RedMonk has released its latest quarterly rankings of popular programming languages, arguing that “The idea is not to offer a statistically valid representation of current usage, but rather to correlate language discussion and usage in an effort to extract insights into potential future adoption trends.” Their methodology? “We extract language Read more…
Hardcore overclocker Elmor “officially broke the CPU frequency world record with Intel’s brand-new Core i9-13900K 24-core processor,” reports Tom’s Hardware — by hitting “a staggering 8.812GHz using liquid nitrogen cooling, dethroning the 8-year reigning champion, the FX-8370, by 90MHz.” That’s right; it took eight years for a new CPU architecture Read more…
The Biden administration said it will launch a cybersecurity labeling program for consumer Internet of Things devices starting in 2023 in an effort to protect Americans from “significant national security risks.” Inspired by Energy Star, a labeling program operated by Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy to promote Read more…
Networked doorbell surveillance cameras like Amazon’s Ring are everywhere, and have changed the nature of delivery work by letting customers take on the role of bosses to monitor, control, and discipline workers. “The growing popularity of Ring and other networked doorbell cameras has normalized home and neighborhood surveillance in the Read more…
Introducing, the 1010, a one-bit processor. 0 NOP No Operation 1 JMP Jump (address specified by next 2 bits)
Computers will not be perfected until they can compute how much more than the estimate the job will cost.
According to all the latest reports, there was no truth in any of the earlier reports.