@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-08-28 13:21:51
Sources: Meta is testing robots from ABB and others to handle data center tasks such as swapping cables and resetting servers as it seeks to lower labor costs (Paresh Dave/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/inside-metas-experiments-with-data-center-robots/
@bobmueller@mastodon.world2026-09-27 04:49:05
Counting Dogs And Broken Films
Athena apparently knows exactly how many treats she’s supposed to get, while my dad’s old home movies proved a little less cooperative. Between updating my genealogy site and repairing a broken 8mm film, it was a surprisingly busy quiet week.
http://www.bobmuellerwriter…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-27 16:45:52
A cyberattack on U.S. medical device maker Boston Scientific is causing
an ongoing “global disruption” to its operations,
according to a federal regulatory filing on Wednesday.
This is the latest health tech giant to face a cyberattack in recent weeks.
The Massachusetts-based company, which makes medically implanted devices like pacemakers and defibrillators,
confirmed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that on Tuesday it began experie…
@bourgwick@heads.social2026-09-27 18:02:35
50 years (& 2 days) ago, the grateful dead in maryland with some flowing sunshine & the last ever “cosmic charlie.” fall ’76, show #3.
now dick’s picks 20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oy7jisOTyo&list=PLjRt0Y9SSHARnbqTIeB1uoNh3Ib7SKyiT…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-09-26 13:01:47
Filing: Paramount prepares to close the WBD deal by setting a date to distribute stock warrants in a new entity, but says the closing date is not yet certain (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paramou…
@floheinstein@chaos.social2026-07-27 13:30:25
The crawlers of Facebook and GPTbot are fighting who gets the most garbage from my Discworld LLM poisoner this week, but getting almost 8 GiB
#iocaine
https://olyfjan.blomi.is
@Xavier@infosec.exchange2026-06-28 12:40:20
My news app gave me two alerts list morning.
Over 1000 people have died in France due to heat wave
And
11 killed in France after skydiving plane crashes
And I thought... It's so hot, the planes are falling out of the sky!
@bobmueller@mastodon.world2026-09-27 14:30:03
Athena apparently knows how to count. At least, she knows when I short her one treat.
Meanwhile, I upgraded my genealogy site and managed to break one of Dad’s old 8mm films during digitization. Fortunately, it broke at a splice, and I found a clever way to repair it.
https://www.bobmuellerwriter.co…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-08-27 10:11:00
X launches NFL Gametime, an integrated NFL feed and hub featuring live data, scores, statistics, creator content, and more through to the 2027 Super Bowl (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/x-launches-nfl-gametime-football-feed-123684…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-08-27 10:10:46
X launches NFL Gametime, an integrated NFL feed and hub featuring live data, scores, statistics, creator content, and more through to the 2027 Super Bowl (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/x-launches-nfl-gametime-football-feed-123684…
