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The Download: hacking VR headsets, and contrails to cool the planet - This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a d... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/12/1089712/the-download-hacking-vr-headsets-and-contrails-to-cool-the-planet/ #thedownload

Telegram eyes IPO as user numbers close in on 1 billion - Company might even turn a profit this year Telegram's CEO has begun discussing an initial... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/03/12/telegram_eyes_ipo_as_user/

World's Largest Aircraft Goes Supersonic In First Powered Flight - An anonymous reader quotes a report from GeekWire: Chalk up another milestone for ... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/03/12/038255/worlds-largest-aircraft-goes-supersonic-in-first-powered-flight?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #transportation

Motorola’s newest budget phones look surprisingly good - Moto G Power: Now with NFC and wireless charging. | Image:... - https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/12/24097606/motorola-moto-g-5g-power-price-screen-battery

Epic details new Unreal Engine pricing plan for non-game developers - Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Fortnite d... - https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/12/24098279/epic-unreal-engine-pricing-plan-non-game-developers-twinmotion-realitycapture

Gazelle launches ‘first and only’ Class 3 e-bike with Bosch Smart System in the US - This belt-driven C380 HMB with high-step frame can handle ... - https://www.theverge.com/24080048/gazelle-class-3-bosch-smart-system-us-specs-price

Apple to allow iOS app downloads direct from websites in the EU - Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Apple is p... - https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/12/24098334/apple-ios-web-distribution-eu-app-store-changes

The 2024 Vergecast streaming draft - Keeping up with the streaming wars is hard work. The movie... - https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/12/24098343/best-streaming-services-2024-netflix-tiktok-max-disney-vergecast

Daily Telescope: Gigantic new stars stir up a nebula - Enlarge / Behold, the star-forming region of NGC 604. (credit: NASA, ES... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2009469 #dailytelescope #science #space

Building a data-driven health-care ecosystem - The application of AI to health-care data has promise to align the U.S. health-care syst... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/12/1087405/building-a-data-driven-health-care-ecosystem/ #humansandtechnology #sponsored

Bullitt Group had $256 cash in the bank at the end, PWC reveals - IP sold to founders in pre-pack administration, product warranties unaffected The founder... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/03/12/bullitt_group_had_200_cash/

UK council yanks IT systems and phone lines offline following cyber ambush - Targeting recovery this week, officials still trying to 'dentify the nature of the incide... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/03/12/leicester_city_council_stays_shtum/

Volvo taps UK software startup to boost EV charging speed by 30% - Volvo has invested in Breathe Battery Technologies and plans to install the UK sta... - https://thenextweb.com/news/volvo-uk-software-startup-boost-ev-charging-speed #corporatesandinnovation #startupsandtechnology #sustainability #battery

Trump asked Elon Musk if he wanted to buy Truth Social - The idea went nowhere, but the former president and the billionaire X owner have continue... - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/12/trump-musk-truth-social-sale/

Unusual Port Combines DisplayPort and HDMI - Everyone knows you can’t plug an HDMI cable into a DisplayPort… port, and yet a re... - https://hackaday.com/2024/03/12/unusual-port-combines-displayport-and-hdmi/ #peripheralshacks #displayport #parts #hdmi

We asked Intel to define 'AI PC'. Its reply: 'Anything with our latest CPUs' - If it has a GPU and NPU, plus VNNI and DP4a instructions, it qualifies. But it's not a br... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/03/12/what_is_an_ai_pc/

The U.S. considers another TikTok ban. Here’s what the bill does. - The U.S. House of Representatives will soon vote on a bill banning the social media platf... - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/12/tiktok-ban-bill-us-congress/

Your Kid May Already Be Watching AI-Generated Videos on YouTube - Get-rich-quick hustlers say it’s a great time to push AI-generated kids videos on YouTube... - https://www.wired.com/story/your-kid-may-be-watching-ai-generated-videos-on-youtube/ #business/artificialintelligence #botsfortots #business

OpenAI rebuts Musk’s ‘fictional’ claims over Founding Agreement - In a strongly worded reply to Elon Musk, OpenAI has described the claims of the X-owne... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3714480/openai-rebuts-musks-fictional-claims-over-founding-agreement.html#tk.rss_all #technologyindustry #legal

Why we need better defenses against VR cyberattacks - This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get sto... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/12/1089707/why-we-need-better-defenses-against-vr-cyberattacks/ #artificialintelligence #thealgorithm #app