Bookmarks | The world in keeping with Google Road View 

These are the articles, movies and extra that caught the eye of TechCentral’s editorial crew up to now 24 hours.

• The world in keeping with Google Road View: This map reveals Google’s official Road View protection as of 15 October 2024. The US, Western Europe, Japan and India amongst others are all actually lined. Nonetheless, China, most of Africa, and enormous components of South America, Canada and Australia are all lacking. See extra at brilliantmaps.com. DM
• Tech’s race to go nuclear is thrilling. It’s additionally going to be actually frickin’ arduous: Google, Amazon and Microsoft are investing in small modular nuclear reactors to satisfy rising vitality calls for from AI and knowledge centres. Regardless of nuclear energy’s effectivity, previous initiatives have been stricken by excessive prices, lengthy construct instances and security issues. These new reactors promise quicker, cheaper and safer building, although none has but come on-line, making the investments dangerous however doubtlessly transformative. Learn extra on Gizmodo. DM
• Winamp deletes complete GitHub supply code repo after a rocky few weeks: Not too long ago on Bookmarks we posted about Winamp placing its code on GitHub. Nicely, it didn’t final lengthy. The repository has been completely deleted after it both bumped up towards or broke its unusual hodgepodge of code licences, seemingly revealed the supply code for different non-open software program packages and left a poor impression on the open-source group. Learn extra on Ars Technica. TS
• 200 Bandai Namco staff reportedly moved into ‘expulsion rooms’ designed to bore them into quitting: Some 200 of 1 300 Bandai Namco staff have been despatched to “expulsion rooms”. Relatively than butting up towards stringent dismissal legal guidelines, training corporations as a substitute switch their staff to rooms or flooring which can be designed to bore them out of their minds or culturally disgrace them into accepting severance offers. Extra on PC Gamer. TS 
• What are the myths and information behind ADHD?: ADHD is the most typical neurodevelopmental dysfunction in kids and impacts some individuals effectively into maturity. Typically misdiagnosed and riddled with co-morbidities, ADHD is usually misunderstood. Be taught extra concerning the information on this Agenda episode on YouTube. NN 
• China safety group urges evaluation of Intel’s chips as tech rigidity with US rises: Intel’s woes could also be compounded by calls by a Chinese language business group for the analysis of the chip maker’s merchandise as a result of excessive failure charges and safety vulnerabilities. Learn extra within the The Wall Road Journal. NN 
• A uncommon comet sighting, and extra from across the world: A uncommon comet hurling via area greater than 76 million kilometres away from Earth was seen crossing the sky over Salgotarjan, Hungary this week. Try the image and others displaying extraordinary occasions from all over the world on Every day Maverick. NN
• Breakthrough eye scanner can detect diabetes, coronary heart illness, Alzheimer’s: A crew of researchers from Indiana College, Northwestern College, Stanford College and the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary are on the forefront of this analysis. The attention can reveal clues about circumstances resembling diabetes, coronary heart illness, kidney illness, sickle cell anaemia and even Alzheimer’s illness. Extra on Fascinating Engineering. TS 

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