Monday, March 04, 2024

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The Customer Last: What American Airlines Management Is Doing Wrong
100+View from the Wing / 15h
Jeff Bezos for years has preached a simple mantra: that the biggest mistake companies can make is focusing on what their competitors do, rather than what their customers want - and working backwards from satisfying the customer to figuring out the product. Continue reading ...


Why Sony’s X95L TV reveals a brand boldly determined to swim against the tide
42TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 17h
Look at the ranges from the best TV brands this year and listen to them discuss their plans for the future, and pretty much all you'll hear is ‘OLED this’ and ‘OLED that’. LG has long been all about OLED, of course, while the OLED-favouring gap in performance and market standing between the OLED and LCD TVs of Philips and, particularly, Panasonic in recent years has become increasingly and delibe



Harder To Outrun China’s New Humanoid Robot
Next Big Future / 13h
Unitree is a publicly traded robot company with about $5 billion in market value. They have sped up their humanoid robot to human jogging speed of 3.3 meters per second. This is about 7.5 miles per hour. It would not tire so it would take 50 minutes to cover a 10 kilometer race with enough ... Read more



Nissan accused of dumping its electric car pioneers
97BBC News / 7min
Owners of older vehicles tell the BBC of their anger that their cars' apps will stop working.



Navigating the new era of business transformation
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 1h
For a long time, the default answer to tackling changing market dynamics, disruptions and customer demands has been digital transformation (DX). But while efficiency and productivity gains have been won through some of these efforts, there have also been numerous mistakes made along the way. So many businesses are struggling to bear the fruits, with data from an IDC InfoBrief sponsored by Endava


Samsung missed out on Nvidia's most expensive AI card but beats Micron to 36GB HBM3E memory — could this new tech power the B100, the successor of the H200?
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 2h
Samsung says it has developed the industry's first 12-stack HBM3E 12H DRAM, outpacing Micron Technology and potentially setting the stage for the next generation of Nvidia's AI cards. The South Korean tech giant's HBM3E 12H offers bandwidth of up to 1,280GB/s and an industry-leading capacity of 36GB, representing a more than 50% improvement over the 8-stack HBM3 8H. The 12-stack HBM3E 12H uses ad


Indonesia fintech Wagely makes bank while helping the unbanked
37TechCrunch / 2h
Wagely, a fintech out of Indonesia, made a name for itself with earned wage access: a way for workers in Southeast Asian countries to get advances on their salaries without resorting to higher-interest loans. With half a million people now using the platform, the startup has expanded that business into a wider “financial wellness” platform, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal


Room Temperature Superconductor Team Will Show Evidence of Levitation and Zero Resistance
Next Big Future / 2h
Kim Hyun-tak (lead original south korean researcher) has a confident email to a colleague. We [Original Korean Superconducting Researchers] designate March 4, 2024 as The Day of Room Temperature Superconductor (TDRTS) and researchers celebrate the day with delicious food. This is because it is the day when room-temperature superconductivity, such as magnetic levitation and zero ... Read more


A 1-year subscription to YogaDownload Unlimited is on sale for 75% off
Mashable / 3h
TL;DR : A one-year subscription to YogaDownload Unlimited is on sale for £23.67, saving you 75% on list price. There’s no better way to unwind than in the comfort of your house. But instead of lounging on the sofa, de-stress with some light movement. Yoga is good for your mind, body, and soul. Release tension by working out some kinks in your muscles while simultaneously strengthening your body.


How Regulations Fractured Apple’s App Store


26NYT > Technology / 3h
As the App Store approaches its 16th anniversary, patchwork rules have turned what was a single store into different shops across many countries.


Forced to Change: Tech Giants Bow to Global Onslaught of Rules
400+NYT > Technology / 3h
For years, Apple, Google, Meta and others operated unfettered. But new laws and regulations have finally compelled them to make major shifts to their products and businesses.


India reverses AI stance, requires government approval for model launches
28TechCrunch / 4h
India has waded into global AI debate by issuing an advisory that requires “significant” tech firms to get government permission before launching new models. India’s Ministry of Electronics and IT issued the advisory to firms on Friday. The advisory — not published on public domain but a copy of which TechCrunch has reviewed — also […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only


The world’s most traveled crew transport spacecraft flies again
Ars Technica - All content / 4h
Enlarge / A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with the Crew-8 mission, sending three NASA astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut on a six-month expedition on the International Space Station. (credit: Photo by Gregg Newton/AFP via Getty Images ) SpaceX's oldest Crew Dragon spacecraft launched Sunday night on its fifth mission to the International Space Station, and engineers are crunching data to see


Wordle today: Here's the answer and hints for March 4
Mashable / 5h
Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle . As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for March 4's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. Where did Wordle co


NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for March 4
Mashable / 6h
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle , Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle. If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the e


Quordle today – hints and answers for Monday, March 4 (game #770)
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 8h
It's time for your daily dose of Quordle hints, plus the answers for both the main game and the Daily Sequence spin off. Quordle is the only one of the many Wordle clones that I'm still playing now, around two years after the daily-word-game craze hit the internet, and with good reason: it's fun, but also difficult. What's more, its makers (now the online dictionary Merriam-Webster) are also keep


Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Microsoft-Powered Chatbot Just Disappeared
34Wired / 9h
The RFK Jr. campaign’s chatbot had previously affirmed Kennedy’s promotion of conspiracy theories, and appeared to circumvent OpenAI’s ban on political use.


Did Qualcomm just launch the first true 'App Store' for AI? AI Hub comes with 75 models for free, but you will have to be a developer to take full advantage of it
TechRadar - All the latest technology ne... / 10h
Qualcomm has unveiled its AI Hub, an all-inclusive library of pre-optimized AI models ready for use on devices running on Snapdragon and Qualcomm platforms. These models support a wide range of applications including natural language processing, computer vision, and anomaly detection, and are designed to deliver high performance with minimal power consumption, a critical factor for mobile and edg


The Truth Behind Migrants Flying Out of Southern Border Airports: What You Need to Know
View from the Wing / 10h
Is American Airlines bumping paying passengers so that they can fly migrants out of southern border airports? That's the claim being made across some sectors of the media. It takes one element of truth - that the number of migrants on planes out of a handful of airports has become substantial - and mixed it with an odd anecdote about a man who may have checked in late for his American Airlines fl


Dune: Part Two Rides the Worm To a Strong Box Office Opening
59Gizmodo / 11h
It’s March, and we’ve got our first big movie for 2024 in Warner Bros. and Legendary’s Dune: Part Two . Even as its release date shifted around a few times, there’s been a palpable excitement in the air for the second half of Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel, and that was before it was getting… Read more...


Apple may skip a spring event and announce new iPads, M3 MacBook Airs online instead
46Engadget / 11h
Apple is expected to have some big releases coming up soon — including new iPad Pro and iPad Air models, and the M3 MacBook Air — but it’s reportedly not going to host a big spring launch event for the announcements. In the Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman reports that Apple is “planning to announce the new products on its website with a series of online videos and marketing campaigns.” If so, th


Mark Dodson, Gremlins and Star Wars Voice Actor, Has Died at Age 64
53Gizmodo / 11h
Mark Dodson, a voice actor best known as Mogwai in the 1984 film Gremlins , passed away on Saturday at 64 years old. Read more...


Waymo scores a critical robotaxi permit, Fisker cuts more workers and Apple car fades away
TechCrunch / 12h
TechCrunch Mobility is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. I was in Los Angeles earlier this […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For p


Comics Creators Hit Out Against Indie Pub Ghosting Them
Gizmodo / 12h
Freelance comic book writers and artists have accused publisher Scout Comics of not paying them for their work, in some cases not doing so (or communicating with them) for a year or more. Read more...


From the coast of Croatia to the mountains of Thailand: The best road trips outside the US
The Points Guy / 12h
The best way to see a country is to get out on its roads and drive. In my 15 years of professional travel, I feel most at home when I’m exploring the culture and landscapes of a new destination from behind the wheel. There’s