Lex Fridman Podcast #385 – Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia (lexfridman.com)
European Parliament approved rules to make portable batteries replaceable (www.europarl.europa.eu)
How do projects like PINE64 and Asahi Linux write open-source drivers legally? (kbin.social)
How do those projects write open-source drivers for proprietary hardware legally? I know that there's "clean-room" reverse engineering, but is it really a requirement? From what I understand, you can write docs about how the hardware works and then the other team can write a software based on that documentation....
Scientists Made An Artificial "Cloud" That Pulls Electricity From Air (kbin.social)
Taking a hint from the magician’s playbook, scientists have devised a way to pull electricity from thin air....
Apple knows phones are screwing up your eyes so it introduced a feature to help (www.phonearena.com)
iOS 17's Screen Distance feature will display a warning whenever you get too close to your phone.
Reuters :press: (@[email protected]): WATCH: An electric flying saucer takes a test run in China’s Shenzhen city. (press.coop)
Developed by Shenzhen UFO Power Technology, the flying saucer is equipped with 12 propeller blades surrounding the pilot seat in the middle of the craft #press
RIF developer counters Reddit CEO’s claims that he didn’t want to work with Reddit (www.theverge.com)
Here’s the note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen (www.theverge.com)
What Reddit Got Wrong (www.eff.org)
After weeks of burning through users’ goodwill, Reddit is facing a moderator strike and an exodus of its most important users. It’s the latest example of a social media site making a critical mistake: users aren’t there for the services, they’re there for the community. Building barriers to access...
Revolt, free and open-source alternative to Discord, has hit 100,000 registered users. (revolt.chat)
The largest floating solar farm in North America is officially online (electrek.co)
New Jersey is host to an 8.9 megawatt floating solar farm – the largest floating solar array in North America.
Leaked Tesla documents shed new light on why the Cybertruck is taking so long (www.theverge.com)
An early prototype suffered from big issues.
Drone taxis take first test spin in Israel in bid to ease traffic congestion (www.timesofisrael.com)
As part of a government-led initiative, Israel prepares infrastructure for national airspace network of large drones that are designed to carry passengers and heavy cargo
[Rachel Kroll] Feedback: I try to answer "how to become a systems engineer" (rachelbythebay.com)
I think it goes something like this: you start from the assumption that when you see something, you wonder why it is the way it is. Then maybe you observe it and maybe do a little research to figure out how it came to be the thing you see in front of you.