Anyone who works as a freelancer these days has to be at least a bit familiar with techie things. But it isn’t just that. When I was a kid and those vaguely SF puppet shows were on the television and all the other kids wanted to be Greg Gogetem or Steve Savetheuniverse, I wanted to be the guy in a white coat and glasses called Doc or Brains. Here are some technology-related feeds I find useful and/or entertaining.
Geek Culture
A "Race to the bottom of the Brainstem"
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All the Thunderbird launches!
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The Joy of Tech
TikTok gets banned!
Oh dear me! [Link]
What's with TV channels these days?
Names will not define thee! [Link]
Slashdot
Europe Plans To Build 100-Qubit Quantum Computer By 2026
An anonymous reader quotes a report published last week by Physics World: Researchers at the Dutch quantum institute QuTech in Delft have announced plans to build Europe's first 100-quantum bit (qubit) quantum computer. When complete in 2026, the device will be made publicly available, providing scientists with a tool for quantum calculations and simulations. The project is funded by the … [Link]
Ring Customers Get $5.6 Million In Refunds In Privacy Settlement
The FTC is issuing more than $5.6 million in refunds to Ring customers as part of a privacy settlement. The Associated Press reports: In a 2023 complaint, the FTC accused the doorbell camera and home security provider of allowing its employees and contractors to access customers' private videos. Ring allegedly used such footage to train algorithms without consent, among other … [Link]
New Scientist – News
How the US is preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic
As the US grapples with an ongoing bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle, the country’s health agencies are ramping up surveillance efforts and working to develop a vaccine if needed [Link]
Bowhead whales still harmed from whaling that ended a century ago
Commercial bowhead whaling ended in the early 20th century, but the industry’s lasting effects on the whales’ genetic diversity are leading to declines again [Link]
O'Reilly News and Commentary
#Ebook Deal/Day: Juniper MX Series – $33.99 (Save 50%) Use code DEAL
Get "Juniper MX Series" today using code DEAL and save 50%!This sale ends at 2:00 AM 2017-06-22 (PDT, GMT-8:00). [Link]
Four short links: 6 May 2016
Apple Stole My Music, No Seriously — Amber relayed to me that shes had to suffer through many calls from people who cancelled their Apple Music subscription after the free, three-month trial, only to discover that all of their own … [Link]
Geeks are Sexy Technology News
Teaching [Comic]
I love Lunar Baboon, such an awesome webcomic! [Source: Lunar Baboon | Like Lunar Baboon on Facebook | Follow Lunar Baboon on Twitter] Click This Link for the Full Post > Teaching [Comic] [Link]
First Room-Temperature Superconductor Announced
South Korean scientists have allegedly created a superconductor that works at room temperature and regular pressure. This is a big deal because superconductors transmit electricity with zero resistance and have special magnetic properties that are very useful in technology. Normally, superconductors require extreme cold temperatures, but this new one can apparently work outside the lab […] Click This Link for … [Link]
Mashable
The Qatar World Cup is already going viral for all the wrong reasons
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar hasn't even started yet, and it's already going viral for all the wrong reasons. Fan accommodations are reminiscent of Fyre Fest, the food doesn't look great, everything is expensive, and some of the fears of Qatar hosting an international community are already coming true. So, yeah, not going great thus far. The feasibility and morality … [Link]
Need a new sound system? These Klipsch Reference speakers are half off
Save $200: The Klipsch Reference Series speakers on sale for $199.98 at Best Buy. That's a savings of 50%.A pair of home speakers should sound good and look great — think leather-bound books and rich mahogany. With this pair of Klipsch Reference Series bookshelf speakers, finished in classy black woodgrain with copper-colored accents, you'll add a touch of class to any … [Link]
ProgrammableWeb.com
Weekly API Roundup | Sports & Fitness, Finance, Crypto, AI
Every day the ProgrammableWeb team is busy updating its three primary directories for APIs, clients (language-specific libraries or SDKs for consuming or providing APIs), and source code samples. If you have new APIs, Clients, or Source Code examples to add to ProgrammableWeb's directories, we offer forms (APIs, Clients, Source Code) for submitting them to our API research team. [Link]
Amazon Announces New Alexa Developer Tools for Smart Home and Voice Assistance
This week Amazon announced a number of new features, including a collection of APIs and SDKs aimed at creating new smart home experiences for Alexa users. The new tools include the Alexa Ambient Home Dev Kit, the Alexa Connect Kit SDK for Matter, version 3.0 of the Alexa Voice Service (AVS) SDK and more. [Link]
Lifehacker
How Can I Find Out If Someone’s Stealing My Wi-Fi?
Dear Lifehacker,Read more… [Link]
How to Protest Safely and Legally
Hitting the streets to make your voice heard is a fundamental right in the United States, and it’s part of our country’s lifeblood. Whether you’re headed out in support or dissent, you should know what you’re getting into before you go. Even if you think the event is purely peaceful, someone else, another protest…Read more… [Link]
Bad Science
Evidence to House of Commons Sci Tech Select Committee on Research Integrity
Sorry not to be in regular blogging mode at the moment. Here’s a video of our evidence session to parliament, where they are running an inquiry into research integrity. I think clinical trials are the best possible way to approach this issue. Lots of things in “research integrity” are hard to capture in hard logical […] [Link]
How do the world’s biggest drug companies compare, in their transparency commitments?
Here’s a paper, and associated website, that we launch today: we have assessed, and then ranked, all the biggest drug companies in the world, to compare their public commitments on trials transparency. Regular readers will be familiar with this ongoing battle. In medicine we use the results of clinical trials to make informed treatments about […] [Link]
Mac For Translators
Selecting stuff with AppleScript
There was a tweet about Numbers the other day: #applescript can be such a pain sometimes to use. Simple things, like getting the selection of the current cell in #numbers is not easy info to come by.I totally understand the author's feeling and my first take was based on a misunderstanding: in the tweet where my reply is (that you … [Link]
Finding one's way in an application's AppleScript dictionary…
The other day I wanted to find a way to accelerate the process of zooming a Word window so that it fits the width of the document. It's something I've done manually thousands of times over the years. Just go to Display, then Zoom, select the option and hit Enter.I know that Word is scriptable but everything looked so complex … [Link]
Popular Science
How to fix the most common smartphone problems
DIY Totally debugging. Most smartphone problems fall into just a few categories, like dwindling battery life or random crashes. Here's how to solve the worst phone issues. [Link]
There's a serious shortage of military-style meals because the last month has been just awful
Technology Blame Irma. Or Maria. Or… Mother Nature’s one-two punch catalyzed a run on MREs, which is military speak for “Meals, Ready to Eat." Read on. [Link]
WIRED
The World’s Biggest Porn Site Goes All-In on Encryption
Now that Pornhub's going HTTPS, your private browsing will be a lot more private. The post The World's Biggest Porn Site Goes All-In on Encryption appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
The Fanged Fish That Drugs Its Enemies With Opioids
Researchers reveal what makes the fang blenny's venom so unique: It's packed with opioid peptides. The post The Fanged Fish That Drugs Its Enemies With Opioids appeared first on WIRED. [Link]
Pogue's Posts
David Pogue, Times Technology Columnist, Leaves for Yahoo
After writing about personal technology for The Times for 13 years, David Pogue will start a consumer technology Web site at Yahoo. [Link]
Terrific Sound in a Tiny Package
The Jambox Mini is small enough to fit in a coat pocket and delivers sound that is richer, crisper and louder than the feeble speakers on your phone, tablet or laptop. [Link]
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