Credit: Xiaomi Xiaomi has launched the Redmi 10 Prime and Redmi earbuds 3 Pro in India. The budget phone brings the series’ first 50MP camera. It also gets a larger battery than the global Redmi 10 variant. Xiaomi launched the Redmi 10 globally just a while back and it has now followed up with a
Read MoreAustralian buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Zip this week acquired South Africa-based BNPL player Payflex for an undisclosed amount. It’s a piece of news that once again highlights the hype around BNPL services and the quest for global dominance among the leading players. This year we have covered BNPL services from the likes of
Read MoreCredit: Microsoft A new Microsoft Store listing points to Xbox consoles getting Android app support. The store listing for the Windows Subsystem for Android specifically lists the Xbox One. Microsoft will offer Android app support on Windows 11 in the coming months, allowing you to use some of the top mobile apps on your desktop,
Read MoreCatherine Shu / TechCrunch: Bangkok-based Sunday, which uses AI and ML to provide personalized insurance products and services, raises $45M Series B from Tencent and other investors — Sunday, an insurtech startup based in Bangkok, announced it has raised a $45 million Series B. Investors include Tencent, SCB 10X …
Read MoreIn many ways, there has never been a better time to be a venture capitalist. Nearly everyone in the industry is raking in money, either through long-awaited exits or because more capital flooding into the industry has meant more money in management fees — and sometimes both. Still, a growing number of early-stage investors are
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Amazon could soon launch a line of self-branded TVs in the US. The launch could take place as early as October. The panels would be manufactured by TCL and include Alexa support. Amazon could launch a new line of self-branded TVs in the United States as early as October,
Read MoreIf you’ve ever worked on a system that loads its software from a ROM or EPROM, you know how much of a hassle it can be to make frequent changes to the code. Pulling the chip, flashing it, and sticking it back into the socket each time you change a line isn’t anyone’s idea of
Read MoreWhatsApp has been slapped with a record fine for breaking privacy and data protection laws in the EU. It’s the largest ever fine by the Irish regulator. The messaging platform will appeal the “disproportionate fine.” In a record fine doled out to Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp, EU regulators have asked the company to cough up
Read MoreAfter a first attempt brought up an empty tube, the rover finally cored a sample.
Read MoreWayne Ma / The Information: Sources: Apple’s planned VR/AR headset will need a wireless connection to an Apple device for full functionality; Apple completed work on VR/AR chips last year — New details of the custom chips designed by Apple for its forthcoming virtual reality and augmented reality headset indicate …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple’s rumored AR/VR headset is designed to rely on another device, and may have to offload more processor-heavy tasks to a connected iPhone or Mac, according to a report from The Information. Apple is reportedly working on a custom chip for the headset, an SoC that’s intentionally missing
Read MoreIf you’ve ever examined the messy HTML that results from doing a Save As HTML from Microsoft Word, you can appreciate [Jim Yuill]’s motivation for his WordWebNav (WWN) project. [Jim] uses Word to document his technical projects, and wanted an easy way to generate web pages. Not only is Word-generated HTML nearly unreadable, [Jim] notes
Read MoreSunday, an insurtech startup based in Bangkok, announced it has raised a $45 million Series B. Investors include Tencent, SCB 10X, Vertex Growth, Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, Quona Capital, Aflac Ventures and Z Venture Capital. The company says the round was oversubscribed, and that it doubled its revenue growth in 2020. Founded in
Read MoreReuters: Filings: NLRB is investigating two complaints by Apple employees, including one by senior engineering PM Ashley Gjøvik who alleges workplace harassment and more — The U.S. National Labor Relations Board is investigating two cases filed by employees against Apple, records on the agency’s website show.
Read MoreCalifornia DoorDash workers protested outside of the home of DoorDash CEO Tony Xu on Thursday, prompted by a recent California Superior Court Judge ruling calling 2020’s Proposition 22 unconstitutional. Prop 22, which was passed last November in California, would allow app-based companies like DoorDash, Uber and Lyft to continue classifying workers as independent contractors rather
Read MoreFirefly launched its first rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and on board it carried a number of payloads with an intended destination of low Earth orbit. The rocket took off as planned, and seemed to be doing fairly well during the initial portion of the launch, before experiencing “an anomaly” that clearly
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple’s latest “Pay Perks” are here. The latest Apple Pay offers savings at Instacart. The offers are available through September 8. Save on groceries from Instacart with Apple Pay. The latest Apple Pay promotion is here and this one is all about saving money on delivery. Apple has sent Apple
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has landed ‘The Fight Before Christmas.’ The documentary film tells the story of a Christmas event gone awry. The film will premiere on Friday, November 26, 2021. ‘The Fight Before Christmas’ is coming to Apple TV+. Move over ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas,’ ‘The Fight Before Christmas’ is here. As
Read MoreInsider: Sources: Amazon will launch its own TV featuring Alexa software and without third-party manufacturer branding in the US, possibly as soon as October — – Amazon is planning to roll out its own Amazon-branded TV, Insider has learned. — A US launch is targeted for as soon as October.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is set to release Amazon-branded TVs as soon as October in the US, according to Insider. The TVs will have Alexa, screen sizes “in the range of 55 to 75 inches,” and will be designed and manufactured by third parties such as TCL, Insider reports. The company
Read MoreIllustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Roblox is taking its first steps to introduce voice chat by opening up a feature it’s calling “Spatial Voice” to select developers in an invitation-only beta, the company announced Thursday. “With Spatial Voice, Roblox creators will begin to test developing experiences where conversations can happen in a realistic
Read MoreIssie Lapowsky / Protocol: Texas’ abortion law creates new legal challenges and risks for tech companies, such as subpoenas requesting user data or providing on-demand rides to clinics — With the Supreme Court deciding not to block Texas’ effective ban on abortion this week, fears have been rightly focused on the people …
Read MoreEngine stands are great to have on hand for when you need to work on an engine outside a vehicle. However, if your engine is particularly large, you might find off-the-shelf solutions difficult to find. [Liebregts] was recently contacted by someone in just such a pickle, who had an 8-litre Bentley engine from 1928 and
Read MoreEverything is switching from offline to online mode, spurred by the pandemic, and that also has turned around things for the creative economy. Creative professionals continue to look for ways to monetize their talents and knowledge through online education platforms like Class 101 that bring stable incomes and improve opportunities. Class 101, a Seoul-based online
Read MoreConnor Smith / Barron’s Online: HPE beats in Q3 with revenue of $6.9B, up 1% YoY, Intelligent Edge revenue of $867M, up 27% YoY, and HPC & MCS revenue of $741M, up 11% YoY — Hewlett Packard Enterprise beat earnings expectations during its fiscal third quarter, though sales came in a bit below expectations.
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