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| Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware: |
Raspberry Pi 500 review: the Pi 5's power in a convenient keyboard form factor with awesome thermal performance, but lacks NVMe storage and camera connections — Cramming a Raspberry Pi 5 into a keyboard — Tom's Hardware Verdict … When the Raspberry Pi 400 was released …
More: Raspberry Pi, TechCrunch, 9to5Linux, Neowin, Phoronix, The Register, CNX Software, Hackster.io, and Tao of Mac
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has been working with Sony on a months long effort to add PS VR2 controller support to visionOS; Apple has sold fewer than 500K Vision Pros — Apple and Sony have discussed forging a partnership that could change gaming on the Vision Pro. Also: Apple has a three-year road map …
More: PCMag, Financial Express, Thurrott, TechRadar, The Verge, The Indian Express, Spyglass, Push Square, The Shortcut, MacRumors, PlayStation LifeStyle, Moneycontrol, 9to5Mac, O'Grady's PowerPage, Lowyat.NET, Business Standard, nextpit, FlatpanelsHD, Beebom, Press Start, TechCrunch, Benzinga, Daring Fireball, Neowin, MIXED Reality News, Gizchina.com, iClarified, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Tom's Guide, Engadget, PhoneArena, Digital Trends, Patently Apple, AppleInsider, UploadVR, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
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X: @markgurman, @james_abev, @da_real_hugo, @chrisharihar, @anshelsag, @stevemoser, @_chuckyc, @tomwarren, @markgurman, @markgurman, @sigjudge, and @markgurman. LinkedIn: Chris Hewish
| Bloomberg: |
A look at Donald Trump's collision course with the EU over its Big Tech crackdown: targeting Elon Musk's X under the DSA, Apple's and Meta's fines, and more — - New EU commission enters with Silicon Valley in its sights — Tech leaders court Trump as EU pursues multiple probes| Margherita Bassi / Gizmodo: |
A study involving 747,604 women finds those who paid extra for AI-enhanced mammograms were 21% more likely to have breast cancer detected than those who didn't — In a study, women who chose AI-powered mammograms were 21% more likely to have cancer detected than those who didn't.
More: TechCrunch, Business Standard, and RSNA Press Releases
| SemiAnalysis: |
A look at Intel's problems, starting with 2016's 10nm node: 7/11 board members have no chip experience, most CEO options are worse than Pat Gelsinger, and more — Intel's board is incompetent and its horrible decisions over the decades are going to push it towards death.
More: Stratechery and The Register
| Jeanna Smialek / New York Times: |
How FRED, a data tool created in 1991 by the St. Louis Federal Reserve, gained a major following in recent years, hitting nearly 15M website users in 2023 — From Facebook political debates to college classrooms, the St. Louis Fed's data tool has gained a major following. — Fans post about him on social media.
Bluesky: @ryanlcooper.com and @kedseconomist.com
X: @keds_economist, @justinwolfers, and @jeannasmialek
LinkedIn: Alberto G. Musalem and Carlos Garriga
| New York Times: |
Ukrainian officials worry over Telegram, which has soared in popularity during the war with Russia, questioning if its upsides outweigh the its security risks — Telegram's Air Raids Map channel. Roughly 70 percent of Ukrainians use Telegram as a main source of news, according to a recent survey.Sasha Maslov for The New York Times| Evgeny Morozov / Boston Review: |
A look at generative AI's impact, its structural issue of concentrated power among a few companies, and utopian questions over an alternative version of AI — Critiques of artificial intelligence abound. Where's the utopian vision for what it could be? — With responses from Brian Eno …
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Bluesky: @davidakin, @markanthonyneal, @sanlambert, @pettter, and @jathansadowski.com
| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
A look at Grand Theft Auto VI, set for release in 2025 after Rockstar started development in 2018, as Rockstar tries to improve its culture after the 2022 hack — Expectations are dangerously high for the first GTA in more than a decade. — Grand Theft Auto VI isn't just going to be the biggest video game of 2025.
More: Eurogamer.net and Dexerto
| Tripp Mickle / New York Times: |
Apple faces a US lawsuit over allegedly failing to implement a system to detects and remove CSAM from iCloud, despite initially developing such a tool in 2021 — A 27-year old former child sexual abuse victim photographed anonymously with her mother. Her lawsuit against Apple claims …
More: MacRumors, Silicon Republic, Patently Apple, Neowin, PhoneArena, Engadget, Benzinga, Forbes, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, NewsBytes, and Notebookcheck
| Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: |
Chinese state media: the State Administration for Market Regulation opened an anti-monopoly investigation into Nvidia tied to its Mellanox acquisition in 2020 — - Probe from the market regulator is looking into Mellanox deal — Nvidia shares dropped in early trading after the announcement
More: Le Monde, CTech, New York Times, The Information, South China Morning Post, Nikkei Asia, Reuters, Financial Times, BNN Bloomberg, and Barron's Online. Forums: r/technology
| Daniel Zuidijk / Bloomberg: |
Researchers: Meta let 25 Facebook Pages run 4K+ ads attacking Romania's pro-EU candidate and promoting far-right figures, hitting 199M+ views since August 2024 — - Political ads promoted far-right figures including Georgescu — Network of Facebook pages shared similar, polarizing messaging
More: Financial Times, CheckFirst, CheckFirst, and Romania Insider
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