Doctors face-palm as RFK Jr.’s top vaccine advisor questions need for polio shot
The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel under anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made his stance clear on vaccines in a podcast last...
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Why has Microsoft been routing example.com traffic to a company in Japan?
From the Department of Bizarre Anomalies: Microsoft has suppressed an unexplained anomaly on its network that was routing traffic destined to example.com—a domain reserved for testing...
Read moreCreate a Tiny Telephone Exchange with an Analog Telephone Adapter
An analog telephone adapter (ATA), or FXS gateway, is a device that allows traditional analog phones to be connected to a digital voice-over-IP (VoIP) network. In...
Read moreApple’s AirTag 2 is easier to find thanks to new chip
Apple is introducing a new version of its AirTag tracking device—simply dubbed “the new AirTag”—and claims it offers substantial improvements thanks to a new Bluetooth chip....
Read more“Wildly irresponsible”: DOT’s use of AI to draft safety rules sparks concerns
The US Department of Transportation apparently thinks it’s a good idea to use artificial intelligence to draft rules impacting the safety of airplanes, cars, and pipelines,...
Read moreAMD Squeezing Out More More ROCm/HIP Performance With New Device-Side PGO
Compiler profile guided optimization (PGO) techniques have paid off well for increasing CPU performance via application/workload-specific profiles fed back to the compiler to make more informed...
Read moreThe best Bluetooth trackers for Apple and Android phones
Bluetooth trackers come in all shapes and sizes. | Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge Some people rarely lose things. Wallets are always exactly where they’re...
Read moreClawdbot triggers a run on Mac Minis
Clawdbot drives Mac Mini sales, Swizec Teller on the future of software engineering being SRE, Daniel Stenberg decided to end curl’s bug bounty program, zerobrew takes...
Read moreOpenAI’s president is a Trump mega-donor
OpenAI’s co-founder and longtime president, Greg Brockman, didn’t just make a run-of-the-mill donation to the main pro-Trump super PAC – together, he and his wife Anna’s...
Read moreRedditors Are Mounting a Resistance Against ICE
A user from r/Minneapolis was among the first to share footage of federal agents shooting Alex Pretti. Following his death, subreddits about football, cats, and embroidery...
Read moreGoogle will settle its Assistant spying lawsuit for $68 million
Google could owe you some money, now that it’s moving to settle a class-action lawsuit over how it handled recordings captured when its devices were activated...
Read moreApple’s luxe AirPods Max have dropped to one of their lowest prices ever
All colors are on sale right now, including the attractive blue shade. If you prefer over-ear headphones to earbuds and own an iPhone or another Apple...
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