Ukraine’s Acoustic Drone Detection Network Eyed By U.S. As Low-Cost Air Defense Option. Ukraine’s network of nearly 10,000 acoustic sensors has been highly effective and the U.S. Army is interested in copying it. ⌘ Read more
Don’t Miss Out on OWC’s 14-Port Mac Thunderbolt Dock at $99.99 ($180 Off), Ending This Weekend
Last week, OWC knocked the price of the popular 14-Port Thunderbolt 3 Dock down to $99.99, from its original price of $279.99, and this deal is still around this weekend. This is a match of the all-time low price on the accessory, and the sale is set to end Sunday night.
The Idea of You, Brittany Runs a Marathon, and American Fiction are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week. ⌘ Read more
Russia using new, cheap drones to locate Ukraine’s air defense, military intelligence says ⌘ Read more
EU Designates Neo-Nazi Group “The Base” As Terrorist Outfit Organization ⌘ Read more
Heck yeah! I saw my first slow worm this year. Very cool. :-) We also came across some art in the woods. Surprisingly, the blackberries in the forest were mellower than the ones on the south side bushes with sun exposure all day long.
2024 Summer Olympics: A Self-Healing Pole Vault Pole Is One Great Leap for Sports Tech
Pole vaulting is a spectacular, dangerous sport. Modern poles could be drastically improved to make them more reliable, with healable tech being developed that could also be used in surfing and cycling. ⌘ Read more
Russian Central Bank raises interest rate to 18% amid ‘accelerated’ inflation ⌘ Read more
Step up sanctions on Russia – they’re working, say EU ministers ⌘ Read more
X Training Grok AI On Tweets Without Notifying Users
Social network X (formerly Twitter) recently activated a setting that gives it permission to train Grok AI on user tweets. All X users are opted in by default, with X failing to notify customers about the change.
The hidden setting gives X permission to use all posts, interactions, inputs, and results for “training and fine-turning” Elon Musk’s Grok AI model.
To continuous … ⌘ Read more
Steve Jobs Knew the Moment the Future Had Arrived. It’s Calling Again
In a recently uncovered 1983 speech, Steve Jobs predicted the ubiquity of personal computers. In 2024, AI has brought us to another inflection point. ⌘ Read more
Teenage Engineering TX-6 Review: A Pocket-Sized Audio Mixer
This adorable piece of pocket tech acts like a USB-C audio interface and mixing board. ⌘ Read more
A North Korean Hacker Tricked a US Security Vendor Into Hiring Him—and Immediately Tried to Hack Them
KnowBe4 detailed the incident in a recent blog post as a warning for other potential targets. ⌘ Read more
Hungary quietly takes record $1 billion loan from Chinese banks ⌘ Read more
The Best Android Phones of 2024, Tested and Reviewed
Shopping for a phone can be an ordeal. That’s why we’ve tested almost every Android phone, from the smartest to the cheapest—even phones that fold—to find those worth your money. ⌘ Read more
Between vehicles breaking, my recent fall, and tech issues, I’m ready to retreat offline for a while to gather my nerves again.
The Week of Brat Summer Will Go Down in Internet History
After Charli XCX declared that Vice President Kamala Harris “IS brat,” nothing was the same. ⌘ Read more
No, You Can’t Have a Solar-Powered Passenger Plane
Guilt-free air travel is a beautiful dream, but there’s simply no way to get enough solar energy to keep a cabin full of people in the air. ⌘ Read more
Russia would lose up to 1.8 million troops and take 5 years to capture the 4 Ukrainian regions it wants: UK army chief ⌘ Read more
Europe Is Pumping Billions Into New Military Tech
The European Commission is allocating €7.3 billion for defense research over the next seven years. From drones and tanks of the future to battleships and space intelligence, here’s what it funds. ⌘ Read more
7 Best Cheap Smartphones (2024): iPhone, Android, 5G
There’s little reason to pay top dollar for a smartphone. These iPhones and Android devices—ranging from $150 to $500—stood up to WIRED’s testing. ⌘ Read more
Former Ku Klux Klan ‘grand dragon’ reportedly advising Irish far-right groups ⌘ Read more
France’s high-speed rail network hit by arson attacks, canceling trains ahead of Olympics ⌘ Read more
France’s high-speed train network paralysed by ‘malicious acts’ ⌘ Read more
🕧 Hi, the current time is about a quarter till midnight 🌛.
My Apology ⁽²⁰²⁴⁾ ⌘ Read more
Apple Agrees to Follow President Biden’s AI Safety Guidelines
Apple has committed to a set of voluntary AI safeguards established by President Joe Biden’s administration, joining other tech giants in a move to ensure responsible AI development (via Bloomberg).
Apple is now part of the a … ⌘ Read more
純前端怎麼實現檢測版本更新，請看這篇！
背景–單頁應用（Single Page Application，簡稱 SPA）是一種現代 Web 應用程序架構，通過動態重載頁面中的部分內容來提供更流暢和更響應式的用戶體驗。由於 SPA 在客戶端（用戶的瀏覽器）運行大量的 JavaScript 代碼，並且與傳統的多頁應用不同，它不會每次操作都從服務器重新加載整個頁面內容，因此在性能和用戶體驗上有顯著優勢。然而這種應用也存在一定弊端，譬如當服務端 ⌘ Read more
小愛音箱改造篇（一）- 創意萌芽
我家裏正好有一臺沒怎麼用的小愛音箱，最近我突然有了個新奇的想法 - 把它和 GPT 技術結合起來。既然決定了，那就開始行動。在接下來的時間裏，我會逐步記錄並分享我是如何一步步改造這臺小愛音箱的。創意萌芽—-開始任何項目之前，我都有一個固定的習慣：先畫一張流程圖。這樣做可以幫助我清晰地梳理和規劃我想要實現的功能。這次的小愛音箱改造計劃，我打算讓它變得更加多功能和個性化。具體來說，我有幾個核心功能 ⌘ Read more
Go 異步編程小技巧
我們通過一個簡單的例子看一下 Goroutine 的使用func main() { go func() { fmt.Println(“Goroutine started”) // do some work fmt.Println(“Goroutine finished”) }() // wait for Goroutine to fini ⌘ Read more
阿里巴巴 MySQL 規範，五千字版，這次全了（建議收藏）
大家好，我是田螺。今天跟大家講講阿里巴巴 MySQL 規範。本文轉載來源公衆號：架構師之路。規範內容取自 “阿里巴巴 MySQL 規範”（黃山版），發佈時間爲 2022.2.3，開源。 第一部分：建表規範【強制】規範一：是否字段表達是否概念的字段，必須使用 isxxx 的形式命名；數據類型必須是 unsigned tinyint；1 表示是，0 表示否；舉例：是否刪除正確：使用 isdelete ⌘ Read more
文本嵌入能夠完美編碼文本信息嗎？
作者：Jack Morris 編譯：ronghuaiyang 導讀文本嵌入是否可以還原文本信息？向量數據庫的興起近年來，隨着生成式 AI 的迅速發展，衆多企業紛紛尋求將 AI 融入其業務之中。其中最常見的做法之一是構建能夠回答有關文檔數據庫內信息的問題的 AI 系統。解決此類問題的大多數方案都基於一項關鍵技術：增強檢索生成（RAG）。RAG 系統的概覽這是現在許多人開始使用 AI 的一 ⌘ Read more
TCP 已經實現 KeepAlice- 爲什麼應用層還要實現一遍？
TCP 心跳——TCP Keepalive 是一種用於檢測 TCP 連接是否活躍的機制，通過定期發送探測數據包來確定連接的狀態，主要用於檢測空閒 (殭屍) 連接、保持 NAT 映射 (NAT 設備、防火牆設備) 等。原理簡述要啓用 TCP Keepalive 自動檢測機制，需要通信雙方都開啓 Keepalive 選項 如果在一定時間（默認 2 小時）內沒有數據傳輸，TCP 會發送一個 ⌘ Read more
4 種集成 Rust 與 Node-js 的方法及其最佳實踐
Node.js 是一個強大的 JavaScript 運行時，建立在 Chrome 的 V8 JavaScript 引擎。它允許開發人員使用 JavaScript 編寫服務器端腳本，在將頁面發送到用戶的 web 瀏覽器之前創建動態 web 內容。將 Rust 與 Node.js 集成可以顯著提高 Node.js 應用程序中某些任務的性能。有幾個令人信服的理由將 Rust 與 Node.js 集成：1 ⌘ Read more
Canada’s men’s and women’s soccer teams have relied on drones and spying for years, sources say ⌘ Read more
Harris tells Netanyahu ‘it is time’ to end the war in Gaza and bring the hostages home ⌘ Read more
Sonos Admits Its Recent App Update Was a Colossal Mistake
Owners of the company’s wireless speakers will have to endure the pain of broken software for several more months. ⌘ Read more