends. We […]

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Notable Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator held a Demo Day for its inaugural Fall cohort this week. The 95 startups in this latest batch looked quite similar to recent YC cohorts in the sense that it includes many AI startups. If I did my math right, 87% of the startups in this batch are […]

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Age assurance, an umbrella term that refers to technologies for verifying, estimating, or inferring an internet user’s age, is being thrust into the global spotlight thanks to a blanket ban on social media use for people under 16 in Australia. The law, which is expected to come into force in Australia in November 2025, will […]

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Paytm has agreed to sell its stake in Japanese payments firm PayPay to SoftBank for $279.2 million, as the Indian firm sheds non-core assets following a bruising regulatory clampdown earlier this year. The sale of Paytm’s stake in PayPay, which it received through acquisition rights six years ago, follows months of restructuring at the Indian […]

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About a “dozen Musk allies” have put a pin in their daily routines to serve as unofficial advisers to the Trump transition effort, says the New York Times. Among them, reports the outlet: Jared Birchall, the head of Elon Musk’s family office, has interviewed a few candidates for jobs at the State Department; Marc Andreessen […]

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CBS News:

FEC post-election filings: Elon Musk gave $239M to America PAC, $20.5M as a sole donor to RBG PAC, $10M to Senate Leadership Fund, $3M to MAHA Alliance, more — Elon Musk spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars to back President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates, campaign finance records filed Thursday show.

Jeran Wittenstein / Bloomberg:

Bloomberg Intelligence: the Magnificent Seven's combined profit growth is projected to slow from 34% in 2024 to 18% in 2025, or just 3% if Nvidia is excluded — - Magnificent 7's 2025 profit growth projected to slow to 18% — Chip giant Nvidia is seen driving most of that profit growth

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:

Study: gTLDs like .shop and .xyz, which had 11% market share for new domains, accounted for ~37% of cybercrime domains reported between Sep. 2023 and Aug. 2024 — Phishing attacks increased nearly 40 percent in the year ending August 2024, with much of that growth concentrated at a small number …

Andrew Williams / Wired:

A look at the opportunities India provides for smartphone companies, including its growing market for premium phones and as a manufacturing hub outside of China — A quarter of all iPhones could be made outside China by 2025, most likely in India—a rapidly growing market with hundreds of millions of potential customers.

Ryotaro Yamada / Nikkei Asia:

Dell'Oro Group expects global investment in data centers to rise ~30% YoY to $463.7B in 2025, with about half coming from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Meta — LAS VEGAS — Global investment in data centers is expected to outpace the cost of sending humans to the moon by about 50% next year …

Tripp Mickle / New York Times:

Apple faces a lawsuit accusing it of failing to implement a system to detect and remove CSAM from iCloud, despite initially developing such a tool in 2021 — A 27-year old former child sexual abuse victim photographed anonymously with her mother. Her lawsuit against Apple claims …

Om Malik / Crazy Stupid Tech:

The rise of generative AI will force the web browser to evolve again, just as the web browser evolved for a mobile-first world by contorting itself into apps — I'm addicted to Apple's Vision Pro. It's a nearly perfect entertainment device, serving as my ideal television. Sure, I would like it to be lighter.

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

Sources: Apple is working with Sony to add support for PlayStation VR2 controllers in visionOS; Apple has sold fewer than 500K units of the Vision Pro — Apple and Sony have discussed forging a partnership that could change gaming on the Vision Pro. Also: Apple has a three-year road map …

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:

ElevenLabs, which is reportedly raising $200M at a $3B valuation, launches a tool to let users create and edit AI-hosted podcasts from various source materials — The new product competes with Google's viral NotebookLM — ElevenLabs Inc., a startup that uses artificial intelligence software …

Bloomberg:

How the US-China fallout is fueling the rise of boomtowns in Vietnam and Malaysia, as companies and governments rush to develop AI and establish chipmaking hubs — An accelerating influx of tech investment is transforming local economies in Malaysia and Vietnam.

Steven Rosenbush / Wall Street Journal:

A look at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, a planned project aiming to make Chicago a quantum computing hub with PsiQuantum as the anchor tenant — An industrial park taking shape on an old steel mill site provides a glimpse into the quantum future

Gillian Tett / Financial Times:

As digital assets go more mainstream, memecoins like PNUT, named after a euthanised pet squirrel, show how the information ecosystem is changing in finance — Ordinary investors need to pay attention to new information flows online — Dead squirrels normally do not feature in financial history.

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:

A look at Chatbot Arena, which now ranks over 170 AI models and was launched in 2023 by two UCB researchers who hope to grow the project into a Wikipedia of AI — Ranking AI is tricky, so two students developed a way to make the best bots battle — BERKELEY, Calif.—Record labels have the Billboard Hot 100.

Prime Video released a one-minute teaser for its fantasy series The Wheel of Time at CCXP24 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Judging from the new teaser, the battle between light and dark is heating up as the Dragon Reborn comes into his power.

There is also an ancient prophecy concerning the Dragon Reborn: the reincarnation of a person who will save or destroy humanity.

She was right: the Dragon Reborn is Rand al'Thor (Josha Stradowski) whose identity was revealed to all in the S2 finale.

That second season was largely based on story elements from Jordan's The Great Hunt and The Dragon Reborn.

Severance returns to Apple TV in January for its sophomore season.

Severance was one of the most talked-about TV series of 2022, receiving widespread critical acclaim.

In the world of Severance, people can completely disconnect their work and personal lives.

Thanks to a new procedure developed by Lumon Industries, workers can bifurcate themselves into "innies" (work selves) and "outies" (personal selves)—with no sharing of memories between them.

In the process, Severance brought out "the latent horror of fluorescent lights, baby goats, cubicles, waffles, middle managers, finger traps, and 'work/life balance.'

He knew that his son played around with crypto, but to have turned a small fortune before bedtime was too far-fetched.

Earlier that evening, at 7:48 pm PT, Biesk’s son had released into the wild 1 billion units of a new crypto coin, which he named Gen Z Quant.

As people tuned in to see what he was doing, they started to buy into Gen Z Quant, leading the price to pitch sharply upward.

Holy fuck!” he said, flipping two middle fingers to the webcam, with tongue sticking out of his mouth.

“Holy fuck!

Lamborghini provided flights from Albany, New York, to Bologna, Italy, and accommodation so Ars could drive the Urus SE.

The original Urus was an SUV that nobody particularly wanted, even if the market was demanding it.

The Urus Performante changed that, adding enough visual and driving personality to make itself a legitimately exciting machine to drive or to look at.

On paper, the Urus SE is just a plug-in version of the Urus, with a big battery adding some emissions-free range.

The positioning means it has full access to all eight speeds and can drive the car at up to 81 mph (130 km/h).

In March, Google showed off its first Genie AI model.

Nine months later, this week's reveal of the Genie 2 model expands that idea into the realm of fully 3D worlds, complete with controllable third- or first-person avatars.

Google's announcement talks up Genie 2's role as a "foundational world model" that can create a fully interactive internal representation of a virtual environment.

Much like the original 2D Genie model, Genie 2 starts from a single image or text description and then generates subsequent frames of video based on both the previous frames and fresh input from the user (such as a movement direction or "jump").

Credit: Google Deepmind Those Genie 2-generated pyramids will st…

Within hours of NASA announcing its decision to fly the Artemis II mission aboard an Orion spacecraft with an unmodified heat shield, critics assailed the space agency, saying it had made the wrong decision.

Sad day for NASA," Ed Pope, an expert in advanced materials and heat shields, wrote on LinkedIn.

There is a lot riding on NASA's decision, as the Artemis II mission involves four astronauts and the space agency's first crewed mission into deep space in more than 50 years.

A former NASA astronaut, Charles Camarda, also expressed his frustrations on LinkedIn, saying the space agency and its leadership team should be "ashamed."

Initially, agency officials downplayed the severity of the iss…

On Friday, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it would begin a nationwide testing program for the presence of the H5N1 flu virus, also known as the bird flu.

That includes "any entity responsible for a dairy farm, bulk milk transporter, bulk milk transfer station, or dairy processing facility."

A bovine disease vectorAt the time of publication, the CDC had identified 58 cases of humans infected by the H5N1 flu virus, over half of them in California.

And we know the virus can spread to other species if they drink milk from infected cows.

So far, the human H5N1 cases have generally been mild.

On Friday, a US appeals court upheld a federal law that could ban or force a sale of TikTok early next year.

These plaintiffs tried and failed to enjoin the attorney general from enforcing the law, which takes effect January 19, 2025—a day before Donald Trump's first day in office.

According to the court, the law satisfies the "high bar" of strict scrutiny because the law is "narrowly tailored to protect national security."

The government successfully argued that the US had two compelling national security interests in passing the law.

Instead, the court suggested that divestiture could ensure that Americans maintain access to the same content on the platform without exposing the US to nati…

On Tuesday, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation advised Americans to share a secret word or phrase with their family members to protect against AI-powered voice-cloning scams, as criminals increasingly use voice synthesis to impersonate loved ones in crisis.

"Create a secret word or phrase with your family to verify their identity," wrote the FBI in an official public service announcement (I-120324-PSA).

(As fun as these sound, your password should be secret and not the same as these.)

The bureau also recommends that people listen carefully to the tone and word choices in unexpected calls claiming to be from family members.

The FBI reports that criminals use AI-generated audio to create …

Microsoft has formally discontinued its Surface Studio all-in-one desktop, the company confirmed to Windows Central, a $4,300 touchscreen PC that the company updated with new components twice in the space of eight years.

Windows Central reports that there are currently no plans for a follow-up to the Surface Studio and that a Surface Studio 3 may have been among the casualties of cutbacks to Microsoft's Surface lineup.

The first version of the Surface Studio desktop debuted in late 2016.

As the company's first desktop PC, it used the same basic design as the current version and was praised for its high-quality screen and unique hinge.

But the first Surface Studio of the machine had some of …

They were around before the dinosaurs and persisted long after dinosaurs went extinct.

We’ve now found they are 35 million years older than we thought they were.

Cryptovaranoides microlanius was a tiny lizard that skittered around what is now southern England during the late Triassic, around 205 million years ago.

Certain forelimb bones, skull bones, jawbones, and even teeth of Cryptovaranoides share characteristics with those from both modern and extinct lizards.

The entepicondylar foramen is an opening in the far end of the humerus, which is an upper arm bone in humans and upper forelimb bone in lizards.

That's true with today's car, the 2025 BMW i5 M60 xDrive.

Jonathan Gitlin In low-light conditions, the i5 M60's grille gets illuminated.

Jonathan Gitlin Jonathan Gitlin The i5 actually has a lower drag coefficient than the smaller i4.

Jonathan Gitlin Jonathan Gitlin The rear is rather reminiscent of the current Honda Accord.

Jonathan Gitlin The i5 actually has a lower drag coefficient than the smaller i4.

A stunned user recently discovered that a typo in an email address could inadvertently share private trip info with strangers, who can then access sensitive information and potentially even take over bookings that Booking.com automatically adds to their accounts.

This issue came to light after a Booking.com user, Alfie, got an email confirming that he had booked a trip he did not.

Alfie told Ars he was "quite sure" he had not been hacked but could not explain how the booking got there.

"The security and privacy of our customers’ information are a top priority for Booking.com," Booking.com's spokesperson told Ars.

That email address, however, belonged to another Booking.com customer"—Alfie—"…

Sodium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage are moving toward the mainstream.

On November 18, CATL, the world’s largest battery manufacturer, announced its second-generation sodium-ion battery, mass production of which would begin in 2027.

For now, there are no passenger cars or trucks sold in the United States that use sodium-ion batteries.

“It’s because the huge demand in lithium-ion batteries has meant that we have a supply-chain constraint.

We have a problem with nickel,” he said, naming two of the metals often used in lithium-ion batteries.

Orbex pauses launch site work in Sutherland, Scotland.

Small-launch vehicle developer Orbex will halt work on its own launch site in northern Scotland and instead use a rival facility in the Shetland Islands, Space News reports.

Orbex had been linked to Spaceport Sutherland since the UK Space Agency announced in 2018 it selected the site for a vertical launch complex.

The move, Orbex said, will free up resources to allow the company to focus on launch vehicle development, including both Prime and a new medium-class vehicle called Proxima.

If you're reading the tea leaves here, one might guess that the smaller Prime rocket will never launch, and the medium-lift design is a hail mary.

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As spotted by a Reddit user this weekend, Panic is now selling a macaroni yellow charging brick to go with the yellow cable that comes with the distinctively yellow Playdate.

Say yellow again.

Also note that the 10W power adapter has a USB-A connection so it’ll work with your existing Playdate charging cable, but it’s otherwise kind of behind the times considering the general shift toward the USB-C connection.

At the moment, Panic is only selling a version that’s compatible with the 2-prong plug type that’s standard in North America and Japan.

Apple is being sued by victims of child sexual abuse over its failure to follow through with plans to scan iCloud for child sexual abuse materials (CSAM), The New York Times reports.

In 2021, Apple announced it was working on a tool to detect CSAM that would flag images showing such abuse and notify the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

But the company was hit with immediate backlash over the privacy implications of the technology, and ultimately abandoned the plan .

It claims that, after Apple showed off its planned child safety tools, the company “failed to implement those designs or take any measures to detect and limit” CSAM on its devices, leading to the victims’ harm…

On Saturday, a new image generator called Aurora became available for some Grok users, many of whom shared the tool’s results on X touting their photorealism.

While it briefly showed up as an option in Grok’s model selection menu as “Grok 2 + Aurora (beta),” it’s since been replaced with “Grok 2 + Flux (beta).” It looks like Aurora may have gone public before it was meant to.

In a tweet replying to one user who shared images of Tesla’s Cybertruck created with Aurora, Elon Musk said, “This is our internal image generation system.

Still in beta, but it will improve fast.”Behold my images using the new Grok @grok image generator Aurora: 🧵1.

Grok’s previous image generator has been called out f…

Apple and Sony have quietly been working on bringing PlayStation VR2 controller support to the Apple Vision Pro, Mark Gurman reports in the Power On newsletter.

Gaming isn’t exactly the Vision Pro’s strong suit, thanks in part to the fact that it doesn’t support typical VR controllers.

According to Gurman, the two partnered up earlier this year, and Sony has been working on the project for months.

Barring a scenario in which the project is “abruptly scrapped,” though, Gurman reports that we should still expect to see it happen.

The ability to use Sony’s controllers with the Vision Pro headset would bring benefits beyond its gaming potential too, allowing for more precise input for tasks lik…

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Friday said it has ordered federal supervision of Google Payment Corp. after determining that it meets the legal requirements for such oversight.

The CFPB monitors banks, credit unions and other financial institutions, and recently finalized a rule to supervise digital payment apps.

The risks identified by the CFPB are tied to Google’s handling of erroneous transactions and fraud prevention.

The complaints also indicate Google didn’t do enough to prevent fraud, the order says.

But, the CFPB announcement notes that the order “does not constitute a finding that the entity has engaged in wrongdoing,” nor does it “require the CFPB to conduct a …

X’s CEO Linda Yaccarino also posted about the collaboration, and called for Congress and the House to pass the bill.

“After working with the bill authors, I’m proud to share that we’ve made progress to further protect freedom of speech while maintaining safety for minors online,” Yaccarino wrote in a post on X that was shared by the two senators.

We appreciate that this endorsement and revised text reflects their publicly stated goal of furthering free speech without fear of censorship.

We reiterate X’s call to pass KOSA by the end of the year — it is clear that this legislation has overwhelming support from Congress.

KOSA was first introduced in February 2022 and has faced opposition from …

In Private Rites, the world is underwater and it rains endlessly.

Society has built upward to survive, thanks in large part to the designs of one revered architect.

Private Rite follows the sisters, Isla, Irene and Agnes, in the aftermath of their father’s death as they uncover dark family secrets while grappling with their own interpersonal issues.

And, this is all happening at a time that is basically the end of the world.

It’s beautifully written, with a haunting, melancholic tone that instantly draws you in.

A new game mode called Ballistic is coming to Fortnite in early access on December 11, bringing a 5v5 tactical first-person shooter experience.

In Ballistic mode, one team will be tasked with planting a Rift Point Device — which will detonate 45 seconds after it’s placed — and the other team will have to stop that from happening.

“Ballistic is a no-build mode,” the Fortnite team says.

“All saved presets from your Locker will carry over into Ballistic, which supports existing Fortnite Outfits, Back Blings, Kicks, Wraps, Sprays, and Emotes!

The teams’ roles will swap after six rounds, and the match will end once one team has won seven rounds.

Apple Music also dropped its annual Replay, and Tidal's 2024 Rewind has landed, so non-Spotify users have some data to pore over too.

Here are some of the Engadget team's most listened-to songs, artists and albums in 2024 (and how we feel about those picks).

While I certainly have listened to a lot of Ariana Grande in 2024 (I even wrote about it for our site!

— Cherlynn Low, Deputy Editor, ReviewsI was pretty ill this year, and I spent hours in hospital and clinic waiting rooms listening to music on Spotify.

And since I’m an album guy, the first four songs on the album were my second-through-fifth most played songs of 2024.

Starting today, Google Wallet can carry a digital copy of your US passport and use them at Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) checkpoints.

If you want to add your passport to Google’s virtual wallet, first you’ll need to download the Google Wallet app and log into your account or create one.

Check the prompt “create an ID pass with your US passport” and follow the instructions.

The app will ask you to take a video selfie to verify your identity and scan the security chip in your passport.

ADVERTISEMENT AdvertisementYour digital passport won’t work at every airport.

SpaceX completed its first Starlink direct-to-cell satellite constellation this week.

On Wednesday, the company launched 20 satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, 13 of which can communicate directly with cell phones without extra equipment.

The completed constellation follows the FCC’s approval of a deal between SpaceX and T-Mobile last week.

The low-earth-orbit constellation has 6,799 operational satellites, and Space.com reports that about 330 can communicate directly with cell phones.

On Thursday, Elon Musk said unmodified cell phones would enjoy a bandwidth of around 10Mbps per beam.

It seems increasingly likely that Apple’s fourth-generation iPhone SE will feature the first 5G modem the company has built in-house.

A new report from Bloomberg both confirms earlier reporting from 9to5Mac and clarifies that Apple’s first modem won’t be quite as capable as the chips the company is trying to leave behind.

ADVERTISEMENT AdvertisementApple’s modem will instead be focused on providing Sub-6 5G, the more common standard that’s already supported on the current iPhone SE , which was released in 2022.

Bloomberg writes that launching on the iPhone SE first is how Apple plans on managing the risks of its new hardware gamble.

“Ganymede,” Apple’s second-generation modem, should be rea…

The VR puzzle sequel has some cool-looking places to escape from, and you can create your own escape room.

The first Escape Simulator solved the biggest problem with VR puzzle games.

Pine Studio’s Escape Simulator added a custom builder mode where the community could build and share their own escape rooms with other players.

Escape Simulator 2 has some impressive-looking environments that can hold up to eight players at once.

A new trailer that dropped today shows three of the new escape room environments including a stranded spaceship, Count Dracula’s castle and a cursed pirate ship.

The chatbot Grok-2 is now free for everyone to fool around with on X.

The free tier only allows for ten messages in each two-hour period.

This Grok-2 beta will now be the only game in X town, as it’s replacing the pre-existing Grok-2 mini chatbot.

🚨Breaking: Grok free tier is now available worldwide .

XSo if you’re bored as paste, head on over to your (likely dormant) X account and give Grok a whirl.

In December, you can still save 74% on almost all NordVPN’s plans!

You’ll get an exclusive price of $2.99/mo with 3 free months.

NordVPN’s Basic plan now starts at $2.99/mo for the 2-year length with 3 free months.

All 1-year plans are now joined by 3 free months for increased value.

How to Save 74% on NordVPN in December?

We may have only just got them, but the heroes of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew will grow up right before our eyes, both on and off the show.

For the first time in Star Wars’ long history, the new Skeleton Crew series stars a young group of kids as they explore the galaxy trying to find their way home.

Series creators Jon Watts and Christopher Ford touched on the aging problem in a recent Collider interview.

There’s no word on if Skeleton Crew will come back for season two, but they said if it does, they know they want to do for the story and the show’s growing stars.

A nice tease for what’s to come in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, and where the show could go, if Disney lets it have a future.

In games and film, the current era of the Suicide Squad may be coming to some kind of whimpering end.

Things have been a bit weird for the Suicide Squad in the past decade.

After their 2016 film came out to a tepid response, later projects with the antihero team have been erratic.

Somehow, both the game and 2016 film ended up back in the spotlight again this week.

Deathstroke will be the next playable character in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, launching on December 10.

What's more romantic than a long-distance romance?

According to The Gorge, one where you and your bae also protect the world from monsters.

They’re elite snipers for their respective countries, and they’re manning towers on opposite sides of a massive gorge.

What’s down in the gorge, they aren’t told, and they’re also instructed not to ever contact each other.

Hopefully it’s not just all talk and it works as both a love story and a creature feature.

Here's how climate change is making everything more expensive.

Frustration over rising cost of living drove many voters to support president-elect Donald Trump, who campaigned on ending inflation.

Yet climate change, one of the primary levers behind inflationary pressures, wasn’t nearly as front of mind — just 37 percent of voters considered the issue “very important” to their vote.

All told, the inflationary impact of climate change on cost of living is here to stay and will continue to strain American budgets, said Semenova.

“Costs have been rising due to climate change.

Authorities can't (or won't) explain why large drones have repeatedly been sighted by Jersey residents.

Swarms of large drones were repeatedly seen flying through the air over New Jersey this week.

The autonomous vehicles were traveling at night and were said to be much larger than typical hobbyist drones.

Unfortunately, nobody seems to know what the drones were doing, where they went, or who they belonged to.

Word of the mysterious UAV first spread on social media, where users posted videos and pictures they had snapped while the drones were flying through their neighborhoods.

This autumn, a Swiss Catholic church installed an AI Jesus in a confessional to interact with visitors.

The AI’s programming included theological texts, and visitors were invited to pose questions to the AI Jesus, viewed on a monitor behind a latticework screen.

Some headlines stated that the AI Jesus was actually engaged in the ritual act of hearing people’s confessions of their sins, but this wasn’t the case.

Perhaps, in the future, a program like AI Jesus could offer Catholics and interested questioners from other faiths information, advice, referrals and limited spiritual counseling around the clock.

But from the Catholic perspective, an AI, with no experience of having a human bo…

How far will Moiraine go to ensure Rand'al becomes the Dragon Reborn?

Find out when Wheel of Time returns next spring.

Prime Video’s Wheel of Time adaptation is coming back for season three on March 13, 2025.

During its panel at CCXP Brazil, the streamer offered up a first look at the show’s return.

Either way, Moiraine’s seen a “thousand, thousand futures,” and there’s no world in which they both survive whatever’s coming for them.

The latest Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics just dropped, and it is filled with goodies ranging from new missions to plans for space weather.

This year’s report covered the gamut of solar and space physics, including how to better track the dynamic environment of our solar system and better understand the star at its heart.

Future modeling of space weather systems should also make use of artificial intelligence, according to the report.

The report also recommended that the NSF develop a strategic plan for space weather , that NOAA establish a program for it, and partner with the Department of Defense to develop predictive space weather models.

As we Earthlings ramp up exploration …

These are also the first AI elections, where many feared that deepfakes and artificial intelligence-generated misinformation would overwhelm the democratic processes.

There are real concerns and risks in using AI in electoral politics, but it definitely has not been all bad.

Local governments in Japan and California and prominent politicians, including India Prime Minister Narenda Modi and New York City Mayor Eric Adams, used AI to translate meetings and speeches to their diverse constituents.

In Argentina in 2023, both major presidential candidates used AI to develop campaign posters, videos and other materials.

In the U.S., for example, a Georgia politician used AI to produce blog posts, …

The Samsung Galaxyy S24 Ultra is featured in Gizmodo's Best of 2024 list.

If you’re not keen on splurging for the latest iPhone 16 Pro, Samsung offers a compelling alternative: the Galaxy S24 Ultra.

See at Samsung.comThe Galaxy S24 Ultra is boasting a range of impressive specifications that set it apart from the competition: At its core lies the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor (from Qualcomm) which is a powerhouse chip that delivers lightning-fast performance and improved energy efficiency.

Whether you’re capturing sweeping landscapes, intimate portraits, or distant subjects, the S24 Ultra delivers exceptional results.

One of the S24 Ultra’s standout features is its integration of advanced AI …

In today’s digital age where data breaches and cyber threats loom large, the importance of secure offline storage can’t be overstated.

This is where the Samsung T7 Portable SSD comes in.

Currently available on Amazon as part of the Holiday Deals, the Samsung T7 Portable SSD with 2TB capacity is being offered at a price of $139, matching its Black Friday deal that saw the product fly off the shelves.

The drive supports the NVMe protocol which significantly reduces latency and allows for more efficient data transfer compared to older protocols.

The practicality of the Samsung T7 extends beyond its performance and security features.

The 256GB model of the Galaxy Z Fold6 is priced at only $499 with trade-ins.

Samsung’s official website is offering a great deal on the latest Galaxy Z Fold6, and this is an opportunity which is too good to miss.

See at Samsung.comThe Galaxy Z Fold6 is probably the best foldable phone on the market right now.

In benchmark tests, the Z Fold6 showcases its raw computing power and efficiency and outperforms many of its competitors.

Battery life has been a focus of improvement in the Z Fold6 with its 4,000mAh battery providing ample power for a full day of use.

MIT engineers have revealed a new gastric balloon design that can inflate on demand to make you feel full before meals.

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed a new type of dynamic gastric balloon—a balloon that goes in the stomach—for weight loss treatment.

A traditional gastric balloon is essentially a bag of air or saltwater surgically inserted into the stomach to give the patient a feeling of fullness and prevent them from overeating.

The engineers tested this concept on pigs, and reported that the animals ate 60% less when the gastric balloon was inflated before their meals.

Originally, the researchers had created two prototypes for weight loss a…

Amazon’s latest and greatest tablet, the Fire Max 11, is currently available at its lowest price ever as part of the ongoing Holiday Deals on Amazon.

Great Screen, Powerful DeviceUnder the hood, the Fire Max 11 packs a punch with its MediaTek octa-core processor clocked at 2.2GHz.

The Amazon tablet comes with 64GB of internal storage (a version with 128GB is also on sale at Amazon) which can be expanded up to 1TB via a microSD card.

This extended battery life makes the Fire Max 11 an ideal companion for long trips, work days or extended entertainment sessions.

Additionally, the Fire Max 11 offers versatility with its optional stylus and keyboard accessories (sold separatly).

The ScreenBar doesn't take up any desk space, because it hangs over your computer monitor and brilliantly illuminates the desktop.

It's a simple little thing, but it brings me a lot of joy, and the company has been iterating on it, with the latest version being the ScreenBar Pro.

Let There Be LightThe ScreenBar comes in a few flavors: the ScreenBar, ScreenBar Halo, ScreenBar Plus, and the ScreenBar Pro.

But what sets the latest ScreenBar Pro apart from its siblings is the motion sensor.

Now, a few minutes after I leave my desk, the ScreenBar Pro turns off.

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United Nations-backed talks for a global treaty to end plastic pollution wrapped up without an agreement in the early hours of Sunday, December 1.

Negotiations foundered over a cap on plastic production, restrictions on the use of certain chemicals in plastics and financial support to help developing countries switch to less polluting business models.

While no deal was agreed in Busan, South Korea, where the talks took place, there was a feeling of renewed determination to create an ambitious and robust plastics treaty.

In a memorable moment during the debate, a delegate from Rwanda spoke about the need for …

Unfortunately, the price has jumped to $400, a $60 bump (technically, a $30 bump if you compare it directly to the original Scribe with the Premium Pen).

It's nice that existing customers don't have to upgrade, but it leaves little incentive to spend more on the latest.

The back is a mix of recycled aluminum and post-consumer recycled plastics, yet it feels luxe.

The front is home to a 10.2-inch E Ink screen with 300 pixels per inch (94 nits of max brightness).

There's a dark mode too, which turns the background black and the font white (also useful at night).

If someone in your life needs a home office upgrade (that includes yourself!

WIRED's Gear team has been working remotely well before the pandemic made it a thing.

And as WIRED's resident home office product reviewer, I've been churning through dozens of standing desks, office chairs, monitors, and other desk accoutrements for more than five years.

Whether you're tired of your loved one working at the kitchen table and complaining about how much their wrist hurts, or you just want to treat them, I've got several work-from-home gift ideas that can make remote work even sweeter.

Check out my Ultimate Work-From-Home Gear guide for more recommendations.

In fact, they could still be very usable even after 20 years, potentially giving full-electric cars a longer useful life than many fossil-fuel equivalents.

Wallace is hoping Elysia’s technology will filter down to the mainstream, to help “give consumers more transparency on the secondhand batteries that they buy.”People base assumptions on existing experience.

Built to LastBut there is growing indication that EV batteries are much sturdier than those in smartphones.

“Using that we can estimate at any given time what the total battery capacity is in that vehicle's life,” says Argue.

“Plotted over time, we can start to look at trends of how battery capacity is changing.

While it's not a foolproof method of getting your baby to sleep (is any crib foolproof?

Baby’s First AICradlewise’s AI is designed to learn your baby’s sleep habits so it can respond appropriately.

The crib’s monitor, built into the crib’s overhanging arc, uses 3D-image mapping technology to detect the baby’s sleep state from quiet, active, or crying.

AI interprets and categorizes this information to respond by either bouncing Baby, kicking on the sound machine, or both.

I was hesitant to rely on AI for my baby's sleep, but Cradlewise is designed to respond like a parent would to a baby fussing.

The only detractors to that premium feel are an ugly, blobby D-pad, and Xbox function buttons—view, menu, and share—that are far too small.

The D-pad is the worst, seeming at odds with the otherwise sleek design approach the H.E.A.R.T.

Still, the design impresses for the most part, and Thrustmaster builds it all around upgraded parts compared to standard controllers.

Most standard controllers determine a stick's position using potentiometers, where (very simply) a contact pad measures resistance as you move the stick around.

The H.E.A.R.T., in contrast, uses magnets, with the stick's position determined (again, very simply) by which direction electrons are pushed over a sensor.

I predict the leaders of this change will be the Gen Z digital natives for whom the simplicity of techless exchange will hold a similar novelty to its original technological advances.

Gen Z—currently between 13 to 27 years of age—are the people most deeply affected by digital addiction.

What things cost—a massive issue for everyone—is driving much of how Gen Z views their priorities.

So, in 2025, I believe the next step will be for Gen Z to embrace the simplicity of techless human exchange—events without the mediation of the ever-corrupting screen.

It’s scary, sure—unpredictable—a real change in the digital life they/we are so dominated by.

Through it all, he never stopped questioning what it actually means to do math.

He wanted to further interrogate—and help other people understand—how mathematicians think about and practice their craft.

In Mathematica, Bessis makes the provocative claim that whether you realize it or not, you’re constantly doing math—and that you’re capable of expanding your mathematical abilities far beyond what you think possible.

Eminent mathematicians like Bill Thurston and Alexander Grothendieck didn’t owe their mathematical prowess to intrinsic genius, Bessis argues.

Rather, they became such powerful mathematicians because they were willing to constantly question and refine their intuitions.

The oxymoronically named MicroKorg XL, the MicroKorg S (which added speakers and not much else), and the MicroKorg XL+ (just a MicroKorg XL with a facelift) all failed to usurp the OG.

But Korg is hoping the MicroKorg 2 will be the true successor to the crown.

The MicroKorg 2 is an improvement on the original in almost every way, that much is clear.

Modern SoundOne of the biggest changes from the original MicroKorg is the sound engine.

At its core, the MicroKorg 2 is a virtual analog synth (it's digital but aims to sound analog), just like its predecessor.

Specifically, the Hatch Restore 2 ($170), which I’ve seen on gift guides left and right this holiday season.

The Hatch Restore is great for falling asleep, and great if you want a sound machine.

My favorite sunrise alarm clocks both sell for over $200, which might be a bit more than you'd want to spend.

A sunrise alarm clock is supposed to replicate the sunrise, the very thing that makes life possible.

The Hatch Restore 2 gives you access to 13 wake-up sounds and 24 sleep sounds, plus you can get extra content if you subscribe to Hatch+ ($5 a month).

That’s exactly what the Asus Vivobook S 14 OLED delivers, offering some great hardware in a rather unassuming shell.

The model Asus sent me for review is the Vivobook S 14 OLED (S5406MA-AS96), which includes an Intel Core Ultra 9 Series 1 processor, 16 GB of RAM, and 1 TB of solid-state drive storage.

Another version trades the processor out for a Core Ultra 7 Series 2 processor and 32 GB of RAM for $1,200.

If that isn't confusing enough, yet another model foregoes Intel altogether for an AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 processor at $1,200.

The Core 9 processor handled nearly all my daily tasks without breaking a sweat.

Is there not enough room on the screen for all the apps and tools you need to be productive?

You might think your only options are to get a MacBook model with a larger screen or buy an external display.

Both of those tactics would certainly help, but before you spend a bunch of money know that you can give yourself quite a bit more screen real estate by tweaking your software settings.

To get started, open the System Settings app on your Mac, which you can find by clicking the Apple logo in the top-right corner then clicking System Settings.

You'll see a few size options, ranging from Larger Text to More Space.

Photograph: Lisa Wood ShapiroIt's In the CloudI had forgotten about resuspension and let my no-shoes-inside-rule slide at the cabin.

By the time I made the connection, I had taken the two carpets outside to hit them old-style with a broom.

My indoor air quality improved.

I reached out to indoor air quality researcher Andrea Ferro of Clarkson University and asked her about how to clear the air of the scourge that is resuspension from carpets.

Lower one’s indoor PM 2.5 “is also about what we see with dietary approaches to lower sodium and blood pressure.”

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While I’m waiting to go be unnerved by Robert Eggers’ new spooky vampire movie, let’s take a look at some good trailers from the last week.

I’ll admit that the biggest appeal for me about this straight-to-streaming spy movie spinoff of Star Trek: Discovery is Michelle Yeoh as Emperor Philippa Georgiou.

Season two of Severance premieres January 17th on Apple TV Plus.

Giant robot anime fans rejoice: there’s a new Mobile Suit Gundam coming next year.

It’s called Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, and it’s produced by Khara, the studio behind the Rebuild of Evangelion films.

Invincible season three is on its way, and Amazon has released a new trailer in which hero Mark Grayson takes on robots, rams a rocket in space, and chastises Oliver.

He also gets a new blue suit.

“Mark’s speed has increased 65 percent; his endurance, 70 percent; and his strength, 138 percent,” says GDA agent Donald Ferguson (Chris Diamantopoulos), setting up the action-filled trailer.

What follows are a Mortal Kombat-style beheading, nuclear explosions, and the promise of drama as Mark (Steven Yeun) tells GDA director Cecis Stedman (Walton Goggins) that he’s quitting.

Amazon announced at CCXP in Brazil yesterday that season three of Prime Video fantasy series The Wheel of Time will start streaming on March 13th, 2025, writes Deadline.

The trailer opens with Rand al’Thor (Joshua Stradowski) and others standing on a hill overlooking a fog-shrouded city.

Rand and Moiraine Damodred (Rosamund Pike) are headed to the Aiel Waste “to uncover the true fate of the Dragon Reborn” in this season, according to the trailer’s description.

“I have seen a thousand thousand futures.

In every future where I lived, Rand dies,” says Moiraine Damodred (Rosamund Pike).

Now until December 25th, for example, you can save up to $75 on the newer PS5 “slim” (now $424 at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target) and the PS5 Digital Edition (now $374 at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart).

It’s also a great time to pick up extra controllers, gaming headsets, and other PS5 accessories.

You can also pick up Pulse-branded headsets throughout the same period, including the Pulse Elite, which is down to an all-time low of $129.99 ($20 off) at Best Buy, Walmart, and GameStop.

The Pulse Explore earbuds are also on sale starting at $169 ($30 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart.

The Marshall Emberton II, a Bluetooth speaker that resembles a mini guitar amp, is on sale for $99.99 ($50 o…

We start with our mildest, most milquetoast takes on tech in 2025, before ramping up to our biggest, hottest, spiciest thoughts.

David’s mild prediction: Traditional cable TV is going to be basically dead and gone.

David’s medium prediction: Someone is going to make an AI gadget that is undeniably awesome and successful.

Nilay’s spicy prediction: Google will break itself up all on its own.

David’s spicy prediction: The industry is going to walk away from Matter.

The Vision Pro could gain support for Sony PSVR2 controllers soon, according to Mark Gurman in today’s Power On newsletter for Bloomberg.

Apple and Sony apparently planned to announce support for the controllers “weeks ago” but have pushed back the rollout.

Under this rumored partnership, Apple would begin selling Sony’s controllers, which aren’t currently available on their own.

Sony has apparently been working on adding the support for months, while Apple has asked third-party developers if they would take advantage of Sony’s VR controllers.

That’s potentially great news for Vision Pro owners who wish the headset had more gaming chops.

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We’ve all been burned by the DCU before, of course, but the vibes around the place are pretty good right now.

We’ve all been burned by the DCU before, of course, but the vibes around the place are pretty good right now.

Gift guide, part twoLast week, I shared a bunch of stuff I think would make good gifts.

Interestingly enough, hardly anyone hit me up with good ideas about how to gift software… or to agree with my theory about gift cards being awesome.

Gamers Nexus has released a video deconstructing NZXT’s defense of its Flex gaming PC purchase and rental program.

But Gamers Nexus reports it still spotted issues like inconsistent FPS numbers and a FAQ that implied NZXT’s for-sale Player: Three Prime build uses an RTX 4090 graphics card, despite its specs saying otherwise.

Such inconsistencies are a problem for potential customers, Burke says.

The fact that NZXT misrepresented its product, even after its statement, as having a 4090 when it still had a 4080 Super ... seemingly indicates that even NZXT can’t keep up with its own specs changes.

If NZXT can’t keep up with it ... how are they expecting the customer to keep up with it?

There’s a lot of Star Trek: Discovery in the official trailer for the Star Trek: Section 31 movie that Paramount Plus just released — big drama, explosions, and some looming threat that’s “unlike anything that Starfleet’s ever seen.”The trailer shows off a little more of the film, with moody corridors, some sort of electrified space ball, and brief looks at the spaceships that the show will feature.

It also devotes more time to characters besides Michelle Yeoh’s Emperor Philippa Georgiou — namely Omari Hardwick’s Alok Sahar and Kacey Rohl’s future Enterprise C captain, Rachel Garrett.

It’s still a mystery what trouble Emperor Philippa is leading her team into, though.

X has given Grok a new AI image generator model called “Aurora” that seems to create far more photorealistic imagery than Grok’s other image generator, with similarly few apparent restrictions on what it will produce, TechCrunch reports.

Like Grok, anyone can use Aurora.

It lives in a new “Grok 2 + Aurora beta” option in the Grok model selector, though you’ll only get a few queries before you hit the X Premium subscription paywall and have to wait.

TechCrunch found that the model, which X employee Chris Park posted is available this morning, was willing to create copyrighted characters and public figures, including Mickey Mouse and “a bloodied Donald Trump,” but that it “stopped short of nu…

The striking announcement is the latest example of how Elon Musk and his companies are taking on significant roles in influencing government output.

While it’s not unusual for outside stakeholders, including companies, to weigh in on pending legislation, the fact that the bill’s sponsors, Sens.

Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced X’s input indicates they view it as helpful to the bill’s chances of passing.

“Led by X, the new changes made to the Kids Online Safety Act strengthen the bill while safeguarding free speech online and ensuring it is not used to stifle expression,” Blumenthal and Blackburn said in a joint statement.

“These changes should eliminate once …

The show follows a megacorporation called Lumon Industries, which utilizes a new procedure called severance that allows workers to spatially split their brains, creating two selves: one who works for Lumon, and another who lives life on the outside.

That doesn’t mean that the vibes are any less unsettling, though, with the always-intense supervisor Milchick (Tramell Tillman) saying things like, “I’m tightening the leash.” More than anything, the new trailer promises answers to some of Severance’s strangest questions.

The trailer also introduces an unexpected new question: how could a child be an office manager?

Clearly, there’s a lot going on in season 2, and it’s not too far off now.

The n…

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on Friday it had placed Google Payment Corp. under federal supervision, reports Reuters.

Google reportedly filed a lawsuit to block the CFPB’s order, which could result in routine inspections and monitoring like those imposed on banks.

The agency found that Google’s error resolution and fraud prevention processes pose risks to consumers, citing consumer complaints about Google Pay Balance and Google’s peer-to-peer payments.

The CFPB says its finding that Google should be supervised doesn’t mean the company is “guilty of wrongdoing.” It also notes in its order that Google Pay and the P2P platform were discontinued earlier this year.

G…

Epic Games is about to let Fortnite creators publish experiences with first-person modes, and to help show what’s possible, Epic itself is introducing a tactical FPS shooter that seems like it will play a lot like Counter-Strike or Valorant.

The new mode, called “Ballistic,” is “an adrenaline-filled, round-based 5v5 competitive game mode where strategy, tactical teamwork, and individual prowess are essential for victory,” according to an Epic blog post.

Teams will switch sides after six rounds, and the first to win seven rounds will be crowned the victor.

Heck, the game’s main battle royale mode was actually a spinoff that followed the success of PUBG.

Fortnite creators will be able to publ…

Disabling AI training isn’t quite the same as wiping your AI chatbot history, though they are linked.

Here are instructions on how to turn off AI training on several AI or AI-supporting apps.

You get two toggle switches you can turn off: Model training on text and Model training on voice.

Screenshot: XOn the webChoose More > Settings and privacy > Privacy and safety > Grok & Third-party Collaborators and uncheck the box.

Using the mobile appTo find the switch in the mobile app, tap your profile picture (top left), then Settings > Data privacy > Data for generative AI improvement.

We've come a long way in 2 years. Gen AI is the future, but how is it reshaping enterprise? And when will we reach AGI and superintelligence?

While it might be tempting, betting on gen AI to take over your R&D will likely backfire in significant, maybe even catastrophic, ways.

Epic Games announced that Fortnite is going first person with Fortnite Ballistic, a 5v5 multiplayer tactical shooter game. The title launches into early access on December 11 with ranked and unranked play. Ballistic is intended to be an adrenaline-filled, round-based 5v5 competitive game mode where strategy, tactical teamwork, and individual prowess are essential for victory. […]

CycleQD merges skills of experts models in clever ways to create many new models with multiple skills, no fine-tuning required.

Meta’s Llama 3.3 is offered under the Llama 3.3 Community License Agreement, which grants a non-exclusive, royalty-free license for use, reproduction, distribution, and modification of the model and its outputs.

Developers integrating Llama 3.3 into products or services must include appropriate attribution, such as “Built with Llama,” and adhere to an Acceptable Use Policy that prohibits activities like generating harmful content, violating laws, or enabling cyberattacks.

Leveraging 39.3 million GPU hours on H100-80GB hardware, the model’s development underscores Meta’s commitment to energy efficiency and sustainability.

Designed to align with user preferences for safety and helpfulness, Ll…

OK, I've been a little late coming up with my holiday gift guide, as we've already passed both Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

In the long run, the company may even expand these capabilities to other products in its ecosystem, allowing enterprise users to work and make decisions more easily.

PTW announced the opening of its fourth North American gaming support studio in Charleston, South Carolina.

Aethir, which under-used graphics processing units (GPUs) to decentralized companies, announced a $40 million initiative to launch TACOM.

Apply to present your AI innovation at Transform's Innovation Showcase and gain exposure to top industry decision-makers.

AWS has launched new features for DynamoDB, Aurora and MemoryDB cloud databases to help scale distributed workloads and lower costs.

PlayerUnknown Productions is surfacing after years of work with a plan to enable founder Brendan Greene's next survival worlds.

James Cameron's Lightstorm Vision will create new 3D entertainment experiences exclusively on Meta Quest's mixed reality hardware.

ChainPlay reported today that 93% of GameFi projects (the fusion of gaming and decentralized finance, or Web3 games) are dead.

We're excited to unveil our agenda for our much-anticipated GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conference.

J Studios/Getty ImagesThere is a dangerous chemical in your home that's affecting your productivity.

The invisible chemical that's stealing your focusI hope you're ready for this…The sneaky culprit in your home that is quietly wrecking your productivity is...Dopamine!

😡That urge to check social media or your messages… that's your body craving another hit of that sweet, sweet dopamine.

That's dopamine.

If you paused or thought about checking your phone while reading, it's not hard to see how this chemical is so addictive.

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Fleming told ZDNET that even when the solution is more well-defined, he tries to give people the knowledge they require and the opportunity to generate innovative answers.

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ZDNET's key takeaways The Plugable Folding Keyboard and Case is on sale for $45.

Fortunately, a solution exists in the form of the Plugable Full-Sized Folding Keyboard.

After working on my Windows PC, I unplugged the cable from the Folding Keyboard and immediately began typing away on my Android tablet.

After reinserting the cable, you'll need to switch back to the computer's OS by pressing Fn and W.The Foldable Keyboard boasts a long-lasting battery.

ZDNET's buying advicePlugable Full-Size Folding Keyboard retails for $45 on the company's website and Amazon.

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ZDNET's key takeaways The Asus ProArt P16 is on sale now at Best Buy for $1,699, which is $200 off the regular price.

Also: I replaced my M1 MacBook Pro with a base model M4 - and it blew my $3,000 laptop awayOnce it was activated, however, I quickly became a fan.

Cinebench 24 MC Geekbench 6.2.2 SC Geekbench 6.2.2 MC Apple MacBook Pro with M4 1,000 3,823 14,849 Apple MacBook Pro with M3 906 3,072 11,623 Asus ProArt P16 1,096 2,904 12,787 Apple MacBook Pro with M1 Pro 828 2,211 12,482Lastly, let's briefly mention the battery.

However, if you're looking for an out-of-the-box creative powerhouse, I recommend the Apple M3 or M4 MacBook Pro.

If you like the ProArt P16 but want something a bit mo…

ZDNET's key takeaways The Twelve South ButterFly SE is available for $100 in Midnight Plum, Iridescent, White, Black, and Pink.

This charging station is highly compact, making it ideal for travelers and habitual end-of-night nightstand charging folks.

I have Apple products: an iPhone 16, an Apple Watch SE, a 2022 M2 MacBook Air, and my AirPods Pro 2 (Lightning).

So, I tested this tiny charging station from Twelve South to see if it could solve my charging conundrum.

If you need a charging station that can simultaneously accommodate your iPhone, AirPods, and Apple Watch, consider the Anker MagGo 3-in-1 Charging Station.

Just two weeks since raising $125mn in funding, British scaleup Tokamak Energy has secured backing from the US and UK to upgrade its ST40 fusion energy plant.

The US Department of Energy (DOE), the UK’s Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), and Tokamak Energy will jointly sponsor a $52mn upgrade to the fusion facility in Oxfordshire.

Research suggests the element can help the walls of fusion reactors better withstand extreme temperatures.

But the new project is not just a fusion reactor makeover.

Tokamak Energy has already raised $335mn in pursuit of fusion power, making it Europe’s most well-funded private fusion energy venture.

Scientists in the UK have successfully created the world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery, which could power low-energy devices like satellite communication equipment for over 5,000 years.

The battery is made of the radioactive isotope carbon-14, encased in a thin layer of synthetic diamond.

Diamond batteries could power pacemakers, hearing aids, watches, computer chips — any low-power device in environments where frequent battery replacement isn’t feasible.

If equipped with a carbon-14 diamond battery, the probe could have communicated its findings back home for thousands of years.

Scott led the team that began the first diamond battery experiments back in 2016.

German startup FibreCoat has bagged €20mn in Series B funding as it looks to bring its super-resistant materials to the burgeoning space industry.

FibreCoat spunout from RWTH Aachen University in 2020.

Luxembourg-based NewSpace Capital co-led the funding round, bringing vital expertise as the startup looks to cash in on the expanding space ecosystem, projected to reach $1.8trn by 2035.

The startup is far from the only spinout access story to emerge from RWTH Aachen in recent years.

Cylib’s founders — Dr Lilian Schwich, Paul Sabarny, and Dr Gideon Schwich — launched the company after a decade of battery recycling research at RWTH Aachen.

Google Deepmind researchers have built an AI weather forecasting tool that makes faster and more accurate predictions than the best system available today.

They then compared the results to the actual weather during that year as well as ENS’ predictions.

The system can spit out predictions in far less time: 8 minutes, compared to hours for traditional models.

Other tech firms are also developing their own AI weather forecasters.

Models like GenCast still rely on data from traditional weather systems and models to train and calibrate their predictions.

Rob” Tuluie, has unveiled an AI tool that could fast-track the time it takes to design a new aircraft from months to just a few days.

PhysicsX said the AI is the first-ever Large Geometry Model (LGM) for aerospace engineering.

Together, the duo have assembled a 50-strong team of some of the world’s top minds in data science, AI, and machine learning.

The company is on a mission to reimagine simulation for science and engineering using AI in sectors such as automotive, aerospace, and manufacturing.

“In the same way that large language models understand text, Ai.rplane has a vast knowledge of the shapes and structures that are important to aerospace engineering,” explained Corbo.

Microsoft’s cloud ambitions just hit a major snag in the UK.

The tech giant is facing a £1bn ($1.27 billion) lawsuit over how it licenses software to customers using rival cloud platforms.

Here’s the gist: if you’re using Microsoft’s Windows Server but prefer another cloud provider, you’re allegedly stuck with higher costs.

The 💜 of EU tech The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art.

With this latest lawsuit, Microsoft’s cloud dominance may face a reckoning.

A Spanish government-appointed committee of experts has recommended that smartphones sold in the country carry health warning labels.

The document details ways the government could crack down on what the panel calls a “public health epidemic”.

The report also advises rolling out so-called “dumbphones” for teens up to 16 and discouraging social media use entirely for children under 12.

On the public health front, the panel pushes for recognising tech-related mental health issues — like addiction and anxiety — as pressing health concerns.

Meanwhile, Australia made headlines recently for banning social media entirely for under 16s, in a groundbreaking, but controversial, move.

PLD Space launched its first, smaller rocket, Miura 1, from Spain last year.

Raúl Torres and Raúl Verdú, university classmates, founded PLD Space in 2011 with a vision to create something akin to a European version of Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

PLD Space hopes to be the flagbearer for a new era of private European spaceflight.

All three contenders are rushing to become the first private company to launch a European-built satellite launcher into orbit.

Whoever gets there first, one thing’s for sure: Europe’s private space race is heating up.

Amsterdam-headquartered Nebius, which builds full-stack AI infrastructure for tech firms, has secured $700mn in a private equity deal led by Nvidia, Accel, and asset manager Orbis.

The deal will see Nebius issue 33.3 million Class A shares at $21 apiece.

“We have demonstrated the scale of our ambitions, initiating an AI infrastructure build-out across two continents,” said Arkady Volozh, founder and CEO of Nebius.

The global AI infrastructure market size is projected to grow from $46.15bn in 2024 to $356.14bn by 2032, according to Fortune Business Insights.

One competitor to Nebius, US firm CoreWeave, is preparing for an IPO that could put the company, founded in 2017, at a $35bn valuation.

British startup SatVu has secured £20mn (€24mn) to fuel the development of its hyper-accurate thermal imaging satellites that act like a thermometer for the whole planet.

The cash injection includes £10mn (€12mn) in equity from Spanish VC Adara Ventures and British tech-focused fund Molten Ventures.

The funding will propel the launch of two new satellites in its HotSat constellation, which are scheduled to liftoff next year.

With HotSat-2 and HotSat-3 — and a fresh pot of funding — SatVu looks to stage a comeback.

With applications spanning national security, infrastructure monitoring, and climate resilience, the startup claims its technology could guide more targeted climate action and pol…

Building, certifying, and commercialising brand-new aircraft designs like electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOLs) is complex, notoriously expensive, and depends on lengthy regulatory processes.

That’s partly why German startup Vaeridion is pursuing a simpler, potentially cheaper, route to electric flight using an aircraft it calls the “microliner”.

“This initiative allows us to de-risk our core technology and the path to certifying our electric aircraft prior to submitting a type certificate application,” he told TNW.

Their vision was to build an electric plane to replace jet-fueled aircraft on short-haul, regional flights.

Vaeridion will make one prototype, get it certifie…

In Germany, for example, there has been a 3.9x increase, France has seen a 6.8x increase in jobs seeking generative and aligned AI skills, and Ireland has seen a 4.6x increase.

However, alongside these predictions is a warning about the urgent need for the right talent to satisfy growing demand, with a tech skills gap emerging as a blocker.

Worryingly, in the EU, the European Digital Economy and Society Index found that every third person lacks basic digital skills.

However, this figure may be stymied by a perfect storm of factors that are contributing to the tech skills gap.

The Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis predicts a 15% increase in tech job openings by next year.

Molyon recently spun out from 15 years of research at the University of Cambridge to commercialise a lithium-sulfur battery that it claims delivers twice the energy density of lithium-ion.

Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries not only store much more energy than lithium-ion, but they also don’t rely on rare minerals like cobalt, nickel, and graphite.

However, to date, Li-S batteries have yet to be commercialised because of one big problem.

It will initially focus on making Li-S batteries for drones and robots, which could greatly benefit from the lighter weight and improved range.

“The UK is uniquely positioned to lead in lithium-sulfur technology,” wrote Carina Namih, partner at Plural, in a bl…

Vertical Aerospace has been thrown a crucial lifeline, staving off potential bankruptcy at the cash-strapped air taxi startup.

Mudrick will invest $25mn upfront and guarantee another $25mn in future funding, offset by contributions from third-party investors.

In September, Bloomberg reported that without additional funding, Vertical would risk running out of cash by March 2025.

One of Vertical’s main competitors, German startup Lilium, filed for bankruptcy this month after failing to secure new funds.

Vertical, which went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2021, has lost 95% of its market value since the listing.

Zurich-based startup Poncho has officially launched its weather insurance platform — and bagged some fresh funding to boot.

Poncho’s tech integrates with booking systems, allowing customers to opt for weather protection at checkout.

If bad weather, such as heavy rain or wind, occurs during their scheduled event or trip, a refund is processed automatically.

“After months of hard work, we are thrilled to announce that Poncho’s weather insurance solution is finally available!

Our product allows travel and leisure businesses to seamlessly offer weather protection to their customers at the time of booking,” said Omar Jerrari, founder and CEO of Poncho.

Bitcoin’s recent price increase to $69,000, accompanied by a 25% decrease in trading volume, suggests renewed bullish sentiment.

Considering these factors, Bitcoin appears to be a compelling investment option for those seeking to capitalize on the cryptocurrency market.

Despite its volatile history, marked by significant price surges and declines, XRP remains a focal point for investors.

Although it has yet to reach those heights in the current bull market, many believe XRP is set for a significant price increase.

The recent 18% price surge, coupled with Bitcoin’s potential bull run, creates an optimistic outlook for XRP.

The next Battlefield game was again name-checked by Electronic Arts chief executive Andrew Wilson in the company’s most recent earnings call with investors.

Though he teased it as “one of the most ambitious projects in our history,” fans have heard that line before, especially before the launch of its most recent entry in the series, Battlefield 2042.

Electronic Arts pulled Criterion Games off its speciality — the Need For Speed racing franchise — and put it on Battlefield supporting EA DICE.

Four studios are now working on the game: EA DICE, Criterion, Motive, and Ripple Effect.

Competitor Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launches Oct. 25 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and…

cat in a dogs world (MEW) price analysiscat in a dogs world (MEW) boasts a market capitalization of $640 million, reflecting its growing popularity.

cat in a dogs world (MEW) has defied the crypto slump, surging a remarkable 70% in the past month.

That feeling when you are in the Pepe Unchained Presale 🐸🙃 pic.twitter.com/2yzu5NnMJd — Pepe Unchained (@pepe_unchained) July 30, 2024The ability to stake in and earn passive income adds to the project’s investment appeal.

Conclusioncat in a dogs world (MEW) has emerged as a standout contender in the predominantly dog-dominated meme coin sector.

Similarly, Pepe Unchained, currently in its presale phase, offers a compelling proposition with innovat…

The 99Bitcoins presale is in its final stages, concluding on August 6th at 2 PM UTC.

How 99Bitcoins’ Learn-to-Earn model and massive reach are set to revolutionize the spaceAt its core, 99Bitcoins is designed to onboard new cryptocurrency users through a comprehensive educational ecosystem.

This extensive reach will be instrumental in promoting the Learn-to-Earn model and fostering widespread user adoption.

With only five days remaining in its presale, 99Bitcoins is nearing its fundraising goal.

To participate in the $99BTC token presale, visit 99Bitcoins.com.

PlayStation Plus Essential subscribers will get Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga, Five Nights at Freddy’s Security Breach, and Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights in August.

The Lego Star Wars series is this month’s headline attraction and relives all the films in the much-loved science fiction saga across the stars.

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights has also been added as a downloadable title as part of the monthly subscription.

The two-dimensional (2D) fantasy game takes place in the fantasy setting of Land’s End.

The heartstring-pulling, side-scrolling role-playing game journeys through forests, deep underground caverns, and the climactic setting of storied castles.

The emotional and logical approaches to cryptocurrency trading differ vastly between whales and retail investors.

While retail investors may react impulsively to market swings, whales leverage data and trends to guide their decisions, thus securing profitable positions.

One recent example is Pepe Unchained, a new Layer 2 blockchain designed specifically for meme coins.

Unlike other Layer 2 solutions centered on technology, Pepe Unchained is tapping into the meme coin trend, which is expected to attract retail investors as the bull market peaks.

As retail investors anticipate the next market shift, focusing on projects like Pepe Unchained could yield substantial returns.

Fortnite players are teaming up to hunt Elon Musk’s Cybertrucks in the battle royale.

The new in-game vehicle has not received the fanfare that Tesla was expecting but has certainly become a focus for some players.

Tesla Cybertruck in FortniteEpic Games posted the new wheels via X (formerly Twitter) in a small video displaying some fan-favorite characters:Pulls ♾️ Catch a ride in the @tesla Cybertruck in Fortnite tomorrow!

pic.twitter.com/CA8xuYQreS — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) July 22, 2024The new content dropping hasn’t gone down too well with all fans of Fortnite.

User @KaiuswithaK, said “there’s an unspoken rule amongst a lot of players that they will drop whatever they’re doing to force …

While it’s usually the opposite, with restrictions often added for those on the free level, Spotify has done a reversal.

These lyrics are supposed to pop up on the screen when a song is played, allowing users to sing along or simply see the words.

“Over the coming weeks, we’ll be expanding Lyrics availability for Spotify Free users so more people can enjoy viewing more lyrics, globally.”Spotify faced backlash on social media after taking away the lyrics featureThe continued rollout of the once-free and now free-again lyrics has been met with happiness from users which was a contrast from the previous few months.

Why even remove it in the first place?”In defiance, other social media users ha…

Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions isn’t just a single player affair, you’ll be able to hop online and battle it out against other Potterheads for the Golden Snitch.

Does Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions have crossplay or cross progression functionality?

The short answer is yes, Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions does allow crossplay between all supported platforms.

Moving to cross progression, Quidditch Champions has that also, meaning if you own the game on different platforms, you take your journey over there too.

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Helldivers 2’s latest update, coming Aug. 8, brings the fire in the form of flamethrowing weapons, perfect for barbecuing extraterrestrial insects.

The new weapons look good and certainly lend a new and satisfying way to play the multiplayer shooter.

To be clear, fire weapons have been in Helldivers 2 since its February 2024 release date; this just leans further into the concept.

Arrowhead has promised these Warbond updates will come out on a regular basis, and told players they can expect them to carry a certain theme.

The last Warbond, which launched in June, was the “Viper Commandos” set of weapons and gear, which evoked action movies set in a jungle, such as Predator.

In a frightening twist, researchers have found vulnerabilities in the design of dating apps Bumble and Hinge which could allow stalkers to pinpoint victims’ locations down to two meters.

Researchers from the KU Leuven University in Belgium found six dating apps had the same issue after analyzing 15 of the most popular.

In the published paper titled ‘Swipe Left for Identity Theft,’ the dating platforms are said to “allow for pinpointing a victim’s exact location, enabling physical threats to user’s personal safety.”None of these apps explicitly share the exact location of potential suitors, but they do have location-based features.

Dating apps to ‘expose’ sensitive dataThese geo-location-bas…

The search giant has announced plans to make it easier to remove non-consensual sexually explicit content at scale.

While people have long been able to request the removal of images from Search, new systems have been developed to make the process easier.

Higham explains: “When someone successfully requests the removal of explicit non-consensual fake content featuring them from Search, Google’s systems will also aim to filter all explicit results on similar searches about them.

“First, we’re rolling out ranking updates that will lower explicit fake content for many searches.

“The updates we’ve made this year have reduced exposure to explicit image results on these types of queries by over 70…

Gala Games’ recent bullish news fuels GALA token surgeThe recent bounce back of the GALA token matches Gala Games’ news about raising the Gala Gold membership fee to $100 and upgrading GalaChain’s security.

Raising the Gala Gold membership cost helps keep the VIP community exclusive and shows Gala’s plan to reward its most dedicated members.

Gala Gold membership fee increase to $100Gala Games, known for its games, music, and film projects, has announced that the Gala Gold membership fee will rise from $50 to $100.

GalaSwap API upgradeBesides raising the Gala Gold membership fee, GalaChain will upgrade the GalaSwap API starting August 1, 2024.

As Gala Games and GalaChain evolve, attention is…

The State of Nebraska could be the first U.S. state to revise its stance on gambling rules.

No other jurisdiction across 2024 has made any state-wide changes to how gambling operators are permitted to offer their services.

Nebraska debates 2024 gambling rulesNebraska currently has restrictive rules when it comes to the legality of sports betting and daily fantasy markets.

According to the Nebraska legislature’s official news source, Senator Eliot Bostar bolstered the support of new gambling taxes.

They must be the voice of change if taxes are to change across the state alongside the lessening of existing gambling restrictions.

Therefore, knowing the Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions system requirements need to be at the top of your priority list.

Here, we’ll reveal all we know about the specs needed for Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions so you can get on that broom and score some points.

Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions system requirementsFrom the trailers, Quidditch Champions doesn’t exactly look like the most graphically intensive title but it’s always nice to know how far it’ll push your PC.

While not officially confirmed via Valve, we believe that Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions will be playable on Steam Deck.

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Apple today announced that it would be expanding its retail presence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with the online store opening in 2025, and physical stores opening in 2026.

Following the opening of the company’s developer academy in 2021, Apple plans to continue to invest in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, bringing the Apple Online Store to the region in summer 2025.

Apple says that this will bring “exceptional service and support directly from Apple in Arabic for the very first time.”Afterwards, there’ll be multiple retail stores opened in the region, with the first of several coming in 2026.

Apple also says that App Store earnings for developers in Saudi Arabia are up over 1750% since 20…

Apple introduced the Pro Display XDR in 2019 with its $4999 price tag, no included stand, and an optional Pro Stand for $999.

Pro Display XDR, since it was released three years prior, does not include an Apple Silicon chipset.

This could allow for the Pro Display XDR to have a built in camera and speakers, something it doesn’t currently.

Additionally, we’ve reported on 9to5Mac that Apple is working on a display with a 7K resolution, which seems plausible for a future Pro Display XDR.

Display analyst Ross Young shared with 9to5Mac that he currently expects the Pro Display XDR 2 to launch in late 2025 or early 2026, though there isn’t yet anything concrete.

Earlier this fall, Apple introduced the first Macs with M4: MacBook Pro, iMac, and Mac mini.

These refreshes covered a large chunk of the Mac lineup, only leaving MacBook Air, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro.

Most Macs received the M2 family of chips, with MacBook Air and 13″ MacBook Pro kicking it off at WWDC22, Mac mini and MacBook Pro following up in January 2023, and Mac Studio & Mac Pro finishing off at WWDC23.

MacBook Air seems like a lock, and so does Mac Studio and Mac Pro.

What do you think of Apple’s M4 Mac lineup?

#2 – FineWoven iPhone casesApple debuted their highly controversial FineWoven cases with the iPhone 15 last year, as an “environmentally friendly” replacement to leather.

If you’d like to pick up a FineWoven case for your iPhone 15, theres a variety of deals on Amazon – including this one for iPhone 15 Pro for only $21.

#6 and 7 – iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro MaxAs has been tradition since 2018 with the release of the iPhone XS, Apple has once again discontinued the previous generation of flagship iPhones, meaning the iPhone 15 Pro models went away upon the unveiling of the iPhone 16 Pro models.

You can pick up a renewed premium 128GB iPhone 15 Pro for $719 currently, and a renewed premi…

According to Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter, Apple is planning on supporting typical VR game controllers on Apple Vision Pro, and has apparently approached Sony to get going on this.

This will hopefully make Apple Vision Pro more appealing for gaming, something that the product doesn’t currently do super well.

Apple Vision Pro currently supports traditional gaming controllers from Xbox and PlayStation for Apple Arcade games, but Apple has never supported normal VR controllers, making it hard to experience most VR games on the headset.

According to the report, Apple has only sold “fewer than half a million units” of Apple Vision Pro, and that most Vision Pro owners are using it less than …

The problem plaguing modern laptop batteriesThe days of frequently upgrading a laptop to new hardware are largely behind us.

This issue is exacerbated by the common habit of keeping a laptop plugged in to charge all day and night.

Inside the app, you’ll find fine-grained controls for setting charging limits and a charging schedule that matches your daily patterns.

Chargie availability and wrap-upChargie ensures your laptop intelligently stops and starts charging to protect its battery without causing you any inconvenience.

There is also the existing Chargie C Basic for phones that allows for slower charging and better battery life for phones.

Griply is an all-in-one app that brings together your goals, habits, and tasks – making them easier to accomplish, and keep track of.

Top featuresBetween goal tracking, habit tracking, and task management – Griply has a lot to offer for users trying to get things done.

Underneath each goal you can create an action plan – and track progress by setting subgoals, tasks, and habits needed to reach your goal.

While other planner apps focus on managing tasks, Griply places an emphasis on users goals, putting them front and center.

With Griply Premium, you can track unlimited goals and habits, access insightful charts, and customize the app.

Apple today shared the official trailer for the highly-anticipated second season of its hit drama series ‘Severance’, ahead of its premiere on January 17 on Apple TV+.

Based on the short snippets of scenes we are privy to, it appears the second season will pick up right after the climatic events of the season one finale.

Severance season two will roll out weekly, with the first episode on Friday, January 17.

New episodes roll out every Friday thereafter.

Whereas season one comprised nine episodes, season two will have ten with the season finale airing on March 21.

While the MacBook Pro is the place to go for the latest and greatest tech, I’ve always been drawn to the MacBook Air for one key reason: portability.

The MacBook Air isn’t a perfect computer by any means, but there are some simple upgrades that I’d like to see Apple make with the M4 MacBook Air early next year.

I’m not here to say whether or not MacBook Air thermals enough, but I do notice my machine getting a little toasty under moderate workflows.

Center Stage cameraWhile this upgrade is likely a given, since the M4 iMac and M4 MacBook Pro already have it – I’d also really like to see Center Stage on the next MacBook Air.

I currently use an M2 13-inch MacBook Air, and would like to take t…

However, it’s worth noting that Apple Vision Pro needs to be pretty power efficient, as it has a rather small battery powering the whole system.

For that reason, I could see Apple sticking to the lower end first generation modem for Apple Vision Pro – though time will tell.

Why we need itI’ve long believed that Vision Pro eventually having cellular connectivity would make a lot of sense.

With Apple’s 5G modems, you could potentially have super-fast connectivity directly to your Vision Pro, regardless of where you are.

What do you think of the cellular Apple Vision Pro rumor?

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Parallels recently unveiled its new enterprise edition with new management functionality for IT teams.

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Starting today, Mac users can also try out Karo with a native version for macOS.

Karo task manager now has a Mac appYusuf is also behind Tasks, another to-do app that I’ve already written about here on 9to5Mac.

If the other person also has the Karo app, they’ll see the task right in the app.

Karo was first designed to work with the iPhone, but the latest update to the app comes with a Mac version too.

Karo is available to try for free on the iOS and Mac App Store.

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ScreenshotApple is adding six new background options for Safari in iOS 18.2 and macOS Sequoia 15.2.

Head below to download each one for use anywhere outside of Safari as well as the recently introduced M4 “iMac” wallpapers.

The six new Safari backgrounds include two that use iconography from Apple’s web browser in a clever way — much like the new Macintosh wallpapers in macOS Sequoia.

Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot ScreenshotAnd if you want to decorate your Mac or any device with those new M4 iMac wallpapers, here’s the full set:Gift idea options for iPhone users and Apple fans:

Очень неожиданная атака происходит сейчас вокруг Хезболлы - более 1200 цифровых карманных раций, используемых террористами внезапно начали взрываться в карманах. Ранее боевики пользовались обычными мессенжерами в телефонах, но несколько месяцев назад по слухам они отказались от телефонов (из-за геолокации) и перешли на безопасные рации.Высока вероятность, что израильская армия нашла дыру в прошивке этих устройств, позволюящую дистанционно вызвать перегрев и взрыв батарей. Я бы про это все наверное даже не написал, но представьте себе, а если такие уязвимости окажутся в более массовых телефонах - какой бомбой может оказаться такая новость. Шутку про телефоны Самсунг пошутите сами. https://ww…

Обратите, пожалуйста, внимание, что реклама, показываемая в телеграме, никак мной не контролируется, со мной не согласуется, и я от нее не получаю ни копейки. К сожалению, чем дальше, тем чаще мне присылают скриншоты с рекламой, которая сильно противоречит и моей позиции, и вообще здравому смыслу.И нет, отвечая на не заданный вопрос, я не читаю этот канал. Подход к рекламе креативный, а сам канал я вам читать не рекомендую совсем.

Бразилия разблокировала счета Х и Старлинк, после того как с них было удержано 3.3 млн долларов для уплаты штрафов. Сам Х все еще заблокирован, и кажется, разблокировки не будет ближайшее время.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-13/brazil-garnishes-3-3-billion-from-musk-companies-accounts

OpenAI показали превью своей новой модели, и выглядит это как новый большой прорыв — эта языковая модель O1 решает сложные задачи во много раз лучше, чем привычные нам GPT, т.к. буквально “думает” прежде чем генерировать ответ. Меня как программиста эта картинка и радует, и пугает одновременно. Вот теперь, кажется, по-настоящему “началось”, сложно будет спорить, что LLM думает — она не просто думает, она сначала обдумывает как думать, потом думает и на базе этих мыслей генерирует ответ.https://openai.com/index/learning-to-reason-with-llms/

Mistral AI выложили веса от своей новой мультимодальной модели pixtral-12b. Традиционно скачать можно в торренте. https://twitter.com/mistralai/status/1833758285167722836

Сергей Брин говорит, что работает в Google "практически каждый день", и что последние усовершенствования алгоритмов ИИ "опережают рост вычислений", заложенных в модели. Вообще чудо-формулировки, которые хочется разбирать.Если что, мы все работаем "практически каждый день". Но так вольно рассуждать по скорость развития ИИ я бы не стал.https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/10/sergey-brin-says-hes-working-at-google-pretty-much-every-day-on-ai/

Пока все обсуждают, что в презентации Эппл не было ничего нового, Huawei показали всем складывающийся в три раза телефон. Они не первые, кто такое сделал, но выглядит это довольно интересно, если бы не цена — три экрана обойдутся вам в $2800. По цене трех айфонов вы получаете топовый андроид без гугла. Сомнительно.https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/10/chinas-huawei-prices-trifold-phone-to-launch-same-day-as-apple-iphone-16.html

У Дениса есть ночной обзор скандала, расскажу о нем без сложных для многих технических подробностей. Если техничекие детали вам тоже интересны - загляните к Денису.Несколько дней назад кто-то объявил о выходе дообученной "хитрыми методами" Llama 3.1 70B с невероятными результатами бенчмарков — она побила и GPT, и Claude, и все опенсорсные нейронки значительно бОльших размеров. После этого многие с восторгом начали разбираться и выяснилось:1. C выложенными весами было что-то не так: выпустили Lora для Llama 3.0, утверждая, что это дообученная 3.1.2. Проверка тестовыми запросами совсем не показывала таких крутых результатов.3. Когда авторам указали на 1 — они сказали, что это ошибка, сейчас м…

Мужчина из Северной Каролины обвиняется в мошенничестве на 10 миллионов долларов с использованием искусственного интеллекта для создания фальшивой музыки.52-летний Майкл Смит якобы создал сотни тысяч поддельных песен несуществующих групп и загрузил их на стриминговые сервисы. Затем он использовал ботов для многократного воспроизведения этих песен, имитируя реальных слушателей.Смит начал с загрузки собственной музыки, но затем перешел на использование ИИ для массового создания треков. Он генерировал правдоподобные названия для песен и исполнителей, чтобы избежать обнаружения. К 2019 году Смит зарабатывал около 110 000 долларов в месяц на роялти.Прокуратура утверждает, что эта схема работала …

Неожиданным шагом стало сегодняшнее заявление компании Intel о том, что она больше не планирует использовать собственный технологический узел "Intel 20A" в своих грядущих процессорах Arrow Lake, предназначенных для потребительского рынка. Вместо этого она будет использовать внешние микротранзисторные схемы, вероятно от TSMC, для всех компонентов чипов Arrow Lake. Единственной производственной обязанностью Intel для процессоров Arrow Lake будет упаковка внешних чипов в конечный процессор. По прогнозам Intel, отказ от узла 20A позволит ей сэкономить полмиллиарда долларов.В проработку вокруг 20А было вложено много сил, сейчас Интел решил сосредоточиться на своем более свежем узле 18А. Я, честн…

💻 В NYT интересный взгляд на экономику роботизированных такси компании Waymo (напомню, это Гугл). Понятное дело что ее доминация усилилась после того, как компания Cruise убрала свой автопарк с дорог. По слухам в ближайшие месяцы аналогичный бизнес запустит Tesla.Честно говоря мы уже заждались полностью автономных автомобилей. Вот еще любопытная статья про Amazon Zoox (это такие беспилотные микроавтобусики). Они не стесняются, у них 35 отдельных техников-пилотов, которые удаленно берут управление транспортом если он сам не справляется. И мне кажется эта полумера очень правильное решение. Fake it till you make it это правильная стратегия

Гизмодо провели свой базовый анализ магазина OpenAI где люди показывают или продают свои GPT. Ну и разумеется оказалось что более 100 GPT напрямую нарушают правила OpenAI - где-то порно, где-то медицинские советы.Каждый кто пытается в первый раз работать с UGC получает интересный опыт о том, насколько изворотливы люди в несоблюдении правил. Маск вот тоже думал что за год избавится от всех проблем в Твиттере https://gizmodo.com/porn-generators-cheating-tools-and-expert-medical-advice-inside-openais-marketplace-for-custom-chatbots-2000494704

Современный венчур: Илья Суцкевер при полном отсутствии бизнеса или продукта поднял 1 миллиард долларов в свою компанию. Приблизительная оценка компании 5 миллиардов. И все это на своем имени и репутации. https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-co-founder-sutskevers-new-safety-focused-ai-startup-ssi-raises-1-billion-2024-09-04/

Минюст США направил повестки в суд компании Nvidia и другим компаниям в поисках доказательств того, что Nvidia нарушила антимонопольное законодательство, усложнив процесс смены поставщиков. На фоне этого и других обвинений акции компании летят вниз с рекордной скоростью. Это если считать в абсолютных цифрах, в относительных всё вполне терпимо https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-03/nvidia-gets-doj-subpoena-in-escalating-antitrust-investigation

Регулятор СМИ Южной Кореи заявил, что Telegram выполнил его просьбу удалить 25 материалов, содержащих сексуальную эксплуатацию, а именно дипфейки. День выполнения требований регулятора https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240903008900320

Думали, что бы посмотреть вечером в воскресенье?Обзор компактного vivo X200 Pro mini на 6.3" и с шикарными камерами!И при чём тут Amatory?YouTube: youtu.be/Y92uBtU9EY0VK: vkvideo.ru/video-29218811_456246942RuTube: rutube.ru/video/f45f65c4fcb6bbfe33886ee8e32634a4/

Третий сезон «Джека Ричера» стартует 20 февраля 2025 годаНу а пока зацените тизер с Аланом Ричсоном, который на фоне Оливье Рихтерса уже не выглядит таким крупным.💼 Rozetked | Подписаться

Аня-Тэйлор Джой охраняет мир от таинственного зла Apple выпустила трейлер фильма «Ущелье». Сюжет расскажет о двух оперативниках (Майлз Теллер и Аня-Тэйлор Джой), которых отправляют сторожить строго засекреченное и опасное ущелье.Одну из ролей также сыграла Сигурни Уивер. Поставил картину Скотт Дерриксон, который ранее поработал над «Синистер», «Доктором Стрэнджем» и «Чёрным телефоном».Премьера «Ущелья» состоится 14 февраля на Apple TV+.💼 Rozetked | Подписаться

Вышел второй тизер восьмого сезона «Рика и Морти».Его уже можно посмотреть в озвучке Сыендука. Премьера состоится в следующем году. Конкретной даты пока нет.💼 Rozetked | Подписаться

Верните стену ленту!Если вы тоже зашли во «ВКонтакте» и не узнали интерфейс, вы не одиноки.Объясняем, как изменилась лента «ВКонтакте» и почему новый формат с упором на медиаконтент — это естественное развитие социальной платформы.rozetked.me/articles/36603

Amazon выпустила официальный трейлер третьего сезона «Неуязвимого»К озвучке своих героев вернутся Стивен Ён, Сандра О и Джей Кей Симмонс.Премьера сезона состоится 6 февраля 2025 года — в этот день выйдут сразу три эпизода. Остальные будут выходить до 13 марта.Третий сезон шоу не будут делить на две части, как второй в 2023–24 годах.💼 Rozetked | Подписаться

С 1 января 2025 года таможенный сбор за ввоз иномарок в Россию вырастет на 20–38%Об этом сообщают «Новости Владивостока», ссылаясь на пресс-службу Владивостокской таможни. Новые тарифы учитывают накопленную за пять лет инфляцию.Отмечается, что рост конечной стоимости будет незначительным: от 1169 рублей за машины стоимостью ниже 1,2 млн рублей и до 7540 рублей — за машины стоимостью свыше 5,5 млн. Для автомобилей дороже 10 млн рублей рост составит 0%.Отличий в ставках таможенных сборов для физических и юридических лиц, как и сейчас, не будет.rozetked.me/news/36609

Fortnite: 999-в-1В Fortnite появится режим с тактическими PvP-сражениями от первого лица в духе Counter-Strike и Valorant.Режим «Линия огня» выйдет в раннем доступе 11 декабря — на релизе будут доступны только одна карта и небольшой набор оружия и гаджетов.rozetked.me/news/36605

В продажу поступил геймпад NYXI Flexi с настраиваемой раскладкой 🎮Местами можно менять не только кнопки ABXY, но и левый стик с крестовиной. Из прочего: стики и триггеры с эффектом Холла, «лепестки», 6-осевой гироскоп, вибрация и настраиваемая RGB-подсветка.Контроллер проработает на одной зарядке до 8 часов. Подключение по Bluetooth, 2,4 ГГц или через провод USB-C. Совместимость: Android, Android TV, iOS, MacOS, Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch, Windows и даже Tesla.Купить можно за 59 долларов (~5800 рублей).rozetked.me/news/36601

Вторник 🤔Sony Pictures опубликовала постер и 14-секундный тизер фильма «28 лет спустя». На фоне тизера звучит сообщение, созданное при помощи азбуки Морзе, которое указывает на вторник — видимо, в этот день покажут первый трейлер. 💼 Rozetked | Подписаться

Deadline: Бретт Голдстин (Рой Кент из «Теда Лассо») может получить роль Хагрида в сериале по «Гарри Поттеру»Марк Стронг может сыграть Альбуса Дамблдора, а Шэрон Хорган якобы рассматривают на роль Минервы Макгонаггал. На эту же роль может претендовать Рэйчел Вайс.Deadline подчёркивает, что пока ни один из претендентов не получил официальное предложение от студии.Премьера сериала состоится не ранее 2026 года. Съёмки ещё даже не начались.💼 Rozetked | Подписаться

Восемь хостинг-провайдеров могут попасть под ограничения в РФВ их числе, помимо прочих, GoDaddy, Amazon Web Services, HostGator и Hetzner Online. Эти компании не выполняют требования российского законодательства, сообщили в Роскомнадзоре.rozetked.me/news/36599

Новая игра (для игроков с друзьями) от создателей It Takes Two и A Way Out выйдет 6 марта 2025 годаАнонс игры и показ дебютного трейлера состоятся в ходе церемонии The Game Awards 2024, которая пройдёт ночью 13 декабря (по МСК), — информацией поделился инсайдер billbil-kun.Сейчас о новой игре Hazelight Studios известно немного. Её название — Split Fiction, её разработка идёт как минимум два года, а жанр — кооперативная адвенчура, как It Takes Two и A Way Out.💼 Rozetked | Подписаться

MacBook Air (Wi-Fi + Cellular)Apple рассматривает возможность добавления в MacBook поддержки сотовой связи, пишет Bloomberg.Правда, релиз этого обновления стоит ждать не раньше 2026 года, так как за сотовую связь в таких MacBook будет отвечать второе поколение модема собственной разработки Apple — первое поколение чипа ожидается в следующем году.После MacBook сотовую связь может получить и Vision Pro.rozetked.me/news/36593

Обзор Honor Magic 7 Pro1. Face ID (который быстрее чем у iPhone 16 / Pro)2. IP693. 200 Мп камера4. Android 15 + MagicOS 9Похоже, единственный смартфон на Snapdragon 8 Elite, который ни в чём не урезан. Но не без минусов…YouTube: youtu.be/Z1EbRKm_oDQVK: vk.com/video-29218811_456246932RuTube: rutube.ru/video/770b25bdba0531c4bb612ba817506da8

Time: Коллекционные ведерки для попкорна становятся важной составляющей бизнеса кинотеатров– Необычные ведерки для попкорна могут стоить $20-65/шт.– Тим Бертон помогал разработать ведерко для «Битлджуса»– Придумывать их помогали Том Круз, Джеймс Кэмерон и др.– Выручка AMC от них за 2018 была $0, за 2023 – уже $54 млн– Это пока небольшая часть от общих доходов AMC ($4,8 млрд)– Ведерки помогают привлечь зрителей, увеличить сборы и др.– Их уже создавали для «Дюны», «Дэдпула», «Барби» и др.– Кинотеатры придумывают ведерки за год до премьеры– Т.е. уже идет работа над ведерками для фильмов на Q4 2025– Все компании хотят, чтобы их ведерки стали вирусными– Коллекционные ведерки для попкорна резко д…

Bloomberg: ИИ сокращает убытки от мошенничества и ускоряет выдачу ипотечных кредитов– Вывод был сделан австралийским Commonwealth Bank– ИИ сократил потери клиентов от мошенничества вдвое– Количество случаев мошенничества снизилось на 30%– Предварительное одобрение ипотеки занимает 10 мин.– Время ожидания для колл-центра сократилось на 40%– ИИ сможет отвечать на 10% самых сложных запросов– Commonwealth Bank продолжит внедрять ИИ-решения– Разработано и внедрено 50+ вариантов использования– ИИ также будут применять для заполнения документов– Это сократит ежегодные проверки бизнеса до 2 часов– Ранее подобная проверка бизнеса занимала 14 часов– ИИ помогает обрабатывать 20+ млн платежей/день– Он …

TechCrunch: Bluesky не исключает возможности монетизации соцсети за счет рекламы– Вопрос монетизации стал одним из главных для Bluesky– На данный момент Bluesky получил $15 млн инвестиций– Соцсеть стала привлекать внимание новых инвесторов– Bluesky изучает несколько вариантов для монетизации– Речь про подписку, торговую площадку и продажу имен– Ранее «засорять» платформу рекламой не планировали– Теперь же появление рекламы полностью не исключают– При этом Bluesky не планирует повторять чужие ошибки– Полностью полагаться на рекламу соцсеть точно не будет– Реклама не должна влиять на пользовательский опыт и др.– Еще одним вариантом может стать лицензирование данных@ftsec

The Verge: Чат-бот Grok стал доступен для всех пользователей соцсети X– Grok стал доступен для бесплатных пользователей X– Они смогут отправлять ему до 10 сообщений/2 часа– Изначально он был доступен премиум-подписчикам– Тесты бесплатной версии Grok начались месяц назад– Для него также могут сделать отдельное приложение– Это поможет Grok конкурировать на рынке чат-ботов– Отдельные приложения есть у ChatGPT, Claude и др.@ftsec

TechCrunch: Британский необанк Zopa получил $85 млн при оценке $1 млрд, отказавшись от IPO– Британский необанк Zopa обслуживает 1,3 млн клиентов– Zopa получил $85 млн при оценке примерно $1+ млрд– Сам цифровой банк не раскрывает свою точную оценку– Сервис увеличивает свою клиентскую базу на 35%/год– На конец 2024 клиентская база составит 1,4+ млн чел.– Объем их депозитов должен будет составить £5 млрд– Указано также, что сервис уже является прибыльным– По итогам 2024 необанк покажет удвоение прибыли– Фокусом стали сберегательные и кредитные продукты– При этом криптовалюта пока не является планом Zopa– Расширение на рынки за пределами UK не планируется– Международные проекты носят долгосрочн…

Bloomberg: Salesforce заплатила $344 млн за покупку стартапа Zoomin– Salesforce приобрела стартап Zoomin около месяца назад– Zoomin создает инструменты для управления данными– Ранее сумма сделки между сторонами не разглашалась– До покупки Salesforce уже владела около 10% акций– Его покупка поможет укрепить инструмент Data Cloud– Data Cloud является одним из главных фокусов Salesforce– В сентябре Salesforce купила также Own за $1,9 млрд– Это была крупнейшая сделка после приобретения Slack@ftsec

Коммерсантъ: Издательства вынуждены повысить цены на книги из-за роста стоимости полиграфии– С начала 2025 цены на печатные книги вырастут на 7-10%– Полиграфические услуги за год подорожали уже на 20%– Типографии ждут удорожания бумаги и других материалов– Также свои комиссии планируют поднимать маркетплейсы– С января 2025 группа «Эксмо» повысит свои цены на 7%– Сейчас сред. цена книги издательства составляет 460 руб.– «АСТ-Азбука» намерена повысить цены на книги на 5-10%– Отечественная офсетная бумага подорожала за год на 12%– Wildberries и Russ повысят тарифы своих складов на 6%– Они называют решение вынужденной экономич. мерой– При этом издатели не ожидают сокращения продаж книг– Книги в…

NYT: Руководитель Nvidia уклоняется от уплаты налогов на $8 млрд– Он стал 10-м самым богатым человеком из США ($127 млрд)– Наследникам будет нужно заплатить 40% налогов– Хуанг также стал бенефициаром ряда налоговых махинаций– Он сможет передать большую часть состояния без налогов– Экономия для наследников Хаунга может составить $8 млрд– Вероятно, это крупнейшее уклонение от налогов для США– Похожие схемы внедряют топ-менеджеры других компаний– Среди них Blackstone, Google, Coinbase, Mastercard, AMD и др.– Без налогов передают наследство на $200 млрд/год в США– В частности, богатые люди используют трастовые фонды и др.– Хуанг впервые начал защищаться от налога около 12 лет назад– Он создал б…

Wired: Тим Кук хочет, чтобы Apple буквально спасала жизни пользователей– Apple начала внедрять нейронный движок семь лет назад– ИИ должен приносить пользу людям и улучшать их жизнь– Apple не хочет делать Apple Intelligence платной функцией– Она рассматривает AI как мультитач (в плане революции)– ИИ не способен заменить мысли и точку зрения человека– Конфиденциальность не является ценностью экосистемы– Она занимается ей, чтобы помогать улучшать жизнь людей– Apple чувствовала, что OpenAI опережала ее на рынке ИИ– Компания не планирует использовать атомную энергетику– Vision Pro является важной частью экосистемы для Apple– Apple хочет внести наибольший вклад для здравоохранения– Например, Appl…

WSJ: Апелляционный суд поддержал запрет TikTok внутри США– Апелляционный суд постановил, что TikTok могут запретить– Китайский TikTok могут запретить из-за нац. безопасности– Три судьи заявили, что Конгресс США может принять меры– Решение суда отклонило аргументы TikTok и пользователей– Они заявляли, что запрет нарушает права на свободу слова– Суд признал, что первая поправка защищает свободу слова– При этом власти защищают свободу слова от влияния Китая– Они также ограничивают сбор данных про жителей страны– TikTok заявляет, что все опасения являются спекулятивными– Условия для запрета TikTok вступят в силу в середине января– Пока неизвестно, как именно будет реализован его запрет– TikTok …

TechCrunch: Perplexity расширяет свою программу для издателей– К программе присоединились десятки новостных изданий– Среди них были LA Times, Adweek, Mexico News Daily и др.– Издатели получат долю от рекламных доходов Perplexity– Они смогут отслеживать эффективность своего контента– Также среди участников: Blavity, NewsPicks, Gear Patrol и др.– Сотрудники изданий заранее ничего не знали про сделку– Они не могли высказать свое мнение для руководства– Это подтверждают источники из LA Times, Adweek и др.– В новом списке партнеров Perplexity отсутствует NYT– NYT и Forbes обвиняли Perplexity в нарушении их прав– Perplexity уточняет, что сделки заключены на неск. лет– Он будет платить партнерам «…

Ведомости: «Самокат» начал поставлять в Китай пастилу и мармелад– «Самокат» экспресс-доставки «Самокат» вышел в Китай– Сервис стал экспортировать восемь собственных товаров– Он зарегистрировал магазин на платформе Jingdong Mall– Там уже можно заказать шоколад, пастилу, мармелад и др.– «Самокат» планирует экспортировать туда еще 18 товаров– В т.ч. горчицу, лечо, маринованные огурцы, батончики и др.– Он также регистрирует свой магазин на маркетплейсе Tmall– Комиссии китайских площадок сопоставимы с российскими– На сайтах российских площадок комиссия составляет 5-15%– Тренд на российские продукты в Китае продолжает расти– Аудитория китайских площадок e-commerce – 915 млн чел.– Это составляет 8…

TechCrunch: Uber и WeRide запустили сервис роботакси для Абу-Даби– Uber и китайская WeRide запустили сервис роботакси– Речь идет про коммерческий сервис внутри Абу-Даби– Это первый международный запуск роботакси от Uber– Среди других его партнеров: Wayve, Aurora, Waabi и др.– Инвесторов Uber беспокоит угроза от Waymo, Tesla и др.– Waymo планирует запуск сервиса роботакси для Майами– На фоне этой новости акции Uber подешевели на 10%– Сколько машин запускают Uber и WeRide пока неясно– Их первый запуск состоится на островах Саадият и Яс– Также их запустят для поездов в аэропорт Абу-Даби– В каждой машине будет оператор для безопасности– Полностью беспилотный запуск будет в конце 2025– Управлять…

РБК: Кинотеатры компенсировали потерю зрителей стоимостью билетов– Сборы от билетов за 11 мес. 2024 были 42,1 млрд руб. (+16%)– При этом посещаемость кинотеатров за тот же период упала– По итогам 11 мес. 2024 посещаемость была 118 млн зрителей– Показатель примерно на 2 млн меньше, чем за 11 мес. 2023– Сред. стоимость билета выросла на 53,5 руб., до 361,5 руб.– В некоторые прокатные недели показатель был 400+ руб.– Сейчас там начинается традиционная «новогодняя битва»– Высокие сборы ждут сразу от нескольких новых фильмов– При этом доля декабрьских сборов редко бывает решающей– За декабрь 2023 кинотеатры заработали около 2,7 млрд руб.– По итогам 1-5 декабря 2024 сборы составили 0,5 млрд руб.–…

CNBC: Waymo планирует запустить сервис роботакси для Майами в 2026– Waymo планирует начать работать на рынке Майами– Первые тесты начнутся во Флориде уже в след. году– Сервис роботакси через Waymo One запустят в 2026– Майами отличается высокой влажностью и дождями– Впервые Waymo проводила там тесты пять лет назад– На дорогах Майами появятся Jaguar I-PACE от Waymo– Изначально Waymo охватит территорию на 6 млн чел.– Waymo совершает уже 150 тыс. платных поездок/нед.– Речь идет про Сан-Франциско, Финикс и Лос-Анджелес@ftsec