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date: 2024-11-19, from: Michael Tsai
Juli Clover (Hacker News, 9To5Google): The United States Department of Justice wants Google to sell off its Chrome browser as part of an ongoing antitrust lawsuit, reports Bloomberg. Earlier this year, Google was found to have a search monopoly, and antitrust regulators have since been deciding on the actions that should be taken to address […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/19/doj-wants-google-to-sell-chrome-and-de-google-android/
date: 2024-11-19, from: Michael Tsai
Ron Elemans (Mastodon): Sidebar filters, or ‘Smart folders’ as Apple likes to call them, are now fully customizable. You can add as many filters as you like, and they are all synced across all your devices. […] Article comments are automatically downloaded and displayed in the Inspector panel when the article has a comment feed, […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/19/news-explorer-2-0/
date: 2024-11-19, from: Michael Tsai
Juli Clover (release notes, security, no enterprise, no developer, full installer, IPSW): According to Apple’s release notes, macOS Sequoia 15.1.1 includes security fixes. Juli Clover: With the JavaScriptCore vulnerability, processing maliciously crafted web content could lead to arbitrary code execution. The WebKit vulnerability had the same issue with maliciously crafted web content, and it could […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/19/macos-15-1-1/
date: 2024-11-19, from: Michael Tsai
Juli Clover (no iOS/iPadOS release notes, security, no enterprise, no developer): According to Apple’s release notes, the iOS 18.1.1 update provides important security fixes. Previously: iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/19/ios-18-1-1-and-ipados-18-1-1/
date: 2024-11-19, from: Michael Tsai
Juli Clover (no release notes, no developer, security, no enterprise): Today’s update focuses on security fixes rather than new features, and it is recommended for all Vision Pro users. Previously: visionOS 2.1
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/19/visionos-2-1-1/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-19, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Lauren Kapp was one of the creative geniuses behind @kamalahq. We need to get her back on the air, with her team, fully funded and supported. We need leadership on the social web.
https://www.tiktok.com/@laurenavakapp/video/7438709769982004522?_r=1&_t=8rX2KTUWMdL
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-19, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
US justice department plans to push Google to sell off Chrome browser. I like this a lot. And make sure the browser company understands that all they do is make a browser, one of many.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/19/us-doj-sell-chrome-browser-ai-android
date: 2024-11-19, from: Liliputing
Chinese mini PC maker AOOSTAR has launched a tiny computer that measures just 89 x 89 x 41.5mm (3.5″ x 3.5″ x 1.63″), but which packs a lot of functionality into its compact body. The computer features an Intel N100 quad-core processor, 12GB of LPDDR5 memory, and user replaceable storage. It also has a decent […]
The post This 3.5 inch Intel N100 mini PC has dual 2.5 GbE LAN ports, three video outputs, and an M.2 2242 slot appeared first on Liliputing.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-19, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Truth Social investors hoped to get ‘very rich’ after Trump’s win.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-19, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
"…a layer cake of corruption and it’s taking place in broad daylight"
https://politicalwire.com/2024/11/19/america-is-a-banana-republic-now/
@IIIF Mastodon feed (date: 2024-11-19, from: IIIF Mastodon feed)
The Call for Proposals for the 2025 #IIIF Annual Conference is now OPEN!
Read the full call, including themes and submitting guidance, here: https://iiif.io/event/2025/leeds/cfp/
https://glammr.us/@IIIF/113511177780827164
date: 2024-11-19, from: National Archives, Text Message blog
In the early 1970s, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) undertook a covert operation, code-named AZORIAN, to raise a sunken Soviet submarine 16,500 feet from the floor of the Pacific Ocean using a commercial vessel known as the Glomar Explorer. The effort was only partially successful. When word of the mission eventually leaked out, the CIA … Continue reading “Neither Confirm Nor Deny” Before the Glomar Explorer
date: 2024-11-19, from: Gary Marcus blog
A new AI study is making the rounds, claiming that ChatGPT can write poetry that is “indistinguishable” from William Shakespeare.
https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/on-hype-and-the-unbearable-banality
date: 2024-11-19, from: 404 Media Group
The non-profit, university press asked its authors for input on how they’d prefer to see any hypothetical AI training deals handled, and plans to base future decisions on what they say, MIT Press told 404 Media.
https://www.404media.co/mit-press-ai-training-on-books/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-19, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Trump’s Coalition Is Not Politically Stable.
https://politicalwire.com/2024/11/19/trumps-coalition-is-not-politically-stable/
date: 2024-11-19, from: Liliputing
Nearly a decade after launching the first UP Board single-board computer with a Raspberry Pi-like form factor and an Intel x86 processor, AAEON has expanded the UP Board lineup with a number of different boards in different sizes, shapes, and performance capacities. The new UP 710S is a return to roots in some ways: like the original […]
The post UP 710S is a credit card-sized computer with Alder Lake-N, an M.2 slot, and a slim design appeared first on Liliputing.
date: 2024-11-19, from: 404 Media Group
Niantic says it is using data generated by Pokémon Go players to create a “Large Geospatial Model” that can navigate the real world and power robots.
https://www.404media.co/pokemon-go-players-have-unwittingly-trained-ai-to-navigate-the-world/
date: 2024-11-19, from: 404 Media Group
“The text on the top needs effects as well … shining … blood spots or a line surrounding it, etc.”
https://www.404media.co/graphic-design-for-isis-is-his-passion-fbi-alleges-in-filing/
date: 2024-11-19, from: 404 Media Group
The documents provide never-been-seen insight into the current cat-and-mouse game between forensics companies and phone manufacturers Apple and Google.
https://www.404media.co/leaked-documents-show-what-phones-secretive-tech-graykey-can-unlock-2/
date: 2024-11-19, from: Raspberry Pi News (.com)
Explore different models and AI capabilities in order to build applications on top of the Raspberry Pi AI Camera.
The post Bringing real-time edge AI applications to developers appeared first on Raspberry Pi.
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/bringing-real-time-edge-ai-applications-to-developers/
date: 2024-11-19, updated: 2024-11-19, from: Deno blog
Learn how to build a typesafe API with tRPC and Deno.
https://deno.com/blog/build-typesafe-apis-trpc
date: 2024-11-19, from: O’Reilly Radar
One popular term encountered in generative AI practice is retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). Reasons for using RAG are clear: large language models (LLMs), which are effectively syntax engines, tend to “hallucinate” by inventing answers from pieces of their training data. The haphazard results may be entertaining, although not quite based in fact. RAG provides a way […]
https://www.oreilly.com/radar/unbundling-the-graph-in-graphrag/
date: 2024-11-19, from: Liliputing
Asus has been selling smartphones for gamers under the ROG Phone brand since 2018. But the new ROG Phone 9 isn’t just the most powerful to date, it also plays with the idea of gaming phones in a new way. The new ROG Phone 9 and ROG Phone 9 Pro are both phones with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite processors […]
The post Asus ROG Phone 9 is a Snapdragon 8 Elite gaming phone with a 185 Hz display, up to 24GB RAM, and a new Anime Play feature appeared first on Liliputing.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-18, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
What Can a President Do During a State of Emergency?
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/presidential-emergency-powers/576418/
date: 2024-11-18, from: Liliputing
Last year PC case and peripheral maker Silverstone posted a picture of a retro-inspired computer chassis with a 1980s-inspired beige design, space for two 5.25 inch floppy drives, and a few modern touches like USB Type-C ports. At the time, it was an April Fools’ Day joke. But after that image went viral, the company apparently […]
The post Silverstone FLP01 is a modern PC case with a retro design ripped from the 1980s appeared first on Liliputing.
date: 2024-11-18, from: Michael Tsai
Quinn (via Fatbobman): This post summarises the Swift Evolution proposals that went into the Swift concurrency design. It covers the proposal that are implemented in Swift 6.0, plus a few additional ones that aren’t currently available.The focus is here is the Swift Evolution proposals. For general information about Swift concurrency, see the documentation referenced by […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/18/swift-concurrency-proposal-index/
date: 2024-11-18, from: Michael Tsai
I really like working in Lightroom Classic except that—despite continually updating to newer versions that promise performance improvements and newer Macs with faster processors, SSDs, and more RAM—it still feels slow. Maybe it’s my imagination, but I don’t think it was always thus. I think I used to be able to import a thousand photos […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/18/why-is-lightroom-always-generating-thumbnails/
date: 2024-11-18, from: Michael Tsai
Jaron Schneider (Hacker News): In just the last year and a half, Apple launched Final Cut on iPad and Final Cut Camera, updated Final Cut Pro to a new version for the first time in 13 years, and moved to purchase Pixelmator. As Adobe’s public perception continues to struggle, Apple is making moves to take […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/18/does-apple-smell-blood-in-the-water/
date: 2024-11-18, from: Michael Tsai
Google Security: Based on an analysis of in-the-wild exploits tracked by Google’s Project Zero, spatial safety vulnerabilities represent 40% of in-the-wild memory safety exploits over the past decade[…][…]A key element of our strategy focuses on Safe Coding and using memory-safe languages in new code.[…]However, this transition will take multiple years as we adapt our development […]
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-18, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
A complete guide to all the things you missed in season 1 of Severance. (Season 2 is coming on January 17.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYt61npTdfI
date: 2024-11-18, from: Liliputing
Google has been maintaining two different operating systems for consumer devices since introducing the Chromebook platform in 2011. Originally they were pretty clearly delineated: ChromeOS was for laptops and desktops, while Android was for smartphones. But over time things got blurry: Android now runs on watches and wearables. And both operating systems run on tablets. […]
The post Report: Google could phase our ChromeOS in favor of Android for laptops and tablets appeared first on Liliputing.
date: 2024-11-18, from: Liliputing
As Black Friday draws near, prices on a wide range of products continues to fall. That Instant Pot Pro I paid $130 for a few weeks ago? It’s down to $100 right now. The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max that has a list price of $60? It’s often on sale at a discount. But right now […]
The post Daily Deals (11-18-2024) appeared first on Liliputing.
https://liliputing.com/daily-deals-11-18-2024/
date: 2024-11-18, from: 404 Media Group
The Big Five publisher made a deal with an unnamed “artificial intelligence technology company” and is allowing authors to opt-in if they want to join the agreement.
https://www.404media.co/harpercollins-ai-deal/
date: 2024-11-18, from: Liliputing
The Banana Pi BPI-CanMV-K230D-Zero is a single-board computer with two USB-C ports, a 40-pin GPIO header and support for 2.4 GHz WiFi. Measuring just 65 x 30mm (2.56″ x 1.18″), the tiny computer looks a lot like a Raspberry Pi Zero. But the Banana Pi model stands out in a few ways. Instead of an ARM-based […]
The post This tiny Banana Pi board is like a RISC-V powered Raspberry Pi Zero appeared first on Liliputing.
https://liliputing.com/this-tiny-banana-pi-board-is-like-a-risc-v-powered-raspberry-pi-zero/
@Robert’s feed at BlueSky (date: 2024-11-18, from: Robert’s feed at BlueSky)
This would be very useful and cool feature.
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https://bsky.app/profile/rsdoiel.bsky.social/post/3lbab6fhhik2f
date: 2024-11-18, from: Authors Union blogs
Authors Alliance and SPARC have released the first of four planned white papers addressing legal issues surrounding open access to scholarly publications under the 2022 OSTP memo (the “Nelson Memo”). The white papers are part of a larger project (described here) to support legal pathways to open access. This first paper discusses the “Federal Purpose […]
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-18, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Why we are all lab rats in the digital world.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03674-x
date: 2024-11-18, from: 404 Media Group
Buzzfeed is using an AI-powered ad platform that recommends products that attempts to match objects in disturbing images on its site.
https://www.404media.co/ai-powered-buzzfeed-ads-suggest-you-buy-hat-of-man-who-died-by-suicide/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-18, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Elon Musk is not America’s new king. But he might be its new Thomas Cromwell.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/16/elon-musk-donald-trump-us-election
date: 2024-11-18, from: mrusme blog
“Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and by area, and the country’s most populous municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a population of 3.7 million in 2023. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin Industrial Zone.”
https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/travel/japan/yokohama/
date: 2024-11-18, from: Hannah Richie at Substack
The International Energy Agency (IEA) thinks we should all chill out a bit.
https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/ai-energy-demand
date: 2024-11-18, from: Dave Karpf’s blog
Maybe, just this once, we can have nice things online.
https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/bluesky-as-the-ship-of-theseus