It’s Not Sci-Fi—NASA Is Funding These Mind-Blowing Projects
The space agency gave money to researchers working on liquid telescope mirrors, a lunar oxygen pipeline, and Martian building blocks made of fungi.
Read MoreThe space agency gave money to researchers working on liquid telescope mirrors, a lunar oxygen pipeline, and Martian building blocks made of fungi.
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: Wayfair plans to lay off over 1,000 employees, or 5%+ of its staff, due to shrinking sales; the online furniture seller cut ~870 jobs in August 2022 — Online furniture retailer has struggled with shrinking sales — Tech Layoffs Pile Up as Bosses Reverse Course — Created with sketchtool.
Read MoreBloomberg: Memo: Alphabet plans to cut around 12,000 jobs, more than 6% of its global workforce; Sundar Pichai says he takes “full responsibility” for the need to cut jobs — Google parent Alphabet Inc. said it will cut about 12,000 jobs, more than 6% of its global workforce …
Read MoreJagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: India releases rules on social media influencers and virtual avatars promoting content without disclosing payment, adding an up to ~$12.3K fine for violations — As the market of social media influencers is getting bigger in India, the South Asian nation has introduced endorsement guidelines …
Read MoreCloud repatriation may be a sensitive and polarizing topic for some, but it really should be just another architectural option. When I say that some workloads should return to the data center, I am not pushing back on cloud computing. This is about merely finding more optimized platforms for certain types of applications and data
Read MoreA compiler is a computer program that translates from one format to another, most often from a high-level computer language to byte code and machine code. Compilers come in a number of variations, which we will explore in this article. Compilers, transpilers, interpreters, and JIT compilers Compilers often translate source code for a high-level language,
Read MoreBloomberg: The Chinese government grants Didi permission to republish its apps on Apple’s, Huawei’s, Xiaomi’s, and other app stores, after over a year of regulatory limbo — Didi Global Inc.’s main apps have returned to the country’s biggest mobile stores, allowing the ride-hailing giant to resume growth …
Read MoreNico Grant / New York Times: Sources: Google executives met with Larry Page and Sergey Brin last month to discuss Google’s AI efforts, as the company seeks to combat OpenAI’s ChatGPT — A rival chatbot has shaken Google out of its routine, with the founders who left three years ago re-engaging and more than 20
Read MoreHappy Friday! I’m still a bit disappointed to see Stadia die this week (the subreddit is pretty bleak), but I did manage to find a free calendar of giant cats (shared at the bottom of the newsletter). You win some, you lose some. T-Mobile hit with another huge data breach
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Indian food delivery service Swiggy plans to cut 360 jobs; the company raised $700M in January 2022 at a $10.7B valuation and employs about 6,000 people — Swiggy plans to lay off 380 jobs as the Prosus Venture and SoftBank-backed Indian food delivery giant looks to navigate the market downturn …
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority T-Mobile has disclosed a breach affecting 37 million accounts. Details exposed in this incident include names, addresses, phone numbers, and more. The carrier claimed that financial info, social security numbers, and government IDs weren’t exposed.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Smartphone chargers are capable of some amazing speeds today, with 65W, 80W, 100W, and even 150W speeds on the market. In saying so, not all chargers are equal when it comes to their ports. Some chargers are equipped with a full-sized USB-A port while others are equipped with USB-C
Read MorePlants tend to need a regular supply of water to stay happy. If you’re a green thumb, it’s one of the primary things you should take care of before you go on holiday. This DIY plant watering system from [Jaychouu] offers to handle just that. The system consists of a soda bottle acting as a
Read MoreNikkei Asia: Autonomous vehicles in China face legal and financial issues, including different rules set by local governments, less funding, and uncertain profit prospects — WeRide and Pony.ai turn to selling systems for short-term profits — GUANGZHOU/TOKYO — China’s efforts to get more nearly autonomous vehicles …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The price of Amazon’s Music Unlimited streaming service is increasing in the US and UK from February 21st. In support pages, which we spotted via Billboard, the company says US users will now pay $10.99 per month for a subscription to Amazon Music Unlimited (up from $9.99 previously),
Read MoreSpotify has slammed Apple over its App Store practices in a new letter to EU regulators.
Read MoreA drowning dog saved by firefighters was reunited with its owner thanks to Apple AirTag and the Find My network.
Read MoreDan Taylor / Tech.eu: Slovakia-based Photoneo, the parent company of robotic warehouse automation startup Brightpick, raised an additional $19M, bringing its total Series B to $40M — Experiencing unprecedented growth during the pandemic, Brightpick uses 3D sensor technologies to fully automated …
Read MoreSo you fancy yourself a FOSS devotee, do you? Running GNU/Linux on your old ThinkPad, avoiding devices that need binary blobs? Got LibreBoot installed too? Not bad, not bad. But what about the hard drive? Can you be sure you aren’t leaking some freedoms out of that spinning rust? Well, worry no more. Thanks to
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: Nintendo plans to increase production of its six-year-old Switch console in the coming fiscal year, starting in April 2023, as demand remains strong — Nintendo Co. plans to increase production of its six-year-old Switch console in the coming fiscal year after shipping roughly 21 …
Read MoreCredit: OnePlus The OnePlus 11 might have slower wired charging in the US compared to global models. A leaker claims US models will have 80W charging versus 100W in the rest of the world. OnePlus’ 2022 flagship phones offered different charging speeds globally versus the US, with global models delivering higher wattages than devices in
Read MoreConnie Loizos / TechCrunch: Myspace co-founders Chris DeWolfe and Aber Whitcomb’s PLAI Labs raised a $32M seed led by a16z to build social platforms leveraging generative AI and Web3 — A $32 million seed round may seem like a throwback to frothier times like . . .2021. But that’s how much PLAI Labs just raised
Read MoreMany mainboards and laptops these days come with a range of M.2 slots, with only a subset capable of NVME SSDs, and often a stubby one keyed for ‘WiFi’ cards. Or that’s what those are generally intended to be used for, but as [Peter Brockie] found out when pilfering sites like AliExpress, is that you
Read MoreWall Street Journal: The FAA says a contractor unintentionally deleted files used in a pilot-alert system while trying to sync a database and its backup, causing last week’s outage — The federal air-safety regulator said no evidence of cyberattack or malicious intent was found
Read MoreBillboard: Amazon plans to hike Music Unlimited’s monthly prices by $1 and £1 to $10.99 and £10.99 in the US and UK on February 21, matching Apple Music’s October increase — Prices will rise to $10.99/10.99 pounds per month for individual plans and $5.99/5.99 pounds per month for students.
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