The world passed a green energy ‘pivot point’, a child had her hearing restored, and a manifesto for positive change launched, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Catch up quickly with the stories from Central and Eastern Europe that matter, this week led by news that the Ukrainian domestic intelligence service has uncovered a plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky. Russia’s war on Ukraine Ukraine this week said it uncovered a ne … | Continue reading
Welcome to the Clojure Deref! This is a weekly link/news roundup for the Clojure ecosystem (feed: RSS). Thanks to Anton Fonarev for link aggregation. Podcasts and videos Ep 115: The Main Event - Functional Design in Clojure Learn Clojure — What’s Clojure Code? - Clojure Diary Blo … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2024 Paraphrase can be powerful too: The propaganda came early and often on this morning's Fox & Friends TV program. Our "cable news" is built on a system in which no one disagrees or pushes back or questions anything anyone else has said. As a result, Ainsley Ea … | Continue reading
Well, that was fast. The M3 chip, introduced last October, is already yesterday’s news. We’re living in an M4 world, courtesy of the surprising announcement that the new iPad Pro is powered by Apple’s next generation of chips.… | Continue reading
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Just got a weird phone call from two people who claimed to be from the New York Times, asking me very vague questions. They said someone recommended my name to them, but they wouldn’t say who recommended them. They asked … Continue reading → | Continue reading
This week on MPU: Apple has unveiled new iPad Pro and iPad Air models. Stephen and David talk through the news and discuss why hardware isn’t at the heart of the iPad’s struggles. | Continue reading
Yep, you heard that right. Autonomous fighter jets are in the news. Chris and Daniel discuss a modified F-16 known as the X-62A VISTA and autonomous vehicles/ systems more generally. They also comment on the Linux Foundation’s new Open Platform for Enterprise AI. | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2024 Blue America's faux journalism: Last night, a key word was largely given the night off on Blue America's "cable news" channel. The key word is "allegedly." At issue was the testimony by Stormy Daniels, very little of which can be confirmed for its accuracy. … | Continue reading
A majority of Americans say they get their local news and information online through news websites or social media, according to the Americans’ Changing Relationship With Local News survey by Pew Research Center. Almost half (48%) of Americans prefer to get their local news and i … | Continue reading
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In this week’s episode we’re talking about the news! In this laugh-filled episode, Kris is joined by Ian & Johnny to discuss the future of Go, both the Go team itself and iterations of packages within the standard library; Microsoft creating a Go blog & a Go fork; and SQLite and … | Continue reading
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While I agree that cake makes even bad news at least a little sweeter, there's still a right and a wrong way to break some news. This is why fortune tellers should never become bakers. [on the phone] "No, of course we're not celebrating that you didn't get parole, Trish; there's … | Continue reading
The poet and UK children’s laureate on getting out on his bike and the joy of working with young people The post Life lessons: Joseph Coelho on what life so far has taught him appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
A quick glance at the news headlines each morning might convey that the world is in crisis. Challenges include climate-change threats to human infrastructure and habitats; cyberwarfare by state and nonstate actors attacking energy sources and health care systems; and the global w … | Continue reading
Source: Apple. The big news for the new iPad Air is that it comes in two sizes now: 11” and a new 13” model. The Air has also upgraded from the M1 to the M2 chip and moved the front-facing camera to the landscape side of the tablet, and it has higher storage configurations, works … | Continue reading
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2023 brought many updates to the GNOME Foundation! We’re excited to share our progress and journey over the last year along with some of our best moments and achievements in our 2022-2023 annual report. Highlights The GNOME project had two new releases, GNOME 44 and 45 GUADEC ret … | Continue reading
Google’s recent ‘structural simplification’ led to 200 people across many of its core development teams, including Python, Dart, and Flutter, losing their roles. With Canonical committed to using Flutter for its own desktop apps that news has left some in the Ubuntu community wor … | Continue reading
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I’ve gone through all my inks in my Ink 100 series and chosen selections and now is your chance to acquire all my overages. Inks are priced at approximately half of retail. And there are several rare and limited edition inks too! The inks have been used for reviews, swatches or a … | Continue reading
From bereavement to relationship breakdown, what tips can you share for coping mentally with difficult times The post Tell us how you’ve supported your mental health during difficult times appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Solar power has the potential to transform even a cloudy UK into a renewable energy leader. So how can this be sped up? The post Five ways to catapult the UK towards solar energy success appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The President of Nintendo has confirmed the announcement of the Switch 2 will be “within this fiscal year,” as speculation… Continue reading Nintendo Switch 2 news coming ‘this fiscal year’ The post Nintendo Switch 2 news coming ‘this fiscal year’ appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
After the short debacle that was Helldivers 2 enforcing all players on PC to have a PlayStation Network (PSN) account (PlayStation has backed down and won’t do so anymore), here’s some good news. The upcoming PC port of Ghost Of Tsushima Director’s Cut won’t require a PSN account … | Continue reading
A new report from news outlet NOTUS shows that at least two Texas counties along the U.S.-Mexico border have purchased a product that would allow law enforcement to track devices that emit Bluetooth signals, including cell phones, smartwatches, wireless earbuds, and car entertain … | Continue reading
In the latest disturbing twist to the Boeing saga, the company admitted to falsifying records related to the inspection of its 787 Dreamliner plane. The company publicly disclosed this after news broke of yet another federal investigation into the company. Read more... | Continue reading
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Disney Springs always has a lot to offer a foodie visiting Walt Disney World, and whether you prefer sweet or savory, and we have a bunch of news to share. May 2024 brings Disney Springs foodie news of special events, limited-time menu items, monthly flavors, and so much more. Ar … | Continue reading
Today at Squirrel News, we delve into Australia's move to eliminate $3 billion of student debt, the launch of Germany's long-awaited suicide prevention programme, and the positive outcomes of social media detox, as revealed by a recent study from York University. | Continue reading
When her husband was murdered, this Ivory Coast mother fell into a depression. Now she’s launched an innovative mental health scheme The post Salon therapy: the Ivory Coast hairdressers tackling a mental health crisis appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The Kobo Colour e-readers might be capturing all of the headlines on major news publications and tech review sites, and with good reason. The Kobo Libra Colour and Clara Colour are the first colour e-readers released by a major company. However, the Kobo BW is likely the best bla … | Continue reading
Kyle Chayka, writing for the New Yorker, in an article heralding the demise of the platform era: Now digital-distribution infrastructure is crumbling, having become both ineffective for publishers and alienating for users. Social networks, already lackluster sources for news, are … | Continue reading
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I'm sure you agree that it has become impossible to ignore Generative AI (GenAI), as we are constantly bombarded with mainstream news about Large Language Models (LLMs). Very likely you have tried ChatGPT, maybe even keep it open all the time as an assistant. A basic question I t … | Continue reading
This sounds bad, but kudos to Dropbox for being transparent about it – and from what they say it sounds like other services (i.e. storage) were not affected. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu… | Continue reading
(h/t to Ryan McCormick, M.D. at his blog Examined on Substack) Someone was asking about the prospects for vaccination for HPAI, and I now I have as much answer as it is possible to get, compliments of Helen Branswell's recent in-depth longform on STAT about just that topic. 2024 … | Continue reading
Breaking news! Here’s a blog post about async Rust, and it’s not a philosophical debate1! Today we’re going down the rabbit hole of download accelerators, though of course that’s just an excuse to explore a living async Rust program. After all, I spent last 12 months writing quit … | Continue reading
SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2024 What viewers were told on Fox: It's the wonderful thing about "cable news." Everybody gets to go to bed happy! Yesterday, starting at 4 p.m., Blue America was reassured about what Hope Hicks had said. Late last night, in the 11 p.m. hour, viewers in Red Amer … | Continue reading
SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2024What viewers were told on Fox: It's the wonderful thing about "cable news." Everybody gets to go to bed happy!Yesterday, starting at 4 p.m., Blue America was reassured about what Hope Hicks had said. Late last night, in the 11 p.m. hour, viewers in Red Americ … | Continue reading
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