Nobody Cares: Technology-only Edition

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It's becoming aware of its surroundings...

Boston Dynamics’ robot dog now reads gauges and thermometers with Google's AI

Google's AI enables robots to read gauges while inspecting industrial facilities.

arstechnica.com

 

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I'm too locked into rechargeable mice now to want one, but someone needs to give all the awards to the company behind this design.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Legit. Logitech TM250G/MK255. You can use an AA or an AAA battery in the alternate slots.

 

[Noodles]

I have seen this posted so much everywhere for some reason

 

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[Govi]

What the heck? I really felt for that robot in that little scene. And I laughed. I think it was not the falling that created my conflicted feelings, but the incredible amount of broken pieces that came out of the poor fallen one.

We've all seen children fall or otherwise hurt themselves but they're not sure what happened until they see the faces of those looking on. THEN the crying begins. You feel for them so much, because you know it hurts and how it feels, but the reality of that look to see whether this is an important hurt or not... That look and the complete need to suppress one's reaction to it in order to help the fallen child, that makes the feeling of sympathetic sadness so poignant.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO from Apple, Inc as of 1st of September. His successor is going to be John Ternus with Cook becoming executive chairman of Apple's board of directors.

Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman John Ternus to become Apple CEO

Apple announced that Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors and John Ternus, senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple’s next chief executive officer effective on September 1, 2026.

www.apple.com

 

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Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO from Apple, Inc as of 1st of September. His successor is going to be John Ternus with Cook becoming executive chairman of Apple's board of directors.

Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman John Ternus to become Apple CEO

Apple announced that Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors and John Ternus, senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple’s next chief executive officer effective on September 1, 2026.

www.apple.com

Not a problem for Trump; he'll just refer to Ternus as John Apple.

 

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[Innula Zenovka]

The Hidden World of Undersea Cables

most of the internet runs through roughly 500 undersea cables that connect the world, totalling about 900,000 miles—enough to wrap around the entire circumference of the Earth nearly forty times.

As Google’s Jayne Stowell told the New York Times: “People think that data is in the cloud, but it’s not. It’s in the ocean.” The world’s powers understand this, which is why the UK publicly released information that Russian vessels had recently been caught trying to scope out undersea cables for potential sabotage.

The hidden world of undersea cables is a fascinating one, and entering this unknown world takes us from colonial-era telegraphs to sharks, volcanoes, saboteurs, and spies.

 

[Noodles]

The Hidden World of Undersea Cables

One of the guys who is on some of the calls I am on manages this group for the company. I don't know much about it all otherwise but it was kind of interesting when it came up once.