Much of the US is in the grip of an unusually brutal winter, with highways shut down and entire cities being snowed in. But that’s nothing compared with Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The moon is famous for the cryovolcanism that blankets it in ice particles, but a new analysis shows the snow cover is much deeper
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Whenever I come across a sales campaign that boasts, “if you buy our product, we’re going to give part of our profit to this deserving charity,” I’m often tempted to call a doctor and consult them about all the grains of (to me) forbidden salt I’ve just eaten.
Read MoreGeopolitics is a funny thing. Decades can go by with little concern, only for old grudges to suddenly boil to the surface and get the sabers a-rattlin’. When those sabers happen to be nuclear weapons, it can be enough to have you contemplating the value of a bomb shelter in your own backyard. Yes, every
Read MoreA developer showcases what Siri could do if it worked alongside GPT-3 to be more conversational.
Read MoreSean Hollister / The Verge: Steam Deck review, after one year, 435 hours playing games, and 100+ updates: Valve has fixed many issues, making play smooth and the device a compelling buy — I’m making a note here: huge success. … The Steam Deck is my favorite gadget of 2022. I have no hesitation in
Read MoreApple’s M2 Pro chip benchmarks faster than the 12th-gen Intel i7, but can’t quite match its 13th-gen offerings according to the earliest benchmarks.
Read MoreNate Freeman / Vanity Fair: A look at the art world’s deal-with-the-devil approach to the NFT market, after allegations that FTX bought the $24.4M trove of 107 Bored Apes NFTs at Sotheby’s — Auction houses and talent agencies thought the Web3 works were a fast track to billions. If it weren’t for a global crypto
Read MoreIf you buy WS2812s under the Adafruit NeoPixel brand, you’ll receive the advice that “An 8 MHz processor” is required to drive them. “Challenge Accepted!“, says [ShielaDixon], and proceeded to first drive a set from the 7.3 MHz Z80 in an RC2014 retrocomputer, and then repeat the feat from a 3.5 MHz Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
Read More(Image: Dan Bartlett/NASA)The comet known as C/2022 E3 (ZTF) only swings past Earth every 50,000 years. That means anyone reading this is in for a particularly serendipitous treat: The comet is visible now and is expected to brighten over the next couple of weeks. We first touched on C/2022 E3 (ZTF) earlier this month when
Read MoreCredit: Nieuwe Mobiel An alleged 200MP Galaxy S23 Ultra camera sample has leaked. The image is apparently a 12x crop of the actual 200MP photo. The leaker claims that the new ISOCELL HP2 sensor on the phone makes images look more natural. The Samsung Galaxy S23 series is coming in hot. Leaks are pouring in
Read MoreCredit: Netflix Hanging out down the street, the same old place we used to meet. I’m not going to lie, I was excited about this one. Part of me knew there was a very real chance it would be a train wreck. But there was that other part of me that held out for hope.
Read MoreReuters: India’s Supreme Court declines Google’s request to block the Competition Commission of India’s antitrust order on Android, leaving in place a $116M fine — India’s competition regulator on Thursday denied allegations by Google that investigators had “copy-pasted” parts of a European ruling …
Read More(Credit: TSMC)The last we heard from TSMC, it was almost New Year’s Eve and the company had begun production on its cutting-edge 3nm process. It had promised to get to High Volume Manufacturing (HVM) of N3 in 2022, and it barely made the cutoff. That officially began on Dec. 29, so it was almost a
Read MoreChris Stokel-Walker / Nature: Journal editors, researchers, and publishers are debating the role of AI tools like ChatGPT in published literature and whether they should be cited as authors — Chris Stokel-Walker is a freelance journalist in Newcastle, UK. — You can also search for this author in — PubMed Google Scholar
Read MoreTwitter’s pseudo-democracy has failed to live up to its grand ideals, but the dream of a digital town square lives on.
Read MoreThose who prefer to avoid the latest build of Windows until all the kinks are worked out won’t like Microsoft’s latest plans. According to the company’s web store, Microsoft will only sell new Windows 10 licenses through the end of this month. After Jan. 31, you’ll have no choice but to buy Windows 11. Microsoft
Read MoreChainalysis: Analysis: ransomware attackers received at least ~$457M in 2022, a low estimate, down from ~$766M in 2020 and 2021, as victims increasingly refuse to pay — 2022 was an impactful year in the fight against ransomware. Ransomware attackers extorted at least $456.8 million from victims in 2022, down from $765.6 million the year before.
Read MoreAlexandra Wexler / Wall Street Journal: FTX posed as a haven from tumbling currencies and inflation in Africa, where the company recruited users via glitzy events, $5 sign-up bonuses, and giveaways — Cryptocurrency exchange’s ambassadors recruited new customers through glitzy events, $5 sign-up bonuses and giveaways
Read MoreHey there! I’ve been contemplating the purchase of a bicycle for a long time now, just so I can get somewhat active again. I thought about an exercise bike too, but why go there when you can get fresh air, I guess? Nevertheless, today’s edition covers major Samsung Galaxy S23 leaks, Apple’s new HomePod, and
Read MoreCredit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority Apple is reportedly working on an iPad-based smart display that can be mounted on walls or other things using magnetic fasteners. The device is expected to be smaller and cheaper than an iPad. Rumors of Apple making a smart display began all the way back in 2021. Now a
Read MoreEric Newcomer / Newcomer: Analysis: Series B valuations fell 50% from a $250M median in Q1 2022 to a $125M median in Q4 2022; Q4 2022’s VC activity by volume resembled that of Q2 2020 — Series B valuations were cut in half from the first quarter of 2022 to the last — Early-stage startups
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Apple is working on a brand-new slew of smart home devices, at least according to a report by Bloomberg. In addition to the very similar but Matter-equipped relaunch of the original HomePod, Apple appears to be pushing deeper into the home space with a smaller display akin to
Read MoreIllustration by Lille Allen / The Verge Elon Musk tweets, and “regular people” watch their fortunes evaporate. That was the argument put before a jury by lawyers representing a class of Tesla investors in opening arguments in Musk’s securities fraud trial, which kicked off today in a courtroom in San Francisco. The plaintiffs are arguing
Read MoreNick Mohammed and Jason Sudeikis in season 3 of Ted Lasso. | Image: Apple Apple announced that one of its biggest streaming series will return later this year. While we don’t have a specific date just yet, Apple says that season 3 of Ted Lasso will premiere on Apple TV Plus in the spring of
Read MoreDigiday: Similarweb: Twitter referral traffic to 12 major news outlets fell 12% on average from November 2022 to December 2022; only traffic to NY Post and Fox News grew — Under the leadership of Elon Musk, Twitter’s role as a traffic referral source to publishers’ sites is largely declining.
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