Geekshow Helpdesk: Whole Lotta Space Out There

-Starlink gets super fast for Boats and Planes: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/99453/starlinks-new-mobile-community-gateway-tested-8gbps-down-with-no-land-in-sight/index.html

-Apple opens up a teeny bit more: https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220323/apple-iphone-tap-to-pay-nfc-api

-AMD’s latest CPUs are not wowing: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/amd-ryzen-9000-review-impressive-efficiency-with-bugs-and-so-so-speed-boosts/

-Gemini on Pixel phones…isn’t so great:

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/14/2110234/gemini-is-replacing-google-assistant-on-pixel-phones-and-its-a-trainwreck?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-Google is giving the publishes the finger:

https://www.engadget.com/ai/online-publishers-face-a-dilemma-allow-ai-scraping-from-google-or-lose-search-visibility-202246891.html?src=rss

-Boycott Anova:

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2043773

-SpaceTime! 

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/08/researchers-figure-out-how-to-keep-clocks-on-the-earth-moon-in-sync/

-Moar Space stuff. I like this better than GPU mining!

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/against-all-odds-an-asteroid-mining-company-appears-to-be-making-headway/

-AMD making a play in the AI Thunderdome!

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/amd-signs-4-9-billion-deal-to-challenge-nvidias-ai-infrastructure-lead/

-Sharks(kin) on a plane!

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/08/lufthansa-is-using-artificial-sharkskin-to-streamline-airplanes/

-Terraforming Mars with the Dust

https://www.space.com/mars-terraforming-engineered-dust-nanoparticles