In Scotland, taking the traditional and making it new
Tartan, whisky, restaurants in the middle of nowhere – they are all reimagined in the new fashionable “Outlander” area.
The link rot is spreading: GIF hosting site Gfycat shuts down on September 1
Enlarge / A myriad of ways one could react to Gfycat’s shutdown, trending on Gfycat itself right now. Gfycat The internet is becoming a little… Read More »The link rot is spreading: GIF hosting site Gfycat shuts down on September 1
Meta loses appeal over how it collects data in Germany
The news Meta’s data collection practices were called into question on Tuesday after the European Union’s highest court upheld a decision by German antitrust regulators… Read More »Meta loses appeal over how it collects data in Germany
Samsung’s AI moment is here, but is it ready?
The introduction of ChatGPT has lit a fire among the stocks of companies that produce microchips, the brains of artificial intelligence. Bets on the potential… Read More »Samsung’s AI moment is here, but is it ready?
Open-source your blender to fight electronic waste | WIRED
For Paul Anka, repair always seemed the obvious and only option. Growing up in Romania in the 1990s, he fondly remembers his grandfather’s workshop –… Read More »Open-source your blender to fight electronic waste | WIRED
India’s aerospace industry is catching up fast
When it launched its first rocket in 1963, India was a poor country pursuing the most advanced technology in the world. That projectile, whose nose… Read More »India’s aerospace industry is catching up fast
336,000 servers remain unpatched against critical Fortigate vulnerability
Researchers say nearly 336,000 devices exposed to the internet remain vulnerable to a critical vulnerability in firewalls sold by Fortinet as administrators have yet to… Read More »336,000 servers remain unpatched against critical Fortigate vulnerability
Meta unveils ‘Threads’ app to use on Twitter
Mark Zuckerberg has long wanted to dislodge Twitter and provide the central place for online public conversation. Yet Twitter has remained stubbornly irreplaceable. That hasn’t… Read More »Meta unveils ‘Threads’ app to use on Twitter
The 2024 Rolls-Royce Specter Proves EVs Are the Best Luxury Cars
Enlarge / In 1900, Charles Stewart Rolls (one of the founders of Rolls-Royce) said: “The electric car is completely silent and clean. There is no… Read More »The 2024 Rolls-Royce Specter Proves EVs Are the Best Luxury Cars
As DeSantis campaigns, Disney sees a long road ahead
As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis begins his presidential run, one of the main pillars of his message is “holding awakened corporations accountable,” as a fundraising… Read More »As DeSantis campaigns, Disney sees a long road ahead
AMAs are the latest casualty in Reddit’s API war
Ask Me Anything (AMA) has been a staple of Reddit that has contributed to the popularity of the social media platform. It produced some unique,… Read More »AMAs are the latest casualty in Reddit’s API war
TikTok sells a lot of books. Now the owner wants to publish them too.
A new publishing house began courting self-published romantic writers earlier this year. The pitch, delivered in a generic email, was impersonal and formal. The terms… Read More »TikTok sells a lot of books. Now the owner wants to publish them too.
Canada offers a lesson in the economic toll of climate change
Canada’s wildfires have destroyed 20 million hectares, smoked Canadian and American cities and caused health problems on both sides of the border with no end… Read More »Canada offers a lesson in the economic toll of climate change
Valve says Steam games cannot use AI models trained on copyrighted works
Enlarge / Are we sure this famous Valve promotional image wasn’t AI generated? Valve Last week, we shared an anonymous report that Valve blocked at… Read More »Valve says Steam games cannot use AI models trained on copyrighted works
Oil prices are rising due to production restrictions in Saudi Arabia and Russia
Saudi Arabia said on Monday it would extend a 1 million barrels-a-day cut in oil production it announced in June through at least August in… Read More »Oil prices are rising due to production restrictions in Saudi Arabia and Russia
