The Cross Heads

Report: Elon Musk failed to report movement required by security clearance

Musk ultimately received the security clearance, but since 2021, he has failed to self-report details of his life, including travel activities, persons with whom he has met, and drug use, according to the Times. The government is also concerned that SpaceX did not ensure Musk’s compliance with the reporting rules. Government agencies “want to ensure […]

December 17, 2024 | DoD, Elon Musk, security clearance, Space | No comments

“Unprecedented” decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts

A new era “Kids who were in eighth grade at the start of the pandemic will be graduating from high school this year, and this unique cohort has ushered in the lowest rates of substance use we’ve seen in decades,” Miech noted. For alcohol, use in the past 12 months among eighth graders was at […]

December 17, 2024 | adolescent, alcohol, Drug use, Health, illicit drugs, marijuana, nicotine, Science, Teens | No comments

Nvidia’s new app is causing large frame rate dips in many games

When Nvidia replaced the longstanding GeForce Experience App with a new, unified Nvidia App last month, most GPU owners probably noted the refresh and rebranding with nothing more than bemusement (though the new lack of an account login requirement was a nice improvement). Now, testing shows that running the new app with default settings can […]

December 17, 2024 | Gaming | No comments

After decades of talk, Seagate seems ready to actually drop the HAMR hard drives

How do you fit 32 terabytes of storage into a hard drive? With a HAMR. Seagate has been experimenting with heat-assisted magnetic recording, or HAMR, since at least 2002. The firm has occasionally popped up to offer a demonstration or make yet another “around the corner” pronouncement. The press has enjoyed myriad chances to celebrate the […]

December 17, 2024 | e-pmr, HAMR, hdd, hdds, mozaic, mozaic 3+, Seagate, Storage, Tech, toshiba, Western Digital | No comments

Companies issuing RTO mandates “lose their best talent”: Study

Still, the study provides insight into how employees respond to RTO mandates and the effect it has on corporations and available talent at a time when entities like Dell, Amazon, and the US government are getting stricter about in-office work. Higher turnover rates The researchers concluded that the average turnover rates for firms increased by […]

December 17, 2024 | Policy, return-to-office, Tech | No comments

OpenAI’s API users get full access to the new o1 model

Updates for real-time interaction and fine-tuning Developers that make use of OpenAI’s real-time voice APIs will also get full access to WebRTC support that was announced today. This comes on top of existing support for the WebSocket audio standard and can simplify the creation of OpenAI audio interfaces for third-party applications from roughly 250 lines of […]

December 17, 2024 | AI | No comments

Nvidia partners leak next-gen RTX 50-series GPUs, including a 32GB 5090

Rumors have suggested that Nvidia will be taking the wraps off of some next-generation RTX 50-series graphics cards at CES in January. And as we get closer to that date, Nvidia’s partners and some of the PC makers have begun to inadvertently leak details of the cards. According to recent leaks from both Zotac and […]

December 17, 2024 | Blackwell, Gaming, geforce rtx, NVIDIA, rtx 5070, rtx 5070 ti, rtx 5080, rtx 5090, Tech | No comments

Big loss for ISPs as Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to $15 broadband law

The Supreme Court petition was filed by the New York State Telecommunications Association, CTIA-The Wireless Association, NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association, USTelecom, ACA Connects-America’s Communications Association, and the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association. Cable lobby group NCTA filed a brief supporting the petition. New York Attorney General Letitia James defended the state law in a Supreme […]

December 17, 2024 | ISPs, new york $15 broadband law, Policy, Supreme Court | No comments

Facing ban next month, TikTok begs SCOTUS for help

TikTok: Ban is slippery slope to broad US censorship According to TikTok, the government’s defense of the ban to prevent China from wielding a “covert” influence over Americans is a farce invented by lawyers to cover up the true mission of censorship. If the lower court’s verdict stands, TikTok alleged, “then Congress will have free […]

December 17, 2024 | bytedance, china, First Amendment, free speech, Policy, tiktok, TikTok ban, trump administration | No comments

The Honda Prelude will be back as a hybrid in 2025

The fact that Honda was working on a new Prelude coupe was not entirely secret—not after the automaker unveiled a show car at this year’s Long Beach Grand Prix. This morning, the Japanese automaker confirmed that the new Prelude will go on sale here in the US late in 2025. “The return of the Honda […]

December 17, 2024 | Cars, Honda Prelude | No comments

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