What could become only the second lithium mine in the US received backing from the Biden administration this week. In an announcement spotted by Bloomberg, the Department of Energy said it would provide mining company Ioneer with a conditional loan val…
Awesome Games Done Quick 2023 raises $2.6 million for charity
With its first event of 2023 in the books, GDQ’s Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) has raised more than $2.6 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Following more than a week of some of the world’s best speedrunners showing off their skills, AGDQ 202…
Wyoming wants to phase out sales of new EVs by 2035
While jurisdictions like California and New York move toward banning the sale of new gasoline-powered cars, one US state wants to go in the opposite direction. Wyoming’s legislature is considering a resolution that calls for a phaseout of new electric …
Twitter may have deliberately cut off third-party clients like Tweetbot
Twitter appears to have deliberately cut off third-party clients from accessing its API. Since Thursday evening, many of the most popular apps you can use to scroll Twitter without going through the company’s own software, including Tweetbot and Twitte…
Hitting the Books: How to build a music recommendation ‘information-space-beast’
As of October, singers, songwriters and music makers are uploading 100,000 new songs every day to streaming services like Spotify. That is too much music. There’s no reality, alternate or otherwise, wherein someone could conceivably listen to all that …
NVIDIA 的 Broadcast app 現在能讓你的目光保持盯向鏡頭
NVIDIA 在新版本的 Broadcast 軟體中加入了一個名為「Eye Contact」的 beta 測試功能，可以將你飄移的眼神固定在鏡頭上，並懂得保存你的瞳色及眨眼的動作。
Twitter 開始接受組織機構登記申請 Blue 認證
Twitter 已經開始接受組織機構登記申請專用的 Blue 認證，並提供了登記表單的連結。
美國國會決定不採購微軟的 HoloLens AR 戰鬥頭戴裝置
美國軍方本有意花費 4 億美元採購 6,900 組以 HoloLens 為基礎的 AR 戰鬥頭戴裝置，但因為當前的版本還有些無法解決的問題，因此美國國會決議不予批準，僅通過了 4,000 萬美元的經費，供微軟開發新一代的版本。…
England is banning the sale of some single-use plastics
England will ban businesses from selling and offering a variety of single-use plastics, including plates and cutlery, by the end of the year, the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced on Saturday. The government will begin e…
Twitter’s For You tabbed interface starts rolling out on desktop web browsers
Twitter’s “For You” tab, which debuted on iOS devices earlier this week, has begun rolling out to desktop web browsers. The new interface replaces the “sparkle” icon that previously allowed you to toggle between the platform’s algorithmically generated…