Month: October 2022

Infinitely Scrolling E-Ink Landscape Never Repeats

Traditional Chinese landscape scrolls can be a few dozen feet long and require the viewer to move along its length to view all the intricate detail in each section. [Dheera Venkatraman] replicated this effect with an E-Ink picture frame that displays an infinitely scrolling, Shan Shui-style landscape that never repeats. A new landscape every time

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Coinbase requests to file an amicus brief to support Ripple’s case against the US SEC, which sued Ripple for allegedly selling XRP as an unregistered security (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: Coinbase requests to file an amicus brief to support Ripple’s case against the US SEC, which sued Ripple for allegedly selling XRP as an unregistered security  —  The crypto exchange joins a trade group and other groups in arguing the SEC’s case threatens the broader industry.

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Sources: Twitter has frozen some employee access to content moderation and policy enforcement tools, raising concerns about misinformation ahead of US midterms (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: Twitter has frozen some employee access to content moderation and policy enforcement tools, raising concerns about misinformation ahead of US midterms  —  Twitter Inc., the social network being overhauled by new owner Elon Musk, has frozen some employee access to internal tools used …

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A look at video site Rumble, which has been on an upward trajectory since 2020, when right-wing star Dan Bongino moved from YouTube and took an equity stake (Kaitlyn Tiffany/The Atlantic)

Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic: A look at video site Rumble, which has been on an upward trajectory since 2020, when right-wing star Dan Bongino moved from YouTube and took an equity stake  —  The most serious of the “alt-tech” social-media platforms appealing to right-wing “anti-censorship” voices often slides under the radar.

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Anchorage Digital plans to custody a “significant portion” of Apollo Global’s crypto portfolio and offer crypto custody services to Apollo’s clients (Andrew Throuvalas/Decrypt)

Andrew Throuvalas / Decrypt: Anchorage Digital plans to custody a “significant portion” of Apollo Global’s crypto portfolio and offer crypto custody services to Apollo’s clients  —  The private equity giant that manages half a trillion dollars will use Anchorage for institutional crypto custody.

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Two more executives are leaving Apple

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Two more executives are reportedly on their way out from Apple. According to Bloomberg, vice president of online retail Anna Matthiasson is leaving the company, and Chief Information Officer Mary Demby is retiring. The two women held important roles at Apple; Matthiasson was in charge of Apple’s online

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Bright Machines, which automates manufacturing tasks with AI and robotics, raised a $100M Series B and $32M in debt after pulling its SPAC deal in December 2021 (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Bright Machines, which automates manufacturing tasks with AI and robotics, raised a $100M Series B and $32M in debt after pulling its SPAC deal in December 2021  —  In May of last year, Bright Machines announced plans to embrace the SPAC craze with a merger deal that valued the Bay Area-based

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Twitter braces for layoffs

Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Behind the scenes at the wildest tech takeover ever, where everyone knows company-shaking changes are coming — and no one knows exactly when Continue reading…

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Lighting Up Glue Stick Bicycle Tyres With RGB

Being visible to motorists is a constant concern for cyclists, but we doubt [The Q] will have this problem with his RGB LED illuminated tires made from glue sticks. The project started with a set of 3D-printed tire molds that bolt to the standard wheels. A bot of melted glue sticks is poured into the

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Sources: Apple’s VP of online retail Anna Matthiasson is leaving the company, to be replaced by Karen Rasmussen; CIO Mary Demby is retiring after three decades (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple’s VP of online retail Anna Matthiasson is leaving the company, to be replaced by Karen Rasmussen; CIO Mary Demby is retiring after three decades  —  Apple Inc.’s top executives in charge of its online retail store and information-systems divisions are stepping down …

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GameStop officially launches its NFT marketplace on ImmutableX blockchain, allowing users to access Web3 games currently being built on ImmutableX (Cameron Thompson/CoinDesk)

Cameron Thompson / CoinDesk: GameStop officially launches its NFT marketplace on ImmutableX blockchain, allowing users to access Web3 games currently being built on ImmutableX  —  The marketplace’s official release on the layer 2 blockchain platform is the result of a partnership that’s been months in the making.

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Overwatch 2 is putting Mei… *on ice*

Blizzard The scariest thing in Overwatch 2 right now isn’t the Junkenstein’s Revenge: Wrath of the Bride event but a bugged Mei. Players, take heed and take heart: the demon of quick play, the terror lurking the ladder, the creature of comp is being temporarily disabled to address a glitch. [#OW2] We are temporarily disabling

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PSA: Pixel phones automatically turn into wireless charging pads when plugged in

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Pixel phones automatically turn wireless charging on when plugged in. The feature is said to work for the Pixel 5 and up. The battery has to be above 20% before it activates. Google’s Pixel phones have had the ability to wirelessly charge other devices since 2020. However, you

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Oracle Cloud Native Environment 1.5.7 highlights Kubernetes

Oracle Cloud Native Environment, for developing cloud-native applications, has been enhanced to leverage the Kubernetes 1.24 container-orchestration platform. Kubernetes 1.24 accommodations are highlighted in Cloud Native Environment 1.5.7, which was unveiled earlier this month. Enhancements cover an improved container runtime setup, a deployment model for different components of the environment, and lifecycle management for infrastructure.

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Elon Musk is the CEO of Twitter

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Even though Musk tweeted on Sunday morning that he has “no idea” who the CEO of Twitter is, a signed document he just filed with the SEC removes all doubt. It’s Elon Musk. My title is Chief Twit right there in the bio. No idea who

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SEC filing: Jack Dorsey has agreed to rollover his remaining 2.4% in Twitter, worth over $1B, into X Holdings, an amount Elon Musk won’t have to pay (Kali Hays/Insider)

Kali Hays / Insider: SEC filing: Jack Dorsey has agreed to rollover his remaining 2.4% in Twitter, worth over $1B, into X Holdings, an amount Elon Musk won’t have to pay  —  – Dorsey left his second stint as CEO of Twitter last year.  — A co-founder of the platform and friend of Musk, he’s

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A24 and Bryan Fuller are bringing a Friday the 13th ‘expanded prequel’ series to Peacock

Jason Voorhees’ iconic hockey mask. | Image: Warner Bros. Pictures It’s been 13 years since Warner Bros.’ last Friday the 13th slasher feature hit theaters, made a bunch of money, and then never led to the sequel many fans expected would follow soon after. Though we may never know what might have come from a

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Sources: Elon Musk has pulled more than 50 of his trusted Tesla employees, mostly software engineers from the Autopilot team, to help at Twitter (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)

Lora Kolodny / CNBC: Sources: Elon Musk has pulled more than 50 of his trusted Tesla employees, mostly software engineers from the Autopilot team, to help at Twitter  —  – Tesla CEO Elon Musk, now sole director and CEO of Twitter, is asking employees of the social network to redesign their subscription and verification systems

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Sources: the EU is set to launch an in-depth probe into Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal after Microsoft opted not to file remedies to antitrust enforcers (Samuel Stolton/Politico)

Samuel Stolton / Politico: Sources: the EU is set to launch an in-depth probe into Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal after Microsoft opted not to file remedies to antitrust enforcers  —  The European Commission is set to launch an in-depth investigation into Microsoft’s record $69 billion splash …

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The Hummer EV e-bike is just as over the top and ridiculous as the electric truck it’s based on

The Hummer EV e-bike was inevitable. | Image: Recon GMC joined forces with the world’s largest supplier of e-bikes for law enforcement to produce an over-the-top, dual-motor, fat tire electric bike to complement its equally over-the-top, dual-motor, fat tire Hummer EV truck. It’s the latest sign that automakers are trying to seize on the popularity

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Tritium and DC-America are building a coast-to-coast EV fast charging network

DC-America EV stations with Tritium DC fast chargers are built on a skid platform, requiring little digging on-site. | Image: Tritium Tritium and DC-America are partnering to build a nationwide EV fast charging network and have qualified for federal funding to make it happen (via Electrek). The two companies are linking their tech to build

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3D Printed Strain Wave Gearbox

3D-printed gearboxes are always an interesting design challenge, especially if you want to make them compact. [ZeroBacklash] created a little strain wave gearbox (harmonic drive) for when you want to trade speed for torque on NEMA 17 stepper motors. Strain wave gears work by deforming a stationary flexible spline into an ellipse so the teeth

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