Just saying “AI” is good for business but it’s even better if you make chips, especially for Samsung after suffering a major slump in 2023. Here’s Reuters with the year-on-year comparison:
The world’s largest memory chip, smartphone and TV maker estimated its operating profit rose to 10.4 trillion won ($7.54 billion) in the quarter ended June 30, from 670 billion won a year earlier.
“We have won the war on floppy disks on June 28!” said Japan’s Digital Minister Taro Kono to Reuters for its report:
Japan’s government has finally eliminated the use of floppy disks in all its systems, two decades since their heyday, reaching a long-awaited milestone in a campaign to modernize the bureaucracy.
Back in 2019, the US finally stopped using 8-inch floppy disks to coordinate the country’s nuclear forces.
That’s what the drone company’s official Instagram account seems to be teasing under a new Amflow Bikes brand, built around a DJI Avinox mid-drive motor. A formal announcement is scheduled for Wednesday, July 3rd at 3AM ET — that’s 9AM CET in Germany just as the Eurobike show kicks off tomorrow.
That’s the ol’ internet axiom that ran through my head as I read this New York Times roundup of T&C changes that have quietly occurred over the last year, coinciding with the need to feed the hungry AI machines with more and more data. The piece does a good job of showing the before and after language using images like this one for Google:
Casey Newton shines a light on the increasingly common social media scam that primarily targets teen boys in his most recent Platformer newsletter:
But when a terrifying scam comes along that has led to at least 20 confirmed deaths in the past two years, a whole stack of investigations can’t seem to get a conversation going. [...] Perhaps the surgeon general, instead of his new ham-fisted campaign against every risk that social media presents, could warn parents about this one.
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Yelp is adding searchable accessibility attributes that make it easier to find businesses that meet mobility, hearing, and vision accessibility needs, but only if business owners add the new attributes to their listings.
The app and website will start automatically adding AI-powered alt text to restaurant, bar, and nightlife photos for people using screen readers — available on desktop starting today.
