ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

SCOTUS rules Google and Twitter didn't contribute to terrorist attacks

(2023/05/19)

And holds off on Section 230 for another time



You want AI regulation? Do it right with a dedicated agency, US senators suggest

(2023/05/19)

Federal Digital Platform Commission proposed as specialists to sort out the stuff other agencies can't grok



Cisco squashes critical bugs in small biz switches

(2023/05/19)

You'll want to patch these as proof-of-concept exploit code is out there already



In a stand against authoritarianism, Montana bans TikTok downloads

(2023/05/18)

Updated Dare we say, Broke App Mountain ... and yes, we know that was Wyoming



Ex-Twitter sextet sues Elon Musk for 'stiffing' them on severance

(2023/05/18)

Seems someone really is living in la-la-la land, but who...



Amazon a prime target of warehouse law protecting bathroom breaks

(2023/05/18)

Glad these lawmakers didn't bottle it



AI is great at one thing: Driving next waves of layoffs

(2023/05/18)

Register Kettle ChatGPT, how many thousands of people should I replace today?



Meta facing third fine of 2023 for mishandling EU user data under GDPR

(2023/05/18)

This one could set a new record for penalties against US companies doing business on the continent



Microsoft decides it will be the one to choose which secure login method you use

(2023/05/18)

Certificate-based authentication comes first and phones last



Boeing takes flight in sustainability battle with carbon data cruncher

(2023/05/18)

Analytics to grok impact of competing greener tech as industry seeks environmentally friendly path



Ampere heads off Intel, AMD's cloud-optimized CPUs with a 192-core Arm chip

(2023/05/18)

Just don't look too closely at the benchmarks



Micron, Kyocera, Samsung bet billions on Japan chip plants

(2023/05/18)

Meanwhile, Fujifilm pursues photolithography interests in Taiwan



NHS England spends £8M to extend Microsoft deals by a month

(2023/05/18)

Updated Good day at the Office for Windows giant as nurses still fight for pay raises



BT is ditching workers faster than your internet connection with 55,000 for chop by 2030

(2023/05/18)

FTTP build to be done by then, network will be more 'efficient,' AI to take over in customer services



Electric two-wheelers are set to scoot past EVs in road race

(2023/05/18)

Video Micromobility vehicles don't carry any baggage – and that's a good thing



How Microsoft hopes to tame large language models with Guidance

(2023/05/18)

Tricked-out template language offers alternative to verbose, plaintive prompts



Up to £895M up for grabs in UK Emergency Services procurement

(2023/05/18)

Here we go again: Next piece in troubled ESN upgrade



Astronomers spot Earth-sized exoplanet probably 'carpeted' by volcanoes

(2023/05/18)

The floor is lava. Literally. But at least there might be water



NASA's electric plane tech is coming in for a late, bumpy landing

(2023/05/18)

Internal audit finds cost overruns and delays that mean more sustainable flight is nowhere near a runway



Baidu boss says good luck talking AI to Beijing if you don't understand censorship

(2023/05/18)

Unlike AI's output, the web giant's profits are not hallucinatory



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Abstract:
This study examined the incidence of neckwear tightness among a group
of 94 white-collar working men and the effect of a tight business-shirt collar
and tie on the visual performance of 22 male subjects. Of the white-collar
men measured, 67% were found to be wearing neckwear that was tighter than
their neck circumference. The visual discrimination of the 22 subjects was
evaluated using a critical flicker frequency (CFF) test. Results of the CFF
test indicated that tight neckwear significantly decreased the visual
performance of the subjects and that visual performance did not improve
immediately when tight neckwear was removed.
-- Langan, L. M. and Watkins, S. M. "Pressure of Menswear on the
Neck in Relation to Visual Performance." Human Factors 29,
#1 (Feb. 1987), pp. 67-71.