The influencer lawsuit that could change the industry (www.theverge.com)
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)
Metaverse hype fizzles out as Korean tech giants pull plug (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com)
Brazil shuts BYD factory site over 'slavery' conditions (www.bbc.com)
YouTube is cracking down on clickbait (www.theverge.com)
WhatsApp scores historic victory against NSO Group in long-running spyware hacking case | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Inside Japan's futuristic care homes where robots look after elderly (www.the-express.com)
Discord sued by users claiming Nitro subscription is too difficult to cancel (www.dexerto.com)
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.
X jacks up Premium+ prices 37.5%, hits some markets harder (techcrunch.com)
Possible ban on Chinese-made drones dismays U.S. scientists (www.science.org)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/50462283
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.
ruh roh (fedia.io)
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)
