After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat
The Ecobee Smart Thermostat will lose its smarts on July 31st. | Image: Ecobee
Ecobee is discontinuing support for the very first smart thermostat. As of July 31st, 2024, the Ecobee Smart Thermostat and the Ecobee Energy Management System (EMS) thermostats will no longer be able to be controlled remotely or use any smart integrations. Basically, anything that requires an internet connection will stop working. They will still continue to control your HVAC in the same way a non-smart device does — by you controlling it on the device.
The company is offering affected users a 30 percent discount on a new Ecobee thermostat, valid for up to 15 thermostats. Customers should have received an email with the offer, but if not, Ecobee’s VP of product design, Bryan Hurren, says to contact support to get a code.
The Ecobee...
Fallout 3 And All Its DLC Will Be Free For Amazon Prime Members
Amazon Prime has announced its free games for May, revealing that Fallout 3 (and all of its DLC) will be one of the PC games subscribers can grab at no additional cost later this month.
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React, Electron, and LLMs have a common purpose: the labour arbitrage theory of dev tool popularity: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/react-electron-llms-labour-arbitrage/
Here are the best iPad deals right now
iPads go on sale quite frequently, but some discounts are getting harder to find as new models approach. | Image: The Verge
While the best iPad deals usually land during major sale events like Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Amazon’s various Prime Days, many of the best iPad deals from the holiday season have persisted into 2024. The discounts come and go like changing winds, but you can still take advantage of sales on many models today, particularly on the more affordable iPads. What’s more, prices are likely to drop even further when Apple ushers in a new slate of iPad Pro and iPad Air models,
Forthcoming models aside, it’s difficult to know where exactly you can find the most notable iPad deals unless you’re scouring the major retailers on a daily basis. But that’s often what our deal hunters at The Verge are doing each and every day, so let us help you...
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
We can have a different web:
> And those who cultivate those plots outside of these walls face pressures to conform to the whims of the businesses in hopes that the pathways remain open.
To gain the web we want, we have to pry it from the hands of our for-profit gatekeepers. They won't just let us have the weird, quirky web we long for because its existence proves we don't need them.
https://www.citationneeded.news/we-can-have-a-different-web/
collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
Somehow I am both the cat and the human in this comic.
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Whistleblower Joshua Dean, who raised concerns about Boeing jets, dies at 45
Dean's family says he quickly fell into critical condition after being diagnosed with a MRSA bacterial infection. He is the second aviation whistleblower to die in the past three months.
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FDA qualifies Apple Watch’s AFib history for use in clinical studies
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The Apple Watch’s atrial fibrillation (AFib) history feature, which records and alerts the wearer’s relevant heart events, has been qualified to join the FDA’s Medical Device Development Tools (MDDT) program — a first for a “digital health technology.” That means the Apple Watch is now usable in clinical studies that need estimated data on how much time the wearer spent in atrial fibrillation while wearing the device, 9to5Mac reports.
The FDA announcement describes using it as a noninvasive way to collect the data both before and after treatment:
Designed to be used as a biomarker test to help evaluate estimates of AFib burden as a secondary effectiveness endpoint within clinical studies intended to evaluate the safety and effectiveness...
Why are so many government officials concerned about TikTok?
Congress and President Biden say TikTok must shed its financial ties to China or face a ban in the U.S. But Washington Post tech reporter Drew Harwell says selling the company is complicated.
Passkeys: all the news and updates around passwordless sign-ins
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Follow along as websites, apps, and services adopt passkeys in preparation for a passwordless future.
How To Defeat Leviathan In Final Fantasy 16: The Rising Tide
At the end of The Rising Tide DLC in Final Fantasy XVI, you’ll have to go toe-to-toe with Final Fantasy’s iconic sea serpent: Leviathan. Like its predecessor, Echoes of the Fallen, The Rising Tide is already more challenging than the base game, and Leviathan kicks the difficulty up yet another notch. Not only is this…
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Had missed this, but it's a reminder that the reason we're in The Bad Place is because Apple steadfastly refuses to implement PWA install prompts or provide competing browsers the APIs they need to do it either:
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brianleroux@indieweb.social ("Brian LeRoux 💚") wrote:
cold outreach protip: if you're going to spam me claiming i have a performance problem best show up with a real trace from webpagetest or pagespeed insights or whatever and not some recycled hype garbage from a cloud vendor with easily verified worse scores
The last thing the iPad needs is a spec bump
The iPad is kind of a computer... but kind of not. | Image: Dan Seifert / The Verge
When Apple CEO Tim Cook and a bunch of his deputies take the virtual stage next week to announce new iPads, they’re going to spend a lot of time talking about specs. If the rumors are true, we’re going to get new iPad Pros with OLED screens and thinner bodies, new Airs with faster chips and a correctly placed front camera, and a couple of new accessories. Before they even launch, I feel confident telling you these are the best iPads ever. But after all these years, I still don’t know how to tell you whether you should want an iPad. Or what you’d want to do with it.
This has been true forever, of course. The iPad is the jack-of-all-trades in Apple’s lineup, a terrific device in many ways that still feels increasingly redundant now that...
Realistic Extraction Shooter Blowing Up On Steam, 400k Copies Sold In 48 Hours
Another day, another realistic military sim is blowing up on Steam. This time it’s Gray Zone Warfare, an Early Access extraction shooter that features a unique health system and some frustrating technical issues. But that hasn’t stopped over 400,000 players from giving the new game a shot, making it one of the biggest…
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The NYPD’s “Outside Agitators” Narrative Is an Excuse for Force
The morning after the New York Police Department arrested pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University, the city’s mayor appeared satisfied. “This is not a department that was dealing with one production at a time,” Mayor Eric Adams said, flanked by top police officials, during a press conference on Wednesday. “You have to be a well-organized professional […]
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Y'all, this is the biggest frickin thing for the web in *years*:
https://chromestatus.com/feature/5118874666663936
The in-page transitions API was nice, but not game-changing. Multi-page transitions + Service Workers, OTOH...a brand new day.
Microsoft made the biggest renewable energy agreement ever to fuel its AI ambitions
Satya Nadella, the executive chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation speaks during the “Microsoft Build: AI Day” event. | Photo by Peerapon Boonyakiat / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images
Microsoft just agreed to support the development of 10.5 gigawatts of new renewable energy capacity around the world, a massive amount of electricity to fuel its AI ambitions and climate goals.
For comparison, 10.5 GW of renewable energy amounts to nearly half the amount of solar and wind capacity California had in 2022. This is quite literally a very big deal — effectively the largest corporate agreement to purchase renewable energy to date, according to BloombergNEF. Microsoft inked the agreement yesterday with Brookfield Asset Management, which said the deal is almost eight times bigger than what was previously the single largest corporate power purchase agreement ever signed.
Microsoft is pumping a lot of its resources into AI o...
The highest observatory in the world just opened in Chile
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The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO) officially opened on Tuesday after 26 years of planning and construction. Sitting 18,500 feet high on Mount Chajnantor in the Atacama Desert in Chile, the 6.5-meter optical-infrared TAO telescope is now the highest in the world.
TAO replaces a smaller version of itself called MiniTAO, which held the highest telescope distinction before it. It beats the Chacaltaya Observatory, owned by the University of Madrid and sitting 17,191 feet on Mount Chacaltaya in Bolivia.
The next three record holders in the top five are also in Chile’s Atacama desert: the James Ax Observatory (17,100 feet); the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (17,030 feet); and the Llano de Chajnantor Observatory (sources vary;...
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My Perfect CMS https://rknight.me/blog/my-perfect-cms/
Day two of #WeblogPoMo2024
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Warrantless FBI searches of American communications drop 50 percent
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The FBI cut its warrantless searches of American data in half in 2023, according to a government report released on Tuesday. According to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s annual transparency report, the FBI conducted 57,094 searches of “US person” data under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act last year — a 52 percent decrease from 2022.
In a press briefing, a senior FBI official said that the drop was due to reforms the agency implemented in 2021 and 2022, The Record reports. Despite the drop in overall searches of Americans’ data, the report also notes that the number of foreign targets whose data could be searched in the Section 702 database rose to 268,590, a 9 percent increase from the...
Peloton is laying off workers and replacing the CEO — again
It's déjà vu for the luxury fitness company: Peloton is cutting about 400 more jobs, and its CEO is stepping down just two years after a major shakeup.
Apple gives small developers more ways around its alternative app store tax
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Apple is exempting more developers from the Core Technology Fee (CTF) it introduced in the European Union. In an update on Thursday, Apple announced that developers of free apps without monetization won’t have to pay the new fee.
To qualify, Apple says free apps must not have “revenue of any kind,” including money made from physical or digital goods, as well as advertising. “This condition is intended to give students, hobbyists, and other non-commercial developers an opportunity to create a popular app without paying the CTF,” Apple writes in the update.
The company also says small developers with less than €10 million in global annual business revenue will receive a three-year free “on-ramp” to the CTF “to help them create innovative...
There’s A Reason Why Sex Games Are Everywhere These Days
Have you noticed that there are a lot more horny games lately? Despite what some people may think, there’s no shortage of sexiness in modern gaming, with salacious titles readily available on Steam and even the Nintendo eShop. And it turns out that there’s an explanation for this, and it’s relatively simple, according…
X-Men ‘97’s Eighth Episode Is A Rocky Beginning To The Season's End
The eighth episode of X-Men ‘97 is the beginning of the end, at least for the show’s first season. “Tolerance Is Extinction - Part 1” is the first chapter in the show’s three-part finale. That puts the episode in a tough spot, as it needs to begin the work of tying together the show’s many threads, and reuniting its…
Google is getting even worse for independent sites
Illustration: The Verge
An article in HouseFresh, a site dedicated to air quality, hit a nerve in February: it outlined how independent publishers have been gradually bumped out of Google search results, with big media companies taking their place. Months later, the situation has only gotten more dire, according to a follow-up published by HouseFresh.
In February, HouseFresh managing editor Gisele Navarro called out publishers like BuzzFeed and Rolling Stone as some of the culprits that publish content about air purifiers despite a lack of expertise — but Google rewards these sites with high rankings all the same. The result is a search results page filled with SEO-first content, designed to do not much more than rank highly on Google.
In a piece published...
Rabbit R1 review: nothing to see here
Artificial intelligence might someday make technology easier to use and even do things on your behalf. All the Rabbit R1 does right now is make me tear my hair out.
Trump Will Likely Face More Fines for Violating Gag Order
Former president Donald Trump will likely face additional sanctions for violating the gag order in his criminal case in New York City after a brutal contempt hearing Thursday morning. He had already been fined $9,000 on Tuesday for nine violations. Trump is facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records for his role in a […]
Spotify’s shortform videos could spread to more parts of the app
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Spotify could soon bring shortform video clips to more areas of the app. A test spotted by Music Ally shows clips surfacing on playlist pages, allowing you to swipe through a vertical feed with videos less than 30 seconds long.
Spotify first introduced clips last year as a way for artists to communicate with fans and promote their music, but the platform only showed clips on artist profiles, album pages, and album countdown pages. However, that seems to be changing, as Music Ally found clips cropping up at the top of Spotify’s “Pop Drive” playlist, where you can swipe through short videos from artists like Sabrina Carpenter and Benson Boone.
As pointed out by Music Ally, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek hinted at the expansion of clips during an...
Shadow of The Erdtree Will Be Elden Ring’s ‘First And Last’ Expansion, Director Reveals
For those who were hoping to get more Elden Ring content after the release of Shadow of the Erdtree this summer, I’ve got some bad news. The game’s director, Hidetaka Miyazaki, has confirmed that the meaty expansion will be the game’s “first and last,” meaning the team will be moving on to whatever’s next after its…
Biden says he supports the right to protest but denounces "chaos" and hate speech
President Biden had an unexpected update to his schedule Thursday to address the pro-Palestinian protests roiling campuses across the country.
Nintendo’s Orlando theme park will have Yoshi and Donkey Kong rides
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The Super Nintendo World area opening at Universal Studios in Orlando next year will include every attraction from the existing theme parks in Hollywood and Japan — including the first Donkey Kong Country realm in the US. That’s according to Universal’s latest teaser for its fourth Orlando-based park, Epic Universe, which provides some clarity over what guests can expect on opening day in 2025.
Some of the experiences coming to Orlando’s Super Nintendo World include Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge, an interactive track ride already featured at the Hollywood park that’s inspired by the Mario Kart racing game series, and a version of the Mine-Cart Madness roller coaster that’s under construction in Japan’s Donkey Kong Country.
Universal...
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Macintosh PowerBook G3 with PowerPod 3
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Helldivers 2 Is Putting On A Clinic When It Comes To Games As A Service
Helldivers 2's next battle pass is just around the corner. Arrowhead Studios announced that the Polar Patriots Warbond, featuring new weapons and Arctic-themed armor, will drop on May 9. It’s the third battle pass the co-op shooter has received in as many months, and the latest example of how the PlayStation/ Steam…
I Saw the TV Glow is a tribute to the transformative power of fandom
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A24’s I Saw the TV Glow from writer / director Jane Schoenbrun is a brilliant exploration of how people can find and lose themselves in the media they love.
The U.S. may be missing human cases of bird flu, scientists say
Officially, only one person has caught the illness during the current outbreak. But with limited testing, cases could be flying under the radar.
Microsoft launches passkey support for all consumer accounts
Illustration: The Verge
Microsoft is fully rolling out passkey support for all consumer accounts today. After enabling them in Windows 11 last year, Microsoft account owners can also now generate passkeys across Windows, Android, and iOS. This makes it effortless to sign in to a Microsoft account without having to type a password in every time.
You can create passkeys for your Microsoft account by following this link, and you can choose your face, fingerprint, PIN, or a security key to use a device to sign in with a passkey.
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How passkeys work when you sign in to a Microsoft account.
“Today, you can use a passkey to sign in to Microsoft apps and websites, including Microsoft 365 and Copilot on desktop and mobile...
Finally, You Can Play Tetris On The Side Of A 7-Eleven Slurpee Cup!
You know how you’re always saying, “I wish I could play Tetris on an unwieldy plastic Slurpee cup that doesn’t actually function as a drinking vessel,” and we’re all like, “Shut up, Steve”? Well now you can have the last laugh, because thanks to a team-up between Tetris and 7-Eleven, your dream has come true.
rust@social.rust-lang.org ("Rust Language") wrote:
Rust 1.78.0 is now available! 🦀🌈
This release brings you #[diagnostic::on_unimplemented], more safety assertions in the standard library (in debug mode), LLVM version 18, and more!
Check out the announcement and release notes: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2024/05/02/Rust-1.78.0.html
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
on the difference between "product people" and "sales & marketing people", and on why tech companies fail when run by sales & marketing folks:
The best entertainment of 2024
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Finding something to watch or play can sometimes feel like work — there’s just so much out there vying for your free time. That’s true whether you’re heading to a theater, browsing the many streaming platforms, or looking for a new video game. It’s easy to get overwhelmed with choice.
So, as we’ve done in years past, we’re collecting all of our favorite releases from 2024 in one place. The goal is to make your decision-making a little easier. That could mean highlighting anything from an anticipated movie that actually lives up to the hype to a surprise indie game that takes the world by storm.
And we’ll be updating this page all year long as we continue to check out the latest in film, television, and gaming — so stay tuned.
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If you're looking for an explanation of what's happening at Google with the current layoffs, just watch this video. Steve Jobs' reflections about what happened at Apple provide the best explanation. It's something you'll encounter in all corporate companies.
#google #stevejobs #layoffs #entshittification
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Tales of Kenzera’s heart-wrenching story proved tougher than its platforming
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There’s challenging combat and platforming puzzles, but the hardest part of the game is grappling with its emotional story.
Hellblade 2, Paper Mario, and 17 Other Games To Get Excited For In May
We’re heading into the fifth month of 2024, and naturally, we have a full calendar of days and weeks of fresh new games to dig into. This month we’re looking at the anticipated sequel to Ninja Theory’s Hellblade, the return of Paper Mario, World of Goo, and yet another game that lets us play as a cat in a big city.…
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gedankenstuecke@scholar.social ("Bastian Greshake Tzovaras") wrote:
Oh dear, "Heat Death of the Internet" is a brilliant piece of writing. Could equally be called the "death by a thousand virtual paper cuts".
Bose’s new SoundLink Max has a little handle and big sound
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Say what you will about Bose’s more ambitious swings — I appreciate that it takes them in the first place — but today, the company is releasing a new product in a category that it’s always been pretty excellent at: Bluetooth speakers. Bose is more or less supersizing its SoundLink Flex into a new, larger model called the SoundLink Max. Considering how Bose’s acoustic processing has for years squeezed impressive sound out of relatively small hardware, I’m excited to hear what a bigger device is capable of.
Coming May 16th for a price of $399, the new speaker is loaded with three transducers and two custom-designed passive radiators. So right there, you’re already in for quite an improvement over the mono SoundLink Flex.
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Nvidia makes it easier to get GeForce Now running on the Steam Deck
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Nvidia is releasing a script that simplifies getting its GeForce Now cloud gaming service up and running on Valve’s Steam Deck device. The script automatically installs Google Chrome, adjusts the browser to enable gamepad use, and then adds a GeForce Now shortcut to your Steam library.
While the script automates the process of using the SteamOS terminal app to install Chrome and enable gamepad support, you’ll still need to make some manual tweaks to get GeForce Now working as you’d expect. Once you launch GeForce Now, you’ll need to press the Steam menu button and head into controller settings to change the value of Current Button Layout to “Gamepad with Mouse Trackpad.” This will allow you to use the trackpad to control the mouse inside...
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
There seems to be an inverse correlation between wealth and intelligence. Case in point: Balaji Srinivasan.
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Police enter UCLA anti-war encampment; Arizona repeals Civil War-era abortion ban
Law enforcement officers have moved into a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA. Arizona lawmakers voted to repeal a Civil War-era abortion ban.
Police enter UCLA anti-war encampment; Arizona repeals Civil War-era abortion ban
Law enforcement officers have moved into a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA. Arizona lawmakers voted to repeal a Civil War-era abortion ban.
keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri") wrote:
A feature I miss in #Firefox: if I use "close other tabs" or "close tabs on left/right" and this tab holds camera or mic (AKA: I have Google Meet session in progress): ask for confirmation! 😃
CC @FirefoxNightly
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
The actor Brian Cox is One of Us.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/02/nice-anti-abrahamic-rant/
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Microsoft investigating VPN issues with latest Windows 11 update
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Microsoft says it’s investigating reports of VPN connection failures after installing the April 2024 Windows 11 update. The KB5036893 security update was issued on April 9th for all supported Windows 11 versions, and some users have reported that VPN connections with TPM-backed certificates aren’t working after the patch was installed.
Reddit user Flo-TPG says the Windows 11 update caused “a certificate could not be found” error while attempting to use a VPN connection. Microsoft warns that VPN connections could fail after installing this April 2024 security update and that the company is “investigating user reports, and we will provide more information in the coming days.”
The only workaround right now is to uninstall the KB5036893...
Over 400 million Google accounts have used passkeys, but our passwordless future remains elusive
Google may start asking users that still utilize passwords instead of their passkeys to wait 24 hours before they can access their account. | Illustration: The Verge
Google is kicking off World Password Day by updating us on its efforts to replace the often hacked, guessed, and stolen form of authentication with passkeys. Their passwordless approach relies on device-based authentication instead, making logging in faster and more secure.
In a blog post on Thursday, the company announced that over 400 million Google accounts (of the at least 1.5 billion reported since 2018) have used passkeys since rolling them out, logging over a billion authentications between them. The majority of users find them easier to use than passwords, according to Google, adding that “since launching, passkeys have proven to be faster than passwords, since they only require users to simply unlock their device using a...
Peloton announces new round of layoffs as CEO quits
Another dark day for Peloton. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Peloton’s CEO Barry McCarthy is stepping down after announcing yet another round of layoffs, this time affecting about 15 percent of its remaining workforce, or roughly 400 global team members. It’s the fifth round of layoffs to hit the pandemic darling and comes after McCarthy said on its Q1 2023 earnings call that the company was done with layoffs and that the “ship was turning.”
“Hard as the decision has been to make additional headcount cuts, Peloton simply had no other way to bring its spending in line with its revenue,” said McCarthy in his outgoing message, noting that it’s a crucial step as the company seeks to refinance its debt. The layoffs are part of a 12-month restructuring program meant to reduce annual expenses by more...
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Can't wait for this trend to die
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‘Trump said he would “absolutely” consider pardoning every person who had been convicted on, or pleaded guilty to, charges related to the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6. He also would not rule out the possibility of political violence after this year’s election.’
Cities Scramble for Trees That Can Adapt to a Changing Climate
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last fall, I invited a stranger into my yard. Manzanita, with its peeling red bark and delicate pitcher-shaped blossoms, thrives on the dry, rocky ridges of Northern California. The small, evergreen tree or shrub is famously drought-tolerant, with some varieties capable […]
Who will pay to replace Baltimore's Key Bridge? The legal battle has already begun
Workers are still removing pieces of the Key Bridge from Baltimore Harbor, but the fight over who will pay to replace it has already begun. Past accidents offer some clues about how it could play out.
Who will pay to replace Baltimore's Key Bridge? The legal battle has already begun
Workers are still removing pieces of the Key Bridge from Baltimore Harbor, but the fight over who will pay to replace it has already begun. Past accidents offer some clues about how it could play out.
Amazon, Target and other retailers pull weighted infant sleepwear over safety fears
Federal regulators, medical experts and safe-sleep advocates have warned of the potential danger of weighted infant sleepwear, but manufacturers say their products have helped millions of families.
Amazon, Target and other retailers pull weighted infant sleepwear over safety fears
Federal regulators, medical experts and safe-sleep advocates have warned of the potential danger of weighted infant sleepwear, but manufacturers say their products have helped millions of families.
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heydon@front-end.social ("Large Heydon Collider") wrote:
Was just reminded that you can use *no* headings in a web page and automated tests will pass you for WCAG compliance.
You can't use the wrong heading structure if you use no headings at all! Automated tests can't tell where the structure needs to be broken up into sections because they would have to understand the nature of the content. #a11y
House passes bill aimed to combat antisemitism amid college unrest
House Speaker Mike Johnson met with a group of Jewish students at Columbia University who say they've experienced antisemitic speech and harassment from protesters on and off campus.
House passes bill aimed to combat antisemitism amid college unrest
House Speaker Mike Johnson met with a group of Jewish students at Columbia University who say they've experienced antisemitic speech and harassment from protesters on and off campus.
College student explores rare mental health condition in award-winning podcast
This year's winning entry is an emotional account of living with schizoaffective disorder, from a student at Miami Dade College.
Who is Keith Davidson, the lawyer who negotiated hush money payments from Trump?
Attorney Keith Davidson, a key witness who represented Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, is back on the stand to continue testifying against Trump in New York.
College student explores rare mental health condition in award-winning podcast
This year's winning entry is an emotional account of living with schizoaffective disorder, from a student at Miami Dade College.
After downsizing health care for years, Pentagon says medical readiness was a casualty
Former combat surgeons warn it won't be easy to restore medical readiness to where it was during the last war, much less where is needs to be for the next one.
Voters in this 'boomerang' county say they're nostalgic for the Trump economy
Voters in Northampton County, Pa., say they remember having more money when Donald Trump was in office. But when it comes time to cast their ballots this year, other issues are at play too.
Voters in this 'boomerang' county say they're nostalgic for the Trump economy
Voters in Northampton County, Pa., say they remember having more money when Donald Trump was in office. But when it comes time to cast their ballots this year, other issues are at play too.
After downsizing healthcare for years, Pentagon says medical readiness was a casualty
Former combat surgeons warn it won't be easy to restore medical readiness to where it was during the last war, much less where is needs to be for the next one.
Who is Keith Davidson, the lawyer who negotiated hush money payments from Trump?
Attorney Keith Davidson, a key witness who represented Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, will go back on the stand Thursday morning to continue testifying against Trump in New York.
U.S. v. Google: As landmark 'monopoly power' trial closes, here's what to look for
Is Google an illegal monopoly that's thwarted rivals to remain on top or is it simply a beloved search engine? Now it's up to the judge to decide.
U.S. v. Google: As landmark 'monopoly power' trial closes, here's what to look for
Is Google an illegal monopoly that's thwarted rivals to remain on top or is it simply a beloved search engine? Now it's up to the judge to decide.
Newly elected prime minister in Solomon Islands is likely to keep close China ties
Solomon Islands lawmakers elected former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele as prime minister Thursday in a development that suggests the South Pacific island nation will maintain close ties with China.
TikTok and Universal Music Group end feud with new agreement
Taylor Swift’s label is returning to TikTok’s one billion-plus users. | Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images
Universal Music Group has inked a “multi-dimensional” deal with TikTok that will see its roster of artists — which includes Taylor Swift, Drake, and Olivia Rodrigo — return to the social media platform’s one billion-plus users. UMG began pulling its music from TikTok on February 1st after the old contract expired.
Notably, the deal will address concerns that UMG and its artists have with generative AI. “TikTok and UMG will work together to ensure AI development across the music industry will protect human artistry and the economics that flow to those artists and songwriters,” reads a press release announcing the deal. “TikTok is also committed to working with UMG to remove unauthorized AI-generated music from the platform, as well as...
Colombia's president says ammunition has gone missing from 2 army bases
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Tuesday that hundreds of thousands of pieces of ammunition have gone missing from two military bases in the South American country.
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thomasbeagle@mastodon.nz ("Thomas Beagle") wrote:
@sarahhbickerton I miss feeling that technology was, if not on my side, at least not actively working against me and my interests.
The surveillance internet is a creepy place.
As abortion looks like a key issue in 2024, voters more divided by party than ever
In a new report, Democrats are increasingly motivated by the issue of abortion - and increasingly supportive, as are independent voters. Republicans views have mostly remained the same.
The CDC says maternal mortality rates in the U.S. got better, after a pandemic spike
The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. in 2022 – while still high – went back to where it was before deaths surged during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest CDC report.
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nick_tune@hachyderm.io ("Nick Tune 🇺🇦") wrote:
One thing I have learned in 10 years of tech lead roles is that you don't always need to lead by proposing solutions or explaining why certain choices are better.
You just need to help others see the big picture. Often they can then make good technical decisions themselves.
cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Also, shredding that advert just to be safe.
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phae@status.fberriman.com wrote:
Some nice objects around today for background
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andybaio@xoxo.zone ("Andy Baio") wrote:
@danhon imagine that https://archive.is/2024.05.01-190235/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-05-01/will-gm-regret-kicking-apple-carplay-off-the-dashboard
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- [Screenshot from article about GM phasing out Apple CarPlay for its own software:
Larger problems reared up on a family road trip to Ohio for Thanksgiving. After a warning light randomly popped up on the main screen, apps kept crashing before the display blacked out altogether. With the system bricked, no settings could be changed for the 600-mile drive back to Des Moines, not even the SiriusXM channel, which was stuck on 1990s radio. “My 4-year-old is now very well-versed in my music taste,” says Waldron, who depended on his iPhone planted in the cup holder for the rest of the journey.
Once home, Waldron’s Blazer went to the dealership where it stayed for a month as technicians tried to diagnose the glitches. He wasn’t alone: Press reviewers and numerous customers ran into major software failures and vehicle faults, forcing GM to ground the vehicle and halt all sales starting in December. As the weeks dragged on at the shop, a service rep asked Waldron if there was anything he could do to make the situation right. “I said, ‘Well, you could put CarPlay back in it,’ ” Waldron recalls. “The guy was laughing and said, ‘I have a feeling I’m going to be hearing a lot of that.’ ”][7] ([remote][8])
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cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
I just received this advert in the mail today. It sounds like the kind of book you'd find laying around in a cabin in the woods just before all literal hell breaks loose. Do not want.
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aburtch@triangletoot.party wrote:
McSweeneys nails it once again…
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-message-from-the-chancellor-on-the-recent-student-protest
(via @MichaelTBacon)
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aburtch@triangletoot.party wrote:
If you are a fan of #ambient #PedalSteel #guitar I would love for you to check out my Ambient Pedal Steel playlist.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7iZsCLTZGA1Z5lKA7elTvJ?si=67c3a19f75144ff6
It features artists such as Chuck Johnson, Luke Schneider, The North Americans, and others. Even Ben Harper did an album of pedal steel sketches!
(Please boost)
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unclepj@zirk.us ("UnclePJ") wrote:
My body is not a temple, it’s a rusted out storage unit where I keep my regrets and broken dreams. There’s also a raccoon…
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stilgherrian@eigenmagic.net ("Stilgherrian") wrote:
Today, Thursday 2 May, is World Tuna Day. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-tuna-day/
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
I think maybe this should be my new account icon
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Away from his New York trial, Donald Trump's campaign rallies are business as usual
In Wisconsin and Michigan, Donald Trump largely avoided the hush money trial that has mostly sidelined his campaign efforts as he tried to woo voters with a familiar speech in two major swing states.
nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
This may sound cheesy but the broadway play Wicked is so good that I didn’t even think theatre could be this good
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rtyler@hacky.town ("R Tyler Croy 🦀") wrote:
"Redis is going to be another Hudson"
"Valkey will be the new Jenkins"
High praise from @bcantrill on the work the Valkey community is doing, and a hat-tip to the work we did to extricate ourselves from Oracle so many years ago in the Jenkins community 🤗
Announcing Rust 1.78.0
The Rust team is happy to announce a new version of Rust, 1.78.0. Rust is a programming language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
If you have a previous version of Rust installed via rustup, you can get 1.78.0 with:
$ rustup update stable
If you don't have it already, you can get rustup from the appropriate page on our website, and check out the detailed release notes for 1.78.0.
If you'd like to help us out by testing future releases, you might consider updating locally to use the beta channel (rustup default beta) or the nightly channel (rustup default nightly). Please report any bugs you might come across!
What's in 1.78.0 stable
Diagnostic attributes
Rust now supports a #[diagnostic] attribute namespace to influence compiler error messages. These are treated as hints which the compiler is not required to use, and it is also not an error to provide a diagnostic that the compiler doesn't recognize. This flexibility allows source code to provide diagnostics even when they're not supported by all compilers, whether those are different versions or entirely different implementations.
With this namespace comes the first supported attribute, #[diagnostic::on_unimplemented], which can be placed on a trait to customize the message when that trait is required but hasn't been implemented on a type. Consider the example given in the stabilization pull request:
#[diagnostic::on_unimplemented(
message = "My Message for `ImportantTrait<{A}>` is not implemented for `{Self}`",
label = "My Label",
note = "Note 1",
note = "Note 2"
)]
trait ImportantTrait<A> {}
fn use_my_trait(_: impl ImportantTrait<i32>) {}
fn main() {
use_my_trait(String::new());
}
Previously, the compiler would give a builtin error like this:
error[E0277]: the trait bound `String: ImportantTrait<i32>` is not satisfied
--> src/main.rs:12:18
|
12 | use_my_trait(String::new());
| ------------ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the trait `ImportantTrait<i32>` is not implemented for `String`
| |
| required by a bound introduced by this call
|
With #[diagnostic::on_unimplemented], its custom message fills the primary error line, and its custom label is placed on the source output. The original label is still written as help output, and any custom notes are written as well. (These exact details are subject to change.)
error[E0277]: My Message for `ImportantTrait<i32>` is not implemented for `String`
--> src/main.rs:12:18
|
12 | use_my_trait(String::new());
| ------------ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ My Label
| |
| required by a bound introduced by this call
|
= help: the trait `ImportantTrait<i32>` is not implemented for `String`
= note: Note 1
= note: Note 2
For trait authors, this kind of diagnostic is more useful if you can provide a better hint than just talking about the missing implementation itself. For example, this is an abridged sample from the standard library:
#[diagnostic::on_unimplemented(
message = "the size for values of type `{Self}` cannot be known at compilation time",
label = "doesn't have a size known at compile-time"
)]
pub trait Sized {}
For more information, see the reference section on the diagnostic tool attribute namespace.
Asserting unsafe preconditions
The Rust standard library has a number of assertions for the preconditions of unsafe functions, but historically they have only been enabled in #[cfg(debug_assertions)] builds of the standard library to avoid affecting release performance. However, since the standard library is usually compiled and distributed in release mode, most Rust developers weren't ever executing these checks at all.
Now, the condition for these assertions is delayed until code generation, so they will be checked depending on the user's own setting for debug assertions -- enabled by default in debug and test builds. This change helps users catch undefined behavior in their code, though the details of how much is checked are generally not stable.
For example, slice::from_raw_parts requires an aligned non-null pointer. The following use of a purposely-misaligned pointer has undefined behavior, and while if you were unlucky it may have appeared to "work" in the past, the debug assertion can now catch it:
fn main() {
let slice: &[u8] = &[1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
let ptr = slice.as_ptr();
// Create an offset from `ptr` that will always be one off from `u16`'s correct alignment
let i = usize::from(ptr as usize & 1 == 0);
let slice16: &[u16] = unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(ptr.add(i).cast::<u16>(), 2) };
dbg!(slice16);
}
thread 'main' panicked at library/core/src/panicking.rs:220:5:
unsafe precondition(s) violated: slice::from_raw_parts requires the pointer to be aligned and non-null, and the total size of the slice not to exceed `isize::MAX`
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
thread caused non-unwinding panic. aborting.
Deterministic realignment
The standard library has a few functions that change the alignment of pointers and slices, but they previously had caveats that made them difficult to rely on in practice, if you followed their documentation precisely. Those caveats primarily existed as a hedge against const evaluation, but they're only stable for non-const use anyway. They are now promised to have consistent runtime behavior according to their actual inputs.
- pointer::align_offset computes the offset needed to change a pointer to the given alignment. It returns
usize::MAXif that is not possible, but it was previously permitted to always returnusize::MAX, and now that behavior is removed. - slice::align_to and slice::align_to_mut both transmute slices to an aligned middle slice and the remaining unaligned head and tail slices. These methods now promise to return the largest possible middle part, rather than allowing the implementation to return something less optimal like returning everything as the head slice.
Stabilized APIs
- impl Read for &Stdin
- Accept non 'static lifetimes for several std::error::Error related implementations
- Make impl<Fd: AsFd> impl take ?Sized
- impl From for io::Error
These APIs are now stable in const contexts:
Compatibility notes
- As previously announced, Rust 1.78 has increased its minimum requirement to Windows 10 for the following targets:
x86_64-pc-windows-msvci686-pc-windows-msvcx86_64-pc-windows-gnui686-pc-windows-gnux86_64-pc-windows-gnullvmi686-pc-windows-gnullvm
- Rust 1.78 has upgraded its bundled LLVM to version 18, completing the announced u128/i128 ABI change for x86-32 and x86-64 targets. Distributors that use their own LLVM older than 18 may still face the calling convention bugs mentioned in that post.
Other changes
Check out everything that changed in Rust, Cargo, and Clippy.
Contributors to 1.78.0
Many people came together to create Rust 1.78.0. We couldn't have done it without all of you. Thanks!