2022-10-10
maybe some good will come out if this, such as improving security of the code https://twitter.com/...
Tom's Hardware
Intel confirms its proprietary UEFI code appears to have been leaked by a third party; the Alder Lake BIOS source code was leaked to 4chan and GitHub
Hack's perpetrator and origins remain unknown. — We recently broke the news that Intel's Alder Lake BIOS source code had been leaked …
2022-09-11
The death of physical SIM cards will both make it more difficult for hobbyists to build cellular projects and one will lose the advantages of keeping moving their contact list from phone to phone by keeping it on the SIM card itself. https://twitter.com/...
CNET
Mint Mobile, US Mobile, and Boost Mobile say eSIM as the only option for US iPhone 14 models “democratizes connectivity” by letting users easily switch carriers
Mint Mobile, Boost Mobile and US Mobile see room for growth as eSIM technology could make switching networks even easier.
2022-03-15
Follows my prediction that the iPhone 14 Pro will be USB-C to comply with EU and therefore push higher cost phones in the EU. Apple can easily say it is the EU's fault. https://twitter.com/...
MacRumors
Kuo: iPhone 14 Pro models will get the A16 chip and 6GB of LPDDR 5 RAM, and the basic iPhone 14 models will keep the A15 Bionic chip and get 6GB of LPDDR 4X RAM
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors : Source: @mingchikuo .
2022-03-14
Follows my prediction that the iPhone 14 Pro will be USB-C to comply with EU and therefore push higher cost phones in the EU. Apple can easily say it is the EU's fault. https://twitter.com/...
MacRumors
Kuo: iPhone 14 Pro models will get the A16 chip and 6GB of LPDDR 5 RAM, and the basic iPhone 14 models will keep the A15 Bionic chip and get 6GB of LPDDR 4X RAM
Only the iPhone 14 Pro models will have the “A16” chip, while the standard iPhone 14 models will retain the A15 Bionic chip from the iPhone 13 … Source: @mingchikuo .
2021-09-27
The problem with this is that once you heavily depend on their Cloud service, they can raise the price in the future. Always architect for change when depending upon paid infrastructure. https://twitter.com/...
CNBC
Source: Google Cloud Platform to slash its revenue share from 20% to 3% for third-party software on its cloud marketplace, matching Microsoft's cut
2021-09-06
After reading this I am now thinking that people invested in this have gone all-in with the “being popular on social media” and have money to spend with a bit of FOMO and delusions of grandeur. https://twitter.com/...
Platformer
Interview with Dom Hofmann on how and why he created Loot, the communities, creativity, and NFT speculation it spawned, and the future of the project
This hyperbolic delusion of grandeur is covering something of future merit. An automated workflow is nothing new. Extending it to governance is evolutionary. https://twitter.com/...
Crypto x Creator Economy
A look at the mechanics behind Community DAOs, including Flamingo and Fingerprints, which collect blue chip NFTs to raise funds via NFT “drops”
Patrick Rivera / Crypto x Creator Economy : Tweets: @mattk , @albiverse , and @patrickxrivera Tweets: Matt / @mattk : This hyperbolic delusion of grandeur is covering something of...
2021-09-05
After reading this I am now thinking that people invested in this have gone all-in with the “being popular on social media” and have money to spend with a bit of FOMO and delusions of grandeur. https://twitter.com/...
Platformer
Interview with Dom Hofmann on how and why he created Loot, the communities, creativity, and NFT speculation it spawned, and the future of the project
Loot (and Vine) creator Dom Hofmann on creating an open-source, decentralized game / financial asset / art project / metaverse (?)
2021-09-04
After reading this I am now thinking that people invested in this have gone all-in with the “being popular on social media” and have money to spend with a bit of FOMO and delusions of grandeur. https://twitter.com/...
Platformer
Interview with Dom Hofmann on how and why he created Loot, the communities, creativity, and NFT speculation it spawned, and the future of the project
Loot (and Vine) creator Dom Hofmann on creating an open-source, decentralized game / financial asset / art project / metaverse (?)
2021-09-02
It's too early to declare a winner. Bitcoin is the most popular but is bad on many facets. Ethereum has issues too. https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
How Ethereum's increase in value, up 350% this year, and the rise of NFTs and DeFi have dampened enthusiasm for Bitcoin as the most essential crypto
2021-06-20
Why can't this water be passively cooled and re-used? I'm sure there is a good explanation, but it seems this could be solvable. https://twitter.com/...
NBC News
Drought-stricken communities in the US push back against data centers' water usage; a typical data center uses same water per day as a city of 30K-50K people
On May 17, the City Council of Mesa, Arizona, approved the $800 million development of an enormous data center …
I predict this to be an ongoing issue. https://twitter.com/...
VICE
Some US unemployment applicants say facial recognition models used by ID verification service ID.me are failing to identify them, locking them out of benefits
Todd Feathers / VICE :
2021-04-09
I'm not sure I can receive more LinkedIn spam than I do legitimately, so no worries. https://twitter.com/...
Insider
Report: hackers scraped data of 500M LinkedIn users and posted it for sale online; LinkedIn confirms the dataset includes publicly viewable info from its site
- Personal data from 500 million LinkedIn users has been scraped and is reportedly for sale on a hacking forum.
2021-02-26
Being selective shows this is a farce. You either follow the recommendations or not. All theater. https://twitter.com/...
Engadget
Facebook responds to the Oversight Board's 17 recommendations and commits to action on 11 of them, most of which focus on increasing transparency
very few places where Facebook says it “has done X,” lots of places where they vaguely gesture toward “ing” something https://about.fb.com/... https://twitter.com/... Matt / @mattk...
Being selective shows this is a farce. You either follow the recommendations or not. All theater. https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
In reply to Oversight rulings, Facebook says it won't loosen COVID-19 misinfo policy, but will test letting users know whether a post was removed by a human
It will test telling people whether a human or robot deleted their post — Facebook has decided whether to adopt recommendations …
2021-02-08
2 approaches: silicon meta-lens here, or single optical lens without distortions (equation solved) https://twitter.com/...
Wired
A look at Metalenz, which aims to replace multiple lens elements in smartphone cameras with a single lens system that utilizes optical metasurfaces technology
2021-02-07
Whoa. This is odd and his initial tones of zoned dystopian deserts. I must tag @bruces https://twitter.com/...
Associated Press
Draft bill in Nevada to establish “Innovation Zones” would let tech companies with large areas of land form governments with the same authority as counties
2021-01-22
I see gorgeous hardware every time, then they talk about their software and I walk away. https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra review: beautiful screen with high refresh rate and a great camera system but let down by software with ads and subpar Bixby
2020-12-14
Is this part of his declared declassification strategy? https://twitter.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Source: Treasury's hackers used a flaw in a SolarWinds product; SolarWinds, which touts 300K+ customers, says the flaw was the result of a “supply chain attack”
Russia's foreign intelligence service is suspected of being behind effort to breach government networks
Is this part of his declared declassification strategy? https://twitter.com/...
Reuters
Sources: state sponsored hackers monitored internal emails at US Treasury and broke into National Telecommunications and Information Administration's Office 365
Christopher Bing / Reuters :