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Read MoreBrad Stone / Bloomberg: Marc Andreessen has tweeted ~350 times in the past two weeks, often referring to “the current thing” meme, joined by Elon Musk and others — Three of America’s top technologists are talking and tweeting with unusual fervor. But first… – Beijing is targeting tech companies’ algorithms
Read MoreWhat you need to know FlipKit version 2.0 is now available for download in the App Store. The new FlipKit update brings the app to iPhone for the first time. A new user interface and design is included in the latest update. The popular flipbook app is now available on your iPhone for the first
Read MoreApple is moving some iPhone 13 production to India. Increased production in India could benefit Apple’s rivals. Apple is moving some iPhone 13 manufacturing to India, a move that could boost the entire smartphone industry. As a result of the global pandemic, Apple has been working to diversify its supply chain, moving some manufacturing outside
Read MoreImage: Block Square’s newest version of its popular Square Stand payment terminal has a payments reader built right in, the company announced on Monday. The stand lets businesses slot in an iPad so it can be used as a point-of-sale device, but the previous version needed a separate reader to accept payments from a card
Read MoreIt looks like a crossover. | Image: Lincoln Lincoln, Ford’s luxury brand, has announced that it’ll show off a “fully electric concept vehicle” on April 20th as a way to tease upcoming electric offerings. In a short video, the company shows off a partial outline of the vehicle, which will likely be a smaller SUV
Read MoreJoin us on Wednesday, April 13 at noon Pacific for the 2022 Hackaday Prize Hack Chat with Majenta Strongheart! Let’s face it: this world is pretty broken right now. From environmental crisis to disease and famine, shortages of just about everything, infrastructure failures, not to mention wars and social breakdown, things are getting pretty hairy
Read MoreWhat you need to know Square has unveiled the new Square Stand. The updated Square Stand allows retailers to easily accept card and Apple Pay payments. The new Square Stand costs $149. Taking money from people never looked so good. Square has today announced the updated Square Stand, a new way for retailers to accept
Read MoreWhat you need to know For All Mankind will return to our screens on June 10. Season 3 of the show will see the race for Mars. June 10 is the big date. Apple TV+ has confirmed that the third season of For All Mankind will premiere on the streaming service on June 10. One
Read MoreWhen you opened your Twitter account more than a decade ago or more, you probably thought that funny username was cute and smart. However, you’re now looking at it cringing in embarrassment and wishing you could change it. Well, the good news is that you can. Here’s how to change your official Twitter handle without
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix is introducing a new button to help the streaming service curate your homepage with even better recommendations: Two Thumbs Up. The new feature will join the existing Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down controls that already help Netflix understand what to show individual subscribers. But Two Thumbs Up
Read MoreJanko Roettgers / Protocol: Netflix is rolling out a “two thumbs up” ratings option, which will appear next to the thumbs up and down buttons, to let it refine content recommendations — For nearly five years, Netflix has had simple thumbs-up and thumbs-down icons to express viewing preferences and help its algorithms provide better recommendations.
Read MoreWorkers plant saplings outside the Pavagada Solar Park on October 9, 2021 in Thirumani village, Karnataka, India. | Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images Starting today, customers in the US can donate $1 to plant one tree by telling Alexa-enabled devices, “Alexa, grow a tree,” Amazon announced today. Customers will be able to keep track of
Read MoreWhat you need to know Netflix is adding a ‘Two Thumbs Up’ button to its apps. Users will be asked to select the new button when they particularly enjoy a TV show or movie. The new button will arrive on devices starting today. Netflix apps are getting a new button. Netflix has announced a change
Read MoreJTAG is a powerful interface for low-level debugging and introspection of all kinds of devices — CPUs, FPGAs, MCUs and a whole lot of complex purpose-built chips like RF front-ends. JTAG adapters can be quite obscure, or cost a pretty penny, which is why we’re glad to see that [Adam Taylor] from [ADIUVO] made a
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority The FDA has cleared Fitbit heart rhythm detection for monitoring atrial fibrillation (AFib) problems. The tool will work in the background removing the need for manual testing. Fitbit would not disclose which devices would receive the feature or when it would arrive. Higher-end Fitbit devices have electrocardiogram (ECG)
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple TV+ has announced a new podcast called Run, Bambi, Run. The new podcast tells the story of a police officer convicted of murder. Apple TV+ has a new podcast and it sounds like a must-listen. Apple TV+ has today announced a new podcast all about “a Milwaukee police officer
Read MoreEver since Alder Lake was launched there was concern over its rectangular shape and how it might impact cooling. Previously every chip from Intel was basically square, with the heat being generated in the center of the Integrated Heat Spreader (IHS). This made for a straightforward situation of where the cooler made contact with the
Read MoreSamsung recently announced that it would partner with iFixit to make it easier to repair your own phone, and now Google is following suit. The Android maker says its Pixel phones will have their own iFixit repair kits soon. It’s going a little further than Samsung, too, offering kits for almost all of its Pixel phones,
Read MoreWhile surveys suggest that most game developers don’t want to integrate NFTs in their games, some of the largest devs are going all-in with crypto. Ubisoft announced its first NFT drop in Ghost Recon Breakpoint late last year to widespread criticism. That didn’t stop the company from adding “Digits” items to the game, but that
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple looks set to face another charge over anti-competitive handling of third-party apps like Spotify. Spotify complained to the EU regarding Apple’s in-app purchase requirements. Apps are required to use Apple’s purchase system when selling subscriptions. Apple is being accused of ant-competitive behavior over its requirement that everyone uses its
Read MoreA bit over a week ago, Intel officially launched its first Arc GPUs. The company will be offering mobile Arc chips first, with desktop GPUs coming later this year. Although the launch certainly answered many questions, it also raised several new questions at the same time. One of the most pertinent queries has to do
Read MoreWhat you need to know macOS Monterey has a new network speed test checker. You can check the quality of your network connection using the Terminal app and a single command. You don’t need to open a special app or use a website to see how fast your internet is aymore. If you want to
Read MoreKey art for Netflix’s upcoming Nimona. | Annapurna Pictures/Netflix Though it once seemed like the animated adaptation of ND Stevenson’s Nimona might end up being stuck in production hell, Annapurna Pictures and Netflix are stepping in to make sure that’s not the case. When Disney acquired 21st Century Fox back in 2019, it also gained
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