When you think of ethanol, you might think of it as a type of alcohol, not alcohol itself. However, in reality, it is the primary ingredient in adult beverages. Which means humans have gotten quite good at making it, as we’ve been doing for a long time. With this in mind, [Sam Barker] decided to
Read MoreMaddie Stone / Project Zero: Google’s Project Zero: 58 in-the-wild 0-days were detected and shared in 2021, more than double the previous record, as the industry improves at finding 0-days — A Year in Review of 0-days Used In-the-Wild in 2021 — This is our third annual year in review of 0-days exploited in-the-wild [2020,
Read MoreNew York Times: A timeline of warnings from investors over the past decade about a tech startup bubble that never burst; instead of a collapse, things got bubblier — The venture capitalists are sounding the alarm. At posh conferences, they buzz about falling valuations for start-ups.
Read MoreJanelle Lawrence / Bloomberg: Filing: former eBay security director Jim Baugh will plead guilty to a 2019 cyberstalking campaign against eBay critics; five other ex-staff have pleaded guilty — Former eBay Inc. security director Jim Baugh will plead guilty to running a bizarre 2019 cyberstalking campaign against a couple …
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Google’s Pixel 6 series is reportedly not doing so well at US carriers. The company has resorted to offering lucrative kickbacks to salespeople to sell the flagships. Numerous bugs and performance issues with the phones could be to blame. The Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro are reportedly not
Read MoreEach watchOS introduces new tools, fixes, and features, so keeping your Apple Watch up to date keeps it running smoothly. When an update is available, you will receive a notification on your device. You can confirm the update, and it will be installed automatically. If you need to manually install an update on your Apple
Read MoreCredit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority Netflix has made it clear that it will soon start monetizing multi-household account sharing. The company is currently testing paid password sharing in a few countries. Netflix started testing paid password sharing in select countries a while back, and it looks like the company is very serious about imposing
Read MoreLauren Hirsch / New York Times: Sources: Elon Musk is evaluating various debt packages, including preferred debt and a loan against his shares of Tesla, to secure financing for his Twitter bid — The world’s richest man is trying to shore up debt financing, including potentially taking out a loan against his shares of Tesla,
Read More[Breaking Taps] has a nice pulsed fiber laser and decided to try it to micromachine with silicon. You can see the results in the video below. Silicon absorbs the IR of the laser well, although the physical properties of silicon leave something to be desired. He also is still refining the process for steel, copper,
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Netflix will follow other subscription services in offering ad-supported plans that will cost less than its regular plans. The ad-supported tier on Netflix should arrive in the next year or two. The company lost 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter of this year. After raising prices in the US
Read MoreKyle Alspach / VentureBeat: Okta’s probe into the January Lapsus$ breach of a third-party vendor concludes that it lasted only 25 consecutive minutes and impacted just two active customers — Okta said Tuesday that a forensic investigation that it commissioned found that the hacker group Lapsus$ accessed …
Read MoreFinancial Times: Sources: Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners are not backing a Musk-led deal for Twitter, partly due to concerns on whether Twitter can become more profitable — Groups with financial firepower to finance takeover are concerned about profitability of social media service
Read MoreCredit: Front Page Tech A new render of the Pixel Watch has leaked. It shows the display of the smartwatch up-close. We can see an icon for Fitbit integration on the screen. The Google Pixel Watch is coming in hot, or so the leaks would have us believe. The latest one comes from tipster Evan
Read MoreJoan Verdon / Forbes: Vetster, a marketplace and telehealth startup for pet care, raises a $30M Series B led by Kensington, and partners with online pet medications company PetMeds — Vetster, a two-year-old telehealth startup for pets, and PetMed Express PETS PETS PETS , Inc., (PetMeds), a 26-year-old online …
Read MoreAnd it may not be in a notch. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple’s next iPhones could have an improved selfie camera, with autofocus capabilities and a wider aperture, according to a prediction by well-known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Unlike Apple’s current fixed-focus design, an autofocus-enabled front-facing camera could let the iPhone 14
Read MoreMeir Orbach / CTech: FundGuard, an AI-powered investment management and administration SaaS startup, raises a $40M Series B from Citi, State Street Corp, and other investors — The Israeli startup’s SaaS platform for investment management and administration helps asset managers and fund administrators to manage mutual funds …
Read MorePhoto by James Bareham / The Verge I thought it was really strange when Apple kept selling the original $299 HomePod months after it got discontinued. But now, it’s starting to make sense — not only are some people still willing to pay a premium for the somewhat smart speaker, they’re willing to pay more
Read MoreImage: Disney Over the last day or so, Disney Plus subscribers may have noticed that certain episodes of their favorite shows are missing. The folks at What’s on Disney Plus collected a list of some of the shows with known missing episodes early Tuesday, and it’s a long one, including favorites like Hannah Montana, Wizards
Read MoreCredit: Disney Disney Plus is a pretty obvious streaming choice for anyone with kids. There are shows and movies for all ages, including titles from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, National Geographic, and more. With so much stuff to watch, though, you may be trying to narrow down the truly kid-friendly options — movies you can
Read MoreTaryn Plumb / VentureBeat: Mumbai-based Videoverse, which helps companies automate online video content production and reduce editing time using AI, raises a $46.8M Series B — Every day around the world, billions of people are watching online videos — they’re quickly becoming the go-to choice when it comes to content consumption.
Read MoreNode.js 18, the latest version of the popular JavaScript runtime, has been released, bringing enhancements in cryptography and turning on an experimental fetch API by default. However, prebuilt binaries for 32-bit Windows are not yet available. Introduced April 19 and available from the Node.js website, Node.js 18 improves security with support for the OpenSSL 3.0
Read MoreAs far as input devices go, the potentiometer is pretty straightforward: turn it left, turn it right, and you’ve pretty much seen all there is to see. For many applications that’s all you need, but we can certainly improve on the experience with modern technology. Enter this promising project from [upir] that pairs a common
Read MoreAlex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Reed Hastings says Netflix plans to offer cheaper, ad-supported plans and said Netflix will examine what those plans will look like “over the next year or two” — Co-CEO Reed Hastings revealed the move on an earnings call after the streaming giant disclosed it lost 200,000 subscribers during its
Read MoreGovernor Kevin Stitt is bound by a non-disclosure agreement, preventing him from revealing the company’s name. | Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Governor Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma called on lawmakers to approve an enormous financial incentives package that’s supposed to coax an unnamed company with ties to the electric vehicle (EV) industry to
Read MoreIn 2008, the fast-talking expletive-spewing video game reviewer Yahtzee of Zero Punctuation coined the phrase “The Glorious PC Gaming Master Race,” joking about how snobbish PC gamers allegedly looked down upon their “dirty console playing peasant” counterparts. (I remember it being quite funny at the time.) Then, something unfortunate happened: the PC gaming community decided
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