Apple slashes iPhone trade-in prices but increases others
Apple has slashed the trade-in value of iPhones but increased the value of some other products.
Read MoreApple has slashed the trade-in value of iPhones but increased the value of some other products.
Read MoreChiwetel Ejiofor. Rosalie Craig, and Emilia Clarke in The Pod Generation. | Image: MK2 In writer / director Sophie Barthes’ peculiar new sci-fi satire The Pod Generation, there’s little doubt or disagreement about how overworked, hyper-surveilled, and disconnected from nature many people are. Set in a near future where things like freshly 3D-printed toast have
Read MoreImage: Audi Audi’s been on a run lately with some interesting concept cars, tackling everything from a giant urban people mover to a villainous sedan that drives itself. The latest is the Activesphere, an extremely sleek-looking electric luxury coupe that can transform into a pickup truck with off-roading capabilities. With some truly impressive ground clearance,
Read MoreApple saw quarterly iPhone shipments fall by almost 15%, but other companies experienced even worse results.
Read More(Image: Tesla) Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the science-fiction-styled Cybertruck in 2019, saying at the time that production would begin in 2021. Well, that didn’t happen, and Musk confirmed during the company’s Q4 earnings call that 2023 isn’t the year either. Tesla has now pushed back Cybertruck mass production to 2024, but you are still
Read MoreMicrosoft president Brad Smith speaks during a climate initiative event in Redmond, Washington, on Thursday, January 16th, 2020. | Image: David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty Images Microsoft just forged a strategic alliance with a major solar panel manufacturer to try to make good on its clean energy goals. The deal comes as supply chain woes and
Read MoreAisha Malik / TechCrunch: Substack introduces private publications, search improvements, chat updates, post duplication, publication toggling, inline footnotes, LaTeX support, and more — Newsletter platform Substack announced today that it’s introducing several new features, including private Substacks.
Read MoreIn the news among aviation enthusiasts, the ADS-B data aggregation and aircraft tracking site ADSB-Exchange has been sold by its founder to JETNET for a reported $20m. This type of routine financial news is more at home in the business media than on Hackaday, but in this case there’s something a little different at play.
Read MoreAisha Malik / TechCrunch: Substack introduces private accounts, search and chat improvements, easy template creation, toggling between publications, inline footnotes, and LaTeX support — Newsletter platform Substack announced today that it’s introducing several new features, including private Substacks.
Read MorePhoto by Mark Sagliocco / Getty Images This year, the festival returns with a hybrid format, screening films both in person and online. Continue reading…
Read MoreAlexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: Memo: BuzzFeed plans to rely on OpenAI to enhance its quizzes and personalize its content while humans offer ideas, “cultural currency”, and “inspired prompts” — CEO Jonah Peretti said publisher would use the technology to make more comprehensive quizzes, interactive content
Read MoreNASA has validated the design of a next-generation rocket engine that could power humanity’s next phase of deep space exploration. Last year at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, engineers conducted a hot fire test of the first full-scale rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE). This technology could provide high thrust at much greater efficiency compared with
Read MoreDan Primack / Axios: NEA raised $3.05B for a fund focused on early-stage deals and $3.18B for its debut growth equity fund, and applies to become a registered investment advisor — NEA said Thuesday that it’s raised just over $6.2 billion for a pair of new funds; comprised of $3.05 billion for its 18th fund
Read MoreTalking about high-quality USB-C implementations, there’s a product that has multiple selling points designed around USB-C, and is arguably a shining example of how to do USB-C right. It’s the Framework laptop, where the USB-C expansion cards take the center stage. Full disclosure – this article is being typed on a Framework laptop, and I
Read MorePhoto by Mark Sagliocco / Getty Images This year, the festival returns with a hybrid format, screening films both in person and online. Continue reading…
Read MoreFrancois Murphy / Reuters: Austrian police say a hacker, arrested in November, tried to sell the name, gender, address, and DOB of “presumably every citizen” in Austria, or 9.1M people — A Dutch hacker arrested in November obtained and offered for sale the full name, address and date of birth …
Read MoreSeason: A Letter to the Future. | Image: Scavengers Studio There’s no shortage of games — or any stories, for that matter — about the end of the world. But I can’t think of many that are as calm and soothing as biking around the end times in Season: A Letter to the Future. Instead
Read MoreThis month came the announcement of some new camera modules from Raspberry Pi. All eyes were on version 3 of their standard camera module, but they also sneaked out a new version of their high quality camera with an M12 lens mount. The version 3 module is definitely worth a look, so I jumped on
Read MoreOver the past few years, a bunch of tools have been released that use AI to edit video calls in real time so that the caller is making eye contact with the camera. FaceTime can do it. Microsoft Teams can do it. And Nvidia Broadcast can do it, too. (Provided, in each case, you have
Read MoreA new Kensington locking kit is designed to make sure that your Mac Studio stays exactly where you left it.
Read MoreApple has begun selling the iPhone 13 lineup as refurbished handsets in some European countries, but the discounts aren’t great.
Read More(Credit: David Cardinal/Cardinal Photo)“Dark lightning” sounds like something out of a fantasy novel, but it’s very real. These invisible bolts of energy are the most powerful type of lightning on Earth. Recent research on dark lightning suggests that if it hits a plane, air travelers could receive an unhealthy dose of gamma radiation. Scientists have
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Corning confirmed that Samsung’s next flagship will be the first phone to sport the latest generation of Gorilla Glass. The new version of Gorilla Glass improves drop performance and scratch resistance. It’s likely the glass will be used to protect both sides of the device like the S22. Looks
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: Stripe co-founders Patrick and John Collison told staff their goal is to go public or let employees sell shares in private markets in the next year — Fintech startup hires Goldman, JPMorgan to advise on direct listing or private-market transaction involving employees’ shares
Read MoreModern gaming console controllers aren’t without their annoyances — Joy-Con drift, anyone? The problems might stem from design deficiencies, but we suspect that user enthusiasm and the mechanical stress it can introduce might play a significant role as well. Either way, [Marius Heier] decided to take a look at what would be required to build
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