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canopic jug writes:The Times Higher Education has an essay by Professor Andy Farnell where he rethinks digital technologies which disenfranchise, dehumanize, excludes, and even bully both students and teachers. These unfortunate technologies with their problems and misfeatures have been plaguing institutions of higher education for quite some time now. Not too long ago, universities took the lead in creating and advancing performant technologies. The triumvirate of LDAP, Kerberos, and AFS is just one which comes to mind, though there are also the original Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) and many more. Now these institutions have mostly lost their way and have become followers and "consumers" of products that not only don't meet their needs but actively work against institutional goals. He starts by asking which digital technologies could, or rather ought to, be removed from higher educational environments.

upstart writes:If harassment isn't tackled soon, many women will go permanently offline to avoid online abuse:

Perseverance Rover Begins Setting Up Sample Depot on Marsupstart writes:Perseverance Rover Begins Setting Up Sample Depot on Mars - ExtremeTech:

upstart writes:The company plans to keep mining as it reaches a deal with its lenders, who harbor most of the debt:

fliptop writes:Two men, alleged to be senior members of an international crime syndicate, face charges in Taiwan:

upstart writes:US Postal Service Announces Shift Toward Electric Delivery Vehicles - ExtremeTech:

liar writes:https://gizmodo.com/mgs-facial-recognition-msg-rockettes-show-1849919528

fliptop writes:The draft publication features updates intended to help fight online crime, preserve privacy and promote equity and usability:

owl writes:https://blog.otterstack.com/posts/202212-doom-calculator/

hubie writes:Physicist strikes gold, solving 50-year lightning mystery:

owl writes:https://evoniuk.github.io/posts/pitfall.html

owl writes:https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/20/free-for-2023/#oy-canada

upstart writes:The implications of a new salary disclosure law that takes effect next month in Washington state:

upstart writes:Samsung validating new DDR5-7200 DRAM ICs with AMD:

A contributor writes:We've always known that Australia is full of nasty critters and such, but now the Beeb reports that a batch of spinach (that stuff kids don't like) from Costco in Australia causes hallucinations and delirium, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-63995469

Tesla is Reportedly Planning Layoffs. are Musk's Twitter Antics to Blame? - SlashGearupstart writes:Tesla investors blame the Twitter lordship:

upstart writes:Mozilla Is Starting Its Own Mastodon Server:

fliptop writes:Servers around the world could soon face a massive data storage crunch, thanks to the "mind-blowing amount" of information people store digitally every day:

upstart writes:But you probably shouldn't worry:

upstart writes:To avoid cannibalizing supply for other Pi products, the next model must wait:

upstart writes:Innovations in directed-energy systems could save lives and aid disaster recovery:

upstart writes:Apparently a lot of people have signed up to Elon Musk's internet service provider:

upstart writes:There is no simple answer, but we think there are a few factors that really stand out...:

fliptop writes:Ukraine's army issued an instruction video on Monday with a step-by-step guide for Russian soldiers on how to surrender to one of its drones:

upstart writes:What LastPass said — and hasn't said — about its second data breach this year:

upstart writes:An AI and machine learning model tuned to decode hastily scrawled notes from doctors:

fliptop writes:PC Watch has uncovered a new makeshift laptop design that turns any smartphone into a working laptop:

upstart writes:Every year, the planet inches closer to its star:

upstart writes:Producers of Elbrus and Baikal chips are refusing to ship them:

upstart writes:The Haru Oni plant will scale up from 34,000 gallons to 14.5 million gallons by 2024:

upstart writes:Foxconn faces hefty fines from Taiwanese government for unauthorised investment in Chinese chip makers- Technology News, Firstpost:

upstart writes:A New NASA Satellite Will Map Earth's Rising Seas:

upstart writes:Kernel 6.2 promises multiple filesystem improvements:

upstart writes:Dell's modular concept PC can be popped open by inserting a key into the chassis:

hubie writes:Leprosy is one of the world's oldest and most persistent diseases but the bacteria that cause it may also have the surprising ability to grow and regenerate a vital organ:

upstart writes:Hackers Distributed a Trojanized Build of Windows 10 to Infiltrate Ukrainian Targets - ExtremeTech:

fliptop writes:LG Energy Solution said on Monday that it will spend 4 trillion won, or approximately $3.07 billion, up until 2026 to expand its electric vehicle (EV) battery production in South Korea:

hubie writes:Researchers use blockchain to increase electric grid resiliency:

upstart writes:The past and the future are tightly linked in conventional quantum mechanics. Perhaps too tightly. A tweak to the theory could let quantum possibilities increase as space expands.

upstart writes:Germany will host JUPITER, Europe's entry into the exascale realm:

upstart writes:Bad News In The NDAA: Unconstitutional 'Judge Safety' Bill, With Submarine Attack On Section 230, Is Included:

upstart writes:Big problems from tiny memory cells:

upstart writes:ChatGPT arrives in the academic world:

hubie writes:10-inch tablet with detachable keyboard case should be available in early 2023:

fliptop writes:A cutting-edge U.S. Steel mill in Arkansas is using AI tools in production, but implementing that tech know-how in century-old plants hasn't been easy:

John Carmack Steps Out of Meta's VR Messupstart writes:John Carmack steps out of Meta's VR mess:

upstart writes:A Sealed, Never-Opened Nintendo 64 Goes For $250,000:

upstart writes:Content moderation is guided by profits and by ideology more than policy:

upstart writes:Physics, space and climate research may be entering a new Cold War:

upstart writes:Western Digital, Micron, Nvidia Fall On Chip Glut Amid Recession Fears: