Technology

There is no dearth of note taking apps for Linux. There are tools like Obsidian that are local first, tools like Joplin that are both local and cloud but not encrypted. There are also collaborative tools like Etherpad that put encrypted notes on a remote server. And then I comeContinue Reading

Late-breaking reports suggest Apple has built a new Siri AI ‘Recaps’ feature that summarizes your day for you. The idea sounds great until you recognize that this summary will also include overheard conversations.  Suspending the huge red flag of concern over privacy and data protection for a moment or two, why wouldContinue Reading

AI note-taking applications are increasingly used by workers to record meetings, generate conversation summaries and suggest post-meeting action items.  Along with the promised productivity benefits — enabling users to focus on meetings rather than actively taking notes — the emergence of these AI tools has raised privacy questions, particularly around obtainingContinue Reading

BELHAVEN, N.C. (AP) — The birds are up with the sunrise — warblers, flycatchers, sparrows and towhees calling across the treetops. Deer browse on tender buds emerging from dense shrubs. Black bears scrounge for roots, insects and other edibles. It’s an idyllic setting in North Carolina’s Inner Banks, where fieldsContinue Reading

Researchers say concerns should be taken seriously, as they have access to AI systems that haven’t yet been publicly released., Researchers say concerns should be taken seriously, as they have access to AI systems that haven’t yet been publicly released., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading

Hyundai Mobis has begun mass production of Power Electric (PE) systems at a new plant in Nováky, Slovakia, the company’s first European site building the integrated electric powertrain units. A PE system combines an electric motor, an inverter and a reduction gear in a single assembly. The plant, in Slovakia’sContinue Reading

Energy Fuels says the terbium (Tb) oxide it produces at its White Mesa Mill in Utah has passed all qualifications for use by a Japan-based manufacturer of rare earth permanent magnets, which it describes as one of the world’s largest outside China. The manufacturer told Energy Fuels the material meetsContinue Reading

If you don’t include tests in your Drupal development, chances are it’s because you think it adds complexity and expense without benefit. Cypress is an open source tool with many benefits: Reliably tests anything that runs in a web browser Works on any web platform (it’s great for testing projectsContinue Reading

I use GNOME as my primary desktop environment on my Linux PC at home. GNOME gives me an easy-to-use graphical desktop that provides the flexibility I need yet doesn’t get in my way when I focus on my work. GNOME recently released GNOME 44 with a bunch of new features.Continue Reading

For decades, global time experts have mapped atomic clock time to the earth’s rotation, periodically adding a second (aka a leap second) as rotation slowed. But the planet’s rotation has now slightly sped up, which could mean that a negative adjustment will be required.  The problem is that computer systemsContinue Reading

Firefox’s new ‘Nova’ redesign will be enabled for all users in Firefox 157, due the end of September – barring any last minute hiccups, of course. Mozilla’s engineers have been working on Nova since March. The original pitch was for rounded UI elements, floating toolbars, framed web content no longerContinue Reading