Emoji reactions appear as a third option when highlighting text. | Image: Google Google Docs is getting support for emoji reactions, allowing you to respond to text with a simple symbol rather than a fully written comment. In an announcement post, the company says the feature supports all the emoji available in the latest release,
Read MoreMark Sullivan / Fast Company: Interview with Tim Sweeney and Epic executives on Unreal Engine 5’s launch, its “Nanite” graphic rendering tech, using it in building the metaverse, and more — Growing up in suburban Potomac, Maryland in the 1980s, Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games …
Read MorePaul Alcorn / Tom’s Hardware: AMD confirms a bug in its GPU driver is auto-overclocking Ryzen CPUs without the user’s knowledge by changing settings in the BIOS — Radeon Adrenalin drivers have a mind of their own — AMD has confirmed to Tom’s Hardware that a bug in its GPU driver is, in fact, changing
Read MoreThe OnePlus 10 Pro features a hardy Gorilla Glass Victus finish on the front, but we all know it’s just a matter of time before that shiny new screen gets a few scratches — or worse, a full-blown crack. If you really want to keep your new phone safe, you’ll need to invest in a
Read More3D printing can be a time-consuming and expensive hobby — even if you try to do it on the cheap. It feels like I’ve adjusted, replaced, or upgraded half the parts on my Ender 3 Pro. It’s been fun, but never easy. But what if a truly consumer-ready 3D printer changed that? We may be
Read MoreWashington Post: Center for Countering Digital Hate: a study of 8,717 DMs sent to five high profile women shows Instagram didn’t act on 90% of reported abusive direct messages — Women on Instagram are exposed to an “epidemic of misogynist abuse,” according to a new report.
Read MoreDonna Goodison / Protocol: Google Cloud unveils BigLake, a data lake storage engine based on its BigQuery data warehouse, to let customers analyze data across storage systems — Google Cloud plans to launch a new data lake storage engine based on its popular BigQuery data warehouse to help remove barriers preventing customers …
Read MoreCredit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority Samsung is reportedly considering the use of Mediatek silicon in some flagship phones. It’s believed Mediatek power could come to some Galaxy S22 FE and Galaxy S23 models. Samsung usually sticks to Qualcomm and in-house Exynos silicon for its flagship phones, but it’s also increasingly been using Mediatek chipsets
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge On Tuesday morning, YouTube channels for some of the world’s biggest stars showered fans with strange music videos. Vevo channels for artists like Lil Nas X, Eminem, Drake, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Harry Styles, The Weeknd, Michael Jackson, Kanye West, and many others were affected. The channels in
Read MoreWe all know the havoc that water in the wrong place can do to a piece of electronics, and thus we’ve probably all had devices damaged beyond repair. Should [Solderking] have thrown away the water-damaged PCB from a Nintendo Pokemon Ruby cartridge? Of course he should, but when faced with a board on which all
Read MoreBuzzFeed News: Investigation reveals Worldcoin, which collects iris scans in exchange for free crypto, is wrestling with issues, from angry field operators to privacy concerns — As Kudzanayi strolled through the mall with friends, a small crowd caught his attention. At its center, three men held …
Read MoreGoogle AI Blog: Google AI claims PaLM, its 540B parameter, dense decoder-only Transformer model, shows breakthrough capabilities in tasks like language, reasoning, and coding — In recent years, large neural networks trained for language understanding and generation have achieved impressive results across a wide range of tasks.
Read MoreAisha Malik / TechCrunch: Meta introduces “Sharing to Reels”, an integration that lets developers add the ability to post videos directly to Facebook Reels from their third-party apps — Facebook is adding the ability to post Reels from third-party apps, its parent company Meta announced on Tuesday.
Read MoreIt’s fascinating to see what happens when a creative hacker is given a set of constraints to work within. [rctestflight] found themselves in a very specific set of circumstances: Free RC cars from sponsors, and no real purpose for them. Instead of just taking them apart to see what made them tick (itself the past
Read MoreShubham Sharma / VentureBeat: Rattle, which lets sales teams integrate CRM apps like Salesforce inside Slack or Microsoft Teams, raises a $26M Series A led by Insight Partners — San Francisco-based Rattle, a company that offers a revenue orchestration platform to help enterprise reps to lead more productive …
Read MoreYou can use eBay gift cards to pay for all or part of your next purchase on the site. They also make a great gift if you’re unsure what someone would like. However, finding where to redeem them on eBay can be tricky. Read more: How to find a seller on eBay
Read MoreCasey Newton / Platformer: With Musk on the Twitter board, Parag Agrawal may struggle to balance his own vision against that of an unpredictable board member with a much louder megaphone — Task #1: undermine CEO, consolidate power — Today, let’s talk about what Elon Musk means for the future of Twitter.
Read MoreCarolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: Uber signs with Yellow Cab SF and Flywheel Technologies to bring all of San Francisco’s 1,075 taxis to its app in the coming months, after a similar deal in NYC — Uber, whose ride-hailing service disrupted the taxi industry, is now partnering with all the taxicabs in its home
Read MoreWhat you need to know The Cash app has experienced a major security breach. The breach has potentially affected over 8 million users. Cash app users aren’t having a great day. Users of the Cash app woke up today to an unfortunate surprise. As reported by TechCrunch, Block, the parent company of the Cash app,
Read MoreImage: Plex Plex’s latest beta features are a modern solution to a modern problem — having to search through HBO Max, Netflix, Disney Plus, and like, three other services to find something to watch. The company announced a new “Discover” feature, which aggregates and recommends content from various streaming services and a universal watchlist that
Read MoreMaria Ponnezhath / Reuters: Intel is suspending all business operations in Russia and says it has implemented business continuity measures to minimize disruption to its global operations — Intel Corp (INTC.O) is suspending all business operations in Russia, effective immediately, the U.S. chipmaker said on Tuesday …
Read MoreIf you’re gone from your device for a certain amount of time, you may notice that your social media status turns to “idle.” This goes for many different apps, including Discord. This is a way to let other users know that, even if they send you a message, you may not see it right away.
Read MoreJiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal: South Korea says Google can’t block developers from providing an in-app link to an outside website to buy digital goods under the country’s app payment law — U.S. tech giant had threatened to delist some local app developers — SEOUL—Google can’t punish South Korean app developers …
Read MoreWhat you need to know Applications are now open for the Swift Student Challenge. The program challenges developers to create an app using Swift Playgrounds. It’s time to build that app you’ve been thinking about. Earlier today, Apple announced that this year’s WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference), which will take place virtually once again, will kick
Read MoreJohn Paul Tasker / CBC News: Canada’s government introduces legislation that would force major online platforms run by Google and Meta to negotiate deals with publishers, like in Australia — Bill demands that companies like Google and Facebook pay news businesses to use their content
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