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Can Elon Musk Make Politics Work on X? - The billionaire wants his platform to play key role in 2024 campaign, but faces changed l... - https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-elon-musk-make-politics-work-on-x-9dba6796?mod=rss_Technology #paid

Why note-taking apps don’t make us smarter - Screenshots of the note-taking app Obsidian. | Image: Obsi... - https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/25/23845590/note-taking-apps-ai-chat-distractions-notion-roam-mem-obsidian

How to change your Mac wallpaper - If you’re tired of all this purple, there’s an easy fix. |... - https://www.theverge.com/23844592/macos-mac-wallpaper-how-to-change-desktop

Rocket Report: DOJ sues SpaceX; a look inside doomed Spaceport Camden - Enlarge / SpaceX's Super Heavy booster, numbered Booster 9, rolls back ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1962918 #unitedlaunchalliance #reusablerocket #rocketreport #northkorea #rocketlab #spaceport #science #lawsuit #spacex #space #astra

The tricky ethics of brain implants and informed consent - This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsl... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/25/1078413/ethics-brain-implants-informed-consent/ #biotechnologyandhealth

Scientists Strengthen Concrete By 30 Percent With Used Coffee Grounds - According to a team of researchers from RMIT University in Australia, coffee groun... - https://science.slashdot.org/story/23/08/24/2358232/scientists-strengthen-concrete-by-30-percent-with-used-coffee-grounds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #java

The Battle Against the Fungal Apocalypse Is Just Beginning - Fungal infections are rising worldwide and climate change may be to blame. Medicine isn’t... - https://www.wired.com/story/the-battle-against-the-fungal-apocalypse-is-just-beginning/ #science/health #publichealth #science

Google expands transparency for ads, content, policy as EU’s new rules kick in - Google will provide more information on targeted advertising, content decisions, a... - https://thenextweb.com/news/google-expands-transparency-ads-content-policy-eu-new-rules #governmentandpolicy #dataandsecurity #nextfeatured

Meta lets Code Llama run riot under almost-open terms - Was this source-generating model used to bang out Threads in a week or something? Meta ha... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/25/meta_lets_code_llama_run/

Buying the Best EV Under $60,000: Our Tech Columnist Tested Five Models - Long battery life. Touch screens. Smart assistance. Electric cars are basically computers... - https://www.wsj.com/articles/best-evs-under-60000-dollars-3eed42f9?mod=rss_Technology #paid

Trump Returns to the Service Formerly Known as Twitter - Absent for more than two years, former President Donald J. Trump posted his mug shot on t... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/technology/donald-trump-twitter-x-return.html #stormingoftheuscapitol(jan2021) #truthsocial(socialnetwork) #computersandtheinternet #newsandnewsmedia #foxnewschannel #trumpdonaldj #socialmedia #muskelon #twitter

Repair Ship Bound for Cut Cables Off Africa's West Coast as Internet Interrupted - Fiber-optic cables that were damaged by a rockfall in an undersea canyon, resultin... - https://it.slashdot.org/story/23/08/24/165203/repair-ship-bound-for-cut-cables-off-africas-west-coast-as-internet-interrupted?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #internet

The Myth of ‘Open Source’ AI - A new analysis shows that “open source” AI tools like Llama 2 are still controlled by big... - https://www.wired.com/story/the-myth-of-open-source-ai/ #business/artificialintelligence #fastforward #business

You Are Not Responsible for Your Own Online Privacy - In the age of generative AI, it's impossible to know where your information is going—or w... - https://www.wired.com/story/you-are-not-responsible-for-your-own-online-privacy/ #ideas

Getir shuts down Amsterdam dark stores, withdraws from 6 Dutch cities - There seems to be no end in sight for Getir’s woes in Europe. Following exits from... - https://thenextweb.com/news/getir-shuts-amsterdam-dark-stores-withdraws-dutch-cities #startupsandtechnology #fintechandecommerce #ecosystems

SmartNICs haven't soared so VMware will allow retrofits in old servers - vSphere to also add support for PCIe cards packed with CXL RAM to give boxes a boost, fas... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/vsphere_8_update_2_preview/

China's top EV battery maker announced a breakthrough, but top boffin isn't convinced - 400km range after 10 minutes charging sounds great. Maybe also a little implausible The w... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/24/catl_battery_claim_questionde/

Nvidia: artificial intelligence chip giant sees sales more than double - The California-based company dominates the market for chips used in artificial intelligen... - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66601716?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

WinRAR 0-day that uses poisoned JPG and TXT files under exploit since April - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images)

A newly discovered zeroday in t... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1962625 #vulnerability #security #zipfiles #exploit #zeroday #biz⁢ #winrar

5 Best Inventory Management Software in India for SMEs -

According to an article by GlobeNewswire, the inventory management software mar... - https://readwrite.com/5-best-inventory-management-software-in-india-for-smes/ #readwrite