Photo by Zhu Haipeng/VCG via Getty Images The power demands of data centers can be staggering, with larger facilities using as much electricity as tens of thousands of homes. Now, in parts of London, those energy requirements are reportedly stopping developers from building new houses because there’s simply not enough electricity to go around. According
Read MoreA protein structure identified by AlphaFold. | Image: DeepMind DeepMind is releasing a free expanded database with its predictions of the structure of nearly every protein known to science, the company, a subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, announced today. DeepMind transformed science in 2020 with its AlphaFold AI software, which produces highly accurate predictions of
Read MoreApple has announced the next wave of its App Store Sessions beginning August 1, giving developers the chance to connect with experts on a range of subjects.
Read MoreDaniel Cooper / Engadget: Experts say it is not clear whether generative art made by AI systems trained on copyrighted data, like OpenAI’s DALL-E 2, can be considered as fair use — In 1917, Marcel Duchamp submitted a sculpture to the Society of Independent Artists under a false name.
Read MoreApple is opening a new development site in Israel that it says will help develop future Apple silicon processors for the Mac.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Sony is starting to test 1440p resolution support for its PlayStation 5 console, a highly-requested addition. Testers will get access to a new PS5 system software beta today that includes 1440p support, curated gamelists for their library, and new social features. The new 1440p video output option will
Read MoreGood morning, fellow netizens. We’re just one day away from the weekend, and if you don’t have big plans for this one, here’s a list of the best TV shows you can watch across all streaming platforms. Not into streaming? Maybe you can try out some of these games on your Android phone. Anyways, we’ve
Read MoreFinancial Times: Greater London Authority warns housing developers about a potential ban on new housing until 2035, citing a growing number of data centers consuming electricity — Greater London Authority warns developers that upgrade might take more than a decade — Developers in west London face …
Read MoreSaritha Rai / Bloomberg: An interview with Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma on the company’s $1B annual revenue goal, post-IPO stock price crash, giving investors more info, and more — Paytm was the poster boy for India’s tech startups, only to lose two-thirds of its value since its IPO and become a symbol of the
Read MoreImage: Ford Ford, the leading automaker when it comes to making and selling specially designed vehicles for law enforcement, revealed the F-150 Lightning Pro SSV, an electric truck specially designed for law enforcement. The truck is a variant of the F-150 Lightning Pro, which is a version of Ford’s electric pickup that’s aimed specifically at
Read MoreGhost Phone. | Image: Snap Snap has launched its first in-Snapchat augmented reality game, a spooky “found phone” title called Ghost Phone. In the game, you’ll work to solve the mystery of what happened to the previous owner of a smartphone, and you’ll quickly learn that things are just a little bit… ghastly. The core
Read MoreCredit: Weibo/Motorola Motorola has confirmed several Razr 2022 specs ahead of the foldable’s launch next week. The company revealed the use of the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chip and 3,500mAh battery. The Motorola Razr was the first clamshell foldable phone to be revealed back in 2019, but Samsung stole a march on the brand
Read MoreRetrograde clocks are unique, in that they eschew the normal fully-circular movement for the hands. Instead, the hands merely sweep out a segment of a circular arc, before jumping back to their start position to begin again. They’re pretty rare to find, but [Jamie Matthews] decided he had to have one. Thusly, he elected to
Read MoreCredit: Samsung Samsung has rejected suggestions that it would discontinue its Exynos division. The manufacturer added that it’s reorganizing the business and focusing on longer-term plans. The statement comes after reports that Samsung’s Galaxy S23 could ditch Exynos power next year. Samsung has dismissed suggestions that it would discontinue its Exynos chipset business, as rumors
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A new Status feature has started appearing for some Twitter users that lets them assign one of several pre-written labels to their tweets. A spokesperson for the company confirmed the limited test in a statement given to TechCrunch, while Twitter users have been sharing screenshots of the feature
Read MoreCredit: Zak Khan / Android Authority Pricing for the upcoming Galaxy Buds 2 Pro earbuds may have leaked. You could be looking at a $229.99 price tag, making it $30 more expensive than the original Pro buds. Samsung first offered Pro-level true wireless earbuds early last year with the Galaxy Buds Pro, but we’re finally
Read MoreIvan Lam / Counterpoint Research: China smartphone sales fell 14.2% YoY in Q2 2022 to the lowest point since Q4 2012; Honor grew sales 103.3% YoY, boosting its Q2 market share from 7.7% to 18.3% — – China’s smartphone sales hit a fresh low in Q2 2022 to reach less than half of the sales
Read MoreDanny Nelson / CoinDesk: Crypto analytics startup Chainalysis launches Government Solutions, a government-facing subsidiary initially staffed with 90 investigators assisting US agencies — The largest crypto-tracing firm is spinning up “Government Solutions” for agencies. — Chainalysis, the best-known cryptocurrency …
Read MoreAx Sharma / TechCrunch: A look at the recent rise of protestware, where developers deliberately sabotage their own software libraries as a means of protest for a cause they believe in — If combating attacks and hijackings of legitimate software on open source registries like npm weren’t challenging enough …
Read MoreRestoring vintage electronics is a difficult hobby to tackle. Even the most practical builds often have to use some form of modern technology to work properly, or many different versions of the machine need to be disassembled to get a single working version. Either way, in the end someone will be deeply hurt by the
Read MoreFinancial Times: Sources: Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal has sought to spend extra time with advertisers to keep its $4.5B/year ad business afloat amid its legal battle with Musk — Legal battle to enforce $44bn sale has exacerbated tensions between leadership and staff — Twitter is suffering from falling morale …
Read MoreRichard Lawler / The Verge: Google rolls out new Gmail UI, moving Mail, Meet, Spaces, and Chat buttons into one list at the top of the left rail, and teases an update for tablets — It’s not that different — We’ve been tracking the progress of Google’s interface refresh for Gmail since February, and as
Read MoreFinancial Times: France-based Cegid is merging with Spanish rival Grupo Primavera in a €6.8B all-share deal; the combined company will sell specialized software to digitize SMBs — Merger of groups owned by likes of KKR and Oakley Capital shows investor interest in European software sector
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Islamabad-based fintech Dbank, which aims to “democratize banking” in Pakistan, raised a $17.6M seed led by Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia and Kleiner Perkins — Sequoia, the world’s most influential venture fund, has made its maiden investment in Pakistan …
Read MoreRichard Speed / The Register: Microsoft details Austria-based spyware group Knotweed, which has used Windows and Adobe zero-day exploits to attack organizations in Europe and Central America — Reports seeing ‘offensive actor’ flinging SubZero malware — Microsoft has published an analysis of a Europe-based …
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