Vivo’s X300 Ultra has the best cameras in any phone
…Its €1,999 (about $2,340) price certainly isn’t cheap, and its photography accessories add on hundreds more, though it costs about the same as a 1TB iPhone 17 Pro Max…
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GitHub faces a fight for its survival at Microsoft
…I warned at the time that the migration could lead to outages along the way, due to the complex MySQL clusters that GitHub manages. The ensuing outages have angered developers inside and…
Privacy
…Google Meta’s historic loss in court could cost a lot more than $375 million Lauren Feiner May 2 Congress keeps kicking surveillance reform down the road Gaby Del Valle Apr 30…
Microsoft AI chief on why it’s ‘dangerous’ to call AI ‘alive’
…The squads are mixed interdisciplinary subgroups that are focused on a specific mission, and they don’t necessarily ladder up to the manager. They actually are run by a DRI, and the…
The Fitbit Air takes a smarter approach to the AI health dumpster fire
…Google Health Coach was great in the sense that it’s been able to craft fitness plans for me that prioritize muscle retention and set a more manageable step goal of 5…
Trans teens want to talk about their future
…Kaiser Permanente, one of the largest providers of healthcare for trans people in California, paused providing surgical pediatric trans care. (In a statement, Kaiser Permanente spokesperson Hilary Costa said, “after significant deliberation…
Mass Transit
…Hawkins Oct 10, 2023 The annual cost of owning a car has skyrocketed in the last year to over $12K Wes Davis Aug 30, 2023 Here come the electric buses Andrew J…
SpaceX
…SpaceX targets in-house GPUs as it warns investors of chip supply, costs [ Reuters ] SpaceX cuts a deal to maybe buy Cursor for $60 billion Richard Lawler Apr 21 The SpaceX IPO…
Rivian’s software chief thinks you don’t need CarPlay or buttons
…So, we avoid the connectivity costs, and then we also don’t have to pay for the cloud inference costs. So, in the long run, it’s actually economically positive. That’s…
US Elections
…election Mia Sato Mar 21, 2025 Elon Musk’s first month of destroying America will cost us decades And things can still get worse. Elizabeth Lopatto Feb 21, 2025 Wes Davis Feb…