Image: DuckDuckGo.com Users of privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo have been unable to site search the domains of some well-known pirated media sites recently, as reported by TorrentFreak on Friday. DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg called it “completely made up,” tweeting over the weekend that this is the result of a site operator error. Weinberg insisted the
Read MoreJane Foster gripping the hilt of Mjolnir. | Marvel Studios Though it’s very much felt as if Mjolnir’s days of being important in the Marvel Cinematic Universe were over, Thor: Love and Thunder is set to bring the magical weapon back and put it in the hands of Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster. In her brief
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Today I learned (TIL) there’s an 83-page FBI “guide” to internet slang filled with abbreviations entered either by a complete troll or someone totally clueless, as recently reported by Input. And yes, TIL is actually included in the guide, but so are thousands of other abbreviations that I’m
Read MoreClojureDart, a port of the Clojure language that compiles to the Google-developed Dart language, has been published by Clojure consulting firm Tensegritics, with the goal of extending Clojure to mobile and desktop apps. The primary goal of ClojureDart is to leverage Dart and Google’s Flutter development toolkit, for building multi-platform applications from a single codebase.
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has released the official trailer for “Make or Break.” The surfing documentary series is set to debut on Apple TV+ on Friday, April 29. It follows the stories of the world’s best surfers as they compete for a championship title. Dive deep into the world of competitive surfing. A
Read MoreItching for a new RPG adventure to play on Apple Arcade? Here are your best options. Apple Arcade is a separate gaming subscription service that offers players hundreds of premium, high-quality titles for one low, flat rate each month. With Apple Arcade, you have unlimited access to all of these games as long as the
Read MorePhoto by David Livingston/FilmMagic The years-in-the-making Minecraft movie from Warner Bros. might be one step closer to becoming a reality, as Jason Momoa, who you might know as Aquaman, is in “final negotiations” to star, according to The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. However, it still seems the movie might be a long way from actually
Read MoreKif Leswing / CNBC: Apple employees unionizing at Grand Central Terminal store want a minimum pay of $30/hour and benefits such as more vacation time and better retirement options — – Workers organizing a union at Apple’s Grand Central Terminal store are seeking minimum pay of $30 per hour.
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple may have already landed a deal to acquire the rights to NFL Sunday Ticket. One source says that the deal is already done. The author of the report says that the programming is “Apple’s to lose.” “Friday Night Baseball” may have only been the beginning. Apple may have already
Read MoreMatt Levine / Bloomberg: A look at corporate raider tactics requiring 51% of a company’s stock that tend to treat remaining minority shareholders poorly, amid Twitter’s “poison pill” — Poison pills — Here are some things you could do 1 : — Buy 51% of the stock of a public company in the open market
Read MoreWe love our retrocomputers here at Hackaday, and we’re always delighted to see someone rescue an historic artefact from the landfill. Sometimes, all it takes is replacing a broken power switch or leaky capacitor; other times you need to bring out the oscilloscope and dig deeper into internal circuitry. But the huge amount of work
Read MoreDigital transformation integrates the business areas to deliver fundamental value to the customers. Digital transformation services open doors for developing business models for several products and creating deliverable value for clients to make profits. The ongoing transformation in technology during the 2020s had multiple facets for businesses. The digital transformation has resulted in improvised reviews of customers
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge On Sunday, an attacker managed to drain around $182 million of cryptocurrency from Beanstalk Farms, a decentralized finance (DeFi) project aimed at balancing the supply and demand of different cryptocurrency assets. Notably, the attack exploited Beanstalk’s majority vote governance system, a core feature of many DeFi protocols. The
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Code on Twitter’s site hints at how an upcoming Edit button may work: by making a new tweet with the updated content alongside a list of earlier related tweets — This month, Twitter announced the ground-shaking news that it was actually going to offer users a way to edit tweets —
Read MoreAfter three attempts to run through a test of the Space Launch System, engineers spotted a leak and a faulty valve. The fixes may delay the first Artemis moon mission.
Read MoreStacey Higginbotham / Stacey on IoT: Smart home and IoT company Insteon seemingly shuts down as home hubs stop working and top executives scrub the company name from their LinkedIn profiles — Is your Insteon smart home system down? I’m getting reports from dozens of Insteon users that as of Friday their smart home hubs
Read MoreSatellite imagery of Lipetsk Air Base from Google Maps. Google says it hasn’t made changes to how it censors satellite imagery of Russia, contrary to widely circulated claims on Twitter that it “opened access to Russia’s military and strategic facilities.” Early Monday morning, Twitter account @ArmedForcesUkr (which is unverified but has been cited several times
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon might be the next big tech company to get into augmented reality, as the company is hiring for a “new-to-world smart-home product” that uses “XR” technology in some fashion, according to job listings reported on by Protocol. There aren’t many specific details included in the listings, unfortunately.
Read MoreHave you forgotten which iPad model you own or need the model number for a trade-in? Here’s how to find the model number on your tablet. With several different iPad lines available, new models are released at various different times of the year so we don’t blame anyone for getting a little confused as to
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple is still working on an Apple TV/HomePod hybrid. The report comes from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in his “Power On” newsletter. Gurman says the company is working on a device that would merge the Apple TV, HomePod, and FaceTime camera. Would you trust an Apple camera in your house? Apple
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Scraping content that is publicly accessible on the internet is legal, a US appeals court reaffirms, ending a landmark case LinkedIn brought against a rival — Good news for archivists, academics, researchers and journalists: scraping publicly accessible data is legal, according to a U.S. appeals court ruling.
Read MoreRobot vacuums have become beloved appliances; some folks even give their robovacs affectionate pet names! When shopping for the best robot vacuum, you’ll find there are many on the market with all sorts of unique features. All of the options below can be controlled via an app on your iPhone. We are here to help
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Opinion post by Ryan Haines Motorola is, by all accounts, a brand on the rise right now. LG’s exit from the smartphone game opened the door for Moto to climb onto the US market podium, just behind Apple and Samsung. It’s even rosier in the budget market, where Motorola
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A federal judge said Monday that the Biden administration could not require masks be worn on airplanes and public transportation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not have the authority to introduce a mask mandate and did not follow the proper rules to implement a mandate,
Read MoreSamsung may be experiencing problems with its 3nm transition. The company is reportedly dealing with poor yields. The issues could impact the company’s production down the line. Samsung may be struggling with 3nm manufacturing issues that could impact its ability to mass-produce chips and devices. Samsung has been working to transition to a 3nm semiconductor
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