Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash | Amazon praised for ending NDAs but slammed for downplaying data center pollution.
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How do phones find the city of a phone number?
I’m writing a program that can find info about a phone number. One problem appears to be that Google’s phone number library doesn’t provide enough info. For instance, take this number: +1 (613) 745-1576. My iPhone correctly says “Ottawa, Ontario, Canada”, while Google’s library doesn’t return the city? How does my iPhone pick this up but not Google’s own library? Is this provided by cell carriers? Is it something with the 745 block? If so, where can I find this info?
US Navy is flight-testing 3D printed fighter jet parts that cut repair times in half — forward-deployed 3…
The US Navy is experimenting with 3D-printed patches for composite parts, allowing forward bases to repair F/A-18 Super Hornets without waiting for replacement parts coming from the tail end of a logistics supply chain …
https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/us-navy-testing-3d-printed-fighter-jet-parts-for-quick-repairs-composite-parts-printed-at-forward-deployed-3d-printers-to-be-flight-tested-on-operational-f-a-18-super-hornets
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Amazon Warns Local Communities to Stop Defying Its Massive AI Data Centers: The tech industry has fully lost the plot.
Linux 7.3-rc6 Released: Normal For The New "AI Normal"
An AI couldn’t beat humans at StarCraft, so it decided to cheat
EV Charging Doesn't Need to Be as Fast as Gas, Ionna CEO Says
Why the Success of 'Oxylabs' Matters to Every Lithuanian
The growth of Lithuanian tech startup Oxylabs highlights the country's rising influence in the global tech industry, with implications for Lithuania's economy, innovation, and export potential.
#EU #Lithuania #Startups #Technology #Innovation
https://www.vz.lt/izvalgos/2026/07/15/g-verbickaite-kodel-oxylabs-sekme-svarbi-kiekvienam-lietuvos-gyventojui-587459
#Microsoft fake #Windows error ended in a $280 million settlement.
The story mostly forgotten today, and one of the reasons why MS was/is so disliked. This is just one of their dirty tricks they played to gain mass adoption and eventually a monopoly on the PC.
https://www.makeuseof.com/microsofts-windows-fake-error-ended-in-a-280-million-settlement/
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Internet shutdown in Iran is now the longest in world history
Surely you have ultra-wideband radios on your bins too?
Former SR-71 Engineer Talks NASA's Blackbird Revival Program
I was waiting for The War Zone to do an article on the apparent SR-71 revival. The SR-71 engineer they interviewed believes that the most-likely thing being done is bringing the Blackbird back to be used as a testbed for new, high-speed engines.
Alibaba’s AI model Qwen3.8-Max made widely accessible ahead of open-weights release: Flagship 2.4 trillion parameter model highlights native multimodal capabilities and ... agentic tasks.
Colibri chat system (Discord-like thing based on ATProto)
Still a bit alpha, but looks promising. Several features seem to be waiting for atproto implementation.
American Tech Companies Are Suddenly Sweating Bullets as China Catches Up on AI
A 2GB Raspberry Pi 4 now costs 50% more than it did at launch
How I Reverse-Engineered one of the biggest GSM Operator's application - isayeter.com
Deadlock smashes Steam record following new update that brings in over 228,000 concurrent players, but Valve isn't done: "There was still a good amount of work we wanted to do on the core game"
