Month: January 2022

Ohio Lured Intel’s Chip Plant with a $2 Billion Incentive Package

Ohio promised Intel roughly $2 billion in tax breaks and incentives to attract its $20 billion chip-making factory to the state, according to the Associated Press. The state’s development director tells them it may be the biggest economic development deal in history. Intel’s hoping it creates a powerful new technology hub in the Midwest, while…


China reveals draft laws that heavily restrict deepfakes

Big Tech gets hauled in and reminded of its responsibility to keep China’s internet nice The Chinese government has unveiled a draft law clamping down on deepfakes – the practice of using AI to adapt existing digital content into realistic simulations of humans.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Telstra Purple looks to industrial IoT with pair of acquisitions

Telco’s service arm picks up Aqura Technologies and Alliance Automation, which will add around 350 staff. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Netflix: All the TV shows and movies coming in February 2022 – CNET

February is a huge month for Netflix, here’s what’s coming… …read more Source:: CNet


Wikimedia Foundation Urged to Stop Accepting Cryptocurrency Donations

Software engineer Molly White has been a Wikipedia editor since 2006 (and also served several terms on the site’s Arbitration Committee). White is now a Wikipedia administrator and functionary — and just published an Opinion piece opposing the continued acceptance of cryptocurrency donations for the Wikimedia Foundation. Here’s an excerpt from White’s remarks in The…


Retro Gaming With Retro Joysticks

One of the biggest reasons for playing older video games on original hardware is that emulators and modern controllers can’t replicate the exact feel of how those games would have been originally experienced. This is true of old PC games as well, so if you want to use your original Sidewinder steering wheel or antique…


Ozark season 4: What to remember before watching – CNET

Before diving into the new season, here are all the major story details to remember. …read more Source:: CNet


Google dips into India Digitization Fund for telco Bharti Airtel

Pledges work on ‘mutually agreed commercial initiatives’ – such as figuring out how to use 5G Google has dipped into its $10 billion India Digitization Fund to have local wireless carrier Bharti Airtel work with it on “mutually agreed commercial initiatives.”… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Prime Video: The 33 best TV shows to watch – CNET

Watch the new Reacher TV series this week. …read more Source:: CNet


Hackaday Links: January 30, 2022

After all the fuss and bother along the way, it seems a bit anticlimactic now that the James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at its forever home orbiting around L2. The observatory finished its trip on schedule, arriving on January 24 in its fully deployed state, after a one-month journey and a couple of hundred…