@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-08-25 10:20:06
Gebrickte Handhelds: Lenovo räumt BIOS-Probleme ein
Lenovo bestätigt Probleme mit einem BIOS-Update für das Legion Go ein. Unklar bleibt, ob der Hersteller für gebrickte Handhelds außerhalb der Garantie aufkommt.
https:…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-25 14:32:41
A recent office of legal counsel memo on executive privilege maintains that
private advisers to a president can avoid responding to a subpoena by asserting the president’s executive privilege.
The ability of presidents to shield communications from public view through claims of executive privilege,
whether their own or those of a senior adviser,
was already a powerful tool for presidents to avoid accountability.
But if courts accept the OLC’s new interpretatio…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-09-25 13:16:08
Bill Gates warns about the catastrophic risk posed by "people with ill intent using the latest AI tools", which are powerful enough to "cause a billion deaths" (Herb Scribner/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/25/bill-gates-ai-deaths-doom
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-09-24 13:35:28
Raiders have 1st-world problem developing at CB https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/09/24/raiders-have-1st-world-problem-developing-at-cb/91916800007/
@aardrian@toot.cafe2026-09-25 21:12:37
Last day to get #a11yTOConf tix before the price goes up.
https://bsky.app/profile/a11yto.bsky.social/post/3muwv4jdmts2o
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-08-25 13:07:20
Apple unveils a Mac mini with M6 and M5 Pro, with up to 4x faster AI performance and up to 2x faster graphics, for $899 with M6 and $1,699 with M5 Pro (Apple)
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/08/apple-unveils-a-more-powe…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-25 00:50:54
Indivisible proudly endorses
Kristen Sneddon for Mayor of Santa Barbara.
https://bsky.app/profile/indivisiblesb.bsky.social/post/3mwccs3x3yw2w
Please consider making a donation to Kristen's campaign and/or volunteering to knock on doors and…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-08-25 07:09:03
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-25 17:31:17
The FDA’s Overton Problem
On Thursday, Republican Senator SusanCollins,
a self-described abortion rights supporter,
asked not a single question about abortion during the hearing for Food and Drug Administration commissioner nominee Heidi Overton.
That, along with testy exchanges with Democrats over Overton’s vaccine views, is likely to be the primary takeaway from the confirmation hearing.
But while Overton’s past comments on mifepristone and vaccines receive …
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-07-23 11:19:03
