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Sir Sparkles
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Bill Gates warns young people of four major global threats, including AI
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Gates’ doomsday list really makes you appreciate the simplicity of 90s fears. Back then, all we had to worry about was Y2K and whether...
Wednesday at 11:54 PM
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Bill Gates warns young people of four major global threats, including AI
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If he lived in a cardboard box it wouldn't make a difference in the grand scheme though, it requires societal change to address. Right...
Wednesday at 10:59 PM
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Reddit CEO confirms plans to introduce paywalls for exclusive content later this year
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Reddit: Take that foot... bang!
Tuesday at 10:58 PM
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Scientists use crystals to cram terabytes of data into millimeter-sized memory
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Because technology != product. And turning the first into the second takes tens of Billions of dollars.
Tuesday at 8:49 PM
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SanDisk's new Gen5 SSD offers blistering 14,000 MB/s speeds at just 7W
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Less energy expended usually means less heat. It's pretty exciting stuff for home users, being able to set up our own high speed...
Tuesday at 5:48 PM
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How to defend against ransomware: Essential mitigation strategies
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Errr, immutable backups? To not mention them when discussing how to mitigate against ransomware is pretty shortsighted.
Monday at 7:01 PM
Sir Sparkles
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Diablo creator says current ARPGs focus too much on quick leveling, cheapening the experience
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I have enjoyed all the Diablo releases. I don't spend my time wishing one was like the others or vice-versa, that would seem a bit...
Sunday at 6:08 PM
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AI adoption is on the rise, with 3 in 5 Americans saying it improves their lives
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If Google wasn't deliberately fking their search engine to give me the run around for "more engagement' and more ads and more clicks and...
Sunday at 6:05 PM
Sir Sparkles
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Ryzen 9800X3D burns itself and motherboard while user was watching TV show
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"the victim"... lol Hopefully he can one day reframe himself as a survivor and move past this. xD
Sunday at 6:00 PM
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Diablo creator says current ARPGs focus too much on quick leveling, cheapening the experience
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But there is a reason for that. An average modern gamer loses interest within 10 minutes of a game. Devs think like this: if we do not...
Sunday at 5:20 PM
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Ukrainian drone unit wants to recruit gamers but warns it's "not like Call of Duty"
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Actually, independent journalist Patrick Lancaster spent many hours with the Russian military in the trenches out in battle, and they...
Feb 13, 2025
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Meta used pirated books to train its AI models, and there are emails to prove it
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One of the scummiest social media companies on the planet is still scummy, nothing really changes. Meta\Facebook has never had a moral...
Feb 12, 2025
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YouTube rakes in record $10.4 billion from ads even as users grumble about aggressive strategy
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Youtube is herding Firefox users to Chrome telling them to get a "modern browser" so their site will work. Meanwhile ad blockers are...
Feb 12, 2025
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Windows 10's extended support starts at $61 per device, Microsoft reveals new details
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I've been using 0patch since beta days to cover selected machines in an enterprise environment. It's reliable and transparent.
Feb 12, 2025
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UK government orders Apple to open a backdoor into all encrypted iCloud accounts
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Here's how this will play out Apple: No, if you force this we leave UK gov: oh, okay
Feb 12, 2025
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