The breach went undetected for over a month before T-Mobile detected the malicious activity. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile has revealed the company’s second major breach in less than two years, admitting that a hacker was able to obtain customer data, including names, birth dates, and phone numbers, from 37 million
Read MoreIris Deng / South China Morning Post: Canalys: Xiaomi shipments in India fell 40% YoY in Q4 2022 amid government scrutiny, falling behind Samsung and Vivo after being the top seller for 20 quarters — Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi was dethroned in India for the first time in five years by Samsung Electronics and Vivo
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Read MoreImage Credit & Copyright: Raul Villaverde Fraile, via Share the Science (Credit: Raul Villaverde Fraile, via Share the Science)Hello, readers, and welcome back to This Week in Space. We’ve got the latest on the crew stranded aboard the International Space Station. There’s also news from NASA, including a half-billion-dollar award for the airliner of the
Read MoreBloomberg: Ex-FTX US President Brett Harrison raised $5M for Architect, a new firm which will build crypto trading software for large investors, from Coinbase and others — Former FTX US President Brett Harrison has raised $5 million for a new crypto software startup from investors such as Coinbase Ventures …
Read MoreNew research from Cloudflare shows that connectivity disruptions are becoming a problem around the globe, pointing toward a troubling new normal.
Read MoreCreators need to pressure the courts, the market, and regulators before it’s too late.
Read MoreThe Moto G Play 2023 is fine, but there’s another smartphone that’s better in every way and costs just $30 more.
Read MoreInstead of making the cultural artifacts of the era and supporting independent films, the industry is busy looking for sure-fire hits.
Read MoreA device called Mill from veterans of Nest, the smart-thermostat creator, transforms your would-be kitchen waste into chicken feed.
Read MoreIn this cartoon world built to teach concepts from Randall Munroe’s book What If? 2, you can fly a rocket around randomly—or explore the physics of an alternate universe.
Read MoreThe Verge: Source: CNET owner Red Ventures has used AI tools like Wordsmith to write stories for at least a year and a half, causing unease amid layoffs and restructuring — Fake bylines. Content farming. Affiliate fees. What happens when private equity takes over a storied news site and milks it for clicks?
Read More(Image: Maria Valdes)A group of meteorite hunters has kicked off the new year with the discovery of a lifetime: a nearly 17-pound space rock around the size of a human head. The team—which consists of geochemists Maria Schönbächler, Vinciane Debaille, and Ryoga Maeda as well as cosmochemist Maria Valdes—began their Antarctic expedition in December. When
Read MoreBuilding your own network attached storage (NAS) for personal use isn’t all that difficult. A single board computer, a hard disk and a power supply in an enclosure is all the hardware you need. Then, choose from one of several open source NAS software solutions and you’re up and running. [tobychui] decided to notch things
Read MoreThere are a lot of different things that go into starting and operating a business. You need a product or service that can sell and a team that can distribute it. You need marketing campaigns, a customer service plan, and financial planning. All of these things are important, but there are nitty-gritty details, like customer
Read MoreAlthough many believed the war in Ukraine would be over in mere days, we are closing in on a year of vicious fighting. Early on, Ukraine gained a notable advantage over the Russian invaders: connectivity. Access to SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet has allowed the Ukrainian Army to keep lines of communication open and control drone
Read MoreDean Takahashi / VentureBeat: A survey of 2,300+ game developers: 45% don’t buy the promise of the metaverse, 53% support unionization, 91% say harassment by players is an issue, and more — Game developers are more skeptical of metaverse and blockchain projects, according to a new survey by the Game Developers Conference.
Read MoreDrew Harwell / Washington Post: Experts argue the TikTok ban by over two dozen US states is a reflection of government groupthink and an overreaction to an app officials don’t fully understand — More than two dozen states have banned the lighthearted video app, citing fears of ‘Chinese infiltration.’ But some experts call …
Read MoreAh yes, eMachines: the PCs that never became obsolete due to a two-year upgrade plan. You would pay $99 every two years to upgrade it to the latest and greatest model. We remember them vividly as former PC repair technicians. Our backstory aside, an inquisitive modder has finally found a good use for one: turning
Read MoreMicrosoft is copying features from a popular third-party audio tool for Windows. In the latest test build of Windows 11, a new volume mixer can be enabled that looks a lot like EarTrumpet. The new Windows 11 feature provides quick access from the taskbar to switch audio outputs and control individual app volumes. That’s exactly
Read MoreThe new OGL 1.2 is subject to community feedback known as playtesting, which will be addressed on or before February 17th. | Image: Wizards of the Coast In an announcement on the DnD Beyond website, Kyle Brink, executive producer of D&D, has introduced OGL 1.2, the latest version of the Dungeons and Dragons Open Gaming
Read MoreNew benchmarks for Apple’s new M2 MacBook Pro reveal the new M2 Max chip is much faster than the old M1 Max version.
Read MoreGoogle and other giants have offered muted support compared to their Ukraine response. Employees are starting anti-censorship projects of their own.
Read MoreVR and brain-computer interfaces will combine to give disabled people agency in both the real and virtual worlds.
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