Month: March 2023
One of the best podcasting apps you know is built by a single person
Marco Arment has been solo building really cool stuff on the internet for years. While he was the CTO of Tumblr, he launched Instapaper in 2008. He left Tumblr in 2010, sold a majority share of Instapaper in 2013, and then turned his focus to Overcast, one of the absolute…
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Don’t leave your guests waiting on shoddy Wi-Fi — give them Aruba Instant On
From the first steps through the door of your boutique hotel through the end of their stay, your guests are expecting a pleasant experience. Today, a dependable Wi-Fi network for guests can be just as important as hot water and a well-stocked snack bar. And if your accommodations are leaning…
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Nissan Ariya first drive: an EV pioneer regains its credibility
Before the Tesla Model 3 dominated the EV landscape, there was the Nissan Leaf: a small hatchback with a tiny battery and tiny range that was the best-selling EV in the world for years. Those years stretched on and on as the vehicle — introduced way back in 2010 —…
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Police arrest BreachForums owner on cybercrime charges
The alleged owner and super-admin of underground hacking forum BreachForums has been arrested, according to reports. The FBI has arrested an individual named as Conor Brian FitzPatrick, who confirmed to law enforcement to have been using the alias pompompurin – the owner and administrator of BreachForums. “When I arrested the…
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Intel apparently cancels its most intriguing CPU hybrid yet
An Intel project around two years in the making (and likely several more years of research) has been canceled, meaning the company will no longer be channeling efforts into creating a CPU-VPU hybrid, at least for now. Codenamed Thunder Bay, Intel had been working on a system-on-chip (SoC) combining CPU…
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This free app stops AI stealing your art style
Researchers have created a free tool that they claim can help stop text-to-image AI tools copying an artist’s style. Known as Glaze, the University of Chicago research project lets artists add a cloak layer to their work, making it more difficult for AI art generators to rip off the works…
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