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Tackling Urban Heat: A Startup from One of the Hottest Cities Aims to Help - ctrlf5
Tackling Urban Heat: A Startup from One of the Hottest Cities Aims to Help

Climate change is hitting cities harder than ever, with urban areas facing particularly intense heat due to their dense populations and infrastructure. The “urban heat island” effect makes city temperatures significantly higher than surrounding rural regions, driven by materials like concrete and asphalt that retain heat, emissions from vehicles and air-conditioning units, and obstructed airflow […]

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M4 MacBook Pro Introduces Quantum Dot Display Technology - ctrlf5
M4 MacBook Pro Introduces Quantum Dot Display Technology

The recently launched M4 MacBook Pro models come with a notable but unadvertised upgrade: quantum dot displays. Display industry analyst Ross Young, as reported by 9to5Mac, revealed this significant enhancement. Young shared on X (formerly Twitter) that Apple is using quantum dot technology for the first time in its displays. Importantly, Apple’s version of this […]

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Nvidia’s New AI Chips Face Overheating Issues in Servers - ctrlf5
Nvidia’s New AI Chips Face Overheating Issues in Servers

Nvidia’s latest Blackwell AI chips, already impacted by delays, are now grappling with overheating issues in their server setups, raising concerns among customers about meeting timelines for launching new data centers, according to a report by The Information on Sunday. The overheating occurs when the Blackwell GPUs are installed in server racks designed to accommodate […]

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AI-Powered Search Engines Could Disrupt the Digital Economy, Expert Warns - ctrlf5
AI-Powered Search Engines Could Disrupt the Digital Economy, Expert Warns

Artificial intelligence-based search engines could pose significant risks to the digital economy, according to a Harvard researcher. Benjamin Brooks, a scholar at the Berkman Klein Center, highlighted the potential fallout in a recent article for MIT Technology Review. “If AI search becomes the dominant way people access the web, it could destabilize the fragile economic […]

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How Technology Has Fostered a “Recipe for Loneliness” - ctrlf5
How Technology Has Fostered a “Recipe for Loneliness”

This past summer, Laura Marciano, a researcher at Harvard University, conducted interviews with 500 teenagers for an ongoing study exploring the link between technology use and feelings of loneliness. The findings were eye-opening. Over several weeks, teenagers recruited through Instagram influencers answered questions three times daily about their social interactions. More than half reported, each […]

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ChatGPT Blocked Over 250,000 Image Requests for U.S. Presidential Candidates Ahead of Election Day - ctrlf5
ChatGPT Blocked Over 250,000 Image Requests for U.S. Presidential Candidates Ahead of Election Day

In the lead-up to Election Day, OpenAI reports that ChatGPT declined over 250,000 image requests related to U.S. presidential candidates. These rejections included attempts to generate images of notable figures like President-elect Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and Vice President-elect JD Vance, as noted by OpenAI in […]

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Apple now sells iPhone 16 and 16 Pro repair parts - ctrlf5
Apple now sells iPhone 16 and 16 Pro repair parts

Apple has begun selling repair parts for iPhone 16 and 16 Pro phones on its self-service repair store. That includes replacements for commonly damaged parts like cameras, displays, and back glass, and follows the release of official Apple iPhone 16 repair manuals in September, as MacRumors notes. A replacement camera assembly will run you $169 […]

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Australia to introduce this month legislation to ban social media for children under 16 - ctrlf5
Australia to introduce this month legislation to ban social media for children under 16

As social media use among young people reaches unprecedented levels and platforms continuously refine their engagement algorithms, worries over social media addiction are surfacing globally. Australia is now taking a strong stance, planning to restrict social media access for those under 16. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced this bold move on Thursday, revealing that legislation […]

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Alert: This Android Malware Might Be Hijacking Your Bank Calls and Connecting You to Scammers - ctrlf5
Alert: This Android Malware Might Be Hijacking Your Bank Calls and Connecting You to Scammers

A dangerous Android malware known as “FakeCall” is potentially redirecting bank-related phone calls to cybercriminals. Originally detected by Kaspersky in 2022, FakeCall has since evolved, gaining sophisticated features that allow hackers to remotely manipulate infected devices. The latest version of FakeCall employs a technique called “Vishing”—short for voice phishing—to trick users into unknowingly sharing confidential […]