As the old adage goes, “hardware is hard.” Doubly so in the metaverse. The company Meta (née Facebook) has slowed its pursuit of AR glasses. The headset, which Meta had aimed for release in 2024, was likely years away from actual development. Now, those plans seem to be on indefinite hold. That report comes a… Continue reading Meta Hits the Brakes on Portal, AR Glasses, and Other Hardware
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How China Hacked US Phone Networks
How do you smuggle information into the USSR right under the nose of the KGB? Create your own encryption system, of course. That’s exactly what saxophonist and music professor Merryl Goldberg did during the 1980s. This week Goldberg revealed that she used musical notation to hide the names and addresses of activists and details of… Continue reading How China Hacked US Phone Networks
The Last-Ditch Effort to Save Wild Salmon
But outside the walls of Warm Springs, so much is beyond the recovery team’s control. By nature, salmon transcend borders and boundaries, which exposes them to a gauntlet of threats. In rivers, fish face warmer water, droughts, wildfires, landslides, predators, and pollution; at sea, more predators, fishing, and competition for food. By amplifying these hazards,… Continue reading The Last-Ditch Effort to Save Wild Salmon
Apple tweaks third-party dating app payment rules to comply with Dutch regulator’s order
Apple has announced a handful of changes to its rules related to dating app payments in order to comply with orders from the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM). If you’ll recall, the regulator had ordered the tech giant to allow third-party payments in locally available dating apps by January this year. A Reuters… Continue reading Apple tweaks third-party dating app payment rules to comply with Dutch regulator’s order
Telegram founder confirms paid features are coming soon
Those unlockable Telegram features that showed up with the app’s beta version in May will soon be available for paying users. Telegram founder Pavel Durov has confirmed that the app is launching a subscription plan called Telegram Premium sometime this month. While Durov didn’t discuss the specific benefits that come with the plan, he said… Continue reading Telegram founder confirms paid features are coming soon
Cleantechnica: ERCOT & Tesla: How Virtual Power Plants Can Help Texas Electricity Grid & Save Lives 002033
Tesla held a virtual power plant (VPP) workshop for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on May 31. Gail Alfar, the writer at What’s Up Tesla?, attended and shared her thoughts. Also in May, Tesla made a request for Powerwall owners in Texas to opt into the Tesla ERCOT Demonstration to show the utility exactly… Continue reading Cleantechnica: ERCOT & Tesla: How Virtual Power Plants Can Help Texas Electricity Grid & Save Lives 002033
Clean Technica: Is It A Tesla Model Y In Australia?002032
After several sightings of Tesla Model Ys on car transporters on the highway, it looks like we may now have confirmation of their arrival in showrooms. This photo below of a suspicious looking black shape in the workshop area of the Valley Tesla showroom this morning (Friday) was taken by Majella Waterworth. Is it a… Continue reading Clean Technica: Is It A Tesla Model Y In Australia?002032
“Severe” Sriracha Shortage Threatens Spiceless Summer
“The apocalypse is nigh.” Sad Sriracha If you’re out of Sriracha, you might soon be out of luck — because the manufacturers of the classic rooster sauce say their already “severe” shortage might last through the summer, CBS reports. While Huy Fong Foods, the makers of Sriracha, warned us back in April that issues with… Continue reading “Severe” Sriracha Shortage Threatens Spiceless Summer
Even Antarctica Isn’t Safe From Microplastics, Researchers Confirm
Such a bummer. Seriously? Microplastics have officially reached some of the most remote parts of Antarctica, the world’s least populated continent. University of Canterbury researchers were shocked to discover that every single sample of fresh Antarctic snow they gathered from 19 locations around the South Pole back in 2019 was littered with tiny pieces of… Continue reading Even Antarctica Isn’t Safe From Microplastics, Researchers Confirm
The Tricky Business of Elon Musk Getting Twitter Fire-Hose Access
Elon Musk’s never-ending attempt to take over Twitter has taken yet another weird turn as the social media platform appears to have acceded to the entrepreneur’s request to gain access to a “fire hose of” internal data held by the company. For weeks, Musk has pressed Twitter to provide data that would allow the South… Continue reading The Tricky Business of Elon Musk Getting Twitter Fire-Hose Access