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kippinitreal@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•ASML to open Beijing facility despite US sanctions on ChinaEnglish
5·9 months agoThis could actually be why they’re entering China. Emerging economies might buy much cheaper older tech from Chinese machines instead of cutting edge &expensive ASML machines… Once the tech is out, Pandoras box can’t be unopened (from ASML’s perspective). Stifling Chinese adoption early might make any Chinese competitor nonviable without govt support. Overall might be worth any retribution from the US.
kippinitreal@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Gaming Analyst Says There's "Hope" In The Industry That Grand Theft Auto 6 Will Cost $100English
4·11 months agoMost consumers aren’t reasonable consumers like you though. Peer pressure & curiosity is one helluva draw.
kippinitreal@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Gaming Analyst Says There's "Hope" In The Industry That Grand Theft Auto 6 Will Cost $100English
111·11 months agoI seriously doubt there’ll be meaningful DLC and that the story will be long/entertaining. See the critically acclaimed RDR2,has no big DLC. I doubt it’ll ever come down to $20
I suspect it’ll be a vehicle to push GTA Online 6 or whatever. Even with that, it’ll still be $100. I also doubt it’ll come to steam till 5 years down the line. These are usual Rockstar & 2K shenanigans.
Not being cynical, being (relatively) realistic. Rockstar has a track record of demanding exorbitant prices & fans paying them.
kippinitreal@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Salesforce Will Hire No More Software Engineers in 2025, Says Marc BenioffEnglish
1·11 months agoOur organization notified all they’re shifting to SAP HANA from salesforce. I have no clue what any of that means.
kippinitreal@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Brazil shuts BYD factory site over 'slavery' conditionsEnglish
13·1 year agoAbsolutely, ignorance is tantamount to complicity. Especially since BYD will earn a profit on their slave labor.
I’d love if it were Linux but its probably macs, mostly due to their superior battery life (compared to Windows).
Anecdotally my parents bit the bullet switched to Macs after using Windows 11 and all its unnecessary changes from 10. It was death by a thoudand cuts for them, where simple processes like search and printers are radically different than before. If they gotta learn a new system, might as well learn something that works.
kippinitreal@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Canadian news companies sue OpenAI | TechCrunchEnglish
3·1 year agoGood luck to them! It’d be interesting to see how they prove scraping. Like do you find something unique to your website & then prompt the model to give you just that? So you use the citation/reference features that link to your websites?
Knowing the slimeballs at OpenAI I’d wager they’d have covered their tracks.
EDIT To be clear, I’m not suggesting they deleted evidence, but they “laundered” the data via a public training dataset like Eluther AI’s “the pile”.
kippinitreal@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Google is inserting search links into webpages in the Google App nowEnglish
4·1 year agoI feel sorry for website maintainers at this point, they gotta deal with a broken ad supported business model, AI web scrapers, dwindling viewership, and now google modifying their pages without their knowledge. Like people who just want to share interesting stuff with the world and make a living off of their work have to deal with this crap.
kippinitreal@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Bluesky Social surpasses 19 million users as more celebrities leave XEnglish
2·1 year agoWell its not organic at all. I remember it’d create a Threads account for you even if you interacted with a Threads post while logged into Instagram. Kinda shady to boast about such numbers imo.
kippinitreal@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Peter Todd in hiding after being “unmasked” as bitcoin creatorEnglish
213·1 year agoHoback argues
In any case, says Hoback, the identity of the real Satoshi is a matter of public interest. “This person is potentially on track to become the wealthiest on Earth,” says Hoback. “If countries are considering adopting this in their treasuries or making it legal tender, the idea that there’s potentially this anonymous figure out there who controls one-twentieth of the total supply of digital gold is pretty important.”
Currently bitcoin or any block chain based currency is more of a grift than financial freedom. However countries like El Salvador have taken it up as official currency, so real lives can be affected by whoever holds that bitcoin stockpile.
kippinitreal@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Apple told to pay back €13bn in tax by EUEnglish
3·1 year agoFixed & noted. Thanks!
kippinitreal@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Apple told to pay back €13bn in tax by EUEnglish
46·1 year agoThey greedy af. They’ve lobbied (bribed?) to keep the corp taxes as low as possible. Then they go Double Irish with Dutch Sandwich and NOT pay the low taxes anyways. If we were to tax them appropriately then it’d be a helluva lot more than 13b imo
kippinitreal@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Dark mode’s bright future: How dark mode will transform Wikipedia’s accessibilityEnglish
4·1 year agoDidn’t Google’s lighthouse have a metric for that? “Colour Contrast ratio” or something?
kippinitreal@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•CATL battery successfully powers electric plane with 1,800-mile civil aircraft expectedEnglish
31·1 year agoValid*PublicSorry, I think I chose the wrong word, I mean Public i.e., not conspiratorial.
kippinitreal@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•CATL battery successfully powers electric plane with 1,800-mile civil aircraft expectedEnglish
185·1 year agoThis is really great. Wendover Productions made an excellent video about electrification of flights a while ago.
Now the real question is: will world governments allow this Chinese technology into their countries? Protectionism is a
valid*public reason to deny it, but I wonder if denying Chinese tech under the guise of national security a last ditch attempt from big oil lobbyists?Or is that too far fetched and I’m just way to cynical.
kippinitreal@lemmy.worldto
World News@lemmy.ml•China's commercial 'artificial sun' achieves first discharge
1·1 year agoIn your guys opinion, is that good or bad? Privately funded would mean proprietary & profit driven implementation for such a crucial technology (if successful). I personally don’t like it.
kippinitreal@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AIEnglish
0·2 years agoI think Windows 11 was supposed to be that clean break. They’ve reimplemented a lot of core functionality compared to XP & 7. If they’re still getting breached then they obviously aren’t serious about security.
kippinitreal@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AIEnglish
0·2 years agoMicrosoft focused on security at this point is like a builder focusing on building strong foundations now that the house is built on top.
It’s a little too late my dudes.
kippinitreal@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft has blocked the bypass that allowed you to create a local account during Windows 11 setup by typing in a blocked email addressEnglish
10·2 years agoAbsolutely, however I think there is indifference or complacency in lay tech users. It might help open a few eyes if shown effects in peoples personal lives. For example, asking have you been getting obscene number of spam/robo-calls? That’s because your info was either stolen or sold by the company’s you shared it with. That would make the effect hit home better I think.
I remember when there was news that Facebook was listening to your conversations and suggesting ads when you logged in. Even if untrue it creeped people out, some even quitting Facebook entirely. Maybe something like that can happen with MS and they back off. Or better yet we legislate the shit out of tech companies, follow the EU way.

Something creepy about this, though.