We all know how the first poll turned out, so he’s doing another one. Elon Musk has launched a new poll asking users whether they think he should reinstate the majority of suspended accounts now that he has made it clear that he is completely done with the “moderation council” …
Read More »The Most popular passwords in 2022 are as absurd as ever
The cybersecurity specialists at NordPass have discovered the passwords that will be used the most frequently in 2022. According to their analysis, “password” was the most frequently used password in the UK this year, appearing in over 4.9 million different places. The most widely used password in the US was …
Read More »In just a few months, Asahi Linux for Apple Silicon has advanced significantly
Expanded USB and peripheral compatibility are described in a new development report by Asahi, a project to bring Linux to the Apple Silicon Mac. The most recent version of Asahi Linux, a project to adapt Linux to Apple Silicon Macs, includes additional hardware compatibility, new features, patches for “longstanding pain …
Read More »Driver claims the fatal car crash outside the Apple Store was an accident
One person was killed when a driver smashed through the Apple Derby Street retail store in Massachusetts. The driver claimed that the incident was a “unfortunate accident” rather than an attack. On Monday morning, 52-year-old Bradley Rein crashed his Toyota 4Runner through the front glass of the Apple Store in …
Read More »This soft robot that is modeled after manta rays glides through the water
Soft robots with biological inspiration make a lot of sense in many different contexts, but they are not without drawbacks, just like any other category of technology. These flexible constructions, among other reasons, may find it difficult to move as quickly as their more rigid counterparts. An additional source of …
Read More »Researchers are developing self-constructing robots
The Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT is working on a challenging effort to create self-assembling robots. Although the team acknowledges that the creation of an autonomous self-building robot is still “years away,” their effort has so far produced promising outcomes. Voxels, a term taken from computer graphics, are …
Read More »Venmo has revamped its “send money” page and added in-app charitable donations
Venmo, which is owned by PayPal, is launching two updates to its peer-to-peer payments app today, including the capacity to make charitable contributions via Venmo as well as a reworked money-sending interface. The latter aims to improve both the ability to pay or request multiple payments at once and to …
Read More »Longtime rival of Elon Musk, hacker George Hotz, joins Twitter for a 12-week trial
The decreasing size of Twitter’s personnel, which is said to be down to 2,300 from 7,500 when new owner Elon Musk assumed control, has received a lot of attention. Many people are concerned about the random ways the firm has been downsized, even though we hypothesized that the most recent …
Read More »After the US trade ban against Chinese suppliers, Apple switches to Samsung for its iPhone memory chips
In advance of the enforcement of U.S. export curbs on one of China’s biggest NAND flash chipmakers, Apple will turn to Samsung for memory used in iPhones, according to DigiTimes. With the potential to potentially purchase up to 40% of the chips required for all iPhones, Apple originally intended to …
Read More »TSMC, an Apple supplier, will make 3nm chips in a plant in Arizona
According to the founder of the Taiwanese company, TSMC, an Apple chip supplier, has plans in place to mass produce next-generation 3-nanometer chips at its $12 billion Arizona factory. Morris Chang said the 3-nanometer factory would be situated at the same Arizona site as the 5-nanometer plant while speaking to …
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