Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Android 12 only just made its debut on a small selection of the world’s best smartphones, but we’re already looking ahead to Android 13. The next big iteration of Google’s mobile operating system has already seen two developer previews and now a beta. What’s more, it looks like we
Read More[Sam Battle] known on YouTube as [Look Mum No Computer] is mostly known as a musical artist, but seems lately to have taken a bit of shine to retro telecoms gear, and this latest foray is into the realm of the minicom tty device which was a lifeline for those not blessed with ability to
Read MoreMicrosoft’s third quarter 2022 financial results are here, and the company’s posting double-digit growth yet again: revenue of $49.4 billion and net income of $16.7 billion. Revenue is up 18 percent, and the profit represents an 8 percent jump year over year. Microsoft is crediting a chunk of this quarter’s growth to the cloud, with
Read MorePhoto by Monica Chin / The Verge Here’s the situation: you’re typing a report for work, and you suddenly have to write the phrase “Jones née Berkowitz.” Or you are adding a phrase in Spanish and need to use the word “años.” How do you add the special characters to the letters with your Windows
Read MoreCNBC: Nasdaq closes down 3.95% to a 52-week low led by tech stocks, including Tesla down 12.2%, Coinbase down 5.9%, Netflix down 5.5%, Apple down 3.7%, Meta down 3.2% — U.S. stocks fell sharply on Tuesday with shares selling off into the close, as investors dumped equities on fears of an economic slowdown.
Read MoreUnder the Hood: Robinhood plans to let go of ~9% of its full-time employees, after growing its headcount from 700 to nearly 3,800 from 2019 to 2021; stock drops ~5% after hours — Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev shared the below to Robinhood employees following a company-wide meeting to discuss the changes.
Read MoreKif Leswing / CNBC: Alphabet says that its board of directors authorized $70B in share repurchases, a major step up from 2021’s $50B authorization and 2019’s $25B authorization — – Alphabet said on Tuesday that its board of directors authorized $70 billion in share repurchases, a major step up from last year’s authorization …
Read MoreDell has pulled the wraps off its newest workstations, revealing the full skinny on its all-new CAMM memory module. Word of this new design leaked a few days ago, prompting people (including us) to speculate on what exactly Dell was up to. As it turns out, it’s not as sinister as it seemed at first.
Read MoreIn the early morning hours, SpaceX is set to launch its seventh crewed mission to orbit, this time sending three NASA astronauts and an Italian astronaut to the International Space Station. Their launch will spark the beginning of a six-month stay on board the ISS, part of SpaceX’s commitment to NASA to periodically fly astronauts
Read MoreRobert Hof / SiliconANGLE: Google Cloud hit $5.82B in Q1 sales, up from $4.05B YoY and above estimates of $5.75B, and an operating loss of $931M, down from $974M YoY — A slowdown in spending on advertising amid the Russian war on Ukraine and the continuing pandemic took a small toll on Google parent Alphabet
Read MoreMost good smartwatches feature some kind of notification mirroring from the phone to your wrist. It’s an important and often overlooked feature that makes wearing a smartwatch so much more useful. For some Fitbit devices, you can even reply to messages from your wrist. But how do you do this, and how do you manage
Read MoreSonic 3 & Knuckles will be among the games dropped from stores. | Image: Steam Sega is going to “delist the digital versions of” Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, and Sonic CD starting on May 20th, according to a press release posted to multiple sites (via The Gamer). The announcement is
Read MoreDina Bass / Bloomberg: Microsoft’s cloud revenue grew 32% YoY to $23.4B in Q3, with Intelligent Cloud revenue of $19.1B, up 26% YoY, and Azure and other cloud service revenue up 46% — Microsoft Corp. reported quarterly sales and earnings that topped analysts’ projections, fueled by robust growth in cloud-services demand.
Read MoreTodd Spangler / Variety: YouTube reports $6.87B in Q1 ad revenue, up 14% YoY, but below estimates of $7.48B, and blames Q1 2021’s “exceptional” direct response ad performance — YouTube advertising sales for the first three months of 2022 grew 14%, to reach $6.87 billion — missing Wall Street expectations …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge After a record-breaking 2021 with annual revenue of $257 billion — the first time it has gone over $200 billion for a year — Google’s parent company reports in a filing (pdf) that it has started off 2022 with Q1 revenue that’s up 23 percent from the same
Read MoreKurt Wagner / Bloomberg: SEC filing: Twitter must pay a $1B termination fee under certain circumstances if it ends its acquisition agreement; Musk faces the same fee if he ends the deal — Twitter Inc. will be required to pay a termination fee of $1 billion under certain circumstances if it ends an agreement …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge More than 10 million people have streamed games over Xbox Cloud Gaming, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Tuesday during the company’s third-quarter earnings call. Cloud gaming is a feature that’s only available as part of the $14.99 per month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate tier, so the figure shared
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has released a new firmware update for AirTag. The new update is firmware version 1.0.391 (build number 1A291a). As usual, we don’t know what the update is for. Apple has released a new firmware update for AirTag, the company’s item tracker. Today, the company is rolling out a new
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Fidelity will soon start allowing eligible individuals to save a portion of their 401(k) in Bitcoin, the company announced Tuesday. Employees will only gain access to the option if their employer signs off the option, which Fidelity says will start rolling out in mid-2022. While Fidelity doesn’t specify
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If combining NFTs with the medical industry doesn’t sound the most logical, this report from BuzzFeed News will likely confirm your skepticism. An NFT project called MetaDocs assigns doctors / influencers, like Dr. Pimple Popper, to (somewhat unsightly) cartoon personifications of themselves, which users can then purchase to
Read MoreMany sci-fi movies and TV shows feature hand-held devices capable of sensing all manner of wonderful things. The µ Spec Mk II from [j] is built very much in that vein, packing plenty of functionality into a handy palm-sized form factor. An ESP32 serves as the brains of the device, hooked up to a 480×320
Read MoreMike Masnick / Techdirt: Twitter has aggressively defended users’ privacy and free speech rights, pushing back on unmasking subpoenas; it’s unclear if this will continue under Musk — For all the talk of how Elon Musk wanted to buy Twitter to make it more supportive of free speech, there remain a ton of questions about
Read MoreSubaru is sticking to its outdoorsy roots when marketing the Solterra. | Image: Subaru Subaru has announced the pricing of its first all-electric vehicle, the Solterra SUV. The vehicle, which comes standard with all-wheel drive like most Subarus, will start at $44,995, with the “Limited” and “Touring” trims starting at $48,495 and $51,995, respectively. All
Read MoreThe Beats Fit Pro are another headset in Beats’ repertoire of Android and iPhone-friendly true wireless earbuds. With the buds’ big wing tips, you may have trouble getting them to fit properly, but Beats thankfully has an ear tip fit test to combat that. You also get other premium features like active noise-cancelling (ANC), onboard
Read MoreMatt Levine / Bloomberg: Now that Elon Musk has signed a deal to take Twitter private, a look at what’s next, including a shareholder vote, Musk gathering cash, and regulatory approvals — So, Elon — I guess it is worth saying that Elon Musk does not own Twitter Inc. He did not buy Twitter Inc.
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