Credit: Bogdan Petrovan / Android Authority Thousands of companies and many more visitors have once again descended upon Barcelona for Mobile World Congress 2023. We’re here to separate the noise from the signal with the very best announcements made at the show. This is Android Authority’s Best of MWC 2023 awards. Lenovo rollable laptop concept
Read MoreOne million species are at risk of extinction, but a handful of charismatic creatures get all the hype. A new conservation strategy has a different focus.
Read MoreJon Fingas / Engadget: Qualcomm and Thales unveil the certification of the first commercially deployable iSIM, putting eSIM-like functionality directly into the phone’s main processor — Never mind eSIMs — your next phone might have a more advanced way of connecting to your carrier.
Read MoreRTX 3050 partner cards. As 2023 plods along, more bad news for the PC hardware industry has arrived from Jon Peddie Research. The market analysis firm has tallied up shipments of CPUs as well as discrete GPUs for the fourth quarter of 2022, and it’s not pretty. The numbers haven’t been this bad for GPUs
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Decentralized social network Bluesky debuts in the iOS App Store as an invite-only beta; Twitter started Bluesky in 2019 and spun off the project in 2022 — Bluesky, the Twitter alternative backed by Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, has hit the App Store and more testers are gaining access.
Read MoreHacker attacking internet (Credit: seksan Mongkhonkhamsao/Getty Images)LastPass has been in the news a lot lately, and not because it’s the internet’s number one password manager, as it still proudly proclaims. The company is still reeling from a series of hacks last year that resulted in a trove of user data being stolen. This week, LastPass
Read MoreThe Briggs & Stratton single cylinder sidevalve engine is one that has been in production in one form or another for over a century, and which remains one of the simplest, most reliable, and easiest to maintain internal combustion engines there is. The little single-cylinder can be found on lawnmowers and other similar machinery everywhere,
Read MoreMitchell Clark / The Verge: Memo: Dish CEO Erik Carlson tells staff that data was stolen in a cyberattack that has kept its systems down for days; DISH falls over 7% in intraday trading — Dish has told employees that it’s “investigating a cybersecurity incident” and that it’s “aware that certain data was extracted” …
Read MoreTaylor Soper / GeekWire: Temporal, which offers an open-source microservices orchestration service, raised a $75M “Series B-Prime” at a $1.5B+ valuation, following a $103M Series B — The news: Temporal, a Seattle startup that helps companies write and run cloud applications, raised $75 million.
Read MoreHaddington Dynamics is a particular company. After winning the 2018 Hackaday Prize with an open-source robotic arm, we’ve covered their micro-factories and suction cup end-effectors for making face shields during 2020. They’ve been laser-focused on their mission of creating a fantastic robot arm at a small price tag with open-source software and design. So how
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority TECNO has launched the Megabook S1 2023 at MWC. The laptop is mostly identical to its predecessor save for an upgraded Intel chip. TECNO is a recent entrant into the laptop space, with its Megabook T1 and S1 launching in the second half of 2022. Now, the company has
Read MoreFinancial Times: US-based MKS Instruments, a little-known but key chip equipment supplier, says a “ransomware event” on “production-related systems” will cause delays into March — US-based MKS Instruments says attack would cost at least $200mn in lost or delayed sales
Read MoreLooking to elevate your brand? Conferences are an excellent way to do so. From accessing new ideas and feedback to networking and marketing opportunities, conferences offer a host of benefits to forward-thinking brands. But, with hundreds of thousands of conferences held in the United States alone every year, it begs the question: which conferences in
Read MoreImage: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The US Marshals Service has fallen victim to a ransomware attack, according to reports from NBC News, The New York Times, and Reuters. On February 17th, hackers gained access to and stole sensitive information related to the agency’s employees and the subjects that it’s investigating. In a statement
Read MoreKristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Tesla is convening its first Investor Day event on March 1st at its Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, at which Elon Musk is expected to unleash upon the world his latest Master Plan for the company’s future. Expectations are high, but given Musk’s penchant for leaving past Master Plan
Read MoreRollable phones, transforming smartwatches, “retina-level” AR glasses, and liquid tech to keep your mobile cool—these are just a taste of what’s coming.
Read MoreBrian Krebs / Krebs on Security: Three separate SIM-swapping gangs claimed on Telegram throughout 2022 that they had successfully phished staff at T-Mobile, far more often than other carriers — Three different cybercriminal groups claimed access to internal networks at communications giant T-Mobile in more than 100 separate …
Read MoreAfter passenger complaints, non-white drivers are suspended or deactivated more often than their white counterparts, according to new research.
Read MoreFrederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Tel Aviv-based Entitle, which helps businesses automate permissions for cloud resources for developers, raised a $15M seed led by Glilot Capital Partners — Tel Aviv-based Entitle, a startup that helps businesses automate how their developers gain permission to access cloud resources …
Read MoreImage: Redmi Redmi’s fast-charging technology just got even more ridiculous. In this post on Weibo, the Xiaomi-owned phone maker shows off its new 300W fast-charging technology that can power up a phone in just five minutes flat, as spotted earlier by Android Authority. If you don’t believe it, you can see it here for yourself.
Read MoreCredit: Bogdan Petrovan / Android Authority Launched on Monday at MWC 2023, the Xiaomi Electric Scooter 4 Ultra is the first e-scooter from the manufacturer to feature dual suspension. Along with the self-healing, tubeless Xiaomi DuraGell tires, this new feature should ensure smoother rides even on cobblestone streets and other bumpy terrain. As the name
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Realme has blurred the lines between mid-range and flagship phone segments with its Realme GT series, bringing plenty of performance, fast wired charging, and a sleek design for the price. Now, the brand has released a new entry in the GT line at MWC 2023 in the form of
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority The Realme GT series has become the Chinese brand’s flagship phone range, with last year’s GT 2 Pro in particular delivering plenty of performance and a slick design for the price. Now, Realme is back with the GT 3, taking a slightly different approach to the high-end formula. For
Read Morehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aJop3XnvVA TECNO has long had a reputation for being a budget player in emerging markets, offering a variety of low-cost and mid-range phones with localized customizations.
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Under-display face unlock tech could potentially come to phones in 2024. The tech is made possible thanks to a company called Trinamix. Under-display cameras are on the cutting edge of smartphone development today, but we haven’t seen face unlock sensors dive under the screen on commercial phones just yet.
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