funniest/most-insightful-commets-of-the-week-at-techdirt

This week, both our winners on the insightful side come in response to our post about the head of ICE saying journalists should stop asking questions about ICE officers. In first place, it’s Justinfinity with a comment about the fear of officers being targeted: That’s especially wild when held upContinue Reading

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Mozilla is shutting down Pocket, the popular “read it later” service it acquired in 2017 and subsequently integrated into its Firefox web browser. Pocket shuts down on July 8, though existing users (and paying subscribers, who Mozilla say will receive refunds) are able to export their saved stories until OctoberContinue Reading

guide-to-using-plugins-in-obsidian

Obsidian has emerged as a powerful and flexible knowledge management tool, despite NOT being an open source product. Using plugins is just one of the many tips that you can follow to get the most out of Obsidian. However, there is a small catch when it comes to compatibility. IfContinue Reading

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Chinese manufacturers are advertising how they dodge tariffs, and tech leaders know they’re in a new world Computex  Every time I attend Taiwan’s Computex exhibition I’m bewildered by the dozens of vendors selling unremarkable keyboards and mice.…, Read MoreContinue Reading

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It’s kernel release weekend, with Linux 6.15 fresh on the scene, backed by a hefty collection of improvements, as well as a few changes which have proved a tad divisive amongst developers.  Linus Torvalds announced the stable release of Linux 6.15 to stable on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML)Continue Reading

7 Weird Facts About Black Holes

Prepare to be wowed by the mysterious cosmic wonders that are black holes. Black holes are perhaps the most nightmarishly fascinating features of our universe. Like long dark tunnels to nowhere (or giant garbage disposals), these mysterious fixtures in space exert a gravitational pull so gripping that nothing close by — not even light —Continue Reading

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Artificial Intelligence has long been considered a shaper of the future, though it is already changing how several industries function., (NewsNation) — Artificial Intelligence has long been considered a shaper of the future, though it is already changing how several industries function. Here, NewsNation looks at how AI is influencingContinue Reading

stmicroelectronics-introduces-memory-device-for-automotive-microcontrollers

Swiss semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics will start producing Stellar with xMemory, a new generation of extensible memory embedded into its Stellar series of automotive microcontrollers, later this year. The new microcontrollers with xMemory enable simpler, more scalable computing platforms for developing software-defined vehicles (SDVs) and EV architectures. Memory becomes a bottleneckContinue Reading