Credit: Supplied by Nubia We’ve seen several Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 smartphones launched already, with the Red Magic 8 Pro being one of these devices. The phone has been restricted to China since its late December launch, but that’s changing today. Nubia announced the global launch of the Red Magic 8 Pro today, and it’s
Read More[CarrotIndustries] wanted to add an audible warning for when the refrigerator door was left open. The result is a fridge buzzer that attaches to the inside of a fridge door and starts buzzing if the door is left ajar for too long. The main components of the fridge buzzer consist of an MSP430G2232 low-power MCU
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Smartphone ray tracing is in its early stages, but with supported silicon expected to be onboard virtually all 2023 flagship smartphones, it’s soon to be a notable factor when gauging high-end performance. Especially for those who are into the latest and greatest mobile games. Although benchmarks are never perfect,
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: seeking to win US allies, TikTok has proposed a complex, $1.5B plan to reorganize its US operations, including oversight of its key algorithms — Chinese-owned app proposes giving U.S. officials oversight of its algorithms — Two years into negotiations with U.S. regulators …
Read MoreWill Bedingfield / Wired: The Overwatch League’s path to profitability remains unclear given dwindling viewership, recent upheavals inside Activision Blizzard, and dampening esports hype — Activision-Blizzard’s ambitious, much-hyped initiative has stalled. Recent upheavals reveal the instability of esports—and a murky future for the league.
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Read MoreA total of $2,642,493 was raised over AGDQ 2023 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. | Image: Games Done Quick Games Done Quick has raised more than $2.6 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation at its first video game speedrunning event of 2023. While falling short of matching the $3.4 million raised during AGDQ 2022 last
Read MoreReuters: Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi says regulators have lifted a ban on new user registrations, signaling an end to a longrunning regulatory crackdown — China’s ride hailing giant Didi Global said in a statement on Monday that it would be allowed to resume new user registration, after a more than year-long ban that curbed its
Read MoreAbhishek Vishnoi / Bloomberg: Tencent’s Hong Kong stock has risen around 95% since October 28 and Alibaba’s stock is up about 85% over a similar period, as China relaxes its tech crackdown — Shares of Tencent Holdings Ltd. have nearly doubled from their recent lows on growing signs that China is preparing to end …
Read MoreQianer Liu / Financial Times: Investigation: Alibaba paid Chinese scholars to lobby authorities to relax regulations and rehabilitate its reputation, hoping to navigate China’s clampdown — Alibaba has been paying academics to lobby Chinese authorities to relax regulations and rehabilitate its reputation …
Read MoreCredit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Xiaomi is ending its free seven-day cloud storage service for its home security cameras. The feature will stop working on March 31, 2023. Xiaomi is sending out an end-of-service notice to Mi Home Security camera users. The company has said it will stop home surveillance recordings on its cloud
Read MoreIf you’re an enterprise looking for ways to come through a recession stronger while beating out competitors in the process, open source isn’t the answer. Neither is cloud. It’s true that both can be helpful. Both are ingredients in how enterprises should rethink their traditional approaches to IT. But neither will do much to distinguish
Read MoreTransformation to SaaS (software as a service) is driven by both business and technological factors. From a business perspective, software companies seek reliable recurring revenue instead of spending on research and development up front and hoping customers buy the product or upgrade on the back end. From a technology perspective, software users often do not
Read MoreShaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: Shiba Inu developers plan to launch Shibarium, an Ethereum Layer 2 network, in the coming weeks, focusing on the metaverse and gaming applications — Ecosystem tokens shiba inu, leash and bone will serve as the the upcoming Ethereum-based blockchain. — Upcoming layer 2 network Shibarium …
Read MoreCredit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority Sony has filed a patent for an anti-piracy monitoring app on media players and TVs. The app would block or degrade the performance of sideloaded apps that allow pirated content. This would likely be for Android TV as Sony uses this platform for its smart TVs. Sony is no
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority A lot of major streaming services don’t really have a deep library of older films. That’s definitely not the case for HBO Max. Indeed, there are plenty of older and truly classic movies on HBO Max to stream and binge-watch. However, if you are a younger movie fan or
Read MoreWhat better way to ring in the new year than with [iSax Laboratories]’ charming little project that replaces a doorbell with a Maneki-Neko cat figurine to ring a physical bell? Details are unfortunately a bit light, but it looks like the Maneki-Neko cat was disassembled to allow for a small SG92R servo motor to attach
Read MoreGood day, and welcome back to the Daily Authority. Are you getting into the swing of 2023 yet? Honestly, I just wrote 2022 about three times before realizing my mistake. Nevertheless, today’s main story will take you back to the 2000s when life and media consumption were simpler. Out with the new, in with the
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority The Motorola Moto G53 and G73 have leaked online. These devices look like a downgrade in some ways compared to the G52 and G72. The Moto G series of smartphones aren’t the most spectacular budget devices in the world, but they’ve got a decent following in some markets. Now,
Read MoreJagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Indian social media startup ShareChat lays off 400+ people, or ~20% of staff, a month after cutting 100+ roles; ShareChat raised $1B+ from Google and others — ShareChat, the Indian social media startup backed by Twitter, Google, Tiger Global and Temasek, has laid off 20% of its workforce …
Read MoreCoco Feng / South China Morning Post: Tencent says it fired 100+ employees in 2022 for suspected bribery and embezzlement; CEO Pony Ma reportedly called out staff corruption in a December meeting — Tencent Holdings said on Monday that it fired more than 100 employees for bribery and embezzlement last year …
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Apple has reportedly confirmed an iPhone 14 Pro display issue. The issue sees horizontal lines appearing on iPhone 14 Pro series screens. The company apparently noted that a software fix is coming. Some iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max users reported seeing horizontal lines on their displays when turning
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority Samsung will reportedly make a design change on the Galaxy Z Fold 5 to make its crease much less visible. The approach has already been used by the likes of Motorola and Oppo. The new design will include a display that forms a teardrop when folded and a new
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority YouTube could soon offer a new hub of free, ad-supported TV channels. The company is currently testing it with a subset of users. It is expected to roll out widely later this year. YouTube is reportedly testing a new free, ad-supported hub. According to The Wall Street Journal, YouTube
Read MoreThanks to Home Assistant, automating the various systems that run your home is easier than ever. But you still need to make a connection between those systems and your Home Assistant setup, which can be tricky if the manufacturer didn’t have this use case in mind. When [Simon] wanted to automate his home heating system,
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