Day: August 20, 2021

Since Apple announced it was working on a technology for detecting child sexual abuse material (CSAM), the system has been a lightning rod for controversy. Now, two Princeton University academics say they know the tool Apple built is open to abuse because they spent years […]

If viral TikTok songs like Dr. Dog’s “Where’d All the Time Go?” or Bo Burnham’s “Bezos I” weren’t already stuck in your head on loop, now they could be. Today SiriusXM launched a TikTok Radio channel, which features TikTok creators as channel hosts. The station […]

Paul Di Filippo is the author of many science fiction books, including The Steampunk Trilogy, Ribofunk, and WikiWorld. His new novel The Summer Thieves is a picaresque adventure modeled on the work of Jack Vance. “I like to always challenge myself with new arenas of […]

Three University of Michigan students are building Channels Inc., a communication software tailored for physical workers, and already racking up some big customers in the event management industry. Siddharth Kaul, 18, Elan Rosen, 20, and Ibrahim Mohammed, 20, started the company after finding some common […]

Microsoft has reportedly released Windows Server 2022 without much fanfare.  As announced last month, Microsoft has switched the Windows Server releases to the Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) channel, and will be supported for a decade with five years of mainstream support and another five […]

All’appello non mancano i luoghi storici, quasi tutti, e per qualcuno che non ci sarà arriveranno le new entry, in periferia ma non solo. Le folle delle passate edizioni resteranno, almeno per quest’anno, un ricordo e prima che la stella del design torni a brillare […]

Disinformation, misinformation, infotainment, algowars — if the debates over the future of media the past few decades have meant anything, they’ve at least left a pungent imprint on the English language. There’s been a lot of invective and fear over what social media is doing […]

Tesla founder Elon Musk is known for creating a boundary-pushing electric car brand, an underground tunnel-building company that also makes flamethrowers, and a rocket company that carries people and gear into space.  If the controversial billionaire has his way, he’ll soon add another title to […]

Bullish investors view bitcoin as digital gold and a hedge against inflation, expecting it to appreciate over time. Both bitcoin and gold prices have swung … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit