Enlarge / One thing you can say about this crypto wallet: You can’t confuse it for any other. Getty Images reader comments 45 The Snap Store, where containerized Snap apps are distributed for Ubuntu’s Linux distribution, has been attacked for months by fake crypto wallet uploads that seek to steal users’ currencies. As a result,… Read More »
reader comments 106 Broadcom has made sweeping changes to VMware’s business since acquiring the company in November 2023, killing off the perpetually licensed versions of VMware’s software and instituting large-scale layoffs. Broadcom executives have acknowledged the “unease” that all of these changes have created among VMware’s customers and partners but so far haven’t been interested… Read More »
Enlarge / A photo of Vernor Vinge in 2006. reader comments 73 On Wednesday, author David Brin announced that Vernor Vinge, sci-fi author, former professor, and father of the technological singularity concept, died from Parkinson’s disease at age 79 on March 20, 2024, in La Jolla, California. The announcement came in a Facebook tribute where… Read More »
Enlarge / A pit stop during the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix in early March evokes how the team’s manager was feeling when looking at the Excel sheet that managed the car’s build components. ALI HAIDER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images reader comments 99 There’s a new boss at a storied 47-year-old Formula 1 team, and he’s… Read More »
Getty Images reader comments 20 It seems like AI large language models (LLMs) are everywhere these days due to the rise of ChatGPT. Now, a software developer named Ishan Anand has managed to cram a precursor to ChatGPT called GPT-2—originally released in 2019 after some trepidation from OpenAI—into a working Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. It’s freely… Read More »
Enlarge / The HP Envy 6020e is one of the printers available for rent. reader comments 204 HP launched a subscription service today that rents people a printer, allots them a specific amount of printed pages, and sends them ink for a monthly fee. HP is framing its service as a way to simplify printing… Read More »
Getty Images reader comments 95 Any Linux user trying to send the highest-resolution images to a display at the fastest frame rate is out of luck for the foreseeable future, at least when it comes to an HDMI connection. The licensing group that controls the HDMI standard, the HDMI Forum, has reportedly told AMD that… Read More »
Enlarge / A gas station displays an out-of-order sign on February 29, 2024 in New Zealand. reader comments 70 Today is Leap Day, meaning that for the first time in four years, it’s February 29. That’s normally a quirky, astronomical factoid (or a very special birthday for some). But that unique calendar date broke gas… Read More »
Getty Images reader comments 40 Avast, a name known for its security research and antivirus apps, has long offered Chrome extensions, mobile apps, and other tools aimed at increasing privacy. Avast’s apps would “block annoying tracking cookies that collect data on your browsing activities,” and prevent web services from “tracking your online activity.” Deep in… Read More »
Enlarge / A photo of Galactic Compass running on an iPhone. Matt Webb / Getty Images reader comments 51 On Thursday, designer Matt Webb unveiled a new iPhone app called Galactic Compass, which always points to the center of the Milky Way galaxy—no matter where Earth is positioned on our journey through the stars. The… Read More »