It doesn’t happen often, but every once in a while we stumble upon someone who has taken obsolete but really cool phone-switching equipment and built a private switched telephone in their garage or basement using it. This private analog phone exchange is not one of those, but it’s still a super cool build that’s probably
Read MoreSometimes simpler is more impressive than complicated, and part of this is certainly due to Arthur C. Clarke’s third law: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”. It’s counter-intuitive, though, that a high-tech project would seem any less amazing than a simpler one, but hear me out. I first noticed this ages ago, when
Read MorePete Syme / Insider: An FTX lawyer told the Delaware bankruptcy court that SBF asked FTX cofounder Gary Wang to create a secret backdoor to let Alameda borrow $65B of clients’ money — – Bankruptcy lawyers said Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alameda had access to a $65 billion credit line from FTX.
Read MoreSaving on a gift card is an easy way to get a slight discount on games that aren’t actually on sale. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Happy Saturday! It’s time to take a load off, and what better way is there than some sweet savings? If you’re in the market for some
Read MoreIn the digital and cloud era, there are countless software-as-a-service applications and many ways you can integrate, customize, and configure them for your business processes. Yet, before any organization — be it a government entity, oil refinery, or third-party logistics firm — starts evaluating online business applications, they should have a SaaS plan in place and
Read MoreThe 27-inch smart TV part is merely adequate, especially for $999, but the elegant stand could make it worth it for some people. Continue reading…
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Read MoreJagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Amazon is testing $12/year Prime Lite in India with free two-day delivery and ad-supported Prime Video in SD; Prime costs $18/year or $2.20/month in India — Amazon is quietly piloting a new tier for its Prime membership in India, providing customers with access to popular benefits such as free …
Read MoreCredit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority Opinion post by Hadlee Simons OnePlus used to be the enthusiasts’ brand of choice, but a lot has changed in the last couple of years. These changes have largely been as a result of Oppo and OnePlus merging, with Oppo effectively wielding the power and influence in this arrangement.
Read MoreScientists want to pinpoint the technology that marked when humanity became a “geological superpower.” On the short list: the H-bomb and the modern chicken.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Recent advances in Bluetooth audio technology have their eyes firmly set on changing the wireless landscape forever. We could see lower latency, and high-quality audio connections rolled out en masse. Improved efficiency and reduced battery life consumption will help people get more out of their devices. Accessibility functions for
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Read MoreI’m sure we can all agree that the worst time to find out a magnet is the wrong way around is after glue has been applied. With that in mind, [erick.siders] created the parametric Magnet Placer tool. Color-coded tools, one for each polarity. Picking up and placing magnets into assemblies can be an error-prone process, because
Read MoreWelcome to The Weekly Authority, the Android Authority newsletter that breaks down the top Android and tech news from the week. The 227th edition is here with a confirmed Galaxy Unpacked date, Galaxy S23 teaser videos, eSIM transfer profiles for Pixels, Ubisoft delays, AI interns, and much, much more. My week has been spent terrifying
Read MoreAdam Popescu / MIT Technology Review: A look at Congo’s Virunga National Park, which is running a Bitcoin mine that uses power from a hydro plant to pay salaries and build infrastructure projects — In an attempt to protect its forests and famous wildlife, Virunga has become the first national park to run a Bitcoin
Read MoreJavaScript, Java, and Python skills are most in-demand by recruiters, according to a report published this week by tech hiring platforms CodinGame and CoderPad. But while the supply of those skills exceeds demand, the demand for TypeScript, Swift, Scala, Kotlin, and Go skills all exceed supply. The State of Tech Hiring in 2023, a CodinGame-CoderPad
Read MoreAn unavoidable aspect of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels is that they become less efficient when they warm up. As [Tech Ingredients] explains in a new video, the reason for this is that the input of thermal energy makes it harder for electrons to be dislodged from the band gap by photons, which is the essential
Read MoreNitish Pahwa / Slate: How All-In, a podcast moderated by Jason Calacanis and his billionaire pals that often tops tech-podcast charts, gives an insight into Twitter under Elon Musk — On Nov. 7, about a week after Elon Musk took over Twitter and laid off half the staff, a company vice president offered a group
Read MoreAs [Phil Greenland] explains in the first part of his excellent write-up, the lithium battery used to keep the real-time clock (RTC) going on the Macintosh SE/30 has a nasty habit of exploding and leaking its corrosive innards all over the board. Looking to both repair the damage on a system that’s already had a
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Emails show Twitter is offering free ad space by matching ad spending up to $250K; all ads must run by February 28, a period that includes the Super Bowl — Tech company to match advertisers’ ad spending up to $250,000 — Twitter Inc. is offering advertisers a new incentive in an attempt
Read MoreDan Goodin / Ars Technica: Hackers are exploiting a critical remote code execution vulnerability in unpatched versions of the Control Web Panel, a widely used interface for web hosting — A patch was released in October, but not all servers have installed it. — Malicious hackers have begun exploiting …
Read MoreMack DeGeurin / Gizmodo: Three ex-employees say SoundHound laid off ~200 people, or ~50% of staff, with two weeks of severance that will only be paid if the company can raise more money — The massive restructuring comes just one year after the company went public via SPAC and two months after a separate layoff
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