Technology
- 15 Myths & Misconceptions In Web Developement (Makan: Trying to draw up and make a website; further suggestions welcome)
I'm gonna use neocities, I think.
But honestly, I just want to know what people are looking for in a website and what people might want.
It's something I want to experiment with, and the first one is just that: an experiment. But later on, I aim to make more and implement more of my own more "serious" ideas.
Shoot.
- ChatGPT is bullshit - Ethics and Information Technology (Makan: Academic article.)link.springer.com ChatGPT is bullshit - Ethics and Information Technology
Recently, there has been considerable interest in large language models: machine learning systems which produce human-like text and dialogue. Applications of these systems have been plagued by persistent inaccuracies in their output; these are often called “AI hallucinations”. We argue that these fa...
Interesting...
How does a country like Vietnam or China tackle AI?
Frankly, AI might have its uses, and I've found it useful here and there, but perhaps the cons outweigh the pros...
- Tech's broken promises: Streaming is now just as expensive and confusing as cable. Ubers cost as much as taxis. And the cloud is no longer cheap.www.businessinsider.com Tech's broken promises: Streaming is now just as expensive and confusing as cable. Ubers cost as much as taxis. And the cloud is no longer cheap.
Some tech is getting pricier and looking a lot like the older services it was supposed to beat. Namely video streaming, ride-hailing, and cloud computing.
- China Is Rapidly Building Nuclear Power Plants as the Rest of the World Stallswww.bloomberg.com China Is Rapidly Building Nuclear Power Plants as the Rest of the World Stalls
The world’s second-largest economy is expected to leapfrog France and the US as the top source of atomic power.
- Do websites get paid by Google to promote their SSO?
I'm vaguely aware of what single sign on is. Though I don't use it, it seemed non-intrusive. The most you would see buttons to login through Google, Facebook etc.
Now some sites have an entire banner pestering you to sign in through your Google account. It has a big continue button that takes you to Google and the button to close is a small x in the corner. On mobile this banner takes up a third of the screen.
Why do this?
- Development of ternary computers at Moscow State University. Russian Virtual Computer Museum
TIL about the Soviet ternary computer, Setun, after going into a rabbit hole of nanomagnetic and ternary computing.
!Scientific staff members working on the computing machine Setun
- Any idea how to fix my phone?
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3151190
> This is replacing the normal startup sequence.
- New coating removes solar panel defects, boosts efficiency to 31%interestingengineering.com New coating removes solar panel defects, boosts efficiency to 31%
Researchers have developed a strategy for surface passivation that allows the surface defects of the perovskite layer to be smoothed out.
- The U.S. Military Is Freaked: Lasers are No Secret Weapon Against Hypersonic Missilesnationalinterest.org The U.S. Military Is Freaked: Lasers are No Secret Weapon Against Hypersonic Missiles
Despite advancements, such as the U.S. Navy’s HELIOS system and the Army’s IFPC-HEL, today's lasers can't yet reliably stop hypersonic threats.
https://archive.is/2024.08.05-032033/https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-military-freaked-lasers-are-no-secret-weapon-against-hypersonic-missiles-207436
- Anyone else with deep fascination of "analog" or "mechanical" or "visible" technology?
I'm getting a hour-glass.
Much better than a regular timer when you're doing the "Pomodoro" method and have to get something done. But I also have a nice lava-lamp, which is great when you're listening to music. And a record-player for vinyl CDs. And fidget toys for my ADHD and Autism (to stim while I'm doing something).
I'll be honest: I need eitiher:
Portability
Analog
If I can't carry it or if it's not mechanical, the i don't care.
- Kenyan DJ makes Waves With Home-made Turntable
This isn't exactly Earth-shattering news but I thought it was neat and this community might enjoy it
- Intel loses $1.6 billion as data center CPU and foundry divisions strugglewww.tomshardware.com Intel loses $1.6 billion as data center CPU and foundry divisions struggle
Gives uninspiring revenue outlook for the third quarter too.
- China could reach chip tool self-sufficiency this summer, industry veteran sayswww.scmp.com China could reach chip tool self-sufficiency this summer, industry veteran says
AMEC CEO Gerald Yin said China is on the verge of basic self-sufficiency in chip-making equipment, but is behind 5 to 10 years in quality and reliability.
https://archive.ph/54V9o
- How China’s industrial supply chain may help give rise to the ‘artificial sun’www.scmp.com How China’s industrial supply chain may help give rise to the ‘artificial sun’
Could a recent breakthrough in nuclear fusion be the start of a new global race to dominate the ‘holy grail’ of clean energy?
https://archive.ph/wlBUv
- Wind and solar to surpass 40% of China’s power capacity by year-endwww.scmp.com Wind and solar to surpass 40% of China’s power capacity by year-end
China is making progress in cleaning up its act on cutting down the use of coal in its power generation mix, as the share of the dirty fuel falls below renewables for the first time.
https://archive.ph/pk6Tc
- OpenAI could be on the brink of bankruptcy in under 12 months, with projections of $5 billion in losseswww.windowscentral.com OpenAI could be on the brink of bankruptcy in under 12 months, with projections of $5 billion in losses
OpenAI might need another round of funding to remain afloat.
- Europe Is in Danger of Regulating Its Tech Market Out of Existence
This is what happens when you rely on American tech companies. Apple is pulling shit with Europe, the home of "civilisation", that feels like it's straight out of a stupid reality show over regulations regarding sideloading and privacy. And clowns like this will regurgigate the dumbest and the most worn-out libertarian shit in first tier media outlets.
Tbh I don't get the point behind GDPR. Is it genuinely meant to ensure privacy to some extent or is it just some form of protectionism against American tech companies?
- Supercomputing icon warns that China could have the world's fastest supercomputerswww.tomshardware.com Supercomputing icon warns that China could have the world's fastest supercomputers
Supercomputer expert thinks China has better supercomputers than the U.S.
- Apple's Supply Chain Rebalancing: Overcoming Challenges in India and Returning to Chinese Productionwww.gizchina.com Apple's Supply Chain Rebalancing: Overcoming Challenges in India and Returning to Chinese Production
Apple supply chain: Apple shifts iPhone production back to China after facing quality and other production issues in India.
- China sets launch date for world’s first thorium molten salt nuclear power plantwww.scmp.com China sets launch date for world’s first thorium molten salt nuclear power plant
A molten salt nuclear power plant that uses thorium as fuel instead of uranium is set to be built in the Gobi Desert.
https://archive.is/Duk35
- CrowdStrike says hackers are threatening to leak sensitive information on adversarieswww.nbcnews.com CrowdStrike says hackers are threatening to leak sensitive information about adversaries
The company said some of its information had already been released.
- As geopolitical tensions grow, many employees have decided that a career with the Silicon Valley tech giant isn’t worth giving up the comforts of home.restofworld.org Pressured to relocate, Microsoft’s AI engineers in China must choose between homeland and career
As geopolitical tensions grow, many employees have decided that a career with the Silicon Valley tech giant isn’t worth giving up the comforts of home.
- The bizarre secrets I found investigating corrupt Winamp skins [No CWs, only cool stuff]jordaneldredge.com The bizarre secrets I found investigating corrupt Winamp skins
I started looking through corrupt Winamp skins and it lead me down some very strange rabbit holes
- Basically, a good way to never trust "it's okay, the data is anonymized" again is simply knowing what the "Hemisphere Program" is.mastodon.social mcc (@mcc@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image Basically, a good way to never trust "it's okay, the data is anonymized" again is simply knowing what the "Hemisphere Program" is. https://www.eff.org/cases/hemisphere In short, the US government got access to number from, number to, datetime, length and sometimes location infor...
As an aside, I'm very much convinced that Signal's primary objective is to gather phone numbers in order to facilitate the US government tracing social networks of people who are already of interest Their main focus isn't on what these people are discussing, they want to know who is talking to whom first and foremost. Signal's subpar user experience is a feature from this perspective. Due to its inconvenience for the average person, those with a strong need or desire to communicate sensitive information are more likely to utilize it.
- AI models collapse when trained on recursively generated datawww.nature.com AI models collapse when trained on recursively generated data - Nature
Analysis shows that indiscriminately training generative artificial intelligence on real and generated content, usually done by scraping data from the Internet, can lead to a collapse in the ability of the models to generate diverse high-quality output.
- Chinese researchers develop ultralight sunlight-powered micro aerial vehicle for sustained flight
the paper https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07609-4
- Huawei patent reveals 3nm-class process technology plans — China continues to move forward despite US sanctionswww.tomshardware.com Huawei patent reveals 3nm-class process technology plans — China continues to move forward despite US sanctions
Huawei and SMIC could produce 3nm chips using DUV tools and multi patterning.
- Russiagate cheerleaders, spy agency links: what you need to know about CrowdStrike, the firm behind the global IT outagewww.rt.com Russiagate cheerleaders, spy agency links: what you need to know about CrowdStrike, the firm behind the global IT outage
A leading name in cybersecurity, Crowdstrike was deeply involved in the ‘Russiagate’ hoax
> Before a faulty software update dragged the company’s name into global headlines on Friday, Crowdstrike had a long history of involvement with US intelligence agencies, and played a key role in the ‘Russiagate’ hoax. > > Crowdstrike released a defective update to its cloud-based security software on Friday that left an array of users around the world – including banks, airlines, media outlets, and government agencies – unable to use their IT systems. > > The company issued a fix within several hours of the problem being identified, but thousands of flights remained canceled or delayed into Friday afternoon, while hospitals, police departments, and businesses continued to report issues getting back online.
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>Less than a year after Crowdstrike was founded, Kurtz and Alperovitch brought on board former FBI Executive Assistant Director Shawn Henry to head up its cybersecurity consultation wing. By 2014, Henry’s department was issuing a flurry of hacking and espionage accusations against China, Russia, and North Korea, with information provided by Crowdstrike helping the US Justice Department issue indictments that summer against five Chinese military officers who allegedly hacked US energy corporations.
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> Crowdstrike was hired by the US Democratic National Committee to investigate the theft of data from its servers in 2016. Published by WikiLeaks, the data revealed that the DNC had rigged the Democratic primary against Bernie Sanders, and that Hillary Clinton had effectively paid to control the committee. > > Crowdstrike concluded that Russia was behind the breach, with Henry testifying to Congress that the company “saw activity that we believed was consistent with activity we’d seen previously and had associated with the Russian government.”
- Signal downplays encryption key flaw, fixes it after X drama
I really don't understand why so many people like Signal. It's an utter piece of shit in terms of UX, has questionable security practices, harvests phone numbers, and it's located on a central server in US.
- Shenzhen plans autonomous bus fleet as China accelerates driverless vehicle testswww.scmp.com Shenzhen plans autonomous bus fleet as China accelerates driverless vehicle tests
Shenzhen plans to have 20 driverless buses on the road by the end of 2024, which comes amid safety and job loss concerns over autonomous driving tech.
https://archive.ph/fYNrk
- China escapes Microsoft outage, thanks to Beijing’s tech self-sufficiency drivewww.scmp.com China escapes Microsoft outage, thanks to Beijing’s tech self-sufficiency drive
The Microsoft Windows outage that affected foreign businesses and luxury hotels in China on Friday left the country’s key infrastructure unaffected.
- YJ-21: China gives H-6K nuclear bomber hypersonic missile upgradeinterestingengineering.com YJ-21: China gives H-6K nuclear bomber hypersonic missile upgrade
China showcases its hypersonic strength with the integration of YJ-21 missiles on its H-6K bombers, marking a significant milestone.
