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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 22, 2024
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> Her tour guide said he had warned her and her husband about the dangers on the crater.
> Most hams can tell you that it’s possible to get a nasty RF burn if you accidentally touch an antenna while it’s transmitting. However, you can also cop a nasty surprise on the receiving end if you’re not careful, as explained in a video from [Grants Pass TV Repair].
> Colossi of the sea.
> Sorry Xiao, Yates, and Zaborowski.
> It could mark more than solar alignments.
> The University of Hong Kong (HKU) will soon require tourists to register ahead of entering the campus, amid student and staff complaints over an increasing number of visitors coming to the school to take photos and sight see.
> At Embedded World 2024, Microchip announced their new AVR DU family of 8-bit MCUs featuring a full-speed USB 2.0 data interface along with USB-C 15W Power Delivery enabling up to 12Mbps data transfer and charging. They also have features like secure bootloaders and Program and Debug Interface Disable (PDID), which protect your embedded designs.
> Many laborers are switching to cassava farms or leaving the country for higher-paying jobs in Thailand.
> Try to forget about it.
> Rap beef sells records and now Drake is using Hey Hi (AI) to channel the sound of Tupac and Snoop Dogg to help in his latest freestyle. Here’s the latest.
> What is Jan?
> Are you in search of a reliable, open-source alternative to ChatGPT? Look no further! We introduce you to Jan, a powerful Hey Hi (AI) chatbot that runs 100% offline on your computer. Unlike many other AI-powered chatbots, Jan offers you complete privacy and security as it operates entirely offline.
> Plenty of big tech companies went on a hiring frenzy at the onset of the pandemic, poaching top talent from each other and building up what looked to be a formidable army to prepare for a digital age. But a hangover soon followed when tech companies admitted to over-hiring. Many have made big cuts since then.
> Late last week, Pax8 was the latest to announce workforce reductions. As ChannelFutures reported (and Pax8's John Trent, senior director of external communications, confirmed with ChannelE2E), the company has let go 5% of its workforce, mostly in North America. A Reddit thread posted an internal email allegedly received by Pax8 employees, but "We do not comment on leaked emails," Trent told Channel Futures.
> The global PC shipments during the first quarter of 2024 indicated a positive comeback since the pandemic according to a report published by Counterpoint Research, which could enjoy further growth as end-users wanting AI-powered PCs.
> We all know that the past couple of years have not been the best for many plastics manufacturers. We have also written about how we see that changing in 2024 and beyond, although stubborn inflation and high interest rates remain as headwinds for the industry.
> Embracer Group has today announced its intention to split into three separate companies - 'Asmodee Group', 'Coffee Stain & Friends' and 'Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends'. The three companies will handle different aspects of Embracer's operations, as explained in a new blog post from the huge gaming entity.
> Asmodee Group will handle the company's tabletop games and partnerships, Coffee Stain & Friends will be in charge of Embracer's "A/AA premium and free-to-play games for PC/console and mobile", while Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends will take charge of the team's "powerhouse in AAA game development and publishing for PC and console" - with the latter also becoming "the stewards of The Lord of the Rings and Tomb Raider intellectual properties".
> Despite Microsoft’s efforts, Windows 10 continues to maintain its popularity worldwide, with many users opting to stick with the older operating system despite the availability of Windows 11. The reasons for this preference are multifaceted. Some users adhere to the age-old saying “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” while others cite concerns over Windows 11’s high system requirements, a perceived lack of compelling new features, or the contentious mandate to create a Microsoft account. Now, Microsoft is gearing up to take a more aggressive approach in pushing Windows 10 users towards adopting online accounts.
> Microsoft launched Microsoft Store installers for web over the weekend to improve Microsoft Store application installs.
> To own a computer or smartphone — indeed, to engage with the digital world to any degree — is to be a mark. You can try to block, encrypt and unsubscribe your way out of it, but you may not succeed.
> A solid majority of Ecuadoran voters on Sunday approved the extradition to the United States of organized crime bosses in a referendum on measures against drug trafficking and gangs, the electoral council said.
> A group of four US congressmen called on Friday for President Joe Biden to sanction Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its leader, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (commonly known as Hemedti), for gross violations of human rights.
> Their targets are travellers from Bangladesh and Pakistan arriving in the country for the first time.
> The bill could barring the company from operating in the US market, a "free and open market."
> JT of the hip-hop duo City Girls has told her fans to distort her music to get around the UMG boycott of Fentanylware (TikTok) as a platform.
> The exercises will be held in multiple Philippine locations near the disputed South China Sea and Taiwan.
> The sea should not be an arena where countries can flex their "gunboat muscles".
> Rockets were fired late Sunday from northern Iraq at a military base in Syria housing a US-led coalition, according to Iraqi security forces.
> The strike on Iran on Friday was originally intended to be much broader in scope, but after intense pressure from allies, Israeli leaders agreed to ratchet it down.
> For weeks, Palestinians have been bracing for a ground offensive on the southern Gaza city, where over one million displaced people have fled.
> Polish authorities arrested three people on Friday in relation to the attack on an ally of the late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. Leonid Volkov was “brutally attacked” in mid-March outside his home in Lithuania, where he lives in exile.
> Ukrainians let out a collective sigh of relief on Saturday as the US House of Representatives passed a long-delayed $61 billion aid bill that will provide Ukraine with a crucial lifeline in the struggle against Russian aggression, writes Peter Dickinson.
> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday welcomed the passage of $60 billion in aid for Ukraine by the US House of Representatives but urged Washington to quickly turn the bill into law and proceed with the actual transfer of weapons, saying long-range arms and air defense systems were top priorities.
> Ukraine says its navy struck another ship belonging to Russia's Black Sea fleet.
> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he sees "a chance for victory" for Ukraine over invading Russian forces after passage of a long-delayed aid bill critical to Ukraine's defense by the U.S. House of Representatives.
> Also, Iran appears to stand down after Israel’s strike and Myanmar’s conflict may be shifting.
> The media outlet Fontanka.ru reported Friday that their journalist, Ksenia Klochkova, had her home searched by police in connection with a criminal investigation against journalist Andrei Zakharov.
> Seven out of ten Lithuanians believe that Russia poses a real threat to Lithuania’s national security, according to a poll commissioned by LRT. Experts say this is as broad a consensus as one can get in a pluralistic society, although there is an apparent gap between ethnic Lithuanians and minority citizens of the country.
> Iranian officials have denied media reports about the imminent delivery of new Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets to Iran.
> Moldova's pro-European government faces a new challenge from its restive pro-Moscow Gagauzia region after its leaders denounced proposed judicial reforms and demanded enhanced status for the Russian language.
> Russia reportedly preps a supercomputer platform based on a 128-core server platform but it is unclear where the processors will be made.
> "It's kind of an escalation in that we're seeing more than just data collection, surveillance and intelligence gathering," Mikko Hyppönen says.
> “Humbling and a bit worrying.”
> OCHA said it has joined with partners and Somali health authorities to intensify response and preparedness activities.
> Bad weather in Guangdong Province forced evacuations as forecasters warned of more rain and potential flooding.
> MetMalaysia said eight areas in the peninsular will be experiencing scorching hot weather.
> Coastal cities could face a major problem.
> Analysts say the decline is clearly visible, blaming the loss of status as a free port separate from China.
> Here at Hackaday we’re a varied bunch of writers, some of whom have careers away from this organ, and others whose work also appears on the pages of other publications in different fields. One such is our colleague [Lewin Day], and he’s written a cracking piece for The Autopian about the effort to keep an obscure piece of American automotive electronic history alive. We think of big-screen control panels in cars as a new phenomenon, but General Motors was fitting tiny Sony Trinitron CRTs to some models back in the late 1980s. If you own one of these cars the chances are the CRT is inoperable if you’ve not encountered [Jon Morlan] and his work repairing and restoring them.
> When you think of EVs from the 90s, GM’s EV1 may come to mind, but [bleeptrack] found a more obscure CityEL three wheeler to restore.
> When you think of a fusion reactor like a tokamak or stellarator, you are likely to think of expensive projects requiring expensive electromagnets made out of exotic alloys, whether superconducting or not. The MUSE stellarator is an interesting study in how to take things completely in the opposite direction. Its design and construction is described in a 2023 paper by [T.M. Qian] and colleagues in the Journal of Plasma Physics. The theory is detailed in a 2020 Physical Review Letters paper by [P. Helander] and colleagues. As the head of the Stellarator Theory at the Max Planck Institute, [P. Helander] is well-acquainted with the world’s most advanced stellarator: Wendelstein 7-X.
> The shihuahuaco tree is one of the giants of the Amazon rainforest, reaching heights of up to 60 metres. But it is coveted for its hardwood, one of the most precious and sought-after types of wood in the world. Peru exports it to China, but also to Europe and in particular France, which is one of the main buyers of this tropical timber used for parquet flooring in homes and on terraces. Some 500,000 tonnes have been exported from Peru in the last 10 years. Scientists are now warning that the shihuahuaco tree faces extinction. They estimate that the trees could disappear from certain regions of the Amazon within a few years. Our correspondents report.
> The people’s expectations have evolved in general from satisfying basic needs to improving the quality of life, and their demands at different levels and in various areas are becoming more diverse.”
> This topic hits close to home for Van Alstyne, whose mother experienced a layoff from IBM in the early ’90s, putting them into tight financial times. Layoffs are, unfortunately, a reality in any industry, as well as other unforeseen events, such as sudden illness, or even divorce or the collapse of a self-employed business. While you can’t always avoid these circumstances, you can be prepared, he urged.
> Chinese policymakers have scant incentive to escalate tensions.
> Pinduoduo appeals to people seeking deals and “downgraded spending,” as consumer purchasing in China has slowed recently amid economic rockiness.
> The end of his posting came as a surprise to some in the diplomatic corps because of its abruptness.
> It initiated contempt of court proceedings against Mr Baba Ramdev after he failed to stop false medical advertisements.
> Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro hailed Elon Musk at a rally in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, saying the billionaire has stood up for freedom of expression -- which the former president claims is at risk in his country.
> The second piece, by Michael Ware a former CNN war correspondent. and Justine Rosenthal, a former executive editor of Newsweek, called for Assange's release but only after considerable criticism of the Australian.
> Howe wrote that Assange's "betrayals raise him into treason’s hall of fame alongside Norway’s Nazi collaborator Vidkun Quisling, the Gunpowder Plot’s Guy Fawkes, and Marshal Philippe Petain who led Vichy France".
> Guest Post: How programmable switches can handle collective offloading seamlessly. Challenges and future trends.
> In AI Visualize, the Federal Circuit sided with the accused infringer in finding the asserted claims ineligible under the two-step Alice framework. Hey Hi (AI) Visualize had asserted four related patents that facilitated use of a low-bandwidth web portal for visualizing 3D/4D medical scans. The key here is to use virtual views and a system to determine which views have already been downloaded. Some claims require a unique identifiable key for each view; others use a tiered approach – first sending lower-quality frames for immediate viewing followed by higher-quality frames. U.S.
> If anyone wants to play, you have to describe his picture. The next player will draw your description.
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