TechSpot
MAY 29, 2021
Okay, maybe B doesn’t stand for badass. It’s the shorthand for BGA, ball grid array. That’s a solderable type of socket, which means that these processors come permanently attached to their motherboards and can’t be pulled out or swapped out, and are out of bounds for enthusiasts and builders. Which.
The Verge
MAY 29, 2021
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Unredacted documents in Arizona’s lawsuit against Google show that company executives and engineers were aware that the search giant had made it hard for smartphone users to keep location information private, Insider reported. The documents suggest that Google collected location data even after users had turned off location sharing, and made privacy settings difficult for users to find.
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Venture Beast
MAY 29, 2021
The move to privacy is worrying businesses, especially big tech, who fear giving up control of their data will stifle innovation. Read More.
GeekWire
MAY 29, 2021
The deal to acquire MGM is the biggest move yet by Amazon in Hollywood, as Jeff Bezos prepares to step down as Amazon CEO. (GeekWire Photo Illustration.). Amazon’s agreement to acquire MGM for $8.45 billion has all the makings of a great script, combining a Hollywood icon with an Internet powerhouse. But will this unlikely pairing be a giant blockbuster or a massive flop?
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Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.
Venture Beast
MAY 29, 2021
Adversarial attacks present a growing threat to commercial AI and machine learning systems. Fortunately, some solutions exist. Read More.
TechSpot
MAY 29, 2021
Acer's 2021 laptop lineup has several unique models, including a 17-inch Chromebook and a new line of ConceptD laptops aimed at creators that come in a variety of form factors. There's even a prototype ConceptD that developers can use to test Acer's progress on a project to make stereoscopic 3D.
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The Verge
MAY 29, 2021
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. Fitbit may soon add snoring and noise detection to its devices, a move that will likely please the spouses and partners of the snoring population and be of interest to people for whom snoring is a sign of a possible health condition. According to a report in 9to5 Google , which decompiled the latest version of the Fitbit app in Google’s Play Store, the feature allows a Fitbit’s microphone (in devices that have one) to listen to “ambient noise includin
Gizmodo
MAY 29, 2021
Studios are p **g off a lot of folks. Most of them were blindsided by studios who decided to dump their content onto streaming services without a heads up. Read more.
The Verge
MAY 29, 2021
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. US soldiers stationed in Europe may have accidentally exposed information about the United States’ nuclear weapons stockpile when they used flashcard apps to help them remember details about the information, according to a report from open-source intelligence outlet Bellingcat. Foeke Postma, a researcher with Bellingcat, wrote that the soldiers used study apps such as Chegg, Cram, and Quizlet to create flashcards where they stored information about bases
Gizmodo
MAY 29, 2021
Following Center of Disease Control guidelines, movie theater chains will no longer require fully vaccinated guests to wear masks. Reduced capacity, social distancing, and heavy sanitization will be followed in compliance with CDC safety measures. Read more.
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The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?
The Verge
MAY 29, 2021
Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted Saturday that deliveries of the automaker’s Model S Plaid would be delayed until June 10th because the car needs “one more week of tweak.”. “This car feels like a spaceship,” tweeted Musk, who is also CEO of SpaceX. “Words cannot describe the limbic resonance.”. The company has been teasing the Plaid since 2019, and Musk tweeted on May 20th that Tesla would hold a delivery event June 3rd at its factory in Fremont, California.
Gizmodo
MAY 29, 2021
Tonnes of plastic waste from a burning container ship is washing ashore in Sri Lanka in what’s likely the nation’s worst beach pollution crisis to date, a senior environmental official told AFP on Saturday. Read more.
The Verge
MAY 29, 2021
If you have an iPhone, you owe it to yourself to get accessories that allow for fast charging. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge. Memorial Day is Monday, May 31st, but many of the best deals in commemoration of the holiday are already live ahead of the weekend. We’ll always give you the most essential deals you need to know about in this column. But if you’re hungry for more (like, way more), my colleague Brandon Widder compiled the best Memorial Day deals on video games, headphones, TVs, and
Gizmodo
MAY 29, 2021
Apple’s pushing back the launch of its podcast subscription marketplace until June to ensure it’s “delivering the best experience for creator and listeners,” according to a company email to podcasters obtained by 9to5Mac. Apparently, its new service still needs a few tweaks before it’s ready to see the light of day. Read more.
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Venture Beast
MAY 29, 2021
There isn’t a universally "correct" way to migrate to the cloud. You may use several of these methods to move your applications over. Read More.
Gizmodo
MAY 29, 2021
A study that claimed to overturn our understanding of how sperm moves has now been retracted. The research had suggested that sperm cells propel themselves forward through complex spins that created an optical illusion of them only swishing their tails back and forth under a microscope. The authors now agree that… Read more.
The Verge
MAY 29, 2021
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured these clouds just after sunset on March 19th, the 3,063rd Martian day, or sol, of the rover’s mission. The image is made up of 21 individual images stitched together and color corrected so that the scene appears as it would to the human eye. | NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS. NASA’s Curiosity rover has captured images of clouds on Mars— as described in its blog post : “wispy puffs filled with ice crystals that scattered light from the setting sun, some of them shimmeri
Gizmodo
MAY 29, 2021
John Krasinski never thought A Quiet Place , would have a sequel because the actor/director didn’t think he could pull it off. Read more.
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Gizmodo
MAY 29, 2021
Actor Robert Palmer Watkins has landed a recurring role in The Walking Dead universe. Read more.
Gizmodo
MAY 29, 2021
Two weeks after Buzzfeed News purportedly found President Joe Biden’s Venmo account using the app’s search tool and public friends feature, promptly setting off cybersecurity and national security alarm bells, Venmo has given users the ability to make their friends list private. Read more.
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