Turned off this iPhone data-sharing setting? Apple is still collecting it, says lawsuit…
Apple has been hit with a second class-action lawsuit over a privacy setting that doesn’t work as described.
Read MoreApple has been hit with a second class-action lawsuit over a privacy setting that doesn’t work as described.
Read MoreThe hottest West Coast tech 16,000 years ago was a “projectile point” for hunting game. Though tiny, the artifact tells an outsize tale.
Read MoreAre you struggling to find a signal in your home or office? Here’s how to get clearer chats.
Read MoreThe Samsung OLED 4K series of TVs are some seriously spectacular devices, and they’re now at stunning prices in this great deal at Amazon.
Read MoreApple’s M1 Max has been pitted against the latest and greatest from Intel — and it didn’t go well for Apple.
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Amazon plans to launch Buy with Prime for all US-based merchants on January 31, letting them access Prime benefits, expanding on Fulfillment by Amazon merchants — Amazon announced this morning it’s expanding its Buy with Prime service to U.S.-based merchants by the end of the month.
Read MoreA new report says that while all iPhone 15 models will get Apple’s Dynamic Island from iPhone 14 Pro, the iPhone 16 Pro won’t have any kind of notch or island…
Read MoreFarm equipment manufacturer John Deere has been on the front lines of the fight against right-to-repair legislation, insisting that farmers who purchase its machinery go through its approved diagnostic and repair partners. Farmers have been ratcheting up pressure on the company to change its ways, and John Deere has just agreed to some major concessions.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Apple will apparently bring under-display Face ID to the iPhone 16 Pro line. This will allow for a smaller display cutout and a larger usable screen area. Under-display fingerprint sensors have been around on smartphones for a few years now, hiding the scanner under the screen. Now, it sounds
Read MoreThe LauncherOne rocket (visible under the left wing) was carried by the modified 747 Cosmic Girl to its launch destination over the Atlantic Ocean. | Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images What should have been a historic moment for the UK ended in failure last night after an undisclosed “anomaly” prevented the country’s satellite mission from
Read MoreRight-wing networks from Brazil and the US fueled calls for violence. Experts accuse tech platforms of looking the other way.
Read MoreIranian women are baring their heads to protest government controls. A top official said algorithms can identify anyone flouting dress codes.
Read MoreThere is a select group of computer games whose in-game logic is enough for them to simulate computers in themselves. We’ve seen it in Minecraft and DOOM, and now there’s a new player in town from a surprising quarter: Tetris. One might wonder how the Russian falling-blocks game could do this, as unlike the previous
Read MoreMars doesn’t have any native inhabitants (that we know of), but it is inhabited by a cadre of robots. Most of the red planet’s mechanical explorers come from the US and Europe, but China succeeded in landing the Zhurong rover last year. The robot has been in hibernation throughout the long Martian winter and was
Read MoreCecilia Kang / New York Times: Common Sense Media survey of 1,358 US teenagers: 75% report having viewed porn online by 17, including 41% seeing images of nudity or sexual acts during school — Sexually explicit content has become so prevalent online that teenagers are deluged, according to a new report by a nonprofit child
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority If you’re wondering whether NordVPN works with Netflix, you probably know that Netflix content varies between geographical regions. For example, accessing your Netflix account in the US will give you a different range of shows and movies than accessing it in the UK. This is for licensing reasons, but
Read MoreHere’s a scenario you may have experienced: The consensus of the cloud architecture team is that a “cloud-native” solution is the best approach to a new business application that will define the next generation of the company. Containers and container orchestration will lead the way to a solution that’s going to span multiple clouds and
Read MoreSoftware development is a critical driver of global macroeconomic growth, and will continue to propel growing businesses despite economic headwinds. As we look ahead to 2023, the developer experience and developer productivity will emerge as top priorities for CIOs and IT leaders as pressure builds to retain engineering talent and move the focus from the
Read MoreEfforts to improve Java program startup times and performance are set to include improving support for archived Java heap objects in CDS (class data sharing). The plan, made public by Ioi Lam of Oracle in an OpenJDK community RFC last month, aligns with Project Leyden, an effort to improve startup times for Java applications as
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Today’s Android smartphones have much bigger batteries than devices from five or six years ago, with 5,000mAh batteries being commonplace in the low-end and flagship segments alike. Bigger batteries don’t necessarily mean that power banks and portable chargers aren’t important anymore. So we’re curious as to how many people
Read MoreFinancial Times: Meta contractor Sama plans to close its east African content moderation hub in March, cutting ~200 staff; Meta will employ 1,500 Sama staff for data labelling — Staff at Nairobi office were moderating graphic and harmful material — Meta’s east African content moderation hub is shutting …
Read MoreJess Weatherbed / The Verge: A UK law mandates new properties in England must be built with gigabit broadband connections; DCMS says gigabit connections are available in 72%+ of households — My years-long battle to get gigabit internet installed may soon be over, thanks to new rules introduced by the UK government …
Read MoreTim Copeland / The Block: Coin ATM Rader: there are now 38,641 bitcoin ATMs globally, up from 14,051 at the start of 2021 but flat from around July 2022 when bitcoin’s price collapsed — – The number of Bitcoin ATMs globally has largely remained flat over the last six months. — While that’s mostly due
Read MoreFinancial Times: VaynerMedia: in 2022, buying 1K video ad impressions on TikTok cost around 50% less than Instagram’s Reels, ~33% less than Twitter, and 62% less than Snapchat — Advertisers and brands say an increasing amount of digital ads spend is moving away from Meta, YouTube and Twitter
Read MoreKate Rooney / CNBC: Coinbase plans to lay off a further ~950 employees, or ~20% of its workforce, seeking to reduce its operating expense by 25% QoQ; Coinbase laid off 18% in June — – Coinbase is cutting a fifth of its workforce following an 18% staff reduction in June. — CEO Brian Armstrong pointed
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