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The pontiff, who was the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday aged 88.
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Folderol @lemmy.cafe Illecors @lemmy.cafe Apple broke EC state aid rules, owes billions in back taxes
www.theregister.com Apple owes billions in Irish back taxesFinal judgment handed down by Court of Justice of the European Union
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Folderol @lemmy.cafe Illecors @lemmy.cafe 
www.theregister.com Raptor Lake patch may only work with default power settingsAll those BIOS options that promise better performance? Enabling them might kill your processor
Intel just can't catch a break
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Folderol @lemmy.cafe Illecors @lemmy.cafe Intel failures: A cautionary tale of business vs engineering
www.theregister.com Intel failures: A cautionary tale of business vs engineeringChipzilla taking some punches but could it stay down?
While I am a fan of AMD, Intel has done incredible things in the past. They really need to get their shit together.
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Folderol @lemmy.cafe Illecors @lemmy.cafe OpenAI researcher Andrej Karpathy departs firm
Maybe those board and ceo shenanigans did leave a bad taste internally, afterall.
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Folderol @lemmy.cafe Illecors @lemmy.cafe Town celebrates return of the sun after 30 nights
www.bbc.co.uk After 30 days of darkness, celebrating the sun's returnThe Inuvik sunrise festival in Canada commemorates the return of sunlight after a month of polar nights.
Some really beautiful shots in the video.
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Folderol @lemmy.cafe Illecors @lemmy.cafe I’m a Supercommuter. Here’s What It’s Really Like.
In a surprise to absolutely nobody - it sucks.
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Folderol @lemmy.cafe Illecors @lemmy.cafe Four things that turn 100 in 2024
www.bbc.co.uk Four things that turn 100 in 2024 - BBC BitesizeThe Winter Olympics and TV pictures are about to hit their century
Winter Olympics, radio pips, MGM and TV images.
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Folderol @lemmy.cafe Illecors @lemmy.cafe 
arstechnica.com Crypto hedge fund CEO may not exist; probe finds no record of identityHyperVerse’s collapse caused an estimated $1.3 billion in customer losses.
Now that is how you run a proper scam.
Take notes, kids!
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Folderol @lemmy.cafe Illecors @lemmy.cafe Google Is Finally Killing Cookies. Advertisers Still Aren’t Ready.
The ad companies are complaining. This is either a farce or Google is doing something actually useful this time.
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Folderol @lemmy.cafe Illecors @lemmy.cafe A plane fueled by fat and sugar has crossed the Atlantic Ocean
A step in the right direction. Unfortunately, the method itself is not currently sustainable as jet engines are not adapted to run on such fuel all the time as well as the fuel supply is limited.
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Folderol @lemmy.cafe Illecors @lemmy.cafe 
www.theregister.com Tata ordered to cough up $210M in code theft trialNaughty engineers + inability to work email = $$$
For once good ol' incompetence leads to proving theft rather than just losses.
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Folderol @lemmy.cafe Illecors @lemmy.cafe Premium whisky prices slump as weak global economy hurts taste for luxury
www.ft.com Premium whisky prices decline as weak global economy hurts taste for luxuryValue of ‘fine and rare’ single malts sold at auction falls 7%, tarnishing status as alternative haven asset
Man I wish I had problems like that.
Oh no, my investment in whisky has lost 7% of its value since last year!
I do appreciate a nice glass of single malt on occasion, though.
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Folderol @lemmy.cafe Illecors @lemmy.cafe 
www.theregister.com Researcher flags OpenCart security issue, founder ragesWeb storefront maker fixed the flaw, but not before blasting infoseccer
This is great. Truly unbelievable how quickly can someone dig their own hole.
Security guy's blog post
The GitHub issue. Well worth a read.
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Folderol @lemmy.cafe Illecors @lemmy.cafe 
www.theregister.com Sam Altman set to rejoin OpenAI as CEONew board includes former Salesforce boss and Treasury Secretary
I'd say that's unexpected, but nothing really is in this saga anymore. Yay public fuck ups! I can now put my popcorn down.
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Folderol @lemmy.cafe Illecors @lemmy.cafe 
www.theregister.com Why Microsoft needs Sam Altman and his loyal OpenAI bandA quick summary of the past three days of chaos. And Redmond has questions to answer
This is the most ridiculous situation I can remember in recent corporate times. 🍿
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Folderol @lemmy.cafe Illecors @lemmy.cafe OpenAI's board fires CEO Sam Altman
www.theregister.com OpenAI fires CEO Sam Altman, chairman also quitsFinal update: Chief gets upgraded to customer – LLMs may be coming for your job but the board came for his
OpenAI was deliberately structured to advance our mission: to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all humanity. The board remains fully committed to serving this mission. We are grateful for Sam's many contributions to the founding and growth of OpenAI. At the same time, we believe new leadership is necessary as we move forward.
That is the most generic statement ever. Someone done fucked up.
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Folderol @lemmy.cafe Illecors @lemmy.cafe 
www.theregister.com Tesla reverses course on Cybertruck resale restrictionsTime for eBay jockeys to ready their watchlists for second-hand clunkers
I do wonder how were they going to enforce it in the first place.
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Folderol @lemmy.cafe Illecors @lemmy.cafe 
www.theregister.com Banned US chipmaking equipment still ending up in ChinaPlus: US execs line up to dine with President Xi
In other news - water is wet.