Blue Origin Just before Twitter announced it’s accepting Elon Musk’s $44 buyout bid, the world’s richest man tweeted, “I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means.” His commitment is getting a mild test thanks to a fellow tech billionaire / rocket enthusiast / media mogul. Jeff
Read MoreHere’s what a Steam Deck lock screen looks like. | Image: Valve Valve’s newest Steam Deck update adds a lock screen to the handheld gaming PC, the company announced Monday. The change means you can now set a PIN when you wake the device from sleep, which could prevent people from accessing your device who
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images In the moments before Elon Musk bought Twitter, the company’s Slack channels were lit up with nervous anticipation. It had been days since Twitter leadership had shared anything with them, and after a weekend’s worth of reports that a sale was imminent, employees were looking for
Read MoreCredit: Amazon Amazon’s pint-sized Echo Dot is the perfect smart speaker for any home. It fits in any room in the house and the new speaker setup is louder than ever. it’s also more affordable than it’s ever been too, at least for the period of this sale. The Dot retails for $49.99 and the
Read MoreIf you haven’t seen [Ken Shirriff]’s teardowns and reverse engineering expeditions, then you’re in for a treat. His explanation and demonstration of the Apollo digital ranging system is a fascinating read, even if vintage computing and engineering aren’t part of your normal fare. The average Hackaday reader should be familiar with the concept of determining
Read MoreKate Conger / New York Times: Twitter employees say they heard little from Elon Musk, CEO Parag Agrawal, management, and Charles Schwab about what a sale to the billionaire means for them — Workers say they have been left largely in the dark about what a sale to the billionaire will mean for them and
Read MoreIt can be frustrating when malfunctions interrupt your fun. If you are experiencing any problems with the TikTok app, you can try these troubleshooting steps to resolve the issue. Here’s how to fix TikTok when it’s not working. Read more: How to change your name on TikTok
Read MoreBloomberg: Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and Chairman Bret Taylor told employees that the company will keep operating as usual; sources: the deal could take up to six months — Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal and Chairman Bret Taylor told employees on Monday that the social network …
Read MoreThe workers are employed by Keywords Studios. | Image: BioWare A group of staffers working for a company that supports BioWare, the studio behind hits like Mass Effect and Dragon Age, are taking the first steps toward possible unionization. The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Canada Union, Local No. 401 has applied to become
Read MoreBilly Mitchell / FedScoop: The Department of Defense hires Craig Martell, Lyft’s head of machine learning, as the Pentagon’s first chief digital and artificial intelligence officer — Craig Martell has left his role as head of machine learning for Silicon Valley rideshare company Lyft to be the Pentagon’s first chief digital …
Read MoreAn illustration of NASA’s DART spacecraft just before it hits Dimorphos | NASA China’s space agency plans to send a spacecraft to slam into an asteroid, knocking it into a new — and hopefully safer — orbit. The prospective new mission will launch within the next four years, and was announced on Sunday by Wu
Read MoreImage: Pony.ai Pony.ai has received a license to operate its autonomous taxi service in China, making it the first company to win the country’s approval (via Reuters). Starting in May, the Toyota-backed robotaxi service will operate 100 autonomous vehicles in the Nansha district of Guangzhou, and will later expand to serve other portions of the
Read More2022 is a big year for Google’s wearable efforts | Photo by Dieter Bohn / The Verge After a massive Pixel Watch leak this past weekend, you’d think that maybe Google would relax on the wearables front. Nope. With Google I/O just weeks away, a video teasing Google Assistant on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has reportedly retained the services of Littler Mendelson. The law firm is known for representing companies who are fighting against unionization efforts. Littler Mendelson previously represented McDonald’s. Apple is taking unionization efforts seriously, but not in the way workers want. Apple is bringing in the big guns to fight
Read MoreReddit communities, or subreddits, are home to some of the most intriguing and insightful posts on the internet. Whenever something in the world happens, Reddit seemingly knows about it immediately due to how quickly word gets around on the platform. If you want to start your own Reddit community, you will want to know how
Read MoreRed Hat is shipping Red Hat Application Foundations, a set of application services that work with the company’s OpenShift Kubernetes platform and promise to accelerate the development of containerized applications across hybrid and multicloud environments. Announced April 25, Red Hat Application Foundations serve as a toolkit for developers who are building and integrating application and
Read MoreThe metaverse isn’t created equal if we look at its adoption across sectors: gaming, retail, virtual events, and concerts have been quick to adopt it — even in early-stage implementation. On the more nascent side of the metaverse adoption spectrum sits office, residential real estate, and hospitality, which are just beginning to see possible use
Read MoreImage: Mattel J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot is partnering up with Warner Bros. for a live-action Hot Wheels movie, yet another sign that Mattel is getting quite serious about the filmmaking business. Today, Warner Bros. and Mattel Films announced that Bad Robot has signed on to produce a live-action Hot Wheels feature film described in a
Read MoreImage: Microsoft You’ll soon be able to download Microsoft Teams from the Microsoft Store that comes built into Windows, according to a roadmap update from the company, as spotted by Neowin. Yes, you read that right. Microsoft’s work communications app hasn’t been available on its own store up to this point; it either had to
Read MoreBrendan Sinclair / GamesIndustry.biz: Activision Blizzard reports Q1 revenue down 22% YoY to $1.77B, net income down 36% YoY to $395M; the Activision segment had 100M MAUs in Q1, down 33% YoY — Modest revenue growth at King offset by 49% drop from Activision, 43% decline from Blizzard as MAUs hit new lows
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated” is how Elon Musk explained why he spent $44 billion to acquire Twitter. ♥️ Yesss!!! ♥️ pic.twitter.com/0T9HzUHuh6 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 25, 2022 That
Read MoreE Ink / The Verge E Ink has a new version of color electronic paper, and while it isn’t as pretty as an OLED or possessing the new tech sheen of stuff like mini– and microLED, E Ink Gallery 3 sure is easy on the eyes. Gallery 3 isn’t quite as fast as the E
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal didn’t have many concrete answers for staff about what will happen once Elon Musk takes over the company later this year. During a virtual all-hands call Monday, hours after the company announced it had agreed to be bought by Musk for $44 billion, Agrawal
Read MoreImage: Sennheiser Ever since the original pair’s debut back in 2018, Sennheiser’s Momentum True Wireless earbuds have received heaps of praise for their sound quality. After releasing a sequel in 2020, Sennheiser is announcing the third product in the series today — and this time, they’ve been given a substantial redesign. They’ll be available starting
Read MoreThere are plenty of rocket experimenters toying with various liquid-fueled contraptions at the moment, and [Sciencish] is one of them. He grew tired of using air-pressurized fuel delivery systems in his experiments due to safety reasons, and decided to create something approximating more grown up rocket designs. The result was a 3D-printed turbopump for fuel
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