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nadnerB

@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Facebook to hire 10,000 in EU to work on metaverse

Facebook is planning to hire 10,000 people in the European Union to develop a so-called metaverse.
A metaverse is an online world where people can game, work and communicate in a virtual environment, often using VR headsets. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been a leading voice on the concept. The announcement comes as Facebook deals with the fallout of a damaging scandal and faces increased calls for regulation to curb its influence. "The metaverse has the potential to help unlock access to new creative, social, and economic opportunities. And Europeans will be shaping it right from the start," Facebook said in a blog post. The new jobs being created over the next five years will include "highly specialised engineers".

their remaking 2nd life?
yeah - it's totally going to work this time.

I thought they were recreating a Simpson episode where they, quite literally, plugged them selves into the virtual world

travisdh1

This should probably be in the "I can't even" thread as well.

https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/15/f12-isnt-hacking-missouri-governor-threatens-to-prosecute-local-journalist-for-finding-exposed-state-data/

Yep, some reporter used that secret hacking technique that is the F12 key and the Missouri governor want's the reporter prosecuted.

scotth

@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

This should probably be in the "I can't even" thread as well.

https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/15/f12-isnt-hacking-missouri-governor-threatens-to-prosecute-local-journalist-for-finding-exposed-state-data/

Yep, some reporter used that secret hacking technique that is the F12 key and the Missouri governor want's the reporter prosecuted.

Today's body politic is an embarrassment to the human race. And I mean to include most all politics. Graft and corruption are accepted as if they're simply the cost of doing business. Poor people, correction, any people who aren't in the 'club' are to be looked down on while laughing about their struggles at gatherings. Especially those who expose issues no matter how frivolous.

mlnews

Google's Pixel 6 processor brings AI photo features

Google has unveiled its latest smartphone, containing the tech giant's first self-designed computer chip.
The Pixel 6 contains Google's "Tensor" processor, which it says enables new phone features powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning. It is also the first phone in the series with a "Pro" model, designed to compete at the high end of the market. "The whole goal when we started was to reach this point," said Rick Osterloh, Google's head of devices. "Really, this is our original vision that we're finally able to get to after building a lot of capabilities both in technology and in product development capabilities," he told the BBC.

CloudKnight

Non-profit's IT manager accused of embezzling $400k by buying gear, services from his own fake companies.

Boss used org's credit card to buy stuff from Amazon, Square accounts he set up, say prosecutors.

https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/25/it_manager_fraud_allegations/

travisdh1

@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Non-profit's IT manager accused of embezzling $400k by buying gear, services from his own fake companies.

Boss used org's credit card to buy stuff from Amazon, Square accounts he set up, say prosecutors.

https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/25/it_manager_fraud_allegations/

That headline should say that he's just the one that's been caught!

scottalanmiller

Just realized that SharePoint turns 20 years old this year!

warren.stanley

@scottalanmiller aaaaand I still don't like it (secretly hoping it's now at "retirement age"). I'm sure some do like it, and that's cool

warren.stanley

Just putting this here for prosperity

Worth the wait: Fedora Linux 35 is here!

https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-35

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Just realized that SharePoint turns 20 years old this year!

Mean ShartPoint?

CloudKnight

Xen Orchestra Backup to remote S3 Compatible storage.
https://imgur.com/a/Cj7ANhB

CloudKnight

Is the latest NodeBB not working with external image links.

JaredBusch

@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Is the latest NodeBB not working with external image links.

You used the wrong link?

JaredBusch

@jaredbusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Is the latest NodeBB not working with external image links.

You used the wrong link?

https : //i.imgur.com/hPsbDwW.png

works.

scottalanmiller

@stuartjordan said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Is the latest NodeBB not working with external image links.

Has to be an image link, not a page link. The link you used doesn't go to a file, but to a page that hosts a file. Use the link for the image itself.

gjacobse

Russia may have just shot down its own satellite, creating a huge debris cloud [Updated]

The seven astronauts and cosmonauts onboard the International Space Station sheltered inside their respective spacecraft, a Crew Dragon and Soyuz, on Monday morning as the orbiting laboratory passed through an unexpected debris field.

This was not a pre-planned collision avoidance maneuver in low Earth orbit, in which the station would use onboard propulsion to move away. Rather, the situation required the astronauts to quickly take shelter.

(personal thoughts: Space pollution is a growing issue and a field in more need...)