The JioPhone Next, the much-awaited smartphone designed by Google and India’s Jio Platforms to tap hundreds of millions of users in the world’s second largest internet market, won’t launch on Friday, the Indian technology giant said Thursday midnight. In a statement issued just now, Jio Platforms said it has been testing the smartphone with a
Read MoreThe number 13 might be unlucky for some — including fans of the ‘s’ iPhone years. It’s looking increasingly likely that the 2021 iPhone will be called “iPhone 13”. It’s what we’ve all been calling it anyway, but there had been some suggestions that Apple could go with “iPhone 12s” for various reasons. But if
Read MoreA render of Webb’s final configuration. NASA and its partners have been developing the James Webb Space Telescope for an unfathomably long time, but we’re almost there. NASA has announced a launch date for the $10 billion telescope, and although this is not the first one it’s had, this one seems doable as the telescope
Read MoreWhat you need to know Community Day will be on Saturday, October 9, 2021. The Requiem Pokémon, Duskull will take over spawns. Dusknoir evolved on Community Day will know the event exclusive move, Shadow Ball. It may only be September, but Pokémon Go is already preparing for Halloween, and to get the spooky celebration started,
Read MoreGreg Kumparak / TechCrunch: Supabase, an open source alternative to Google’s Firebase that automates parts of developers’ backend work, raises $30M Series A — Supabase, the backend-as-a-service startup, announced this week that it raised a $30 million Series A. — Supabase is often described as an open source alternative …
Read MorePhoto by Mark Wilson / Getty Images Amazon slammed Elon Musk’s SpaceX as a serial rule-breaker on Wednesday amid an enduring fight over the two companies’ plans to build rivaling satellite networks. The conflict, waged within lengthy filings to the Federal Communications Commission, is nothing new. But this time, Amazon sent FCC officials a laundry
Read MoreWayne Ma / The Information: Sources: Facebook is developing an ML chip for tasks such as recommending content to users and a data center chip to improve video transcoding — Google, Amazon and Microsoft have all been hiring and spending millions of dollars to design their own computer chips from scratch …
Read MoreThe 10.5-inch iPad Pro, released in 2017, has a slate of impressive features. This second-generation iPad Pro has different dimensions than other models, including its predecessor, the first-generation 9.7-inch iPad, and the newer 11-inch models. Here are some of the best cases for the 10.5-inch iPad Pro you can buy. Many of these cases also
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Metro by T-Mobile is the no-contract subsidiary of T-Mobile that was previously known as MetroPCS. Whatever name it uses, it has some excellent deals on both plans and phones. We have the best current Metro by T-Mobile deals you can get right now. Many of the deals are in-store
Read MoreGM has extended a shutdown at its Orion Assembly Plant another two weeks due to a battery pack shortage related to the widespread Chevrolet Bolt EV and Bolt EUV safety recall. GM said the extended downtime at the Orion plant will last through September 20. Orion Assembly Plant in Michigan has been shut down since
Read MoreThe aviation industry is notoriously difficult to decarbonize, in part because airplanes use a petroleum-based fuel to fly. Alder Fuels wants to change that. The new cleantech company, headed by Bryan Sherbacow, is developing a low-carbon jet fuel that can be used as a 100 percent drop-in replacement for petroleum fuel, without needing to adapt
Read MoreThe classic SP0256-AL2 speech chip has featured a few times on these pages, and if you’ve not seen the actual part before, you almost certainly have heard the resulting audio output. The latest Python library from prolific retrocomputing enthusiast [Nick Bild] brings the joy of the old chip to the Raspberry Pi platform, with an
Read MoreOver a dozen vehicles from the 2015 cult classic Mad Max: Fury Road are being put up for a virtual auction. The vehicles will be available for bidding in a series of auctions held by Lloyds on September 25th-26th. Reading through the descriptions of each vehicle — and hats off to the auctioneers, they really
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Private Compute Services will allow secure machine learning enhancements for Android 12’s Private Compute Core. This involves an intermediate security framework between the Core and the cloud. It’s not clear when Services will go live, but Android 12 is right around the corner. Google on Thursday announced Private
Read MoreEarlier today, as part of a private event, this editor was afforded the opportunity to talk with some of the biggest names in the world of private equity, including Carlyle cofounder David Rubenstein; Bain Capital co-chair Steve Pagliuca; Jean Salata, the CEO and founding partner of Baring Private Equity Asia; and Sheila Patel, the vice
Read MoreThe Hackaday Remoticon is happening this November 19th and 20th and the whole Internet is invited. This time around we’re packing the weekend with talks about all the hardware, software, special skills, and inspiration that gets poured into the world of electronic stuff. Send in your talk proposal now! I know, Call for Proposals sounds
Read MoreFacebook announced their long-awaited foray into the smart glasses space Thursday morning, launching the Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses in partnership with eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica. The svelte frames are some of the most low-profile yet available to consumers and will allow users to snap photos and videos with the two onboard 5 MP cameras, listen to
Read MoreFacebook’s first pair of smart glasses doesn’t feel like much of a Facebook product. You won’t find the Facebook logo emblazoned on them or even its name in small print by the serial code. They aren’t Facebook Stories or Ray-Ban’s Facebook Stories or even Ray-Ban Stories in collaboration with Facebook. Unlike other Facebook-designed hardware like the
Read MoreWe’ve seen many brands trial creative solutions to deliver a “full-screen” experience without a camera notch, with mixed success. OnePlus, Xiaomi, and others briefly dabbled with motorized pop-out cameras. Asus experimented with a rotating module with the Zenfone Flip series. And of course, there’s the now-ubiquitous punch-hole — a slightly more tolerable display cutout, but
Read MoreAlex Heath / The Verge: Facebook launches $299 Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses in six countries including the US; users can capture photo and video, listen to music, or take phone calls — Hands-on with Facebook and Ray-Ban’s first pair of smart glasses — Starting Thursday, the first pair of smart glasses …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge California is close to enacting a first-of-its-kind law that would block Amazon and other companies from punishing warehouse workers who fail to meet certain performance metrics for taking rest or meal breaks. If enacted, the bill, AB 701, would allow warehouse workers to challenge performance goals that many
Read MoreA huge world of nostalgia, all in one (question) block. What you need to know LEGO has collaborated with Nintendo to create an all-new Mario-themed LEGO set. The set is based on Super Mario 64 and features scenes from the game and miniature figurines. This special set will release on October 1, 2021 for a
Read MoreFord has hired six senior-level executives to its newly minted commercial vehicles and services business unit as the automaker prepares to bring to market the E-Transit cargo van and the F-150 Lightning Pro pickup truck — two electric vehicles it’s betting will become commercial customers’ new workhorses. Ford pulled from within its ranks and outside
Read MoreHarry McCracken / Fast Company: Interview with Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s plans for smart eyewear, potential privacy issues, lack of AR features, the inadequacies of smartphones, and more — Mark Zuckerberg has big plans for smart eyewear. Facebook’s first stab at the idea is not a huge deal—but it avoids privacy pitfalls that could come
Read MoreSpotify is rolling out a new feature called “Enhance,” which will automatically spiff up your playlists with recommended songs that (theoretically) fit in with your music’s existing style and theme. The feature works through a new Enhance button that now appears at the top of playlists. Tap it to toggle it on, which causes Spotify’s
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