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IAC and PwC: 2022 US digital ad revenue rose 10.8% YoY to $209.7B, down from 35% growth in 2021; social media ad revenue rose 3.6% YoY, down from ~39% in 2021 (Megan Graham/Wall Street Journal)

Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal: IAC and PwC: 2022 US digital ad revenue rose 10.8% YoY to $209.7B, down from 35% growth in 2021; social media ad revenue rose 3.6% YoY, down from ~39% in 2021 — Headwinds from the economy and privacy protections were offset by growth in areas such as retail ad

Labor consultants say US companies, responding to labor shortages and rising wages, are outsourcing jobs overseas, expanding on pandemic remote work policies (Konrad Putzier/Wall Street Journal)

Konrad Putzier / Wall Street Journal: Labor consultants say US companies, responding to labor shortages and rising wages, are outsourcing jobs overseas, expanding on pandemic remote work policies — Companies respond to labor shortages and rising wages by moving some positions abroad, labor consultants say

Sources say concerns over Mark Zuckerberg’s efficiency drive, layoffs, Meta’s absentee leadership, and focus on the metaverse have devastated employee morale (New York Times)

New York Times: Sources say concerns over Mark Zuckerberg’s efficiency drive, layoffs, Meta’s absentee leadership, and focus on the metaverse have devastated employee morale — Workers at Facebook’s parent have been increasingly alarmed by job cuts and the company’s direction.

Microsoft is changing the Print Screen key to open its Snipping Tool on Windows 11

Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Microsoft is getting ready to change how the Print Screen (Prt Scr) key works in Windows 11. For the first time in decades the default behavior will now open Microsoft’s own Snipping Tool instead of capturing an image of your entire screen and copying it to the Clipboard.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed on the City’s Troubles—and Hopes

We sat down with the leader of the storied city that WIRED calls home.

AI Can Clone Your Favorite Podcast Host’s Voice

The virtual speech isn’t terribly convincing yet—but it will be soon.

The ‘Space Invaders’ Creator Reveals the Game’s Origin Story

A new mini arcade cab version of the iconic alien shooter is set to land, 45 years after Tomohiro Nishikado’s surprise hit changed gaming forever.

Garmin’s Instinct 2X Solar series lights up the lineup (in more ways than one)

Credit: Garmin Garmin announced a new Instinct 2X Solar series. The devices feature even more efficient solar charging capabilities and a new LED flashlight. The smartwatches are available now for $449.99 and $499.99. Garmin is no stranger to rugged watches and frankly, we’re consistently big fans of the brand’s offerings. Today Garmin announced two new

The Challenges of Producing Graphene in Quantity

We’ve all heard the incredible claims made about graphene and its many promising applications, but so far the wonder-material has been held back by the difficulty of producing it in large quantities. Although small-scale production was demonstrated many years ago using basic Scotch tape, producing grams or even kilograms of it in a scalable industrial

Despite bitcoin rallying to over $30K, El Salvador’s total holdings of 2,546 bitcoin, acquired for around $108M, are worth just $77M (Michael D McDonald/Bloomberg)

Michael D McDonald / Bloomberg: Despite bitcoin rallying to over $30K, El Salvador’s total holdings of 2,546 bitcoin, acquired for around $108M, are worth just $77M — Bitcoin may be at a nine-month high, but El Salvador’s total holdings are still worth 29% less than what the government paid for the world’s largest digital currency.

Emails: UMG asked Spotify, Apple, and other services to block developers training AI services from scraping melodies and lyrics from their copyrighted songs (Anna Nicolaou/Financial Times)

Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: Emails: UMG asked Spotify, Apple, and other services to block developers training AI services from scraping melodies and lyrics from their copyrighted songs — Universal Music Group says new technology relies on unauthorised use of copyrighted material — Universal Music Group …

OpenAI starts bug bounty program with cash rewards up to $20,000

Based on the severity and impact of the reported vulnerability, OpenAI will hand out cash rewards ranging from $200 for low-severity findings to up to $20,000 for exceptional discoveries.

You told us: Most of you thought it was time to kill Google Now Launcher

Google is gearing up to kill off the Google Now Launcher, according to 9to5Google. It’s no surprise, as the launcher hasn’t been updated in years and Google delisted it from the Play Store. But it still marks the end of an era, as it was used as the launcher app of choice for Google Nexus

You May Get More EV Options Thanks to Tougher Emissions Rules

The US Environmental Protection Agency proposed new tailpipe standards that would require electric vehicles to make up two-thirds of new car sales by 2032.

5 steps to bringing Kubernetes costs in line

What is the cost of being late to market? What is the impact of being unable to respond to unforeseen changes in the business environment like those experienced in 2020? Loss of customers, loss of market share, and loss of reputation, to name a few. To be best positioned to innovate at the pace demanded

Hands-on with Java and Wasm

WebAssembly, or Wasm, provides a generalized, lightweight native binary format for any language that can be compiled to it. Once the source language is transformed into WebAssembly, that compact binary can run in a variety of contexts, from cloud virtual machines and desktops to IoT and mobile devices. One of the most interesting environments Wasm supports is

OpenJDK proposal would make Java easier to learn

Java would become easier for students to learn under a proposal to introduce flexible main methods and anonymous main classes to the language. This is a preview language feature, disabled by default, that can be tried in JDK 21. Java Enhancement Proposal (JEP) 445 in the OpenJDK open source Java community would evolve Java so

One of the iPhone 15 Pro’s biggest upgrades has been CANCELED

Apple has scrapped the rumored touch-sensitive buttons on the iPhone 15 Pro according to Ming-Chi Kuo.

Sources: a16z, Tiger Global, IVP, and other VCs are touring Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar to build ties with sovereign wealth funds during the funding crunch (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Sources: a16z, Tiger Global, IVP, and other VCs are touring Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar to build ties with sovereign wealth funds during the funding crunch — Liquidity crunch leads investors such as Andreessen Horowitz to sovereign wealth funds in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE

Test shows Galaxy S23 series has much slower wireless charging than S22

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority The Galaxy S23 series takes much longer to wirelessly charge than the S22 range, a test found. The S23 Ultra in particular took 39 minutes longer to hit 100% than the S22 Ultra. Samsung has offered wireless charging on its best Android phones for years now, and the Galaxy

Elegant Evening Dress Sports Servo-Actuated Flowers

There’s been plenty of research into “smart fabrics”, and we’ve seen several projects involving items of clothing with electronics integrated inside. These typically include sensors and simple actuators like LEDS, but there’s no reason you can’t integrate moving electromechanical systems as well. [Rehana Al-Soltane] did just that: she made an elegant evening dress with flowers

Google says Fitbit account migration is starting this summer

Credit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Google has announced that Fitbit accounts will be discontinued entirely by 2025. Starting this summer, Fitbit account users will start seeing prompts to migrate to a Google account. New users will be required to register with a Google account only, with no option to register with a Fitbit account.

A profile of Andy Hunter and his ecommerce platform Bookshop.org, which helps indie booksellers set up a digital storefront instead of selling through Amazon (Kate Knibbs/Wired)

Kate Knibbs / Wired: A profile of Andy Hunter and his ecommerce platform Bookshop.org, which helps indie booksellers set up a digital storefront instead of selling through Amazon — Andy Hunter’s ecommerce platform was a pandemic hit. Now he’s on a mission to prove that small businesses can scale up without selling out.

Raspberry Pi raised an undisclosed amount from Sony Semiconductor Solutions at a $500M valuation, the same valuation as its $45M raise in 2021, to work on AI (Ryan Browne/CNBC)

Ryan Browne / CNBC: Raspberry Pi raised an undisclosed amount from Sony Semiconductor Solutions at a $500M valuation, the same valuation as its $45M raise in 2021, to work on AI — – Raspberry Pi has received fresh investment from Sony’s semiconductor unit, in a deal that will let users and developers make visual sensory

It’s been 84 years, but Strava finally has a Spotify integration

You don’t need a Spotify or Strava subscription to use the new in-app widget. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge Strava has been around since 2009, but today, the popular fitness app is finally, finally adding an in-app Spotify integration. Instead of having to switch between apps, you can now access your Spotify

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