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Posts by snowpages
93 publicly visible posts • joined 11 Sep 2015
Thousands of NASA senior staffers expected to quit after budget slashed
Fresh UK postcode tool points out best mobile network in your area
The launch of ChatGPT polluted the world forever, like the first atomic weapons tests
Musk's smog-belching Colossus datacenter slammed by civil rights group
Anthropic CEO frets about 20% unemployment from AI, but economists are doubtful
Europe warns giant e-tailer to stop cheating consumers or face its wrath
Happy, but still careful..
I have been very happy with my Aliexpress experience so far - delivery in about a week, acceptable returns/refund system (used that twice).
Always read the description carefully and click on the various options - often the initial picture is NOT what you get for the headline low price.
Meta blames Trump tariffs for ballooning AI infra bills
30 percent of some Microsoft code now written by AI - especially the new stuff
Artist formerly known as Indian Business Machines pledges $150B for US ops, R&D
Techie diagnosed hardware fault by checking customer's coffee
Trump derails Chinese H20 GPU sales, forcing Nvidia to eat $5.5B this quarter
Uncle Sam kills funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE program
Southern Water uses Capita's AI tool to flush customer complaints
Trump fires NSA boss, deputy
China's EV champ BYD reveals super-fast charging that leaves Tesla eating dust
Re: Recharging = needed break anyway?
So you would encourage the driver to indulge in deep conversation with a passenger, taking their attention off the road (thought to be nearly as dangerous as taking a phone call).
It also seems that you drive for 2 or 3 times the recommended 2 hours before you have a break. Your concentration/performance WILL be measurably poorer by then making you more dangerous to the rest of us.
Well done.
Apple drags UK government to court over 'backdoor' order
Re: Communists...
All Home Secretaries of all political persuasions seem to demand this within a couple of weeks of taking office.
One can only think that the police/security services "persuade" them that this will solve/prevent crimes.
Or that it would prevent the leakage of any info they might have on said Home Secretary...
Does DOGE have what it takes to actually tackle billions in US govt IT spending?
Early mornings, late evenings, weekends. Useless users always demand support
Google torpedoes 'no AI for weapons' rules
Amazon's Kuiper secures license to take on Starlink in the UK
SEC sues Elon Musk for allegedly screwing investors out of $150M before Twitter takeover
Europe hopes Trump trumps Biden's plan for US to play AI gatekeeper
NHS would be hit by 'significant' costs if UK loses EU data status, warn Lords
Three, Voda promise £10-a-month or below mobile tariffs in bid to sway CMA on merger
Capita wins £135M extension on much-delayed UK smart meter rollout
WHO-backed meta-study finds no evidence that cellphone radiation causes brain cancer
Where the computer industry went wrong – the early hits
'Little weirdo' shoulder surfer teaches UK cabinet minister a lesson in cybersecurity

Pedantry alert
" UK citizens decide on their next leader"..
The UK electorate NEVER decides on their next leader (althought they may think that they do).
Effectively they just elect a political party. The party decides upon the leader (and could change it very soon after an election if they wanted).
All we can do is choose the particular flavour of well-meaning (sometimes) and clueless (often) clowns.
Global EV sales continue to increase, but Plug-in Hybrid momentum is growing
COVID-19 infection surge detected in wastewater, signals potential new wave
England's village green hydrogen dream in tatters
NASA engineers scratch heads as Voyager 1 starts spouting cosmic gibberish
Post-Brexit tariffs on EU-UK electric vehicle imports staved off till 2027
But...
https://stateofeuropeantech.com/chapter-2#C2-2-uk-eroding-lead
and
"UK tech businesses are projected to secure $12.7bn (£10bn) in venture capital this year, the highest in Europe once again despite losing ground to the rest of the continent.
France raised the second-most VC funding at $8bn, followed by Germany at $7.8bn."
8 + 7.8 = 15.8 so MORE than 12.7
(from https://www.uktech.news/news/investment-news/uk-tech-funding-2023-vc-europe-atomico-20231128
Tesla, Musk likely aware of Autopilot deficiencies behind Florida fatality, says judge
Washington plans overhaul of wireless spectrum allocation
Arm grabs a slice of Raspberry Pi to sweeten relationship with IoT devs
Re: Raspberry Pi Foundation has lost its way
The Foundation https://www.raspberrypi.org/ still focuses on education but the commercial company https://www.raspberrypi.com/ is there to be a business (and thus fund the Foundation).see https://www.raspberrypi.com/about/ for easy to read summary.
One entity is a commercial organisation (with all the good and bad things that suggests), the other is a charitable foundation that tries to do good things.