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“A second major academic institution has accused Uber of using opaque computer code to dramatically increase its profits at the expense of the ride-hailing app’s drivers and passengers,” reports the Guardian:Research by academics at New York’s Columbia Business School concluded that the Silicon Valley company had implemented “algorithmic price discrimination” that had raised “rider fares and...
An anonymous reader shared this report from WebProNews:The Linux world is abuzz with news of XLibre, a fork of the venerable X11 window display system, which aims to be an alternative to X11’s successor, Wayland. Much of the Linux world is working to adopt Wayland, the successor to X11. Wayland has been touted as being a superior option, providing better security and performance. Despite Fedora...
After past damage to undersea cables, Denmark will boost their surveillance of Baltic Sea/North Sea waters by deploying four uncrewed surface vessels — about 10 meters long — that are equipped with drones and also AI, reports Euronews. The founder/CEO of the company that makes the vessels — Saildrone — says they’ll work “like a truck” that “carries the sensors.” And then “we use...
Forget about patchy internet connections and dead spots in the house. These WIRED-tested multiroom mesh systems will get you online in no time.
“Mercedes-AMG is transitioning away from the four-cylinder plug-in hybrid powertrain,” reports Car and Driver, “and back towards the inline-six and V-8 powertrains more traditionally associated with the brand.”That isn’t to say that AMG had a change of heart concerning the merits of the four-cylinder powertrain, but rather that the automaker is responding to customer criticisms. “Technically,...
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Tuesday, software engineer Doug Brown published his discovery of how to trigger a long-known but previously inaccessible Easter egg in the Power Mac G3’s ROM: a hidden photo of the development team that nobody could figure out how to display for 27 years. While Pierre Dandumont first documented the JPEG image itself in 2014, the method...
There are obvious trade-offs to buying a mattress in-store and online. But your decision may come down to key details of a brand’s warranty.
The Canadian government has ordered Chinese surveillance camera manufacturer Hikvision to cease operations in Canada over national security concerns, Industry Minister Melanie Joly said late on Friday. From a report: Hikvision, also known as Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co, has faced numerous sanctions and restrictions by Canada’s neighbor, the United States, over the past five and a...
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The over-the-top party in the photogenic Italian city mixed Hollywood, Silicon Valley and political overtones.
Izak Jacobus “Cobus” Visagie worked in finance while playing for the Springboks and ended up running London-based Africa Merchant Capital.
With close encounters due in 2029 and 2032, space scientists are getting to grips with an existential threat
It is a scenario beloved of Hollywood: a huge asteroid, several miles wide, is on a collision course with Earth. Scientists check and recheck their calculations but there is no mistake – civilisation is facing a cataclysmic end unless the space rock can be deflected.
It may sound like...
Upper and business class cabins have expanded to the point where the top tier resemble hotel suites more than passenger pods. But what happens now airlines have no more room to offer?
Even America’s richest farmlands can’t outrun climate collapse. That’s everyone’s problem.
Conclave, Deep Cover, and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week.
As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger.
Plus: US feds charge alleged masterminds behind infamous forum, Scattered Spider targets airlines, and hackers open a valve at a Norwegian dam.