Monday, 7 August 2023

RIP Bram Moolenaar: Coding world mourns Vim creator

:wq buddy

Obit  Dutch free software developer Bram Moolenaar has died. He was 62. His Vim text editor is probably one of the single most widely used Linux programs of all time.…

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Lawrence Livermore lab repeats fusion breakthrough – yep, still kinda works

Greater yield than last year, but don't ditch your solar panels just yet

Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California have repeated their breakthrough fusion experiment, which nominally produced more energy than it consumed.…

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Graphene foam is the future of IoT power, say Scottish boffins

An electrically charged spring in your step

A group of Scottish engineers claim to have come up with a new way to harvest the electricity wasted by everyday human movement: electrically conductive foam.…

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TV and film extras are afraid generative AI will copy their faces and bodies to take their jobs

Plus: Apple has spent $22.1B on research for generative AI, and Kickstarter introduces new AI policies

AI in brief  Production companies are scanning the faces and bodies of actors and actresses, who fear their likeness will be used to create fake AI doubles for TV shows and films in the future.…

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Another thing you can blame AI for: Cloud grows but server shipments are down

Investment shifts to meet demand, say analysts. And demand is based on FOMO. WCGW?

The cloud market continues to grow, but at a slowly declining rate, while investment is shifting to meet the demand for AI services, diverting spending away from other projects.…

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We'd pay good money to see... oh dear, Elon Musk 'needs an MRI scan'

What does this mean for his cage fight against Zuck? YOU DECIDE

Opinion  Unreliable billionaire Elon Musk appears adamant that his cage fight with rival social media mogul Mark Zuckerberg will actually go ahead.…

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Bitfinder: The First Ever Crypto Search Engine Built Powered By Bitfinder Algorithm

Bitffinder company, a leading innovator in the world of blockchain technology, is thrilled to introduce Bitfinder, the first-ever

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Google launches $99 a night Hotel Mountain View for hybrid workers

And pandemic video conferencing poster child Zoom ushers staff back into the office for two days a week

Google is pitching another strategy to convince Googlers to return to the office, specifically the campus at Mountain View HQ: offer them a night in an on-site hotel for $99 where they can simply crawl to their desk the following day.…

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Fujitsu pulls the plug on European client PC sales

Clock is ticking on April 2024 withdrawal

Fujitsu has confirmed to The Register that it will cease selling all personal computers in Europe beginning in spring next year.…

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NFTs: The Digital Renaissance of Art and Creativity

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have sparked a digital renaissance, revolutionizing the art and creative industries. By tokenizing digital art

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