Quote of the day by NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden on the ‘nothing to hide’ argument: ‘No different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say’

The whistleblower has exposed some of the most egregious surveillance programs in operation

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YouTuber smashes Guinness World Record for longest drone flight with a huge 261-minute time

Luke Bell earns Guinness World Record after flying a custom-built multirotor drone continuously for 4 hours, 21 minutes, and 39 seconds.

An electric drone just set a new world air speed record – 434 mph device could be ideal for anti-aircraft interceptor action
 An electric drone just set a new world air speed record – 434 mph device could be ideal for anti-aircraft interceptor action

Quantum Systems’ Apex Recordhunter drone unofficially broke the world speed record, hitting 434 mph.

It’s not just about the GPU crunching on an LLM anymore’: Apple silicon leader explains why a Mac Mini could be the surprising choice for a machine running all your AI agents
 It’s not just about the GPU crunching on an LLM anymore’: Apple silicon leader explains why a Mac Mini could be the surprising choice for a machine running all your AI agents

Doug Brooks has described how Apple desktop systems can run AI agents without breaking into a sweat.

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Meta announces its first data center in Canada — estimated $9 billion 1GW Alberta mega facility sees the AI expansion cross the border

The 1GW facility will be built outside of Edmonton, and is predicted to create about 300 operational jobs once completed.

The ‘spectacular’ Bluetti Elite 30 V2 is our favorite budget portable power station — and it just got a powerful price cut for summer
 The ‘spectacular’ Bluetti Elite 30 V2 is our favorite budget portable power station — and it just got a powerful price cut for summer

We tested the Elite 30 V2 from Bluetti, and it’s the perfect cheap portable power station for just about everyone.

The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 is ‘great value for those that just need a Windows computer’ — and Argos just cut the price of this fuss-free business laptop
 The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 is ‘great value for those that just need a Windows computer’ — and Argos just cut the price of this fuss-free business laptop

Honestly, I think this is the ideal no-fuss laptop for remote and hybrid workers.

These popular Tenda routers have an unpatched security backdoor which could give hackers access

CERT/CC finds a critical flaw in multiple Tenda routers, warning users to be careful.

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This UnionSine 16TB Desktop Hard Drive deal works out at less than $27 per TB and boasts up to 270MB/s transfer speeds
 This UnionSine 16TB Desktop Hard Drive deal works out at less than $27 per TB and boasts up to 270MB/s transfer speeds

The desktop HDD features 16TB capacity, USB 3.0, and up to 270MB/s transfer speeds.

CEOs are being left baffled at the high cost of moving to AI — shockingly enough, sacking human workers isn’t resulting in huge savings

Replacing human workers with AI isn’t always the best decision, shockingly.

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