2024 Was the Year the Bottom Fell Out of the Games Industry (www.wired.com)
Apple pulls remaining Lightning-based devices from European stores (www.theverge.com)
Right-Wing Figures Allege Censorship on X Amid Visa Controversy (www.pcmag.com)
Most iPhone owners see little to no value in Apple Intelligence so far (9to5mac.com)
Chinese AI company's AI model breakthrough highlights limits of US sanctions (www.tomshardware.com)
[Gamers Nexus] Crazy Bad ASUS Pre-Built Gaming PC for $2500 (G22CH-DH978 Review) (youtu.be)
Tech In Plain Sight: Incandescent Bulbs (hackaday.com)
Humanoid robots set for widespread use in 2025 (caliber.az)
Does current AI represent a dead end? (www.bcs.org)
The Paper Passport Is Dying (www.wired.com)
The CAP Theorem of Clustering: Why Every Algorithm Must Sacrifice Something (blog.codingconfessions.com)
I never knew that USB-C extensions are not allowed for a reason (www.youtube.com)
There is a reason for USB-C extensions not to be part of the standard. They can be bothersome in the best case and dangerous in the worst.
Waymo dominated U.S. robotaxi market in 2024, but Tesla and Amazon's Zoox loom (www.cnbc.com)
Inside Japan's futuristic care homes where robots look after elderly (www.the-express.com)
Possible ban on Chinese-made drones dismays U.S. scientists (www.science.org)
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what are some ways to make R&D affordable? most of the time companies go bankrupt because development is expensive
Watching the Generative AI Hype Bubble Deflate (ash.harvard.edu)
Scottish Government bans use of WhatsApp for official business (www.scotsman.com)
Data centers consumed 4.4% of US power in 2023, could hit 12% by 2028 (www.datacenterdynamics.com)
Startup set to brick $800 kids robot is trying to open source it first (arstechnica.com)
guy builds WOPR. bad news wardialers, doesnt include a modem for game mayhem. (www.hackster.io)
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, WOPR has been reborn and is intent on world domination. With a Raspberry Pi upgrade, it might succeed.