Month: January 2023

Retro Gadgets: The CB Cell Phone

There was a time when one of the perks of having a ham radio in your car (or on your belt) was you could make phone calls using a “phone patch.” In the 1970s, calling someone from inside your parked car turned heads. Now, of course,  it is an everyday occurrence thanks to cell phones.

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Internet Archive Adds Calculator Emulators

The Internet Archive lives up to its name, creating a backup of information and content that would otherwise be lost to history as technology barrels forward. The archive hosts web page snapshots, Android APKs, and a new project from the MAME emulator team: The Calculator Drawer. This collection of calculator emulators runs the gamut from

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Sources: Twitter made its first interest payment under Elon Musk to a group of seven banks; the payment was due around January 27 and estimated to be ~$300M (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: Twitter made its first interest payment under Elon Musk to a group of seven banks; the payment was due around January 27 and estimated to be ~$300M  —  Twitter Inc. made its first interest payment under Elon Musk, according to people with knowledge of the matter …

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Mercedes-Benz becomes the first with Level 3 self-driving in the US as Nevada allows Drive Pilot, which requires the driver’s face to stay visible, up to 40 mph (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Mercedes-Benz becomes the first with Level 3 self-driving in the US as Nevada allows Drive Pilot, which requires the driver’s face to stay visible, up to 40 mph  —  Mercedes-Benz announced that it was the first automaker to receive government approval in the US for a Level 3 driving

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1000 Aluminium Cans Cast Into A Guitar

Aluminium cans are all around us, and are one of readily recyclable. While you can turn them into more cans, [Burls Art] had other ideas. Instead, he turned roughly 1000 cans into a custom aluminium guitar. Both the body and neck of the electric guitar are made out of aluminium. It’s an impressive effort, as

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Sources detail Twitter’s nascent moves to facilitate payments, a key to becoming a “super app”, as the company files for regulatory licenses across the US (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: Sources detail Twitter’s nascent moves to facilitate payments, a key to becoming a “super app”, as the company files for regulatory licenses across the US  —  Company has started applying for US state licences in bid for fresh revenues beyond advertising

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Nothing CEO Carl Pei says the company had $200M+ in 2022 revenue, up from ~$24M in 2021, and will launch a “more premium” Phone (2) in 2023, focusing on the US (Raymond Wong/Inverse)

Raymond Wong / Inverse: Nothing CEO Carl Pei says the company had $200M+ in 2022 revenue, up from ~$24M in 2021, and will launch a “more premium” Phone (2) in 2023, focusing on the US  —  Nothing CEO Carl Pei tells Inverse the next phone will be “more premium,” the U.S. is the top priority

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What to expect from Samsung’s Unpacked event on February 1: Galaxy S23, S23 Plus, S23 Ultra, and Galaxy Book 3, but likely no tablets, earbuds, or smartwatches (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Jon Porter / The Verge: What to expect from Samsung’s Unpacked event on February 1: Galaxy S23, S23 Plus, S23 Ultra, and Galaxy Book 3, but likely no tablets, earbuds, or smartwatches  —  Three new phones plus as many as five new laptops could await us on February 1st. … On February 1st, Samsung will

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