Credit: Kris Carlon / Android Authority T-Mobile has settled a class action lawsuit for its infamous 2021 data breach that exposed the personal information of millions of customers. The company will pay a sum of $350 million to be split between affected customers and lawyers. It will spend another $150 million on security improvements. T-Mobile
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Zomato stock dropped 14%+ to a record low after a lock-in period expired, giving the company a market cap of $4.2B, down from $13.2B on its IPO debut year ago — Shares of Indian food delivery firm Zomato dropped as much as 14.3% on Monday to an all-time low after the
Read MoreYueqi Yang / Bloomberg: Filing: Voyager says the restructuring proposal by FTX and Alameda is “a low-ball bid dressed up as a white knight rescue” that disrupts the bankruptcy process — Crypto platform Voyager Digital LLC said a joint offer proposed by FTX and Alameda is a “low-ball bid” …
Read MoreInflatable actuators that change shape based on injected pressure can be strong, but their big limitation is that they always deform in the same way. The Kresling pattern, which inspired the actuator design. But by taking structural inspiration from origami, researchers created 3D-printed actuators that show it is possible to get complex movements from actuators
Read MoreCredit: OnePlus/The Verge OnePlus has confirmed the 10T will skip the alert slider and Hasselblad branding. The company says it had to make space for more important components instead of the alert slider. The Hasselblad integration isn’t coming to the 10T for pricing reasons. OnePlus is ditching the alert slider on its upcoming flagship —
Read MoreJiaxing Li / South China Morning Post: Report: CEO of Chinese smartphone brand Honor said the company pulled its team out of India, where authorities have been investigating Chinese smartphone firms — Chinese smartphone brand Honor, formerly under Huawei Technologies Co, has pulled its team out of India, chief executive Zhao Ming said …
Read MoreFilipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Netflix rolls out a button for iOS and iPadOS users to take them directly to its site to sign up, which avoids the App Store cut via an API for “reader apps” — Earlier this year, Apple began allowing “reader” apps to provide external links for customers so they can log
Read MoreMulticolor printing on FDM machines can be tricky to get working flawlessly, and purging hotends when changing colors can end up wasting a lot of filament and material. To solve this problem for the popular Prusa i3 and Ender 3 printers, [BigBrain3D] developed the Swapper3D, an automated system that swaps the entire hotend when the
Read MoreIvan Levingston / Bloomberg: European investing app Shares, which debuted in the UK two months ago and has 150K+ users, raises $40M led by Valar Ventures, bringing its total raised to $90M — Peter Thiel-backed Valar Ventures is leading a $40 million financing round into European investing app Shares.
Read MoreOK, maybe that won’t buff right out. NASA has released a more detailed analysis of the damage suffered by the James Webb Space Telescope in a run-in with a micrometeoroid, and has deemed the damage “uncorrectable”. Not that any damage to JWST is correctable, at least in the sense that the Hubble Space Telescope was
Read MoreA Long March 5B rocket with the Wentian module takes off from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site. | Photo by Hou Yu/China News Service via Getty Images China successfully launched its second module, called Wentian, to the Tiangong space station early Sunday morning (via SpaceNews). Wentian took off aboard a Long March 5B rocket from the
Read MoreAffordable brushless motors are great for a variety of motion applications, but often require a gearbox to tame their speed. [Michael Rechtin] decided to try his hand at designing a stackable planetary gearbox for a brushless motor that allows him to add or remove stages to change the gear ratio. The gearbox is designed around
Read MoreChris Feliciano Arnold / Bloomberg: An in-depth look at the research collaboration between NASA and the FAA since 2017 to write new US airspace rules for safely accommodating millions of drones — “Please stay clear of the flight line,” warns Keith Hyde, director of U.S. operations for Wing.
Read MoreThe OnePlus 10T in green. | Image: OnePlus The OnePlus 10T isn’t due to launch until August 3rd, but it wouldn’t be a OnePlus phone if the company didn’t reveal a few details early. Today, we’re getting a look at the device’s exterior design, which reveals a couple of interesting (and, depending on your viewpoint,
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk allegedly fractured an old friendship with Google co-founder Sergey Brin after having an affair with his wife, Nicole Shanahan, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Sources familiar with the situation told the WSJ that the couple filed for divorce earlier this
Read MoreCredit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority When it comes to Wi-Fi routers, there are two types of users: those who stick to their ISP-provided device and those who want something with a bit more. That second group usually looks for more speed, reliability, and extra security. So, it is no surprise that the maker of
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Verizon Fios is the latest provider to drop One American News (OAN) network, a move that leaves the right-wing news channel without a major carrier, as reported earlier by The Daily Beast. In a notice on its website, Verizon explains viewers will no longer have access to OAN
Read MoreNew York Times: How Apple, Amazon, and Google are trying to secure live sports streaming rights, working to convince leagues to switch from traditional TV and cable networks — Competing for rights to broadcast games from the N.F.L. and other leagues could be hard for broadcast and cable companies that “aren’t playing by the same
Read MoreApple TV+ has released the teaser trailer for season three of Mythic Quest.
Read MoreWe’re going to start this post with a stern warning: building a laser engraver that can fit in your pocket is probably not a wise idea. Without any safety interlocks and made from lightweight components as it is, this thing could easily tip over and sear a retina before you’d even have time to react.
Read MoreThe third week of July brought some interesting news about Apple Arcade, Rene Ritchie, and more.
Read MoreCredit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority Most of us have probably found ourselves in a busy, bustling city at some point in our lives. The last time I did, I was on vacation in Hong Kong, completely unfamiliar with the city’s maze of transportation options that ranged from trams to ferries. While I intended to
Read MoreMark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: new “Pro” Apple Watch will have about 7% larger screen, a new design, and a case with a more durable formulation of titanium to make it extra rugged — Apple is set to report earnings this week against the backdrop of an economic downturn and a plan to slow hiring.
Read MoreApple TV+ has released the official trailer for the third season of SEE, which will premiere on August 26.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge An FBI investigation into Huawei reveals the Chinese telecom company had a pattern of installing equipment on cell towers near military bases in rural America — even if it wasn’t profitable to do so, according to a report from CNN. The unearthed investigation sheds some light on the
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