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Elana Araújo works in Advanced Computing at Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), FCCN unit.
In this piece, she shares her view on how the field has been developing and advancing in #Portugal - see, for example, the new #supercomputer Deucalion.
As a

Driving the future of Advanced Computing: a female perspective on STEM | GÉANT CONNECT Online
Words: Elana Araújo, Advanced Computing at Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, FCCN unit. As a witness of the quick transformation in Advanced Computing over the years, it's necessary to highlight the role played by women in STEM, particularly in the Technology field. Evolution of Advanced Computing In recent years, we have witnessed advances

Une vaste fraude aux compteurs Linky mise au jour par les gendarmes dans le Doubs - Le Parisien
https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/une-vaste-fraude-aux-compteurs-l…

Une vaste fraude aux compteurs Linky mise au jour par les gendarmes dans le Doubs
Les faits remontent à décembre 2023. À la suite d’un signalement, les enquêteurs de Besançon ont décelé une fraude importante aux compteurs Linky. Un homme âgé de 32 ans a été interpellé. Il trafiquait les boîtiers contre rémunération.

A look at AARoads, a dedicated US roads and highways wiki site started by a group of Wikipedia editors, after years of frustration over Wikipedia's rules (Thomas Germain/Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/competing-wikipedia-editors-only-about-roa…

Rogue Editors Started a Competing Wikipedia That’s Only About Roads
A group of Wikipedia editors wrote 15,000 articles on US roads and highways. But after a fight over the platform's rules, they went rogue.

🔥 Protected areas bear the brunt as forest loss continues across Cambodia
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/protected-areas-bear-the-brunt-as-forest-loss-continues-across-cambodia/

Protected areas bear the brunt as forest loss continues across Cambodia
PHNOM PENH — New data published by the University of Maryland on April 4 and available through satellite monitoring platform Global Forest Watch show continued forest loss across Cambodia last year, particularly in areas designated as protected by the Ministry of Environment. Last year saw 121,000 hectares (300,000 acres) of forest cover, an area the […]

Stop Asking If the Universe Is a Computer Simulation! (It's a projection of a hologram in AdS3, but seems sci-terrific-american don't know that yet 😅 )
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stop-asking-if-the-universe-i…

Stop Asking If the Universe Is a Computer Simulation
We will never know if we live in a computer simulation; here is a more interesting question

Once upon a time we had (some) tech people try to critically think about the shit they’re doing. It would sure be nice if tech people today would as well.

A look at AARoads, a dedicated US roads and highways wiki site started by a group of Wikipedia editors, after years of frustration over Wikipedia's rules (Thomas Germain/Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/competing-wikipedia-editors-only-about-roa…

Rogue Editors Started a Competing Wikipedia That’s Only About Roads
A group of Wikipedia editors wrote 15,000 articles on US roads and highways. But after a fight over the platform's rules, they went rogue.

Slayton 'confident' on Giants contract resolution https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40066552/darius-slayton-confident-contract-resolution-giants

Darius Slayton 'confident' on contract resolution with Giants - ESPN
Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton is "confident" there will be a resolution to his contract situation as he continues to stay away from the team's voluntary offseason workouts.

Microsoft and Quantinuum detail a breakthrough in quantum error correction, helping run 14,000 experiments with no errors, an issue that has vexed the industry (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/03/micr

Microsoft and Quantinuum say they've ushered in the next era of quantum computing | TechCrunch
Microsoft and Quantinuum today announced a major breakthrough in quantum error correction. Using Quantinuum's ion-trap hardware and Microsoft's new

Apple reports Q2 revenue down 8.1% YoY to $16.4B in Greater China, down 12.7% YoY to $6.3B in Japan, and down 17.2% YoY to $6.7B in the rest of Asia-Pacific (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Techn

Apple CEO calls China 'the most competitive market in the world' as iPhone sales drop
Japan and Asia-Pacific lead revenue decline in the January-March quarter