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These will be the most in-demand programming languages in 2025


Across Europe, skills shortages are emerging as a key challenge. The Council of the European Union says this is driven by demographic change, demand for new skillsets, and poor working conditions in some sectors. Adding to that, a recent report highlighted that

25d | The Next Web
Unfair decisions by AI could make us indifferent to bad behaviour by humans


Artificial intelligence (AI) makes important decisions that affect our everyday lives. These decisions are implemented by firms and institutions in the name of efficiency. They can help determine who gets into college, who lands a job, who receives medical treatm

25d | The Next Web
Radostné Vánoce a nový rok 

Řetěz Pf přání, které dojdou na adresu ja(zavinutec)osel.cz budeme postupně doplňovat.
http://www.osel.cz/13834-radostne-vanoce-i-novy-rok.html

25d | osel.cz
Čínský detonační ramjet JinDou400 rozbouřil oblohu rychlostí Mach 4

Lingkong Tianxing Technology poslali na špici rakety testovací letoun s pohonem JinDou400. Při letu velkou rychlostí využívá detonační spalování paliva. Při testu se vyšplhal do výšky 19 812 metrů a dosáhl rychlosti Mach 4. Připravovaný nadzvukový dopravní letoun Yunxing by měl s tímto pohonem vzlétnout v roce 2027. http://www.osel.cz/13835-cinsky-detonacni-ramjet-jindou400-rozbouril-oblohu-rychlosti-mach-4.html

25d | osel.cz
Going Full Nerd: My favorite Gordon Ung video is a masterclass in his talents
25d | pcworld.com
Four Ways You Could Lose Your Social Security Benefits

Are you part of the 70,000 people who have their Social Security benefits terminated each year? Here's how it happens. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/four-ways-you-could-lose-your-social-security-benefits/#ftag=CADf328eec

26d | cnet.com
 Santa tracker 2024 live: how to follow Santa with Google or Norad

Want the best Santa Tracker and to play some fun games through Norad or Google? We're live-blogging Santa's movements as he ventures out from the North Pole

https://www.techradar.com/news/live/santa-tracker-2024-live

 NYT Connections today — my hints and answers for Tuesday, December 24 (game #562)

Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nyt-connections-today-answers-hints-24-december-2024

 Oops! Acer's upcoming Predator Orion 7000PCs with NVIDIA RTX 5090 and 5080 GPUs were listed early by a German retailer with price tags that feel reminiscent of pandemic-era shortages.

A German retailer has leaked two Acer Predator Orion 7000 high-end gaming PCs, each pairing an Intel Core Ultra CPU with a 50-series NVIDIA RTX GPU. The price tags seem to suggest the next generation of PC gaming is going to hit consumers where it hurts the most—their wallets.

https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/oops-acers-upcoming-predator-orion-7000pcs

Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld editor and renowned hardware journalist, dies at 58
26d | pcworld.com
The future belongs to systems of action

The world of enterprise tech is built on sturdy foundations. For decades, systems of record—the databases, customer relationship management (CRM), and enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms we’re all intimately familiar with—have served as reliable pillars underpinning every major business. Vendors selling them have become household names and the technology is a core component of how enterprises operate, scale, and report. They’ve embedded themselves, seemingly immovably, into how the

Bluesky users report AI bots, disinformation, and copycat accounts

Bluesky has seen its user base soar since the U.S. presidential election, boosted by people seeking refuge from Elon Musk’s X, which they view as increasingly leaning too far to the right given

Microsoft Launches Multi-Format Campaigns for Audience Ads via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson

Discover Microsoft Ads' new multi-format campaigns for Audience ads. Simplify ad management by combining native, display, and video formats in one campaign.

The post Microsoft Launches Multi-Format Campaigns for Audience Ads appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/microsoft-launch

 Apple's M5 Pro chips could be "server-grade" because of one huge upgrade

Apple may soon be deviating from the SoC chip design found in its current A-series and M-series chips.

https://www.laptopmag.com/laptops/macbooks/m5-pro-chips-soic-kuo-tip

White House calls for investigation into China’s alleged anti-competitive semiconductor industry

The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has started a probe into China’s semiconductor industry, looking for anti-competitive trade practices. According to a White House statement, the USTR is looking into China for “ac

26d | Engadget
Show HN: Experiments in AI-generation of crosswords

Hi HN, I've been experimenting on-and-off over the years trying to automatically generate crosswords [1]. Recently I've been feeling like my results are good enough that I want to share them and see what other people think. I'm not trying to claim that these could appear in, say, the NYT in their current state, but honestly the velocity of progress makes me feel like I will inevitably be able to automatically generate NYT-quality crosswords within just a year or so.

A write-up is here:

26d | Hacker news
Banning Chinese-made drones could hurt some Americans

Russell Hedrick, a North Carolina farmer, flies drones to spray fertilizers on his corn, soybean and wheat fields at a fraction of what it would cost him to use a conventional ground spreader.

As a volunteer rescuer, Hedrick uses thermal drones to search for people trapped by mudslides and cargo drones to send water and baby formula to those who are stranded — something he did after 

Fake AI-generated reviews are all over the internet, research shows

The emergence of generative artificial intelligence tools that allow people to efficiently produce novel and detailed online reviews with almost no work has put merchants, service providers and consumers in uncharted territory, watchdog groups and researchers say.

X Premium Plus Plan Jumps to $22 a Month

Basic and premium pricing is staying the same, but for the highest tier of service, X has raised the price significantly. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/x-premium-plus-plan-jumps-to-22-a-month/#ftag=CADf328eec

26d | cnet.com
 "Is that Instagram photo AI?" Meta tried to police AI fakery in 2024 with an ever-changing policy

Facebook is a great way to connect with friends and family, but AI-generated content is making it a scammer's playground.

https://www.laptopmag.com/ai/meta-ai-generated-image-labels-warning

 Perfect score laptop hits lowest price ever: Get Snapdragon X Elite with 1TB for $799

The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x is an excellent Copilot+ PC that earned a perfect score when we reviewed it earlier this year. Now, the Snapdragon X Elite-powered laptop is at its lowest price ever.

https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/laptops/perfect-score-laptop-hits-lowest-price-ever-get-snapdragon-x-elite-with-1tb-for-usd799

The Design Leader Dilemma

Design leaders are expected to deliver the impossible. Instead of trying, we need to redefine our role from implementor to enabler. https://smashingmagazine.com/2024/12/the-design-leader-dilemma/

Fans made a native Star Fox 64 PC port with some modern flourishes

A group of talented fans have made a native PC port of Star Fox 64, which they are calling Starship. Even better? It’s technically legal. Harbour Masters, the team behind the project, used a tool that converts the original game ROM into PC executable code, so it doesn’t actually use any proprietary Nintendo code.

This is the same method used to

26d | Engadget
The Roku Streaming Stick 4K is back on sale for $29

If you've found your TV to be too slow to stream its built-in apps, here's a decent deal that can help fix things on the cheap: The

26d | Engadget