Month: April 2022

Russia’s Ukraine invasion has revived fears in Taiwan and other countries over their internet connections, delivered via undersea cables, should China attack (Alastair Gale/Wall Street Journal)

Alastair Gale / Wall Street Journal: Russia’s Ukraine invasion has revived fears in Taiwan and other countries over their internet connections, delivered via undersea cables, should China attack  —  Kyiv’s successful use of internet to counter Moscow highlights Taiwan’s reliance on undersea internet cables that China could cut

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Apple says it’s using more recycled materials than ever before

At the Material Recovery Lab in Austin, Texas, engineers and experts use a pilot-scale industrial electronics shredder for research and development. Apple’s newest recycling machine, Taz, was developed out of this process, designed to help conventional bulk electronics recyclers recover more precious materials. | Image: Apple Apple products contained almost 20 percent recycled materials in

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CDC launches new infectious disease forecasting center

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officially launched a new center that will forecast infectious disease outbreaks. The Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics is “the equivalent of the National Weather Service for infectious diseases,” the agency said in a statement Tuesday. Along with experts in

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Honda Goes After People 3D Printing Compatible Parts

(Photo: Christian Englmeier/Unsplash)3D printing has enabled those passionate about DIY automotive modding and repair to physically create parts at home. But some automakers don’t like that. Case in point: Honda is cracking down on those who 3D print their own car parts at home.  Until recently, makers have been able to 3D print replacement parts—from

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Spotify quietly shuts down Greenroom creator fund

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Spotify is shutting down its live audio app creator fund without much fanfare, the company told applicants in an email on Monday. Greenroom (now called Spotify Live) launched last June as a Clubhouse competitor, where users stream live conversations with celebrities, influencers, and other creators. The fund, announced

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Many cryptocurrency stocks have fallen sharply in 2022: Coinbase is down ~40% year-to-date, Marathon Digital is down ~30%, and Riot Blockchain is down ~30% (Paul Vigna/Wall Street Journal)

Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal: Many cryptocurrency stocks have fallen sharply in 2022: Coinbase is down ~40% year-to-date, Marathon Digital is down ~30%, and Riot Blockchain is down ~30%  —  Coinbase is off 42% so far this year as trading volume sinks; Silvergate Capital, Marathon Digital and Riot Blockchain are down sharply as well

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A Line Follower With No Brains

A line follower is a common project for anyone wishing to make a start in robotics, a small wheeled device usually with some kind of optical sensor which allows it to follow a line drawn on the surface over which it runs. In most cases they incorporate a small microcontroller or perhaps an analogue computer

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Astropad Studio now supports Windows in full

“Project Blue users can now upgrade to Astropad Studio, and the process is super simple.” What you need to know Astropad is ending its Project Blue beta. That’s because Astropad Studio now offers fully-fledged support for Windows. It lets you use an iPad as a drawing tablet for a Windows PC. Astropad has today announced

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Gravity Sketch, a service for collaborating on 3D object design, raises a $33M Series A and says it has 100K+ users, with Ford and Adidas among customers (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Gravity Sketch, a service for collaborating on 3D object design, raises a $33M Series A and says it has 100K+ users, with Ford and Adidas among customers  —  Platforms like Figma have changed the game when it comes to how creatives and other stakeholders in the production and product team conceive

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Russian Drones are a Jerry-Rigged Mess

One of the revelations from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is that some of its military hardware seems to be less than cutting edge. The latest example of Russia operating with jerry-rigged equipment comes from a video released by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. In the video a Ukrainian soldier examines a Russian Orlan-10 UAV that

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