Matrix 2.0 Is Here! (matrix.org)
The Fediverse is Inefficient (but that's a good trade-off) (berk.es)
Linus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainers (www.theregister.com)
REPORT: Arm is sensationally canceling the license that allowed Qualcomm to make Snapdragon chips which power everything from Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs to Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tablets (www.windowscentral.com)
Meta fires staffers for using $25 meal credits on household goods (arstechnica.com)
Gotta get creative with your layoffs when you already did massive layoffs but still need to please wall street.
How did we move from forums to Reddit, Facebook groups, and Discord? (dbzer0.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/28930199...
End of an Era: PLAY Magazine Publishes Its Last Ever Issue (www.retronews.com)
PLAY magazine, known as the last stronghold of PlayStation print media, has released its final issue. This signals the end of an era for the magazine.
NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules (arstechnica.com)
Here is the text of the NIST sp800-63b Digital Identity Guidelines.
Amazon is making its employees come back to the office five days a week (www.theverge.com)
Zotac Gaming Zone handheld gaming PC launches for $799 (with Ryzen 7 8840U, 120 Hz display, and dual trackpads) - Liliputing (liliputing.com)
Doom Eternal's new official mod support includes 'the very same tools' used to create the game (www.pcgamer.com)
Hey Reddit lurkers! my ad-free, open source Reddit viewer RDX is on Android now (play.google.com)
Since a lot of you asked me to build an Android version and post about it here when I launch, and I sincerely apologise that I forgot to post on lemmy sooner. The free app was launched on Play store almost a month ago and has garnered some excellent reviews. It has feature parity with the iPhone App and works on all Android 8.0+...
Rimworld: Naked and alone. - Article by Biobreak blog (biobreak.wordpress.com)
Study Finds Consumers Are Actively Turned Off by Products That Use AI (futurism.com)
Las Vegas' dystopia-sphere, powered by 150 Nvidia GPUs and drawing up to 28,000,000 watts, is both a testament to the hubris of humanity and an admittedly impressive technical feat | PC Gamer (www.pcgamer.com)
Stellaris gets a DLC about AI that features AI-created voices, director insists it's 'ethical' and 'we're pretty good at exploring dystopian sci-fi and don't want to end up there ourselves' (www.pcgamer.com)
The little smart home platform that could (www.theverge.com)
Home Assistant is now part of the Open Home Foundation, a non-profit aiming to fight against surveillance capitalism and offer privacy, choice, and sustainability....
European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls (arstechnica.com)
miyoo flip test (www.youtube.com)
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)
Data centers consumed 4.4% of US power in 2023, could hit 12% by 2028 (www.datacenterdynamics.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.