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A tiny Scottish village is betting its future on rocket launches. But the plan may threaten the fragile landscape—and a tenacious billionaire’s ambitions.
Read MoreA tiny Scottish village is betting its future on rocket launches. But the plan may threaten the fragile landscape—and a tenacious billionaire’s ambitions.
Read MoreThe creator of C++, Bjarne Stroustrup, is defending the venerable programming language after the US National Security Agency (NSA) recently recommended against using it. NSA advises organizations to use memory safe languages instead. Responding to the agency’s November 2022 bulletin on software memory safety, Stroustrup, who designed C++ in 1979, stressed decades-long efforts to enable
Read MoreToday, front-end development and JavaScript are synonymous. And while a hot, new, cutting-edge JavaScript framework or ecosystem tool seems to arrive every few months, promising faster build times or snappier end-user experiences, “plain” React and React-based frameworks like Next.js continue to dominate. When we look at established browser UI frameworks used by Sentry customers, it’s
Read MoreHow to use Instagram dark mode to get a better photo experience and save battery on iOS.
Read MoreA developer has finally created a way to block out YouTube Shorts, so you can find your favorites without the clutter.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Samsung has posted weak profit numbers for the fourth quarter of 2022 due to low chip demand, economic uncertainties, and customers buying fewer new gadgets. The company expected demand for smartphones to decrease across all segments even though it’s on the brink of launching the new Galaxy S23 series.
Read MoreBen Jiang / South China Morning Post: JD.com joint ventures in Thailand and Indonesia will cease operations in March amid fierce competition, as the company refocuses on logistics and China growth — Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com is pulling the plug on its Thailand and Indonesian platforms in a major setback …
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Google has announced that some Fi user data was affected by a breach. The firm said the breach affected its primary network provider. T-Mobile is Google’s primary network in the US. T-Mobile announced a new data breach earlier this month, affecting 37 million user accounts. Now, it looks like
Read MoreThe Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, now known simply as MAME, started off as a project to emulate various arcade games. The project is still adding new games to its library, but the framework around MAME makes it capable of emulating pretty much any older computer. The computer doesn’t even need to be a gaming-specific machine
Read MoreVox: Meta, Google, and Amazon leadership are conjuring their companies’ “scrappy” startup roots in internal messaging, asking staff to work harder or face layoffs — Facebook, Google, and Amazon are trying to get their groove back. — When Meta’s head of people, Lori Goler …
Read MoreJonathan Stempel / Reuters: A US judge allows the names of the two people who posted SBF’s $250M bail to be made public, but stays the ruling until at least February 7, expecting an appeal — A U.S. judge on Monday said the names of two people who helped guarantee bail for indicted FTX cryptocurrency
Read MoreTakashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: Sources: Sony halves its Q1 PlayStation VR2 shipment forecast to ~1M units after disappointing early preorders; the headset will be launched on February 22 — Sony Group Corp. reduced projections for the initial launch of its PlayStation VR2 headset dramatically after early pre-orders disappointed …
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority There’s no shortage of controversies when it comes to Facebook, from harvesting your personal data on smartphones to sharing data with unsavory third parties, and more. Now, the platform has been accused of being able to secretly kill your smartphone battery. Former employee and data scientist George Hayward told
Read MoreReuters: Samsung reports a ~$1.38B mobile profit in Q4, down from ~$2.15B in Q4 2021, and says its 2023 chip investment will be similar to 2022, in contrast to rivals — South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) on Tuesday indicated it has no plan to cut investment in chips this year …
Read MoreCredit: Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority We take our smartphones everywhere with us, whether we’re going to the store, getting into bed, or going out for a night on the town. Plenty of people even take their phones to the toilet. But do you go so far as to use your smartphone while you’re in
Read MoreJohn Herrman / New York Magazine: Amazon’s third-party “seller services”, a large and growing part of the company’s revenue that is also profitable, has filled its Marketplace with junk products — Let’s say you’re a regular Amazon shopper in need of a spatula. You might start your journey by typing the word …
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority A new leak has detailed many of the new features coming to Galaxy phones with Oen UI 5.1. The list includes some exclusive Galaxy S23 series software tricks. Update: January 31, 2023 (3:06 AM ET): Twitter tipster Snoopy Tech has put out multiple documents that look like they
Read MoreMuch of the Northern Hemisphere is currently in the middle of winter, so what better way to brighten a potentially gloomy day than to put this charming, minimalist weather display on your desk. [Joe] has created a weather gauge that uses two servo motors to position mechanical pointers to indicate weather symbols and time ranges.
Read MoreThe Galaxy S23, S23 Plus, and S23 Ultra. | Image: Ice Universe We already have a pretty complete idea of how they look in leaked press shots, but new photos show what Samsung’s whole Galaxy S23 lineup will look like in the real world, a day before their official reveal. Photos of the range’s three
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Manu Jain, who led Xiaomi’s India business for seven years, leaves, joining a long list of key departures; sources say he pitched investors on EV startup ideas — Manu Jain, the executive who helped Xiaomi set up and scale business in India, has left the company, he said Monday …
Read MoreStephanie Murray / The Block: Alameda Research sues Voyager Digital for $445.8M, seeking to recover loan repayments that Alameda made after Voyager filed for bankruptcy in July 2022 — – Alameda Research is suing Voyager Digital for $445.8 million, seeking to recover loan repayments it made after Voyager filed for bankruptcy protection in July.
Read MoreSpectrometry is a well-known technique or, more correctly, a set of techniques. We usually think of it as the analysis of light to determine what chemicals are producing it. For example, you can tell what elements are in a star or an incandescent based on the spectrum of light they emit. But you can also
Read MoreAJ Vicens / CyberScoop: Kaspersky: from January 2020 to June 2022, hacker groups offered salaries from six figures to $1.2M, bonuses, and paid leave to attract talent on the dark web — Despite the obvious risks, tech jobs with hacking groups can be alluring for those who need the money or want to do the
Read MoreMatt Tamanini / The Streamable: Paramount Global plans to merge its Showtime streaming service with Paramount+’s ad-free tier later in 2023 and call the new offering Paramount+ with SHOWTIME — It’s been a long time coming, but later this year, Paramount Global will finally fully integrate the streaming arm …
Read MorePhoto by Nick Statt / The Verge Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft are all skipping the revitalized E3 convention in June, according to a new report from IGN. E3 will be back as an in-person conference in Los Angeles after not happening at all in 2022, and I personally was hopeful that the big three console
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