The #Fediverse is important for many reasons obviously. With the commercial influence on recommendations and the continued enshitification of search, it is crucial we retain the capacity to share what is important, delightful, amusing, and valued for reasons we deem, not them. #technology
Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
On 13 May 1897, Marconi sent the first ever wireless communication over open sea – a message was transmitted over the Bristol Channel from Flat Holm Island to Lavernock Point near Cardiff, a distance of 6 kilometres. The message read "Are you ready".
"Nowhere is this [innovation by petit bourgeoisie] more evident than in the modern software industry, where virtually all the novel ideas have been created by individuals or small partnerships"
"The competitive advantage of large firms lies largely in their capitalization, marketing muscle, lobbying power, and vertical integration, not in their original ideas and innovation."
I ordered these LITERALLY a YEAR AGO to the day, and they JUST ARRIVED!
Apple stalled the Google location tracker network for as long as they could, but now we FINALLY have some competition for AirTags!
A quick smartphone comparison! https://somegadgetguy.com/b/465
Pixel 8a vs OnePlus 12R! These might be the best two mid-ranger phones in the USA right now!
NYTimes BREAKING NEWS - Tuesday, June 4, 2024 9:06 AM ET #OpenAI has not done enough to prevent its artificial intelligence systems from becoming dangerous, a group of former and current employees said.
The group published an open letter on Tuesday calling for leading A.I. companies to establish greater transparency and more protections for whistle-blowers. #AI#ArtificialIntelligence#technology
Remember the Steven Sinofsky memoir about his time at Microsoft heading the Windows and Office teams that was being released as a SubStack newsletter? It's now available as a Kindle book, and will be available in paper in July.
We have released a new update of AstianGO, an update with improvements in the accuracy of the results, improvements in the news, video playback and much more.
Enjoy a search engine that doesn't track you, doesn't sell your information and doesn't keep track of your activity.
We are committed to our users, so in order to improve our support, tutorials, Midori, Astian Cloud AstianGO and our applications we have released our community and help platform where we can better interact with all our users.
Want to become a major player among venture capitalists? A dishwashing job may be a good place to start your journey. VC Wesley Chan worked three jobs in high school, including washing lab beakers, to bring money home to his family. It wasn’t easy, but today Chan is the cofounder and managing partner of FPV Ventures, a two-year-old firm with a $450M VC fund. TechCrunch has more on Chan’s fascinating rise. https://flip.it/vCAf_R #Tech#Technology#VentureCapital#FPV
Take Control Of MS Flight Sim With Your Smartphone And This Open-Source App
Anyone with more than a passing interest in flight simulators will eventually want to upgrade their experience with a HOTAS (Hands On Throttle-And-Stick) setup that has buttons and switches for controlling your virtual aircraft’s assorted systems, w ...continues
Apple is partnering with OpenAI to improve Apple's lagging AI strategy, but we still don't know what the deal looks like. https://somegadgetguy.com/b/45u
Is Apple paying OpenAI? Is OpenAI paying Apple?
This is a tough partnership for Apple, as the optics on AI in general run counter to the marketing Apple has poured into "privacy".
Soon the telescope platform at ESO's Paranal Observatory in #Chile will look very different at night: all four of the 8.2 m telescopes of the VLT will be equipped with lasers! This is one of the ongoing upgrades of the GRAVITY+ instrument, which will allow us to study black holes, stars and planets like never before.
A rare moment when a video title is not clickbait. Great report from DW Planet A on energy system inefficiencies. I've wonder whether talking more about efficiency and waste to climate skeptics might bring them on board with green policies. Personally, I don't care how we do it, as long as we get to the same end result of a more sustainable world.
I shared this with my team and one of them said they had to check that I didn't write it. This is exactly how I think about (and ask my team to think about) rooting software development in human needs. #Technologyhttps://werd.io/2024/user-research-is-storytelling
Our work advances with MidoriVPN, a private and secure system that uses #wireguard Multiple instances and mesh technology. Soon to be integrated into #midoribrowser.
In the words of Fatboy Slim, "we've come a long long way together." Here, @miaq breaks down Flipboard's federation journey so far.
"We could [federate Flipboard] with a quick flip of the switch but we’ve chosen to act more intentionally," she writes. "We’re taking measured steps to test, learn, and ensure that everything we’re doing stays true to our values and those of the fediverse. Maintaining quality is top of the list."