How cosmic rays can alter computers’ memory, a phenomenon understood since at least the 1970s, and why it is hard to tie specific errors to ionizing radiation (Chris Baraniuk/BBC)

October 14, 2022

Chris Baraniuk / BBC:
How cosmic rays can alter computers’ memory, a phenomenon understood since at least the 1970s, and why it is hard to tie specific errors to ionizing radiation — The Earth is subjected to a hail of subatomic particles from the Sun and beyond our solar system which could be the cause of glitches that afflict our phones and computers.

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Google acquired Alter, an AI avatar startup that helps creators and brands express their virtual identity; source: the deal closed two months ago for ~$100M (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Google acquired Alter, an AI avatar startup that helps creators and brands express their virtual identity; source: the deal closed two months ago for ~$100M — Google has acquired Alter, an artificial intelligence (AI) avatar startup that helps creators and brands express their virtual identity …

October 29, 2022

Binance announces a recovery fund to help “otherwise strong” projects facing a liquidity crisis; Justin Sun says Tron, Huobi, and Poloniex will support Binance (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk:
Binance announces a recovery fund to help “otherwise strong” projects facing a liquidity crisis; Justin Sun says Tron, Huobi, and Poloniex will support Binance — Tron founder Justin Sun said that Tron, Huobi Global and Poloniex will support Binance in its initiative.

November 14, 2022

Google announces Chrome will get a Memory Saver mode, which promises to cut memory usage by up to 30%, and an Energy Saver mode, rolling out in the coming weeks (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Google announces Chrome will get a Memory Saver mode, which promises to cut memory usage by up to 30%, and an Energy Saver mode, rolling out in the coming weeks — Google today announced two new performance settings in its Chrome browser: Memory Saver and Energy Saver.

December 8, 2022

Google announces Chrome will get a Memory Saver mode, which promises to cut memory usage by up to 30%, and an Energy Saver mode, rolling out in the coming weeks (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

December 8, 2022

Google says over 250M monthly active devices now run Android Go, which is designed for phones with limited storage and memory (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)

Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Google says over 250M monthly active devices now run Android Go, which is designed for phones with limited storage and memory — Google has announced that over a quarter of a billion devices that people use each month are running Android Go edition, which is designed for phones with limited storage and memory.

October 20, 2022

Report: FTX legal and finance teams learned that SBF implemented a “backdoor” in FTX’s bookkeeping system to alter financial records without alerting others (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
Report: FTX legal and finance teams learned that SBF implemented a “backdoor” in FTX’s bookkeeping system to alter financial records without alerting others — – Reuters reports that at least $1 billion worth of customer funds have vanished from the failed crypto exchange.

November 12, 2022

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