Welcome to The Weekly Authority, the Android Authority newsletter that breaks down the top Android and tech news from the week. The 229th edition is here with Pixel Tablet Pro leaks, Samsung’s big news ahead of Galaxy Unpacked, a OnePlus tablet, Dead Space reviews, and real-life tractor beams. This week, I attempted to eat a
Read MoreA new research and monitoring program aims to conserve threatened but overlooked saline ecosystems.
Read MoreA new research and monitoring program aims to conserve threatened but overlooked saline ecosystems.
Read MoreIf [Bob Dylan] had seen [Pgeschwi]’s bike chain clock, it might have influenced the famous song. The clock uses a stepper motor and a bike chain to create a clock that has a decidedly steampunk vibe. Despite the low-tech look, the build uses 3D printing and, of course, a bike chain. A full view of
Read MoreMoneycontrol: ShareChat employees and investors shed light on the company’s leadership crisis and say revenue has not kept pace with cash burn and the ~$5B 2022 valuation — The company’s top and middle management are hollowing out, revenue has not kept pace with cash burn and Sharechat’s top-tier valuation …
Read MoreNow is the time to grab a big screen for the Super Bowl.
Read MoreThe show’s got cred and lots of viewers, yet it’s still in the social media crosshairs. Blame the character’s legacy.
Read MoreKurt Schlosser / GeekWire: Amazon will charge US Prime members delivery fees for Fresh grocery orders under $150 from February 28, changing its free delivery policy on orders over $35 — In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more.
Read MoreSarah McBride / Bloomberg: All.health, the successor to Jawbone, seeks to dismiss an investor suit for alleged fraud; the startup has raised at least $65M, according to a 2019 filing — The startup successor to Jawbone, the once-famed Bluetooth headset maker, is asking a California court to dismiss a fraud suit against it.
Read MoreWolfenstein 3D and Doom are great examples of early FPS games. Back in that era, as Amiga was slowly losing its gaming supremacy to the PC, Apple wasn’t even on the playing field. However, [Chris Tully] has used the 90s HyperCard platform to create an FPS of his own, and it’s charming in what it achieves. If
Read MoreMark Keierleber / The 74: Gaggle, which offers a tool for monitoring online student communication, says it will no longer flag LGBTQ keywords in assignments after discrimination concerns — Company will no longer flag students who use words like “gay” and “lesbian” online, citing greater acceptance of queer kids in schools
Read MoreTim Harford / Financial Times: What poet, playboy, and prophet of investment bubbles Charles Mackay, plagiarizing in 1841 on the Dutch tulip bubble, can tell us about crypto’s rise and fall — One winter morning in early 1637, a sailor presented himself at the counting-house of a wealthy Dutch merchant and was offered a hearty
Read MoreTim Harford / Financial Times: What poet, playboy, and prophet of investment bubbles Charles Mackay, plagiarizing in 1841 on the Dutch tulip bubble, can tell us about crypto’s rise and fall — One winter morning in early 1637, a sailor presented himself at the counting-house of a wealthy Dutch merchant and was offered a hearty
Read MoreWolfenstein 3D and Doom are great examples of early FPS games. Back in that era, as Amiga was slowly losing its gaming supremacy to the PC, Apple wasn’t even on the playing field. However, [Chris Tully] has used the 90s HyperCard platform to create an FPS of his own, and it’s charming in what it achieves. If
Read MoreWolfenstein 3D and Doom are great examples of early FPS games. Back in that era, as Amiga was slowly losing its gaming supremacy to the PC, Apple wasn’t even on the playing field. However, [Chris Tully] has used the 90s HyperCard platform to create an FPS of his own, and it’s charming in what it achieves. If
Read MoreBlake Brittain / Reuters: Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI told a San Francisco federal court to dismiss a proposed class action suit against Copilot, citing fair use of open-source code — Microsoft Corp, Microsoft’s GitHub Inc and OpenAI Inc told a San Francisco federal court that a proposed class-action lawsuit …
Read MoreMark Keierleber / The 74: Gaggle, which offers a tool for monitoring online student communication, says it will no longer flag LGBTQ keywords in assignments after discrimination concerns — Company will no longer flag students who use words like “gay” and “lesbian” online, citing greater acceptance of queer kids in schools
Read MoreStephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: In its annual report, Intel says the European Commission is revisiting its antitrust case against the firm even after the General Court overturned a €1.06B fine — Intel Corp. is still in the crosshairs of European Union antitrust regulators even after the bloc’s second-highest court toppled …
Read MoreOracle’s 2023 per-employee pricing for standard Java is raising concerns about its potential impact on Java licensing costs for customers. The pricing is based on total employee counts, not the number of employees using Java. Published January 23, Oracle’s price list covers the new Java SE Universal Subscription program. The pricing starts at $15 per
Read MoreThe condition PLA evaluates microcode conditionals. As simple as a processor’s instruction set may seem, especially in a 1978-era one like the Intel 8086, there is quite a bit going on to go from something like a conditional jump instruction to a set of operations that the processor can perform. For the CISC 8086 CPU
Read MoreMaureen Farrell / New York Times: New York City-based Paradigm, whose tech streamlines data aggregation and patient recruitment to speed up clinical trials, launches with a $203M Series A — New York-based Paradigm has raised a significant amount to simplify clinical trials. Its goal is ambitious, but its challenges are many, researchers say.
Read MoreWashington Post: Sources detail the pressure inside Meta and Google to move faster with AI amid the surge of attention around ChatGPT, potentially sweeping safety concerns aside — Google, Facebook and Microsoft helped build the scaffolding of AI. Smaller companies are taking it to the masses, forcing Big Tech to react.
Read MoreSuppression, not suspension. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter is promising that it’ll take “less severe actions” when disciplining accounts that break its rules; it’ll only suspend Twitter accounts that engage in “severe or ongoing, repeat violations” of its rules. The company also says it’ll be letting anyone appeal suspensions starting February
Read MoreMitchell Clark / The Verge: Twitter will take less severe action against rule-breaking accounts, like limiting the reach of tweets; suspensions will be reserved for severe violations — Twitter is promising that it’ll take “less severe actions” when disciplining accounts that break its rules; it’ll only suspend Twitter accounts …
Read MoreOne of the great things about the Hackaday community is how quickly you find out what you don’t know. That’s not a bad thing, of course; after all, everyone is here to get smarter, right? So let’s work together to get our heads around this paper (PDF) by [Zerina Kapetanovic], [Miguel Morales], and [Joshua R.
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