Likely MacBook Pro M2 Max chip benchmark hints at a disappointing performance boost
A chip likely to be the next MacBook Pro’s M2 Max chip has appeared in benchmark results and while fast, it might not be quite as fast as you’d hoped.
Read MoreA chip likely to be the next MacBook Pro’s M2 Max chip has appeared in benchmark results and while fast, it might not be quite as fast as you’d hoped.
Read MoreIn this year’s Wrapped, Spotify is assigning listeners a Myers–Briggs-esque “music personality.” | Image: Spotify Spotify Wrapped is here, and with it, a slew of year-end charts, data, and graphics ripe for sharing. In addition to the standard personal data (top artists, songs, etc.), Spotify is providing listeners with social-friendly stats the company hopes will
Read MoreCorning claims its Gorilla Glass Victus 2 can keep your phone from cracking in more situations. | Image: Corning When Samsung announces its Galaxy S23 lineup in February, it might have the toughest screens on a smartphone yet — because Corning’s just-announced Gorilla Glass Victus 2 can take a bigger beating than ever. For the
Read MoreNow that live events are starting up again, here are some tips on how to get back out there, while staying safe and sane.
Read MoreA new report shows that national gasoline usage barely changed in 2021, despite increasing EV adoption.
Read MoreAs carbon concentrations rise, conditions are becoming more like they were 3 million years ago, when the area was wetter and the rain was heavier.
Read MoreAriel Shapiro / The Verge: Spotify releases Wrapped 2022 for users, adding a “music personality” feature, and says Joe Rogan, Emma Chamberlain, and others were its top podcasters — Spotify Wrapped is here, and with it, a slew of year-end charts, data, and graphics ripe for sharing.
Read MoreGregory Zuckerman / Wall Street Journal: Sources detail Alameda’s early years, starting in fall 2017, as SBF shrugged off concerns about risky investments, leading several employees to quit in 2018 — ‘We ended up not really knowing how much money we even had,’ one former employee says — Why FTX Picked the Bahamas, and What
Read MoreTom Matsuda / The Block: Brussels-based crypto market maker Keyrock raised a $72M Series B led by Ripple, following a €4.3M Series A in October 2020 — – Ripple has led a $72 million Series B funding round into digital asset market maker Keyrock. Six Fintech Ventures and Middlegame Ventures also participated in the round,
Read MoreIf you’ve got an Apple Watch and you’re not tracking your sleep, then it’s about time you got on board. Here’s how.
Read MoreJackie Davalos / Bloomberg: Memo: DoorDash plans to lay off around 1,250 employees, aiming to curb expenses; sources say that represents around 6% of its workforce — DoorDash Inc. is laying off about 1,250 people in an effort to rein in expenses, according to a company memo from Chief Executive Officer Tony Xu viewed by
Read MoreImage: NASA Just over halfway through its 26-day mission, the Orion capsule has reached its greatest distance away from Earth. Previously, the Apollo 13 mission had held the all-time record: 248,000 miles. But at its farthest, Orion was 270,000 miles away from the planet’s surface. And while it was out there, it snapped this selfie
Read MoreFinancial Times: A UK court rules Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, Luno, and other exchanges must give customer details to an unnamed UK exchange to track down $10.7M in stolen funds — Six exchanges ordered to disclose customer details to help trace funds overseas — A London court has ordered cryptocurrency …
Read MoreAmazon’s biggest Kindle ever is also the first to let you pair it with a stylus for note-taking. But crummy document syncing and lackluster software hold this E Ink device back. Continue reading…
Read MoreGeneral view of SpaceX headquarters on August 03, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. | Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images A former SpaceX engineer published an essay today describing alleged age discrimination he says he experienced while he was at the company. “I saw my work roles gradually transferred to younger engineers who fit the company’s ‘frat
Read MoreThe Shargeek Retro 67W charger can power your MacBook, iPad and iPhone all at once.
Read MoreAs it struggles to deal with an influx of new users, the platform—run by a staff of three—faces an uphill battle to stay on top of moderation.
Read MoreIn “listening sessions,” Texas managers said employees fearful of the state’s abortion restrictions couldn’t work from home or transfer to another office.
Read MorePlus: Major patches dropped this month for Chrome, Firefox, VMware, Cisco, Citrix, and SAP.
Read MoreThis philosophy—supported by tech figures like Sam Bankman-Fried—fuels the AI research agenda, creating a harmful system in the name of saving humanity
Read MoreThe trick to producing great 3D printing time-lapse animations is to ensure that the extruder has moved out of the frame each time a photo is taken — which usually requires OctoPrint to be controlling both the camera and printer. But [NirL] managed to bodge up a system to get the same result with a
Read MoreSamsung’s new memory features Fan-Out, Wafer-Level Packaging. (Image: Samsung) In the past, chip companies such as AMD have dabbled in High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) instead of GDDR to increase memory bandwidth for GPUs. This vertically stacked memory boasts incredible bandwidth, but it’s a costly endeavor. AMD abandoned it in favor of GDDR memory after its ill-fated
Read MoreFinancial Times: A look at China’s growing interest in the open-source Risc-V chip architecture after US sanctions, including enlisting Alibaba and Tencent to help design chips — Chinese government steps up push to use Risc-V in move aimed at boosting domestic production of semiconductors
Read MoreWillow has fabulous hair, fabulous magic, and fabulous cutting remarks. | Lucasfilm Ltd. Thirty years after the movie, Willow is back — and he’s got great hair, a great ensemble cast, and a super-fun adventure for you to watch. Continue reading…
Read MoreJuliana Liu / CNN: Chinese state media: a five-day COVID-19 lockdown in Zhengzhou, home to Foxconn’s iPhone plant, has been lifted; an analyst says disruptions cost Apple $1B/week — Hong Kong CNN Business — The central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, home to the world’s largest iPhone factory …
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