Credit: OnePlus A new leak has given us apparent OnePlus Nord 3 specs. The leaker has also dished out rough pricing and a release window. OnePlus is widely expected to launch the Nord 3 mid-range phone, with one tipster already noting that this will be a rebranded OnePlus Ace 2V (seen above). Now, reliable leaker
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority As you start investing in premium devices like the Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, knowing all the details about the warranty, and return policy becomes more important. After all, these smartphones can get pricey. You want to make sure you’re covered in case anything happens. In this
Read MoreAnalog sticks have become a core part of modern video game controllers. They also routinely fail or end up drifting, consigning expensive controllers to the garbage. [sjm4306] recently did a repair job on an Oculus VR gaming controller with drifting analog sticks, and decided to do an autopsy to figure out what actually went wrong.
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: A study finds that assigning ChatGPT a persona, like “a bad person” or a certain historical figure, using the API, increases the chatbot’s toxicity sixfold — It’s no secret that OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, can be prompted to say sexist, racist and pretty vile things.
Read MoreThe classic “Magic Eye” tuning indicator was a fantastic piece of vacuum tube technology that graced all kinds of electronic gear for a fair fraction of the 20th century. But despite its prevalence, finding a new-old-stock Magic Eye tube is a tall order these days, especially for the rare versions like the 6T5. No worries,
Read MoreKenrick Cai / Forbes: A profile of Alexandr Wang, a co-founder of Scale AI, which outsources ~240K workers via its subsidiary Remotasks to label the data used to train AI systems — Alexandr Wang briefly became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire at 24 by supplying artificial intelligence companies with the one thing they all need:
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Unrivaled app support is one of the Apple Watch line’s standout features. From fitness apps and music platforms to games and productivity tools, there is something in the App Store for seemingly every need. We rounded up the best Apple Watch apps to get the most out of your
Read MoreLuminar from Skylum has earned a bunch of awards in recent years, and Luminar Neo is the latest revolution of the AI-driven photo-editing software. The deal that just dropped on the Award-Winning Luminar Neo Lifetime Bundle lets you pick up the package plus a bunch of useful extras for just $119.99 ($280 off). This would
Read MoreThe first solar panels may have rolled out of Bell Labs in the 1950s, with major press around their inconsistent and patchy adoption in the decades that followed, but despite the fanfare they were not been able to compete on a price per kilowatt compared to other methods of power generation until much more recently.
Read MoreNatasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Italy outlines compliance demands for lifting ChatGPT suspension order, requiring OpenAI to publish info about its data processing, adopt age gating, and more — Italy’s data protection watchdog has laid out what OpenAI needs to do for it to lift an order against ChatGPT issued at the end of last month
Read MoreWashington Post: A teenage member of the Discord server where classified Pentagon documents were shared claims the leaker, who went by the name “OG”, worked on a military base — The man behind a massive leak of U.S. government secrets that has exposed spying on allies, revealed the grim prospects …
Read MoreSara Fischer / Axios: PBS has not tweeted from its main Twitter handle since April 8, after Twitter labeled it “Government-funded Media”, and says it has no plans to resume tweeting — PBS has not tweeted from its main Twitter handle since April 8, following Elon Musk’s decision to label the outlet “government-funded news.”
Read MoreAn Uber driver was mugged. An Ola driver was beaten and left in a coma. Platform workers say tech companies are doing little to protect them.
Read MoreFrederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Google releases Android 14 Beta 1 for Pixel devices, with sharesheet custom actions, a more prominent back arrow, per-app language preferences, and more — Google’s Android development cycle runs on a rather predictable cadence these days. Today, after two developer previews …
Read MoreCheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk: FTX’s attorneys say the company recovered $7.3B in liquid assets and is considering using creditors’ holdings to reopen the exchange; FTX’s FTT token jumps 70%+ — FTT jumped 55%. — Featured SpeakerBrett Harrison — Founder and CEOArchitect — Don’t miss “FTX: What Happened” …
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: IBM explores selling its weather unit in a deal that could be valued at $1B+; IBM reportedly paid $2B+ for The Weather Company’s digital assets in 2015 — Weather.com owner could fetch more than $1 billion in a sale — International Business Machines Corp. is exploring a sale …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Sony wants 20 percent of new games to be on smartphones by 2025, and last August it announced a new PlayStation Studios Mobile Division to help make that happen. But you should know that what Sony’s building doesn’t look like a new game studio that will produce its
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority The display on the base model Pixel 8 could be even smaller than earlier rumors suggested. A new rumor claims that the Pixel 8’s display could be 6.16 inches. The Pixel 8 Pro is expected to remain the same size as the Pixel 7 Pro. Small phones are a
Read MoreCredit: Tech Deals One of the most widely used productivity tools is back on sale. Today you can pick up lifetime access to Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for a one-time payment of just $49.99 ($299 off). The deal is as good as it sounds — no subscription fees or limitations on features. Once you sign
Read MoreFinancial Times: Filings: SoftBank has sold ~$7.2B worth of Alibaba shares in 2023, reducing its stake in the Chinese company to just 3.8%, after a record $29B selldown in 2022 — Japanese investor makes $7.2bn from forward sales of shares in Chinese ecommerce group as lucrative partnership wanes
Read MoreThe bizarre release of sensitive US government materials soon after their creation signals a potential shift to near-real-time unauthorized disclosures.
Read MoreCurrents was introduced in 2019. | Image: Google Currents Update April 12th, 2023, 5PM ET: Google announced it will begin winding down Currents on July 5th, with data available for export until August 8th, 2023, when it will no longer be available. Google has announced that it’ll shut down Currents, which was introduced in 2019
Read MoreBrian Fung / CNN: Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs a bill requiring that social media companies verify new users’ ages and get a parent’s consent for users under 18 — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a sweeping bill imposing a minimum age limit for social media usage …
Read MoreImage: Getty Images The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday subpoenaed the Federal Trade Commission for documents related to its ongoing privacy investigation into Elon Musk’s Twitter, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), chair of the committee, authorized the subpoena sent to FTC Chair Lina Khan, accusing the agency of
Read MoreWarner Bros. Discovery’s rebranded new service will combine HBO Max and Discovery+ offerings into a juggernaut—or a jumbled mess.
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