As we’ve learned from past experience, videos from [HowToLou] tend to be a bit controversial. His unique style of expedient engineering isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, especially when it’s combined with a devil-may-care attitude towards safety. On the other hand, there’s no arguing that his methods get results. His video on converting an 18 HP
Read MoreCredit: Android Central Images of what could be a Google Pixel Watch prototype have been posted on the internet. The device, which reportedly was left in a US restaurant, looks much like the previously leaked renders of the Pixel Watch. The wearable is rumored to make its first appearance at Google I/O in May 2022.
Read MoreIn everyday life, the largest moving object most people are likely to encounter is probably a train. Watching a train rolling along a track, it’s hard not to be impressed with the vast amount of power needed to put what might be a mile-long string of hopper cars carrying megatons of freight into motion. But
Read MoreShruti Shekar / Android Central: Leaked images seem to show a Google Pixel Watch testing model left at a restaurant in the US, with a minimalist design in black and a proprietary Google band — If this is the final design of the Google Pixel Watch, then many of the rumors have come true. —
Read MoreJoy Press / Vanity Fair: Streamers are acting like network TV, as they pull back on edgy content and seek “elevated broadcasts”, like sitcoms, under financial pressure and competition — Desperate for subscriber eyeballs, streamers are pulling back on edgy content—and acting more like the networks they trounced in the revolution.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple may be cracking down on apps that no longer receive updates. In a screenshotted email sent to affected developers, titled “App Improvement Notice,” Apple warns it will remove apps from the App Store that haven’t been “updated in a significant amount of time” and gives developers just
Read MoreAnyone who has seen 2001: A Space Odyssey will easily remember HAL 9000, the sentient computer that turned against its human companions aboard Spacecraft Discovery One. [Ben Brooks] decided to recreate the foreboding digital being, and put it to work as a smart home assistant. The build consists of a 3D printed assembly that looks
Read MoreWhen most people think of active noise-cancelling (ANC) headphones, they think of some iteration of Bose’s cans. For a long time, its offerings were among the most popular on the market, famed for their effectiveness and relatively painless interaction. It’s been a few years since the release of the Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 and
Read MoreMimi Billing / Sifted: Stockholm-based Planhat, which provides customer relationship management software to companies, raises a $50M Series A after seven years of bootstrapping — Previously bootstrapped Planhat raises one of the Nordics’ largest Series A rounds of 2022 — Planhat ends bootstrapped journey with $50m Series A
Read MoreGet ready for a lot of pipping on flutes. After being rumored for years, the third installment in the Xenoblade Chronicles series has been confirmed. Developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo, it is set to tie the first two games in the series together in some way. As you’d expect, there’s an emphasis
Read MoreThe Apple iPhone 13 family is a competitive collection of smartphones that rivals the best from Android. This powerful range covers a plethora of sizes, price points, and capabilities while sharing core experiences. It offers high-quality hardware, peerless performance, and a massive ecosystem of apps and accessories that make it an attractive option against the
Read MoreBill Curry / Globe and Mail: Documents show wide-ranging opposition from Twitter and others to Canada’s online harms proposals, which the government recently said it will delay implementing — Newly released documents reveal Twitter Canada told government officials that a federal plan to create a new internet regulator …
Read MoreUbisoft says “Project Q” isn’t the game’s official name. | Image: Ubisoft Ubisoft announced its upcoming “team battle arena game,” with two major disclaimers: it’s not just a battle royale and there aren’t any NFTs. The game company shared the news on Twitter after leakers posted footage of the game, codenamed Project Q, online. “This
Read MorePlus, Sonic Origins remaster angers fans. Hello and welcome to this week’s Nintendo recap. Lots of big news came out over the last seven days including a Game Boy emulator supposedly made for Nintendo Switch Online dropping annonymously on 4Chan, along with the list of games that has been tested on it. The excitment continues
Read MoreOne may think that when it comes to 3D printing, slicing software is pretty much a solved problem. Take a 3D model, slice it into flat layers equal to layer height, and make a toolpath so the nozzle can create those layers one at a time. However, as 3D printing becomes more complex and capable,
Read MoreWelcome to the 429th edition of Android Apps Weekly. Here are the big headlines from the last week: T-Mobile is dealing with an unblockable phishing attack right now. It was first reported by the NJCCIC. Basically, the scam involves texts to users thanking them for paying their bills and offering a free gift. It’s difficult
Read MoreThe Economic Times: Amazon acquires GlowRoad, an Indian social commerce startup focused on women, which has 6M+ resellers across 2,000 cities and raised ~$31M from Accel and others — – Amazon has acquired Glowroad in an all-cash deal. — Glowroad’s team will join Amazon, but will continue to run as an independent unit for now.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Lapsus$ hacking group stole T-Mobile’s source code in a series of breaches that took place in March, as first reported by Krebs on Security. T-Mobile confirmed the attack in a statement to The Verge, and says the “systems accessed contained no customer or government information or other
Read MoreThe iMore show brings you everything you need to know about the week in iPhone, iPad, Watch, TV, Mac, and Apple! This week, Luke, Karen, and Stephen talk about plenty of iPhone rumors, Apple’s first foray into live sports, and some Twitter news. Listen now Subscribe in iTunes: Audio Subscribe in RSS: Audio Download directly:
Read MoreMy niece’s two favorite classes in high school this year are “Intro to AI” and “Ethical Hacking”. (She goes to a much cooler high school than I did!) In “Hacking”, she had an assignment to figure out some bug in some body of code. She was staring and staring, figuring and figuring. She went to
Read MoreJames Vincent / The Verge: EU’s DSA requires Meta, Google, and other large online platforms to make their algorithms transparent to users, deal with misinformation during crises, and more — The Digital Services Act will re-shape the online world — The EU has agreed on another ambitious piece of legislation to police the online world.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram’s testing out a new feature, called Templates, that will let creators make Reels by borrowing formats from other videos on the platform, according to a report from Insider (via TechCrunch). The feature appears somewhat similar to TikTok’s own templates tool, which allows creators to drop their own
Read MoreThe Intercept: Leaked sales pitch: Anomaly Six, a US government contractor that claims it can track ~3B phones, demonstrated its capabilities by tracking CIA and NSA personnel — In partnership with — In the months leading up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, two obscure American startups met to discuss …
Read MoreEverybody thinks they are smart enough to recognize a fake online agency when they see one, but scammers are getting more innovative every day. The recent BBC story on Madbird, a fancy digital design firm, was quite shocking. The ‘company’ had more than 50 remote employees, with most of them hired on a commission-only basis
Read MoreIn times of trouble, our nation turns to carbs. We picked our favorite portable ovens for backyards, countertops, or camping.
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