Music making and DJing have both become arts predominantly pursued in a computer, as the mighty USB interface has subsumed audio, MIDI, and even DJ turntable interface controllers. There was a time though when an indispensable part of any aspiring performer’s equipment would have been an analog mixer, a device for buffering and combining multiple
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority WhatsApp is working on a new feature that would streamline voice messages on the platform. The “global voice message player” would allow users to listen to voice messages wherever they are in the app. This would make listening to longer WhatsApp voice notes far less tedious. WhatsApp could
Read MoreYoolim Lee / Bloomberg: Indonesian stock trading app Ajaib raises $153M Series B led by DST Global at a $1B valuation; Robinhood backers Ribbit, ICONIQ, and IVP joined the round — – Robinhood backers DST Global, Ribbit, ICONIQ, IVP joined round — App founded by Stanford MBA classmates targets young traders
Read MoreAmazon Prime members can now send gifts without having the recipient’s address. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is launching a new gifting feature today that will allow subscribers to its Prime service to send gifts to others using only an email address or phone number — no address required. Gift-givers have
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge One month ago, we laid out a list of eight obvious things Apple could do to prove it puts App Store users ahead of profits. Today I learned the company acted on at least one of these ideas: Apple will now let you directly report a scammy app
Read MoreCredit: Lenovo A Lenovo gaming handheld based on Android has leaked online. The handheld leaked via the company’s own website. It seems like Lenovo planned to announce it at MWC 2021. We’ve seen a few notable handheld gaming devices in 2021 so far, such as the Nintendo Switch OLED, the Steam Deck, and the recent
Read MoreThe steampunk aesthetic can take on many forms, and while pipes, valves, and boilers can look great, having complicated machinery with lots of moving parts really makes your project shine. A team of steampunk enthusiasts over at Tampere Hacklab did this by building a vehicle named Maakrapu. It’s a two-wheeled buggy that looks like it’s
Read MoreMoving even a little while shooting video with your phone leads to shaky, unusable footage that no amount of optical image stabilization will correct. Whether you’re filming with a new iPhone 13 or an older model phone, you need a gimbal. As a photographer, I don’t get paid unless my images and videos are bright
Read MoreWhen you are responsible for maintaining devices at a client’s location, software tools like remote desktop and SSH are great, but sometimes they are not enough. For some problems, you need to get eyes and hands on the device to figure out what’s going on and fix the problem. This is a challenge [Will Donaldson]
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Ula, a food-focused B2B e-commerce marketplace in Indonesia, raises $87M Series B with investors including Jeff Bezos, following its $20M Series A in January — Updated at 8.15pm PT, October 3: In a statement, Ula confirmed TechCrunch’s reporting. The startup said it has raised $87 million in its Series B financing
Read MoreIt’s one thing to speculate about what’s happening with the Mars helicopter Ingenuity, but it’s another to get an insider’s view on recent flight problems. As we previously reported, Ingenuity is starting to face a significant challenge, as a seasonal atmospheric pressure drop on Mars threatens to make the already rarefied air too thin to
Read MoreChris Metinko / Crunchbase News: Analysis: global VC funding for semiconductor startups has reached $3.7B in 2021 so far, up from 2020’s record of $3.4B, with US-based startups raising ~$1.7B — Editor’s note: This is Mergers & Money, a monthly column by Senior Reporter Chris Metinko that covers dealmaking in the enterprise tech space.
Read MoreJeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal: Ex-Facebook PM Frances Haugen comes forward as a key source behind Facebook Files, says she became increasingly alarmed by how profits came before public safety — The former Facebook employee says her goal is to help prompt change at the social-media giant
Read MoreCBS News: In a 60 Minutes interview, the Facebook Files whistleblower says the company is misleading the public on progress against hate speech, misinformation, more — Frances Haugen says in her time with Facebook she saw, “conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook.”
Read MoreFacebook whistleblower Frances Haugen appeared on 60 Minutes. The whistleblower behind the leak of an enormous cache of Facebook documents to the Wall Street Journal, Frances Haugen, went public on 60 Minutes on Sunday, revealing more of the inner workings the most powerful social media platform in the world. Revealing her identity on national television,
Read MoreIn a world where smartphones have commoditized precision MEMS Sensors, the stage is set to reimagine clusters of these sensors as something totally different. That’s exactly what [chronopoulos] did, taking four proximity sensors and turning them into a custom gesture input sensor for sound generation. The result is Quadrant, a repurposable human-interface device that proves
Read MoreNetflix’s No One Gets Out Alive is an incredibly fresh and topical horror film, but what does Ambar choose at the end – and does the conclusion set up a sequel? The movie, which is based on the 2014 Adam Nevill novel of the same name, recently hit streaming. While following Ambar (Cristina Rodlo), an undocumented woman
Read MoreEditor’s Note: A lawsuit has been filed against Activision Blizzard by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, which alleges the company has engaged in abuse, discrimination, and retaliation against its female employees. Activision Blizzard has denied the allegations. The full details of the Activision Blizzard lawsuit (content warning: rape, suicide, abuse, harassment) are being updated
Read MoreWarning! SPOILERS for The Many Saints Of Newark In The Many Saints of Newark, Harold McBrayer (Leslie Odom Jr.) has a commanding presence throughout the story as Dickie Moltisanti’s (Alessandro Nivaro) increasingly troublesome frenemy — but is Harold in the original Sopranos HBO TV show? As a pivotal character in the events portrayed in The Many Saints of Newark,
Read MoreAlong with finding collectibles, there are other reasons to explore in Kena: Bridge of Spirits, including to find and make use of Meditation Spots to raise Kena’s maximum HP. There are various quests to complete throughout Kena: Bridge of Spirits, and at least 16 challenging bosses to fight. The game has 12 Meditation Spots scattered across various
Read MoreWhat you need to know Mark Gurman believes a new Apple Store is coming to the Grove mall in Los Angeles. The journalist stumbled upon new construction across from the aging Apple Store in the mall. It appears Apple may be upgrading its presence at the location with a whole new store. If the Grove
Read MoreIn Dragon Ball Super, Goku and Vegeta are still working to master their respective god-like powers, from Goku’s Ultra Instinct to Vegeta’s power of destruction. Even before the Saiyans knew such power was even attainable, they still tangled with beings wielding power beyond their understanding, including the God of Destruction himself, Lord Beerus. At the beginning of
Read MoreWith Venom confirmed to appear in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, one fan is sharing their own ideas for how the inevitable boss battle with him could play out. The longtime foe of Peter Parker and his heroic alter-ego wowed viewers when he emerged from the shadows during the Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 trailer at last month’s PlayStation
Read MoreWith the release of Star Wars: Visions, an interest in anime anthologies is bound to be generated. The scope is very wide when it comes to anime anthology films and series as they incorporate themes from sci-fi, horror, and local Japanese folklore. Barring a few American productions like Love, Death, & Robots, most of these
Read MoreWhat you need to know Images of the unreleased Apple Watch Series 7 have reportedly appeared online. The images show off the new display using the full-screen keyboard and the Grid view. The Apple Watch Series 7 is expected “later this fall.” We have to be getting it soon if the carriers are getting it.
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