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Shahram Mokhtari / iFixit News: Meta Quest 3S teardown: uses Quest 2’s same LCD panel and cheap Fresnel optics, replaces Quest 3’s depth sensor with two IR flood illuminators, and more  —  The Quest 3S is a curious device.  I think we were all expecting a budget version of the Quest 3, but that’s not quite what this headset is. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steven Levy / Wired: How Cloudflare CTO John Graham-Cumming cracked an encrypted ZIP file containing the code for a system that helped ANC members communicate safely under apartheid  —  John Graham-Cumming, who happens to be Cloudflare’s CTO, cracked a 30-year-old encrypted file that had a role in rewriting South Africa’s history. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Students, academics, and developers say AI writing detectors are most likely to falsely flag essays written in a more generic manner as written by AI tools  —  About two-thirds of teachers report regularly using tools for detecting AI-generated content.  At that scale, even tiny error rates can add up quickly. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Shahram Mokhtari / iFixit News: Meta Quest 3S teardown: has the same single LCD panel and cheap Fresnel optics as Quest 2 but uses two IR flood illuminators for depth mapping instead of one  —  The Quest 3S is a curious device.  I think we were all expecting a budget version of the Quest 3, but that’s not quite what this headset is. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pan / Bloomberg: Six months after bitcoin halving, some miners are keeping the Bitcoin they produce while an increasing number of companies are spending more on AI data centers  —  – Shares of firms keeping tokens they mint are lagging Bitcoin  — Best performers are spending on developing AI data centers Lees verder op Tech Meme

Om Malik / Crazy Stupid Tech: Q&A with Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince on how internet traffic surge during COVID helped it build an AI-ready “connectivity cloud”, internet balkanization, more  —  I first met Matthew Prince in 2010, the day he l aunched Cloudflare at TechCrunch Disrupt. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: How Waymo is converting locals and attracting tourists in San Francisco to pull ahead in the robotaxi race, with ~300 vehicles in the city and global ambitions  —  Just last year, residents wanted to get rid of robotaxis.  Now locals and tourists can’t get enough. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Om Malik / Crazy Stupid Tech: Q&A with Cloudflare CEO on how internet traffic surge during the pandemic helped it build an AI-ready “connectivity cloud”, balkanization of the internet, more  —  I first met Matthew Prince in 2010, the day he l aunched Cloudflare at TechCrunch Disrupt. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Marah Eakin / Wired: Inside the inaugural Culver Cup, a generative AI film competition sponsored by AWS and FBRC.ai giving filmmakers AI tools and three weeks to submit a short  —  Amazon is hosting AI filmmaking competitions.  Meta is letting directors test Movie Gen. As tech companies develop new tools … Lees verder op Tech Meme

K Oanh Ha / Bloomberg: DJI sues the US DOD for adding the drone maker to a list designating it a Chinese military company, says the DOD didn’t engage on the issue for over 16 months  —  – US added DJI to list designating it as a Chinese military firm  — List aimed at hindering China’s access to advanced technology Lees verder op Tech Meme