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A look at the impact of 34 US bitcoin mines and their extreme demand for energy, as the cost of electricity for locals increases in Texas and other areas — Bitcoin mines cash in on electricity — by devouring it, selling it, even turning it off — and they cause immense pollution.
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Apple's Mac shipments fell 40.5% YoY globally in Q1 2023, the largest drop among PC makers, as combined PC shipments fell 29% YoY to 56.9M units — Weak demand, excess inventory, and a worsening macroeconomic climate were all contributing factors for the precipitous drop in shipments …
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[Thread] A look at a report from FTX debtors on the company's control failures, like awful recordkeeping, lying about using cold wallets, and sloppy key storage — The new team in charge of the FTX bankruptcy have released their first interim report on the failures of control at FTX and related businesses. It's 43 pages long, let's go through it 🧵 https://www.courtlistener.com/ ...
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Some Twitter users report that their Circle tweets, intended for a smaller group of people, are showing up in others' For You feeds — PSA: do not post your deepest darkest secrets on your Twitter Circle. — Numerous Twitter users are reporting a bug in which Circle tweets …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube adds Premium features, including enhanced bitrate 1080p videos on iOS and the web for “extra crisp and clear” content and support for Apple's SharePlay — YouTube Premium, the $11.99 per month ad-free version of YouTube, is today introducing a number of new features aimed at attracting and retaining subscribers.
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In a reversal, Twitter lets users like, retweet, and reply to tweets with Substack links, but searches with “Substack” still just give results for “newsletter” — In a reversal of a limitation the platform put in place earlier in the week, Twitter is once again allowing users …
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| Avram Piltch / Tom's Hardware: |
Raspberry Pi launches the browser-based Raspberry Pi Code Editor in beta, initially supporting Python, aiming to help young people learn to code — New editor is integrated with Python lessons. — When we think about Raspberry Pi, we normally picture single-board computers …
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
TSMC reports Q1 revenue up 3.6% YoY to ~$16.7B, below analysts forecasts, and March revenue down 15% YoY to ~$4.8B as electronics demand continues to fall — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. missed sales estimates for the second consecutive quarter in a sign of continued weakness in global electronics demand.
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Experts say Micron was an obvious first target for China after US sanctions, but Beijing is unlikely to retaliate further due to its reliance on US chips — Analysts see memory-chip maker Micron as obvious first choice but say China will tread cautiously on further retaliation| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
As Congress weighs regulating AI, consumer advocates and the tech industry converge on Washington, DC to influence US lawmakers, most of whom lack AI expertise — After years of inaction on Big Tech — and the explosive success of ChatGPT — lawmakers aim to avoid similar mistakes with artificial intelligence
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| Nicolas Parasie / Bloomberg: |
Emirates Telecom plans to buy a 50.03% stake in Careem, the super app owned by Uber's Middle East unit, for $400M; Uber will own Careem's ride-hailing business — Emirates Telecommunications Group will buy a $400 million stake in the super app developed by Uber Technologies Inc.'s Middle Eastern subsidiary …
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Sources: ~270 US Apple Stores held staff meetings about unionization risks in the past two weeks, using a unionized Towson, Maryland store as a cautionary tale — Apple is continuing its push to keep retail stores from unionizing. Also: A deep look inside efforts to diversify the company's product …
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