Summary: Jabra is reportedly preparing to release new earbuds, including the Elite 8 Active and the Elite 10. The Elite 8 Active earbuds will feature voice assistant support, adaptive hybrid Active Noise Cancellation (ANC), and an IP58 rating for water and dust-resistance. The earbuds will also have Jabra’s secure in-ear ShakeGrip technology and offer fast…
Summary: The Department of Energy is granting $1.2 billion to two direct air capture (DAC) projects in Texas and Louisiana. The projects aim to remove over 2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere annually. This is equivalent to the yearly emissions of 445,000 gas-powered cars. DAC uses a chemical process to separate…
Summary Hacking group Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc) has launched an open-source tool called Veilid, which aims to help developers build secure apps. Veilid offers options such as opting out of data collection and online tracking, as part of cDc’s effort to combat the commercialization of the internet. The group emphasized that the tool…
Summary: The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) has developed a new program, called Alert California AI, which uses AI to detect wildfires. The program takes feed from 1,032 360-degree rotating cameras and uses AI to identify abnormalities within the camera feeds. If a potential wildfire is detected, the program notifies emergency…
Summary: The localization studio, Altagram Group, that worked on translating Baldur’s Gate III apologized for omitting the contract workers from the game’s credits. The company’s CEO took full responsibility for the oversight and thanked the game developer, Larian Studios, for allowing them to fix the error and update the credits. The names of the Brazilian…
Summary: FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was sent to jail after his bail was revoked. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan found probable cause that Bankman-Fried repeatedly tampered with witnesses. Bankman-Fried tried to harass a crucial witness by showing a New York Times reporter personal writings of his former partner Caroline Ellison. Prosecutors argued that Bankman-Fried’s…