Consumers and Businesses Send Distress Signal as Economic Fear Sets In

https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/consumers-and-businesses-send-distress-signal-as-economic-fear-sets-in-f58d0659?mod=economy_lead_story

> Canceled trips, fewer dinner parties and falling sales: ‘We are cutting back on virtually everything’

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/914040

RCS texting updates will bring end-to-end encryption to green bubble chats

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/rcs-texting-updates-will-bring-end-to-end-encryption-to-green-bubble-chats/

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/913424

Why the Average Japanese Farmer is 70 Years Old

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np-6guCkH-I&ab_channel=PolyMatter

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/913400

What's sillier: Christopher Nolans Casio tv or Denis Villeneuve viewfinder

Stumpled upon this thread of Christopher Nolans carrying around this silly little portable casio tv:


https://x.com/imPatrickT/status/1900252764669661341

I find it really silly. It for sure is both worse quality and harder to set the tech up than just an ipad or laptop connected to the station.

But it reminded me of Denis Villeneuves obsession with these silly little directors viewfinders:

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It's only a stick to attach the lens to. He can't be bothered to look with his eyes or stand behind the camera man. No, mr artist neeeds to look through the genuine lenses that gets used in the shoot.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/912430

Microsoft’s new AI “Copilot for Gaming” struggles to justify its existence

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/03/microsofts-new-ai-copilot-for-gaming-struggles-to-justify-its-existence/

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/912401

I Swore I’d Never Go Digital… Until Now (K3 Monochrome)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzW4ktreV0s&ab_channel=BadFlashes

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/912377

Iraq's $17BN Plan to Become a Trade Superpower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYHwpeggvmc&ab_channel=TheB1M

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/911586

Linux graphics drivers: Goodbye Nouveau GL. Hello Zink!

https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/goodbye-nouveau-gl-hello-zink.html

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/910694

AI can steal your voice, and there's not much you can do about it

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/ai-voice-cloning-software-flimsy-guardrails-report-finds-rcna195131

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/910306

M3 Ultra Mac Studio Review. 512GB of RAM?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4qwuCXyAcU&ab_channel=Dave2D

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/910143

Traveling Waves in Visual Cortex

https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(12)00591-0

> In the physical world, almost all information is transmitted through traveling waves -- why should it be any different in your neural network?

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/909977

Secret Nuclear Bunker On 35mm Film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DrVPCKOgSw&ab_channel=Graindead

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/909479

Weekly Scroll: Vance Memes

https://www.infinitescroll.us/p/weekly-scroll-vance-memes

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/909448

Trump does not rule out recession as he rejects business fears over tariffs

https://www.ft.com/content/d7d2f3f4-d681-4a3a-974c-ff2885e98663

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/909282

DOJ: Google must sell Chrome, Android could be next

https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/03/doj-google-must-sell-chrome-android-could-be-next/

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/909249

The New Rust-Written NVIDIA "NOVA" Driver Submitted Ahead Of Linux 6.15

https://www.phoronix.com/news/NOVA-Driver-For-Linux-6.15

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/908926

Pros&Cons of running Linux apps on Android's upcoming Terminal vs Termux

https://www.threads.net/@mishaal_rahman/post/DCZorPpvv-C

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/908159

Heavy Industry Is Europe’s Trump Card

https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/07/europe-heavy-industry-trump-us-competition/

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/908140

“They curdle like milk”: WB DVDs from 2006–2008 are rotting away in their cases

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/they-curdle-like-milk-wb-dvds-from-2006-2008-are-rotting-away-in-their-cases/

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/907743

What does “PhD-level” AI mean? OpenAI’s rumored $20,000 agent plan explained.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/what-does-phd-level-ai-mean-openais-rumored-20000-agent-plan-explained/

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/907732