Elon Musk's xAI raises $6B to build more powerful AI supercomputers (www.tomshardware.com)
2024 Was the Year the Bottom Fell Out of the Games Industry (www.wired.com)
The Ugly Truth About Spotify Is Finally Revealed (www.honest-broker.com)
Asus bombards Windows 11 with christmas.exe malware-like Christmas wreath banner (www.windowslatest.com)
Mastodon Annual Report 2023 (blog.joinmastodon.org)
Direct PDF link
Fan-less cooling solution for laptops up to 40W launched (www.tomshardware.com)
Device uses movement of ions to generate airflow without any moving parts like in iPads and MacBook Air.
Search for alternative to WordPress surges worldwide amidst rift between WP-Engine and Matt Mullenweg (www.techradar.com)
Data from Google Trends noted search requests around the website builder boomed in October 2024, especially on October 8, where it reached a peak score of 100....
Google Contract Staff Reach Union Deal Banning Keystroke Monitoring (www.bloomberg.com)
After being honored at The Game Awards for helping laid-off devs, Amir Satvat says he's received 'countless' hateful messages (www.pcgamer.com)
Most iPhone owners see little to no value in Apple Intelligence so far (9to5mac.com)
Suchir Balaji: OpenAI whistleblower found dead in apartment (www.bbc.com)
Google laid her off on maternity leave. Now she's suing. (www.sfgate.com)
Google has developed an AI tool that generates fully playable 3D worlds (www.gamescensor.com)
Stop using generative AI as a search engine (www.theverge.com)
Bluesky, the Fediverse, and the future of social media (werd.io)
Linus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainers (www.theregister.com)
Zotac Gaming Zone handheld gaming PC launches for $799 (with Ryzen 7 8840U, 120 Hz display, and dual trackpads) - Liliputing (liliputing.com)
Google CEO Sundar Pichai Warns Android Users Not to Sideload Apps (www.gizmochina.com)
Elon Musk and company take @x handle from its original user. He got zero dollars for it. (mashable.com)
If you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox now (www.fastcompany.com)
With the number of people concerned about privacy, it is a wonder why chrome is even popular.
Second largest Lemmy instance preemptively un-friends Facebook (lemmy.ml)
Lemmy.ml has now blocked Threads.net
Builders of Egypt, a 3D city-builder set in ancient Egypt with beautiful graphics, released on Steam (demo available) (store.steampowered.com)
Ambermoon.net v1.10.4 released. (github.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/24042796...
Doom 64 Blasts onto Dreamcast | Retro Gaming News 24/7 (www.retronews.com)
Doom 64 is now available on the Dreamcast via homebrew port....
