From PC Mag: In certain US cities, SpaceX is increasing the one-time "congestion charge" for new Starlink sign-ups from $100 to $250.
On Tuesday, one Reddit user noticed that Starlink.com had added the $250 congestion charge to orders for Sacramento, California. “Sacramento area is pricey, ouch...
From The Verge: Airbnb will now display how much you’ll pay for a stay – cleaning fees and all – as soon as you start your search. The update, which is rolling out globally, means you’ll see the total cost of a reservation (excluding taxes) before you reach the checkout page.
The company first...
From TechCrunch: Meta is using AI technology to search for kids who are lying about their age on Instagram in order to bypass safeguards, the company announced on Monday. When Meta finds an account that it suspects belongs to a teen, the platform will enroll them into a restricted Teen Account, even...
From Tom's Hardware: Die shots of AMD's 16-core Zen 5c CCD used in its latest EPYC 9005 series server processors have been exposed, revealing clear differences compared to AMD's previous-generation Zen 4c CCDs. Posted by HXL on X, photos of AMD's 16-core 3nm Zen 5c CCD expose a long row of two banks...
From PC Mag: Phishing emails are becoming increasingly difficult to differentiate from legitimate ones, as highlighted by developer Nick Johnson, who says he was "targeted by an extremely sophisticated phishing attack [that] exploits a vulnerability in Google's infrastructure."
The email he...
It is currently April, but when I look at the weather forecast, I see it is going to be snowing on the weekend. There are many things that make sense in this world, but Calgary weather is absolutely not one of them. A day could start off sunny with clear skies and then suddenly start pouring hail before returning to normal like nothing ever happened. What is predictable about the weather here is the -30 degrees Celsius winters and 30 degrees...
Recently, I went out to a Chinese hot pot restaurant. If you have not been to one before, there are often two ways these restaurants operate. One is to make it all-you-can-eat, and you will just pay a set cost per person. Then, you can order as much meat as you want while getting vegetables and other items. These usually cost a lot, but they let you choose as much and as wide of a variety as you desire. The alternative is just ordering and paying...
From Tom's Hardware: While most people enjoy PCs that are powered by SSDs, mechanical hard drives are still king in the datacenter. When these drives reach the end of their useful lives, they are usually shredded, and the key materials they’re made of – including several rare earth elements (REE) –...
From PC Mag: Tesla is inflating odometer numbers to avoid paying for under-warranty repairs, according to a class-action lawsuit filed in California.
Plaintiff Nyree Hinton argues that odometers rely on "predictive algorithms, energy consumption metrics, and driver behavior multipliers that...
From ExtremeTech: At long last, HBM4 is officially here—at least as a specification. The JEDEC released Standard 270-4, supplying high bandwidth memory (HBM) makers with a complete specification for what will likely be a massively lucrative product for the usual suspects: Micron, Samsung, and SK...
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