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This Wireless Mic Kit Is $70 Off

Yesterday at 20:24 PM, via Wired

Save on a full DJI Mic 3 bundle, or pick and choose to build your own portable recording setup.

Television Turns 100

Yesterday at 20:10 PM, via Slashdot

Television marks its centenary today, exactly 100 years after Scottish inventor John Logie Baird first demonstrated his electro-mechanical system to journalists and members of the Royal Institution in a cramped attic workshop above what is now Bar Italia in London’s Soho. On January 26, 1926, small groups of visitors climbed to 22 Frith Street and watched fuzzy images of a ventriloquist’s dummy...

How a 15,000-Person Island Stumbled Into a $70 Million AI Windfall

Yesterday at 19:30 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: From Sandisk shareholders to vibe coders, AI is making — and breaking — fortunes at a rapid pace. One unlikely beneficiary has been the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla, which lucked into a future fortune when ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, gave the island the “.ai” top-level domain in the mid-1990s. Indeed, since...

Fixing Retail With Land Value Capture

Yesterday at 18:50 PM, via Slashdot

The independent coffee shops and quirky boutiques that make neighborhoods like Hayes Valley in San Francisco or Williamsburg in Brooklyn desirable are caught in a frustrating economic trap: they create value that ends up in the pockets of nearby homeowners rather than their own cash registers. An essay in Works in Progress magazine argues that when an interesting new store or restaurant opens,...

SKC Capital Announces Upcoming G4 Token IEO Amid Strong Market Interest

Yesterday at 18:47 PM, via Tech Financials

Global — SKC Capital today announced the upcoming Initial Exchange Offering (IEO) of the G4 Token, as market interest continues to build ahead of its official launch. The announcement comes at a time of heightened global economic uncertainty, with the G4 Token attracting significant attention from both institutional and individual investors. Since its launch, the […]

World Not Ready For Rise In Extreme Heat, Scientists Say

Yesterday at 18:12 PM, via Slashdot

Nearly 3.8 billion people could face extreme heat by 2050 and while tropical countries will bear the brunt cooler regions will also need to adapt, scientists said Monday. From a report: Demand for cooling will “drastically” increase in giant countries like Brazil, Indonesia and Nigeria, where hundreds of millions of people lack air conditioning or other means of beating the heat. But even a...

Saudi Arabia To Scale Back Neom Megaproject

Yesterday at 17:28 PM, via Slashdot

Saudi Arabia is preparing to significantly scale back Neom, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s flagship development that sprawls across a Belgium-sized stretch of Red Sea coastline and was once billed as the world’s largest construction site. Financial Times is reporting that Prince Mohammed, who chairs the project, now envisions something “far smaller” as a year-long review nears completion....

After 5 Years, Apple Finally Upgrades the AirTag

Yesterday at 16:50 PM, via Wired

The second-generation AirTag features Apple’s newer Ultra Wideband chip, has a louder speaker, and better range. The second-generation AirTag features Apple’s newer Ultra Wideband chip, has a louder speaker, and better range.

AI is Hitting UK Harder Than Other Big Economies, Study Finds

Yesterday at 16:40 PM, via Slashdot

The UK is losing more jobs than it is creating because of AI and is being hit harder than rival large economies, new research suggests. From a report: British companies reported that AI had resulted in net job losses over the past 12 months, down 8% — the highest rate among other leading economies including the US, Japan, Germany and Australia, according to a study by the investment bank Morgan...

Angry Gamers Are Forcing Studios To Scrap or Rethink New Releases

Yesterday at 16:00 PM, via Slashdot

The video game industry is experiencing something that most consumer-facing businesses would consider remarkable: organized online campaigns from players are actually forcing studios to cancel projects or publicly walk back any association with AI-generated content. Running With Scissors, the publisher behind the Postal shooter franchise, recently scrapped a title after players accused its...

Exploring Melbet’s Real-Money Casino Options in Jordan

Yesterday at 15:37 PM, via Tech Financials

Gamers across Jordan are shifting gears – platforms now match their pace, culture, and needs. Melbet fits right into that change. Cash-based gaming isn’t buried under global sites with awkward layouts. Spins start quickly. Payouts move without delays. Need Arabic help? That’s part of the setup. Jordanian dinar used? Already sorted. This isn’t flashy talk […]

Code red for companies in South Africa

Yesterday at 15:02 PM, via MyBroadband

Werksmans Attorneys says that companies must ensure their data breach response plans are up to date, or face enforcement action from the South African Information Regulator.

Richard Stallman Was Asked: Is Software Piracy Wrong?

Yesterday at 14:34 PM, via Slashdot

Friday 72-year-old Richard Stallman made a two-hour-and-20-minutes appearance at the Georgia Institute of Technology, talking about everything from AI and connected cars to smartphones, age verfication laws, and his favorite Linux distro. But early on, Stallman also told the audience how “I despise DRM…I don’t want any copy of anything with DRM. Whatever it is, I never want it so badly that I...

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