Meta may have to break open its legal piggybank once again to put to rest yet another data privacy fine in Europe.
Source: io9 – Meta Slapped with Nearly 0 Million Fine for Facebook Data Scraping Blunder
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Singapore Branches Out Onto Internet of Trees
Singapore is obsessed with trees. The island nation, population 5.45 million people, is home to around seven million trees — and manages many of them with an enormous Internet of Things monitoring scheme. From a report: Which is a very Singaporean thing to do, because another local obsession is tracking everything. The city-state’s goal of becoming a Smart Nation includes an increasingly comprehensive masterplan that uses tech to manage, link and track as many aspects of life as possible. Singapore’s National Parks Board (NParks) therefore tracks trees — around six million of them — once they reach a certain size, so that arborists can manage them with an app. NParks CEO Tan Chong Lee told The Register the agency’s team visits every one of the urban trees to check their stability on a regular basis, but the remote tree system — combined with other digital assessments — allows many other tree management tasks to be done from the comfort of an air conditioned office.
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Source: Slashdot – Singapore Branches Out Onto Internet of Trees
SpaceX Cargo Capsule Arrives at ISS With Tomato Seeds, Moon Med Kit, and More
The International Space Station (ISS) received a fresh batch of supplies on Sunday with the arrival of SpaceX’s Dragon cargo ship, marking the company’s 26th resupply mission to the orbiting station.
Source: Gizmodo – SpaceX Cargo Capsule Arrives at ISS With Tomato Seeds, Moon Med Kit, and More
Hawaii's Mauna Loa Is Erupting for First Time in Almost 40 Years
The world’s largest active volcano is erupting for the first time in almost 40 years. The Mauna Loa volcano, which is located on the Big Island in Hawaii, started erupting on Sunday night, breaking its longest quiet streak in recorded history.
Source: Gizmodo – Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Is Erupting for First Time in Almost 40 Years
Midori Browser to Integrate Its Own Open-Source Engine
Midori web browser is active, and an upcoming update is bringing in an open-source search engine integration. Learn more here.
The post Midori Browser to Integrate Its Own Open-Source Engine appeared first on Linux Today.
Source: Linux Today – Midori Browser to Integrate Its Own Open-Source Engine
Amazon Makes More Money From Ads Than Prime
Pull up Amazon to search for a product, and there’s one thing you’re guaranteed to see no matter what you want to buy: ads. That isn’t a fluke. The Amazon website and the app are so full of ads that it actually makes it harder to shop, according to recent reports from both Vox and the Washington Post. But if the…
Source: Gizmodo – Amazon Makes More Money From Ads Than Prime
12 of the Best Ways to Use Up Leftover Cranberry Sauce
It would almost be too easy to forget about Thanksgiving and move on to December’s festivities—if it weren’t for that bowl of cranberry sauce that keeps getting moved around in the fridge. It’s great with turkey, but after the last bits have been devoured, the crimson sauce seems to be an outcast. There is absolutely…
Source: LifeHacker – 12 of the Best Ways to Use Up Leftover Cranberry Sauce
Epson's Laser Printers Are Not Long For This World, Here's Why
Japanese electronics and printer brand Epson has announced that it will ceasing global sales and distribution of laser printer hardware by 2026. The reason? The company wants to be more environmentally sustainable. According to the company, inkjet has greater potential to be more responsible to the environment than laser printers.
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Source: Hot Hardware – Epson’s Laser Printers Are Not Long For This World, Here’s Why
UK Wants to Criminalize Online Self-Harm Content and Make Social Media Companies Pay
The United Kingdom’s government has announced an expansion to the controversial, under-consideration Online Safety Bill. A proposed amendment to the bill would criminalize online messages or posts that encourage self-harm, and make social media companies liable if they fail to remove such content from their platforms.
Source: Gizmodo – UK Wants to Criminalize Online Self-Harm Content and Make Social Media Companies Pay
Strange World Likely to Lose Disney $100 Million
In the grand scheme of things, a new Disney animated film opening over a holiday weekend sounds like a sure bet. Kids are home from school, parents are looking for things to do, so traditionally the combination has been a winner. But that was not the case for the latest film from Disney, Strange World.
Source: Gizmodo – Strange World Likely to Lose Disney 0 Million
Call Of Duty Money Glitch Is Making DMZ Players Unfairly Rich
To say the in-game economy of Call of Duty’s DMZ mode is funny is an understatement. $40 bucks for a roll of tape? A picture of a dog for $10? $100 for soothing hand cream? (watch out, Sephora). A recently discovered glitch, however, is flooding players’ backpacks with substantial amounts of cash—if they can pull off…
Source: Kotaku – Call Of Duty Money Glitch Is Making DMZ Players Unfairly Rich
Monkeypox Is Now Mpox, WHO Says
The World Health Organization is officially renaming the emerging viral disease known as monkeypox. On Monday, WHO announced that it will now use the term “mpox” instead, which is likely to be adopted widely by doctors, public health agencies, and others. The change was prompted by criticism from scientists that the…
Source: Gizmodo – Monkeypox Is Now Mpox, WHO Says
The Internet Archive's PalmPilot Emulation Project Lets You Relive Tech History
An anonymous reader shares a report: Fifteen years after the release of the iPhone, it’s easy to overlook the role early innovators like Palm played in popularizing the smartphone. By the time HP unceremoniously shut down the company in 2011, Palm had struggled for a few years to carve out a niche for itself among Apple and Google. But ask anyone who had a chance to use a Palm PDA in the late ’90s or early 2000s and they’ll tell you how fondly they remember the hardware and software that made the company’s vision possible. Now, it’s easier than ever to see what made Palm OS so special back in its day.
Last week, archivist Jason Scott uploaded a database of Palm OS apps to the Internet Archive. In all, there are about 560 programs to check out, including old favorites like DopeWars and SpaceTrader. Even if you don’t have any nostalgia for Palm, it’s well worth spending a few minutes with the collection to see how much — or, in some cases, little — things have changed since Palm OS was a dominant player in the market. For instance, there’s an entire section devoted to shareware and it’s interesting to see just how much some developers thought it was appropriate to pay for their software. Want to use the full version of StockCalc? Just send $15 by post to DDT Investments in Plaistow, New Hampshire.
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Source: Slashdot – The Internet Archive’s PalmPilot Emulation Project Lets You Relive Tech History
American EVs reduced gasoline consumption by just 0.54% in 2021
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Electric vehicles have never been more popular. Just about every automaker is in the midst of an electrification effort, spurred on by impending government regulations around the world aimed at reducing our dependency on fossil fuels. But is the movement having an effect? Here in the US, plug-in vehicles are selling better than ever, despite supply chain shortages and frequent hefty dealership markups.
According to Argonne National Lab, between 2010 and the end of 2021, the US had bought more than 2.1 million plug-in vehicles, including 1.3 million battery EVs. That sounds like a very impressive number, but bear in mind that’s out of a total national vehicle pool of nearly 276 million cars and trucks. Argonne estimates that despite all these plug-ins, national gasoline consumption was reduced by just 0.54 percent in 2021.
In total, Argonne calculates that US plug-in vehicles have driven nearly 70 billion miles since 2010, consuming 22 TWh of energy in the process. That’s displaced the use of more than 2.5 billion gallons of gasoline and 19 million tons of greenhouse gases, Argonne reports, although for context, the US consumed about 369 million gallons of gasoline a day in 2021. For 2021 specifically, plug-in vehicles saved about 690 million gallons of gasoline—about two days of consumption—and reduced CO2 emissions by 5.4 million metric tons, consuming 6.1 TWh in the process.
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Source: Ars Technica – American EVs reduced gasoline consumption by just 0.54% in 2021
BlockFi Files for Bankruptcy Months After Accepting Helping Hand From FTX
Crypto lender BlockFi was once eager to hand practically anybody a sack of money containing gold-plated crypto coins, without even a bare credit check. Now they themselves would like some investor to lay out some cash without asking too many questions, especially not about their obvious connections and contagion from…
Source: Gizmodo – BlockFi Files for Bankruptcy Months After Accepting Helping Hand From FTX
The Best Privacy-Focused Browsers You’ve Never Heard Of
There’s never a bad time to switch to a browser that respects your privacy more than Chrome does. For most people, Firefox or Brave (along with a few settings changes) is good enough. But if you’re after a browser designed entirely with privacy in mind, you have even better options than those, too.
Source: LifeHacker – The Best Privacy-Focused Browsers You’ve Never Heard Of
Tesla is reportedly redesigning the Model 3 to cut production costs
Tesla is working on a redesign of the Model 3 codenamed “Highland,” according to Reuters. The company’s goal is to reportedly reduce the complexity and number of components required to produce the sedan. The redesign could include changes to the car’s exterior and powertrain performance. The project is also said to build on the revamp of the 2021 Model S. However, it’s unknown if the redesigned Model 3 will feature the controversial steering yoke found in its more expensive sibling.
Reuters reports Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory will begin producing the new Model 3 sometime during the third quarter of 2023. The company’s Fremont plant will also make the redesigned sedan. It’s unclear how much Tesla expects to save on the new Model 3, nor whether the company will pass on the cost savings to consumers. Tesla currently makes a profit of about $9,500 for every car it produces. Reuters also makes no mention of whether the refresh will feature the automaker’s next-generation 4680 battery cells. In 2020, Elon Musk said the new battery design would enable Tesla to produce a $25,000 electric car within three years.
It’s safe to assume that even if the 2023 timeline is accurate, it could be subject to change. Reuters hasn’t had the best track record with its Tesla reporting recently, and it’s not like the company is great about sticking to deadlines either. When the automaker first announced the Cybertruck, for example, Elon Musk said volume production would start in 2021. That date first slipped to 2022 and then 2023.
Source: Engadget – Tesla is reportedly redesigning the Model 3 to cut production costs
Don't Make This Mistake And Prevent Your Pokémon From Evolving In Scarlet And Violet
If it happened to me, then it can happen to you. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s worst evolution method is preventing players from evolving their beloved Pawmo and Rellor over hours and dozens of levels. By the time I went on Reddit to figure out why my Paldean electric mouse wasn’t evolving, he was already level 52…
Source: Kotaku – Don’t Make This Mistake And Prevent Your Pokémon From Evolving In Scarlet And Violet
NASA Helps Solve Mystery Of How Black Holes Hide The Most Amazing Light In The Universe
NASA’s Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) has helped astronomers gain insight into finding the best explanation for how particles in jets perpendicular to black holes get accelerated to such high energies. The latest study explains that the best explanation for particle acceleration is a shock wave within the jet.
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Source: Hot Hardware – NASA Helps Solve Mystery Of How Black Holes Hide The Most Amazing Light In The Universe
Twitter Failed to Flag Christchurch Shooting Video Re-Uploads
Twitter removed newly posted videos on Sunday of the Christchurch mosque shootings only after the clips were flagged as harmful content by the New Zealand government.
Source: Gizmodo – Twitter Failed to Flag Christchurch Shooting Video Re-Uploads