The Paper Passport Is Dying (www.wired.com)
The CAP Theorem of Clustering: Why Every Algorithm Must Sacrifice Something (blog.codingconfessions.com)
MiSTerFPGA With Zaparoo Floppy Drive (i.imgur.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/23576994...
Waymo dominated U.S. robotaxi market in 2024, but Tesla and Amazon's Zoox loom (www.cnbc.com)
GhostRunner 2 is Free to Claim for 24 Hours on Epic (store.epicgames.com)
Lenovo Legion Go S leaks suggest one model will be a budget SteamOS handheld - Liliputing (liliputing.com)
Against the Storm looks charming and cosy, but it's actually the best and most fiendish city builder I've played in years (www.pcgamer.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/23511179...
Surf is a "Social Browser" App From Flipboard (wedistribute.org)
Today, we dig into the nitty-gritty of Surf, a new app by Flipboard. We document what it is, how it works, and areas where the experience could be improved.
Fediverse review platform (gehirneimer.de)
Is there a fediverse review platform for movies, booksbooks and the like? Could be very cool imo
Inside Japan's futuristic care homes where robots look after elderly (www.the-express.com)
Fully playable Star Wars: Battlefront 3 Wii build leaks online (www.polygon.com)
Possible ban on Chinese-made drones dismays U.S. scientists (www.science.org)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/50462283
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.
TIL in 2012 NASA's messenger mission found icy glaciers on mercury (cosmosmagazine.com)
VPN used for VR game cheat sells access to your home network (www.wired.com)
Elon Musk hints at 'X Mail,' a potential Gmail competitor (www.pcworld.com)
All of Telegram's Lies About Privacy (donald.cat)
As firms abandon VMware, Broadcom is laughing all the way to the bank (arstechnica.com)
Apple collaborates with NVIDIA to research faster LLM performance (9to5mac.com)
Apple engineers have shared new details on a collaboration with NVIDIA to implement faster text generation performance with large language models.
Mozilla: Proposed contractual remedies in United States v. Google threaten vital role of independent browsers (blog.mozilla.org)
As written, the proposed remedies will force smaller and independent browsers like Firefox to fundamentally reexamine their entire operating model.