(Image: Tesla)Like it or not, humanoid robots are here. Optimus, a human-like droid powered by AI, is Elon Musk’s latest project—one he insists will be worth more than Tesla’s current vehicle business. Musk originally unveiled the concept for Optimus (the nickname for what’s otherwise called Tesla Bot) at the company’s AI Day last August. But
Read MoreCNBC: The UAE grants crypto exchange Kraken a license to operate, following Binance and FTX; Kraken will establish a regional HQ in Abu Dhabi — – Kraken will open an office in Abu Dhabi and become the first exchange to offer UAE dirham trading after receiving a full license to operate in the country …
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple TV+ has won two BAFTA TV Awards. 9/11: Inside the President’s War Room won the Editing: Factual category. 1971: The Year Music Changed Everything won the Sound: Factual category. Apple TV+ continues to pick up wins. Apple TV+ has picked up its first BAFTA TV Awards after two of
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple TV+ has released a new teaser for They Call Me Magic. They Call Me Magic is a new four-part docu-series about Magic Johnson. A new teaser explains why Magic Johnson got his name. Did you ever wonder what made Magic Johnson quite so magical? Former basketball star Magic Johnson
Read MoreIn the past six months, Intel has made some aggressive moves to expand its silicon fab capacity in the US. In addition to expanding its operations in Arizona and Oregon, it’s announced an all-new facility in Ohio. That facility is the first of its kind in America, as it’s the first silicon fab to ever
Read MoreThe PA147CDV next to one of Asus’ laptops. | Image: Asus The Asus ProArt Display PA147CDV is a 14-inch touchscreen that’s designed to act as a secondary display for creatives. With its small form-factor and ultrawide 32:9 aspect ratio it looks as though Asus has ripped the secondary display off one of its Duo laptops
Read More(Photo: Mike Mozart/Wikimedia Commons)Best Buy has announced a new recycling service for larger tech and appliances. Starting now, Geek Squad employees can come to your house to haul away refrigerators, TVs, or any other gadgets you can’t easily bring to the store yourself. The company’s Standalone Haul-Away service allows customers to schedule a pickup for
Read MoreAt the intersection of saving a few bucks and expensive home insurance claims due to a house fire, we find clones of certified and tested electrical connectors, even when many would argue that so-called wire nuts are fire hazards no matter how many certification labels are on them. When it comes to no-fuss wire connectors,
Read MoreNathan Grayson / Washington Post: An interview with Puerto Rican Twitch star Ironmouse, who suffers from the chronic illness CVID and is the most popular VTuber on Twitch with 1M+ followers — It’s day 28 of Ironmouse’s live-streaming marathon, and the Twitch streamer has taken a brief break from her usual programming …
Read MoreCredit: Android Central A Redditor has posted more images of the apparent Pixel Watch. One of the images compares the watch to Apple and Samsung’s watches. A strange story emerged over the weekend, as the upcoming Google Pixel Watch was purportedly left behind in a restaurant and obtained by a Redditor. The Redditor sent images
Read MoreCredit: Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority Android 14 is reportedly code-named Upside Down Cake. The reference was discovered in the Android Gerrit. This follows Android 13, which is code-named Tiramisu. Google has long had a tradition of naming Android versions after desserts and other sweet treats. It switched to version numbers only from Android 10
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority The Google Pixel 6 Pro was apparently supposed to have face unlock at launch. 9to5Google claimed that the feature is now scheduled for the next feature drop. The Pixel 6 series is unarguably the most impressive Pixel phone line yet, offering competitive pricing, a semi-custom Tensor chipset, and
Read MoreAt over 1230 km (764 mi) in length, $10 billion in cost, and over a decade in the making, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline was slated to connect the gas fields of Russia to Western Europe through Germany. But with the sanctions against Russia and the politics of the pipeline suffering a major meltdown, this
Read MoreAditya Hadi Pratama / Tech in Asia: DoubleMe, a South Korean startup specializing in converting 2D videos into 3D models for the metaverse, raises a $25M Series A with Samsung among investors — DoubleMe, a South Korea-based metaverse startup, has raised US$25 million in a series A round co-led by Coentry Investment and NH Investment
Read MoreMIT Technology Review: A look at Jakarta’s “base camps”, informal meeting points that let Gojek drivers organize for better working conditions, including health insurance and sick pay — In Jakarta, ride-hailing giant Gojek’s fleet of motorbike taxi drivers are building worker power through worker community.
Read MoreMost of us think of keyboards — even vintage ones — as being fairly standardized and interchangeable, but that isn’t the case for the IBM PCjr. Its keyboard was quite unlike most others of its time, which means that a PCjr without an original keyboard is pretty much a dust collector. That’s what led [Jozef
Read MoreWashington Post: Apple, Amazon, and Google have turned to old union-busting tactics, like surveilling workers suspected of organizing, posting propaganda, and hiring consultants — Tech companies are facing increasing momentum from workers trying to organize — At a Staten Island warehouse set to start …
Read MoreDan Goodin / Ars Technica: Oracle patches a critical bug in Java 15 and above, which lets attackers forge TLS certificates and signatures, two-factor authentication messages, and more — A failure to sanity check signatures for division-by-zero flaws makes forgeries easy. — Organizations using newer versions …
Read MorePhoto by James Bareham / The Verge Workers at Nintendo’s third-party repair facility reportedly faced a “very stressful” work environment caused by a deluge of Switches sent in for issues related to Joy-Con drift, according to a report from Kotaku. A former supervisor at the New York-based United Radio, the company that partners with Nintendo
Read MoreWait, what? Is it possible that a tech company just killed off a product with a huge installed base of hardware and a community of dedicated users, and it wasn’t Google? Apparently not, if the stories of the sudden demise of Insteon are to be believed. The cloud-based home automation concern seems to have just
Read MoreNew York Times: Sources: Twitter’s board met Sunday to discuss Elon Musk’s bid, which is being considered more seriously after Musk’s filing detailed $46.5B in financing — Twitter’s 11-member board met on Sunday morning to discuss Mr. Musk’s offer to buy the company and take it private. — Give this article- – – Read in
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Reliance Industries calls off its $3.4B acquisition of core parts of Indian retail chain Future Group, following Amazon’s legal fight against the deal — Reliance Industries “cannot implement” its $3.4 billion deal to acquire core parts of retail chain Future Group after the latter’s secured …
Read MoreSplatoon 3 is coming in 2022. Here are all of the details. Set in a new, desolate wasteland, the objective of Splatoon 3 remains the same: ink everything in sight. But what else is new in this threequel to one of the greatest multiplayer games on the Switch? Here’s everything we know about Splatoon 3
Read MoreSince the 1980s, we’ve seen innumerable attempts to revolutionize the way we interact with computers. Since the advent of keyboards and mice, we’ve seen everything from magic wands to electric gloves, with [Deemo Chen]’s project fitting into the latter category. The build takes on a cyberpunk aesthetic, with addressable LEDs installed along each digit. The
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Opinion post by Hadlee Simons It’s a shame LG left the smartphone industry, as the company always had a reputation for trying new and quirky things. This was particularly true in the camera space, as it debuted features like ultrawide cameras, manual video modes, and flexible triple rear cameras.
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