With Fist Bumps and Nasal Swabs, Tech Conferences Are Back
Hundreds of (vaccinated) attendees gathered in a Beverly Hills hotel ballroom as Code Conference returned after a year-long hiatus.
Read MoreHundreds of (vaccinated) attendees gathered in a Beverly Hills hotel ballroom as Code Conference returned after a year-long hiatus.
Read MoreYou’ve finally decided to take the plunge and build a board with surface-mount parts. After carefully dispensing the solder paste with a syringe, it’s time to place the parts. You take up your trusty tweezers and reach to grab a SOIC-14 logic IC—only there’s not a great way to grab it. The IC is too
Read MoreStephanie Chan / Sensor Tower Blog: Global consumer spending on mobile apps reached $33.6B in Q3 2021, up 15.1% YoY, with App Store spending up 13.2% to $21.5B, and Play Store up 18.6% to $12.1B — Worldwide consumer spending and first-time installs of mobile apps climbed to $33.6 billion and 35.7 billion, respectively …
Read MoreImage: Google Google has stopped working on its Plex service, which aimed to let you do your banking through the Google Pay app. The service was supposed to let users sign up for checking or savings accounts offered by a variety of traditional banks that the user would then manage through the app. According to
Read MoreImage: Netflix South Korean internet service provider SK Broadband is suing Netflix to pay for the increased network costs and bandwidth usage the streaming service’s content has drawn in South Korea, Reuters writes. The company cites Squid Game and D.P., two popular Korean Netflix dramas, as part of the cause. SK Broadband’s demand for payment
Read MoreSean Lyngaas / CNN: President Biden to convene a 30-country meeting this month to try to ramp up global efforts to address the threat of ransomware — (CNN)The White House will convene a 30-country meeting this month to try to ramp up global efforts to address the threat of ransomware to economic and national security
Read MoreAnother day, another vulnerability. This time, it’s AMD’s turn, with a broad swathe of its modern CPU lines falling victim to a dangerous driver vulnerability that could leave PCs open to all manner of attacks. As reported by TechSpot, the flaw is in the driver for AMD Platform Security Processor (PSP), and could leave systems
Read MorePhoto by Dan Seifert / The Verge A major annoyance of using a Samsung phone is finally getting fixed, as the company seems to have finally pulled ads from some of its stock apps. One Verge staffer reports that they aren’t seeing ads in the Samsung Weather, Samsung Pay, and Samsung Health apps, though they
Read MoreRing’s founder Jamie Siminoff announced a new video doorbell this week, from another company. | Image: Blink In December 2017, Amazon spent $90 million to acquire Blink, a Kickstarter-funded startup that developed a super energy-efficient chip to power its battery-operated smart home security cameras. In January 2018, Blink announced its first video doorbell. The next
Read MoreHave your eyes thanking you by knowing how to use WhatsApp dark mode when you’re chatting away late at night. A new WhatsApp feature makes the app easier to see in poorly lit surroundings, and knowing how to switch on dark mode can help prevent you from having to strain your eyes. Considering that the
Read MoreDanielle Partis / GamesIndustry.biz: Sensor Tower: Tencent’s Honor of Kings made over $10B since its launch in 2015, the first mobile game to do so, with $2B+ in 2021 alone — First mobile title to hit the milestone — Tencent’s MOBA Honor of Kings has made over $10 billion in player spending since its launch
Read MoreI love that big phone, but sometimes I don’t need it with me. Not very long ago, I wrote about how surprised I was that I’d become accustomed to the heft of my iPhone 13 Pro Max so quickly. I stand by that, and I wouldn’t swap my iPhone for a smaller one. But that
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Google is scrapping plans for mobile-first bank accounts service Plex, sources say after the April departure of the Google Pay exec who championed the project — Tech giant had partnered with Citigroup and other banks on ‘Plex’ accounts that would sync with Google Pay
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple’s iPhone 13 lineup just launched last week, but some users ran into a frustrating issue where they couldn’t use their Apple Watch to unlock their new phones while wearing a face mask. The company had promised that a fix was on the way, and it appeared earlier
Read MoreChance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple rolls out iOS 15.0.1 and iPadOS 15.0.1, with bug fixes for multiple issues, including Unlock with Apple Watch on iPhone 13 — One week after the release of the iPhone 13 and iOS 15, Apple is rolling out a bug fix update with some notable improvements. iOS 15..1 and iPadOS
Read MoreLawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Coinbase says a threat actor stole cryptocurrency from 6,000 customers between March and May 20 using a vulnerability in its SMS multi-factor authentication — Crypto exchange Coinbase disclosed that a threat actor stole cryptocurrency from 6,000 customers after using a vulnerability to bypass …
Read MoreSeinfeld has officially moved over to stream on Netflix today, with a new 4K upgrade that promises to make the show look better than ever. But while Netflix has upgraded the iconic “show about nothing” to even crisper resolution, Netflix is hewing to the same strategy that Hulu and other HD releases of the show
Read MoreThere’s a reason people still watch movies like ‘Labyrinth,’ ‘Time Bandits,’ and ‘The NeverEnding Story’ decades later.
Read MoreHackaday editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys peruse the great hardware hacks of the past week. There’s a robot walker platform that wirelessly offloads motor control planning to a computer. We take a look at automating your fishing boat with a trolling motor upgrade, building the Hoover dam in your back yard, and playing Holst’s
Read MoreMark Sullivan / Fast Company: Quantum computing company IonQ to go public via SPAC, in a deal expected to raise $650M at a valuation of $2B — Today, Maryland-based quantum computing company IonQ is going public via a SPAC in a deal that’s expected to raise $650 million. Its $2 billion valuation and big-name investors
Read MoreSo many awesome games are coming out in the next few months and we can’t wait to play them. Nintendo Switch owners have a lot to look forward to this fall. Video game companies tend to have a big push surrounding the holiday season, but Nintendo has a lot more going for it than it
Read MoreA new analysis of data from Apple’s joint heart study with Stanford has found that the Apple Watch is capable of detecting more rhythm abnormalities than we thought it could. The Apple Heart Study was designed to test the Apple Watch’s ability to detect abnormal heart rhythms. Participants whose Watches notified them of potential arrhythmias
Read MorePS Plus subscribers gain access to online multiplayer, monthly freebies, and more. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Anyone who owns a PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 should consider becoming a PlayStation Plus subscriber — it’s one of the best deals in gaming, after all. Thankfully, if you’re not currently a subscriber or
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Read MoreIf you watch it on TV or see clips on YouTube, you’ll notice that most combat robots have wheels, which would make sense. They are simple, work well, and if designed right they can take a bit of a beating. So why did [Luke] design his 12-pound bot with no wheels, or any locomotion system
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