Nvidia Builds Location Verification Tech That Could Track Where Its AI Chips End Up
Nvidia has developed location verification technology that could determine which country its AI chips are operating in, Reuters reports, citing a source, a capability that may help address ongoing concerns about the smuggling of advanced semiconductors to restricted markets like China. The feature, which Nvid … ⌘ Read more

@bender@twtxt.net that’s kind of what I was getting it initially yeah

AMD FSR SDK 2.1 Released With FSR Redstone - Windows-Only For Now
AMD FSR SDK 2.1 is now available that includes their “FSR Redstone” machine learning based upscaling tech for gaming.. ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de this is brilliant!

AI Slop Ad Backfires For McDonald’s
McDonald’s has pulled an AI-generated Christmas commercial from YouTube after viewers pushed back on what they called a distasteful, “AI slop”-filled take on the holidays. The 45-second ad, titled “It’s the most terrible time of the year,” was a satirical look at holiday chaos – people tripping while carrying overloaded gift bags, getting tangled in lights, burning homemade cookies, starting kitchen fires – … ⌘ Read more

Rubio Orders Diplomats To Return To Using Times New Roman Font
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor Antony Blinken’s decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters. The department … ⌘ Read more

Webp, though it has been around for a long while, wasn’t fully supported on all browsers until recently. The other formats have been in use for such a long time, proving to work just fine, that the advantages Webp provides haven’t been seemingly enough to merit a switch.

Google is also the one behind Webp, and, well, people don’t trust, nor like, them much.

@zvava@twtxt.net I figure I will know when it is ready, the day I see you using it. Can’t wait! :-)

@movq@www.uninformativ.de lovely, thanks for sharing! Now you know what I will be using today on a loop.

May I turn your attention to this timeless masterpiece:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkyFHx4ncR0 (Terra Ferma - Floating)

Turbostat Introduces New Cache Statistics, Nova Lake + Wildcat Lake Support
Turbostat is the Linux command-line utility for reporting CPU frequency / power / C-states and related performance / power management items namely for modern AMD and Intel processors. This CLI utility lives within the Linux kernel source tree and for Linux 6.19 has picked up a few new features… ⌘ Read more

Budgie 10.10 Desktop Approved For Fedora 44 Packaging, Fedora Budgie Spin All-Wayland
In addition to approving Fedora Cloud switching /boot to a Btrfs subvolume, another change approved this week by the Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) is for shipping the Budgie 10.10 desktop packages in Fedora 44… ⌘ Read more

Linux Fixes A Performance Regression In The Slab Code
A performance fix has been submitted to the Linux kernel for dealing with a regression in the Slab memory allocation code… ⌘ Read more

@zvava@twtxt.net looking sweet!

RoboCrop: Teaching Robots How To Pick Tomatoes
alternative_right quotes a report from Phys.org: To teach robots how to become tomato pickers, Osaka Metropolitan University Assistant Professor Takuya Fujinaga, Graduate School of Engineering, programmed them to evaluate the ease of harvesting for each tomato before attempting to pick it. Fujinaga’s new model uses image recognition paired with statistical analysis to evaluate … ⌘ Read more

US State Department to revert to Times New Roman font over ‘wasteful’ Calibri
In a leaked internal cable, Secretary of State Marco Rubio calls the department’s decision to adopt Calibri in 2023 a “wasteful” diversity move. ⌘ Read more

Australia records highest number of Indigenous deaths in custody since 1979
Australia recorded the largest number of Indigenous deaths in custody in the last financial year since 1979. Experts say over-incarceration remains a national crisis and prisons are neglecting the physical and mental health of vulnerable people. ⌘ Read more

Linux 6.19 Gets Rid Of The Kernel’s “Genocide” Function
While the Linux kernel has inclusive terminology guidelines for the past five years to replace phrases like master/slave and blacklist/whitelist, there has surprisingly been a “genocide” function within the kernel that was questioned when it was first submitted for inclusion but now removed in Linux 6.19… ⌘ Read more

Convicted conman Kane Dallow pleads guilty to forgery, fraud charges
A convicted conman tells a court he was trying “to keep up an appearance” as he pleads guilty to forgery and fraud charges in a Tasmanian court. ⌘ Read more

Breaking: At least 19 killed in building collapse in Morocco’s Fes city
At least 19 people have been killed and 16 injured by the collapse of two buildings in Morocco’s Fes city early on Wednesday, the state news agency says. ⌘ Read more

Climate crisis threatens disabled Australians’ access to nature
From bushfires and decreasing air quality to flooding and erosion, climate change is threatening our relationship with nature, and people with disability are being disproportionately impacted. ⌘ Read more

Cambodia withdraws from Thailand’s Southeast Asian Games over border conflict
Cambodia withdraws its team from the Southeast Asian Games in Thailand for safety reasons, as a border conflict between the two neighbours rages for a third day. ⌘ Read more

Melbourne woman ‘vigorously opposes’ child sex charges
The former staffer of a school for children with disabilities vigorously denies child sex abuse allegations, a court has heard. ⌘ Read more

North Melbourne still confident of landing former AFLW number one pick
North Melbourne have been unable to trade for Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner but the two-time defending AFLW premiers are still confident they’ll secure the former number one draft pick. ⌘ Read more

Judge says burning of murder victim’s body was a ‘horrible thing to do’
A Victorian Supreme Court judge says the destruction of 19-year-old Charlie Gander’s body after his murder has added to the impact on his family. ⌘ Read more

Remains found during investigation into toddler’s disappearance
Detectives have discovered what appear to be human remains while investigating the disappearance of a Melbourne toddler 11 years ago. ⌘ Read more

Man found guilty of raping 76yo woman at aged care facility
Judge Michael McHugh finds Hayden Carl Skinner guilty of sexually assaulting a woman after breaking into a Coffs Harbour aged care facility. ⌘ Read more

North Queenslanders split over new crocodile management plan
The new management plan sees the expansion of crocodile removal zones across north and far north Queensland. Some say it will not increase safety without better community education. ⌘ Read more

Day one of the social media ban sees some under-16s retain access
It’s day one of the social media ban, but dozens of parents have told the ABC their children have already been able to get around the restrictions. ⌘ Read more

In a Major New Report, Scientists Build Rationale For Sending Astronauts To Mars
A major scientific report published Tuesday argues that sending astronauts to Mars is justified by the quest to find life and conduct research that robots alone can’t achieve. “We’re searching for life on Mars,” said Dava Newman, a professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Massachusetts Insti … ⌘ Read more

Hundreds of men march against domestic violence in solidarity with women
Up to 300 men — and a similar number of women — have taken part in the annual Ingkintja Men’s March Against Domestic Violence under the slogan End the silence! Stop the violence! in Alice Springs, coinciding with the International Human Rights Day. ⌘ Read more

Family of man who died in freeway crash has victim statements redacted
The daughters of a man who died in a truck crash at the bottom of the South-Eastern Freeway in 2014 have their heavily redacted victim impact statements read aloud in court, more than 11 years after their father died. ⌘ Read more

Melbourne teenager accused of killing Dau Akueng denied bail
A teen charged with the stabbing murder of a 15-year-old boy in Melbourne’s west will remain in youth custody. ⌘ Read more

Money laundering charge over sizeable ‘sly grogging’ operation
The man allegedly bought large quantities of beer, champagne and rum in Darwin before selling it in WA’s Kimberley region. ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de @zvava@twtxt.net I think people get sick of everything changing all the time and so don’t bother adopting things to change when things are already good enough 🤷

Woman found dead in police car park ‘believed she was being stalked’
According to her father, Kirsten Moriarty had lodged a stalking report prior to her body being found in a car outside a NSW police station. ⌘ Read more

Rap musician tells court of pain and flashbacks after being set alight
Newcastle rapper Taison Brockbank tells the court he nearly died after being set on fire during an attack in inner-city Newcastle in 2023. ⌘ Read more

Collapsed luxury caravan manufacturer’s staggering debt revealed
Zone RV plunged into administration last week, leaving customers, suppliers, employees and taxpayers in a $40 million hole. ⌘ Read more

Defence issues brief on Chinese flotilla but ‘final destination’ unknown
Australian Defence officials have been briefing Pacific nations about the formidable capabilities and weaponry of a Chinese naval flotilla in the region, which the ADF is continuing to monitor closely. ⌘ Read more

Children as young as 10 to be fitted with ankle monitors under proposed laws
The legislation removes the requirement for either the child, or their parent or guardian, to consent to wearing the device. ⌘ Read more

Tasmania’s bushfire fire danger arrived suddenly. Here’s how to prepare
Tasmania’s bushfire season has suddenly arrived, with two catastrophes within days of each other. Here is how to prepare if one comes your way. ⌘ Read more

Gold Coast man jailed for nine years over one-punch attack
Alexander Rasic pleaded guilty to unlawful striking causing the death of Michael Hayes on the Gold Coast in June, 2023. ⌘ Read more

WA opposition blames police shortage for slow emergency response
The WA Liberals say a slow police response to a violent incident involving St John Ambulance officers in the Goldfields is due to understaffing but the claim has been rejected by the police minister. ⌘ Read more

Why finally defending UFC gold at home is a new beginning for Alex Volkanovski
Alex Volkanovski hoses down retirement rumours ahead of his first hometown fight in almost a decade with Australia’s greatest ever UFC fighter aiming for another lengthy run defending the featherweight title. ⌘ Read more

Luigi Mangione’s alleged notes to self: ‘Pluck eyebrows’, ‘Keep momentum’
A to-do list and travel plans shed light on the steps the 27-year-old may have taken — or planned to take — to avoid capture after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing last year. ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net Yeah, but isn’t it from 2010? No widespread adoption after 15 years? Is there that much inertia? 🤔 On my box, everything just works – browser, GIMP, ImageMagick, imlib2, … 🤔

The terror and beauty of being Australia’s official war artist
Australia has been sending artists to the frontline since World War I, with more than 50 local artists taking part since then. But what’s it actually like to head into war armed with a paintbrush? ⌘ Read more

‘Food and Fossil Fuel Production Causing $5 Billion of Environmental Damage an Hour’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: The unsustainable production of food and fossil fuels causes $5 billion of environmental damage per hour, according to a major UN report. Ending this harm was a key part of the global transformation of governance, economics and finance required “before col … ⌘ Read more

Sitting in his car while saltwater rains down, Paul has stayed to defend his home
As a bushfire rages on Tasmania’s east coast, bayside resident Paul Worsteling shelters in his car, charging his phone while saltwater rains down on the roof. ⌘ Read more

Childcare worker sentenced over assault of three-year-old
A woman has been sentenced after pleading guilty to assaulting a three-year-old at a childcare centre in the NSW central west. The worker pleaded guilty to dragging and then throwing a child onto a mattress. ⌘ Read more